Who
What does rockstarnot mean? My name is Scott Lake. So, why is this site called 'Rockstarnot.rekkerd.org'? Well, the answer is kind of silly, really. If you participate in online forums, you know that you have to pick some kind of an identity to call yourself. I also wanted to avoid something that wasn't memorable, like 'SL475926', or some other identity assigned by a computer system somewhere. So I decided to use a name that describes something that I'm not; a Rockstar - hence, rockstarnot. This also, I'm sorry to say, goes back to my junior high days when a group of my buddies had great fun calling each other names, or giving each other compliments, then adding 'not' to the end of it as a negation. So, we would say something like "I really like that shirt you are wearing today Tim.........not" Very funny, yes? No, not really.
What I am.
I am a Christian
- at least trying to make it through this life by following Christ's
teachings. I am a husband to my wonderful wife, Rachel. I am a father to 4
great kids. I am an engineer for work, and
a musician for fun. The main purpose of this website is
to provide a place where I can share some of my music
with other
people on the planet.
My Music
Current Songs These are songs that I've done in the last couple of years. You won't
find much cohesiveness in style here. I like music from Gregorian Chant to
U2 to Soulive to Allison Krauss
and Union Station to Starflyer 59. I like to emulate the best of what moves
me in the sounds of these influences with music of my own creation.
Just click on the song titles to open a new page that will describe the inspiration behind the song, how I made the song and let you listen to / download the song.
| Loser | Agua Fria |
| View From Mulholland | Cerulean Sky |
| Transit of Venus | Ambishot |
| All for Free | Meet Dinh Hoang |
KVRaudio.com music competition songs These are songs that I've composed, recorded, etc. for the www.kvraudio.com monthly music contests. Contest content involves some kind of a theme and a 2 minute song length limit. Thanks to www.markleford.com for hosting the contests and the songs. Left click to play, right click to download.
| 1.75 jam (7/4 time) | The Golden Age (cover) |
| How to | NoVox |
| 60 seconds | Imogen Heap H&S remix |
| Supamarket Shoppa | Tree |
| Spritus Sanctus Vivificans Vita | How to get your kids interested in sampling |
Collaborations Songs I've collaborated on. Left click to play, right click to download.
FAWM 2007 Songs
These are songs that I wrote and recorded for the 2007 February is Album Writing Month challenge to write and record 14 songs in the month of February 2007. It was quite a challenge. Yes, you only see 13 songs here - one of them was private for my wife as a Valentine's Day present - for her ears only!
| Train | Lilt |
| Frozen | Chocolate Sandwich Cookie |
| The 3rd Way | The Myth of Redemptive Violence |
| Bent | The Lord's Prayer |
| Have You? | DADGADummit |
| The Way We Roll | Under the Same Sky |
| Blue |
My Writing
Valley Deli Writing Club My
brother-in-law is a very creative person and started a writing club - I
reluctantly joined in. We meet at the Valley Deli in Flint, MI. The links here
will open various bits of my writing submissions for the club.
Phantom Tollbooth CD Reviews
I'm a music junkie. But I do have a full family to feed and can't afford to buy CD's as often as I would like. So, I write CD reviews - payment is that I get to keep the CDs. Here's a list of CD reviews that I've done for the Phantom Tollbooth website, which reviews media from a Christian perspective.
My Photos
PhotographerNot Every once in awhile I take a photograph that I think looks pretty cool. Here they are. Click on them to open them in a new browser window.
What is it?
This photo to the left is one of my favorites that I have taken. Take a guess as to where it's from. OK, time is up. These were little lint balls that I took out of our clothes dryer when I had to repair it - they were trapped inside the paddles that are attached to the rotating drum of the dryer. I put them on a piece of solid color construction paper and shot in the evening when the sun was low.
Feather and Leaf
This is a photo of a tiny little feather resting on an oak leaf which is resting on the railing of our deck. I happened to be sitting in a chair on our deck and I looked down and saw this little feather. I thought "I should take a picture of that feather." So I did. Actually, I took about 30 pictures of it on this leaf in various positions - in color and B&W and Sepia. This is my favorite from those photos.
Links
Music Making Links
Larrivee Guitars Excellent hand-made solid wood
guitars. I'm a fan.
Tracktion Audio/MIDI Sequencer. This is the sequencer I've migrated to - I really like the workflow.
REKKERD.ORG Samples and beats extraordinaire, and the host of this website.
KVRAUDIO.COM - The center of the audio plugin universe.
biblegateway.com - The complete bible in many different translations.