Two weeks in...

[Jay Vaughan]

Well folks, we’ve reached the first stage of our self-isolation: 14 days - and everyone is healthy and vibrant in my household, if a bit antsy.  We’re fortunate to have a garden and decent surroundings for the kids to escape into every now and then.  I’ve set up a small at-home studio, since the Villa and Sky Studio in the city are inaccessible at the moment - got a Neutron/Virus/OP-1/SKULPT/CRAFT rig that is really pretty sexy, and the new version of the Endlesss app [*] all loaded up.  Only trouble is, my kids hate my jams, haha .. oh, groan.


How are you guys holding up?  I’ve been thinking a lot about the music-bar crew the last 48 hours, I’m really glad we’re still together after all these years - we’ve survived some crazy madness before (remember 9/11?) and somehow I’m sure we’ll be here in 10 years even still .. what are your plans/dreams/hopes/thoughts about what’s to come?

I’ve had some fun setting up NINJAM on REAPER to get my Jam allotment in - just waiting for the rest of the Restless Ear Syndrome jam crew to get set up too (they’re slow, grr..) - have you guys been remote jamming?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-cUmSw7nF4

(See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninjam)

Today I discovered this amazing little script for REAPER:

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=182233

.. which has inspired me to get into a bit of REASCript hacking .. anyone got any inspiration/idea’s for what else might be useful in this department?

[*] - Endlesss has started its Launch countdown - if you’ve got it already (Beta) then please be sure to update it and use it in the next 48-hours, somehow - this will have the effect of putting you in the ‘grandfathered materials’ list, which means your stuff will roll over when the release is done and won’t be lost, hopefully.  All indications from Tim E., and the team are that its going to launch on the 31st - Denmark will get it first, as part of the launch ramp-up, so if you’re Danish and don’t have it yet, look for it on April 1/2 or so…

Anyway, hope you’re all well guys, stay safe, and happy music-making.  And if anyone else is jamming, lets hear all about it guys!  

Music-bar lives forever!


j.