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.