by Bill Bernico | Jul 15, 2007 | Practical MIDI
Life doesn’t always deal you a winning hand or a slew of troubles when it’s convenient for you. These can come at the most inopportune times…especially if you’re a performing musician and have to keep up appearances for the sake of the show. Of the 2,500+ jobs I’ve...
by Bill Bernico | Jul 2, 2007 | Practical MIDI
Well, let’s see now. We’ve covered the uses of MIDI files, pitfalls of using them live, how to use them live, how to record with them and how to be versatile with them. What does that leave? How about composing with MIDI files? I saw an interview with Elton John on...
by Bill Bernico | Apr 12, 2007 | Practical MIDI
Here’s a neat little story of how MIDI files came in handy for two of my friends on one of their jobs here in Wisconsin. It was several years ago at a Holiday Inn near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Terry and Rich, two guys who used to play in my band broke away and formed a...
by Bill Bernico | Apr 5, 2007 | Practical MIDI
The year was 1979 and I was watching The Tonight Show. Johnny Carson’s guest that night was George Carlin and he was doing a skit featuring Carl Closeout, a late-night record pitchman. He went on to name a few long, drawn-out Country Western song titles he’d made up....
by Bill Bernico | Apr 1, 2007 | Practical MIDI
Sears, Harley-Davidson, The Beatles, Abbott and Costello—what do any of these have in common with the others? I’ll tell you. When was the last time you heard a die-hard biker say he was going to hit the road on his Davidson? Does anyone ever say they’re going to the...
