For my music contacts, to get some business out of the way:
- I was lead guitar for the defunct Wpg band "Livid"
- I record with "Garageband" on my Mac, direct in. I have a couple guitars and just picked up a 5 string bass, anything else you hear I've had to create in the computer.
- Riffs posted for now, but things will evolve into more complete songs...
So... what the hell IS "Atari Kontroller"? Ha ha, well, it sort of started as an inside joke that went off on a tangent.
A friend of mine who is into sampling and sh*t mentioned he might need me to do some guitar stuff for him, whether he was serious or not that's all I needed! He'd be in the relm of electronica or whatever (I'm sure he'll read this and tell me!) so I thought "well, if I'm going to get any credit, I'd rather have fun with a weird DJ name like "Jedi Mind Tricks" (that's a real guy) or something". So I thought about it and figured I needed to find something out of pop culture so it catches (even if it is as a joke!). Seems nowadays when bands do that they go back to the 80's and stuff. First I thought of "Atari" then thought of "Atari Controller", added a "K" so nobody else would have it and BANG, a stupid name! :-) Actually, I kinda like it! But I'm not into that being MY name, now I think it'll be a good name for a future band... or a studio project, not sure!
Well, that was the reason for the name, but the bottom line for this page is I wanted somewhere to direct other musicians to my riffs when I'm networking. I'm just getting into recording at home and this page is both a portfolio of my top 4 riffs as well as a reason to create better riffs and songs if people are able to hear them. Right now the riffs aren't that great since when I created them I didn't have people hearing them in mind! And as it goes, your current riffs are only your future worst riffs. Expect things to get better!
Oh yeah, I might just be fkn bored too!
P.S. - that's not me in the flamming mask! :-)