I started attending Long Beach City College Spring semester of 1993. My major was Film at the time and decided to change to television and music production instead because I had no idea how elaborate the television and music labs were in the music department.
I could not WAIT until Fall 1993 so I could begin working in the music and television department. WOW, what an experience! The main people I remember the most were my best friends Chante Holsey and Dalonte Smith. I also met my lifetime best friend and film partner Jules Christian as well at LBCC. Wow, those were the days.
The music I made during this time was all for fun. But locked away on a magnetic format D.A.T. (Digital Audio Tape), especially since D.A.T. are not in production any more, I have not heard my music since 1995. Now for the first time, thanks to Rob at yipDogStudios, I am now able to hear my music.
They say that magnetic tape can only last 10 years or so in the best conditions, like a dry cool environment. Well, my tapes have been through HOT Arizona summers in storage and extreme humidity weather in North Carolina. After all these years of careless handling, I can archive the audio and thanks again to Rob, he was able to transfer the audio files digitally on his MAC to a WAVE file and burned it on a DVD-R. I just picked up the DVD last night (January 26, 2008), awesome. It has been over 10 years now.
The following songs in this article are my personal favorites from The First Sequence series. The original articles are sectioned by disk. In this article, only my favorites are featured.
Right when I turned 18, on February 13, 1990, I bought my VERY FIRST keyboard and sequencer. The Roland MT-100 was an all-in-one digital sequencer and sound module. I also bought a keyboards which had keys the size of grand pianos. This keyboard however did not have pitch control.
The disks or discs (I changed the "c" and "k" for almost every disk) were a the small quick disks, about 2.8". I recorded my sequences during the time I had the Roland MT-100 on these disks. I labelled each disk starting from 1-12. Then I started from A-E, T, Z. Then I added AB and AA, and then I wanted to start a XMAS one too.
The recording of the sequence was not done in the order it appears and I did not keep record of when, where, or how I recorded the sequence. Some of the music I experimented with and some I actually put time into it.
Since all of the music is out of order, I really do not have any idea which song was the second or last, but I do remember my first, Intimacy. It was like I lost my virginity with that song. Though, you can tell it is my first. WOW! It sucked azz.....
Please remember that all of these tracks ARE my first, so be easy!!!
I started attending Long Beach City College Spring semester of 1993. My major was Film at the time and decided to change to television and music production instead because I had no idea how elaborate the television and music labs were in the music department.
The disks or discs (I changed the "c" and "k" for almost every disk) were a the small quick disks, about 2.8". I recorded my sequences during the time I had the Roland MT-100 on these disks. I labelled each disk starting from 1-12. Then I started from A-E, T, Z. Then I added AB and AA, and then I wanted to start a XMAS one too.
Please remember that all of these tracks ARE my first, so be easy!!!
The First Sequence 24 Disk Z
