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What Indaba can do for you...

Jack Nimersheim — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:03:00 -0400

Wanna hear an example of just what Indaba makes possible? Check out the song "Hold On", either on my Profile page or through the following link:

http://www.indabamusic.com/songs/show/100255

This particular piece started out as a "jam" Session, with the basic tracks (drums, bass and various synthesizer parts) laid down by minime, an Indaba member who lives in Germany. Next, Lorf (from Italy) added some amazingly tasteful guitar parts. Then, Aledelu (also Italian) contributed a truly haunting female vocal.

Here's where I entered the picture. With minime's permission, I threw together some lyrics, sang them, added a couple string parts and a few percussion enhancements, mixed and mastered this International musical smorgasbord and...*poof*...we had a song...totally coordinated over the Internet and comprised of contributions from two continents, three countries and four musicians who have never met one another, except in the "virtual" world of Indaba.

I've been using PCs since 1984 and this stuff still amazes me!! Who'd'a thunk it, wayyyyy back then?

Anyway, enjoy the song...then contemplate just how you can use the tools Indaba makes available to you. Chances are you'll have fun and "meet" some really nice people. I did.

Jack N.

A "Baby Boomers" Anthem...

Jack Nimersheim — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:01:00 -0400

Actually, my son deserves the credit. We were talking music one day and he said to me, "Dad, you're never too old to Rock & Roll." Well, that was too good a line to let pass.

From this simple observation grew the title track of my lastest CD, the first new music I've recorded in over 15 years, "Too Old to Rock & Roll". I've posted it, along with nine other tunes from this 16-song CD, on my Indaba profile:

http://www.indabamusic.com/people/cheznims

Any of my musical "peers"...the so-called "Baby Boomers"...should get a kick out of it -- and quickly recognize some of the "historical" references that snuck their way into the lyrics. It's all true, and it's all a musical "biography" anyone who first picked up an instrument or microphone in the '60s or '70s should be able to identify with. Give it a listen, if the mood strike you, and let me know what you think.

I'm lovin' Indaba...which I only discovered earlier this year...and am still amazed by the incredible PC technology that allowed me to set up a rudimentary, yet functional, recording studio in my basement. This stuff is a lot of fun and reinvigorated my interest in my first creative love: music.

I guess my son was right. You ARE never "Too Old to Rock & Roll". *heh heh*

Jack N.