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Scott P. Anderson
United States
I grew up in a musically-gifted household. My dad was into jazz drumming and my mom played tenor sax & drums in an all-girl orchestra during the Big Band era. Mom quickly found out that I was musically gifted when my brother and sister started complaining about me. They were taking music lessons on piano, guitar and percussion, and I kept correcting them while they practiced ("No, no. It should sound like this..."). As a result, they made me pick an instrument to learn and leave the others alone for the sake of sanity in the house. I chose percussion, but still tinkered on the piano when I could get away with it. By the end of high school, I was selected first-chair U.S. Honor Band. A year later I was accepted into the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. Meanwhile, I played any kind of music that would get me a job: musicals with the Light Opera company, rock, Big Band, combo, jazz...you name it. I found myself burning out on music, so I interrupted my studies at the Univ. of New Mexico to join the Air Force, where I got away from music for a while. I thoroughly enjoyed a career flying as a crew member on different airframes, but the years of drumming and loud jet noise finally caught up with me. When I retired in 2000, I had 20% hearing loss and tinnitus in both ears. This was devastating to me because I used to pride myself on having perfect pitch (practiced, not a natural gift)and an ability to hear ultrasonic motion detectors. Now I couldn't hear the fine nuances found in so many classical pieces (or as my friends put it: couldn't hear thunder in a barrel). To respark my interest in music, my brother gave me an old midi sequencing program he no longer wanted (Midisoft Sessions v2.0). I found it amusing, but didn't think much about it until a year later when my grandmother died. She was a fiesty old Irish woman with whom I used to waltz around the house while listening to Strauss' Blue Danube. Motivated with my fond memories of this, I decided to use the sequencing software to recreate the Danube as a tribute to her. I had to do a lot of research on the use of controllers and did a lot of experimenting to get various sounds that a straight midi voice didn't offer. When I was done, it sounded pretty darn good and I was back into music. To do my sequencing, I work strictly through the computer (no electronic keyboard) and take my time to get the sound exactly the way I want it. Because of my tinnitus, I have to run it through various sets of speakers, as well as have my family critique the balance and volume levels. After two or three de-buggings and edits, it usually sounds the way I want: realistic (well, as much so as one can get on a midi). Because I only do sequencing as a hobby, it usually takes me about a week of work for every 2.5 minutes of music. When it's finished I then spend about another week or so polishing it. I hope you enjoy my efforts, because I truly enjoy creating them. By the way, I tried upgrading to a modern sequencing program, but eventually went back to the old Midisoft 2.0 because I knew it inside-out and got good results (in other words, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!). ;-)
On a footnote, I now only sequence when I have spare time. I decided to finish college at the University of Oregon; however, because of my hearing loss, I changed gears and will be graduating with a double major in Math & History in Jan '08. Then in the Fall, I'll be going for a PhD in History. From there I plan on teaching a bit of college and continuing with my hobby of sequencing.
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