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2008 News
We have not yet decided if it will be a Scarbee product - or a product under another label - but we'll see. We just want best possible distribution for this cool product. It has delayed the Blue Bass release - but still Blue Bass should be out before X-Mas for sure.
June 30 In 1980, along with Keith and Roger and producer Nigel Wright, Bill formed Shakatak. They toured the UK extensively during the early eighties and signed with Polydor records. In 1982 they had their first top 20 hit with "Easier said than done", one of the hits that he wrote for the band. Others include "Night Birds","Invitations", "Dark is the Night", "Down on the Street" and "Mr Manic and Sister Cool". In 1983, international success began for the band in Europe, America and particularly in Japan where "Night Birds" became one of the biggest selling international albums of all time. As the band's success continued through the 80's, Bill released his first solo album "Famous People" in 1985. One song on the album featured Gary Numan. Called "Change your Mind" , it became a top 20 hit and also heralded the start of a successful collaboration with Gary under the name of "Sharpe and Numan". Read more June 30 "When I play Scarbee C.E.P , the electric piano sound really inspires me to play. Anyone who plays an instrument knows how important a good sound is", says Katreese Barnes. Recently she composed the opening musical number for Justin Timberlake when he hosted "The Kid's Choice Awards" in 2007. Her recent arrangement work include P. Diddy, Pharoah Monche and performing on Arif Mardin's last recording. As a sideman, she has worked with Sting, Carly Simon, Mariah Carey, D'Angelo, Hiram Bullock. Read more May 27 It has been a tricky bass to sample and I've spent a lot of weeks, months experimenting with setup, right string brand, string gauge, string metal: steel or nickel, string age (how fresh should strings be), etc. I have also tried various pickups, bridges until I found the sound I was looking for. I have worked with 2 basses of same brand that has been away to luthier many tims to get the perfect fretboard... (jeez..) As I'm a perfectionist with my sounds I will not compromise on the goal I set - so I'm sure you will like Blue Bass when it comes out. Good thing is that we will at same time release Amped/EQ versions of the bass too. I hope in the meantime you will check out Black, and Red bass and also the many vintage keyboard sounds and out multi plugin VKFX.
May 23 All our products - sample libraries, virtual instruments and FX plugins work on PC and Mac (PPC/Mac-Intel). We also support latest Mac Leopard OSX. Our Vintage Keyboard FX multi plugin also supports RTAS on both PC/Mac.
Martch 13 I have composed, produced "Karma Rule?" and do all instruments and vocals on it. Hope you enjoy. Go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcYJk1xJ5_E Youtube video is in STEREO and displays lyrics in sync with vocal. Other Scarbee sounds on track: Classic Electric Piano (with VKFX), Sticky Electric Piano and Funky Electric Piano-CA (with Distortion)
Februar 02 "With Black Bass, Scarbee takes an evolutionary leap to the next level with more-intensive sampling and programming and a much-easier-to-use interface.", says reviewer Babz and concludes: "Black Bass is one of the most realistic, expressive, and easy-to-use sampled instruments I have ever played." Read full review by Babz here!
Februar 02 "Everyone needs an incredibly authentic funk bass, and workstation presets just won't cut it. Scarbee Black Bass is the remedy." February 2
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Click here to see a full sized screenshot. "Blue Bass is really fun to play in real life - it has expression like no other bass I own, going from mellow, deep groove to agressive growling and barking. The bass sound recorded is probably the most used on albums world wide, suitable for any musical style from country, rock, pop, latin, jazz, reggea to funk, says bass player and producer Thomas Hansen Skarbye." This initial release features fingered playing style and contains more than 4 000 samples. An expansion sets for Blue Bass are scheduled for release in 2008: SCARBEE Blue Bass Sample Library for Kontakt 2 and Kontakt 3 will be priced EUR 79.00 and will be shipping spring of 2008. Download full press release in pdf.
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"My days of carrying round my heavy electric pianos are long gone now i'm using the great sounds from Scarbee. No more tuning and broken tines!", says Bill.
Katreese Barnes is currently music director/pianist for Saturday Night Live currently up for a emmy for co writing the internet hit "Dick In a Box" She has written and produced for various artists such as Roberta Flack and Chaka Khan.
In February 2008 issue of Electronic Musician Scarbee Black Bass has received the rare top score 5 (out of 5) and was designated an "EM Hot Pick". The review is very positive - we are so grateful...
"For the most part, articulations occur naturally and without the need for keyswitching, making Black Bass most enjoyable to play live", says reviewer Jason Scott Alexander in December issue of REMIX magazine and concludes:
