Tag: Electronic Music

Nonsense featured in latest Fanu Podcast.

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Really thrilled to see that Nonsense has been selected to appear on the latest instalment of the Breaks And Beats Podcast #26

I have been listening to Jungle and all the offshoots since mid 90s. Came into from my love of of what was called ‘IDM’ or ‘Electronic Listening Music’ (daft names I know) via Links – Chameleon and then found Source Direct ‘Secret Liaison’ still my one of my faves now.

I also had a liking for Jungle/Breaks stuff from artists who weren’t necessarily known for it. Like Urmur Bile Trax Volume 1 & 2 and The Motorbike Track from Mike Paradinas. My fave of this ilk (and sill is today) was Luke Vibert’s Plug and Amen Andrews. It was the early Plug releases that gave me the inspiration to created Nonsense.

Fanu also mixed and mastered the EP, so if you are looking for a professional mix and/or master I can 100% recommend him. Plan ahead early as his workload is insane and only increasing as his client base swells.

Links and stuff

Beats and Breaks Postcast #26

Mix and mastering by Fanu
Fanu on Facebook
Fanu on Instagram
Fanu on Twitter

Trac Series One (I got by with a little help from my friends)

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So my first release “Trac Series One” was released on Amuse,io on the 5th of October 2018. Amuse is a great platform for anyone wanted to do DIY releases to the main 12 streaming platforms. When you set your release up it asks for a 44.1k 16 bit wav and the cover art must be at least 3000×3000 pixels and no more 6000×6000 pixels.

So I had the music covered, even had it professionally mastered for the release. However I was at a loss about creating the artwork and branding. As a graphic designer, I’m a good music producer (yes that bad). I have one laptop and one Chromebook. I like to keep the laptop as pure as possible for music so no graphic apps. Chromebook has little to offer.

The first attempt was on Adobe Comp on the iPhone of all things….  So this is where my friend from Sweden Christian Bjurinder steps in. By day he is a fantastic graphic designer and by night a talented producer and DJ (Chuck Cogan) of many years.

He came up with the artwork for the release and the branding on this site and all my other outlets.  Nothing was too much trouble and came up with the designs in the flash.

And the rest they say was history 🙂

Oh yeah below is a link to my Bandcamp site where you can stream or purchase Trac Series One.

 

Links

Christian Bjurinder
Chuck Cogan at hearthis
Amuse.io
Larson Whiled Amuse profile

 

 

 

 

Why am I doing this?

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Good question 🙂

In my previous post, I mention music is my hobby and not my day job and I thought I would share my ramblings about my creations. I enjoy making music and I have this philosophy : I can have finished items sitting on my hard drive or I can release them on to the general public and one or two people may stream and or buy it.

I’ts not really a social thing either. I have a newly created Facebook page, Instagram and Twitter. My page is dead by the virtue that any post is held hostage until you pay Facebook inc some money to “boost” your page. Twitter is really noisy and the real bizarre thing is Instagram is my most active social site.  How mad is that? a site that was originally about photography is where someone posts about music on it… What string times we live in.  I really respect Dom Kane’s attitude about social media and the music generally, which along side EL Hornet’s posts on twitter about doing stuff for yourself and not for the “likes” sort of got me on this journey.

I also want to share any tips, tricks and secret weapons that I find along the way.  So if you work alone sometimes you think how do I do that? and it would be nice to bounce ideas with someone.  Hit me up and I’ll see if I can help.

 

 

First Contact

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The obligatory “Hello World” 🙂

Hi and welcome to the first of many (I hope) blog posts regarding my adventures in music making using just a laptop, set of headphones and an audio interface. The purists out there will reel in horror at that statement, but first some history.

Music is my hobby, my release whilst holding down a day job. I don’t have the space or the justification for a purpose-built acoustically treated room. This is my compromise.

Daw of choice is Bitwig. For the interface, I use an Audient ID4. I have recently purchased a pair of beyerdynamic DT 770 (250 ohm edition). The laptop is a run of the mill Dell i7 laptops. To add some control I have also purchased Sonarworks Reference 4 Headphone edition to try and get as neutral listening experience as possible.

I have released my first track out in streaming stores and BandCamp.

 

 

Links to …
Bitwig
Audient
Sonarworks
beyerdynamic.com