New Music Releases · January 12, 2023
Known for his extraordinary mix of ambient and chillout songs with jazz, soul and even funk elements, Fantomacs now delivers his already fourth album "De Novo". It contains an interesting mix of instrumental and poetry tracks in German narrated by HMG.
Behind the Scenes · July 10, 2022
Recently, a couple of new mastering tools arrived in my studio and this article is about how they work and perform when used in my current projects.
New Music Releases · May 01, 2022
Known for his extra-ordinary mixture of ambient & chillout songs combining jazz, soul and even funky elements, Fantomacs now delivers his third album "So Pure". It contains a lovely mix of tracks for the perfect evening - be it at home on the sofa or on the terrasse at the grill or lounge.
Behind the Scenes · March 24, 2021
Especially during the Corona-crisis it became more and more important for musicians to collaborate via the Internet for making music online.
In this third article of the series, I would like to share a tool called "Notetracks" that is extremely helpful when it comes to music production or collaboration with your bandmates across different locations.
Behind the Scenes · February 26, 2021
Especially during the Corona-crisis it became more and more important for musicians to collaborate via the Internet for making music online.
In this second article our experiences are disclosed in setting up private jam sessions using the services offered by KOORD.LIVE in conjunction with the Jamulus App.
Fantom Keyboards · February 17, 2021
As opposed to other keyboard models, Rolands newest Fantom- & Fantom-O-series are not designed to play backing tracks directly from a USB-stick or the built-in sequencer.
However, the workstations contain a sampler which has quite some capabilities. This article shows how to use the built-in sampler of the Fantom to play backing tracks on stage while playing along LIVE. Both, Fantom- and the new Fantom-0-series are generally supported, since they are data compatible to each other.
Behind the Scenes · January 30, 2021
Especially during the Corona-crisis it became more and more important for musicians to collaborate via the Internet for making music online.
In this article, our experiences are discolsed in setting up the soft- and hardware configuration allowing my bandmates from D!kS (covermusic band) located in Neuss/Germany and me located in Switzerland to meet and interactively make music.