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by a Musician
Hi, my name is Jim Lee
and I'm a musician & visual artist. I was born-n-raised in midwest
Ohio, and I live in California. I started playing the violin at five
and now play the bass, guitar & drums.
In the past, I played guitar for the Unknown, a punk band. Then I played
bass in a blues rock trio called Slick Feet. Next was the Dempsey
Project, in which I was the singer/drummer.
I
used to paint a lot and have created a ton of songs. One of my favorite
things to do is write & record music...I've been recording since
1991. I'm pretty much really busy as a technology educator & commercial
multimedia producer. I plan to concentrate on art and music ASAP...so
I hope to have fresh, new content soon.
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Why
I created products
I
created products as results
of insights from playing music. I then pursued the money aspect
of selling a product. I feel fortunate that I'm offered the opportunity
to pursue an income from creativity.
The
products were conceived from a "what if?" philosophy.
- My
first product was FunkyChops.
After viewing & using traditional bass instruction, I noticed
that a lot were theoretical and non-intuative. As a Suzuki violin-method
learner, I was mostly accustomed to playing-by-ear as opposed
to theory. I do not undervalue the need for theory, but I feel
that ear playing certainly is important. I wanted FunkyChops
to have a bass player friend approach. Suppose you
had a friend who played a riff. You say "cool, I like that...can
you play it again slower?" Sure, with FunkyChops you can,
it offers three speeds.
- SuperChords
was the result of using guitar chord videos, books & CD's.
I noticed that you couldn't really create your own song if you
didn't know the chord first. Even if you just learned a chord,
that doesn't necessarily mean you have developed the facility
to play the new chord in a creative progression. SuperChords
reverses the traditional way of learning. It allows
you to hear chords, in any order you choose, so you can create
your own progression to learn. After you've chosen
the chords by ear, you can then learn the chord...it features
tablature, audio & images. The photos are different than
most guitar books. They feature angles of hand positions from
the guitarist's point of view.
- The
QuickBeat Human Drummer
V1 drum machine software was created while practicing bass guitar.
It seemed that most drum machines were difficult to use and
they sounded very mechanical. On top of that, they usually cost
over $200. As a musician, if all you wanted to do was
jam or practice, you'd probably want something more simple and
affordable. The QuickBeat drum machine is all that and better...
it features real, live human drummers. I like to say that it's
the next best thing to playing with a real drummer.
- I'll
add more to this page when I have time... very busy, gotta stop
typing now. I'm always working on new stuff... please visit
JimLeeMusic.com for a list
of current offerings.
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