Music News – New Album; Free Range Love

September 15, 2023

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12/09/2023 - New Album; Free Range Love

In nine days’ time, summer will be officially over and Autumn will begin so I made a Synthwave album something a bit longer than an EP and also something old school lol. I love making this type of music and don’t really make much of it every now and then when I’m in the mood to do something old school and from the 80s as I was born in 1985. I made a mixed bag of Electro beats and some good old Dream Pop or some slower stuff and I’m pretty happy with the results. I called it Free Range Love as I feel love is free, and should be and also the healthiest love you can get. I don’t eat a lot of meat but when I do it has to be free range whatever it is cos it’s better for nature and also fairer. This sums up the title of the eight-track album which was inspired by the 80s and Boogaloo.  I do have feelings of regret about what I could have been doing now and who knows also making the wrong decisions but I don’t hate myself for it I just know now not to make that mistake again and also be vocal with what I disagree with where it counts. I will say though it’s good to have regrets cos it makes you appreciate the things you have depending on what type of person you are but I feel a bit of regret never hurt anybody. One of my biggest regrets was not having believed in myself or listened to what people said I do listen though but sometimes I think they are just being too nice or avoiding the conversation completely, I’ve been making music for quite a few decades now on and off so I should hope I would be able to make something good out of what I  got but I have many and different tastes that scale from Rock to Hip Hop and everything in-between as I would say. I’m really happy with the song Force To Break on this album the synths which I used the Mini and the Prophet from Artuia really bring out the old school flavour and the drum kit which I used Zenhieser 80s drum kit which is one shots (one hit sounds) which I put together inside FL Studio 20.  I used to listen to a lot of old-school Nu Groove and Electro beats on online radio from 2008 onwards so I hope I caught some of that lock, pop and drop and no you ain’t on fire…well sort of. I also was brought up with music like Force To Break and music simlair which is why I’m so obsessed with it and love it so much. To mark Aaliyah’s passing on the 25th of August I thought I do a song for her which is called Till We Meet Again. I met her when she came to my school in Bristol, UK in 1997 it was. I was so devastated when the news broke being a fan of her from the first album and that was how I was introduced to rapper and singer Missy Elliott one of my favourite female rappers and singers. But yeah I was heartbroken and went into shock I never got over it not fully but she will always be in our hearts for the saint she was.  I called one of the tracks Big Butts and Ifs and is the thing called your backside I called it that as I thought it was a quirky title and needed something a bit different from the other titles, I thought I would have run out of titles by now but it turns out I can go for miles with no batteries. I will be making more Synthwave stuff when I’m in the mood it’s the end of summer by the next release so it will be something synthy but I will be making some more House and Jungle/Drum & Bass which I haven’t made for a while now.

Music News – New Album; Tales Of The Dark Side

July 24, 2023

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22/07/2023 - New Album; Tales Of The Dark Side

