"NUMERICAL SOUND"®
My Sampling Recording CDs

This results and benefits of 5 years hard work on my cyber-ritualistic African "PERCUSSION WALL" sampling C.D. has turned out to be a lot more than I expected. It seems that because the material which was all based on the African 6/8 rhythm called Nanigo was so distinctive and the processing of the material using LEXICON gear was so outstanding, the new C.D. has been picked by a world famous company called "Cakewalk" for exposure in its new marketing C.D.,"Pro-Audio 8, Musicians Tool Box 3", for worldwide distribution. It was also picked up and being distributed by TASCAM and SOUND IDEAS who also carry the WARNER BROTHERS Library.

This has been an exciting time for yours truly. I can't close this section without acknowledging a few exceptional people, and their outstanding products, without which recording at this level would not have been possible for me. Mr. Joel Silverman,- Lexicon, and their new (PCM-81 Digital Sound Effects Processor), Mr.Tom Menrath, and all of the great Monster Cable wiring, (which I used exclusively for this project) which gave my material its great transparency and really elevated it to another level. Lastly a special thanks to Tim Schwartz at EMU for all their great products, and his help.These are the best products I could find for this new recording project, and I consider it the best money I ever spent. I called these three men to get their advice on what they thought, and then I followed it. My first C.D. is now finished and is being distributed by at least ten major companies and I am absolutely thrilled with the way it sounds. I hope you will be to.

Thanks especially to one of my closest friends, and biggest supporters BERNARD "PRETTY" PURDIE, who contacted a company he was with in Canada - (who at that time recorded only drummers) -I am now a featured artist with "NUMERICAL SOUND" a Sampling Recording Co. in Canada. My input is unique with the recording company, in that in over 40 years of playing acoustic drums, and because my love for complex rythms has always been based on my religious belief that all spiritualistic rythmns have at their roots - AFRICAN tribal drumming -steeped in call and responce - the acclimation this CD has gotten is the living proof that spiritual dreams do come true.

 Now with the ability to create original sounds and tones - whether they originate from metal, glass or are based on any other sound I can dream up in my head, I can now create those sounds and use those to play the complex rythms that are still waiting to be heard. I want to play something new and fresh. Anything that could be played rythmically now would be fair game. I once heard something said by a friend of mine and it has always stayed with me. "Playing a drum is the voice of GOD, speaking through you, directly to an audience, immediately as you play it." (Art Blakey)
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I would like to thank: the following: E-MU, Mackie, Rane, Lexicon, Cakewalk, Cerwin-Vega and Monster Cable for their help.

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