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Catching Up With Kip Winger

In this video Kip Winger discusses his involvement with Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp, his career, and current projects. Related links and articles: Rock Fantasy Camp’s New Home Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp photos from WeissGuyGallery.com Behind the Scenes at Rock Camp

Rock Fantasy Camp’s New Home

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, [...]

Static Revenger AKA Dennis White – First Look at Integra-7

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, [...]

Dan Silver Explains the “We Are Ever Lasting Silver Sessions” Remix Video

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 [...]

Omar Tavarez (Pitbull) Explains Playing Songs Live vs. The Album Recording

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, [...]

Robert “Bubby” Lewis Gets Funky With the VB-99

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 [...]

Brittani Washington Explains Her Album: Space For Music

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 [...]

Bubby Lewis Explains the Roland VB-99 V-Bass System

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 [...]

Michael Schack looping on the Octapad

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.

Michael “Nomad” Ripoll Demos the Roland G-5 V-Guitar

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 [...]