RENDEVOUS IN ARUBA (Audric Jankauskas-1995) by Audric Jankauskas published on 2022-02-26T14:25:36Z I believe just about every musician has had the exciting experience in which they rediscover music recordings they did from way back in their past... music that was practically forgotten about. So, it was a pleasant surprise for me to rediscover some pretty cool fusion style music I had produced over a quarter century ago. This old music marks the time I first got introduced to midi sequencing. For those that want to know more, here's a few interesting details as to how this music came to be. Just for context... at the time (1995), I knew absolutely nothing about computers. The world of personal computers, including pc based DAW, was still waiting for me to discover a couple years later on. So... besides my electric guitar, the only other musical "instrument" I had at my disposal to produce most of my home-studio "desktop" music at the time was my one and only keyboard, a Korg T-3 "workstation". This exciting, and recently introduced keyboard offered plenty of great synth sounds, but also had built-in midi sequencing abilities. This feature interested me very much realizing the great potential it offered coming from a composer's viewpoint. Working on and constructing full length multi-instrumented compositions and productions using the Korg T-3's built-in sequencer was not easy. A tiny screen and just a few push buttons to access all the editing functions made for a highly tedious experience compared to using the standard everyday DAW systems most musicians are accustomed to these days. What was even more crazy was I had just gotten rid of my old multi-track Tascam cassette recorder, as I was pretty fed up with all the technical problems associated with the old tape machine technology. So I was determined to do any future music productions using digital recording. In my case, after completion of my work of sequencing for multiple instrumentation for any particular tune, I was faced with the challenge of playing and recording my guitar work straight through the entire piece without any overdubbing or editing, as I was recording directly onto a 2-track (stereo) DAT. Everything had to be pre-mixed as perfectly possible as it all would go directly onto a stereo recording. That means all T-3 derived sounds, such as drums, percussion, bass, keyboards, etc., had to first be mixed within the Korg T-3's own built-in mixer. Then my guitar had to be mixed and recorded in one pass, together with the T-3's mixed stereo output, going through a small audio mixer feeding the final mix to the stereo DAT machine. Challenging and time consuming for sure... but some will understand... creative energy and inspiration has a way of overcoming these kind of obstacles, which is exactly what happened to me. Within two years I managed to finish off about a half dozen decent tracks in this manner, in which afterwards I finally realized I really needed a update to a full sized computer based audio work station in order to continue and advance in my creative endeavors. That said... it was the lessons I learned from these first days of sequencing on my old Korg T-3, that helped me a whole bunch as I advanced into today's standard DAW technology. I hope everyone gets a chance to enjoy some of this music that belongs to this special group of tracks... an "album" so to speak... which I titled "Fusion Quest". Genre Jazz Fusion Comment by Jamie Rhind And still holds the test of time! Are you bouncing back now a bit after your time away?! 2024-05-06T19:09:57Z Comment by Jamie Rhind Superb music and playing Audric 2024-05-02T12:31:49Z Comment by Themis Nikoloudis amazing! 2022-03-14T10:30:24Z Comment by Dan van den Berg Wow, your story here makes it even more incredible! I love the track’s sound and feel, crazy to read through what lengths you went to get it down. Brilliant playing especially knowing that you did this straight through, wow again! 2022-03-03T22:10:30Z Comment by CreaFlow 🅲🅾🅾🅻 2022-03-02T20:20:15Z Comment by The Windscale Blues Experiment Beautiful flow from your guitar.....excellent creation...standing the test of time. 2022-03-02T15:42:03Z Comment by Sanshu Seiso [Experimental Artist] awesome guitar tone... 2022-02-28T19:50:23Z Comment by Zaeb. Great 2022-02-27T17:44:37Z Comment by Andy McLean That theme. Right there! Soooo mmmmmm 2022-02-27T11:30:17Z Comment by Andy McLean Timeless. No matter how long ago, this needed to be unleashed. Thank you again Audric for sharing, on behalf of so many admirers. A musicians Musician.... 2022-02-27T11:23:39Z Comment by Louis Taverna Oh man! So sick Audric! What a solo! 2022-02-27T00:11:17Z Comment by Louis Taverna Audric not only is your guitar playing obviously completely amazing but also talk about some great percussion and bass and key/synth touches in here! 2022-02-27T00:09:35Z Comment by Louis Taverna Damn! So smooth 2022-02-27T00:08:39Z Comment by Louis Taverna Love these lines so much! 2022-02-27T00:08:01Z Comment by Jamie Rhind damn! 2022-02-26T21:46:47Z Comment by Jamie Rhind stunning - and love the latin percussion 2022-02-26T21:46:18Z Comment by Jamie Rhind lotsa serious guitar!! wow 2022-02-26T21:45:45Z Comment by Jamie Rhind love this 2022-02-26T21:41:51Z Comment by Axel Weiß Your guitar playing is wonderfully fluid, elegant and melodic, Audric. Big compliment. 2022-02-26T17:04:47Z