tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113194662024-03-12T23:38:36.205-05:00LORENZO'S MUSICAn open-source creative commons experimental rock band from Madison, WI. Creating music with Ubuntu Studio, Ardour, and GitHub.Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-79651841822239710292024-03-06T11:30:00.036-06:002024-03-06T11:30:00.126-06:00Track-by-track walkthrough of our song "So long"<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q6WeHrhc89M" type="text/html" width="640"></iframe></p><p>I do a track-by-track walkthrough of the recording session of our song "So long" Check out how the song started and what it evolved into.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/05/so-long-by-lorenzos-music-single.html">You can listen to the full song "So long" here</a>.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">From Keyboard/Drum Machine Beginnings:</h2><p>The initial idea for "So Long" was laid down using <a href="http://hydrogen-music.org/" target="_blank"><b>Hydrogen</b>, an open-source drum program</a>. We then used <a href="https://ardour.org/" target="_blank"><b>Ardour</b>, an open-source digital audio workstation (DAW)</a>, to record the session. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Ubuntu Studio: Our Creative Hub</h2><p>Throughout the recording process, we relied on <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/" target="_blank">Ubuntu Studio</a>, a Linux distribution specifically designed for audio production.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Track Breakdown:</h2><p>In the video, we delve deeper into each track of "So Long," showcasing the instruments, techniques, and creative decisions that shaped the final product. You'll see how the song evolved from its initial concept to the finished song we released.</p><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0721661 -89.400750114.761932263821151 -124.5570001 71.382399936178842 -54.244500099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-69012937587373663692024-02-07T00:37:00.001-06:002024-02-07T17:20:56.967-06:00Making of the song "So long"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PqOnPAODIi0" width="320" youtube-src-id="PqOnPAODIi0"></iframe></div><p>A behind-the-scenes video, talking about the making of our song "<a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/05/so-long-by-lorenzos-music-single.html">So long</a>".<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><b>Listen to the song:</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1F872y1asaSrwaUgChN9p7?si=6_dGyw5sRh-E2exzPVa_bg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a></li><li><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/so-long-single/1726795033" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Music</a></li><li><a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kW0m3D0HOAJnkl5VdCNs8uQTAZasv8XZk&si=I0tPfIlQX9I7bO5g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube Music</a></li><li><a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CSTWFW85?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_rQDetyC2sCcVvu5CYedrcEKpW" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon Music</a></li><li><a href="https://lorenzosmusic.bandcamp.com/track/so-long" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a></li></ul><p></p><p>Have you ever listened to a song and wondered about the journey it took from the first note to the final cut? This video offers just that—a window into the creation of our song, "So Long".</p><p>From a simple keyboard line to a melody recorded on a phone to avoid being forgotten. We talk about the early versions of the song and what we remember of the process as we wrote the song.</p><p>From the drum beat inspired by the <b>Latin Playboys</b> to the unique sound of a <b>bass ukulele</b>, and using the drum software <b>Hydrogen</b>.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Subscribe to our YouTube Channel</h2><p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more music, live videos and behind-the-scenes footage</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Lorenzosmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@Lorenzosmusic</a></p><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0730517 -89.401230214.762817863821155 -124.5574802 71.383285536178846 -54.2449802tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-14928742055437350072024-01-23T15:33:00.007-06:002024-02-04T00:38:51.917-06:00GitHub for Music: How we came up with the idea of using GitHub and open source tools to record remotely<h2 style="text-align: left;">Combining technology with music creation</h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2yFETEV6TBDa3jUNsGJnNgVPrqyJ5L8SBVFP2faJo1roNqu5Hmjze35n3sN_p11KH2sM8nlUIC1sUWV6R1CCIOGlt_QRnHCiwvLdeLzn_X8tzbd9AgdBcygH5F_5RW469O-RmR5VsPcTuMoyJ54_WTr_DWOHxbphpdc2zDGtaYv4xpKuatb4/s906/lorenzos-music-tom-ray-in-studio-with-rob.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="picture of a person's face with headphones and a person playing drums" border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="906" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2yFETEV6TBDa3jUNsGJnNgVPrqyJ5L8SBVFP2faJo1roNqu5Hmjze35n3sN_p11KH2sM8nlUIC1sUWV6R1CCIOGlt_QRnHCiwvLdeLzn_X8tzbd9AgdBcygH5F_5RW469O-RmR5VsPcTuMoyJ54_WTr_DWOHxbphpdc2zDGtaYv4xpKuatb4/w640-h326/lorenzos-music-tom-ray-in-studio-with-rob.png" title="Lorenzo's Music - Tom Ray and Rob Gugel in the studio" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom and Rob in their studio</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Even though Lorenzo's Music is a lo-fi, punk blues, alternative band, there is actually a lot of technology experimentation that goes on in the background when we create music. </p><p>That goes not only for recording but also for software and collaboration.</p><p>The band has been heavily <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2022/12/talking-about-using-ubuntu-studio.html">involved and supportive of open-source and creative commons</a> for years.</p><p>Because of this involvement in the open-source realm, I also work on different projects using <b>GitHub</b> to share and collaborate on projects.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Could I Use GitHub For Music?</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;">When I thought about applying GitHub to music collaboration.</h3><p>One day as I was sharing changes to a web project on GitHub I thought -- Could I use this for music? Could the band use this to share full recording DAW sessions with each other to collaborate on songs remotely?</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Couldn't find anyone else that was doing this.</h3><p>I searched and searched online and <b>I couldn't find any other band that was doing this.</b> So I wasn't sure if it was possible.</p><p>I looked at one of our recording sessions in <a href="https://ardour.org/" target="_blank">Ardour (the open-source DAW we use)</a>. It had separate folders for all the contents the software used like a folder for the audio recordings.</p><p>And if I searched for the Ardour file that opens the session in the software, and right-clicked on it to open it in a text doc -- It was just an XML file.</p><p>It was just code.</p><p>So I thought, that should work right?</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">The Experiment:</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;">Testing a song idea with GitHub and Ardour DAW for the first time.</h3><p>I decided to try out the idea with a new Ardour session. At my home, I recorded a keyboard idea for a song. That way at least if it didn't work I didn't lose a song we were already working on.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Uploading the session to GitHub.</h3><p>After I saved the session and closed it. I created a new repository for it on GitHub and uploaded the entire Ardour session folder to GitHub.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Accessing the session on a different laptop at the studio.</h3><p>So here was the first big test.</p><p>Later at our studio, I cloned the GitHub repository to the laptop we use out there. I opened the session and everything was there!</p><p>So far everything was working just great!</p><p>Next, I created a new branch in the repository so we could record new parts for the song. Then when we were done I saved the session and uploaded the new changes on this branch to the GitHub repository.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Here's the real secret to using GitHub for music collaboration</h2><p></p><blockquote><p>Our bass player Cliff said something that changed the whole thing...</p><p>He said, "Why would we have to merge it?"</p></blockquote><p></p><p>After the recording session, I described the whole process of what I was trying out to the band. I told them my main concern was what was going to happen when I tried to merge this new branch with the main branch.</p><p>I worried that If there was a conflict during the merge of the two branches there was no way to fix it.</p><p>That's when our bass player Cliff said something that changed the whole thing...</p><p>He said, <i>"Why would we have to merge it?"</i></p><p>He was right! We weren't writing code, we were creating music.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Branches = Song changes</h3><p>So we started using GitHub as a way to track the timeline of a song not maintaining a main branch. Each new branch is a new iteration of that song.</p><p>So the next time we wanted to make changes to a song we just created a new branch from the previous branch and so on until the song was done!</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">When the song is done</h2><p>And when the song was done. We would make a new <i>"Final-mix"</i> branch and make that the main branch in the GitHub repository.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Collaborative Power</h2><p>We were actually able to record and mix several songs because of this method during the global shutdown in 2020.</p><p>The other members of the band could now contribute remotely by adding new parts, and effects, and mixing songs from home.</p><p>And even today it brings flexibility to the creative process for us, allowing ideas to flourish outside the confines of our studio.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">The Technical Setup:</h2><p>As far as our technical setup, we use <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/" target="_blank">Ubuntu Studio, a creative operating suite for musicians</a> so all band members have the same software tools and effects installed by default.</p><p>We haven't tested it with other recording software but in theory, this could be done with other DAW setups.</p><p>However, I encourage other musicians to explore the possibilities of using open-source tools and version control for their projects.</p><p>You can even <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/download/" target="_blank">create a bootable USB version of Ubuntu Studio</a> to try it out yourself without having to install the operating system on your computer.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Conclusion:</h2><p>We continue to <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/search/label/music">work on new songs</a> combining traditional recording with remote collaboration using GitHub.</p><p>The freedom and creativity of experimenting with open-source tools have brought a lot to the band.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Have a question about this?</h2><p>If you would like to ask more about this process you can send us a message</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="mailto:tom@lorenzosmusic.com">tom@lorenzosmusic.com</a></li><li><a href="https://instagram.com/lorenzosmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/lorenzosmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">X</a></li><li><a href="https://facebook.com/lorenzosmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li><li><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lorenzosmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mastodon</a></li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0721661 -89.400750114.761932263821151 -124.5570001 71.382399936178842 -54.244500099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-60298695411847226912023-12-20T11:00:00.012-06:002023-12-20T11:00:00.132-06:00Making of Friction world (Behind the scenes)<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VwyBWqt9ZPs" type="text/html" width="640"></iframe></p><p>Listen to our song <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2023/12/friction-world-by-lorenzos-music.html">"Friction world" available here</a>!