by Bill Bernico | Dec 5, 2008 | Practical MIDI
Back in 1966 B.C. (Before Computers) I started my own band while still in high school. It was a labor of love-my love for the music of the time and, as of 2001, I’ve stayed with it for 35 years and counting. I’m still out there playing on weekends but the music scene...
by Bill Bernico | Oct 2, 2008 | Practical MIDI
I originally broke away from my duo to go solo about eight years ago and over those eight years, I thought I had perfected my act to be about as smooth and easy as it could get. Guess not. I stumbled upon a program that really lets me concentrate on the music and not...
by Bill Bernico | Jul 20, 2008 | Practical MIDI
Usually when I talk music with other people from all across the country and I mention that I’m from Wisconsin, they sometimes ask me about my home state. And in doing so I get the feeling that when they think of Wisconsin they immediately think of cheese and cows....
by Bill Bernico | Jul 13, 2008 | Practical MIDI
Cybermidi’s latest sequence, “Sweet Life” reminded me of its composer and singer, Paul Davis, who died recently just one day after his 60th birthday, of a heart attack. There was never a lot written about the man during his lifetime. He was an unassuming, low-key kind...
by Bill Bernico | Jul 1, 2008 | Practical MIDI
Last night I watched one of my favorite music-themed movies—“Mr. Holland’s Opus” with Richard Dreyfus. He’s a composer who supliments his income by teaching high school music classes in the mid-60s. In one scene he plays a piece on the school piano and asks if any...
by Bill Bernico | Jun 27, 2008 | Practical MIDI
You might wonder how some of those famous bands came to be known by the names they chose. Well, I’m here to enlighten you with just a few. For example, the Swedish band, ABBA is nothing more than an acronym using the first letters of the first names of its members....
