About this blog

The name of this blog is small alley. As in an alley, I hope to post a variety of things that I find interesting and as you walk through the alley, you would find things that you like.

I have posted some songs that I wrote. I am not a great singer. I sing and play the guitar purely for fun and I hope people who thinks they can't sing can be inspired by me. No former singing lessons and no former guitar training. Just pure fun......

The recording is also done at home with a drum machine and one guitar through a small amp. The sound file has been touched up slightly by removing the noise. Otherwise the songs are as original as it gets.

I practise Taiji regularly. For me, it is a great exercise requiring control of mind and body to perform well and for it to be enjoyable. You can get more videos of Taiji from YouTube.

Other posts include places and events that I think are interesting and more important, which I have time to upload.

Enjoy your walk through this small alley.....

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Musical Midi Accompaniment

Found this great piece of software in Linux that could generate accompaniment for singing.  You can read about it at http://www.mellowood.ca/mma/.

It seems that there is a graphical interface, Lemma, but I have yet to get it working.

Have a look at the accompanying documentation and that should get you started.  I used a text editor and created a the mma file in text format.  Next, use MMA to create the midi.  The I played it through Timidity or converted it to a mp3 file.

What I found useful is that it is great to practise soloing.

I have recorded 2 versions of Amazing Grace using MMA with different grooves (I just change one word to change groove).  I am not a great singer or a great guitar player.   But I had fun.

Can you imagine, in the future, bands might be obsolete if the do not play their own grooves.


Amazing Grace - 60s Rock

Amazing Grace -Shuffle Boogie


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