Where:
Anniston, Alabama - USA
Who:
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Bass, Drums by
Michael Erwin
When:
Michael Erwin has been the lead guitar player
for many bands through the years. Most recently he has been a member of
the Alabama based group Freeway Shamen
Why:
The focus of his songs is life including all
of it's complications and humor while putting it into perspective with
Christ.
What:
The style varies from song to song but can all
be classified as pop/rock alternative
In
Short:
Influences are 70s and 80s rock.
Albums -
Cosmic Thang, 1999
Be
a Light, 2000
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Michael
Erwin
by Alessandro De Murtas
Featured
Songs:
Backslide
Boogie
Let
It Rain
Michael Erwin is a musician / songwriter
from Alabama, USA. His unique style of Contemporary Christian Music
is the result of years spent in the secular music business. The focus
of his songs is life including all of it's complications and humor.
The style varies from song to song but can all be classified as pop/rock.
[..] Being part of the secular music scene for many years has
shaped the songwriting of Michael Erwin perfectly for his target audience.
"Although I write lyrics that contain spiritual content, I hope to
connect to the everyday lives of the average person" Michael quotes.
His songs are about personal and world issues that concern people
of every race and culture. Life is a central theme to all of his writings,
including all of it's beauty and complications. "The difference in
what I have to say is that I have found a light at the end of the
tunnel". (from mp3.com)
Michael is also currently hosting a free service for
the N-Track users. Rev-Radio
(revolution radio) is the n-Track Studio Users Cyber Station with
mp3 downloads, streaming audio in Windows Media and Real Audio formats
as well as helpful links. You can find the Rev-Radio
web site at http://revradio.cjb.net
and listen to n-Track at work!
Tips and Tricks from Michael
Erwin using n-Track Studio. |
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Michael usually handles all
of the recording chores himself at his home studio. It is a
humble set up consisting of a computer, mixer, preamps, a few
outboard compressors and effects, guitars, amps and a few microphones.
The computer system is powered by an Intel Celeron 466mhz processor
with 128MB of RAM. A small 8 Gig hard drive and a Crystal Audio
soundcard has been the only other elements to the works until
the purchase of a Hoontech DSP24 audio card that hasn't been
used on any finished material as of yet. The core of the system
is n-Track Studio audio recording software along with Wavelab
as a wave editor. Without n-Track there would be no possible
way for me to get a decent recording hassle free and fast without
going into serious debt. I really need to use the extra money
for clean preamps and microphones, which mean more to me than
a software package with a bunch of glitter and a huge price
tag on it. n-Track works, period. Why use anything else?
The drum parts were all created using Hotstepper
which is a very simple pattern sequencer that's cheap too...
$15 I think. It is layed out like a drum machine, so if you
are used to one then getting started is a no brainer. Their
samples are not that great though... soundloops.org
and many others have a wide variety of one shot samples that
are available to use. The best idea for drum samples that would
satisfy is probably to create some yourself. I use some that
a friend gave me and some of my own creations, also sampled
some off of old vinyl recordings to get a more grungy sound...
you can tell on the opening of one of my tunes "Who
is Your God" that they are in there mixed with other
or better samples. Got an old kit that I hung onto for recording
and just tuned them up and started wacking away until they were
what I wanted. If you don't have a drum kit then maybe you could
borrow one for an afternoon and give it a try. Just record them
without EQ or anything one drum at a time, then you can always
go back and do whatever you like to them (EQ, compress, verb)
without destroying the original sound? |
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