Pro Tools Ticks Timebase - The Essentials

Pro Tools software enables you to use two time-bases for your tracks: Ticks or Samples. This article will explain the basic idea behind Tick-based tracks and how it affects your sessions.
When you record audio into Pro Tools, the digital audio resolution is measured in samples. In a similar way, by default when you record (or edit) MIDI data, the resolution is measured in Ticks.
Just as audio regions on sample based tracks are tied to sample locations, MIDI data or regions are tied to specific Tick locations on tick-based tracks.
For example, when subdividing a bar of music using musical subdivisions, you might divide the single bar into four quarter notes, then divide it again into 8th notes, and then again into 16th notes. Using the various note values you have in music, you could sub-divide that bar of music a number of ways.
Pro Tools, on the other hand, sub-divides each bar using ticks. 960 ticks per quarter note to be exact. That's Pro Tools tick resolution.
So if you were to record a single MIDI event somewhere in the first quarter note of bar of music - it would fall on one of 960 available tick positions.
Relative vs. Absolute Positions
Each of the 960 tick positions on a Tick based track is located in a relative position to the other ticks. (Unlike the samples positions on a sample-based track which are fixed to absolute locations on the timeline.)
For example, a MIDI note located precisely on the first 8th note of bar X would be at tick position 480 (one half of 960) after the start of bar X. Now (and this is the key thing) if you changed the tempo of the session, that event will still be on the 480th tick position of bar X and will retain that 480 tick distance from the start of the bar.
KEY POINT: MIDI events on Tick based tracks retain their relative position to other MIDI events, regardless of changes to the tempo.
If the tempo speeds up, the MIDI events and moved closer together and therefore, play faster and earlier in the session. If the tempo slows down, the MIDI tick positions move further apart from each other and therefore play slower and later in the session.
At this point you may be thinking - big deal. MIDI plays back slower if you slow down the tempo and speeds up if you increase the tempo. Don't MIDI tracks always behave that way? And therein is the point of discussing ticks timebase: Yes - MIDI tracks follow tempo. But only when they are set to ticks timebase. Not when they are set to samples timebase.
In Pro Tools you can set the timebase of MIDI tracks to be either ticks (the default setting) or samples. This opens up a whole new way to work. Particularly when you also consider that audio tracks can be set to either Ticks or Samples timebase, too.
You can start experimenting with ticks timebase in Pro Tools on your own, using the following tips.
Tips for learning more about Ticks Timebase
A. Setting it up.

1. First, create a new session in Pro Tools.
2. Create an Instrument or MIDI track and record some MIDI data on it. Preferably some note that you can hear playing back.
3. Also, create an audio track with a few regions of audio on it.
4. Make sure you know what the starting tempo of the session is.

Once you've got those steps completed, try the following.
B. Using Default Timebase Settings

1. With the audio track set to the default Samples timebase, and the MIDI track set to the default Ticks timebase, adjust the session tempo.
2. Notice that the MIDI events on the MIDI track change as you adjust the tempo. But the audio regions on the audio track do not. They stay in position.

Important: Before proceeding, reset the session tempo to the starting tempo.
C. Using Non-Default Timebase Settings

1. Next, change the timebase of the audio track to Ticks
2. Set the MIDI track to Samples timebase
3. Play the session again and adjust the tempo.
4. Notice this time that the MIDI notes do not move but the audio regions do.

Final words
For now I hope that will give you a basic understanding of the ticks timebase and how setting your MIDI tracks to ticks or samples timebase will change everything. Key point: tick based events are relative to each other and tick positions move with the session tempo.
Now that you know essentially how the ticks timebase affects regions and MIDI events, you'll need to explore how putting it use can help you to create better music, more efficiently. Keep at it!

My All Time Favourite 10cc Songs

I first came across 10cc around 1973, not long after they'd had their first UK number one with the song Rubber Bullets. I thought they were American, judging by the lead vocalist's falsetto on that memorable hit, but soon discovered they were from Manchester in the north of England. I was re-acquainted with them when they were the subject of an ITV Schools Programme in 1974, when the recording session for the song The Dean And I was filmed.
A couple of years and albums later, I was a paid up fan and terribly saddened to hear of their split in 1976, soon after the release of How Dare You. Although they continued with two original members, Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart, that intangible 10cc chemistry seemed to have evaporated once Kevin Godley and Lol Crème had committed themselves long-term to other ventures, including directing pop videos.
It is from these first four albums, boasting the classic 10cc line up, that I've selected my all time favourite 10cc songs.
*Silly Love - from the album Sheet Music, released in 1974, the single climbing to No. 24 in the UK. I remember hearing this song on BBC Radio 1, on one of the first mornings I had to leave to get a bus to my new secondary school. From then on, hearing the record's opening bars takes me right back to sitting on that bus, heading into the unknown. I often wondered if the lyric had been inspired by the BBC TV comedy Monty Python's Flying Circus?
*I'm Not In Love - from the album The Original Soundtrack, released in 1975. A multi-layered production with a gorgeous melody and an interesting spoken word section in the middle, delivered by the Strawberry Studios receptionist, it became a worldwide hit and a pop standard.
*Life Is A Minestrone - from side 2 of the album The Original Soundtrack, the song's title was allegedly part of some throwaway banter from a radio talk show. The band's lyrical sense of humour was much in evidence, in lines such as 'I'm leaning on the tower of Pisa; had an eyeful of the tower in France...'
*I'm Mandy Fly Me - from the 1976 album How Dare You. Another beautiful melody that turned into an unsuspecting journey. Almost prog rock in its approach, its inventiveness just about stays within the pop song format. A tour de force, reaching number 6 in the UK singles chart in April 1976.

