strummingbird10

October 10, 2020

When I started doing these videos in 2009 there seemed such a rush to get everything into some level of "production" and show that an unspeakable snub had not dissuaded  me. I imposed impossible deadlines and cut corners to meet them. I had my toys, but that's what they were. Along the way, a peer was doing the same and calling it a band. Fine, he deserved one.

Right about the end of my only real band gig I bought my first Mac, with amenities that are modest but with the right arrangements convincing enough to give my songs the treatment they deserve at a price I can afford and a level I can replicate.

Many of my videos credit their "rhythm arrangment" to one Pete diNola. Named as a play on the Cuban slang word for what his real life counterparts act like when approached for like services on songs of my choice, Pete is not a real or imaginary friend, but my MIDI notation template for arrangements of my own making. I regret any confusion. 

All in good fun,

-- Nappy