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well, I've been busy with music a lot these days.
I got a Novation Launchpad for use with Ableton and I am loving how intuitive and LIVE it makes the software. I've also been digging in to Ableton and getting very excited about how powerful this program truly is... it makes me WANT to play gigs and get all "scene" and stuff. I wish I still knew "people" etc... it is just awesome.
I'm currently using my launchpad, a nano-kontrol for lie mixing and two keyboard controllers (mpk49 and Novation remote 25 for those who care or know about these things) coupled with Massive, Omnisphere, Absynth and sampling alongside my Virus Snow and I don't think I have had a more inspiring and creative rig in ages (maybe back to the psytrance days and all that hardware I used to play with)
I am returning to the stage this weekend with John (my partner in Chemical Angel and long long long time friend) to do a noise/ambient/beat show. It will be interesting in that I haven't played out in a while... but I'm in it for the art and the fun of it.
My hope is to take the new setup solo as well (or team up with someone I haven't considered yet) to do some more beat and groove driven Glitchy IDM stuff with the same rig. Maybe play some coffee shops/art galleries... that sort of thing.
There has also been talk of reviving Chemical Angel and doing it far more live and spontaneous...
I'm looking forward to making music for people again and I hope I'm genuinely able to find the time with everything else I am commited to these days.
Here's to it!!!
s
I got a Novation Launchpad for use with Ableton and I am loving how intuitive and LIVE it makes the software. I've also been digging in to Ableton and getting very excited about how powerful this program truly is... it makes me WANT to play gigs and get all "scene" and stuff. I wish I still knew "people" etc... it is just awesome.
I'm currently using my launchpad, a nano-kontrol for lie mixing and two keyboard controllers (mpk49 and Novation remote 25 for those who care or know about these things) coupled with Massive, Omnisphere, Absynth and sampling alongside my Virus Snow and I don't think I have had a more inspiring and creative rig in ages (maybe back to the psytrance days and all that hardware I used to play with)
I am returning to the stage this weekend with John (my partner in Chemical Angel and long long long time friend) to do a noise/ambient/beat show. It will be interesting in that I haven't played out in a while... but I'm in it for the art and the fun of it.
My hope is to take the new setup solo as well (or team up with someone I haven't considered yet) to do some more beat and groove driven Glitchy IDM stuff with the same rig. Maybe play some coffee shops/art galleries... that sort of thing.
There has also been talk of reviving Chemical Angel and doing it far more live and spontaneous...
I'm looking forward to making music for people again and I hope I'm genuinely able to find the time with everything else I am commited to these days.
Here's to it!!!
s