Jerry Gerber

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Thank you Bjorn. I wrote the melody, no improv in this piece. I wrote it in two keys and let the singer choose which key is best for her range and gave her the written score and the vocal part. Best, Jerry

Thanks jwnicholson!

Glad you enjoyed noynekker... But, what are "wolf tones"?

Glad you enjoyed listening!

Thanks for listening InstrEd..

Scored for Vienna Symphonic Cube and softsynths Dune, Z3TA and the Yamaha MODX synthesizer. PLAY

A song to celebrate my daughter's marriage... PLAY Thanks for listening! Jerry www.jerrygerber.com

There was a married couple who didn't get along very well. One day the woman decided she was going to murder her husband, who happened to be a guitar player. So, one night when he was drinking she snuck up behind him, grabbed his guitar and smashed him over the head and he didn't even know what hit him. But to be sure he was really dead she grabbed his other guitar and hit him once more. He died on the spot. But a neighbor next door heard the noise and called the police and the woman was arrested. At her trial the judge asked the lady "First offender?". She replied, "Oh no your honor. First I hit him with the Gibson and then I smacked him with the Fender!"

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I've used the Sony MDR 7506 for decades. Over the years I've probably bought 10 or 15 pairs. They are accurate, comfortable and sound good. They also are reasonably priced. Although I'll spend thousands for speakers, for headphones I've never spent more than around $100, which is what the 7506s cost. The one thing I don't like about these headphones is that when they get old, after 3-5 years, the padding can sometimes start to flake off. I didn't notice it until one day my wife asked me what all the little black specs were on my ears. Jerry http://www.jerrygerber.com

From the album Earth Music PLAY

I don't know why the sound file isn't playing for you Jesse, it seems to be working for everyone else...

I'm listening now. It does give the violin an interesting and sustained quality, almost like a synth. It's also a nice piece and well-recorded too. I am enjoying listening, thanks for sharing it with me Dave. I sure love hearing well-produced and well-written music that is different than my own. It calls to mind my idea that there's only one music in the entire cosmos, one ultimate source of meaning and beauty and each one of us in our own way is listening for it, listening to it and interpreting it. Of course I could be wrong, but it's still a fun idea!

Thanks David and InstrEd for listening! Jerry

From the album Number 11: The Path PLAY

Thank you very much David--glad you enjoyed listening! Jerry

Thanks for listening Gary!

It was, also the first time he recorded with a virtual ensemble. Art's such a fine and experienced player that he took to it easily and enjoyed doing it. Thanks for listening bjornpdx. Jerry

Thanks Max! Jerry

When I was a kid and taking private jazz/rock guitar lessons, "legit" always meant classical music or classically-trained musicians. A lot of unnecessary strive was probably created by making a division between "legit" and "illegit" (??) music. I once asked a blind student of mine if he was legally blind, and he answered jokingly, "No, I am illegally blind"! When Bob Dylan came out on stage with an electric guitar for the first time, his fans felt "betrayed", they thought he was selling-out folk music. It's both annoying and amusing how people take their traditions so seriously that anything that happens outside of it is somehow wrong, or illegitimate, or less. As a classically-trained composer who embraced MIDI and electronic music back in the 1980s, I've gotten some of the same bullshit from online critics and other not-so-creative small-minded people. It comes with the territory of being in the arts. I prefer to be joyful and do what I do and not judge what others are doing no matter how far or close it is to what I do. I find myself happier with this attitude. Thanks for posting your story Tom! Jerry

I just lowered the price to $2750 for the pair. I bought a pair of Adam S3h's and they're arriving next week. I hope i can sell the S3a's to help finance my equipment addiction! Jerry www.jerrygerber.com

From the Album Waves Art Austin, clarinet PLAY

And I forgot dementia it! ?

Well, if I stole your pun I must be a kleptomaniac who doesn't understand puns. I may be puntificating a bit, but really, do I deserve to be punished? ? Isn't punning obsessively enough punishment?