</p><p>This is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of our song <b>Friction world</b>. The song is part of a movie soundtrack we have been working on.</p><p>We talk about how we are transforming a simple loop called 'Slippery Friction' into a full-blown soundtrack. We talk about how we utilized Ubuntu Studio, Ardour, and GitHub to collaborate remotely and create a diverse array of musical styles that led to an opportunity to score a Creative Commons film.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Soundcards we use in our studio setup:</h2><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Behringer U-PHORIA UMC1820 - <a href="https://amzn.to/3RKfPwe">https://amzn.to/3RKfPwe</a></li><li>Behringer ADA8200 Microphone Preamp - <a href="https://amzn.to/46tGGRq">https://amzn.to/46tGGRq</a></li></ul><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">We came up with a method to record music remotely</h2><p>During the pandemic, we came up with a way to record music remotely using <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/" target="_blank">Ubuntu Studio</a> as our production suite, <a href="https://ardour.org/" target="_blank">Ardour</a> as our recording Daw, and <a href="https://github.com/lorenzosmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GitHub</a> to share these full sessions and recordings with each other online through this sharing service.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">We started out sharing music loop ideas with each other</h2><p>We started out testing this idea by creating loops, and each one of these loops was based on one song idea, called "<a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2023/09/slippery-friction-by-lorenzos-music.html">Slippery friction</a>" and each loop we created from that original loop was in a different musical style that we would share with each other.</p><p>So by the end of this whole session, testing loops and sharing them with each other and collaborating online, we had 14 different music loops that were all in completely different styles.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">We got the opportunity to turn our song loop ideas into a movie soundtrack</h2><p>And while we were working on that song, we got an opportunity to make music for a film soundtrack. And that's when we realized that these different themed loops that we had all in different music genres, would be perfect for this film project.</p><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0721661 -89.400750114.761932263821151 -124.5570001 71.382399936178842 -54.244500099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-13083533610486657842023-11-08T10:30:00.002-06:002023-11-11T00:47:36.769-06:00LISTENING BACK to the song progress of "I can only miss you"<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YQIH8O9BNLg" type="text/html" width="640"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: left;">Listen to the finished song <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/03/i-can-only-miss-you-by-lorenzos-music.html">"I can only miss you" here</a></p><p style="text-align: left;">A video of us listening back to the different versions of our song "I can only miss you" as we worked on it.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">This video shows the progress of what the song became and hearing things that we completely forgot about when we were first writing the song! </p><p style="text-align: left;">Check out how the song started and what it evolved into. </p><p style="text-align: left;">This is also one of the first groups of songs we recorded remotely using only open-source tools and software <b>GitHub</b>, <b>Ardour</b>, and <b>Ubuntu Studio</b>.</p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0730517 -89.401230214.762817863821155 -124.5574802 71.383285536178846 -54.2449802tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-8274227257186858312023-10-04T10:30:00.007-05:002023-10-11T01:34:19.932-05:00Part 3: Making of Slippery friction (Behind the scenes)<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jb6OKIBdSGE" type="text/html" width="640"></iframe></p><p>Lorenzo's Music single <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2023/09/slippery-friction-by-lorenzos-music.html">"Slippery friction" is available now</a>!</p><p style="text-align: left;">This is part 3 of the making of our song Slippery friction.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2023/09/making-of-slippery-friction-pt1.html">Watch part 1 here</a></li><li><a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2023/09/part-2-making-of-slippery-friction.html">Watch part 2 here</a></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">The song originally started out as just a loop idea. That original loop idea expanded into a song.</p><p style="text-align: left;">This documentary explains how that happened and how we came up with a new method of remote song collaboration. A method using only open-source software like Ubuntu Studio, Ardour DAW, and GitHub to collaborate remotely on the song.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Open-Source Tools we use:</h2><p style="text-align: left;">Ubuntu Studio (A Linux production suite for Musicians) <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/">https://ubuntustudio.org</a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Ardour (Digital Audio Workstation) <a href="https://ardour.org/">https://ardour.org</a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Kdenlive (Video editor) <a href="https://kdenlive.org/en/">https://kdenlive.org/en/</a></p><p style="text-align: left;">OBS Studio (Video recording and streaming) <a href="https://obsproject.com/">https://obsproject.com</a></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">In the previous video</h2><p>In the last video, we practiced our song Slippery friction during a live stream and Rob came up with a drum part that we thought would make a great chorus for the song.</p><p>But we couldn't record the new drum part yet because we were waiting for a multi-channel sound card to arrive.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Setting up our new sound card in the studio</h2><p>The sound card did arrive so we were able to actually hook that up and multirack the new drum part for the song.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Soundcards we use in our studio setup:</h3><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Behringer U-PHORIA UMC1820 - <a href="https://amzn.to/3RKfPwe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3RKfPwe</a></li><li>Behringer ADA8200 Microphone Preamp - <a href="https://amzn.to/46tGGRq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/46tGGRq</a></li></ul><p></p><p>Rob also created a custom rack for us to use with the new dual multi-track soundcard setup. </p><p>Part of it was just a box left over from a high school woodshop class and the bottom is part of an office chair. The pipe running from that up to the rack just happens to fit perfectly. And then we can swing around on that to get at the back. </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Recording drums</h2><p>We recorded the new drum idea that Rob had for the chorus. But now with this new chorus the drums that we had during the verses made the whole thing seem too rock.</p><p>It lost its original Groove.</p><p>A few days later I was driving in my car and I just had my music on shuffle and one of the songs that popped up was the song "The shiznet" by <b>Snoop Dogg.</b> I thought a groove like this might actually work well in the song.</p><p>So I shared that with Rob and told him to see if he could do something along those lines.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Sharing music recording sessions on GitHub</h2><p>Rob downloaded the session from our GitHub files and recorded something at home on his electronic drum kit that he has.</p><p>Rob was able to record these drum lines to the actual recording session that we had at home because of a method that we came up with to share and collaborate on our recording sessions using open-source tools like <b>GitHub</b>, <b>Ardour,</b> and <b>Ubuntu Studio</b>.</p><p>This method of recording remotely we created was something that no other band was doing.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">We were invited to Europe to talk about how we use open-source tools for music</h2><p>We were actually asked by the people who make the operating system we use Ubuntu Studio to talk about our recording method at a summit in <b>Prague</b>.</p><p>The band not only got to play at this Summit in Prague but we were actually asked to explain this method for recording remotely that we use.</p><p>And the whole experience was just because we're open-source musicians. Because we use only free and open source software.</p><p>And during our time in Prague, we actually got to hang out with the people that created Ardour, the recording DAW that we use.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Recording vocals</h2><p>At this point, the song still had no lyrics. So I sat down and wrote out the lyrics and came up with a melody part.</p><p>The chorus part was still pretty heavy so I decided to record a vocal line that kind of went with that.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Recording a baritone sax part</h2><p>Even with the vocals finished the song still needed something more.</p><p>So what we did is we had our friend Bryan who has played with the band before come out and just write a sax part for the song.</p><p>And we didn't really give him any direction we just kind of played the song and had him just record anything that came to mind. He just tried out different stuff and we would just pick what we liked and arrange it in the DAW with the song.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">It all started with just a simple loop idea</h2><p>This whole song just started out as one of the loops in a library of ideas that we were creating.</p><p>Something that we did during the pandemic.</p><p>Something that turned into a method that we created that got us flown to Europe to explain how we came up with it.</p><p>Then it turned into a song.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">But...</h2><p>But recently we just got a message while working on this song and these loop ideas that we've been working on were actually going to come in handy for something more.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0721661 -89.400750114.761932263821151 -124.5570001 71.382399936178842 -54.244500099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-25628883767926091532023-09-20T10:30:00.008-05:002023-10-03T23:47:02.778-05:00Part 2: Making of Slippery friction (Behind the scenes)<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vG87sGAB6cQ" type="text/html" width="640"></iframe></p><p>Lorenzo's Music single <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2023/09/slippery-friction-by-lorenzos-music.html">"Slippery friction" is available now</a>!</p><p>This is part 2 of the making of our song Slippery friction. </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2023/09/making-of-slippery-friction-pt1.html">Watch part 1 here</a></li><li><a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2023/10/part-3-making-of-slippery-friction.html">Watch part 3 here</a></li></ul><p></p><p>The song originally started out as just a loop idea. That original loop idea expanded into a song.</p><p>This documentary explains how that happened and how we came up with a new method of remote song collaboration. A method using only open-source software like Ubuntu Studio, Ardour DAW, and GitHub to collaborate remotely on the song.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Open-Source Tools we use:</h2><p>Ubuntu Studio (A Linux production suite for Musicians) <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org" target="_blank">https://ubuntustudio.org</a></p><p>Ardour (Digital Audio Workstation) <a href="https://ardour.org" target="_blank">https://ardour.org</a></p><p>Kdenlive (Video editor) <a href="https://kdenlive.org/en/" target="_blank">https://kdenlive.org/en/</a></p><p>OBS Studio (Video recording and streaming) <a href="https://obsproject.com" target="_blank">https://obsproject.com</a></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">In the previous video</h2><p><a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2023/09/making-of-slippery-friction-pt1.html">In a previous video</a>, I mentioned that this song started out as part of a library of Loops that we were creating.</p><p>So we used these loops to test out a method that we had for sharing and collaborating on music remotely and that involved <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/" target="_blank">Ubuntu Studio</a> which was our production suite and our <a href="https://ardour.org/" target="_blank">DAW Ardour</a>.