Category: Music
Music is a huge part of my life so it’s almost certain that this category will have a lot of stuff in it.
Some new sounds from me: Liberator
So where is my discover weekly playlist
I’ve been really enjoying Spotify’s ‘discover weekly’ playlist, until that is, this week, when it has completely failed to arrive. My last playlist was dated the 14th and since then I’ve had nothing new! It’s amazing how easy it is to get used to things, and I’ve really got used to this playlist being refreshed every week. So, not getting it this week has been annoying. Almost an inconvenience!
I hope that they get it sorted out soon!
So I watched “I dream of wires”
It was quite interesting actually. I filled a lot of gaps in my knowledge about modulars. However, it still hasn’t made me really want one. I can understand the ideas behind them and I can understand why they are popular, but I still don’t want to commit to getting one. Perhaps it’s because I’ve never actually got my hands on one so I’m not hooked as yet. Who knows.
Still, it was interesting to watch and hear some of the views of a few artists I really respect.
Edinburgh Fringe 2015: The Blues Brothers Live
This was a must for me at Edinburgh this year. Of course, with a show like this you never quite know what you’re going to get before you get there. It’s a gamble, like most of the Fringe, but even more so when you’re a big fan of something like The Blues Brothers.
But it was very good. Very good indeed. They did all the major songs and more. The routines were very good, Jake was especially convincing and all in all it was a good gig.
I think I should go to a few more Blues Brothers tribute bands.
I can’t believe that Sylvian’s new release is sold out already
I’ve missed it. I’m really annoyed about that. I’ve checked the confront recordings site and it confirms that it’s sold out. How irritating is that! I didn’t even know it was going to be a limited edition release. I thought I’d just be able to get a digital edition.
I guess I could look for a copy on eBay and pay too much for it. I’m not really happy about it all. Sort of annoyed with myself too.
Messing around with littleBits MIDI bit
I’ve been playing around with my new littleBits MIDI bit. It’s pretty easy to get to grips with. It handles USB MIDI and 5 pin MIDI too, which is very handy. It all worked very well actually. I tested it out using Genome MIDI Sequencer on my iPad. No problems at all.
I got it to hopefully make my littleBits collection a bit more useful. I think that it will. The down side is that it appears that one of the oscillators in my kit appears to have stopped working. Which is disappointing. I doubt that there’s anyway to fix it sadly. I guess I’ll just have to get a new one.
Finished a new track with NanoStudio
I’ve been a big fan of NanoStudio since it first launched, but I’ve rarely finished anything that I’ve started with it. Today I’ve finished a piece that I began ages ago. It’s an old track that I’ve re-worked and I’m really pleased with it.
AudioShare is an awesome swiss army knife of mobile audio. I used it here to record the track in so I could then move it into …
Which made it sound even better, or at least that’s what I think. The final track will be up on SoundCloud later.
littleBits MIDI bit arrived
Well my littleBits MIDI bit arrived. I’ve been meaning to get one of these for a while now.
So Reaktor 6 is here
And it looks really interesting and like a good update from 5.5. But before upgrading I have to ask myself if I’m actually going to make enough use of this update to make it worthwhile. So far I’m not doing anything really interesting with Reaktor so I’m sitting on the fence about getting the upgrade. There’s always the argument that actually the upgrade itself will make me make something interesting with it, but I’m even struggling to get myself to believe that!
I think I’ll leave it for a couple of months and see what I feel like then.
I am Ashley Elsdon 