John J Kim
JK writes, arranges and produces his own music.
Primary instrument: Piano, Other keyboards (Rhodes, B-3)
Your musical influences
I can't specifically say where my influence came from. To name a few, 70's motown, various R&B, Funk musicians, Jazz pianists Red Garland and Miles Davis... From Miles Davis, I've learned great deal of moderation and employing silence as a part of music.
What equipment do you use?
DAW.
-PC 2Ghz, 1024KB RAM, 80GB internal HD, 120GB external USB HD.
-Presonus Firebox.
-Cubase SX for my master sequencer
Master controller
-M-Audio keystation pro 88
Monitor
-Yamaha MSP 3
Plug in synth
-Spectrasonics: stylus rmx, trilogy, Atmosphere
-Native instruments: FM7, B4, Abysynth
-Applied Acoustics system: Lounge Lizard (my favorite Rhode sounds), String studio, Ultra Analog, Tassman 4
-Colossus to cover GM sounds.
Other Plug ins
-Wave Diamond bundle. (So easy to use yet, so radical difference in your recording!)
External module:
Yamaha EX5 (Should be very cool machine with its physical modeling synthesis engine onboard. Got some killer sounds! Yet, it's not very user friendly, I gave up learning it and accumulating dirts in the corner.)
Microphone
-Rode NT1a Condenser Mic that my lovely Lynn got me for Christmas!!!
Anything else?
-Leave space. Give your music room to breath.
-Less is more.