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">How we came up with the idea to use GitHub for music collaboration</h2><p>We would share the actual sessions from the Ardour files that we recorded using a service called <b>GitHub</b>.</p><p>GitHub is actually a Version Control System. It's a service that's mainly meant for using code. Developers use it to collaborate on websites or software development. </p><p>It occurred to me when we were doing our recording sessions that the main <b>Adour file</b> if I right-clicked on that just to see what was inside I noticed it really was just code. And I thought - maybe we could share these files along with the full folders that had the audio in them to GitHub and the band would have the exact same setup effects recording sessions and things like that for all of us on both ends. </p><p>So over this time, we collaborated on these loop libraries using this method.</p><p>We even started to turn some of these into longer songs more than a loop Library. Building off of them and creating something else.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Experimenting with guitar lines</h2><p>I began arranging a particular loop called Slippery friction into more of a song structure. </p><p>But it just kind of sounded like backing tracks, it didn't sound like a song, it needed something more. </p><p>So I played what I had so far for Rob (drummer) and Cliff (Bassist) and as they were sitting down listening to it both of them were holding onto guitars and they were just kind of noodling and playing along as they listened. </p><p>As the song played I heard something from both parts of what they were doing. I had them record and create kind of what they had done. </p><p>And even as we were listening back Rob still played along as we listened to the tracks. I heard him do something that was yet another line that might be kind of cool to add to the song. So I hit record again and we laid down this new idea.</p><p>We still wanted to do more with the song. So the next time we got together Eric (guitarist) was listening to the song and we had him just record ideas for it. We weren't sure what to do, we didn't really have an idea of what he should do. So we just had him play along with it, play anything, just play whatever came to mind and we recorded the entire time.</p><p>We would just listen for things that he would do from here to there and point out anything that sounded interesting. It didn't matter where in the song he was playing it it was the ideas that we were trying to capture on the recording and would edit it later.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Chopping up recordings into riffs</h2><p>One of the things that we really enjoyed while we were working on these songs remotely over the past few years was experimenting with the recordings that we had. Playing and recording anything, cutting them up, and putting them in different places in the song. </p><p>That was kind of what we were looking for while Eric was trying out these different guitar parts. We would just cut up different parts of the riffs even sometimes just notes and place them in different places to see what it would be. And then we would actually arrange these into new lines that weren't even played.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">The song began to take shape</h2><p>As we went through this whole process it was starting to come together as a song. It was starting to form into something. Now it had sort of a lead melody guitar.</p><p>But at this point, the song still had the original programmed drums that were from the original loop idea. We wanted the song to have something more Dynamic and that's when we decided to turn on the cameras and actually test it out on a live stream with Rob playing drums.</p><p>And during this particular session, Rob did something that really opened up the song. He had a whole new section that he did with a drum line. </p><p>But the problem was is we still were waiting on a multi-track sound card to record his drums on these tracks.</p><p>Making of Slippery friction part 3 coming soon...</p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0721661 -89.400750114.761932263821151 -124.5570001 71.382399936178842 -54.244500099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-23338773624362667782023-09-13T11:30:00.142-05:002023-10-03T23:48:57.988-05:00Making of Slippery Friction (Behind the scenes) Pt. 1<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0biixv9NDy0" type="text/html" width="640"></iframe></p><p>Lorenzo's Music single <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2023/09/slippery-friction-by-lorenzos-music.html">"Slippery friction" is available now</a>.</p><p>The song <b>Slippery friction</b> started out as just a loop idea that turned into several variations on the same idea. That original loop idea expanded into a song.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>This documentary explains how that happened and how we came up with a new method of remote song collaboration. A method using only open-source software like <b>Ubuntu Studio</b>, <b>Ardour</b> DAW, and <b>GitHub</b> to collaborate remotely on the song.</p><p>This is part 1 of the series</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2023/09/part-2-making-of-slippery-friction.html">Watch part 2 here</a></li><li><a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2023/10/part-3-making-of-slippery-friction.html">Watch part 3 here</a></li></ul><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Open-Source Tools we use:</h2><p><b>Ubuntu Studio</b> (A Linux production suite for Musicians) <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org" target="_blank">https://ubuntustudio.org</a></p><p><b>Ardour</b> (Digital Audio Workstation) <a href="https://ardour.org" target="_blank">https://ardour.org</a></p><p><b>Kdenlive</b> (Video editor) <a href="https://kdenlive.org/en/" target="_blank">https://kdenlive.org/en/</a></p><p><b>OBS Studio</b> (Video recording and streaming) <a href="https://obsproject.com" target="_blank">https://obsproject.com</a></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">How the song Slippery friction began</h2><p>So during the pandemic, we came up with a way to collaborate on songs online. We found a method where we were actually able to record and release six songs during the shutdown.</p><p>We ended up doing that using open-source tools like <b>Ardour</b>, <b>Ubuntu Studio</b> as our operating system, and <a href="https://github.com/lorenzosmusic/slippery-friction" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GitHub to share and collaborate on the files</a>.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Songwriting over video chat</h2><p>As we recorded over video chat we were even able to talk while the other person was recording.</p><p>The video chat actually became kind of like the booth that the person would be in recording in a studio. We would be on one side listening and they would be doing their take on the other side.</p><p>We would comment on what we liked or what they could do differently and then they could re-record it if they needed to.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Documenting songs on a Wiki</h2><p>We had these all cataloged on our own sort of Wiki page that we created using <a href="https://sites.google.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Pages</a>.</p><p>We had so many song ideas that were just snippets. Ideas of songs that we could work on later. We called them "Diddy's".</p><p>We thought, what if we turned them into like a loop library to share online. That's really how it all started.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Song inspiration</h2><p>I had listened to the soundtrack "<a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_khXl-cDz4iVmOZ_TrVPV7YSi2rznVM2zE&si=YnrcXrxxIz0HQb-8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Night on Earth</a>" that <b>Tom Waits</b> did for the <b>Jim Jarmusch</b> movie. And he does different variations on the same two song ideas.</p><p>I thought, let's do the same thing with one of the ideas from the "Diddy's". Make different mood versions from this single loop idea.</p><p>So I started doing that and in one night I created two different songs.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Started doing live stream songwriting sessions</h2><p>When the global shutdown ended and we were able to get back together in the same room at our studio we kept the live streaming format as part of our songwriting process.</p><p>The fact that even though nobody's watching we know it's being recorded and put out there. So we kind of had to be on our best try and come up with something.</p><p>So we thought it might be cool to try and do some live songwriting <a href="https://twitch.tv/lorenzosmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on our Twitch Channel</a>.</p><p>The original setup we had was really just a rough setup. It was a <b>single webcam</b> attached to the laptop that was connected to our sound card, which at the time was only <a href="https://amzn.to/489TkXh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a two-channel sound card</a>.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Created different song ideas</h2><p>After one of the live sessions, I laid down a keyboard track we did and backed it up on our GitHub so we could all kind of work with it on our own at home.</p><p>The first thing that happened was Cliff wrote a bass line for it.</p><p>I started taking different sections of that recording session and turning it into a couple of different loops.</p><p>Now we had four variations of the one main diddy idea. It needed a title so we called it "Slippery friction". It was a name that Rob our drummer came up with.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">This is just the beginning...</h2><p>And we continued to do the live streams of our songwriting sessions on our Twitch Channel.</p><p>But what started out as loops began expanding into something more.</p><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0721661 -89.400750114.761932263821151 -124.5570001 71.382399936178842 -54.244500099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-80528263776476100782023-07-26T01:09:00.000-05:002023-07-26T01:09:18.974-05:00"With you" Songwriting Track Breakdown: Ardour Recording Session Live Stream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hVfz46GZ7pk" width="320" youtube-src-id="hVfz46GZ7pk"></iframe></div><p>This is a video from a live stream I did on YouTube, you can subscribe to our YouTube channel here <a href="https://youtube.com/lorenzosmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/lorenzosmusic</a></p><p>While I was going over the final mix of our song "<a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2020/12/with-you-by-lorenzos-music.html">With you</a>" I did a live stream on our YouTube channel to show the progression of the song from track to track.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>I start with the simple midi track I wrote for the original idea of the song. </p><p>Then I look over what the other guys in the band interpreted from that midi file idea through each instrument track they recorded as we shared our sessions back and forth on <b>GitHub</b>. </p><p>This is a look at how all these ideas were put together to create the final landscape of this song.</p><p>This whole song was created using only <b>open-source tools and software</b> and written remotely using a method we created using <b>GitHub for music</b>.</p><p>You can <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2020/12/with-you-by-lorenzos-music.html">stream the song "With you" on Spotify and other platforms here</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0730517 -89.401230214.762817863821155 -124.5574802 71.383285536178846 -54.2449802tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-49934559370265604892023-07-24T18:08:00.001-05:002023-07-24T18:09:55.059-05:00Song branch "With you", guitar added - Github for music recording remotely<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FqSTxixtKSw" type="text/html" width="640"></iframe></p><p>One of the great things about using GitHub for music is that you can revert to any of the different recording sessions from a song.