I’m fairly certain no-one reads this site - there’s already plenty of aggregate sources for music industry news, gear reviews etc., yet I’ve not entirely given up (despite the lack of posts in past weeks).
One cool update is my Solo Piano CD project has now been used to support a number of unique organizations - it’s incredibly rewarding to see it having impact! So with things happening on that front in Canada and Africa, it’s time to seek outlets here in New Zealand and Australia.
Mellow Drops @ Mosaic on May 18th
First weekend of using Ableton Live at Mosaic - used a 4in/4out interface to connect a clean mix to the house, and a separate click track to the drummer. I’m now thinking less and less as a keyboard player, and more as a producer… fun times.
Stumbled upon
Renoise today - a multi-platform tracker music application. I’ve tried to block the frustration of ScreamTracker and FastTracker 2 out of my mind (they led the field in the 90’s before Ableton Live redefined the game), but if you’re looking for a different way to view sample-based production and composition, it’s worth a look.
(Demo Available / Full Version is ~$75)
And this time only 8 business days to get a small box of my CDs from Ottawa to Mount Maunganui.
Prolific year for Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails - first, his conceptual album
Ghosts, and its
accompanying film festival, and then this week, a free-for-download full-length album
The Slip. Especially cool is the option to download the multi-track sessions in full - amazing! One last thing (and beautiful attention to detail), unlike Radiohead’s sub-par quality online release of In Rainbows, you get your chance of choosing the quality of your download - up to and including Apple Lossless / FLAC. All this, and the pre-sale for tour tickets was just announced.
Cafe Scientifique runs discussion/lectures at cafes by professors on a wide range of topics dealing with science and the arts. They have a handful of these events in Tauranga this year, and this Monday it’s “New Technologies and Musical Expression” - might be interesting(?)
