More to life........

There is so much more I could do if I had the chance to upgrade my music equipment. first I would get an AC-33 acoustic busking amp and a better singing mic.





next an ipad so I can have all my sheet music on it.



Note: even though I would love to upgrade some gear, and it costs money etc. I am happy to use what I currently have mentioned in my post click here. maybe even find different and unique things to do with what i have already.

Maybe its time for me to start rethinking some of the things in life and step out and Trust God for something More than I already have.
It is really easy to be so comfortable where we are that we hold ourselves back. Safe in what we have in life and what we know. At times I wonder if there is more to life than what we, can so easily, make it.

I encourage you to stop and look back over your life and see where you are, what you have already done, then think about what you always want to do / where you want to be. and look at the steps of how you can get there.

Busking setup and other Stuff.

Here is my current busking setup. 

AMP: Line 6 MicroSpider. Portabel busking amp with 6 C size batteries $300 The MicroSpider comes with built in guitar effects including a channel for acoustic guitar. also mic input and a mp3 player input.

Power Supply: PowerPac PP12-7.5 12Volt, 7.5Amp Hours  (better than Csize batteries) $30-$50 
Vansen SDR-1500 Regulated Power Adaptor $20

Miceophone: cheep $30 one from www.trademe.co.nz. (needs upgrading) and mic stand. 

Instrument: Seagul acoustic guitar or Greg Bennit Sammic Baratone Ukulele, Harmonica with playing stand  Other Gear: Mic stand, folding Music stand, Portable trolley click here $100 small folding chair. any will do. as long as it is is a good hight of the ground to sit and play similar to click here. small Plastic box with lid to store gear. similar to click here. also i attached a 2 pipes to the back of the trolly with a cover on the bottom to cary the mic and music stands.  

 appart from the instruments a similar setup would cost around $500-$600 dollars to setup. 
it depends on what you are doing. as to what exact gear you end up getting. 

micro spider amp demo 

I have also seen people using the Rolland street cube amp which is a nice cheep amp for busking

also rolland have now got a new busking amp for acoustic guitarists called the ac-33. this is a great amp and one day i am going to upgrade my MicroSpider with this. the nice thing is that the amp has a built in overdubbing looper. Phill Keaggy does a nice demo of the amp here

Aer make a really nice portable battery amp but they are up there in price.

Here is the Aer live on Queen St Auckland played by Luke Hurley

here is just my experience and ideas on the subject of busking gear and setup.

It's All About Music.

Hi all its been a long time since I have updated my blog here on blogger.
I just want to let you know that at this time in my life I am Focusing on my musical tallent.

In September 2012 when I needed a new computer I decided to get a Macbook Pro. I did this for many reasons. one being so i could  use Garageband and start developing my musical tallent. earlier this year i also brought a Chord CCU1 usb microphone. this is a great mic for singers and musicians alike.

Also at the beginning of the year My church Eden Assemble Of God (AOG) welcomed Pastor Mike Grahame and his family to our church. Ps Mike's main ministry is Worship and he has taken over the leadership of the Music Ministry. Under his direction, guidance and abilities we on teh music team are growing and developing our musical abilities.

Ps Mike also has a dvd training series from the musicademy click here. musicademy provide traini9ng resources for worship musicians. each dvd is on a different instrument including, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums, bass, singing etc. which he has given to each of us. I have recently started going through the acoustic guitar training. This is taking me back to the basics and helping me to train myself once again. I have come to realise that we need ongoing training and to up skill ourselves.

So using my computer and these new skills i am gaining i am going to compose, write, and record songs both covers of others songs and my own songs.
I am going to upload some of these to my new music page on soundcloud. click here or my youtube page click here so you can listen to them and enjoy my music.

I do hope my music is a blessing and encouragement to all of you out there.