{"id":24722,"date":"2021-10-18T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24722"},"modified":"2025-03-02T16:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T00:36:46","slug":"pedaling-sunday-improv-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24722","title":{"rendered":"Pedaling: Sunday Improv Experiment."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@EricBeam1313\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been feeling pedals as of late. Hooked up everyone&#8217;s &#8220;favorite&#8221; Metal Zone and the DM-2w to a snare send. I easily get lost in playing over that delay while behind the kit. Pulled up the tracks at home and noodled away on the Voyager\/MF-104, and Rhodes via 2x DS-1&#8217;s. : : : : : :: : : : : : : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/darkmusic\">#Darkmusic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/improv\">#improv <\/a>#moog #drums #improv #drumlife #moog #rhodes #boss #experimentalsound #Darkmusic #electronicmusicproduction #electronicmusic #musicproduction # #musicflow #creatingmusic #studiojam #liveelectronicmusic #experimental #heavy #atmosphere #sounddesign #experimentalmusic #qdrums #alcohol #synth #wazacraft #studiolife #recording #QDrums #keplinger #experimental #distortion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IUX8kdmkRnw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been feeling pedals as of late. 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