Tyler Zahnke

@mininifty (163)

Belmont, Michigan • Age 29

Joined myLot 10 years ago

I am a singer, songwriter, keyboardist, writer, programmer, and sound collage/mix artist. I am a music major at Grand Rapids Community College.

Discussions (10)

Tyler Zahnke's Discussions

Totally Nifty Albums 4: The Simpsons Sing the Blues

Tyler Zahnke @mininifty (163) • Belmont, Michigan 4 Jun

Anyone remember a time when The Simpsons was only a thirteen-episode series and a pile of 48 or so cartoon shorts? Well, around the time that first season came to an end and the second was about to begin, this nifty little album...

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Totally Nifty Albums 3: Bert Weedon Gold

Tyler Zahnke @mininifty (163) • Belmont, Michigan 2 Jun

Though many Americans don't know it, Bert Weedon was often nicknamed "the man who taught the world to play guitar", despite really only being known in England. His successes in the world of instrumental electric guitar music span...

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Keep On Truckin': An original country song I wrote in 2020

Tyler Zahnke @mininifty (163) • Belmont, Michigan 2 Jun

I wrote this song right when COVID hit. This was sung by someone in Jim Cristaldi's group, maybe even Cristaldi himself, but as you can see from the video title, I got the songwriting credit since I wrote both the melody and...

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Totally Nifty Albums 2: Alex Zanetis's The Oil Fields

Tyler Zahnke @mininifty (163) • Belmont, Michigan 2 Jun

For those of you familiar with songwriting credits who are into classic country artists such as Dean Martin, Jim Reeves, and Charley Pride, you may be aware of the songwriter Alex Zanetis. However, few people know that in the mid...

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Totally Nifty Albums 1: Richard Harvey's Nifty Digits

Tyler Zahnke @mininifty (163) • Belmont, Michigan 1 Jun

Today, I begin my series of three-sentence album recommendations, starting with the electronic music album Richard Harvey's Nifty Digits, from 1980! Before there was Trans-Siberian Orchestra or even Mannheim Steamroller, there...

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Musings on Music: Music is Everywhere!

Tyler Zahnke @mininifty (163) • Belmont, Michigan 12 Mar 17

People who are familiar with me know all too well how much I love music. Music has changed my life more times than the number of moons on Jupiter. But as I walk through the beautiful picture that is my life, I couldn't help but...

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Pink Floyd and The Wizard of Oz, and other audio/video trickery

Tyler Zahnke @mininifty (163) • Belmont, Michigan 10 Mar 17

How many of you have played with tricks involving music and videos? The popular example involved people playing Dark Side of the Moon while watching The Wizard of Oz. Do any of you out there try such tricks?

Memories of DVD's

Tyler Zahnke @mininifty (163) • Belmont, Michigan 26 Apr 16

What is the first DVD-related memory you have? When I was born, I'm not even sure if DVD existed, but we had a lot of videotapes at our house. When I finally saw DVD's, such as the DVD of Disney's Pinocchio, I couldn't believe all...

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Mini Nifty's Choice Samples Mixtape: Track 1 - Welcome to the Tape

Tyler Zahnke @mininifty (163) • Belmont, Michigan 26 Apr 16

Well, I finally decided to share my audio art with all of you amazing people on MyLot! Keep in mind that this is not a rap/hip-hop mixtape; this is a collage of clips from different movies, songs, shows, etc. edited together,...

choice samples mixtape

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Anyone know about sound collage?

Tyler Zahnke @mininifty (163) • Belmont, Michigan 25 Apr 16

I was just wondering if any of you have heard of the concept of sound collage; often it is a form of mixtape. Usually, sound collage is when an artist makes an entire track out of samples of other people's recordings; Wayne Butane...

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