Musical Musings, Motiffs and Muffs

During the 90's when I got my first keyboard I started sequencing ideas and recording them. Many were just short ideas and grooves. Later as my studio grew with new equipment and samples I started doing more with it. At the time I was into the club/Techno scene and loved creating grooves. Many of the short ideas I created were used to jam or solo over. Unfortunately many of the ideas weren't developed further into full songs. The electronica pieces are the only ones that are longer and have different sections. I sequenced many of the pieces in Digital Performer and recorded them onto tape or disc. All the ideas and pieces were performed by me using the following gear:
Kurzweil K2000 Keyboard
Ensoniq ASR-10 Sampling Keyboard
DrumKat Midi Controller
Emu Proteus 1
Emu Proteus 2
Emu Proteus Procussion
Emu Orbit
Korg Wasestation SR


Here is Pilbo Tramtunts. Based on a rhythmic modulation pattern using chords.

ELectronica No. 1 My first electronica song I created using a K2000,ASR-10, Emu Proteus 1,2, and 3 along with Emu Orbit, Korg Wavestation SR and DrumKat Midi Controller. Electronica No. 2: My second song


Electronica No. 3: Another electronica piece

 Idea 38: Kind of a funky loop with brass and sax samples. I used this to jam over.


 Day In The Life: This a cover of the famouse Beatles song I did for Sprint and their video production dept. David Kemmerly provided guitar and outstanding vocals. I arranged and played everything else.


Groove No. 2: Playing around one night with a groove and came up with this.


 Groove No. 3: Another night, another idea. More like bed music to go under something.


Drive: The of the few songs that I came up with a name for. It's a groove that reminded me of a Porsche speeding along a winding road.


Gonna Get Some: Dirty little bump and grind. I was always amazed going to the clubs how many people would get on the dance floor with music that sounded like it came from a porno film. Thought I would try a hand at it.


Cloud Surfing: Kind of a new age groove piece. After listening to it came up with a name. Inspired by Andreas Vollenweider on this one.

Brad Millison: Voice of an Angel, Spirit of a Child

While going through my vault of old media and digitizing some cassette tapes I came across a tape that Brad's good friend Steve Diamond produced after Brad's death. If memory serves me, alot of the materical was recorded at Steves studio in Las Vegas. It is over 50 minutes long and is comprised of some of the best material Brad ever recorded including "Finally", "Never Neverland" along with some jingles and some live recordings of the show Brad played in at the Excalibur hotel in Vegas. Interspersed is some of Brads extrodinary sense of humor that all his friends will love. His voice is truly amazing. He was one of most talented musicans I've ever been around. He was one of my best firends and I think about him all the time. Here is a pic of Brad, Ann and myself on my many trips to vegas.



So download this great memory of one of the most amazing voices ever. Steve titled the tape "Brad Voice of an Angel, Spirit of a Child" I think it is very appropriate.
I miss you my good friend!!

Download Brad Millison, Voice of an Angel, Spirit of a Child

The GPS Studios Archives

I've been going through the vault and digitizing some very old material I composed and recorded in my very basic home studio in the late 1980's and early 90's. Armed with a Ensoniq ASR-10 sampling keyboard and a DrumKat midi controller i started sketching out ideas and motiffs and recording them. Not sure if my ideas would be used for actual songs, loops, or commercial bed material I started creating ideas in my head. I will post alot of this material on my blog, not for any pats on the back, some of it isn't that good, but i feel the need to document my history. The music is very much the sound of it's time. I was very into the club scene and loved dance and techno music as well as looking for a good groove. I'll start off with the demo that I created when I first started shopping around music jingle gigs. In this demo. I basically took a basic chord progression and applied it to a variety of different styles to show that I could produce a variety of music. I used alot of samples in the beginning to show my library of samples that I collected. So Enjoy!!