Black Cat Jazz cafe Band
Welcome to the Black Cat Jazz Cafe Band! This is a virtual jazz cafe and so is the band.
I came from Cuba 28 years ago. Although never formally trained as a musician I played drums and Latin percussion on different bands at different times. Once in the US I only played on a church band, no time to be on the road with a music band, instead I made my living as an engineering tech. Now I'm retired and although I have been dabbing with computer music for awhile now (about eight CD's now on different genres) mainly jazz though, it is now that I have decided to go "public" through this wonderful media and music community.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Not long at all.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Not anymore
Your musical influences
Most big bands and straight-ahead jazz musicians.
What equipment do you use?
For midi recording and/or editing I use a MU Xboard 49 (although I'm not a keyboard player, I have to step record all the time for melodies ans such), loops and single shot samples, and different software for editing, mixing, sequencing and things like that. I also use a Ketron SD2 sound module for midi audio out (wonderful and pretty realistic sounds).
Anything else?
My heart felt thanks to PG Music software for making this effort possible.
