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July 30th, 2010

Busy is a word that I have been using throughout my holidays but I have managed to get quite a lot done over the last wee while:

1. New Album

I noticed yesterday that I can add only one more track to the album as it stands before I reach the 70min mark that most cdr’s are aimed at. The album will feature ten tracks now, one of which I am currently completing and it should be ready for the release fairly shortly. Then I have to do the marketing after that for it going out to the general public on the 31st August 2010.

2. The Punch Up Pilot

Slight name change here but the music is rocking and being recorded as I speak. We have the main tracks down for guides and the bass track is down on the first demo. More info soon.

3. E|Drums Vol2

I have been doing a lot of thinking about this recently and have decided to split it down into several sections as follows:

  1. Kitchen Sink – Quite literally the kitchen sink!
  2. Foley – Anything that can be hit with a drum stick will be recorded for the pack
  3. Samples – Kicks, snares, Toms and Hi hats aplenty
  4. Acoustic Snare – I found one in the house and I will be sampling every part of it to provide the best in acoustic snare samples
  5. Layered – All the sounds layered and effected to provide the punchiest drum sounds available

I am planning to provide these samples as .wav, Reason Refill, Ultrabeat and ESX24 along with a few others. I plan to release this at the end of September.

Now onto finishing the website for everyone to see and then on with the marketing!!!

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Resurrection

July 27th, 2010

Hey folks,

I have spent most of the day today trying to muster up the need to work in the studio but I was having no luck until I went trawling through the internet looking for cool live bands and records.

I came across a few but when listening to them I felt (arrogantly) that I would be able to do it as easily as them and went and set about wriitng some new material away from the usual minimal stuff.

So I did, I have had a hook in my head for the last week now that I knew would only be suited for heavier styles of music and I thought it would be a good idea to mix the dance orientated styles with a more rockier approach. Nothing new there but I thought it would work as long as all of the songs had a very large and juicy hook to the chorus.

So, I went ahead and programmed real drums for a change and wrote the hook (took me an hour to find the right notes on the keyboard) and then set about laying guide tracks for the bass and the guitars. I am happy to say that if the finished product swings and is as hooky as the current demo I will be very happy indeed!

Obviously there is still alot of work to go on but I have listened to it over twenty times and haven’t got sick of it yet which is good as I have Paul coming in tomorrow or the next day to record some bass for me before I get Paddy over to do the guitars.

Once I have written and demoed four tracks I will post them here for you to check out but for the time being it is still a project that is going under the name ‘PunchUp Pilate’.

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Five days gone……..

July 26th, 2010

Well folks I have been off for five days into my holiday’s and I have got a lot done.

Day 1:

The majority of the new MTBM.NET website is built and all I have to do now is add all of the content which will take the longest time. I am hoping that the website will be done by Sunday 1st August though so I’ll keep you updated.

I have three tracks finished in the writing stage and ready to arrange.

Day 2:

Searched the house for things to sample for my new E|Drums samplepack. Found loadsa stuff and I will post tomorrow on the full extent of the pack once I get it all down on paper.

Day 3:

Created a new track Red and White which you can hear below:

Red and White by mtbmnet

Day 4: Took a day off!!!

Day 5: Today, loaded Guru CM up into Logic and I will be having a play with that later. Looks good though. For the rest of today I will be cleaning up the house and then doing more work on the website tonight before spending an entire day in the studio tomorrow.

Speaky soon

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