</p><p>Here is a take from the early stages of our song "<a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2020/12/with-you-by-lorenzos-music.html">With you</a>" when we first added the guitar part. <span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2020/12/with-you-by-lorenzos-music.html">Listen to the song here</a></p><p>We've been recording music remotely using <a href="https://github.com/" target="_blank">Github</a> with <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/" target="_blank">Ubuntu Studio</a> and <a href="https://ardour.org/" target="_blank">Ardour</a> to record the songs.</p><p>And through GitHub, our session files are available for anyone to clone so they can remix, rebuild or reuse the tracks under a creative commons license.</p><p>Lorenzo's Music "With you" Github song repository: <a href="https://github.com/lorenzosmusic/with-you" target="_blank">https://github.com/lorenzosmusic/with-you</a></p><p>-Tom</p><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0730517 -89.401230214.762817863821155 -124.5574802 71.383285536178846 -54.2449802tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-40054298809089295062023-07-21T00:35:00.001-05:002023-07-24T18:09:37.838-05:00First song branch, the idea - Github for music recording remotely<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v2Gh8T5q7jg" type="text/html" width="640"></iframe></p><p>Our first attempt at fully recording music remotely using <a href="https://github.com/" target="_blank">Github</a> for music with <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/" target="_blank">Ubuntu Studio</a> and <a href="https://ardour.org/" target="_blank">Ardour</a>. It starts with a song idea that I had.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>I created a Github repository and started a new branch there. Then wrote the music using midi instruments and piano. I wanted to guys in the band to listen to the parts of the song and make a new branch to replace the parts with their own instruments and ideas.</p><p>Listen to the full song <a href="https://onerpm.link/371898009055" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"With you" on Spotify & more here</a></p><p>Lorenzo's Music "With you" Github song repository: <a href="https://github.com/lorenzosmusic/with-you" target="_blank">https://github.com/lorenzosmusic/with-you</a></p><p>-Tom</p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0730517 -89.401230214.762817863821155 -124.5574802 71.383285536178846 -54.2449802tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-78966163751394604252022-12-20T11:30:00.006-06:002022-12-21T21:39:34.333-06:00Talking about using Ubuntu Studio, Ardour and GitHub for music at the Ubuntu Summit in Prague<h3 style="text-align: left;">Lorenzo's Music talking at the Ubuntu Summit in Prague about being open-source, creative commons musicians</h3><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFecp3lk1n-QHDeN974mpM3dm46uBnCE8_SOXjCHAvvL0iIOXoWTpBmy22U2KrTxKa--ZXrg33-5uy0x3S1uN6l5oH01A4iNITgDh88hUjzjFlnEmeSASnVYIrHT8st_XDiIA0nuNUl-7TkUA74pAThpLoUri8CdqbwiAvvTjfeUtwnxECw/s4096/Ubuntu_Summit_Prg_2022_402SM908318.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="picture of four men sitting at a conference table" border="0" data-original-height="2731" data-original-width="4096" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFecp3lk1n-QHDeN974mpM3dm46uBnCE8_SOXjCHAvvL0iIOXoWTpBmy22U2KrTxKa--ZXrg33-5uy0x3S1uN6l5oH01A4iNITgDh88hUjzjFlnEmeSASnVYIrHT8st_XDiIA0nuNUl-7TkUA74pAThpLoUri8CdqbwiAvvTjfeUtwnxECw/w640-h426/Ubuntu_Summit_Prg_2022_402SM908318.jpg" title="Lorenzo's Music doing a workshop at the Ubuntu Summit in Prague" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lorenzo's Music doing a workshop at the Ubuntu Summit in Prague (đŸ“· photo by <a href="http://www.mistfoto.cz/MistFoto.html" target="_blank">Stanislav Milata</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>We were asked to speak at the <b>Ubuntu Summit in Prague</b>. We've been a creative commons band for years.</p><p>Back in 2017 the band also switched to being a completely open-source band using only free and open-source tools to create all of our music, videos, and artwork. </p><p>Our main operating system of choice has been <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/" target="_blank">Ubuntu Studio</a>.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><b>Eric Eickmeyer</b> who leads the <b>Ubuntu Studio</b> project suggested to the people running the Ubuntu Summit that they should ask us to come and talk about how we use Ubuntu, Ardour, and GitHub for music.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Tom Ray talking at the Ubuntu Summit about "Using Ubuntu Studio, Ardour, and GitHub for music collaboration"</h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0Od_Sw1EN6pp-wZO_yICR3VJFQF1NOG9AqmJpIbRmzh7uQx4Mv7xcouYT-TNYoCrWNnn1NL3slYjqFNKA6mXpn44B3r6ob5kTM2sQT9Zra2K62IPzuLCi3n8VrVEOrzRV3QzJqi-F3BYLWWOjQp_gkWl6WNB9o2bzUatnY1hMHI_OTGxEA/s4096/Ubuntu_Summit_Prg_2022_203SM904858.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="picture of a man at a microphone with a laptop on a podium" border="0" data-original-height="2731" data-original-width="4096" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0Od_Sw1EN6pp-wZO_yICR3VJFQF1NOG9AqmJpIbRmzh7uQx4Mv7xcouYT-TNYoCrWNnn1NL3slYjqFNKA6mXpn44B3r6ob5kTM2sQT9Zra2K62IPzuLCi3n8VrVEOrzRV3QzJqi-F3BYLWWOjQp_gkWl6WNB9o2bzUatnY1hMHI_OTGxEA/w640-h426/Ubuntu_Summit_Prg_2022_203SM904858.jpg" title="Tom Ray of Lorenzo's Music talking at the Ubuntu Summit in Prague" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom Ray of Lorenzo's Music talking at the Ubuntu Summit in Prague (đŸ“· photo by <a href="http://www.mistfoto.cz/MistFoto.html" target="_blank">Stanislav Milata</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>On the first day of the Ubuntu Summit, I gave a talk about "Why Ubuntu Studio is good for music and artists" and how we came up with a method to use Ubuntu Studio, Ardour, and GitHub for music collaboration.</p><p><b>During the talk I covered:</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The benefits of an open-source operating system for artists and musicians</li><li>Ubuntu Studio, Ardour, and GitHub for music collaboration remotely</li><li>How open-source software helps artists and musicians</li></ul><p></p><p>I talked about our creative journey to <b>Ubuntu Studio</b> and open-source software. I also how Ubuntu Studio isn't just a Linux-based operating system but should be thought of more as a production suite.</p><p><b>You can check out my full talk from the Ubuntu Summit on the</b> <a href="https://youtu.be/gB7AsFbtJic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ubuntu OnAir YouTube channel</a></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Lorenzo's Music workshop: Our method for using Ubuntu Studio, Ardour, and GitHub to collaborate on music</h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdg21VBOzKp_ckKDVHjYVr8MlVv0SgH9zrsfD9kTf7-nXu8l2pWU7EX3xS5cTDLT0tH_KTAWuIRAhNUTOMVHwN1rizvpLF20BLWEWJM9hODb6edSkezlFeL7KMCjQ0gD_FWULhRJy87xjmXcKUP-Sp_IojW7eNQuJjem31g5MUR_PBX93jJw/s4096/Ubuntu_Summit_Prg_2022_403SM908353.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="picture of four men at a table with a laptop and a screen showing a music file" border="0" data-original-height="2731" data-original-width="4096" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdg21VBOzKp_ckKDVHjYVr8MlVv0SgH9zrsfD9kTf7-nXu8l2pWU7EX3xS5cTDLT0tH_KTAWuIRAhNUTOMVHwN1rizvpLF20BLWEWJM9hODb6edSkezlFeL7KMCjQ0gD_FWULhRJy87xjmXcKUP-Sp_IojW7eNQuJjem31g5MUR_PBX93jJw/w640-h426/Ubuntu_Summit_Prg_2022_403SM908353.jpg" title="Lorenzo's Music doing a music workshop at the Ubuntu Summit in Prague" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom Ray, Eric Brusewitz, Rob Gugel, and Cliff Hammer of Lorenzo's Music doing a music workshop at the Ubuntu Summit (đŸ“· Photo by <a href="http://www.mistfoto.cz/MistFoto.html" target="_blank">Stanislav Milata</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;">On the second day of the Ubuntu Summit, the band did a workshop about the method we came up with to use Ubuntu Studio, Ardour, and GitHub to collaborate on music remotely.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><b>During the workshop:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>We showed examples from our songs in <a href="https://github.com/lorenzosmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our GitHub repositories</a></li><li>How only using branches is the key to collaborating with music in Ardour on GitHub</li><li>How Ubuntu Studio's environment makes it all possible to work individually</li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcidmj-TKzMvPzUmCQtjqHcK-KFpzlQhDnpxDOhGDqYLp_5ZBphBpCamp7Nr7dvC2ur5q4fCV1x2XpTvE9XF48E2AQreO_h1Da0MxN5xLJC3KEW7HKn4MigYiLt6eHjaX_ySb7ds6eGfNS4SkebBILmRNlTaEpjj1XTVz0cxFERhs-AnP0w/s4096/Ubuntu_Summit_Prg_2022_420SM908722.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="picture of a man talking to a group in a conference room" border="0" data-original-height="2731" data-original-width="4096" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcidmj-TKzMvPzUmCQtjqHcK-KFpzlQhDnpxDOhGDqYLp_5ZBphBpCamp7Nr7dvC2ur5q4fCV1x2XpTvE9XF48E2AQreO_h1Da0MxN5xLJC3KEW7HKn4MigYiLt6eHjaX_ySb7ds6eGfNS4SkebBILmRNlTaEpjj1XTVz0cxFERhs-AnP0w/w640-h426/Ubuntu_Summit_Prg_2022_420SM908722.jpg" title="Lorenzo's Music talking at the Ubuntu Summit in Prague" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left: Paul Davis of Ardour, Cliff Hammer, Rob Gugel, Tom Ray, Eric Brusewitz, Tom's Wife taking a picture đŸ“±đŸ™‚ and Erich Eickmeyer of Ubuntu Studio (đŸ“· Photo by <a href="http://www.mistfoto.cz/MistFoto.html" target="_blank">Stanislav Milata</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>After the workshop was done we talked even more with <b>Paul Davis</b> the creator of <a href="https://ardour.org/" target="_blank">Ardour</a> (the DAW that we use) and Erich Eickmeyer of Ubuntu Studio about our process.</p><p>Which I got to say was pretty freaking awesome!</p><p>The whole thing was a fantastic and wonderful experience.</p><p>-Tom</p><p>You can see more behind-the-scenes stuff that happened and the band playing at the Ubuntu Summit here - <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2022/11/performing-at-ubuntu-summit-prague.html">OUR FIRST SHOW IN EUROPE - PERFORMING AT THE UBUNTU SUMMIT IN PRAGUE</a></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comPobÅ™ežnĂ 311/1, 186 00 Praha 8-KarlĂn, Czechia50.0934009 14.439171321.783167063821153 -20.717078700000002 78.403634736178844 49.5954213tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-83164062677937167972022-12-19T01:29:00.003-06:002023-09-19T23:31:02.286-05:00Lorenzo's Music Live In Studio Performance - Dec 14, 2022<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L-tif-9fBgw" width="320" youtube-src-id="L-tif-9fBgw"></iframe></div><p>After returning from playing at the <b>Ubuntu Summit in Prague</b> we wanted to do a livestream performance of our set from the show.</p><p>Watch the replay that we did from our studio.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>And don't forget to subscribe to the channel for more! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRghTj3ajY6YjV6_obPT2Jw?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/lorenzosmusic</a></p><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0721661 -89.400750114.761932263821151 -124.5570001 71.382399936178842 -54.244500099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-31949270660111225422022-11-20T00:52:00.005-06:002022-11-20T01:05:24.325-06:00Our first show in Europe - Performing at the Ubuntu Summit in Prague<h3 style="text-align: left;"> An open-source band's journey to Prague</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1lxbWVTSg7JQPs0CrpoJhfLnBHJjUyZP5lSoKPaIS9KyIHiSHi1_v2buvxyHkKA2fc0W5pAxHMUvTIPBtOsSmd3CfkfN0MHG-Dhov4jMRGR7Sr7nLFR9G_rWHwDIqUUPtQ11_PF7H3FEZ7a3KWUmHSMalzCDH4jD3D-nlMFKy0YV6C30jg/s3264/PXL_20221109_162225032.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="picture of for guys with instruments in a room" border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1lxbWVTSg7JQPs0CrpoJhfLnBHJjUyZP5lSoKPaIS9KyIHiSHi1_v2buvxyHkKA2fc0W5pAxHMUvTIPBtOsSmd3CfkfN0MHG-Dhov4jMRGR7Sr7nLFR9G_rWHwDIqUUPtQ11_PF7H3FEZ7a3KWUmHSMalzCDH4jD3D-nlMFKy0YV6C30jg/w640-h480/PXL_20221109_162225032.MP.jpg" title="Lorenzo's Music setting up on a boat at the Ubuntu Summit in Prague" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">It's amazing the things that can happen when you're a creative commons, open-source band.</h2><p>When we released our album "<a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2018/08/rom-comm-mixtape.html">Rom-Comm Mixtape</a>" we decided to <b>only use free and open-source tools and software</b> for the band.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>It was something that matched our ideals as <b>a creative commons band</b>. </p><p>We allow people to share, reuse, and build upon our music freely. And decided to record and produce our work using tools based on the same principle.