Steve Gregory & Mike Wilcox, Res Rocket Surfer / Red Mercury / Midnight Fields

The Keyboard Chronicles

In a slightly different episode to our usual format, we chat with two guests who were part of arguably the world’s first virtual band, Res Rocket Surfer. This is a laid back chat on the mid 1990s and the emergence of internet-based music creation.

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Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):

Mike and Steve’s musical upbringings

The emergence of Res Rocket Surfer

Mike, Steve and David appear on TV during the Res Rocket Surfer days

Making music using the Distributed Realtime Groove Network (DRGN) client

Will Henshall

Tim Bran

Matt Moller

Canton Becker

The evolution into Rocket Network and integration with Logic Audio, Digital Performer and Cubase

The end of standalone Rocket Network

Mike – Midnight Mastering

Mike in action with Lazy Susan – Joan Baez

Steve in action with Red Mercury – Firefly

Mike’s amazing drum suit

When you get confused with the sax player from Careless Whisper

On being fame adjacent

Mike and Steve’s train wrecks

Mike and David’s project – Midnight Fields

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