SonicMonkey

SonicMonkey is the online musical playground of Michael Hacker, an Arizona-based guitarist, songwriter, recording geek, and techie. Michael is the owner of SonicMonkey Studios (a.k.a. the spare bedroom in his house) and likes Pro Tools, Line 6, and other stuff that he wishes would give him a sponsorship. Michael occasionally talks about stuff. Sometimes, he posts musical sketches (read: filler). Even more rarely, he finishes a song.

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Archive for June, 2009

Song-a-Week #26 – Chunk

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

This week’s sketch is called “Chunk” because I literally just threw the word up. Brain vomit, if you will. I’m afraid it’s a bit Nirvana-sounding for my tastes, but I’ll live with that. I may revisit this one later… add lyrics, re-record it. Who knows?

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Song-a-Week #25 – C is for Cookie

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

I know, I know… another cop-out. Jeremie and I did this for my other show, so I figured it counts. Granted, it isn’t something I wrote, but it does reflect my “growing” remixing skills. I need to remind myself that this project is more about purely learning and doing, not so much about what I’m [...]

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Fame and Fortune

Friday, June 19th, 2009

OK, maybe not so much fortune. Come to think of it… not much fame either. But, I digress. I recently had the good fortune to earn yet another mention by one “Big” Al Wagner of Project Studio Network fame… this time, on his person blog: Home Studio Guru. Although I didn’t get the answer I [...]

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Song-a-Week #24 – Wind

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

I was working on a completely different song with a completely different vibe, but this riff kept coming out of my fingers. Well, who am I to argue with inspiration? So, I saved the other project and started this one. The guitar tone sounded vaguely reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix’ tone on “The Wind Cries Mary,” [...]

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Song-a-Week #23 – Foot Soldier

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Don’t ask me why this sketch is called “Foot Soldier.” That was just literally the first two words (in that order) that popped into my head when I asked myself, “Hey… self… what the hell are you going to call this thing?” That oughtta learn me not to ask me any more stupid questions.

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McDSP June Specials

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

McDSP is offering 20% off on their Emerald and Classic Packs this month in TDM, RTAS and AudioSuite formats. Additionally, you can snag Analog Channel LE (the one Charles Dye always talks about on PSN), Chrome Tone LE, CompressorBank LE, FilterBank LE, ML4000 LE, Revolver LE and Synthesizer One LE for $79 (per plugin, not [...]

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Song-a-Week #22 – spleeeeejg

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

This is your brain. This is your brain on Iowa. Funktastic.

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