A melodic Instrumental in the Alternate Tuning DADGAD. Mellow and smooth for Easy Listening, it starts out slowly and builds to a climax ending. All tracks written, played and mixed by myself. Have a listen.
Independent Music and Digital Visual Artwork Discussion
Friday, February 6, 2015
Kirk Mathew Gatzka | The Roof Instrumental | CD Baby Music Store
Kirk Mathew Gatzka | The Roof Instrumental | CD Baby Music Store
A melodic Instrumental in the Alternate Tuning DADGAD. Mellow and smooth for Easy Listening, it starts out slowly and builds to a climax ending. All tracks written, played and mixed by myself. Have a listen.
A melodic Instrumental in the Alternate Tuning DADGAD. Mellow and smooth for Easy Listening, it starts out slowly and builds to a climax ending. All tracks written, played and mixed by myself. Have a listen.
Kirk Mathew Gatzka | Hook Line & Sinker | CD Baby Music Store
Kirk Mathew Gatzka | Hook Line & Sinker | CD Baby Music Store
Go to CDBaby and listen to the full song now, instead of a clip.
This song was actually inspired by a singer/songwriter discussion about "hooks" in our songs. How we use them and if we do or don't. It readily came to my mind as I sat and wrote it. The later part of the song says, "you set the hook," just like fishing for trout or bass.
Go to CDBaby and listen to the full song now, instead of a clip.
This song was actually inspired by a singer/songwriter discussion about "hooks" in our songs. How we use them and if we do or don't. It readily came to my mind as I sat and wrote it. The later part of the song says, "you set the hook," just like fishing for trout or bass.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
"Sunglasses Woman's Portrait with Map" Corel
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| Sunglasses Woman's Portrait with Map |
Today is another in a series of Texture Blended Portraits, using Maps as a background texture. I opened the Woman's Portrait in Corel PhotoPaint. Here I cropped the image.
I next applied the Threshold tool for white space. I left some color in her face, hair, and eyes. I then applied the Local Equalization for a very High Contrast textural look. I then went and looked for a suitable Map background.
I found one that had Maps, graphs, and measuring tools. I opened that in PhotoPaint. I rotated it 90 degrees to Portrait setting. Copying it to the clipboard and pasted as a layer over the Woman.
I applied a property for transparency, then merged the two together. I used Filter Forge's Photo Effects Lomography for a vignetting. Added my signature and saved that iteration.
I then compressed the file at 75 and 33 for smoothing the optimized JPG. Saving a second iteration for display here.
Monday, February 2, 2015
"A Minor Ballad on SoundCloud" Music Creator 6 - Line 6 Pod XT Live
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| Seagull S12 Cedar 12-String |
I recently got Cakewalk's Music Creator 6 Touch for a DAW program to use. I tend to use Audacity, but it has MIDI limitations and no Instruments or Loops you can use. I created the A minor Ballad you see linked below.
I put it on SoundCloud for those that listen to my music can hear what I am working with. I play Lead Guitar through my Line 6 Pod XT Live and added some reverb in Creator 6. I also, during mixing, Panned the Guitar and the Drums to opposite sides. I am still learning the interface of Creator 6, but I am having a good time doing so.
This Tune is Mellow and short, very basic Guitar. Please remember that I play a 12-String! Not electric, I use a Soundhole Pickup a Woody from Seymour Duncan to plug into the Pod XT Live, my USB connection to the computer.
I hope you enjoy this short tune, it's only about 2 minutes long:
https://soundcloud.com/gatzka-music/a-minor-ballad-02012015
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