17 Days, really?

Well, got nothing done really, except a couple new tracks, but to be fair I'm feeling pretty fucking amibitious about the whole thing anyway, friday that is, Secret Sounds *haha still makes me laugh, every time. Anyways yeah had a really quick go of what I had in mind last night and it seams to be working, essentially assigning each knob on my nanokontrol2 to control a different effect. Test run was delay/comby type thing, stretch, bitcrush and a reverser, sounded fucking bitching actually, real kinda old school feel and sound to it, so the plan is to make the set first, all at the same BPM, all synced, all nice, and set cue points telling me what BPM I need to change it to when it comes up to the cue. Seams kinda like cheating, cause I'd have to do all the "mixing", more like mashing in my case beforehand, but then I'd have the freedom to work the effects to bits, as well as keep control of the speed of the proceedings, either way I'm excited as shit about it, really can't wait to get this shit up and running woot

Finally

Holidays start today. 17 days to make a man of myself. Let's go.

Going Postal

Going post crazy these days! Well, yesterday, and today. I suppose it may be because some things have happened, well they haven't really to be truthful, but anyways, moving on... So, first order of business is a guy came by last night and left with my laptop, hopefully that means it's gonna he's going to be fixing it. So that is good.

Now secondly, i sent pep a message on http://www.ihatebreakcore.com/ which I am effectively an admin on, not that I've ever done anything admin-like on there, apart from post like a lunatic and update the polls. Anyways we're going to try to get the contests section up and running again (I have to stop using that bullshit, Xbox troubleshooting line) but yeah, have some pretty ambitious ideas... The ideas are a bit too ambitious to reveal, and the last thing I want is to ever look back at this thing, realising that I never did any of the things I had said I was going to do. Long winded much? I know.

Anyways that's that, in other news I got a bunch of new tunes, stuff I always meant to listen to, but never did, out of stubbornness or procrastination, either way got a bunch of Xanopticon, Igorr and I:gor, as well as a few choice things, like Scenocide 202 by The Outside Agency, which has gotten some fairly mega reviews. What I was really after was Insideout Liver Meat Balloon by Doormouse, circa '98, though I'd like to think he made the tracks earlier than that... This got me to thinking about Dan Martin, and where he is now...

So, I looked it up on google earth, and this is where he is;

In Miami, being a personal trainer, in that building.

Urgh, that will have to do for today. I was going to post a track also but I can't find the embed code. Whatever.

Another one bites the dust

So it's been a long time coming, but my laptop's decided not to charge itself anymore... which means I need to get it fixed, as well as get a new one :/ not particularly thrilled about it. Kinda puts my "music" plans on hold, which is unfortunate, especially seeing as I have a set to do next month, for Tariq's bad ass looking breakcore/hardcore night "Secret Sounds" (I love that name, sounds like an underground junior disco or something)

Yeah so that should be decent, pretty all star line-up, Yeahhbuzz and Alien Hand's sets should be off the chain.

Mine will either be the same old drivel, or if I can get this laptop situation sorted, it could be something pretty bad ass.

Seems daunting though... Hope it all goes okay... Actually it always goes okay, be nice if it went phenominally, and there was another one of these next month or something!

Just to prove I'm not a liar, here's some trax

ENDUSER - ONE THIRD (SKRMX) by Shere Kahnn

ARIEL2 by Shere Kahnn

HYPESTEP (FUCK YEAH! WHAT SKRMX) by Shere Kahnn

So there.

Oh yeah and I forgot to mention I plan one uploading a new track every week or so. So watch this space, or just like, take the easy way out and follow me on soundcloud. On second thought, don't do it.

3 weeks later

Well 3 weeks have gone by, managed to get the nanokontrol set up, with each of the 8 sliders/knobs representing different effects, need to set it up for traktor though, or maybe I should try deckadance like I've been meaning to... Actually, if I can automate the tempo in FL, I'll be sorted.

I've got a potential set/night/gig coming up (don't really know what to call it when I play "live"), it's gonna be in Dublin, first in dublin in a LONG time actually, first since the Gamepak Blackout fiasco, which was effectively the last Gamepak too, which was a shame, cause it was always mad fun. Either way though those nights always ended up having "better" (more poular, dubstep) acts downstairs, i.e. that time, I played upstairs at the same time as Kode 9 was downstairs (or whatever/whoever/whatever they're/he's calling him/themselves) so there was effectively no one there, I stopped playing chuiptune and lashed out a few of my older breakcore hits, which didn't go down too well, not that I can even really remember...

Anyways the night coming up is being set up by Jaygo, hopefully it all works out, he was talking about booking boxcutter, and me playing support, which sounded like nonsense, but he reassured me that I'd be playing in a different room. This could be the start of something decent though, and it's been a while since anything decent and regular's been around, cause Jaygo's mad down with the hardcore and breakcore.

I think I might suggest booking Shitmat, which would then make him the live act I've seen the most times, at about 5. I must get those pictures of me spooning him while he was asleep on Michael's couch, although those might be top secret, but I doubt he'd mind the idea. That is Henry, Michael might be a bit worried of how he'd react though...

Okay so remember a few weeks/months back I said I'd post stuff as I put it out on this thing, I LIED. Ha not really but yeah I did, having never posted a single track in here. So here goes, a double bonanza!
Well, this is great, I can't access my soundcloud widgets, I'll try do it later, or tomorow or something... But anyways thats a shitload of news there, definitely a couple weeks worth anyway, I'll keep (trying) to post.

Today

so, I got the nanokontrol this morning, can't wait to fuck around with it later, yay!

Hope it isn't too difficult to set up or anything, never really done anything like this before except for the 808. actually couldn't set that up due to lack of Midi... Well, got the MAdcatz RockBand Midi Guitar working okay recently, I just this is what I was looking for... Although it kinda looks like it'd be an Ableton controller, maybe I should learn to use ableton, nah, heep of shite, just need to figure out a way to use FL live, WITHOUT it crashing on me, that was a nightmare :( first ever gig, let's not talk about it...