Getting Started in Jazz

OK so you love the music of jazz and want to take up an instrument to play. What do you do next? Well if you decided that you can start taking lessons online please stop right there. The internet is great and provides valuable resources regarding jazz techniques but it won't be a good resource to assist with the correct physical way to play an instrument. Pictures alone will not be enough. A local teacher can actually demonstrate the correct form and the sound you will get by having this correct form. For example teaching the new student to have the correct embouchure when playing saxophone to avoid unnecessary vibrato.
The next step would be to find a local teacher. You can do this by going to the closest college or high school and ask their music departments for referrals. The internet is also available to find a local music teacher. Craigslist is a good place to seek out musicians locally and actually see them play live. Whoever you find I would not settle for your first teacher. Try a few out and get an idea who you might feel comfortable with. Remember that any teacher you go with most likely will be teaching you the basics so it's probably a good idea to get a feel of who you think you might get along with. Discover for yourself how you learn best as a student and see if those teachers fit your criteria as a teacher.
One of my first saxophone teachers I chose was the teacher of a very famous if not most famous saxophone player of our time. I just assumed I would be great if I went with this teacher. Unfortunately he took his fame too far and really didn't pay attention to my lesson and actually fell asleep when I was doing my exercises.
Not all great musicians are great teachers. However once you become more advanced I think you can learn a lot from a musician you really like. They can teach you their style of improvisation or the exercises they practice and possibly you will be able to mimic their style on your way to developing your unique voice. Don't expect to play like them right away but at least they can steer you in the right direction and get you closer to where you want to go. Of course this would be greater appreciated once you become more advanced at improvisation. I am still mimicking ideas from the great players on their solo recordings.
When you become more advanced with your scales and chords I would start playing songs. Isn't that the real reason you picked up jazz in the first place is to improvise and play the jazz standards? If your teacher hasn't turned you on to these already I would get a few play alongs to start learning jazz melodies and practice your improvisation. A few I recommend are Jamey Aebersold and Hal Leonard play alongs.

