Richie Sambora

By Arthur Edstrom Nov 03, 2009

The Richie Sambora Band that toured the world in 1998 included Richie and Ron Wikso of Total Control Audio on drums plus bass player, Kasim Sulton, percussionist/singer Crystal Taliefero, Tommy Mandel and guitar/keyboard player Richie Supas. There were also two other percussionists that played in the band prior to Crystal joining in Europe. Everett Bradleydid the Japanese leg and Gioia Bruno did the Australian leg.

Here is what Ron had to say about his time with Richie Sambora:

“In 1998, I got a call...
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The Storm - Show Me The Way

By Arthur Edstrom Nov 03, 2009

The Storm was an American rock group, formed in the Bay Area of San Francisco during the early 1990s. The band featured two of Journey’s founding members – Gregg Rolie as keyboardist, Ross Valory on bass and Kevin Chalfant onlead vocalist (Rolie also shared lead vocalist duties), Josh Ramos on guitarist and Ron Wikso of Total Control Audio on drums.

Here is what Ron had to say about his time with The Storm:

“In early 1992 I was referred, by Mr. Big’s drummer Pat...
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RARE David Lee Roth & Ron Wikso - A Little Luck - Live 1994

By Arthur Edstrom Oct 31, 2009

It’s Halloween so it’s a good time for rare video of David Lee Roth performing “A Little Luck” during his “Your Filthy Little Mouth” tour. Ron Wikso of Total Control Audio is on drums with Guitarist Rocket Ritchotte, bassist Jamie Hunting and keyboardist Brett Tuggle.

Here is what Ron had to say about his time with David Lee Roth:

“In late December of 1993, I received a call from drummer extraordinaire, Gregg Bissonette asking me if I might be interested in going out on...
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Rare Live Video of Ron Wikso, Drummer in THE STORM

By Arthur Edstrom Oct 23, 2009

This is a rare video of THE STORM performing “Black Magic Woman” in San Jose, California on August 14, 1992 during their debut tour in support of their self-titled album. Singer Kevin Chalfant, keyboardist Gregg Rolie, guitarist Josh Ramos, bassist Ross Valory and drummer Ron Wikso are the musicians.

Ron Wikso left CHER’s band to join THE STORM after also practicing with Bad English. THE STORM featured two founding members of Journey – Gregg Rolie on keyboardist/vocals, Ross Valory...
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Episode #3 Rock Ballad Drumming

By Arthur Edstrom Oct 22, 2009

In Episode #3 of Total Control Audio TV, Ron Wikso demonstrates how to play a slow rock ballad drum beat while Art makes comments and shows how the beat sounds once chopped up into drum loops. Freaking amazing!

You can checkout more details about the Low and Slow drum pattern and loops here.

Hey, send your idea for show topics to totalcontrolaudio@gmail.com

Episode #2 Sonar Heavy Template on Total Control Audio TV

By Arthur Edstrom Oct 22, 2009

In this episode, I take a look at using a multitrack drum template with Cakewalk Sonar. You can get a FREE copy of the template here

Episode #1! Hip Hop Anonymous on Total Control Audio TV

By Arthur Edstrom Oct 20, 2009

In our very first Episode of Total Control Audio TV, Ron shows us how his Hip Hop Anonymous Drum Loop beat is played.

Total Control Audio TV is hosted by Art.

Thanks for watching!

JUST RELEASED *Heavy Beat* Sonar Multitrack Drums Mix Template

By Arthur Edstrom Oct 17, 2009

We have another cool Cakewalk Sonar Multitrack Drums Mix Template to share with everyone. It show the BIG Flexibility with Multitrack Loops and Sonar!

I used Total Control Audio’s Hip Hop Anonymous Drum Loops – 90 BPM as the loop reference for creating this template. Template can be used with any of the TCA loops.

I did some interesting things with the multitrack loops in Sonar:

I took the Interlude Toms and moved them to the Intro while keeping the rest of the Intro beat

Moved Chorus Toms into the Verse

Used...
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TAXI Road Rally 2009

By Arthur Edstrom Oct 15, 2009

We’re going to be out in LA for the TAXI Road Rally 2009. We’ll keep you posted on cool things including promotions that will be happening during TAXI!

Ron Wikso will be there live with Bitvibe.com

Here’s a TAXI link for the sessions and panels for the TAXI Road Rally. Looks great!

RELEASED! Neo Latin Drum Loops

By Arthur Edstrom Oct 14, 2009

We have just completed a new Neo Latin loop collection including 36 sections that make up a complete performance of Neo Latin Drums at 102.5 BPM. The collection includes:

3 Intro Sections
4 Verse Sections
6 Chorus Sections
7 Fill Sections
2 Interlude Sections
8 Solo Sections
5 Outro Sections
1 Ending (One Shot)

Pop Latin, Rock Latin, R&B, Funk, Hip Hop, Contemporary Country, Rock…the loops in this set can be used in a lot of different settings…that’s why we make generic sounding mixes for the stereo loops...
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