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The Information Generation
Just read an interesting article about the Information Generation on website called Faster than Light. It got my attention because a) it showed up as a random post on my other WordPress blog, and b) because it talks about a world where there is only “online”. It made me think about my own world...
Loopmasters Top Free Effects Plugins
I’m always on the lookout for new VST plugins, so I was pleased to see that Loopmasters have produced a list of their favourite free vst fx plugins. The one featured in the picture is the Elegoxa Ellotronix – a “VST plugin which emulates the famous Robert Fripp’s effect called “Frippertronics”: two Revox B-77 making...
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Happy EP and other stories
The remix I did for Warp Technique is out on April 25th, 2011, on Dubmission Records. It’s called “Nowhere Dub (mistrust remix)” and is available on all the major music download sites. The track is part of the “Happy EP”, which is the final release from the band’s “Make Animals Happy” album. The full track...
2010 Round-up
I just thought I’d round up all the “mistrust” highs and lows of 2011 – more a way of documenting what’s gone on music-wise for me than anything else. It’s not a massive list, but following the advice of Jasper from Dubmission Records, I tried to make 2010 a better year than 2009…. So, what...
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Ten interesting things
Ten interesting things? I’ve changed my blog theme again. I’m now using the Twenty Ten 1.1 WordPress theme. Why change it? The Revolt Basic theme was ok, but I was sick of not having sidebars that I could post links in. I’ve closed most of the reader comments on my blog. This is because lots...
Soundcloud, Myspace and Facebook
There’s a lot of good music on Soundcloud these days, and it makes me wonder whether your average music lover is heading over there to listen to their favourite band and find their latest tracks, rather than going to Myspace. When I first started putting my own music online, it was Myspace where I got...
On the radio
In the last week I’ve had my very first interview on the radio, and my kids made some “well done” messages for me…. Those nice folk at Chorlton Arts Radio, part of the Chorlton Arts Festival in Manchester, UK, invited me onto one of their shows last Friday evening. My very first radio interview! I...
Spam me not
Since I’ve started up this new version of my blog, I’ve found that I’m getting more spam comments than the old one. However, I’m not sure why anyone would want to use my website to promote their DVDs, shoes, or any other product, when they can find a bigger following on someone else’s site. They...
ConDem Nation
So, the United Kingdom has a new Government. A new start, or so we’re told. New beginnings, and all that nonsense. The wags in the media as using the title “ConDem” for the new coalition between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, and others have suggested that we’re now living in “ConDem Nation”. I know that...
Getting a Number 1 Hit with a Facebook campaign
So, Ultravox didn’t make it to Number 1 in the UK top 40 singles charts with their single “Vienna”. The song didn’t even reach the top 100. Did anyone think it might, especially as the song is nearly 30 years old? Well, a lot of people did, especially those people who were involved in the...
Vote Now
Labour? Conservative? LibDems? Nah!!! Vote Ultravox Vienna for Number 1 this week! The campaign to get Ultravox’s Vienna to Number 1 in the UK singles chart enters its final week. The song spent 4 weeks at Number 2 in 1981, beaten only by John Lennon’s Imagine and Joe Dolce’s Shaddup yer face! So why not...
You should watch this video
Without repeating exactly what Ian Shepherd wrote on his production advice website, you should really watch this video. I can’t really write much about it that will really do it justice, so it’s probably a good idea if you just watch it first – like I did – and then see what you think about...
