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And here we have the 4th demo from the Enhanced series.  This track makes me want to continue down the “Enhanced” series. As there were only expected to be 4 tracks with a general production theme, this one put a bump in that plan.  I think this has turned into something greater than the original plan.

I’m actually quite happy with the way this has turned out…what started as a mistake turned into something that really puts a smile on my face.  A few things to note - as always, this is not EQed/mastered.  There is a bit of time displacement on the crash symbols due to reverb but that will be fixed in the final recording.

So… that said…

Download Enhanced (track 4 demo)

or take a listen

Back in December I started to do some tracks that were a bit more dark and aggressive than I had in the past.  I lost the desire to do anything ambient and went full bore into a new style for me.  

The first track, Enhanced, was done over a short period of time.  Then life got in the way, I simply didn’t have time or motivation.  Finally, I got back into the studio and re-started my production efforts and the next demo just came out…

As always, this is purely a demo.  Nothing mastered, sound levels are off, the full FX were not applied to the mix.  If I ever actually do record this for some type of release, it would end up sounding significantly different… much more polished.

So, here you go, the demo for Enhanced.2 

And you can download it from here (right click and save as…)

Welcome to day 9 of “31 days of Music”, and today we have a great one!  We have The Orb’s Resident Advisor Podcast.

You can download it here!  Enjoy!

Welcome to day 5 of the 31 days of music!  Today is a really, really rare recording - The Orb Live at Glastonbury back in 1993.  Finding this one really triggered some memories for me.

I hope you enjoy.

The tracklisting:

1. A Morphine Drip
2. Little Fluffy Clouds
3. Sunburst
4. Blue Room
5. Towers of Dub

Well, with the things I have experienced the last few days I took my energy and focused on a new track - but it is for another project, not the one I had been working on the the last month.

Here you go: JP/VMS - Enhanced (Demo)

As with all other Demos this is not mastered and is in no way the final product. Rather, this is 6 hours of getting the form and structure down for the rewrite.   Some studio notes…

1) Need to change the lead guitar (maybe)
2) Remove the reverb/echo on backing hit
3) Rearrange lead synth, keep pattern
4) Shorten the high hats echo
5) Remove 32 beats from break, 32 beat from second lead, remove 32 beats from end

All things considered, for just sitting down in a few hours and putting something together, this is not bad at all.  With some polish this has a lot of potential.

Found this on a message board this evening - Meat Beat Manifesto Live at Maritime Hall in 1997.

The sound quality is quite nice, 11 tracks in total.

(as always, I have no connection to this upload - it was found via search engines and patience)

This live set has been around for some time but it is still a great download! Here is Paul Van Dyk DJing live @ Fritz Soundgarden… and it’s almost a 2 hour set.

Paul Van Dyk - Live @ Fritz Soundgarden

The following are new live sets equally worthy of downloading as well…

Paul Van Dyk - Enis Live Rocker

Paul Van Dyk - Sonyc Sessions (11-20-2008)

Please note: I have no connection to these files, I found it via my Google Alerts.

For anyone who is interested in a Fatboy Slim live set, head on over to dailybeats.de for a download.

I just couldn’t focus on track number four because of this track, so I decided to add a few more things and call this one “done” for the demo, so here you go…

EDP/VMS Demo #3

So, a few notes from the studio note pad.

• the samples fit perfectly, but I need a bit more atmosphere
• I am doctor up the sitar a bit more
• the bass hit may continue a few more times (maybe 1)
• depending on a few other minor changes I may make - after listening to this over and over - this may easily be the intro track to the rest of the album

I may simply be missing something when it comes to Joy Division but I never really cared for their music.  Yes, I like New Order (what Joy Division because after the lead singer committed suicide) but the original group never “yanked my crank” so to speak.

Their first song to chart, Love Will Tear Us Apart, seems to be one of the most covered songs in the history of music…  Just off the top of my head some of the groups who took a stab at the song include The Cure, 10,000 Maniacs, Fall Out Boy… umm…. Paul Young (remember him?) and now we can add Alabama 3 to the list.

Devlin Love sounds amazing, as always.  So does Larry.  Regardless of their talent and abilities, I just cannot get into the song.  Would I turn off the song, by no means but I won’t be running to play it either.

Here is the MP3 provided by One Little Indian, the Alabama 3 record label, for all to enjoy.  Yes, it’s free… No it’s not piracy.