One With The Computer
One With The Computer, a one-man MIDI-recording virtuoso, creates a new and different breed of electronically produced instrumental progressive rock using only
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Virtualità Virtualità
Meandering collages of computerized soundscapes that surpass the boundaries of existence and conformity on a journey to the worlds of the virtual realities of imagination. This is a Rush-influenced piece inspired by the artwork of Lorenzo Ravasco.
Just Another Cool Jam Just Another Cool Jam
This is a strange hybrid...a conglomeration of five different musical ideas connected by bridges into one long instrumental rock piece. Progressive rock, new wave, country & western, and smooth jazz are all genres that play their parts here...
Techno Logical (Dawg's Theme) Techno Logical (Dawg's Theme)
An exploration into techno and new wave influences, wrapped up in a computerized science-fiction theme and delivered with loads of catchy musical hooks...in essence, the 'radio' song. The one you won't be able to stop listening to over and over...
One With The Computer, a one-man MIDI-recording virtuoso heralding from Baltimore, Maryland, introduces a new and different breed of electronically produced videogame-influenced instrumental progressive rock for the masses. Using nothing but his own home computer, various pieces of installed software, outboard reverb effects, and his creative ingenuity, One With The Computer creates music reminiscent of many different styles with a sound like no other. One With The Computer aspires to use his music to broaden the horizons of others and to take them beyond the limits of their imaginations. "There is beauty in simplicity."Band/artist history
One With The Computer, whose actual name is Kirk Bradford Myers, has had a long running interest in music and all genres of which nearly his entire life. He is an avid and dedicated fan of the music of other artists, and is often spotted in the crowd at shows in the Mid-Atlantic area around his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. A self-taught keyboard and piano player, he has been writing and recording his own instrumental music since the age of 14, involving himself in several short-lived self-created solo projects. In 2003, he envisioned and created the studio project 'One With The Computer' as a way to consolidate and release much of the progressive instrumental musical material he had written since 1987. He has his own label, KBMyers Records, under which he is releasing the One With The Computer material as well as that of several other solo projects, including 'Prog X', another progressive rock project yet to be re-invented, and 'Stinkhole Messiah', an up-and-coming comedy rock project.Have you performed in front of an audience?"I usually don't play my music from this particular project live, although I remain open-minded to the idea. I consider myself a much better music composer than a performer. However, I do attempt to play my recorded music to as many people as I can, and really get a charge out people's reactions when they hear it, be they positive, negative, or otherwise. Music that elicits any reaction at all, no matter what that is, is much better than music that elicits none, and is music worth writing and listening to for whatever reason."
Your musical influences
"My influences mostly encompass progressive, instrumental, electronic, and videogame music, and any combination thereof. I also listen to jazz, blues, and classical music. The bands and musicians that have influenced me most are: Ozric Tentacles, Rick Richards, Joe Satriani, Nine Inch Nails, Rush, Robert Plant, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Smashing Pumpkins, Queen, The Alan Parsons Project, Steve Vai, Yes, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. My tastes is music are quite variegated..."What equipment do you use?
Hardware: Compaq Presario PC with Creative SoundBlaster 128 installed running SBPCI Synthesizer at 8MB as it's sound source. Alesis Microverb III rack-mount unit for overall atmospheric reverb effects. --- Software: Jazz++ 4.0 MIDI-sequencing software for recording, multitracking, and mixing. Goldwave 4.26 sound-editing software for sampling, final mastering, and soundfile editing and manipulation. This is all, of course, subject to change...Anything else?
"The use of computers to make music has often been frowned upon by outsiders and an industry hungry for talent. Talent, in my opinion, is not a measure simply of the actual tools one uses to create his/her music, but of his/her proficiency at that tool or musical instrument. Musical instruments can be defined as anything at all that a person can express themselves musically through, and computers, much like guitars, keyboards, basses, and drums, are legitimate musical instruments people may choose for this purpose. In the right hands, much like other musical instruments, computers can become tools for unlimited and boundless creativity and musical freedom, and I stand behind their use entirely."
Baltimore, MD
USA
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Comments (6)
Kirk:
I'm digging Just Another Cool jam. I've read your comments on the main page and while we are doing very similar things musically, you are much more elegant & articulate than I. Bravo. Keep up the great musical offerings!
David
Kirk buddy...
How's going these days? it's Plum Loco from Satriani.com... I was just about to listen to your music, I'll fill ya in how it sounded when I have a bit of time on your hands...
I was wondering if you working on some stuff that required some guitar? well, I could always lend out my services if you need them, whenever you want.
we'll talk with you later...
take care
Barrie
Hi Kirk, i really like these tunes cool stuff, i found you because you are an Ozric Tentacle Fan....
Especially i like Techno Logical
Many Thanks
From Marve UK
Kirk very nice arrangements. I can definitely hear the video game in them which is a really cool vibe. As for getting together and jamming, yes absolutely!
Hi Kirk,
These 2 tracks are very "fresh" and all instruments are harmoniously mixed and directed. During their execution some images about manga animations and action scenes have appears in my mind. Your music has captured my attention and appreciation.
Hope to listen more soon.
:)
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