Halloween has come early this year with this year’s album. The tracks are a bit longer than usual as they mostly have intros at the beginning of the track which I enjoyed making them and was a bit different and something I don’t usually do. Still, I felt like something special for Halloween and for it to be dark and melodic. It’s precisely 4 EPs in one album with different concepts for each EP. The first one, Messy Future, is about a dystopian future and the start of the end of mankind. The second one Welcome To The Circus is about a haunted circus that goes from town to town haunting the spectators with their horrific acts and brutal ways.  The third EP is about being in a haunted house of this girl who lived there since she died of the common cold in Victorian times now she chases people out with her haunting ways. The last part of the EP or album is remixes of the songs on the album and I couldn’t think of another story so I just decided to do some remixes I know people like House music so I did that instead. It was going to be another Synthscape but I couldn’t find a long enough bit to make the Synthscape up and I decided it was good for an intro on an album and then I decided to make more intros and make the songs longer. The FXs on the intros are mangled-up audio of a mix I made it came out funny the first time and I managed to duplicate how it came out and made my synth-scapes out of them which are mangled audio with synthesizers I played over the mangled sounds and is what the FXs on this album is as well. I must admit it’s hard to keep coming up with stuff for Halloween and Christmas, I like to make something interesting and something I don’t or haven’t done and I’ve been making Halloween and Christmas music since 2017 and it’s getting harder each year which is why I like to do concept albums quite a lot as it’s gives me more to think about and be more creative with. This year it’s all twists and plots and I enjoyed making the music as well as the intros. I did have some old Halloween EPs I was meant to put out but was too busy and forgot about them too but I put the best one on the EP which was the Welcome To The Circus EP I made that 2019. I do hope to sell some of the songs to TV and film I know the intros sound interesting I don’t know about the songs themselves but I’m using Ditto Music a music distributor which lets you release music to all the major music platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, YouTube Music and many more for £19 a year but they have a publishing offer for £30 to pitch your songs to sellers in the TV and Film fields so I’m going for that. I am a bit sceptical but we will see I am hopeful though as I think some of my songs are good stuff for TV but I’m not the expert.  As you might of tell I like to use my imagination and it’s good to think of a whole plot without actually writing them down as I like quick things even though I do enjoy making stories and fake characters up it’s always fun but I would write a book but it takes too long.  I like to be serious too and do more serious stuff like this album I made it was another fun way to get creative and do a concept EPs or album but what to do for next year or Christmas….??????>>>>>stay tuned!!!!!

Music News – New EP Release; 6 Pack Remixes I

March 15, 2023

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15/03/2023 - New EP; 6 Pack Remixes I

Another House mini-album of remixes from some of the songs I made that was House, Jungle/Drum & Bass and synthy stuff. I wasn’t going to release it but I liked the tracks and thought why not so here they are. I do like making remixes and will be doing more remixes in the future as I have lots of files of my songs I can re-edit which is what I like to do. I was going to do another Remix This which is songs of other artists which I remix but I felt like remixing my own as I said I have lots of files I can open up and edit and most of the tracks have been released already at some point but I swapped artist’s name so they aren’t on the internet no more but I am putting up the best ones at some point. I also want to start making singles with the original track remix and two or one other song on there which I will be doing real soon as that is something I enjoy doing and means I can do more tracks which is why I don’t really do albums no more and like EPs and singles as it’s more quicker to do then the albums which take some time to do but to be honest not that much time only a couple days at the max. I called it 6 pack remixes as there are six tracks nothing much to it really but I want to make songs more on steroids but it does take more time to make outstanding tracks but I like them to be honest. Some of the original tracks can be found on my Bandcamp page and can be downloaded for free but I went for the ones I liked not the ones I rereleased so they are random really. I remember the days I was fit and had a six-pack and always was toned I mean I’m not fat just a bit flabby and I was a gymnast at some point when I was younger but now I’m a smoker and sit at home all day on my computer which isn’t good for the heart but I do walk quick so when I walk they say it’s more of a slow jog but it get’s me there more quicker . 

Safety First

A special album of songs I made from Public Information Films from mostly the 50s and onwards from America. Some of them are British Public Information Films otherwise called PIFS but mostly are from America from table manners, Marijuana, Communists, gambling and more. It’s an old album which I made around 2018 but I thought I’d give it away for free. 

It’s A Jungle

A quick Jungle/Drum and Bass mini album of tracks I made from 2017 onwards and features clips from Marilyn Monroe, Snow White, Dark And Lonely Water (Public Information Film,) Bill Clinton, Thunderbirds and the Pylon Public Information film. For more information on the tracks used alongside my track please head to G.N.L. Hub>Insprations in the main menu.  

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Don’t Be A Dummy

A set of songs in mixtape form of US and UK public information films that I used in my tracks. I wanted to do another mixtape and thought it be a good idea to make a PIF or public information film album with some of my favourite tracks I made from 2017 onwards and are some of my older tracks. 

