I’d say 3am is a good time for remixing. My wife wouldn’t say 1am is a good time for a singalong.
So here’s a remix anyway:
3am Remixers
Hello Vocoder
Hello Vocoder, my metal friend. I’ve come to talk with you again.
The Fuzzplex
The Fuzzplex is finally completed – two custom-made Fuzz Factories (each slightly different under the hood) with a mixer to combine them. Presented here in blue.
Everything Everywhere All the Time
For those (like me) who have found Iceland an interesting musical pilgrimage over the past decade or two, here’s a documentary I’m enjoying watching:
Everything Everywhere All the Time on Vimeo
(It’s free to watch for the next couple of weeks.)
Welcome Self Control
Welcome to our music video for Welcome Self Control, filmed at the Winter Night Market on 29 July 2016. Heaps of thanks to Freddie at Inspire Films for his awesome work!
FTK goes live
For the first time, Fight the Kipple will be performing live! Come along… I’ll be playing about 10 songs, starting at 8pm. View the facebook event for more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1612818399030194/
Hard Soup
My first steps into the world of guitar pedal building. I call it “Hard Soup”.
Happy Easter!
Have a happy Easter! Thanks to my friend Kelly for playing flute on this track.
A Choir of Me
A couple of interesting experiences in the studio this past week: recording a flute for my latest song, and recording a whole choir – of myself…
Parcel from France
I’ve been eagerly tracking the progress of this parcel from France….
How to Ring-Modulate a Moose
Okay, this is a pretty dry video on modular synthesis (fine if, like me, that’s your thing) that I was watching the other day…. Then suddenly, at about 17:50, a sample of a moose grunting is loaded up and put through a ring modulator! Brilliant.
Prime Time
There’s something musically very interesting about prime numbers. While so much music is built around 4 beats to the bar, it’s nice to branch out into 3, 5, 7 or 11 for a change. The other day I even caught myself rocking out with a riff that was a group of 13….
Bull in a China Cymbal Shop
Man, I love my China cymbal! It’s like an alchemist’s perfect blend of thunder and lightning, forged out of bronze (probably deep inside a mountain somewhere).
It had me almost falling backwards off my seat yesterday as it exploded under my drum sticks….
A forest of sound
Had a good day today: working on the mix of my latest song OR trying to hunt it down in the forest of sound….
808
The 808 drum machine… 30 years and still going strong – it must have something magical on the inside…. (And even if you don’t know an 808, you will have heard it lots!)
A new challenge
Just tried playing drums to a couple of my songs. Let’s just say I don’t think I’ll be playing those beats any time soon!…
Dancing in the Post-Apocalypse
A flickering florescent light has turned the studio into a post-apocalyptic dance venue. All I need now is a bit more concrete and kipple, a few sparks here and there, and some clothing accessories made out of old tyres, bits of plastic and stuff.
Late to the Revolution
Been really enjoying the Akai iMPC app on the iPad! Feels like I shoulda joined the MPC Revolution years ago – like I’m wandering around Cuba looking for Che….
A new form of procrastination?
I think I invented a new form of procrastination the other day: instead of finishing writing a song, I arranged it for a String Quartet (but definitely think Kashmir by Led Zep rather than Mozart)….
Acoustic Reintegration
I pulled out the acoustic guitar the other day – after years of disowning it for not sounding like Ben Harper. And it still doesn’t sound like Ben Harper (funny that!) – but there was definitely some magic. So welcome back, acoustic guitar!
Thanks Science!
Scientists have “discovered” the optimum beat to make people dance: a regular rhythm, but with something a little unexpected. ‘Course I’ve never been much of a dancer myself….
Hope is the Sunrise
1 cup of Hopeful mixed with a pinch of Mellow, served over tasty Beats.
Inspiration strikes in the bath
…Or in this case on the bath – with a little helper.
