More pictures from my recent adventure to a local city park.
Enjoying a little more late summer before it is gone!
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Still To Be Found; From The Other Half
Posted: August 17, 2019 in PhotographyTags: #midimike, #nature, #photo, #photographer, #photography, #photograpy, Ault Park, Cincinnati Parks, Michael S Kennedy, Nikon, Nikon camera, Ohio, parks, photographs, www.midimike.com
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jjaR
Posted: August 6, 2019 in projectsTags: #audio, #bass, #bass guitar, #Cincinnati, #drummer, #drums, #foodchainoflove, #guitar, #michaelskennedy, #microphone, #Midi, #midimike, #original songs, #photo, #photography, #recording, #recordingstudio, #studio, #studioengineer, #vocalist, #vocals, 102.7FM, 1996, ADAT, Alesis, Annette Rogers, Cincinnati bands, Cincinnati Scene II, Deary Me presents, female vocalist, food chain of love, jjaR, Michael S Kennedy, MSK Studios, multi track recording, original music, originals, photographs, Top Cats, WEBN
Early in 1996 I was introduced to a Cincinnati band called “jjaR”. I met them while they were playing at a popular club called Top Cats. I was really impressed with the band and their original songs. Annette Rogers was the lead vocalist and she commanded the room with her emotional portrayal of each song. The band was intense and dynamic.
March 13th, 1996 we started recording in my home studio. They were troopers. I have a small space for recording with no isolation rooms for drums, vocals, etc. The band wanted a clean demo. They did not want a lot of processing and effects in the mix. A band after my own heart!
We did two separate sessions. The first session was mixed on March 26th, 1996. I was recording on the Alesis ADAT (Alesis Digital Audio Tape) machine for the first project. We only had 8 tracks to work with back then and no computer editing or effects. They were pros. They set up, got settled in and played their songs with obvious passion.
One of their tracks appeared in a collection of bands our local radio station WEBN (102.7FM) published on CD. They were featured on the second annual CD release. Deary Me Presents – Cincinnati Scene II included “Food Chain Of Love” on the 3rd track of the compilation CD. You can still find a copy or two on on-line.
Here are a few tunes from Project 1 for your enjoyment.
Still to be Found
Posted: July 31, 2019 in PhotographyTags: #butterfly, #CincinnatiParks, #outdoors, #photographer, #photography, #photograpy, #video, #videographer, Ault Park, Cincinnati Parks, color and form, flowers, Nikon, Nikon camera, photographs
There is still much beauty to be captured in pictures if you can deal with the heat and ready to look in unusual places. I wanted to share some pictures from my favorite local park I took yesterday. You can get a feel of what is still out there. Admittedly, I have a LOT of untouched pictures to share, but this is about half of the pictures I took. I hope you enjoy some of them.
Ault Park Cincinnati, Ohio MSK 8
I spoke with a few ladies enjoying the day and one pointed out that from a distance, three separate bushes lined up to the shape of a deer. This picture is a bit too close, but you can see the outline.
Ault Park Cincinnati, Ohio MSK 11
The real Infinity Pool:
Cover Tune Tuesdays with Crash Landing continues
Posted: June 11, 2019 in Cover Tune TuesdaysTags: #A Night Out, #ANightOut, #bass, #bass guitar, #Cincinnati, #drummer, #drums, #guitar, #harmonies, #harmony, #keyboard, #Liveband, #livesoundreinforement, #microphone, #monitors, #panasonic DAT, #photo, #photographer, #photography, #photograpy, #recordingstudio, #stage, #studio, #studioengineer, #venue, #vocalist, #vocals, clubs, cover band, cover tune, DAT, keyboards, kick drum, lead guitar, Live performance, live recording, liver performance, local bands, MADD, multi track recording, musical video, musicians, PA, photographs, rock and roll, snare drum, sound editing, stage monitors, Stereo recordings, support local musicians, tamborine, vintage video
Here is the 2nd installment of my live recording of Crash Landing back in 2002. I played with them for a number of years. First as a sound guy. I knew the singer Gary Jefferson and he pulled me into the group. Gary and I go back a few years. He knows everyone and has played all over town. I have helped him with outside projects and you can hear his vocals on a lot of my original songs. Great people are hard to come by, but they will be there for you when you need.
I wish I had more video to share. I have a call out to other band members and friends to send me copies of anything they have. I have created videos for years but never really did much during this time. Again, I wish I had. Here is the next section of an evening with Crash Landing. This is still the first set and we are getting warmed up. Settling into the sound. That is the toughest thing about one-night-gigs; everything sounds so strange for the first 3 or four songs at the minimum. Depending on the sound guy/gal, this could take up to an entire first set to get comfortable.
I don’t have records of who was running sound this night. With this band I USED to run sound from the audience, then became a band member and ran sound and played/sang from out in the crowd using our own equipment! In many ways that was very cool. After a while we hired sound companies and I just don’t know who was at the board.
I hope you enjoy a night out – to hear a live band – without leaving your home. It’s like you are at the show, but you can still have one more drink and not have to drive home!
Here is the you-tube link for part two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vHdxs6z-Qg
MidiMike 