How to Work Out How Much You Should Be Paying for Wedding Entertainment

Today I will talk about what you should expect to be paying for a professional wedding band for an evenings entertainment. The key word there is professional. A band that does it week in week out and knows what is expected from a wedding band.
I've been in 3 or 4 different wedding bands, and worked with at least 50 others on a weekly basis, trying to help couples find the perfect band for their weddings. A lot of people ask me how much wedding bands should be charging for an evening of music. Personally, If I had never booked a band before I would have no idea how much live music should cost.
There are a lot of differing thoughts on costing with regards to value to the customer and value to the musician. Both parties need to be satisfied for the evening to work out. If the bride thinks she is paying too much then she won't be relaxed, happy and enjoying her perfect evening with family and friends. If the band aren't safe in the knowledge they can pay their rent / eat more than rice and peas this week, their performance will suffer.
There are a few different factors to bear in mind when looking at a bands costs the main two are distance from the venue and number of musicians.
With petrol prices being what they are a band will need to charge for travel and the bigger the band the more the travel costs. We have to bear in mind that, for example, a five-piece rock and pop band will need to bring drums, PA, lighting, 5 people, instruments and amplifiers, which may, if the band don't all live with each other and have a van, need to be brought in 4 or 5 separate cars. If the venue is 100 miles away from their base this equates to potentially 4 x 5 hours of car travel. At current petrol costs that's roughly £180 for 5 pretty efficient cars. This doesn't include an hourly rate for the musicians while driving or car wear and tear. It's purely petrol cost.
The 2nd main factor is hours per musician. There is a short story I have read which goes a little something like this.
"A lady calls the musician's union to get a quote on a six piece band for her wedding.
The rep says "Off the top of my head, about two thousand quid".
She says "What? For music?."
The rep responds, "I'll tell you what. Call the plumbers' union & ask for six plumbers to work from 6 to 12 o'clock on a Saturday night. Whatever they charge you..., we'll work for half."
The lady hangs up. She calls back five minutes later...
"I get your point" she said."
I have seen this quite a few times in different places. For this reason I will look at plumbers as a comparison. Both musicians and plumbers are highly skilled labourers who have spent hours on their craft and £1000's on their tools.
The basic service offered by my bands is a 6 hour period from 6pm til midnight. Each band has 5 musicians so 6 x 5 hours of musician time. So far including the travel we have 50 hours of man time. It's tricky to work out what musicians should get paid an hour. Some are highly skilled and put everything into their craft. Others enjoy doing the music as a hobby. If you look at plumbers you have new plumbers who charge a little less because they are less experienced and older more knowledgable plumbers who charge more because they really know what they are doing. On the money saving expert website it says that plumbers will cost between £20-£40 an hour or £200-£250 a day for a local job.
If we use the lowest pricing for our 5 example wedding musicians we have 50 hours x £20 which equates to £1000 for labour.
So plus travel the total cost for a five-piece wedding band for a 6 hour period with travel to a venue 100 miles away is roughly £1180. This is using the lowest rate that a plumber would charge and rounding cost of travel down as doesn't include vehicle wear and tear nor the fact that the cars, loaded with equipment, aren't at their most efficient. It also doesn't take into account the 'unsociable hours'. So this really should be the minimum expected to pay for this service and it shouldn't be a surprise if a professional wedding band were to charge double this. It's strange though, as many bands charge less and many couples expect to pay even less again. Why is this? It has to have something to do with the value a customer puts on live music at their wedding.
I find it interesting that a lot of the time a bride will leave the success of their whole evening reception, once food is done with, to their entertainment team (band / dj). I would think it'd be worth paying extra to make sure you are dealing with absolute professionals who have done many weddings and who have experienced most types of guest, time table, venue and event.
You wouldn't leave plumbing your house to someone who hadn't studied plumbing for years. Chances are something will go wrong and you'll have to get another plumber out to fix what the first did wrong!
Hopefully this blog will help any newly engaged couples budget for a wedding band. If you really want something good be prepared to pay £20+ an hour per musician and travel expenses. A 5-piece band is usually the norm and bands will need to be there for roughly 6 hours to play 3 x 40 minutes of music.
If you are planning to have a wedding on a budget here are a few ways you can save money on quality entertainment.
Only get the band for the times you need. Chances are that a band won't need to set-up before the ceremony or wedding breakfast. There is usually an hours pause in activity between food and dancing where guests digest, chat with people they weren't sitting with and get some drinks in. This time is perfect time for your band to set-up and will usually be right before they play. This means you won't have to pay for band waiting time.
See if you can use food or accommodation as a way to bring the bands price down. Some bands aren't that keen on driving three hours home after midnight and may be able to give you a discount if you can find them a place to stay over.
Work with an agent to help you find a band that lives closer to your venue to cut out travel costs. Let the agent know where you are having your wedding, what you need the band to do and what times you need them. Also let the agent know your budget. They will then be able to find you something that fits with it all. Also more often than not an agent will have a deal with their bands so even though there is a commission, costs should still be roughly the same. Also due to the fact that the agent has worked with many couples booking bands in the past they will be able to advise you on what best fits with your needs hopefully saving you unnecessary spending.
One last thing is you probably don't, unless you really want it, need both a DJ and a band. A professional wedding band will have an iPod or laptop full with the latest dancey tunes and will be able to play this through their pa while they are taking their breaks. Also I've found it's often good for party guests to have a short break from dancing to fill up drinks and have a rest.

