Label and pigeon-hole yourselves.....

[Nigel Kersten]

On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Declan Gorman <declan at degomusic.net> wrote:

>  Hi Nigel,
>   Great topic. :)
>
> **Producing**
>   I am still dipping into various genres and never know what I am going to
> write until I sit in front of the keyboard.  These days I use a combination
> of Ableton Live and Maschine and I find both are great for quickly getting
> an idea out of my head.  I made a  conscious decision some time ago to
> share everything I write with the world which is why there are now 78
> tracks on my SoundCloud.  I don't see the point in spending time writing
> music that just sits on your hard drive and nobody gets to hear it.  I am
> quite proud of a recent remix/edit I did of a Moby track called A Case
> For Shame <https://soundcloud.com/dego/moby-cold-specks-dego> so that's a
> good starting point if you are interested in hearing something.  The last
> track I did, Light to Dark <https://soundcloud.com/dego/light-to-dark>,
> has a video <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152720928029095> that
> you guys might appreciate.
>

I'm totally with you on this. I've been finding just knowing that
Soundcloud is there as a way of publishing tracks a big inspiration, and
I'm on the same path with publishing everything.

I like the instrumentation on that Moby remix, but his vocals keep getting
in the way ;)



>
> **Listening**
>   I still like to listen to DJ mixes so I get a lot of inspiration from
> them.  I also like to go to independent music festivals where I get to hear
> a lot of new unsigned music.  There is nothing better than sitting in a
> field with hundreds of strangers listening to music. ;)
> The last few records I bought were Volcano Choir - Repave
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADWw-pYtyMw>, Moby - Innocents
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txksGGB60FM&list=PLMn5Yl6eGoIzbmwxxQrMGLZNuAk4jB6in>,
> The Strypes - Snapshot <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u34KCGAYSyE> , Dub
> FX - Theory Of Harmony <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuNMBsrbv10> and Donnacha
> Constello - Together Is the New Alone
> <http://donnachacostello.bandcamp.com/album/together-is-the-new-alone>.
> All very different but they each excite me in a very different way.
>
>   Having gone through your SoundCloud tracks I have to say that I am
> looking forward to hearing whatever music you decide to share with us.
> game again is a very nice track, it has a really nice mood to it and the
> dubby synth hits are beautiful.
>

cheers! I'm really enjoying going deep on Massive and FM8, as there's so
much potential in both those synths.




>
> Regards,
>
> Declan.
>
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