In this video Kip Winger discusses his involvement with Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp, his career, and current projects.
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David Fishof discusses Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp‘s history and it’s new permanent home in Las Vegas, Nevada at the MGM Grand Hotel. Since 1997, the camps have taken place in different cities in the United States, England, and the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. At Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp attendees, write and record music alongside famous talent, culminating in an event where attendees perform live on stage.
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A long time advocate of Roland products, Static Revenger AKA Dennis White is an extremely prolific, in-demand musician. His work spans a wide number of musical genres and styles and is perhaps best known for his EDM (electronic dance music) hits. In using the INTEGRA-7, Dennis explains that his turn around time for his projects has significantly decreased. Dennis explains, “The best part of all is that sound processing by the INTEGRA-7 is done at the speed of thought and is a piece of gear that should be in every professional studio.”
On June 30th, the remix of Standing Shadows‘ “We Are Everlasting Silver Sessions Remix” single and video was released on all digital outlets and featured on the front page of VEVO. Over the last year, the band has released several songs from their recording sessions at Rancho de la Luna studio in the famous Joshua Tree National Park with producer Chris Goss (Queens Of The Stone Age, UNKLE, Duke Spirit, The Cult) featuring engineer Ethan Allen (Gram Rabbit, Daniel Lanois, Spindrift). The remix is a break from the norm for the band whose influences consist of Muse, Arcade Fire, The National, Jesus And Mary Chain, Spiritualized, Interpol, Sigur Ros and oldies such as Beach Boys, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Velvet Underground and many more. More
In this video Omar Tavarez, Musical Director and drummer for Pitbull‘s band, explains the dynamics of playing live the music from Pitbull’s recordings. Omar says that during the show he plays off the Pitbull’s vocal rhythm for added accents with drums and cymbals. According to Omar, in keeping to the integrity and familiarity of the original recording, Pitbull stresses to keep the playing and arrangements concise. This balance between the band’s talent, and keeping it simple, is what makes this show so exciting. While the audience comes to hear and watch something that is familiar to them from the radio or music videos, they also gain the added experience of watching The Agents deliver a world class performance. To conclude, Mr. World Wide (aka Pitbull) is backed by a world class band.
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Robert “Bubby” Lewis is not only an incredibly talented composer, he is also a killer bass player. In this video, Bubby gets funky as he demonstrates one of his favorite patches in the Roland VB-99 V-Bass System.
Aside from being a touring musician, Bubby also produces and composes music for Marvel comics and FUNimation Entertainment. As a bass player, the VB-99 provides a wide spectrum of sounds that allow him to produce music without restrictions. A self-proclaimed bass and “comic nerd”, the pairing of both of Bubby’s passions is a dream come true. More
On her break from touring with Beyonce, Brittani Washington stops by the Roland office to explain her new album “Space For Music“. A turn from the latest trends in POP music, Brittani explains that “Space For Music” is an organic and nostalgic experience to the days when musicians were heroes. Brittani limits the use of technology in terms of sampling and pre-recorded tracks on her album and relies on her organic musical abilities. Watch the video for the full interview and stay tuned for the video outtakes of Brittani on the Jupiter-80. More
Robert “Bubby” Lewis is not only an incredibly talented composer, he is also an amazing bass player. When Bubby isn’t composing for anime and television, he gigs with Lupe Fiasco. In this video, Bubby explains his custom, GK-3B ready bass, how he uses it to control the Roland VB-99 V-Bass System and how expressive the V-Bass system can be. Stay tuned for a followup post and video of Bubby rocking some his favorite VB-99 sounds.
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Michael Schack demos the Roland SPD-30 Octopad. Michael is currently the drummer for Drum and Bass producer Netsky (Boris Daenen). I asked him to show off the electronic sounds and capabilities of the Octapad. Check out what he came up with. More
Michael Ripoll is a monster player who presently is the Musical Director for Baby Face and Chris Mann. Michael does tons of session work as well. (He recently played on the soundtrack for MIB III.) In this video, Michael demos the different guitar models and tunings found in the Roland G-5 VG Stratocaster. (He is also pairing the V-Guitar with the Roland GA-212 amp.) More
