Studio Vheissu is my home project studio. I have been accumulating equipment to aid in music composition since 1985. My main instrument has always been the drums and I have a full set of Simmons pads with which I can access any sounds available through MIDI by means of trigger interfaces. There are also keyboards and guitars around the studio that I have taught myself to play through the years. Of course, now all composition and recording is done with the aid of a computer and many programs of software. The external hardware and processing is becoming less and less important, but there it is taking up space.
Much more information is available at my studio website at:
The Studio Vheissu Page
MP3 samples of tracks from my current CD are available at:
Music from a Frozen World
Also, two full length tracks from Music from a Frozen World are available at:
Soundclick
I also love to take photographs. My main interest is outdoor photography and nature, but in the last few years I have also been taking photographs of performing musicians at two annual progressive music festivals I attend - The Rites of Spring Festival (ROSfest) at the end of April and The North East Art Rock Festival (NEARfest) at the end of June - and any other venue that will allow photography. My wife, Cathi, also takes photographs.
Our photography website is at:
The 1002 Photography Project
Photos from ROSfest are at:
ROSfest 2007
and photos from NEARfest are at:
NEARfest 2007