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. [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

BCR2000 Behringer

Warning to anyone using Ableton 6 on a mac and wanting a midi controller - don’t buy a BCR2000 - it’s feels cheap and plasticy-nasty plus it comes up with random error codes when you try and dump the presets. RUBBISH! I’m gonna get an m-audio one or firefox.

Glasto breaks mix

George cheers for the Glasto breaks mix from….who was it again? It’s ace, the guy talking at the beginning is the kind of thing I was thinking of that I told you about. The guy warming up the crowd. Good stuff, old tunes too just like we kept hearing at GG.

HEY Erol! Where’d you get that name from!?!

Me and GT went to Fabric in London for the first time on Friday night and much fun was had. Watched some electro band called Kill em all, they were ok. They were on just before Erol Alkan and I spent most of their set watching Erol set up and organise his stuff.
At one point [...]