Over my winter vacation, I ended up buying NI Komplete 7. It's a humongous library of software and sample for making music. It's been on my wishlist for a long time and I finally buckled down and bought it. It took several hours to install and several days of exploration just to get the feel for it.

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A friend challenged me to write something that goes with "Silver Linings". This song really didn't start out this way, but this is how it ended up.

Jaymi loves it.

100328 (Silver Linings) by kender

100327 by kender

...I possess one!

Now I need to learn what wonderful new things I can make!

I managed to spend a couple hours in my studio on the final day of my turkey-week vacation and created something I like very much. It started out as just a tapping out of a rhythm on my desk and it grew into something pretty stompy! This is more like the sound I've been going for and I hope to pursue it further.

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I was playing around in my studio yesterday working on my sound. Jaymi was in there with me and I told her that I needed to get some vocals into the song. After a few false starts on my part, Jaymi took over the mic and we recorded some simple vocals.

Arranging a song with vocals is a lot different than arranging an instrument. I'm still not quite sure how to get it right, but I suppose it's something that'll come with practice.

So, here is Jaymi's very first vocal contribution to Transistor Generation!

I sketched out a new song last night while Jaymi was out eating sushi.

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I've started doing some experimentation for whatever the sound of my next album might be. In this track, I'm using a completely new drum setup that has a more electronic feel to it. I also played around with a PodXT patch for the guitar bass line that sounds interesting. It makes me want to get a bass.

The inspiration for this track came from the theme from 28 Days Later. It's one of my favorite tracks ever.

Transistor Generation - Committed is now hooked up to PayPal so that all you out there can help me pay for new toys! BandCamp will let you download the whole darned album in just about any format you could want for a mere $5. Affordable in today's economy!

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