I've created a centralized blog which I call "The mosBLOG" where I will write about my various interests.
So all new updates for this blog will be at The mosBLOG.
Come for a visit, it'll be fun :)
Hope to see you there.
Much Love
Mosno Al-Moseeki
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
Portable Recording
Rehearsals are important, but your in a band with talented musicians who also perform with other projects, a "weekly" rehearsal time might not be in the works, enter Portable Recording.
This is a great way to record your practice sessions, and then you have something to listen to (which is rehearsal for the brain) until the next time you are able to meet up with your band mates. I do this all the time with my group The Greek Nubian Collective.
My weapon of choice is the Zoom H2N, this device is AMAZING! I absolutely love it. I haven't used ALL the features it provides just yet, but it is GREAT for recording on the go.
Here is how I use it:
We have 4 members in The GNC group, so we sit in 4 way compass style.
I would place the Zoom H2N in the middle, but here is the trick, I set it to the "4 CH" mode.
What this does is record from both sides of the micraphone, the 2 channels in the front, and 2 channels in the back, and then it saves each channel separately!
This is brilliant, because I can now place the percussionists on one side of the mic, and the strings/vocals on the other side of the mic, and by having 2 separate channels, I can adjust the the volume of each channel on its own in post-production.
I generally enjoy using Acoustica's MixCraft, because its good, cheap, and gets things done.
This technique has been very helpful, because it allows me to get a clear, clean audio of our rehearsals that I can share with the band, which we would listen to on our own time, until we can all meet again and improve on our performance the next time we meet.
I hope this was helpful, I'll blog you later.
Much Love
Mosno Al-Moseeki
This is a great way to record your practice sessions, and then you have something to listen to (which is rehearsal for the brain) until the next time you are able to meet up with your band mates. I do this all the time with my group The Greek Nubian Collective.
My weapon of choice is the Zoom H2N, this device is AMAZING! I absolutely love it. I haven't used ALL the features it provides just yet, but it is GREAT for recording on the go.
Here is how I use it:
We have 4 members in The GNC group, so we sit in 4 way compass style.
I would place the Zoom H2N in the middle, but here is the trick, I set it to the "4 CH" mode.What this does is record from both sides of the micraphone, the 2 channels in the front, and 2 channels in the back, and then it saves each channel separately!
This is brilliant, because I can now place the percussionists on one side of the mic, and the strings/vocals on the other side of the mic, and by having 2 separate channels, I can adjust the the volume of each channel on its own in post-production.
I generally enjoy using Acoustica's MixCraft, because its good, cheap, and gets things done.
This technique has been very helpful, because it allows me to get a clear, clean audio of our rehearsals that I can share with the band, which we would listen to on our own time, until we can all meet again and improve on our performance the next time we meet.
I hope this was helpful, I'll blog you later.
Much Love
Mosno Al-Moseeki
Friday, March 7, 2014
Guitar Pedals
I have recently been wanting to expand my performance a bit, for the longest time it has always been my acoustic guitar and I, we would hit the stage and rock out. Being a "techie" I'm always reading about the latest technologies and what using what ever tech I have around me to help me accomplish certain goals.
But there has been one thing that has always scared me a little, guitar pedals.
Oh man, I take one look at them and I start hyperventilating, you would think this gadget lovin, tablet wielding, technology blogging Sudanese rocker would feel right at home. Nope. The complete opposite.
They terrified me, they still do, but just a little bit less.
A few months ago I took a little ride with my good friend Athena, the front woman of Playground Etiquette. She was on her way to Atomic Music to pick up something and asked me if I wanted to tag a long so we can chit-chat on the way. I hopped in, and went over to this musician Toy Land.
We walked around and looked at all the cool stuff they have, she is an electric guitarist and vocalist, and is very comfortable with pedals and effects, and knows how to use them.
I on the other hand, had no idea what to even LOOK at.
But I took it as a sign to step into my fear and face it.
I grabbed one of the friendly workers and told him that I have been curious about experimenting with an effect pedal, something that is easy to use and possible has a looping feature.
He then presented me with The Line 6 DL4 Delay Pedal.
Awesome.
My first experiment with this was this past February. I had entered a friendly online songwriting competition, in which we had the 28 days of February to write 14 new songs, that was an experience all in its own, but I had decided to take this opportunity to use the Delay Pedal when I can.
I have to say, it did affect my songwriting on the songs that I used it in.
Heavy delays allowed me to create very moody atmospheres for songs, short quick ones allowed me to create something that moves quite faster than my normal writing.
I've used the Looping feature only once, one of the set backs is that when I'm in the Looping sections, I can't use the different delays, so if I want to loop different delays or sounds, they have to be external of the DL.
This made me bring out the custom pedal with has a delay and distortion created by my friend Jon P. and run it THROUGH the DL into my amp.
I have to say, this gets addictive!
Because I'm now thinking of other things to in corporate into this set up, including an Ebow.
Also, I've now started using my beautiful Epiphone Dot Studio guitar with this set up instead of my Acoustic.
Have I taken this out into the public? Nope. Or more correctly, Not Yet!
If you have been considering messing around with guitar pedals, I would say go for it. Choose something simple like the Line 6 DL4 Delay Pedal and see what will spark from there.
Don't be afraid to experiment.
Till next time, much love.
Mosno
But there has been one thing that has always scared me a little, guitar pedals.
Oh man, I take one look at them and I start hyperventilating, you would think this gadget lovin, tablet wielding, technology blogging Sudanese rocker would feel right at home. Nope. The complete opposite.
They terrified me, they still do, but just a little bit less.
A few months ago I took a little ride with my good friend Athena, the front woman of Playground Etiquette. She was on her way to Atomic Music to pick up something and asked me if I wanted to tag a long so we can chit-chat on the way. I hopped in, and went over to this musician Toy Land.
We walked around and looked at all the cool stuff they have, she is an electric guitarist and vocalist, and is very comfortable with pedals and effects, and knows how to use them.
I on the other hand, had no idea what to even LOOK at.
But I took it as a sign to step into my fear and face it.
I grabbed one of the friendly workers and told him that I have been curious about experimenting with an effect pedal, something that is easy to use and possible has a looping feature.
He then presented me with The Line 6 DL4 Delay Pedal.
Awesome.
My first experiment with this was this past February. I had entered a friendly online songwriting competition, in which we had the 28 days of February to write 14 new songs, that was an experience all in its own, but I had decided to take this opportunity to use the Delay Pedal when I can.
I have to say, it did affect my songwriting on the songs that I used it in.
Heavy delays allowed me to create very moody atmospheres for songs, short quick ones allowed me to create something that moves quite faster than my normal writing.
I've used the Looping feature only once, one of the set backs is that when I'm in the Looping sections, I can't use the different delays, so if I want to loop different delays or sounds, they have to be external of the DL.
This made me bring out the custom pedal with has a delay and distortion created by my friend Jon P. and run it THROUGH the DL into my amp.
I have to say, this gets addictive!
Because I'm now thinking of other things to in corporate into this set up, including an Ebow.
Also, I've now started using my beautiful Epiphone Dot Studio guitar with this set up instead of my Acoustic.
Have I taken this out into the public? Nope. Or more correctly, Not Yet!
If you have been considering messing around with guitar pedals, I would say go for it. Choose something simple like the Line 6 DL4 Delay Pedal and see what will spark from there.
Don't be afraid to experiment.
Till next time, much love.
Mosno
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