2 classic Touchy Feely Productions- Free Download
Hey Friends,
I invite you to check out the Touchy Feely music store.
I’ve just made available 2 classic albums that I’ve Produced as Touchy Feely.
the first one is “J Between the Ts- DEFinitely Plugged in”, which was my first home recorded lo-fi Hip Hop album.
the second one “Diabolical Commodities”, which was a Collaborative effort done with artist/writer Dan,
These 2 albums are free!!!!!! you can download these albums free from the store page
Check them out. they are a little sloppy, but I feel that they Document that period when i was experimenting with computer recording, sound FX, and Genre Blending.
thanks,
James
Pidgin Droppings Photos
Pidgin Droppings threw down at Legendary Cecil’s Jazz Club, Wednesday, June 10th.
It was a great show! Josh Goldfarb and Kerri Regan both took some photos to document the night, visually.
Here are just a few:
Bass Big Muff tested and reviewed
One of the jobs I’ve acquired over the last few years is being the Bass Tech for Bill Laswell. Bill travels a lot around the world and it’s important that his gear works and sounds good.
That being said, I suggested to him that we try the new Bass Big Muff from Electro Harmonix. We all love the sound of the original, but in my opinion, the pedal is too big for a pedal board, and you do tend to lose some of the low end of the bass in exchange for a Mid Range Growl. Don’t get me wrong this sound is awesome! But I will describe to you what Electro Harmonix has done to benefit Bass Players with the Bass Big Muff.
First off, the BBM is smaller in size, and lighter.m This is a big plus for fitting it on a custom made pedal board.
It has the standard 3 knobs found on all Big Muffs:
Volume- overall volume of fuzz sound when pedal is on.
Tone- Knob adjusts tone of the fuzz sound from low to high.
Sustain- is the amount of the Distortion sound from little to Extreme Fuzz with a long sustain.
there is a 1/4 inch input and 2 (1/4 inch outputs)
the output configuration is a new feature and good one for Bass.
One of the outputs is Effect out which sends the muff tone out to your amp.
the other is Dry out, which will always send the original Bass Signal out. Send these outputs 2 amps or 2 channels on a mixer for more control of your sound. With the Dry Bass Signal you can add definition into your distortion sound, which helps the bass from getting lost in the Fuzz.
the other cool feature of this pedal is the switch with changes the signal from Normal to Dry to Bass boost.
I only tested this pedal using the Effect out, so here is what I found with the switch.
Normal- makes the pedal sound like the original Big Muff, and yes it is pretty close. The sustain was warm and silky, but in my opinion there may have been a little less Bite than an original Big Muff. Still, with a brighter tone adjustment, we like the way it sounded.
Dry- takes the Big Muff and Adds the Orginal Direct Signal in with effect and sends it out of the Effect output.
Very Cool! We heard every note of the bass clearly as it mixed in with the Distortion.
Bass Boost- this takes the Big Muff Sound and Adds a lot of low end to the signal. This sounded Great! Really Pumped up the Low end of the signal. This is something that’s never been available.
It’s a great added feature for Bass players who enjoy the sound of the Big Muff, but have never been able to get a tone that retains the Low end.
I’ve always like EH pedals. The really craft great tools with with great tone in mind.
Check em out!
-James
Pidgin Droppings Tonight at Cecil’s Jazz Club, 8pm
Tonight I’ll be playing guitar with Pidgin Droppings, which if you don’t know, is a 4 piece hip hop, reggae band performing the songs of Juggla (New Jersey Based Artist).
Doors open at 8pm,
Pardon the Stranger – 8:30pm
Pidgin Droppings – 9pm
Lux Deville- 10pm
Should be a great show!
