by Bill Bernico | Dec 21, 2007 | Practical MIDI
I can go back forty years and recall when our four-piece band first recruited a keyboard player. Unlike the rest of us, he was trained and schooled in the fine points of music. That is, he could read it and play it better than any of the rest of us could have ever...
by Bill Bernico | Dec 20, 2007 | Practical MIDI
Let’s take a little break from all this midi talk for just this one column while I tell you a little story about how music changed my life. Had I not taken up the guitar, who knows what might have happened to me? Maybe you have a similar story you’d like to share with...
by Bill Bernico | Dec 18, 2007 | Practical MIDI
Now that you’ve made midi files an important part of your musical performance, don’t fall into the rut of trying to slip one over on the crowd. That is, don’t rely on the file to get you through the song. You must also know the song and how to play it. After all, the...
by Bill Bernico | Dec 18, 2007 | Practical MIDI
As I scoured the web for song ideas for my act, it occurred to me that we might be running out of original ideas for song titles. It also occurred to me that some contemporary songwriters have obviously taken inspiration from other songwriters’ existing titles. Case...
by Bill Bernico | Dec 18, 2007 | Practical MIDI
When I first introduced the idea of using MIDI files to my duo partner, I was met with skepticism and doubt, as well as a degree of disdain. After all, we’d both been professional musicians for more than thirty years by that time. My partner considered using MIDI...
