Recently, I’ve been playing the bass more, and finding out how “out of the pocket” my playing has been. One helpful way to practice this, I’ve found, is to record yourself playing over a drum…
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Data-driven off a cliff: Rekindling a love for the unknown and immeasurable
I wrote this piece on Medium on how obsessing over data in business might cause us to lose track of what’s really important.
Yellow
This was my first “real” guitar. We all have that friend who borrows something and then breaks it or doesn’t return it. Well, I was that friend, but to my dad, because this guitar looks…
Five (+1) Guitars, One Solo
I recorded all the guitars with volume and tone pots set to 10, and switched to position #2 (middle+bridge; except the St. Vincent which was neck+middle+bridge, because it has its own switching).I used Reaper with…
Flight
I recorded this using my new Arcturia Keystep MIDI controller. I’d been joking for a while that I’d rather just play all the instruments in a band by myself, so here we are: https://soundcloud.com/bryansim/flight/s-Z5KnE
Hello Kitty
A few weeks ago, I found this at my local Guitar Center for $50. I also saw a small, pink Vox amp that was sold on the same day; it looked like a small child had…
A Pointy Bass
Earlier today, I bought this Jackson JS2 bass guitar. My first stringed instrument was actually a Yamaha bass that I played for a few months before switching to guitar, and sticking with that for the…
Ghostwalk
I recently got a new set of guitar pickups from The Creamery, which is a one-man hand-wound operation in the UK. They’re slightly higher output than typical Startocaster pickups, and comparable to the output from…
Book Review: An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth
To be honest, I’m generally not a huge fan of the “book of someone’s advice” genre. What usually happens is that someone writes about their life story while coming up with some “supporting evidence” entirely…
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A Player’s Player’s Stratocaster
Most guitarists are pretty habitual – we might have different guitars, but they tend to be the same “kind” of guitar. I’m a Stratocaster “person” – while I might “want” all sort of guitars, the…