Hey look, one of my songs was accepted for the Electro-Music 2011 SamplerCD – woot! I’m honored to be selected and included in this compilation with such a great group of talented electronic musicians. This CD is now available and you can order by clicking here and scrolling to the the bottom of the page.
One year ago today I released the second album in the science fiction Signals Universe concept album series I Hear Your Signals. Time for some reflection and thanks.
I want to thank all those who listeners and bloggers who shared links via Facebook and Twitter. I huge thanks to all those who bought this album (which tells the invasion story from the alien point of view), and REBOOT (which tells the story from the human point of view)!!! Your support means a lot to me as an indie artist. Also thanks to the Spellbound radio show for airing my music and to the Redfaux Transmision for groking the album and then taking the time to review it :^) Thanks to my family for being patient while I make them listen to endless revisions of the music.
If you did download it and now would like to support the art with a purchase visit my Music page where there previews, links to iTunes, Amazon, and Bandcamp.
Spin Off
In the last year, the Signals Universe has grown in other ways. In December I released a free sound set called “Sounds from a Distant Outpost” so I and other other artists could take a trip to an alien outpost and compose with sounds and instruments from this world. Checkout some compositions here. This sound pack has been downloaded over 2,000 times!
A Special Shout Out to Ableton Colorado User Group
I want to give a special shout out to Marc (djnsm) and the entire Ableton Colorado User Group for being great test subjects for new tracks and offering me the opportunity to play tracks on awesome PAs between shows ;^) Below is a video of the fist time I performed “First Orbit” live 4 months before album release (video shot by David Henderson)!
Your support has encouraged me to continue with this concept album series so the next album will pick up where the last two left off. I’ve got a narrative and nice collection of songs that I’ve composed and been rehearsing over the last year to support the soundtrack to the story. I even played some of these songs in recent shows. Over the next few months I’ll start finalizing arrangements and start mixing the album down. Subscribe to RSS feed for this blog or join my email newsletter to stay informed.
Pass it On
I’ve created an easy to remember vanity URL http://www.SignalsUniverse.com which links my artist web site. If you know of any fans of electronic music or science fiction please consider passing this along.
Just a quick post to let you know that I've finished mixing and mastering Reboot and will release the album for digital download on Halloween! I will post an announcement here when the EP is online.
In the last few weeks I’ve been experimenting with a very interesting software synthesizer called Synplant. Checkout the description from the marketing blurb - “Instead of creating patches the conventional way by turning dials and knobs, Synplant lets you explore a world of organic sounds by planting seeds that grow into synth patches.”
It’s quite fantastic really and I’ve already have 1st draft compositions of two new tracks using multiple instances of Synplant along with my usual pallet of sounds.
I’m hoping to get at least one of the tracks uploaded for your listening pleasure sometime in September.
I’ve not posted in a number of weeks. I’ve been quite busy working on various music related projects. Here is a quick run-down.
I’m have a really fun new electronica single that is almost finished.
Ableton Live 8 released. Live 8 is the software I use for all my compositions so I’ve been busy learning it and blogging about it over at http://www.modulatethis.com.
Last weekend I attended the Communikey Festival of Electronic arts in Boulder where I got to meet a lot of other electronic musicians and see some great performances.