I thought I should explain how these compositions are done. I do not have a Midi keyboard, so all of the sounds on these recordings are punched in note by note using Cakewalk Express. It's a very labor intensive process. I do not get the dynamics I would like, which accounts for some of the stiffness and GM type sound. Sadly when I did these I did not have the capabilites to use larger samples so I had to keep the soundfonts to a bare minimum. I started working this way a number of years ago when I suffered rather severe tendonitis in my left wrist, which forced me to stop playing the guitar for a few years. I wanted a way to still compose, and not having a bunch of money to get the tools I would like I went with this. I am starting to play the guitar again, plus I am not as broke as I used to be, so I am hoping to pick up some new toys one of these days so I can explore some different ways of composing and recording.
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