Drum & Lace

Mentioned in this March 16, 2017 Above the Fold interview.

I was lucky enough to have a piano at my grandmother’s house, but my first instrument, I think, was an old-school Yamaha electric keyboard, the type they have in schools. That was the first of many keyboards and instruments. Right now, I have a mix of all sorts of things that help me with my scoring and composing. In terms of MIDI, my go-to these days is the Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S49. That has been great both in the studio and live. We have a ton of analog synths in our studio that serve different purposes, but my favorites are probably the Prophet 6 and Tempest (drum machine) both from Dave Smith Instruments. Lately, I’ve also been using the OP1 from Teenage Engineering, and the Future Sonus Parva to fill out my sessions. In terms of guitars, my (also composer) husband is the guitar player of the house, and has an array of guitars including a ’62 Gibson Barney Kessel and ’62 Fender Custom Shop Jazzmaster Reissue.