Nitrogen and Neon

Welcome to the Nitrogen and Neon Blog. The official Blog of Richard Loffman, a British Musician and former film-maker, currently living in Yokohama, Japan.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

The ever growing guitar pedal board

I had a little inventory of all my pedals today and took a photo too. I finally had them all in one place at one time - after lending some of them out for a few months and getting one repaired. Anyway, it's looking like a mighty collection and one that I hope to add to during the summer. Two of them are not technically mine as they belong to Jakey, but I'm sure he won't mind me claiming them as my own for now.

The bottom row is my live/rehearsal line.
You can see a Boss Digital Delay DD-6, Boss Chorus CE-3, Boss Dynamic Wah AW-3, Boss Distortion DS-1 and a Boss Noise Suppressor NS-2. The NS-2 is connected to a mini tuner.

The top row are various pedals that I have used for soundtrack and studio recordings in the past.
You can see a Zoom 504-2 Acoustic Multi Effects, Boss Heavy Metal HM-2 (which has been with me for around 10 years now), Guyatone Analog Delay and a Buskers Chorus.

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Suzuki Omnichord OM100

These are really cool little machines. Just adding it to my list of things to get!

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Mmm...nice video Kikuko

About this time last year I was in negotiation with a Japanese singer called Kikuko to make a music video. this fell through in the end but I still stay in touch with her music via MySpace. This is a video she made for her first release. I think it's cool, sexy and a little bit strange at times - actually all the things I like.

Kikuko - Erotic

Check out this video: 影踏み フルPV



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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Mmmm...nice guitar Edge

After watching this video for U2's 'The Fly' I decided that I would love to get the Line 6 Variax 700 Acoustic that The Edge is using is using. It sounds so sweet! Got the crunch, and the high end is lovely. If only I had the money!!!

U2 - The Fly (Live)


Thursday, May 01, 2008

Molice video on Blogger Video

I just realized (well not "just" but recently) that Blogger now has an inbuilt video function. So I thought I'd add the Molice video I shot and edited earlier this year, to see if the quality is any better or worse than the YouTube, MySpace or Dailymotion players. If I like the quality then I may choose to use it again in the future. I'm all for having as many avenues to get my media 'out there' as possible.