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I love feeling this evil...

After buying the iphone, I searched out the best way to arrange music on the damn thing. Right now, there aren't too many options, but the most in-depth applications I found, noise.io and beatmaker, seemed like they would combine to give me enough features...

Although these programs are about 10 and 20 bucks each, they were worth it... Limited in comparison to a computer and a DAW, but still powerful for what it is.

I spent a couple hours learning how use them, and this is what my learning curve sounded like:

I'll probably go back and rework it later (its a part of a larger piece probably destined to be From Exile material)

Here's the basic idea;

I'm going to post youtube videos as I progress through building this track... I haven't decided exactly what I'm going for or what it should sound like, I'm just going to run with it and see what happens... And hopefully (maybe) use feedback generated through this process...

Here's the fruity loops video with some of the basic ideas:

This first video establishes a few basic musical ideas that I'm going to build from... After this, I'll bounce the loops into another program, probably Digital Performer or Logic, arrange it, add some more parts, and lay down guitars and keyboards.

plan on building it next month.

cross your fingers...

Action has been slow on the site, but intense elsewhere. To summarize:

The From Exile record is finally nearing completion. I have been spending the last month on guitar solos (only one left!!). After we finish the record, we will be releasing more footage and compiling some more behind the scenes previews... It sounds amazing, and there is really nothing more I can say about it.

Onset played another show, this time with Stephen Dimmick on drums. Ohmpark has posted some pics here

I've also been busy recording keyboards for a as of yet unannounced side project with some great players... More on that as soon as I can divulge the info and drop the tunes...

recording for the onset record has started...

So; this is how it works -

Producers sell rappers beats. Someone sold Nas this beat, probably for thousands of dollars since Nas is such a big name with a budget to spend and a name to uphold... The dude is tough enough to talk shit about jay-z for shits sake. This video shows how deep the producer for "Hero" went into tweaking the synth hook...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEV0lxfI7Zo

Pretty lame that it takes 60 seconds and a stock synth preset that everyone with Native Instruments' (very popular) Massive plug-in has to recreate a high-profile single... I think Nas is one of the better hip hop artists around, too bad that he got ripped off.. I would be embarrased, but, what do I know.

lots of news to come; back in the studio finishing guitahs...

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