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My fast food rant – why you can’t win me over with bacon, cheese and ranch dressing
First of all, fast food isn’t healthy. Big whoop. You already knew that, and if you didn’t, well, you’ve got some studying to do. I’m not defending fast food here, so send the angry emails somewhere else. I’m at a healthy weight, good BMI, my blood pressure is great and I get plenty of cardio. Therefore, I am allowed to eat fast food when I feel like it. Moving on, I’m a big believer in trying new things. Fancy new marketing promotions are often quite effective on me. You have a delicious new product that I...
read moreHow to quickly respond to a bee, wasp or hornet threat in your home
It’s happened to all of us before, you’re doing a little nude Tai Chi in the living room when all of a sudden you hear a buzz. Or perhaps you spy the nasty little bastard crawling around on the inside of your window. Immediately you panic, and in a frantic attempt to respond to the crisis you’re likely going to make a mistake. I’m here to help you prepare, should this situation arise again you’ll handle it like a pro. Many victims make the mistake of trying to engage the insect physically. This approach is...
read moreMy Recurring Nightmare
When I was younger I had trouble sleeping, I’m still very easily awoken. As a result I spent a good bit of time researching sleep; ways to fall asleep more easily and eventually things like dream recall and lucid dreaming. It may sound cheesy, but the dream journal is the best way to enhance the recollection of your dreams. Be warned though, there are some incredibly scary things being mulled over by your subconscious mind from time to time; drifting in an endless sea of dead fish, arriving at the end of time, having a dead body in...
read moreSo it’s 2011 now eh?
My New Year’s resolution? To post more blogs for you, and reduce my sodium intake. I probably should have posted some sort of update since July 2010, but… well… it’s a big world out there and I’ve been wrapped up in it. Shortly after returning from a lovely time in Vancouver my APC40 (main performance controller) decided to act up, one of the faders stopped working. The good folks at the airport were pretty rough with it (note to self; get hard case, not sturdy suit case). Luckily, even though the warranty was...
read moreSequential Circus 7 in Vancouver
I spent some time in Vancouver recently and have nothing but good things to say. I met some great friends I had been talking to online for years in real life! Had some great times hanging with locals, made some new friends and walked/biked all over the city, beaches and parks. The peak of the trip for me was definitely performing live at Sequential Circus. We had a very enthusiastic crowd that was really up-for-it and easily the most talented collection of artists I’ve ever shared the stage with. Did I mention this was a LivePA festival...
read moreMore detail than you asked for about our trip to Winter Music Conference 2010
Ok, so I waited a while to actually get around to posting this. You’ll be pleased to know I actually composed most of this while waiting in the airport for the trip home. I’ve done my best to simply give you a journal style account of our experiences during WMC 2010. This was my 4th time attending the conference and DJ Notech’s first. Wednesday: Left Atlanta, GA, our flight departed around 12 noon. We had some airport BBQ and a tall one. We arrived in Miami and headed to our hotel, took a walk on the beach, walked down...
read moreRecord real time live scratch tracks to enhance your boring techno
This is another tip of mine that I employ frequently, you may already be doing this, if so, no need to keep reading unless you’re bored and have nothing better to do. If not, this is going to help you add some unexpected and original elements to your productions. When making electronic music things can sound overly robotic. This is part of why we like techno, but too far in one direction is no good, we want a well balanced android, a blend of organic & mechanical elements. So, after I’ve got a stomping beat, lots of organ...
read moreMultiband distortion
This may sound like a simply trick to some of you, but when I first discovered this it felt like the world had fundamentally changed in a split second. This technique is primarily useful when trying to add distortion to a bass, but multiband processing itself can be applied in a myriad of ways, and multiband distortion can be used on any source, so by all means experiment and realize that affecting specific bands of the frequency range isn’t just for distortion. In electronic music many times you want to give your bass a nasty growl....
read moreMiami Bound
Over the weekend I finally made reservations for Winter Music Conference in Miami, which takes place around March 24-28. DJ Notech is traveling down with me, we’ll both be there as representatives of Steamtown Records and in our capacity as DJ’s/Producers/Performers. We look forward to meeting many new people and expanding our network. To anyone else attending, hit us up through email/twitter/etc. and let’s meet up! WMC is probably the most fun week of the year to be in Miami In other news I’ve been playing a lot of...
read moreNude Photography 2010
A friend and all around talented producer/performer, Gustavo Lanzas, has founded a new record label; Nude Photo Music. The first release, Nude Photography 2010 is an incredibly solid offering featuring four different producers. I highly recommend checking this out! “Starbase Lounge Music”, from Mantic, delivers a subliminal & techy tune that draws you in with constantly evolving elements as it chugs along with a great funky groove. Caltrop’s “Fleeting Moments” is a beautiful & lush sound scape with...
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