Weekend Update, May 22nd

Good week here. Hope yours went well, too.

• Played another gig with Downtown Band this weekend. Love the crew, and learn something new every time. Also, this marks the first time I’ve used MainStage live since my great existential meltdown with MainStage a few years ago. The new patches behaved flawlessly, and made me start thinking about what my future keyboard rigs will sound like.

• Got some auditions for artists coming up, which I’ve been woodshedding for. More on that later.

• Tracked the top line for a song I’m co-writing/producing with Rachael Lampa. As soon as anything’s fit to be heard, I’ll post it.

Other interesting stuff:

• I went down the rabbit hole this week with plugins. There are so so many, but some of my favorites newbies are Shapeshifter, Valhalla Delay, and free this week only, Model 15 from Moog.

• This app looks really cool. Why is it so hard for me to justify spending 10 bucks on an app, and not $10 on food that I’ll poop out later?

• If you haven’t heard of Greg Phillinganes, you’ve definitely heard his keyboard playing. His credit list is miles long, and he talks about his work with Stevie Wonder and being a great keyboard player here.

And that’s a wrap for the week. Stay healthy out there.