Musical Instruments - The Band and Orchestra

The orchestra is one of the greatest arrangements of musical instruments in the modern world. No other arrangement can create gravitas in music. No other combination of instruments can bring majesty to the table the way that an orchestra can.
An orchestra is made out of four sections - brass, woodwinds, percussion, and strings. Most marching bands leave out the string section out, but for the most part utilizes the same instruments as a full orchestra.
String Section
The violin, the cello, the bass and the viola make up the string section. They're all wooden and each instrument has four strings. They can be played by either plucking the strings or by drawing a bow across them.
The violin is the smallest instrument among them and can generate the highest pitch sound. There are more violins than there are of any other string instrument. The viola is only a little larger than the violin and brings with it a slightly mellower sound. The cello on the other hand is much larger and produces a much deeper sound. It needs to be placed on the floor to be played properly. The bass or the double bass also needs to be placed on the floor to be played properly and has the deepest sound in the string section.
The Woodwind Section
Woodwinds include the flute, the clarinet, the oboe and the bassoon. Depending on the size of the orchestra, there can be up to four of each instrument being played. Each woodwind is played by blowing into them and fingering different holes to produce a different sound. Most of these instruments are made with wood.
Flutes can be made either with wood or metal, though those used in an orchestra are usually made of metal. While it can technically be classified as a brass instrument, it is still closer to woodwinds. Flutes are blown from the side of the instrument rather than the end of the instrument and it produces a high, clear sound. The sound itself can either be piercing or extremely gentle. Bands usually use a piccolo rather than a flute.
The oboe is often black and made of wood. It resembles the clarinet and has a unique double-reed sound that is difficult to mistake for anything else. The clarinet on the other hand is also made of wood. It is an instrument that can handle a wide variety of notes. There are a wide variety of types of clarinets. The bassoon is the largest woodwind instrument and also brings with it the deepest sound.
Brass Section
The brass section is, predictably, made of metal. It however does not usually have to be made of brass. Brass instruments produce sound when the player buzzes their lips against the mouthpiece. The instrument just amplifies the sound that they make. Their instruments are the trumpet, the French horn, the trombone, and the tuba.
The trumpet is the smallest brass instrument and subsequently, also the highest-sounding instrument. It is cylindrical in shape, lending it a clear and well directed sound. The French horn, in comparison, is mellower and is a lot more conical. It produces a wide range of sound and is often used to fill the middle sound for the brass section. The trombone has no valves, but it still produces a brassy sound. The tuba is the largest brass instrument, but it still produces a mellow and distant sound.

Choosing Music for Your Wedding Day Easy as 1, 2, 3

We know how important your wedding day is to you, and we want to help you in your search in building your preferred wedding playlist!
Well, it's as easy as 1, 2, 3 but, when you have so many other responsibilities with planning your wedding, when do you have time to figure out what kind of music to choose for your ceremony and reception? And where do you begin?
Well, as said in the title, grab a pad and pen! Keep a small notepad in spots such as your car, your purse, by the TV, at the office, etc.
Believe it or not, you are sure to acquire a good start music list quickly. There are also other means that may help you such as using Pandora, iTunes, and even your favorite radio station.
Don't always depend on your DJ to provide music suggestions upfront for you, as we all have so many event seekers that have different tastes in music, but once we have a good selection from you of what you like, we are able to help suggest similar sound, feeling, and genre to match your specific taste and style you are looking for.
A good DJ cares what you want for your wedding, or any type of event you are throwing, and will help you all the way to the very end helping you create your preferred music list.
Keep in mind that your guests may not particularly care for everything you like, so think of your guests of a different age range as well in choosing your music. The Fifties & Sixties everyone loves, and usually works well at most weddings.
We had a wedding recently where most of the bride and grooms selection was big band, swing, and jazz, and I have to say it had to be one of my utmost favorite playlists. (Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Nat King Cole, Etc.)
So with this said, get your notepads ready, and start jotting down the music that makes your eyes tear, body move, and hair stand on end!
Below we have listed other sources that may also be of help to you in choosing your music. We love our clients and do what we can to help. Happy music hunting!

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Hair Styles for Men

While most men choose a neat, short haircut, some people use their hair as a form of expression, in accordance with their style of dress, music and movie selection. Alternative style can be difficult to shoot, but when he cut and style correctly, it can be a creative look that says a lot about the person wearing it. Add your own special color and customize these styles and can have an original style that is his own.

Mohawk
Mohawk hairstyle is extremely, which has been around for many years but gained popularity in 2000. This style is worn by men, women and even children. General view of the Mohawk is shaving both sides of the head, leaving a strip of hair in the center of their heads. Mohawk can be configured as extreme as you want with your hair about 2-4 inches and 6 to 12 inches. There are many opportunities Mohawk, so this is an easy style to make your own.

Faux Hawk

Formal hawk is less extreme version of the Mohawk and is popular in more conservative men, because it is creative form that does not attract as much attention as a Mohawk. Another bonus Faux Hawk is that it can be shaped in another way, when that opinion is not suitable, for example, in the office. Official letter hawk style long hair of the head, long hair in the center, which can be thickened to the top of a small glance at Mohawk. Sometimes this kind of change by Slicking hair of the person before allowing the rest of the hair sticking out the back.

Spikes

Thorns only long hair, wild version of traditional men's haircut. Spike Hair Cut jaggedly, possibly with a razor blade, and only slightly less in the country. Using a gel, lipstick, wax or other strong where to make your hair stand up. You can also collect small tufts of hair violently, giving rise to spikes.

Shaggy

This alternative style of hairy men is very flexible and can be style in several ways. The tolerance on the top and sides and a long part of the hair in front of the forehead. The hair is cut in layers, using add exceptional softness and texture. Many people will style this haircut, comb the hair on the forehead, creating a blast. Zac Efron and Chase Crawford are two people who made this famous style. Bonus style that allows a lot of movement, and should not look perfect, because it must be messy style.