</p><p>The entire band switched to using the Linux-based operating system <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/" target="_blank">Ubuntu Studio</a> to do this.</p><p></p><blockquote><i>"one night while I was at our studio, Canonical contacted me and asked if I would be interested in flying to the summit that they were doing in Prague"</i></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5XWpTei2t99tb037L0U8Tia4eSsK_siER34C5N0EM5EsLbiAWBaOeMDWslMxJLKXsf1RP7Ikdn15emo8f8fByuPOvD5j7TtqIYzqIsJ0XSQ8KK8okG0F2nujNKHi-_hpmFk2AHsWXn2QshGpXals9dDGJaTJUm1sWEG3wCgQ0hRBjv1cLg/s4032/PXL_20221109_183533774.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="picture of man playing drums" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5XWpTei2t99tb037L0U8Tia4eSsK_siER34C5N0EM5EsLbiAWBaOeMDWslMxJLKXsf1RP7Ikdn15emo8f8fByuPOvD5j7TtqIYzqIsJ0XSQ8KK8okG0F2nujNKHi-_hpmFk2AHsWXn2QshGpXals9dDGJaTJUm1sWEG3wCgQ0hRBjv1cLg/w640-h480/PXL_20221109_183533774.jpg" title="Rob Gugel of Lorenzo's Music playing drums" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">It started with a podcast interview</h2><p>We had done a limited-series podcast a while back. I wanted to talk to bands and other people involved in different aspects of music.</p><p>One of the interviews was with <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2019/01/s01-episode-6-erich-eickmeyer-ubuntu.html">Erich Erickmeyer, a person involved in the Ubuntu Studio software</a> we were using. We had become friends with him after that.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Canonical was looking for bands that used Ubuntu </h2><p><a href="https://ubuntu.com/" target="_blank"><b>Canonical</b>, the company that runs Ubuntu</a> had asked <b>Erich</b> if he knew any bands that use their Ubuntu Studio OS and he told them to talk to us.</p><p>So one night while I was at our studio, <b>Canonical</b> contacted me and asked if I would be interested in flying to the summit that they were doing in <b>Prague</b> to do a talk about using Ubuntu Studio as a band.</p><p>Then that turned into a question of would the band be interested in playing at the ubuntu Summit in Prague as well?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjYNP4IHw5TGULjOfxgxfn2mgo5RKYecOkzRaSipVzFnpfbQAWsIf7XxSUG5G0Mz27KaC3-g1E1no7i5Sz2Ln7fCJZQ5_74L3HhkfxzPnKI12I-3vvgDzpB6QEv6Hn1wPSmie7lU9ck4ZY7YWTFtoML4rUEntVqu6uZduIVprgVbGn9b5cQ/s4032/IMG_1481.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Picture of streets with cars and buildings" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjYNP4IHw5TGULjOfxgxfn2mgo5RKYecOkzRaSipVzFnpfbQAWsIf7XxSUG5G0Mz27KaC3-g1E1no7i5Sz2Ln7fCJZQ5_74L3HhkfxzPnKI12I-3vvgDzpB6QEv6Hn1wPSmie7lU9ck4ZY7YWTFtoML4rUEntVqu6uZduIVprgVbGn9b5cQ/w640-h480/IMG_1481.jpg" title="Picture of the streets from Prague Castle" width="640" /></a></div><p>Of course, we said yes!</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">First stop, Paris</h2><p>So after getting our passports in place we headed to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prague</a></b> to play at the Ubuntu Summit.</p><p>Rob and I were on the same flight and our first layover was in <b>Paris, France</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4mo2sFvNPnDgNvAIsJEvC_7H2EqFSFeP0bwui9zlmfAQQscc92Yc0YbddyI4r0YYghCibhLrr7N1v21NScBzRdLw0aMWhJ2uk7F_RBNluManLeZgWH746P9XGQNDCjkaO7WAH67c27CmUM8AgTV1pKhtN5WdgvALjwlgvbyEZlzlgM2Zwg/s4032/IMG_4936.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="picture of two people in front of the Eiffel Tower" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4mo2sFvNPnDgNvAIsJEvC_7H2EqFSFeP0bwui9zlmfAQQscc92Yc0YbddyI4r0YYghCibhLrr7N1v21NScBzRdLw0aMWhJ2uk7F_RBNluManLeZgWH746P9XGQNDCjkaO7WAH67c27CmUM8AgTV1pKhtN5WdgvALjwlgvbyEZlzlgM2Zwg/w480-h640/IMG_4936.HEIC" title="Tom and Rob from Lorenzo's Music in Paris" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom and Rob at the Eiffel Tower</td></tr></tbody></table><p>It was cold and rainy there. But during our layover, we got the obligatory shot of ourselves at the Eiffel Tower.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Staying at the Prague Hilton</h2><p>They set us up with rooms in the Prague Hilton hotel where the <a href="https://events.canonical.com/event/2/" target="_blank">Ubuntu Summit</a> was being held</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFb9xY_MLJDSCTgQrl4nqRTJ4XMM92-tvVKj2pvjI0cptEHwulKf7Ic5O-dcaE2n6ZNjsmjLZmGQnOI_kCQMaCgXqOMFfcr-NEIP_OEzJ-nBvkqKJ7wDwmS3QDzpw-YnToIi4Dwmge2HTaGoGrSLpBAQcjNzID2KXU_ezhaaJ3CjlkiavGvQ/s4032/IMG_1426.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="picture of lobby in hotel from above" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFb9xY_MLJDSCTgQrl4nqRTJ4XMM92-tvVKj2pvjI0cptEHwulKf7Ic5O-dcaE2n6ZNjsmjLZmGQnOI_kCQMaCgXqOMFfcr-NEIP_OEzJ-nBvkqKJ7wDwmS3QDzpw-YnToIi4Dwmge2HTaGoGrSLpBAQcjNzID2KXU_ezhaaJ3CjlkiavGvQ/w480-h640/IMG_1426.jpg" title="Hilton Prague Hotel" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Talking about using Ubuntu Studio, Ardour, and GitHub to collaborate on music remotely</h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRW434Hg_N2Km4_UUc3buR5ast6ypSm4HNRKiydKminLLsN0Ooyiw3MAc5oNZY4t8A3CVq_NmYsdodXCUa9uIuQgt0qdTRMlcj2-weEgvLTLN8W2v2wBrU30R16VHTWJYRBZ2zu21O5iv2GICe8TB_x75DKeKafWdN_kGIeAo1751lh2WdKA/s2048/Fg-MmbCXwAMDDyV.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="picture of a guy talking on stage in front of a projection screen" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRW434Hg_N2Km4_UUc3buR5ast6ypSm4HNRKiydKminLLsN0Ooyiw3MAc5oNZY4t8A3CVq_NmYsdodXCUa9uIuQgt0qdTRMlcj2-weEgvLTLN8W2v2wBrU30R16VHTWJYRBZ2zu21O5iv2GICe8TB_x75DKeKafWdN_kGIeAo1751lh2WdKA/w640-h480/Fg-MmbCXwAMDDyV.jpeg" title="Tom Ray of Lorenzo's Music talking about open-source music at the Ubuntu Summit in Prague" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom talking at the Ubuntu Summit in Prague</td></tr></tbody></table><p>On the first day of the Ubuntu Summit:</p><p>I gave a talk about <b>how I came up with a method for the band to collaborate on music remotely during the pandemic using Ubuntu Studio</b> (the Linux operating system we use), Ardour (our recording software DAW of choice), and GitHub.</p><p>It turned out that <b>Paul Davis</b> and <b><a href="https://gareus.org/" target="_blank">Robin Gareus</a></b> the people that make <a href="https://ardour.org/" target="_blank">Ardour</a> were actually in the crowd during my talk!</p><p>That was pretty amazing đŸ™‚</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Hanging out with the people from Ardour</h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJh1HSc4ufrAmSONZwvDz9c0lVXxWhoiE8WxLYmvWMAUFv42ibtwK6_XyiDZTloKAJbgwhpt5PdQk72kp05zHYZ8cVUJZRFwbQCtgiHD6YZo4yjI9V8UJmam2B6BDyGb7q254hof419CtrmHK6-8BYxMLRbHkvLgtEaAqfM-LKXqK9T0rK4Q/s4032/PXL_20221108_183501189.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="picture of people walking down city street at night" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJh1HSc4ufrAmSONZwvDz9c0lVXxWhoiE8WxLYmvWMAUFv42ibtwK6_XyiDZTloKAJbgwhpt5PdQk72kp05zHYZ8cVUJZRFwbQCtgiHD6YZo4yjI9V8UJmam2B6BDyGb7q254hof419CtrmHK6-8BYxMLRbHkvLgtEaAqfM-LKXqK9T0rK4Q/w640-h480/PXL_20221108_183501189.MP.jpg" title="Lorenzo's Music walking the streets of Prague with the creators of Ardour" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cliff walking with Paul and Robin from Ardour in Prague</td></tr></tbody></table><p>We started talking to Paul and Robin from <b>Ardour</b> after the talk, and we all decided to go to dinner that night in Prague and hang out.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsO2g8Z5-sSrbXyXFuC9_fxPRhCQMq87z8zWicu0oTuVd0BQqIfKiCDpSlotg4sYE9aAqK6Bubq0CMc0sJj6ek-7osVDBQBKpOCm7pWoMNrnjUOMaeGIrKOt1lp1gI6-TUTtWreWCuyitUZyapcuvRrREDOU68hgFB7KXVtmLap-aFpkSQ7w/s4032/PXL_20221108_190454742.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="picture of people in a restaurant eating" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsO2g8Z5-sSrbXyXFuC9_fxPRhCQMq87z8zWicu0oTuVd0BQqIfKiCDpSlotg4sYE9aAqK6Bubq0CMc0sJj6ek-7osVDBQBKpOCm7pWoMNrnjUOMaeGIrKOt1lp1gI6-TUTtWreWCuyitUZyapcuvRrREDOU68hgFB7KXVtmLap-aFpkSQ7w/w640-h480/PXL_20221108_190454742.jpg" title="Robin and Paul of Ardour having dinner with Lorenzo's Music" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left: Robin (Ardour), cliff and wife, Paul (Ardour), Rob, Eric</td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="text-align: left;">Picking up instruments from a music shop</h2><p>The next day we went to a rental company called <a href="https://nofp.cz/" target="_blank">Nomads of Prague</a> to pick out our gear for the show.</p><p>The rental place was in a warehouse district that looked like a movie backlot.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0XneYH3BfKQ8GPpR0R7XQtcO48f-CwWu3oUMHPK5KR5PbwKE-KckJpLlj5xH3ra_pPwxyJsdfv17isH9ANxk0gct9hJROsVnTCZZpYrQBYen5ozmjQ1-gdqgB4MrRfkXqHVXJMV2nZ8edFqE2UkEajvb_uWp2g4eb7B5-z5uFhW_pQU2UQ/s3264/PXL_20221108_121942621.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Picture of man standing in alleyway" border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0XneYH3BfKQ8GPpR0R7XQtcO48f-CwWu3oUMHPK5KR5PbwKE-KckJpLlj5xH3ra_pPwxyJsdfv17isH9ANxk0gct9hJROsVnTCZZpYrQBYen5ozmjQ1-gdqgB4MrRfkXqHVXJMV2nZ8edFqE2UkEajvb_uWp2g4eb7B5-z5uFhW_pQU2UQ/w480-h640/PXL_20221108_121942621.jpg" title="Tom Ray from Lorenzo's Music outside the Nomads of Prague music store" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom outside Nomads of Prague</td></tr></tbody></table><p>We had contacted the rental company before we left the US to let them know the gear we were looking to use.</p><p>Inside they had our stuff along with a bunch of other gear for shows they were supplying for that week.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXd0LDDGshCGBCfNR6yZmWIA59nBSNDx71TJuNGzEn6pSg82xyi1npeT7iW-TFuszl7QT-A6cJnobptvR3McTTnaDNEH1XEXNDbbdWAayFzg6gYnFqvf5bmsJjgygOWQLK5ddbbajeATpmK30epBFF0OE3A8DoC2IhRRk5DYeVBHoZZqI6qA/s3264/PXL_20221108_111528905.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="picture of four guys in a room with instruments" border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXd0LDDGshCGBCfNR6yZmWIA59nBSNDx71TJuNGzEn6pSg82xyi1npeT7iW-TFuszl7QT-A6cJnobptvR3McTTnaDNEH1XEXNDbbdWAayFzg6gYnFqvf5bmsJjgygOWQLK5ddbbajeATpmK30epBFF0OE3A8DoC2IhRRk5DYeVBHoZZqI6qA/w640-h480/PXL_20221108_111528905.MP.jpg" title="Lorenzo's Music picking up instruments at Nomads of Prague" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left: Cliff, Eric, Rob and Tom</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvfu9YyzDyhk7LrSdepqvWRYnbVVbpyolSKHaYto_Tf_l3ntxzUT2vAdLK-XnFPuu87wZaKBpQbTzaM2HQfGzcdUJ4UQLQ3RtpX4Wwj5UUGD0-1NpJAeAOsMj0OppyNb-BuAEshE_DIlSK0hHoBS-X13xFXgJVepvUNjQBcD-cuIwKSVttA/s3264/PXL_20221108_115218166.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="picture of guy in front of keyboard" border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvfu9YyzDyhk7LrSdepqvWRYnbVVbpyolSKHaYto_Tf_l3ntxzUT2vAdLK-XnFPuu87wZaKBpQbTzaM2HQfGzcdUJ4UQLQ3RtpX4Wwj5UUGD0-1NpJAeAOsMj0OppyNb-BuAEshE_DIlSK0hHoBS-X13xFXgJVepvUNjQBcD-cuIwKSVttA/w640-h480/PXL_20221108_115218166.jpg" title="Tom Ray of Lorenzo's Music checking out his keyboard at Nomads of Prague" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">My keyboard was in another section of the shop filled with gear.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uV6F7ciuYTprMibLHgdKSOjMCc7LvBbBjWcI-GDV0xuuGbO4r_GD3RWIbdTGNhJWXSpOnPWWit9BTPjcstmU9-Z4A2q8o2jaEcbIohALOvCySWWS6hLU4eCt5fzsxcs9H3q58E96F5rJ2Jj1bXCy9huO8cm1IXjBii47Lrm4Bw2qblC7YA/s3264/PXL_20221108_120225881.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="picture of guys in a room with instruments" border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uV6F7ciuYTprMibLHgdKSOjMCc7LvBbBjWcI-GDV0xuuGbO4r_GD3RWIbdTGNhJWXSpOnPWWit9BTPjcstmU9-Z4A2q8o2jaEcbIohALOvCySWWS6hLU4eCt5fzsxcs9H3q58E96F5rJ2Jj1bXCy9huO8cm1IXjBii47Lrm4Bw2qblC7YA/w640-h480/PXL_20221108_120225881.MP.jpg" title="Lorenzo's Music picking up instruments at Nomads of Prague" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Checking out the city again</h2><p>Then that night we all hit a few more bars with Paul and Robin from Ardour.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDq8EI1kNxmLEVKSPvWDlyhax_gemE2JM732FF7Y9dAVs_EPjoSOalwyj0qMAI3bUaGsWeirEUrgUEhjY15M7D6iuNeubPJpqDZvpasjChSKEEReD0ueTESCKmEUGtdZGRWuYh9JfL-G9SLpcZLGLgUhb1Y3VSbm8ihxAK7xJlLTJ5sNwmg/s4032/IMG_1410.