Finally got my advertising flyers in the post, this is one of the first services I was to give from my studio, converting tapes and vinyl to mp3 for mums and dads…. yes it’s boring tedious work, and it does not pay very much, but I think it will be a good start to my entry into the world of small business. I’ve got 1000 of these things to hand out so I better get cracking…!
Time for some HARDCORE! This is the next track off Reaver EP#1, Mental Orgasm. Don’t ask me what I was thinking when I wrote this, I think it was around the time of the rise of Hardcore in Sydney. Makes sense I guess…..
So the studio build continues, the electrics are in and the sound absorbent insulation is in, 22 bags of the stuff, it was a full day of work. I feel like all I have done is spend money! $1000 for this $2000 for that… damn it’s all starting to add up. I also had to buy myself a new laptop as well. And to think I have been at this music thing for 20 years so I already have most of the stuff I need, I could only imagine the cost if I had to get everything new. The image below is what will eventually be the mix position, where I will be sitting when working in the studio, still seems a long way off…..
Well the new WordPress blog development rolls on. I have created a new plugin page which lists all two plugins that I have created. I guess that I will create more one day….. arrr my neck and shoulders hurt… time to go do something else!
Well here it is finally, the new rvrmedia.com/blog Done in wordpress, and it has taken me the best part of today to get it looking like this. I’m still not 100% happy with it. Still plenty to do and heaps of stuff to add, as you can no doubt see. I want to blog every weekday in June so I will need a platform that makes things easy and wordpress certainly does that. Anyway I’ve really had enough of this today, expect some goodness tomorrow.
Here is the next installment in our thrilling series about Reaver EP#1. This is the third track on Side A called drop. I have re-recorded this straight out of an Amiga emulator on my PC so that you can hear it in all of it’s original 8bit glory…. whooo yah…!
Today we have something very special. A DJ mix just recently done by a good friend of mine, DJ Unknown, he has been experimenting recently with Jackin House music and this is his current tune selection. Personally, It’s nothing like the style that I play, but I find it very enjoyable to listen to, very funky….. I’ve also made this avaliable on my Soundcloud
Enjoy…..
Wow! So many things to blog about, studio build, plugins, demo mix…. where do I begin. Yesterday I got myself a copy of the Korg Legacy Collection. I was primarily interested in this because I wanted a Korg Polysix keyboard. This keyboard is a legend, It was used by Joey Tempest from Europe to write the classic keyboard riff to ‘The Final Countdown‘, I can see why! (However a TX-816 and JX-8P where used when they recorded it) and I remember having one in school so it was one of my first encounters with a real synthesizer. The thing absolutely rips, the sounds fit perfectly with even the most modern of productions. Full, bold and solid are just a few of the adjectives I would use to describe how it sounds. However, I wasn’t entirely convinced that needed to get then entire collection, that was until I read the KVR top plugins ranks and noticed that two of the other synths in the pack (M1 and MS-20) appear in the top ten! Well that convinced me, and I am not disappointed at all. Amazing….. If you are producing any sort of music at all, I highly recommend you get these plugins they are reworks of keyboards that will be shaping the sound of things to come for a long time……
Here is the next track in our continuing series about Reaver EP#1, this is the second track of the EP ‘The Prank’. Obviously I wrote this a long time ago and can’t really remember what I was going for, lets just call it eclectic ! Chuck in a few synth hits, a few rave back beats and a number of ripped off samples and what do you get ? A warehouse track…. anyway take a listen…..
I haven’t talked about any other artists for a while, so lets do…. Artist of the week….
Hi-Shock is a techno artists that has been active even longer than I have, we crossed paths briefly back in the late 90’s but since then I’ve not had anything to do with him other than seeing his name appear on the odd party flyer. I had no idea what he had been up to until I friended him on Facebook and checkout his happenings. Looks like you have been busy in the last 10 years… excellent !
DJ Hi-shock, Simon, to his friends, has been busily building an arsenal of deep and minimal techno tracks that could sink a battle ship. Taking a tour through his profile on Beatport will give you a taste of the sonic experiments he has embarked upon. From the traditional deep, full, techno sound of Ageha, The angry and dirty warehouse feel of Zath and a few surprises from Asama Express which sends you on a ride of anticipation, expect nothing but full on in your face minimal tech.
With his record label Elektrax in full swing and churning out plenty of tunes I think we will hear much more from Hi-Shock. Excellent work.
