Author Archives: Fresh

About Fresh

Mac Fan/Sys. Engr - NASA planetary missions. guitarist/producer/AFOL/fitness fan/film+TV+sndtrk composer/podcast host/Python newbie coder. Music by me: http://SFTF.bandcamp.com. Mellowly Cool. Find me on X and Bluesky

Health and Wellness Week: July 25 – 29: 8 Surprising Benefits of Drinking Water

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Fresh

Greetings… On this next to the last day of Health and Wellness Week, I decided to post about another physical aspect of well being and that is the benefits of water. All you physicians check me on this, but from … Continue reading →

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Health and Wellness Week: July 25 – 29 – Motivation to be well.

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Fresh

Hello all…. Hope everyone is well (no pun intended) This week is National Health and Welness Week and though we are into our second day of it, I thought I’d do a quick post in conjunction to what my friend … Continue reading →

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That’s The Way I Like It (B-side) – Slave/New Plateau (1984)

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Fresh

Crew… What’s up? Over the last month or so, I keep finding out real good things about Slave that I never knew about. Through the tribute post I did for Mr. Mark in March, I’ve received some great comments, an … Continue reading →

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Morning run (08 Jul 11): Nike+

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Fresh

Good morning crew… Happy Friday to all. It’s been a minute since I blogged about running, much less blogged at all, but since I have a few minutes this morning before I head into the office, why not. If you’ve … Continue reading →

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Chronicles of A Remix – Vol.2: Stop It Now/Karlina Veras – Pt.1

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Fresh

Greetings Crew… Back with another edition in the series entitled “Chronicles of A Remix”. In this edition, I’ll bring you in on a song I’m producing for Santo Domingo born, London-based vocalist, Karlina Veras. Karlina and I connected via Twitter … Continue reading →

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Future Music – In Studio With | Dennis Ferrer

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Fresh

Greetings crew… Hope all is well with you. Over the weekendI picked up the April 2011 edition of Future Music , my favorite magazine on music production technology. In this edition, there’s an article on Dennis Ferrer, a long time … Continue reading →

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Chronicles of a Remix: I’m Walkin’/Mary Mary – Day 8 (The Sendoff)

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Fresh

Sup crew… I just finished the final base arrangement of the mix. Added a little track automation to the acappella track, as well as a jazzy guitar riff towards the end. I tend to like using a nice combination of … Continue reading →

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Chronicles of a Remix: I’m Walkin’/Mary Mary – Day 7

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Fresh

Sup crew… Below is a short video on the status of the remix. This is a collab between me and Bill Cammack. In the last update, I had just started chopping up samples from the timestretched vocal acappella. Analyzing the … Continue reading →

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Mint Condition – “7”: A review and sample flip

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Fresh

‘Sup crew… Being the BIG MC fan that I am, I picked up “7” the day it dropped. I got it at Best Buy for the five bonus tracks all though REAL MC fans know that there are only 4 … Continue reading →

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Chronicles of a Remix: I’m Walkin’/Mary Mary – Day 2

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Fresh

Day 2 – Ok, I have the first two tracks kickin’ off this tune. I know that at some point, I’ll probably chop the vocals up, and some track automation, etc. As mentioned in the audio clip above, I’m thinking … Continue reading →

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