by Richard MacLemale | Feb 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
I’m 60% done with my seventh CD, which currently has no title. During my last album, I became painfully aware that my voice was starting to go. Some of the smooth tonality I’d worked to achieve was giving way to a gravel-tinged croak, and that might be...
by Richard MacLemale | Jan 29, 2025 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
Humans are tribal by nature – we like to be in communities. But in an era where people in the US drive around with bumper stickers that say “F*ck Your Feelings”, is it really any wonder that online communities are full of nasty, angry people?...
by Richard MacLemale | Jan 25, 2025 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
The debate about how you get your synth sounds will go on forever. We’ve got four different levels of sounds: inexpensive software synths, expensive software synths, inexpensive hardware synths, expensive hardware synths. Put another way, it’s Cherry...
by Richard MacLemale | Jan 19, 2025 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
Hey, check this out: This comes up, randomly, since I upgraded to Logic Pro 11. Wanna know what the plug is? It’s Arturia V Collection 9. I used to develop iOS apps. The main reason I stopped was that every damn OS update broke my apps. Every. Single. One. ...
by Richard MacLemale | Jan 16, 2025 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
If I somehow manage to have some free time this weekend, I REALLY want to go to Guitar Center in Clearwater and see if they’ve got one of the Arturia KeyLab 49 Mk2 keyboards, like the one I just bought on Amazon (and returned). I want to see if I had a...
