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AKIRA ISHIGURU

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe ability to appreciate individual sample collections is something samplenerd.com is rather proud of.   With that in mind, I humbly present to you the Akira collection featured on the KORG M1/R program cards. Graduated in 1984 from Kunitachi Music college with a bachelor of arts in music composition.  Born in Tokyo in 1960 he has […]

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A Yamaha DX1 in Dire Straits

Reading Time: 3 minutesAny regular readers to the posts on this site will know that I’m a fan of preservation.   So much history of artists and their music is often attached to their instruments.  From the guitar that Bruce Springsteen still has over 30 years later the more famous Red guitar belonging to Queens Brian May.   We talk […]

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SampleNerd.com is one year old today!

Reading Time: 2 minutesA personal note from me, SampleNerd! Hello, SampleNerd.com began out of a desire to have something that was completely different, and that I hoped would grow over time. But, it’s been so much more than that. I have learnt so much. People, things, places I didn’t know about before. And this after 30 years involvement […]

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