Since starting on classical guitar around 2000, Diego has become a multi-instrumentalist at heart, but specializes in keyboards and electronic instruments. A sometimes member of various At the Drive-in-adjacent El Paso-based bands, Diego fell out with the scene/sound and does his own things now. He’s worked as a staff writer for the zZounds Blog and a product specialist at zZounds for well over 10 years. If you ask Diego’s significant other, his true talent is cooking.
Beat Production Tool: Ableton Drum Rack
Welcome to Beat Connection, a series dedicated to promoting modern and vintage dance styles the only way we know how…by providing you a musical starting point to help you create that beat. In our previous posts, we took an in-depth look at two of Ableton Live’s most important beat production tools: Simpler and Sampler. Today, we […]
Beat Production Tool: Ableton Simpler
Welcome to Beat Connection, a series dedicated to promoting modern and vintage dance styles the only way we know how…by providing you a musical starting point to help you create that beat. In our previous post, we took an in-depth look at one of Ableton Live’s most important beat production tools: Sampler. Today, we explore […]
Beat Production Tool: Ableton Sampler
Welcome to Beat Connection, a series dedicated to promoting modern and vintage dance styles the only way we know how…by providing you a musical starting point to help you create that beat. In our previous post, we outlined a very important concept to think about when composing music: musical pitch. Today, we take another step […]
Get to Know Pitch
Welcome to Beat Connection, a series dedicated to promoting modern and vintage dance styles the only way we know how…by providing you a musical starting point to help you create that beat. In our previous post, we outlined a very important concept to think about when composing music: musical meter. Today, we take another step […]
zZounds at Pitchfork Music Festival 2017
zZounds travelled three trains stops out of Chicago’s downtown skyline to catch the sights and sounds of from Pitchfork’s annual music festival. As eclectic and interesting as their vaunted website, the Pitchfork Festival — now in its 12th year — holds the distinction of keeping the same editorial eye in their own curated lineup, location, […]
What’s the Matter with Musical Meter?
Welcome to Beat Connection, a series dedicated to promoting modern and vintage dance styles the only way we know how…by providing you a musical starting point to help you create that beat. In our previous post, we outlined a very important concept to think about when composing music: tempo. Today, we take one more step […]
Moog Subsequent 37 CV Revealed at Moogfest 2017
With Moogfest drawing near, rumors of a new creation from Moog have been swirling. Today, we’ve learned about their newest synthesizer: the Moog Subsequent 37 CV. Handcrafted at Moog’s headquarters in Asheville, NC and limited to only 2,000 pieces worldwide, the Subsequent 37 is the result of Moog expanding on the popular Sub 37 Tribute Edition paraphonic analog synthesizer by […]
Understanding Musical Tempo
Welcome to Beat Connection, a series dedicated to promoting modern and vintage dance styles the only way we know how…by providing you a musical starting point to help you create that beat. In our previous post, we showed you what constitutes a song, providing you a basic structure you can use to arrange beats into songs. […]
The Elements of a Song
Welcome to Beat Connection, a series dedicated to promoting modern and vintage dance styles the only way we know how…by providing you a musical starting point to help you create that beat. Last time we showed you the way around grid notation – essential info for understanding your way around drum machines and recording software. Today, we go forward […]
