Digital Pill – working musicians talk about their lives

You know those conversations you have with people about being a musician or artist: questions like – “So How’s the music going?” and “Are you in a band?” Doug DeVries, Anton Delecca, Shannon Barnett, Mal Webb, Anita Hustas, John Fleming, Colin Hopkins and Justin Dwyer got talking about what follows the question – “So what [...]

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Doug DeVries shares some ideas on how to add harmonic and rhythmic variation to a piece of music. In this lesson he uses one of his own compositions – Astoria – as an example of voice leading in harmony as well as examples of how to increase interest by varying the rhythm. Visit Doug on [...]

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In part 2 of a series Doug DeVries shares some ideas on how to add rhythmic variation to a piece of music. In this lesson he demonstrates how to increase interest by varying the rhythm. Visit Doug on these links His website dougdevries.com Doug’s albums on iTunes

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Doug DeVries lays down – the Challenge – Can you learn this chord sequence and then use it to accompany Doug playing the melody in the video. Then video yourself doing it and post it as a video response on youtube? No clues provided. You are equipped only with your ear as a compass and [...]

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Garry Barker  has written a feature article in the Age GREEN GUIDE about Digital Pill and the Louie Prez CD launch. Below is some info about the new Louie Prez album with Leo Dale, Ray Pereira and Doug DeVries. Sample the first track – The Phantom – in this youtube clip Visit Louie Prez online [...]

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