Music News – New Album Release; Festive Winters

November 22, 2022

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22/11/2022 - New Album Release; Festive Winters

FESTIVE WINTERS

This year’s winter/Christmas album and a free download on Bandcamp if you want it for on the go. It’s more of the winter wonderland vibe it’s snowing looking at the window music and at a nice relaxing pace with some upbeat tracks in there too. I love to make seasonal winter it’s my favourite time of year or one of them and love to spend time making winter music to relax at a later date as it’s good for my system. There are no carols in the album and I try not make carol tracks as I’ve already covered them in an old album I did ages ago but I’m trying to make time to practice on my keyboard again and learning carols is one of those things I want to do but I am waiting for Christmas to be closer. I’m not sure what I’m doing this Christmas not a lot I don’t really do that much around Christmas time I used to go to London but I don’t go any more but I think I’ll make more music and relax and do something but who knows what. My favourite parts of Christmas were actually going down to the church on Christmas Eve and singing and listening to the carols and also TV used to be good but I heard it is dire now as it’s all repeats. I also enjoy Christmas dinner even though I don’t eat a lot I always love the food and sometimes it can be overpowering looking at all that food on that table but less is more as they say lol. Once again the time has gone so fast and once again I can’t believe we are nearly 2023 I’ll have to remember the year when writing it down I always forget at first then cross it out and rewrite it. I don’t know what I’m doing new year I know I’ll be at home but I feel like I want to go out but don’t know where to or even if that’s what I want as I’m getting older now I’m nearly in my 40s lol. I called the album Festive Winters as it’s festive and wintry throughout which I thought suited the album and the cover is an art I made that I re-photoshopped to something without anyone in the picture. It was just going to be an EP but I wanted to do an album as I felt it was Christmas and had to be longer than an EP so, in the end, I did 12 tracks which make up the album and I always make a winter or Christmas album so I keep up with the shenanigans but as always I enjoyed making it.  I would like it to be closer to Christmas before making winter music as I get more in the mood but I know people won’t listen to Christmas music after Christmas so I do it early way before the rush so it’s all up and running but I might make a quick EP around Christmas and try to release it around the same time if I can get it booked in that is. I would say this year has zoomed right by but it’s gone kind of fast even though the months do fly by but I think I’ve been counting down the days which makes the days go slower but I have noticed that since COVID everything has slowed down. If you want more festive stuff and looking for something to do please check out my interactive page under Hub>Test Site>Interactive where you will find my advent-style interactive post with games, quizzes, music and more, I tried to make it entertaining as possible adding some surprises in there too but it’s all based on DVD menus and advent calendars.

Synergy Synths – Melody

This is the demo EP to my also free download VST plugin which I made the sounds myself using synth hardware and my Tascam audio recorder which is a bit of a puzzle putting it together. I would call it synth music and is something I just put together as a demo but you can have it. The plugin can be found under the Free Downloads page under the G.N.L. Hub>VST Downloads where free VSTs await.

Music News – New Album Release; Past & Present

June 6, 2022

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6/06/2022 - New EP Release; Past Present

Another synthy album I made quite a while ago a few months back but it seems longer than that. It’s a Synthwave album and is both chilled and upbeat with a mixture of synth and the 80s which synthesizers were the 80s. I called it Past Present because it’s the old skool brought to the future and I will be making more Synthwave tracks in the future it’s just I like to freestyle my drums and Synthwave is structured. It’s kind of weird and though I don’t feel it sorry to say for myself I’m getting older being born in the 80s even though I’m not that old but I’m getting older and it feels like I’m losing touch with the youth today yes I’m an old man now lol. The past is the past and the present is the now and the future well that is yet to be decided but I do miss the past in the way I’m loving the present just not as much but who knows what the future holds I always hold that. This album was inspired by current Synthwave tracks found on the internet and has lots of heavy drum beats and melodic melodies throughout the album I wanted to make an album for once as I felt I was getting into the groove and making some good tracks so I kept going and has everything in from Pop to Hip Hop which is my two favourite genres to listen to from the 80s and love Hip Hop and Electrotype beats.