Author: Acid42

Use Your PC to Make Music

You like music, you have a PC, and you’ve heard that people use these contraptions nowadays to make music. People are writing and printing sheet music using software. Some put together songs from scratch using only their PC. Some remix other people’s music using software and loops of music. Many music professionals record live instruments onto their computer, incorporating their computers into their private and commercial studios. Others use their computers to spin tunes like a DJ, or to perform live electronic music using software geared towards performance, installed on laptops which are chained to various instruments via USB or MIDI cables.

How exactly they do it all might seem like medieval witchcraft to you, but that’s why FAST FORWARD is here to enlighten with a beginner’s guide to making music on the PC.

Acid42 in T3 Magazine Philippines

The July 2004 issue of T3 magazine Philippines finally came out, and they did a piece on Philippine electronica musicians and their favorite pieces of gear.  Several of us from Electronica Manila were featured quite nicely. the article was written by Karlo Samson, and each of us featured had a little sidebar with a quick profile. Cool article on the machines we make music with… and the people behind the local electronic scene. Bravo!

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Concept: Electronic Mass of Light in G-Major

Photo by Nicholas Stock

I have always loved classical music created with the Mass format in mind. Bach, Beethoven and Mozart had magnificent works which followed the Mass proper in Latin: Introit, Kyrie, Gloria, Alleluia, Agnus Dei, etc. And this intrigued me as a composer of liturgical music, and now, as a producer of electronic music.

So why not a mixture of these things: the sung sections of the Mass, electronic music, and theater? I came up with this idea sometime in 1998: to stage a theater production in the same vein. And to call it the Electronic Mass of Light in G-Major.

Manifesto of a Christian Electronica Musician

Angel musicians from the right panel of the altarpiece of the Seven Joys of the Virgin

Each of us is being called to serve in his or her capacity. Which means I’m not being asked to give up my knowledge and skill in producing electronic music in favor of more traditional pop- and folk-styled praise music. Rather, I am being called to use what I have and what I know in the service of the Kingdom.

I must make a more conscious, focused effort in songwriting and song composition. A single solid direction and objective. Music not merely for sonic pleasure or merely for dancing, but music composed to touch souls. Music meant to uplift, to transcend, to inspire. Music that leads to God.

Playing at the Launch of “The MET”

The event was a success. On the basis of sheer attendance alone, not to mention the audience feedback. People loved the show, and they loved the idea even more. Apart from adding a few electronic touches (sound effects mostly) to the show, I took the stage at 10pm and played till midnight. A full straight 2 hours, which is a first for me.

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Nerisa’s Spoken Word Album

Anyway, checking my project logs, I realize I took the project on last June 15, 2003. And after numerous setbacks and delays in recording skeds, plus extreme lethargy and procrastination, i only submitted the tracks to her today. I produced 3 tracks: 2 spoken word over IDM type beats and 1 actual song which will be credited to Clone featuring Ria Mariano. That song “Moon in the Room” will be in the next CLONE album, (I got Nerisa’s go signal), as well as the “Harmonic Fire” tune I have yet to sequence. The nicest surprise is: I never expected to be paid for the project. I took it on knowing it was an independent, low-budget indie project. And finding out that I would be paid was the best part!

Manila Times Reviews Mutatis Mutandis

Writer Karl DeMesa reviews Mutatis Mutandis in the national newspaper, The Manila Times, and has glowing and precise comments about the album.

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Gaz E-Zine Interviews Acid42

GAZ FANZINE was a small music and culture fanzine on Geocities. When Justine Lee (aka Cris Garcimo) asked for an interview, I obliged.

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