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Be Like LA
[I only have a cassette - need to get it to MP3]
This was my first song. I programmed a copy of "Ice Ice Baby" in
Cakewalk then wrote some parody lyrics. It was amazing when the FM 102
"Morning Zoo" invited me to be in the studio around 8am when they aired
it. I then showed up late for my job at QMA, and no one cared that "I
was just on the radio." (Three-year old Stephanie was with me because I
she rode to work with me and stayed at QMA's on-site daycare.)
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Treadmill (1992)
[MP3 - right-click "save target as"]
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MUSENET
1992 CD #2 LINER NOTE
"Treadmill" is techno-rap by Six
Sigma. Six Sigma is written and performed by Kim Berry, who
played keyboards in a local Sacramento band in 1982-84 and holds
a BS in computer science. His intent is songwriting for airplay
and for other recording artists and publishers. Primary
equipment: Kawai K4, Quadraverb, Yamaha MT-100 4-track, Shure
SM-849, dbx compressor, Cakewalk.
o In 1990 Kim wrote and
recorded "Don't want to) Be Like LA," a parody of "Ice Ice Baby"
which aired on KSFM-FM 102's Morning Zoo.
o In 1991 his song
"Killer Bees" was selected for inclusion on a CD compilation
which is distributed to 500 college radio stations. "Killer
Bees" aired on KWOD-106's "Sound of Sacramento"
o Two of his
songs, "High-technology High" and "Welfare Queen" appeared on
"USENET-1991."
E-mail: kberry@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US (Kim Berry) |
Killer Bees (1992)
[MP3 - right-click "save target as"]
Real Job (1991) - need to pull from cassette
I Want That Girl (1993) - need to pull from cassette
Global Pillage (1994)- need to pull from cassette
This is the sequenced version. I later did a studio version with band
Chainsaw.
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The following songs were composed and recorded using the ASR-10 sampler. This
made a world of difference being able to sample vocals and trigger them rather
than one-shot recording into one of the two remaining cassette tracks. The
triggered vocals are apparent in favorite song "By The Rule."
"Holiday in Haiti" was built from samples of Bill Clinton's speech about
Haiti. This style led to my next phase of "Six Sigma - Detente" where all
song vocals were constructed from media samples.
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PHOTOS
Six Sigma DAT masters, CDs, Cassettes
Six Sigma studio in 1994 showing all components.
The Kawai K4 - boxed to sell on Craigslist around 2010.
The Yamaha 4-track - I'm still using it today as a mixer - 26 years later!
The Ensoniq ASR-10. It initially came with only a floppy drive which was
clutsy saving several samples. It was complex but I learned to tweak each
parameter of each note.
I had an Alesis stereo effects but it was not true stereo. So I upgraded to
this Boss SE-50 (photo for sale on Craigslist) for the true dual channels so
i could run the master mix through it en-route to the DAT recorder. It also
had a Vocoder effect that can be heard on "Reality" and "By the Rule."
In the final songs I used a BBE to give the mix additional punch