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="picture of people in the street at night" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDq8EI1kNxmLEVKSPvWDlyhax_gemE2JM732FF7Y9dAVs_EPjoSOalwyj0qMAI3bUaGsWeirEUrgUEhjY15M7D6iuNeubPJpqDZvpasjChSKEEReD0ueTESCKmEUGtdZGRWuYh9JfL-G9SLpcZLGLgUhb1Y3VSbm8ihxAK7xJlLTJ5sNwmg/w640-h480/IMG_1410.jpg" title="Lorenzo's Music in the streets of Prague with Robin from Ardour" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom, Robin (Ardour) and Eric in the streets of Prague</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QZDpGmQ2MZ5OcGBBEWSDfhV6frnkqAFMsL48L7Jb4c27pyf2WH6mOqvrkQNdutwT8IHSQOjVeX7osFFwQk-ka4SDxVSNzN1lj0iBC4vtdZOnNA1rb_QCC_7CHKYLgOnL-SBF7M6gnI0wBhgAbFyasA5n19_Pgvb60tOZowS2mG2uhAzM4w/s4032/IMG_1416.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="picture of a man on a bridge at night" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QZDpGmQ2MZ5OcGBBEWSDfhV6frnkqAFMsL48L7Jb4c27pyf2WH6mOqvrkQNdutwT8IHSQOjVeX7osFFwQk-ka4SDxVSNzN1lj0iBC4vtdZOnNA1rb_QCC_7CHKYLgOnL-SBF7M6gnI0wBhgAbFyasA5n19_Pgvb60tOZowS2mG2uhAzM4w/w640-h480/IMG_1416.jpg" title="Eric Brusewitz of Lorenzo's Music on the Bridge in Prague" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eric on the bridge in Prague</td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="text-align: left;">Playing a show at the Ubuntu Summit on a boat in Prague</h2><p>On the final day of the <b>Ubuntu Summit</b>, we went down to the <b>Vltava river in Prague</b>. Our show was on a boat that was going to travel the river as we played.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWI8mPdz8a0TkAR-j2BC7ApaXgDLiH2nC1LIeM38h35hHyVG_LEKkTHxktQwHOcwPcM24yWaaOAZ2dwyPr47HrDYsd1FHBhXrkqnW1RgbzCTeqsKzQkYgL-Ydd4Yo4o0-BOES3WISoc3lwIoy9Scnpl-w2KN_TyEwvOAl7TGVfSIyC-h3pQ/s3264/PXL_20221109_162225032.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="picture of four guys in a room with instruments" border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWI8mPdz8a0TkAR-j2BC7ApaXgDLiH2nC1LIeM38h35hHyVG_LEKkTHxktQwHOcwPcM24yWaaOAZ2dwyPr47HrDYsd1FHBhXrkqnW1RgbzCTeqsKzQkYgL-Ydd4Yo4o0-BOES3WISoc3lwIoy9Scnpl-w2KN_TyEwvOAl7TGVfSIyC-h3pQ/w640-h480/PXL_20221109_162225032.MP.jpg" title="Lorenzo's Music setting up for the Ubuntu Summit show in Prague" width="640" /></a></div><p>One of the guys from <b>Nomads of Prague</b> brought the instruments we were playing on that night. And we worked with the local sound company to set up the sound system.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAc7XmvueQYw1fSIvr9uXkoh2V1K5NPnUlMPcWE23WI8ohd8S8FebVudzMrba1v_6XMIQUgX_kAYVlvQv2iJ2YTmCmNMvAwpb-8VyH_E5V_trGozT44P6hULqZPuAdPlk3uWMPsCYU70I1D3r0nyQC9UhE4Mln_XGN3GEirOerc_ryhOPMuQ/s4032/IMG_1427.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="picture of people standing by music equipment" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAc7XmvueQYw1fSIvr9uXkoh2V1K5NPnUlMPcWE23WI8ohd8S8FebVudzMrba1v_6XMIQUgX_kAYVlvQv2iJ2YTmCmNMvAwpb-8VyH_E5V_trGozT44P6hULqZPuAdPlk3uWMPsCYU70I1D3r0nyQC9UhE4Mln_XGN3GEirOerc_ryhOPMuQ/w640-h480/IMG_1427.jpg" title="The sound company setting up for the show" width="640" /></a></div><p>Eric's keyboard actually blew up and they all worked on getting it fixed at one point.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyW6x8lpEHK3mbboYPzMJ0xqmuWdAVJmybGgpKwgsuM_B7pKXY0Vp3N-u5ymxd_3YQbNRGVNxOAYbG9dbnUB8b22uz8Mj-5VVdXLajIjKDX96rUed2UBqtFvxjX7HkNimx_G2AuaMIajQ8yrcvTWK4hJDPqJ8l09AxNEfT_s1Xgio8AVH8Xg/s4032/IMG_1432.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="picture of people around a keyboard" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyW6x8lpEHK3mbboYPzMJ0xqmuWdAVJmybGgpKwgsuM_B7pKXY0Vp3N-u5ymxd_3YQbNRGVNxOAYbG9dbnUB8b22uz8Mj-5VVdXLajIjKDX96rUed2UBqtFvxjX7HkNimx_G2AuaMIajQ8yrcvTWK4hJDPqJ8l09AxNEfT_s1Xgio8AVH8Xg/w480-h640/IMG_1432.jpg" title="Eric and Tom of Lorenzo's Music talking with the sound tech's" width="480" /></a></div><p>We eventually got it all fixed and the crowd from the Ubuntu Summit started rolling in.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrVwuIgiRGDOzZWbSOi3WBXni6y5Bs3JEPh-N63XZt5u_KZ-st9CqHOuD2AHvDuTFrm8pzA9Wh5m3N3I2ERiz4QAvchnzyyOQPvWNED6x9brk5xfTaRebrE5PLdXFBQ4pv2vWivBHjz9EKow3mvQy6_w9tekP34EU-pRL__jkiDwpDPZY7Q/s4032/IMG_1433.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="picture of crowd in a room" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrVwuIgiRGDOzZWbSOi3WBXni6y5Bs3JEPh-N63XZt5u_KZ-st9CqHOuD2AHvDuTFrm8pzA9Wh5m3N3I2ERiz4QAvchnzyyOQPvWNED6x9brk5xfTaRebrE5PLdXFBQ4pv2vWivBHjz9EKow3mvQy6_w9tekP34EU-pRL__jkiDwpDPZY7Q/w640-h480/IMG_1433.jpg" title="People from the Ubuntu Summit on the boat in Prague" width="640" /></a></div><p>We got up and running and had a great night!</p><p>-Tom</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Awesome live session from <a href="https://twitter.com/lorenzosmusic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lorenzosmusic</a> <a href="https://t.co/ouoMunPtjD">pic.twitter.com/ouoMunPtjD</a></p>— mashed_code (@mashed_code) <a href="https://twitter.com/mashed_code/status/1590439720638894080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p><br /></p><div class="tomsbox"><h2 style="text-align: center;">Don't forget!</h2><p>Want to see more clips in the future, subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRghTj3ajY6YjV6_obPT2Jw?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our YouTube Channel!</a></p><p>Would like to watch our live streams follow us on <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/lorenzosmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our Twitch Channel!</a></p></div><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comPrague, Czechia50.0755381 14.437800521.765304263821157 -20.7184495 78.385771936178855 49.5940505tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-78652005632403622532022-10-07T01:35:00.006-05:002022-11-20T00:55:25.532-06:00We're going to Prague!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrX-EPupbweRiRPZ4g_MXdyIyyaTtS7D3kRjxORTRR35raQG3O_S7RIi1aYagEDXxTWDv_PBUwAqrIVl0HJwwGjnEURcfhD4KKra4ZFWFB8QrKzB1iNgzNgcIYfEc7vMQuSy0KdMnaWANXidx5C_dtCYmKvJv3rT9uMUIes0LyHJsXRZ3X5A/s1280/were-going-to-Prague-lorenzos-music.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Picture of city with an illustration of four men" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrX-EPupbweRiRPZ4g_MXdyIyyaTtS7D3kRjxORTRR35raQG3O_S7RIi1aYagEDXxTWDv_PBUwAqrIVl0HJwwGjnEURcfhD4KKra4ZFWFB8QrKzB1iNgzNgcIYfEc7vMQuSy0KdMnaWANXidx5C_dtCYmKvJv3rT9uMUIes0LyHJsXRZ3X5A/w640-h360/were-going-to-Prague-lorenzos-music.png" title="Lorenzo's Music is going to Prague" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">We are going to play a show in Prague in November at the Ubuntu Summit<span><a name='more'></a></span></h2><p>We have some news. We've been invited to play at the Ubuntu Summit in Prague in November!</p><p><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">(Check out how it went here: <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2022/11/performing-at-ubuntu-summit-prague.html">OUR FIRST SHOW IN EUROPE - PERFORMING AT THE UBUNTU SUMMIT IN PRAGUE</a>)</span></p><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">How did this happen?</h2><p><a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2019/01/s01-episode-6-erich-eickmeyer-ubuntu.html">On a podcast, I talked with Erich Eickmeyer</a>, the lead for the Ubuntu Studio operating system we use. It's a production suite that comes with open-source audio recording, video editing, and design software pre-installed.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I talked with Erich on the podcast because I wanted to meet the person that runs <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/" target="_blank">Ubuntu Studio</a> just to geek out about what they do.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Well, last month <b>Canonical</b>, the company that runs all of the different versions of the Ubuntu operating system asked Erich if there were any musicians that use Ubuntu Studio that would be a good fit for the conference in November.</p><p style="text-align: left;">And Erich told them to contact us!</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">We're flying there to play the wrap party</h2><p style="text-align: left;">They asked us to play at the wrap party for the <b>Ubuntu Summit in Prague</b> and we're pretty psyched about all of this!</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">I'll also be doing a talk</h2><p style="text-align: left;">On top of that, I've been asked to do a talk about Ubuntu Studio for music. I'll be talking about how the band uses Ubuntu Studio, Ardour, and <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2019/05/how-we-came-up-with-way-to-use-github.html">GitHub to collaborate on writing and recording music</a> remotely.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0721661 -89.400750114.761932263821151 -124.5570001 71.382399936178842 -54.244500099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-4237674175270270772022-09-24T22:23:00.000-05:002022-09-24T22:23:58.878-05:00New live drums - Progress on the song Slippery Friction<h3 style="text-align: left;">Adding some live drums to the song Slippery Friction</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGQopQpe9_68woyXF47zf5y-0_PpG4iO6US7_hP8_Ja4MIWFklXTsn_B22yfu-e4WnB8GDGdDxcRUirW8fV_pdVsz8Hh2jnrMf-O-VGvOD7C3MnRguUyLYfbFY0qQ5rj_v6xAt8Z8r9PNdp5G2jqZSyVbvluZH4o8SukuIQ2uTfDmMFfy2w/s2333/IMG_20161118_213020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="picture of two men holding guitars behind a drum set" border="0" data-original-height="2333" data-original-width="2333" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGQopQpe9_68woyXF47zf5y-0_PpG4iO6US7_hP8_Ja4MIWFklXTsn_B22yfu-e4WnB8GDGdDxcRUirW8fV_pdVsz8Hh2jnrMf-O-VGvOD7C3MnRguUyLYfbFY0qQ5rj_v6xAt8Z8r9PNdp5G2jqZSyVbvluZH4o8SukuIQ2uTfDmMFfy2w/w640-h640/IMG_20161118_213020.jpg" title="Rob Gugel and Eric Brusewitz in the studio - Lorenzo's Music" width="640" /></a></div><p>We have been working on a song idea we came up with during a live-stream songwriting session tentatively called "<a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/search/label/slippery-friction">Slippery Friction</a>".</p><p>It was just an idea that we thought had some potential. So we started expanding on it and multi-tracking it.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Slippery Friction new live drums session</h2><p>Here is the song arrangement from this session you can listen to.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="30" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://archive.org/embed/slippery-friction-new-mix_session_220426" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="500"></iframe></p><p>In the last recording session, <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2022/08/progress-on-song-slippery-friction-added-guitars.html">Eric recorded a guitar part for the song</a>.</p><p>Here is what we did in this version.</p><p><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">(<b>Related:</b> <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/search/label/slippery-friction">Check out all the Slippery Friction sessions here</a>)</span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Originally we were using drum loops</h2><p>Up to now, the song was <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2022/08/progress-on-song-idea-slippery-friction.html">using drum loop samples</a>. </p><p>But after adding the guitar in the last session, the drum loops seemed more like a breakdown than a main beat for the song.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Added live drums</h2><p>I decided I wanted to use the loop drums we had as breakdowns now for certain parts. </p><p>So Rob recorded a new live drum part for the song.</p><p>One thing that happened is during the part where the guitar spikes some chords, Rob came up with a beat that kinda rocks out. It was pretty cool so we kept it in.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Song took kind of a rock turn</h2><p>We liked the ideas that were happening. But now the guitar and drum parts changed the song's mood. Made it heavier. </p><p>Decided we wanted to see what else we could try.</p><p>We got some ideas that we're kicking around to see what more we can do with this and alter its direction again.</p><p>-Tom</p><div class="tomsbox"><h2 style="text-align: left;">Don't Forget!</h2><p>Want to see more live stream clips and videos? Subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRghTj3ajY6YjV6_obPT2Jw?