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This is my most complex patch so far, and I’ve been working on it for a week. I incorporated a few new things this time, such as recording the chordal pads in Tim Exile’s Endlesss app. I played them by hand in the app on my iPhone and recorded them into the Morphagene, which was clocked so that I could …

I added a few new modules to my system recently which inspired me to record a new track utilizing them. The track begins with a bass line generated from a Poly-D analog synth, patched in and controlled by the modular system. I built a custom interface to bring the Poly-D’s back panel ports onto a panel in the modular synth.…

Something wonderful happened a few nights ago. I was working with the modular synth and I began to tweak a patch I had just put together. I did a little of this and a little of that and things began to fall into place. It was becoming interestingly rhythmic with nice variations. I let it continue to play while getting …

Tonight I took my first steps in creating generative music with the modular synth. After studying the manuals to several of the modules I’m beginning to explore a little more deeply into their complex inner workings.

From Wikipedia; “Generative music is a term popularized by Brian Eno to describe music that is ever-different and changing, and that is created by …

January 2000, Robert Fripp held a four hour Q&A session at our studio that also included a listening party playing tracks from the then-unreleased King Crimson album “The ConstruKction of Light”. I admire Robert not only for his musicianship and musical vision, but also for his teachings and philosophies regarding life and work.

Roughly 70 people attended the Nashville event …

Recently the components for my new modular synthesizer began to arrive.

I’ve wanted a modular for quite a while. My very first synth was a modular, a Paia that I built from a kit. I couldn’t afford a Minimoog at the time, which I wanted very much. But it was completely out of my budget at $1500 in 1975, so …

The latest acquisition to my studio is a Hammond M3 organ. It now resides in what I call the “vintage” area of the studio due to being made in 1955, and it’s directly beside a Masco guitar amp from 1946. So being 68 and 77 years old does allow me to truthfully use the word vintage. 😁

I’ve had the Masco …

Here is my Abbey Road shot, unfortunately I’m not in it because I was by myself. However, I did have an amazing top-to-bottom tour of the entire studio, compliments of a producer friend who set it up for me after working there a few weeks earlier. I visited in October 1989 while attending a training course for audio console manufacturer …

This was a major influence in my life.

I own every King Crimson album and video, and have seen more of their shows than any other band. I’ve also attended Robert Fripp’s solo performances & speaking engagements, one of which I hosted myself during my time of owning & operating a recording studio here in Nashville. I was also fortunate …