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...
by Bill Bernico | Jan 2, 2007 | Practical MIDI
I’ve been a working musician for more than thirty-five years and I’ve played to all kinds and sizes of crowds. If memory serves me correctly, my largest audience was probably in excess of 80,000 people while on the other end of the spectrum I’ve played to a few as two...
by Bill Bernico | Jan 2, 2007 | Practical MIDI
You younger Cybermidi readers may think I sound like a geezer, but I’m really aiming this at the people of my generation (I’m 52). Wilfred Brambell, who played Paul’s grandfather in the movie A Hard Day’s Night was 52 at the time the movie was filmed in March of 1964....
by Bill Bernico | Nov 24, 2006 | Practical MIDI
Imagine this scenario, if you will. I’m sitting in my dentist’s chair getting my teeth cleaned. When I find a gap in the work where I can talk, I tell him, “Say doc, when the next patient comes in can I pull his tooth?” You can just about imagine what my dentist would...
by Bill Bernico | Nov 5, 2006 | Practical MIDI
It’s been nearly three years now since I dissolved my musical duo in favor of going solo with my MIDI files. It has been an adventure and a learning experience. However, like everything else, you can fall into a rut, so to speak, and that’ll make you start thinking...
by Bill Bernico | Aug 14, 2006 | Practical MIDI
A few columns ago I vented my frustration regarding amateur singers from the audience wanting to horn in on my act. You know the kind—they warble a little in the shower and think they can do in a day what I’ve been perfecting for forty years. Occasionally I allow some...
