NMC Jam Pack
Participants at the NMC 2008 Summer Conference had a special opportunity to visit the John Lennon Bus - a world class audio/video studio on wheels-- and spent 15 minutes laying down a lick, a groove, a vocal, that was processed by bus staff as Apple Sound Loops. The loop files are designed to be used in audio editing software to mix and match in tracks to generate new songs.
We are proud to announce today the availability of the 2008 NMC Jam Pack, the collection of drum, guitar, vocal, and instrumental loops recorded by:
- Alan Levine
- Andy Curran
- Catherine Stephens
- Colin Moore
- Ed Lamoureux
- Jay Field
- Kurt Scaletta
- Larry Johnson
- Lawrence Miller
- Melissa Milton-Smith
- Michael Berman
- Neil Gomes
- Nick Pumilia
- Neil Gomes
- Phil Davis
- Susan Fou
- Tim Svenonius
We invite you to download the entire collection of AIFF files:
http://web.nmc.org/files/jampack/nmc-jampack-2008.zip (93.8 Mb ZIP)
These files can be imported into GarageBand, LogicPro, Acid, and other sound editing software. We have created a brief guide to using the loops with instructions for GarageBand and Acid XPress
http://web.nmc.org/files/jampack/jampack-instructions.pdf
Please experiment with the loops, generate new music, and share them back with us. Simply upload your final songs as MP3 files to where ever you can put them online reachable via a URL. Then share them with us by commenting below and/or tagging them in delicious as nmcjampack where they are easily played via the built in player control there:
http://delicious.com/tag/nmcjampack
Show us how creative you can be with remixing the sound loops shared by your NMC colleagues.
A few examples we know of so far:
- Michael Berman Jamming on the Lennon Bus
- NMC at 15 (NMC demo)
- True Believer (NMC demo)
