by Bill Bernico | Aug 5, 2007 | Practical MIDI
If you've been following this column you already know about the practical uses of midi files and how to be more versatile and how to use them for your recording career. I've focused mainly on single acts or duos that depend on midi files for that fuller sound without...
by Bill Bernico | Aug 2, 2007 | Practical MIDI
I’ve previously written about my own personal midi experiences telling you how they helped me in my newfound solo career and how they helped replace missing musicians. I’ve told you how they’ve helped me “flesh out” my overall sound so that I could do it all myself....
by Bill Bernico | Jul 15, 2007 | Practical MIDI
Life doesn’t always deal you a winning hand or a slew of troubles when it’s convenient for you. These can come at the most inopportune times…especially if you’re a performing musician and have to keep up appearances for the sake of the show. Of the 2,500+ jobs I’ve...
by Bill Bernico | Jul 2, 2007 | Practical MIDI
Well, let’s see now. We’ve covered the uses of MIDI files, pitfalls of using them live, how to use them live, how to record with them and how to be versatile with them. What does that leave? How about composing with MIDI files? I saw an interview with Elton John on...
by Bill Bernico | Apr 12, 2007 | Practical MIDI
Here’s a neat little story of how MIDI files came in handy for two of my friends on one of their jobs here in Wisconsin. It was several years ago at a Holiday Inn near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Terry and Rich, two guys who used to play in my band broke away and formed a...
by Bill Bernico | Apr 5, 2007 | Practical MIDI
The year was 1979 and I was watching The Tonight Show. Johnny Carson’s guest that night was George Carlin and he was doing a skit featuring Carl Closeout, a late-night record pitchman. He went on to name a few long, drawn-out Country Western song titles he’d made up....
