Author: jaymathes

Rihanna’s “Umbrella” Uses Garageband Loop

Old news, but new to me. I just found this out today.

Rihanna’s song, “Umbrella” – yeah, you know it’s a hit with many a fella, ella, ella, eh – uses a *free*, Apple-made loop named “Vintage Funk Kit 03”, included in Apple’s Garageband software. Even Wikipedia says so.

So I guess nobody has to feel bad about using the stock loops that come with these types of software programs any more.

January 6, 2011
It Comes from Somewhere Deeper

In the exact opposite way that the dwarves of Middle Earth awoke something from the deep, driven by their greed for mithril, in these past 48 hours, I have found something deep within that has allowed me to work late in to the night promoting my art. I actually can’t say what it is at all, or that I’ve even found it. Maybe it would be best to simply say that when I needed the grace to continue, it was there. It never failed.

Good night, Chicago.

January 6, 2011