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Learning Modular/Alias Zone May 2024 Newsletter: Why I Use Samples

Learning Modular/Alias Zone May 2024 Newsletter: Why I Use Samples

by Chris Meyer | May 1, 2024 | Newsletters | 0 comments

“Hurry up and wait” would be a good description of the construction of my new studio, which I discussed back in the January newsletter. (So would “two steps forward, one step back” – except the backwards steps have been thankfully small, so far.) But it seems that a...
Learning Modular | Alias Zone August/September 2023 Newsletter: Stepped Random Sources

Learning Modular | Alias Zone August/September 2023 Newsletter: Stepped Random Sources

by Chris Meyer | Aug 31, 2023 | Newsletters | 0 comments

As I mentioned briefly in the previous newsletter, I’ve been designing a new potential studio. I had no idea how time consuming the process would be: Although I am working with an architect, I’ve still had to educate myself on a wide range of subjects great and small...
Learning Modular April 2023 Newsletter: Playing Longer

Learning Modular April 2023 Newsletter: Playing Longer

by Chris Meyer | Mar 28, 2023 | Newsletters | 0 comments

When I wrote this, I was in the final rehearsal push before going on a mini-“tour” during the first half of April, ending up at the NAMM show in Anaheim, California. Last year played 9 live events, traveling to each one individually; I’m seeing if I can be more...
Learning Modular February 2022 Newsletter: Learning to Mix in Quad

Learning Modular February 2022 Newsletter: Learning to Mix in Quad

by Chris Meyer | Jan 31, 2022 | Newsletters | 2 comments

I’m writing this newsletter while out in California, where I lived for over two decades before moving to my current home in New Mexico. While out here, I’ve played the Southern California Synth Society’s NAMMless JAMuary on January 22nd, spent two days at Richard...
Learning Modular February 2022 Newsletter: Learning to Mix in Quad

Learning Modular November 2021 Newsletter: Wishing for Musical Intelligence in Modules

by Chris Meyer | Oct 25, 2021 | Newsletters | 4 comments

These recent weeks have been full of personal landmarks: On August 27, I was allowed to starting putting weight back on my broken leg (in other words, I started learning how to walk again). On October 9, I played my first live in-person gig since the pandemic started,...

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