by Bill Bernico | Sep 14, 2009 | Practical MIDI
Since Cybermidi's inception more than seven years ago, I've been contributing not only this column, but a lot of the song/artist facts you see when you click on the latest demo on the home page. I've been too busy lately with the column and my own musical career to...
by Bill Bernico | Aug 22, 2009 | Practical MIDI
A lot has been written about the music of The Beatles. Critics and fans alike have analyzed and interpreted and picked apart every note they ever recorded until there’s nothing left to say, nothing new to learn about the music that changed the rock world beginning in...
by Bill Bernico | Jul 1, 2009 | Practical MIDI
As you may already know, The Beatles wrote a lot of their songs about real people who had come and gone from their lives over the years. Some I don’t need to explain, such as The Ballad of John and Yoko. It’s obviously about John and Yoko. But it also mentions Peter...
by Bill Bernico | May 1, 2009 | Practical MIDI
When I play with my duo we do a song by The Righteous Brothers called “Unchained Melody.” Not particularly one of my favorites, but my partner can reach the notes, so we do it. It’s my job to create the lyrics sheets with additional information that we can share with...
by Bill Bernico | Mar 1, 2009 | Practical MIDI
2002 was a good year for me in a lot of ways. That year I left a job that I wasn't really crazy about, I bought a new guitar, I split off from my duo to do a solo act and Cybermidi began operation on the web. Now, these last three events were linked together quite...
by Bill Bernico | Jan 1, 2009 | Practical MIDI
I was a teenager in the sixties so naturally I’d have a fascination with The Beatles, more so than, let’s say, someone ten to fifteen years younger than myself. Occasionally I’ll run into one of these people and the conversation will roll around to The Beatles and...