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our YouTube Channel</a></p><p>Watch our live streams when we do them! Follow us on <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/lorenzosmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our Twitch Channel</a></p></div><p> </p><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0721661 -89.400750114.761932263821151 -124.5570001 71.382399936178842 -54.244500099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-51937235572064146682022-08-23T01:04:00.005-05:002022-08-28T00:04:43.238-05:00Progress on the song idea Slippery Friction<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBDgA0tTuuBRXbtgXwbevNAkNzepVFc7S1Rw1uduGz7L3WHx7p8UFLOaSeeBebQsx43cU6FdYYPDzw-8gEgBozoCXYAvMvce7EaAlreGDtCofurNlNM-c8K1eXYulrj2SHN-uh0FvwGwckBhMzc8Tp6GLpfY5B2bXDmi1q7-8EZ_A2DDb7Q/s1375/lorenzos-music-in-the-studio-tom-ray-cliff-rob.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="picture of mans head wearing headphones, man at a drum set and man playing guitar" border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1375" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBDgA0tTuuBRXbtgXwbevNAkNzepVFc7S1Rw1uduGz7L3WHx7p8UFLOaSeeBebQsx43cU6FdYYPDzw-8gEgBozoCXYAvMvce7EaAlreGDtCofurNlNM-c8K1eXYulrj2SHN-uh0FvwGwckBhMzc8Tp6GLpfY5B2bXDmi1q7-8EZ_A2DDb7Q/w640-h360/lorenzos-music-in-the-studio-tom-ray-cliff-rob.png" title="Tom Ray, Cliff and Rob in the studio" width="640" /></a></div><p>Previously we had posted about <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2022/02/live-streams-turning-into-song-ideas.html">a song idea that we came up with during a live stream songwriting session</a>.</p><p>It was just an idea that we thought had some potential after we did the session. So we started expanding on it and multi-tracking it.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Slippery Friction with Drum Samples Session</h2><div>Here is the song arrangement so far that you can listen to. </div><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="30" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://archive.org/embed/slippery-friction-w-drums_r2_session_210728" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="500"></iframe></p><p>We tentatively called it <b>Slippery Friction</b> just because it needed a name. I asked what we should call it when I created the file for the recording session and Rob just said "Slippery Friction." </p><p>So I was like "Okay?"</p><p>(<b>You can watch the original live stream video here</b> - <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2022/02/live-streams-turning-into-song-ideas.html">LIVE STREAMS TURNING INTO SONG IDEAS - SLIPPERY FRICTION</a>)</p><p>Here is what we did in this version.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Added bass guitar</h2><p>We shared this recording session in a <a href="https://github.com/lorenzosmusic/slippery-friction" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GitHub Repository</a>. Cliff had recently arranged the clav keys of the two different parts I recorded into a song structure from that. </p><p>Then he tracked multiple potential bass parts.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Searching for a beat loop</h2><p>After Cliff had done that, I wanted to spend some time with it to see what else the song could do. And one thing I wanted to try was finding a beat to loop. Something random to see what it would do to the song.</p><p>So I headed over to <a href="https://freesound.org" target="_blank">freesound.org</a> to look for something that was at the same <b>86 BPM tempo</b>. I found a few and ended up using two of them.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Beat loops I used</h3><p><b>hats_peace.wav</b> - <a href="https://freesound.org/people/c.void/sounds/491327/" target="_blank">https://freesound.org/people/c.void/sounds/491327/</a></p><p><b>Scratched Beats 009</b> - <a href="https://freesound.org/people/GioMilko/sounds/380887/" target="_blank">https://freesound.org/people/GioMilko/sounds/380887/</a></p><p>I messed with these loops a bit in the <a href="https://ardour.org/" target="_blank">Ardour DAW</a> and ended up EQing the crap out of them. </p><p>I also had to edit the "scratched beats 009" loop a bit because it actually wasn't on time with 86 BPM as it was labeled. It was just a bit off.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Needs more of course</h2><p>And that is where the song is at so far.</p><p>I think it needs <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2022/08/progress-on-song-slippery-friction-added-guitars.html">a guitar line next</a>.</p><p>-Tom</p><div class="tomsbox"><h2 style="text-align: left;">Don't Forget!</h2><p>Want to see more live stream clips and videos? Subscribe to our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRghTj3ajY6YjV6_obPT2Jw?sub_confirmation=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> </p></div><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0721661 -89.400750114.761932263821151 -124.5570001 71.382399936178842 -54.244500099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-45555667287088893162022-08-09T00:25:00.001-05:002022-08-09T00:25:08.333-05:00How we cut up a band practice live-stream into a song<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GZNRGaQy6iU" width="320" youtube-src-id="GZNRGaQy6iU"></iframe></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Filming a band practice and editing the video into a song</h2><p>I wanted to show the process of how we filmed the band working on an idea for a song during a two-hour practice session and chopped up that video footage into a working song.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Run a click track the whole time</h2><p>The key thing about this idea is that we had a click track running the entire night. </p><p>We had headphones placed around the studio and the click track was constantly running, whether we were talking or actually playing it was always running.</p><p>That way no matter what ideas we played throughout the video recording, whatever parts that we came up with they would still work with each other in the video editor when I placed them side by side.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">It started with a keyboard part and went from there</h2><p>I came out to our studio one day and showed the guys just an eight-bar melody that I had on the keyboard. </p><p>We just jammed on it coming up with different ideas. We even switched instruments as we messed around with song ideas.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Move video sections around for arrangement</h2><p>All the parts in the finished edited song actually come from different parts of the video throughout the night and we re-arranged them in the video editor to structure the song together.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Add video layers for over-dubs</h2><p>Cliff is playing a <b>midi bass guitar</b>, Rob starts out on drums but later on, Rob plays guitar to come up with a part that we layer on a new track in the video editor to add to the song.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Loop video parts</h2><p>We even loop a couple of short ideas from the video to make a verse and chorus part.</p><p>We edited this video using the <b>free and open-source video editor</b> <a href="https://kdenlive.org/en/" target="_blank">KDENlive</a> by the way. It is the video editor we use for all our videos.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">In the end</h2><p>We kind of liked that we were able to create an entire song out of a two-hour session of us playing and we were able to cut up the video and turn it into a song later on.</p><p>-Tom</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Here is the official finished "video collage song" we made</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kl9Cf61_aoI" width="320" youtube-src-id="Kl9Cf61_aoI"></iframe></div><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0721661 -89.400750114.761932263821151 -124.5570001 71.382399936178842 -54.244500099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-37643298159426781402022-06-18T00:19:00.002-05:002022-08-09T00:25:30.342-05:00One of our songs was used in a movie that just hit Amazon Prime Video<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3tJsbYE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img alt="picture of girl standing and a man sitting at computer all behind broken glass" border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7b7WYGwgHNgKlzjiFjnWFCHs2XbyatYfh7hOzWydTToVLVPD_KwhJEVpku-TlyB0HXn4HPmgFtoUrRs7urgE4kFJiSHgSfqoH0-10uk05Anh45M5_g2ISXYYfjbjcVUhYyXBpH95L2OveuIVg1n6cypLUc9tH4OjOSgQ4z-W8NAZaF6NeOg/w426-h640/bad-match-movie-poster.jpeg" title="Bad Match Movie Poster" width="426" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3tJsbYE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bad Match movie poster</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We offer <a href="https://licensing.jamendo.com/en/royalty-free-music/search?qs=q=artist_name:%22Lorenzo%27s+Music%22" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our music for licensing</a> so people can use them for films and more. </p><p>A lot of the time we never even really get a chance to see the independent films it's used in.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>Recently, I got an update that a movie called "Bad Match" was just released <a href="https://amzn.to/3tJsbYE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Amazon Prime Video</a>.</p><p>One of our songs was used as background music in a bar during a short scene about 30 minutes into the film.</p><p>It's one of those scenes where if you didn't know it was there you might not even catch it. But still pretty cool!</p><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-53054290544904593602022-02-14T01:39:00.004-06:002023-01-19T22:46:43.995-06:00Live streams turning into song ideas - Slippery Friction<p>We've been doing live streams of our songwriting sessions at our studio from our <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/lorenzosmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitch channel</a>. We just turn on the camera and try out ideas and see where they take us each week.</p><p>We took a clip from one of those sessions that we liked recently and posted it on our <a href="https://youtube.com/lorenzosmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>.</p><p>We gave this song idea a random name called <i>"Slippery Friction"</i> and decided to build on it.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p>Here is the progress so far...</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">1. Slippery Friction Clav Sound (Live Stream Clip)</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eaNzM7iCoKw" width="320" youtube-src-id="eaNzM7iCoKw"></iframe></div><p>It was Tom playing a part on the keys using the clav sound, Cliff played bass and Rob just started doing a beat.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">2. Slippery friction loop - clav & bass</h2><p>We liked this little snippet of an idea from the live session and decided to try and build on it.</p><p>We've started posting the progress of what it's become since then as YouTube shorts.</p><p>The first one is the main idea with the clav keys and bass</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pqg_N5GuSTI" width="320" youtube-src-id="Pqg_N5GuSTI"></iframe></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">3. Slippery friction loop - clav and bass with a beat</h2><p>Then added a beat to it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z0zNLVfzxuo" width="320" youtube-src-id="Z0zNLVfzxuo"></iframe></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">4. Slippery friction loop - variations on the theme</h2><p>After doing all this we recorded the other part that came up during the live session video. The song broke up a bit from the main theme and had a more sparse groove.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6JLydj2dcPY" width="320" youtube-src-id="6JLydj2dcPY"></iframe></div><p>That's what has come from this session so far.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Follow live shows on Twitch</h2><p>By the way, if you would like to watch while we do these live songwriting sessions you can follow our Twitch channel.</p><p><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/lorenzosmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitch.tv/lorenzosmusic</a></p><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0730517 -89.401230214.762817863821155 -124.5574802 71.383285536178846 -54.2449802tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-79300157443853175552021-10-04T19:00:00.001-05:002021-10-04T19:00:00.220-05:00Music video progress: Blender on Ubuntu sound playback issue fixed!