The Story of Al Pega
As most kids my age did when the ‘Hey Jude’ 45rpm was released I would sing to it over and over again. I realized then that this music thing was pretty cool.
So getting in any band the first chance I got at school was imperative. In middle/high school I played a coronet, then switched to bass drum in my senior year of high school. I also was the bass drummer in my Navy Boot Camp band.
Bought my first Bass Guitar in 1974. A neighbor kid and I would try to play ‘Frankenstein’ with me on bass and him playing a Hammond B3. We never got it all right but it was so much fun!
Duh Duh Dat Dat Duh Dat Dat Dun….
After the Navy one of my high school buddies mentored me in musical self-sufficiency. We joined another high school friend on drums to form a rock band for a new cable TV project called MTV. Unforeseen health issues derailed that opportunity; however, we remain close friends to this today.
In the 80s, I lived in warehouses around Fort Worth and on weekends busked on the streets of Deep Ellum in Dallas.
Those warehouses were ideal; I had a PA, drums, and amps always ready for talented friends to jam.
This continued until I married in the 90s. My music moved to the back burner when our child was born and remained there after my divorce. I married my current wife in 2009 who helped me raise our son.
Three or four years ago, when our son earned his master’s degree and moved out, I decided it was time to begin this ‘Legacy Project’ so I revived my musical efforts taking over his bedroom upstairs for my studio.
Upon digging out my remaining gear, I saw that technology had far exceeded my old analog devices. I now desired a cost-efficient, low-latency rig for my recordings.
Though I am older now, I have published several songs on all major streaming services, with much more to come.
Visit My Studio to listen to a few tracks.
Current Studio Setup
Equipment:
Mac M4 Mini running Ableton 12 Suite
PreSonus Quantum 2626
PreSonus Digimax FS (2 of them)
Lexicon MX200
dbx 166a
dbx 231
Motu MIDI Timepiece AV
CME U6MIDI (2 of them)
Roland TD-27 (Using SSD5.5)
Simmons SD-600 (Using SSD5.5)
Simmons SD1250 (Using SSD5.5)
Korg 707
Boss DS330
Boss Katana Artist Gen3
Behringer FCB1010 (2 of them)
Ibanez Destroyer II
Ibanez EX
Ibanez SR Bass
Ibanez SR300E Bass
Elac PR 91-W
Pyle 5.1 Stereo
Mission 700 Speaker pair
Toby Speaker pair
Sony powered Sub
Sony Center Speaker
JackTrip Server on Ubuntu Studio
Tascam 208i
And work continues on the Aorean™, AO™, BSKS™, KatMC™, and DB25-4-TD27™ projects.