Tech Toys: Spree Wilson

Who Is Spree Wilson? Spree Wilson is a progressive music artist based out of Atlanta, Ga. The Nashville, Tennessee native is influenced by diverse swaths of musical greats such as bluesmen Robert Johnson and Howling wolf, Rockers John Cale and Jimi Hendrix, folk singers Carole King and Bob Dylan and Hip Hop artists A Tribe Called Quest, Triple Six Mafia and Common Sense. Yes, he’s that diverse. His sound reflects this diversity with a not easily pigeonholed approach to his varied sounds. He continues to push musical boundaries. His latest project titled The Never Ending Now is composed of 14 fresh tracks showcasing the full range of the ATL singer/songwriter/rapper/producer’s diverse talents and influences.

Music…it’s only rock and roll baby” Keith Richards

Don’t over Think it, just Try Your Best!!!

1998 Fender Stratocaster

Arguably the world’s most popular electric guitar, the Fender Stratocaster is a marvel of sonic and mechanical engineering.  My Prized possession courtesy of my Mother discovered it in a Vintage shop in Nashville Tennessee.

Apogee Duet

is the best solution for capturing your music to your Mac. The Duet makes studio quality recordings of vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, and anything musical. And because the Duet is portable you can take it anywhere your creativity takes you. When it’s time to mix, Duet output quality lets you hear your recordings with incredible detail and dimension allowing you to put the finishing touches on your musical project like a pro.

Akai MPC 2000xl 

is the cats’ pajamas. The machine is smooth and easy and very transparent. Just like anything else, you get what you put into it. If you’re prepared to learn you will be making beautiful music; A robust musical machinery; including four independent pad-bank keys, number of samples stored doubled to 256 on the XL, altering sounds to a different bit depth or sampling rate could be accomplished by resampling, time stretch was added along with other features.

Korg Keyboard Synthesizer

The KORG has an array of unique sounds and combinations. The sounds are customizable and the interface is clean and easily accessed. I like the knobs.They gave you a bit of interaction with the sounds.

G-FORCE External Hard Drive

The brain of my storing operation; this is a great, small, portable hard drive that is fast enough for music playback. I especially like that it is silent.

The Shure SM7B

 is a frequency response microphone that delivers warm and smooth audio in close-proximity studio and vocal application. The SM7 is perhaps most famous for being used as the vocal microphone on Michael Jackson’s Thriller engineered by Bruce Swedien and  The Red Hot Chili Peppers have used the SM 7 on vocals on every album they have done. Priceless.

 Sennheiser HeadPhones 

Dynamic stereo headphones that deliver accurate, linear sound reproduction. Always Match the headphones to your audio source. What people should realize is that most music is optimized for listening on a stereo system and not headphones.

Bauer Camera 

Generally, all of the Bauer cameras are worthwhile to acquire with a special pre-disposition towards the “Royal” line of cameras. Manufactured in Germany,these cameras offer pleasing aesthetics, good value, and ultra-sharp lenses.

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