by Bill Bernico | Jun 5, 2006 | Practical MIDI
I told you in the last two columns how to utilize the midi files you either create or cultivate from the web. You’ve see examples of how useful they can be and how flexible a single performer or duo can be. 'Well, it’s not all glitz and glamour when working with...
by Bill Bernico | Feb 8, 2006 | Practical MIDI
In my first column I introduced you to my practical use of midi files. Changing times and changing situations make midi files the perfect solution to help you change with the flow and continue to perform. It's a simple matter of economics. If your five-piece band was...
by Bill Bernico | Jan 19, 2006 | Practical MIDI
Aside from being a solo artist who makes extensive, if not exclusive use of MIDI files in my act, I am also half of a MIDI-based rock duo. My partner has a huge P.A. system with all the bells and whistles and as part of the entertainment he used to bring along his...
by Bill Bernico | Mar 20, 2005 | Practical MIDI
I read some of the readers’ comments to my “Practical Midi” columns and it got me to thinking. One reader wrote that he had recently abandoned his full group to play with MIDI files. My hat’s off to you, bud. It’s the wave of the future. This reader also mentioned...
by Bill Bernico | Sep 13, 2004 | Practical MIDI
April 23, 1995 was the day that I can truly say was the turning point for me in music. To explain fully, I have to go back five years to 1990. That’s when I first ditched the four-piece band in favor of a duo. By 1990 I’d had twenty-four years of playing with bands...
by Bill Bernico | Jul 1, 2004 | Practical MIDI
I have been a working musician for nearly forty years and I have to admit that after all these decades, I still can’t read a note of sheet music. I guess you could say that makes me a “musical illiterate.” Now, that doesn’t hinder me one bit. On the contrary. In my...
