Hard Rockin' DR G is on Soundcloud now!!

[JOHN GARGANI]

I just completed another album, doing something I always wanted to take a stab at, and that was to make a hard rock/metal album.

unlike my Blues albums, this presented much more of a challenge, musically, as Blues are such a simple music....

it also meant changing my "guitar" simulation styles on the keyboard immensely, from Blues riffs to Rock power chords and such....

If you go to www.soundcloud.com and put John Gargani in the search button, you will come up with my site, which now will have the previous Blues Album ( Still some Meat left on this bone ) and the new one: EVOLUTION OF ROCK 1.....

even with a Dr. Beats audio on my new computer, it still sucks out loud, you really have to plug in Headphones and then crank up the volume to hear what it is really like.....

the biggest challenge of this project was actually NOT the music but the damn Vocals, which drove me crazy! lol....all that shrieking and stuff is definitely NOT in my wheelhouse, but I did my best...the music though is pretty spot on, considering, as always, everything you hear is generated by me with my Yamaha, Roland and Korg keyboards.....

check it out!!

[shaneinga]

That is pretty cool John. Great song choices there. Vocals were pretty decent, and it is amazing that all that guitar was played on a keyboard. Great job and welcome back.

[Wayne Evans]

I just completed another album, doing something I always wanted to take a stab at, and that was to make a hard rock/metal album. everything you hear is generated by me with my Yamaha, Roland and Korg keyboards..... check it out!!

Those songs had to be quite challenging given the equipment used.
I agree that the blues genre is a very 'simple' one especially compared to the songs you took on with this project.

(I just added a couple to soundcloud recently also (under chulaivet1966). All my songs are on soundclick but seems they're downsizing it's involvement)

Checking them out now....hope all is well and you get a lot more listens.

Carry on....

[JOHN GARGANI]

That is pretty cool John. Great song choices there. Vocals were pretty decent, and it is amazing that all that guitar was played on a keyboard. Great job and welcome back.

thank you: see my next answer below...

Those songs had to be quite challenging given the equipment used.
I agree that the blues genre is a very 'simple' one especially compared to the songs you took on with this project.

it would have been quite a bit more challenging if I had to use a REAL guitar! LOL.....

like anything else, there is a learning curve towards emulating guitar playing, or any other instrument playing, on a key board: having the "sounds" is one thing, but playing them in a manner that sounds convincing for what you are trying to emulate, is a whole 'nother hobby in itself, which requires hours and hours of practice.

I felt that my "drum" work improved greatly in this album...

[Wayne Evans]

it would have been quite a bit more challenging if I had to use a REAL guitar! LOL.....like anything else, there is a learning curve towards emulating guitar playing, or any other instrument playing, on a key board: having the "sounds" is one thing, but playing them in a manner that sounds convincing for what you are trying to emulate, is a whole 'nother hobby in itself, which requires hours and hours of practice.

Correct....
First, the patch (instrument sound) has to be sampled with timbre and emulation quality.
Second, one has to be able to articulate their playing of the keyboard to sound 'convincing'.
That is no easy task I might add.

Good stuff John....keep up the good work.

Back to it....