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Trying to drag people into my tiny studio is another issue all together, so my partner Gena and I have started (just yesterday!) building a new, large studio in back of the house. With easy access (mine is presently 2 sets of ladders), it'll be much better to carry equipment in, and roomier too! If you have some suggestions, reality checks, comments, or are interested (and preferably in the Texada area) Contact Us |
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Here's some music videos ready for Much Music Awards! |
| Texada music video by S.Sims | Instruments of My Destruction animated music video by S.Sims |
| I Love to Kick S.Sims/Fevertech Sirens Mix | The Light Show! |
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Live Performances of some more recent tunes |
| A Videoclip of The Terry Fox Run performance | |
| Here's some snippits' from the Sand Castle Weekend July 17 | Rockhounds Legion BBQ Aug.4 |
| TICK-TOCK: Sunshine, a nice breeze, and a good setup. What more is there?? | LAZY DAYS: Could you guys hear me? How far? A mile? Cool! |
| IF I COULD GO BACK: My first ever public performance, heartbeat=150 bpm! | TEXADA: Proudly singing Texada, it *is* our island home now! |
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Download them, pass them around! |
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Gitter-Harmon Just goofin' around with a harp, guitar, and piano in the studio. |
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PAST ALBUMS - FLASHBACK! My Trance/Dance/Techno past |
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Some pictures with me in them. ( A rarity! ) |
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![]() The Small Stage Setup, me singin', lotsa happy faces! ( Loud! Blew out 2 speakers! ) |
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| September 18th 2011: Performimg with The Jessica's to liven up the Terry Fox Run! | |
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Where will I be? If I know, I'll let you know here! |
| ~2011~ |
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June June 12th 2011 - Gillies Bay BC Thanks Julinn! That was fun! |
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July July 16th 2011 - Shelter Point Texada 8PM Thanks to Elayne for the last minute changes!
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August August 4th 2011 6PM (BC _RH_only) Thankyou for all those compliments, you guys Rock!! August 17th 2011 -Shelter Point Park 5 PM ---JAM IN THE PARK--- Jamie Nuotio, Myself, and many other local talents showed for this newly contrived festival on the rock! Could this be the start of something big? We think so! Thankyou everyone!
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September Terry Fox Run 2011 Sunday September 18th - Texada Gillies Bay As the run comes to an end, noon hour will kick off the festivities at the GB ballpark. I will be hosting and performing along with The Jessicas. See you all there! Sunday September
25th - Texada Gillies Bay
Saturday Oct 15th - Flyin appr. Party |
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Fresh Newspaper Releases, Write-ups, Mentions Click over to zoom in |
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What's new in the studio? What's the equipment? |
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Upon moving off the boat, I decided to
build a whole new studio, and leave the boat studio as is. That way, I if I
feel the urge, I can still lay down some tracks while sitting happily at
some isolated anchorage. The latest addition to the stage arsenal, besides yet another mic stand, is a home-built stage lighting controller. I am keeping it small-ish for now, with 12 dimmer controllers, all running off MIDI so sequencing can be automatic along with whichever piece I am playing. It's still under construction, but should be basically operational by the 17th Aug. (I hope) I'll post more when it's done ;) |
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mixer for studio and road, is this Phonic Helix 18 MK II I scored on Ebay,
and the main MIDI controller surface is this UC-33 Evolution. They fit
nicely into this fold-out table case I glued some foam into. The Sweet16 MIDI controller I designed a few years back, still earn a place on the rack with some unique MIDI conversion features still not in any hardware I know of. I still haven't found a suitable road case for the Kawaii X-150D, so it must be handled with care. I have found using a keyboard stand off to one side when on stage allows people to actually "see" me, instead of being behind all the stuff! Some people thought my music was somebody just playing "canned" music. Ug! (...that could be a compliment right?) |
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been working on a lighting controller, or DMX controller if you will. It's
been an ongoing project collecting everything up from second hand stores,
and the scrap yard, but it's really beginning to take shape! There's a
page specifically for that if you're interested.
I've named it the "Light-Sixteen" keeping the "16"
tradition from the sweet 16 MIDI controller. Plus it has 16 light controls,
from floods, to spots, to LED strobes, a dual follow spot, even a laser!
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the "old" days, I had a real set of drums, some Diamonds, and used to play
almost daily. But as time went on, the opportunity to play them became less
and less. So a really cheap set of used V-Drums made from "RockBand" toy drums, modified, MIDI-fied, and Fresh-ened up, will be the new set in the studio. Follow the next project on the slab (like I'm not busy enough already right?) here. |
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The New Studio!
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need of work, but the shape gives the room more of a ambient reverb than a
hard slap-back, which is almost preferred. There won't be any more furniture
other than a few chairs going in here, which won't do much for reduction.
There will be a throw rug though, which, if the sound is bouncing the way I
think it is, should cut it back some. I painted the floor with some glossy grey urethane we acquired free at a garage sale, but the color doesn't do much for the light show and tends to reflect both light and sound quite a bit. Hence the throw rug. It's big and spacious enough to jam with several people, so if you're in the mood...! The rig is somewhat dwarfed by the size of the room, and isn't used this way in performances, but it's really comfortable to reach for all the controls
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![]() "Mission Control...." I've been able to hook up the the big Peavey monitors my neighbor Jamie gave me, along with my old $5 JVC's, so it really rocks in here if I want it to! Now it's time to get back to writing tunes and laying out some tracks for that new album! |
| The Big Sailboat Project Vol.I & Vol.II A 10 part series, completed in
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...starting over
This Page is under construction, thankyou for being patient!
November 12th, 2011
Webmaster Sandrine Sims, Video Gena Hollingshead
Thanks to Jamie Nuotio & Peter Locke for all the wonderful new inspirations
(C) FRESH NELLY MUSIK 2011