The MPF Project

Category: Music

Anything dealing with the band.

  • It’s been Four Years since “Full Circle…” was release.

    The first release that I had ever done happened May 6th, 2014.  That’s now 4 years ago.  This CD has had a huge impact on my life and changed it dramatically.  It also gave the world a chance to hear my personal guitar hero, Don Dorey Jr.  His passing in 2011 was hard for me as many of you know.  I was happy that I had something from his legacy to share.  In this week’s video, we are passing on “Rocksmith Monday” to showcase the recording that started it all.

    If you are interested in buying the songs, please check out our CDBaby site or you can listen to it on any popular streaming site.

    — Mike

  • A deeper understanding of using effects on various systems.

    I’ve been reading a lot of questions about using effects on different systems and decided I wanted to help out where I could.  I made the following video showing how to set up effects on various devices from amplifiers and mixers to using them while recording.

    — Mike

  • I wrote a YouTube intro!

    I wrote a YouTube intro for a friend’s channel…

    Here’s how I did it:

    Here’s his site:

    Larry The Butcher

     

  • Recording from a 4 track to a Digital Portastudio and Spring 4 track Challenge

    We have two things on the bill for this week’s post!

    First off, I show you how to move your recording from a 4-track to your digital Portastudio.  It isn’t hard to do, but if you want to keep a digital copy of your work, it is a good idea to do this.

    Secondly, starting March 21st, we will be joining forces with 424 Recording for a Spring 4-track challenge!  This will take place from March 21st until June 21st.  I hope to have a song completed and ready for distribution on June 21st!  Hope you will join us!

    –> Mike

  • World Through My Eyes Breakdown on the Tascam Portastudio

    Today’s video is looking at the floor recording of “The World Through My Eyes”.

    Here’s the original video for reference:

    Thanks again

    –> Mike

  • Vocal harmony without Auto-tune

    This one I’ve wanted to do for a while, I don’t recall seeing any other videos on it but is quite easy to do and I would rather people try to use their own talent instead of relying on a machine to make it happen.

    Here’s the video, hope you enjoy it!

    Here’s the video that I did using the technique

    Other things I’ve done this week, I’ve decided to move all the music from the “For My Dear Friend” channel to the Mike Foerster channel on YouTube.  You can find the Premonition video here:

    https://youtu.be/9DNKI6voXxk

    And I’ve merged all the Mohawk concert footage together to create this:

    https://youtu.be/tpAlmRtlpxg

    The For My Dear Friend channel is going to get phased out shortly.  You can join the new channel here:

    Mike Foerster YouTube channel

    –> Mike

  • Bad Reputation Acapella (Joan Jet Cover)

    I’ve released something that I wanted to do about 2 or so years ago.  I used a technique that I finally put into practice.  Check out the video!

  • Premonition (Just me on guitar)

    Last night I was practicing for Open Mic Night @ Touchdown Willy’s in Smithville.  I decided to record one of the songs I will be doing that night.

    Here it is:

    Thanks.

  • Music has never paid my bills

    Two things that I know and have accepted :

    1.  I won’t make a living off of music
    2. I will never be famous

    So why do I keep recording and playing when the end goals will probably never happen?  Because I love to play, create and record.

    I  might not have a huge following, but I get to see that people around the world have listened to my songs.  It may be sporadic, but it still happens.  This keeps me wanted to create more so there is more to listen to for these people who like what I’m doing.

    Quantity vs Quality

    This is a tough one, I could easily dump a tune a month, but I know that the quality wouldn’t be there.  That wouldn’t sit well for me.  My end goal on every recording is give the best that I can.  This starts a new issue, when is it the best that it can be?  That’s a call I make after every take.  Is that one good enough.  A lot of the times, I will walk away after completing and go back and listen later.

    Not enough time in the day

    Between working full time and other things that I need to do, I don’t have enough time to put in for doing the other stuff needed to become famous.  I promote, but not to the extent that I should.  I should really start a YouTube channel and do things on there, but I don’t really have the time.  I have ideas, but not the time.

    I’m not angry about this or wish I could change things.  I’ve had a lot of things happen in my life that if I didn’t follow this path, I would never have had.  Those things are still very important to me.  This is more of an acceptance that I will not be the guy I thought I would become when I was 20.

    Thanks for reading,

    — Mike

  • Music released and now moving on

    This business has become pretty much a record – release world.  Once a project is finish, move on to the next, and so on.

    We are still going to create a CD version of the current release, a date hasn’t been discussed.  In the meantime, we are moving forward with some other music.  Currently, we are working on recording a four song EP of some stuff that we wrote that wasn’t part of the original drum tracks.  I’m hoping to see a fall release date for this.  It’ll be a departure from our current song styles.

    I’m also working on some side projects over the summer, I might be producing / recording two rock-country artists (a couple of songs) and also working some singles and covers that I have my eye on recording differently.

    It looks like it’ll be an interesting summer if I can get everything together.

    — Mike