About Forcast

G. Sherlock Miller "I caught the "music" fever again and began to teach myself piano. I soon began to write" more...	Randy Hunter "All the fellows demonstrate true quality in both musicianship and attitude. I look forward to doing much more" more...
Michael Timothy (Tim) Nash "The groups unique sound puts emphasis on free expression and inter-communication" more...	Clay Luna "...first group consisting of five kids, attempted to do rock and soft rock covers and a lot of angry neighbors..." more...
Jason �Spanky� Salzman "LEO, was made in NYC 31 years ago. Spanky started playing guitar at the age of 11" more...	John G. Hooper "Vocals, electric 4 string fretless/fretted bass. Studied bass with Bunny Brunel." more...
Tim McGovern "I was 13 years old - a young bored adolescent, looking for something to do..." more...

Gear for Spruce St. Studios (apply named I might add) consists of:

7 pc Ludwig Drums ranging from 1963 to 1973 with a bizzillion cymbals, Sabian and Zildjan. 5 pc 1995 Slingerland Drums.

Kurzweil K1000, Micro Piano; Roland EP9, JV1010, MT 32; Korg DW8000; Alesis
Nano Piano; Yamaha SY55, DX7 & DX9; and my Fave... a Rhodes Mark II;
Keyboards and Rackmounts

Mesa Boogie, Fender, Crown, Crate, Peavy, Acoustic Amps and Cabs, and a Line 6 Pod.

Mackie 16-8 bus studio mixing board.
Tascam Model 30 (8) channel board.
Shure 6 channel Keyboard mixer.
2 Alesis ADAT's
Atari Mega 4

Outboard gear includes: Tascam Patch bay, Tascam Spring Verb, Beringer Virtualizer Pro, 2 DBX 163X compressors, 1 Nano compressor, 2 Yamaha SPX 90's, Tapco EQ, MOTU 2408 into a Athlon 900Mhz PC

Mic's include: several Shure SM 57's, 58's; 1 AKG 3000, 2 AKG 1000's; 2 Oktava MK319's

There's probably more stuff, but I can't remember or it's too numerus to mention.

The Creative Process:

It usually begins with me noodling around on the piano with some chords and then adding a melody. Other times, I'm banging on my guitar when I'll hear something. I'll then go to my trusty old Atari and sequence something or the PC and use Band-in-a-Box for a rough sketch and arrangement which will then create a chart for the guys. A couple tunes on the CD where a collabrative effort and I expect that there will be even more on the next CD, which by the way, we have already started working on.

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