Logic makes sense

Been taking logic classes, can now produce dance music to an intermediate level. Work ongoing with Ableton, getting much better and mixes are more thorough. James Zabiela is the man in terms of mixing technique and synth production, erol is the man with the beats. Get a mix of the two and you’ll be laughing. [...]

What a ppppppppppparty!!!!!!!

Pretty gutted I missed the HTFR new store launch party….

Erm….

Actually, I’m not sure…..

I came to kick your arse all over Mansfield…Let battle commence!

Okay so, after going through the inner workings of my brain earlier today re:Ableton setup I’ve been doing some investigating. There’s a lot of good info about the world of Ableton and electronic DJing on the official Ableton Forum, surprisingly enough. After reading what a lot of people are saying it seems to be common [...]

Why do I care?

Why do I care about the way it looks? Well when I’ve DJ’d at some places before I’ve used CDJs and people come up and say that it doesn’t look right, where’s the decks and vinyl? So that’s why I now think about how it looks to a crowd/audience/my friends/me. If you said I’m a [...]

Fatboy has been looping for years…hasn’t he?!

Oh yeah that’s what I was gonna say… for years producers who DJ – I think primarily of Fatboy Slim coz I’ve just been listening to him – have made their beats with a specific view of playing them on vinyl in a club environment. The stuff many pro DJs play on vinyl, and I’m [...]

bored and thinking about Ableton setup

After using Ableton for about 3 months now I can safely say that it’s a fantastic tool for DJs and producers alike, probably more so for the former. The reason I say that is because it’s more of a user friendly effects driven kind of programme that you can load loops or songs into and [...]

Note to self

Playing Windowlicker by Aphex Twin doesn’t make you eclectic
Playing Billie Jean by Michael Jackson does not make you a DJ
Playing Back to Black by ACDC does not make you rock
Playing a theme tune from popular 80s or 90s TV has been done but it’s still fun
Pop bands can’t DJ – it’s marketing
Calvin Harris did not invent disco [...]

Moooorreeeeeeelllooooooooo!

Went to see Erick Morillo at the spanking new Gatecrasher in Nottingham on Friday night. A lot’s changed since the straight up media days. Everything is orangy-pink and there are disco balls all over the place, I thought it looked ace. Really good crowd in to see Morillo and everyone was well up for it, [...]