Feminism vs MGTOW – The Failure of Marriage

This post really has nothing to do with music. I write these as they help me get my thoughts straight. Also it is a way for me to communicate with the world. I have been looking a bit into MGTOW lately. That means Men Going Their Own Way. While it has suddenly exploded on YouTube, … Continue reading Feminism vs MGTOW – The Failure of Marriage

Turning a Loop into a Song

Well really that should be a "Piece" as without words it ain't a Song, but that is the parlance and when in Rome, do Romans. This article is gong to be huge (over 3,100 words). This subject is so huge that people have written bibles on each part of this. I am glossing to try … Continue reading Turning a Loop into a Song

SpaceShip : Continuum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRQTEd9-UBg SpaceShip : Continuum This is a companion (or sequel) to the similarly named SpaceShip album. The theme is essentially the same, of a group of people hopping on a spaceship to move to a new life on a new world. Where the first album was simple and hopeful, this one has some darker elements to … Continue reading SpaceShip : Continuum

Using One Sample for EVERY sound

This article flows from a request I got from Ben after hearing my "One For All" track on Pixel Deep Plays where all sounds in the track (incl. drums) were made from one short sample. Ben asked: Really enjoying reading your posts. I listened to your album and I liked the idea of making a composition … Continue reading Using One Sample for EVERY sound

Pixel Deep Plays

Everything on a computer is pixel deep. There is nothing but our imagination beneath the pixels we see. Some people say that is a reason to consider music made on computers non-music. Even some musicians think that software instruments are not as real as those made of wood and tin (with circuits inside). I don't … Continue reading Pixel Deep Plays

500+ Reasons ReFill

500+ Reasons ReFill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBCo8s3D1bQ 500+ Reasons ReFill is a collection of the Reason patches that I have made over the last two years. As the name suggests, the ReFill contains 500+ patches for the Propellerheads Reason environment. ReFill Count Bass : 48 Bell : 34 Brass : 46 Drums : 14 Lead : 20 Organ : … Continue reading 500+ Reasons ReFill

Other Places / Other Spaces

There is nothing remotely Pop about this record, it is 1 hour 20 mins long to start with, and the four pieces are all 20 mins long. This album is in great part about the artwork so I will pop the YouTube video above the Bandcamp audio. Set to full screen and quality to HD. … Continue reading Other Places / Other Spaces

Albums that could only have happened in the 80’s

The 80's was a special decade in popular music as it created things that just wouldn't or couldn't have happened at any other time. Some of the reasons are technology, some are social. The main technologies to affect music in the 80's were affordable Synthesizers, Samplers, and the Music Video. The social events were fear of Nuclear … Continue reading Albums that could only have happened in the 80’s

Being Told What To Do – and Tyranny

We live in troubled times with daily reports of terrorism, warfare and the politics of government and economics associated to both. We've done it all before so many times through history so why are we doing it again?

Monuments of Man

Monuments of Man started with the working title of "Temples". While I really liked the idea of making tone poems based on temples (and other religious buildings) I also had some problems. Number one was that as an Atheist it seems slightly off-kilter to be making music about something that I don't believe in. That said, … Continue reading Monuments of Man