<h3 style="text-align: left;">How I fixed the issue I was having with audio in Blender on Ubuntu</h3><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Kf5ciqovxY" type="text/html" width="640"></iframe></p><p>I've been animating a music video in <a href="https://www.blender.org" target="_blank">Blender Grease Pencil</a> because I wanted to learn how to use it. </p><p>But in a previous video, I was having <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/09/progress-on-animating-our-shore-leave.html">a super annoying problem with the audio as I was animating the lip-syncing</a>. The sound kept crapping out on me.</p><p>After posting that video update I actually got a lot of really good comments and emails and messages sent to me from people trying to help fix the issue which I thought was really cool! </p><p>In this video, I'm gonna take a look at what finally worked and why it's specific to <b>Blender on Linux</b> and <b>Ubuntu</b> in particular.</p><p>-Tom</p><p>You can check out some of the animated scenes I posted here - <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/10/another-5-youtube-shorts-from-our.html">ANOTHER 5 YOUTUBE SHORTS FROM OUR BLENDER GREASE PENCIL MUSIC VIDEO PROJECT</a></p><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0730517 -89.401230214.762817863821155 -124.5574802 71.383285536178846 -54.2449802tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-44818244022134497672021-10-02T19:03:00.002-05:002023-09-19T23:31:02.281-05:00Another 5 YouTube Shorts from our Blender Grease Pencil Music Video Project<h3 style="text-align: left;">Some progress scenes from the music video we're making in Blender Grease Pencil</h3><p>I mentioned <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/09/i-started-with-simple-beat-and-it.html">in an earlier video how this whole idea started</a>. I wanted to try making a music video using the <a href="https://www.blender.org" target="_blank">Blender animation software</a>. </p><p>I had never used it before and figured this was a good way to learn.</p><p>So as the song was being recorded I started animating the video <u>one line at a time</u> and sharing the progress as <b>YouTube shorts</b>.</p><p>(<b>Previous shorts here</b> - <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/09/5-more-music-video-scenes-animated.html">5 MORE MUSIC VIDEO SCENES ANIMATED - SHORE LEAVE</a>)</p><p>I'm getting close to the end of making this music video now and wanted to share some of the key scenes that I have before it's finished.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Scene 11</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HBFq6MFrG_Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="HBFq6MFrG_Q"></iframe></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">"Squeezing all the life out of a lousy two-day pass"</h3><p>This one actually got the most views on YouTube so far. I think what I like about this one is, until now the pencil sketch man has been singing into the phone with his eyes closed. In this video, his eyes open for a brief second and he looks off in the distance.</p><p style="text-align: left;">(<b>Related post</b> - <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/09/progress-on-animating-our-shore-leave.html">How I animated these videos in Blender Grease Pencil</a>)</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Scene 12</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3BAWeFlfa_M" width="320" youtube-src-id="3BAWeFlfa_M"></iframe></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">"I had a cold one"</h3><p>In the next scene the pencil sketch man's eyes start to close as he continues to tell his story into the payphone.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Scene 16</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/14Sq3Eam-m0" width="320" youtube-src-id="14Sq3Eam-m0"></iframe></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">"I just can't make it by myself"</h3><p>In this scene the pencil sketch man is getting ready for the final chorus of the song.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Scene 17</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OAsMvXy5Ir8" width="320" youtube-src-id="OAsMvXy5Ir8"></iframe></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">"Shore leave"</h3><p>I'm in the process of animating the last chorus now. With the way the vocals in the song start to let loose I thought that the pencil sketch man might need to accent this energy by bending down to yell it.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Scene 18</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P4efmoHiE1Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="P4efmoHiE1Q"></iframe></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">"Shooooore leeeeeave!"</h3><p>Then he stands up holding the phone away from his face and continues to yell out the chorus.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Just about finished with the video</h2><p>I only have a few scenes left to go for this music video project. I will post the finished version when it's done.</p><p>I've been happy with this so far and I think I might do another one when this is finished.</p><p>Sign up for our email list and I can let you know when more music or videos are posted!</p><p>-Tom</p><div class="lorenzosbox" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 20px; text-align: center;"><h2>Lorenzo's Music email list</h2><p>Sign up to hear about when we release new songs or videos</p><!-- Begin Mailchimp Signup Form -->
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<!--End mc_embed_signup--></div>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0730517 -89.401230214.762817863821155 -124.5574802 71.383285536178846 -54.2449802tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-83737564351749240282021-09-21T00:18:00.001-05:002021-09-21T00:18:14.432-05:00Progress on animating our "Shore Leave" music video in Blender Grease Pencil so far<h3 style="text-align: left;">Going over how I've been animating this music video using Blender Grease Pencil</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8Xf01-MwP9I" width="320" youtube-src-id="8Xf01-MwP9I"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: left;">We've been working on a cover of the song "Shore Leave" by <b>Tom Waits</b>. I've been animating our recent video in blender grease pencil I kind of wanted to go over how I'm doing it and also one of the problems I'm having that's actually made it really frustrating!</p><p style="text-align: left;">- Tom</p><p style="text-align: left;">Check out some of the scenes from the video - <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/09/5-more-music-video-scenes-animated.html">5 MORE MUSIC VIDEO SCENES ANIMATED - SHORE LEAVE</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0730517 -89.401230214.762817863821155 -124.5574802 71.383285536178846 -54.2449802tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-19353109929144198162021-09-18T00:24:00.003-05:002021-09-21T00:21:32.961-05:005 more music video scenes animated - Shore Leave<h3 style="text-align: left;">Animated more scenes for our version of "Shore Leave" in Blender Grease Pencil</h3><p>I had mentioned in <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/09/i-started-with-simple-beat-and-it.html">a previous video</a> that I got the idea to turn the song we're working on "Shore Leave" by <b>Tom Waits</b> into video shorts. </p><p>I'm drawing them and releasing them as I go using the free animation software <a href="https://www.blender.org/" target="_blank">Blender</a>.</p><p>Previously, I had finished <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/09/first-2-scenes-animated-for-shore-leave.html">scenes 1 and 2</a>.</p><p>This time I have a collection of scenes <b>3 through 7</b> done.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T9DFAx_noSM" width="320" youtube-src-id="T9DFAx_noSM"></iframe></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Scene 3</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;">"A shore leave wristwatch beneath my sleeve"</h3><p>The camera has zoomed in on the pencil sketch man as he continues to sing the song into a payphone motioning to the person on the other end.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LeXRjT8TaVM" width="320" youtube-src-id="LeXRjT8TaVM"></iframe></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Scene 4</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;">"I rolled down the gutter to the blood bank"</h3><p>Pencil sketch man starts to get more comfortable singing into the phone and his arms accent the rhythm of what he's saying as he looks into the phone.</p><p>(<b>Related post</b> - <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/09/progress-on-animating-our-shore-leave.html">How I animated these videos in Blender Grease Pencil</a>)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vOnN_HgdE1E" width="320" youtube-src-id="vOnN_HgdE1E"></iframe></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Scene 5</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;">"I was in bad need of a shave"</h3><p>A slight bounce while talking before grabbing the phone with both hands.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CDSL1rLenx4" width="320" youtube-src-id="CDSL1rLenx4"></iframe></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Scene 6</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;">"I slopped on the corner on cold chow mein"</h3><p>The arms continue to shift up and down while still holding the phone with both hands.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1uFUabwt2Q4" width="320" youtube-src-id="1uFUabwt2Q4"></iframe></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Scene 7</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;">"I bought a long sleeve shirt with some horses on the front"</h3><p>In this scene, I did a long pan of pencil sketch man's body from the feet up to his face. This is what happens during this part in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Time_(1988_film)" target="_blank">Tom Waits movie "Big Time"</a>. So I was trying to stay true to that.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">More on the way!</h2><p>I've got more scenes for this music video on the way. I started this because I've always wanted to record this song in Lorenzo's Music style. Also, I've wanted to learn how to use Blender for a long time so it was a way to do both!</p><p><b>If you missed the first two animations for this song</b> - <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/09/first-2-scenes-animated-for-shore-leave.html">FIRST 2 SCENES ANIMATED FOR SHORE LEAVE VIDEO</a></p><p>-Tom</p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0730517 -89.401230214.762817863821155 -124.5574802 71.383285536178846 -54.2449802tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11319466.post-81196210453265675602021-09-11T19:00:00.003-05:002021-09-18T00:38:30.795-05:00First 2 scenes animated for Shore Leave Video<h3 style="text-align: left;">Check out the first two animated scenes from our Shore Leave video.</h3><div>Animated the first two scenes so far in <a href="https://www.blender.org/" target="_blank">Blender</a> using grease pencil.</div><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9Jn_IrLPJ1w" type="text/html" width="640"></iframe></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Scene 1</h2><p>The first scene starts out with the character I drew as a see-through pencil sketch on a white background holding his hat up in the air. He's standing next to a payphone and throws his hat aside and makes a call.</p><p>(<b>Watch the next 5 scenes</b> - <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/09/5-more-music-video-scenes-animated.html">5 MORE MUSIC VIDEO SCENES ANIMATED - SHORE LEAVE</a>)</p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FTrh8a1yvQs" type="text/html" width="640"></iframe></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Scene 2</h2><h3 style="text-align: left;">"I just roll down the Nashville stroll"</h3><p>In the second scene for the animated video here, the song begins and the camera closes in on the pencil sketch man who starts singing the first line of lyrics into the phone.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">More scenes to come...</h2><p>I started this song and began animating it and to make that task a little more doable I decided to start animating and releasing them in short segments. Sharing the video as I go instead of waiting to release the whole thing later.</p><p>I explain the concept and give you a sneak peek of how it's done in this video here - <a href="https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/2021/09/i-started-with-simple-beat-and-it.html">I STARTED WITH A SIMPLE BEAT AND IT TURNED INTO SOMETHING BIGGER...</a></p><p><br /></p>Tom Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14684280828015772065noreply@blogger.comMadison, WI, USA43.0730517 -89.401230214.762817863821155 -124.5574802 71.383285536178846 -54.2449802