Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Gives You Wings
Yeh, so a very long time since my last post. But I've been busy. And some of the stuff I have been busy with will get posted up here. But for now, here's an interesting link to a story about electronic musician Matthew Herberts failed attempt to record the sounds of a pigs lifecycle from birth to death and onto someones plate http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/feb/11/matthew-herbert-pig-slaughter
Yesterday was all about the Red Bull Music Academy at the ICA, which was absolutely brilliant. I got there early, 3.30, in fact before it even started at 4 to avoid missing out. Luckily this meant I got to spend about 20 minutes chatting with/learning from Wookie about producing in general and specifically Logic.
After that I watched an interview with dubstep producers Ramadanman and Pangea and then took a break, so sat and read my book (David Toop's "Ocean of Sound") and had some Spanish Omelette and a cappucino.
I managed to secure myself a spot on a sofa for the next interview session with the legend that is Jazzie B. He was very entertaining, a 45 interview with some great anecdotes about his experiences in the music industry and how his career developed and played some key tracks from his childhood and career, including "London Beats", a breaks record he put out in 1985 that was mixed live, proper old skool stuff. He saved the only well known Soul II Soul beats until the very end with a remix of Back To Life that rocked the ICA bar and crowd as he invited everyone to the Sound Clash on Wednesday night
I also got to see a bit of Andreya Triana doing a vocal workshop but sadly I had to work in the pub that night so I left around 8pm, missing the live performances of the evening. Oh well, it was certinly a brilliant way to spend a Saturday afternoon, the event was brilliantly well organised and oozing with enthusiasm, appreciation and passion for music.
Yesterday was all about the Red Bull Music Academy at the ICA, which was absolutely brilliant. I got there early, 3.30, in fact before it even started at 4 to avoid missing out. Luckily this meant I got to spend about 20 minutes chatting with/learning from Wookie about producing in general and specifically Logic.
After that I watched an interview with dubstep producers Ramadanman and Pangea and then took a break, so sat and read my book (David Toop's "Ocean of Sound") and had some Spanish Omelette and a cappucino.
I managed to secure myself a spot on a sofa for the next interview session with the legend that is Jazzie B. He was very entertaining, a 45 interview with some great anecdotes about his experiences in the music industry and how his career developed and played some key tracks from his childhood and career, including "London Beats", a breaks record he put out in 1985 that was mixed live, proper old skool stuff. He saved the only well known Soul II Soul beats until the very end with a remix of Back To Life that rocked the ICA bar and crowd as he invited everyone to the Sound Clash on Wednesday night
I also got to see a bit of Andreya Triana doing a vocal workshop but sadly I had to work in the pub that night so I left around 8pm, missing the live performances of the evening. Oh well, it was certinly a brilliant way to spend a Saturday afternoon, the event was brilliantly well organised and oozing with enthusiasm, appreciation and passion for music.
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