Bandcamp News – New EP Release – Sideways Steps

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01/02/2024 - New EP: Sideway Steps

I decided to give away some music and started off with one track but decided I should find another three tracks to make a EP out of and I thought while I thought I was cooking with gas so to speak I should make some more. Sideways Steps is a four track EP I made last night and is now on my free alternative page on Bandcamp and also on Soundcloud where it will be and only be as I don’t own rights to any of the vocals or lyrics so I can’t sale them. The four tracks are from famous songs which I found the acapellas to online and made new songs but they are Megan’s Thee Stallion – Hiss more on that in a mo. Aaliyah’s – Miss You, Rihanna’s – Skin and Guy’s – I Like. I chose my favourite songs from that artists or the last one group and each one I hope is different to each other. I will be adding it altogether in my Remix This series where all the songs I did in the most recent time get’s put on a album and also a free download on my free Bandcamp page. I called it Sideways Stepping as I feel it’s something to dance to and I would call the tracks club/rave music but you can just have it on in the background. I made a visual for the EP as I liked it so much but that can be found at the bottom of this page underneath the Bandcamp audio version or on my YouTube channel Gas No Light. About that thanks to the people who has subscribe to me on there I have twenty one subscribers now and I’m not sure if it’s that one video the one I did for Halloween and was part of my Halloween project which can be found on my other website randomgas.com but I know a couple like music making and music in general.  Okay the first song is from Megan Thee Stallion’s Hiss and for those who don’t know it’s a whole over four minutes of venting by clearing the smoke and dissing a lot of people including the famous rapper Niki Minaj. Okay first thing first I don’t like to see people fight or when it gets out of line but damn I found it funny when I saw Niki Minaj go off for 64 hours including in the end of that space a whole diss track called Big Foot which was all over a mention with one line that left Niki looking like she’s a Storytime of Lil’ Kim’s book  in my opinion but ONE LINE. The remix to Hiss is a G House mix and has a upbeat beat and bass with bossy lyrics which is why I like Megan Thee Stallion a lot she’s bossy, my two favorite rappers at this time is Erica Banks and Megan Thee Stallion for their style and lyrics alone. The next track is from Aaliyah’s I Miss You and like the first is another favorite on the EP as I like the bass and the vocals which I pitched down and up for a mix mash of range.  I delicate to this one to Aaliyah of course and anyone you may of lost in your life no matter how close or distant you were from them. She was a big impact to not only in the music industry but was a inspiration to anyone she was in front of including myself and she really was angel disguise she was, and on that note shout out to Brandy also. The next track the remix to Rihanna’s Skin is a Funky House track with once again pitched up and down vocals with loud basses and catchy melodies. To have a deep conversation about skin and what it means to be certain shades and the power words like light skin is a whole new topic but I’m just getting the whole take on that and am relearning stuff like Tribalism and also the one drop rule stuff I used to be quite familiar. I’m British or English mixed with mostly African but I’m Scottish and Welsh as well as Germanic Europe  and places like Nigeran, Togo and Benin, and have tribal links to Bantu People so I class myself as and identify of being white and black which makes brown. The last track from Guy’s I Like It is a special one and I found some decent 80s Acid House drum pattern which I filled with the acid bassline and the vocals plus other stuff. It reminds me of when I went to Sunrise Back To The Future in 1989 which was a rave that played House and New Groove and Disco and Soulful tracks throughout the night to the next day usually in a field or abandoned place. But it reminds me of that and by the way I was four and it was a different time. I tried to make it like the DJs were spinning tracks with scratching and shouts over the acid house beat I like it and no pun intended. If you would like to hear the tracks I sampled please go to randomgas.com and under the main menu is Hub is Inspirations please click on that to hear the original track and the remix I made.

New Year’s Eve House Mix 2024

Gas No LightNew Year's Eve House Mix 2024
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1. May You
2. Born
3. Dorothy Land Awaits
4. There
5. Tickle Me French
6. Baby (I Refuze)
7. Do It (With All My Will)
8. Needing
9. Infamous
10. The Way
11. Followers & Leaders
12. It’s All About You
13. Darkness Follows Me
14. AWOL
15.Break
16. Lemon
17. Inner Thoughts
18. Dip
19. Let Go
20. Just Called (To Say…)

Music News – New EP; A Lil Funky

October 29, 2023

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06/10/2023 - New EP; A Lil Funky

A bit of a change a UK Funky EP with four UK Funky-inspired club tracks. I got the drums online but I made the bass and some of the drum and percussion loops. I’ve made a few UK Funky EPs and one album but this is my favourite EP of the lot and I went for more bass, percussion and drums instead of using synths which I used to like using a lot in my rave stuff but I now like the stripped back versions which makes the bass and drums stand out more with the vocals on top. All the tracks have vocals which I got from my online subscription with Splice.com you find some good ones from that site even though they say not to send off the tracks with the samples used in Splice.com to any record company. The first track Feeling The Time is not my favourite on the EP probably my least favourite but I like it. I like the vocals which I got from a vocal sample pack which I brought from Loopmasters.com when I was buying more loops than one shot (one-hit sounds). The next song Just Called To Say is one of my favourites on the EP and I was quite pleased with it, to be honest. Again I found the samples on Splice and the second track already had the telephone fx on which I liked and knew I would make a good track with it. It gave me a few variations to chuck up in the air and I thought it was a good club track to dance to or a song to play loud in the car. I like the vocals but I like the bass too and is over a standard UK Funky drum pattern nothing too wild and nice and simple to make. The third song How It Feels (Bet They Don’t Tell Ya) is my overall favourite from the EP I like the bass and the vocals which gives it that club feel with the bass and the UK Funky drum pattern. I love vocals like this and also gives it that deep feel or warehouse room feel which I love, I was lucky to find the vocals and were exactly in my downloads of unused samples I think. I liked it for a later date so I was pleased when I rediscovered it. I think it goes with the beat and I would say one of my favourites for the moment of all-time stuff I made I would say. The last track We Make is another favourite of mine on the EP but not the most favourite I think it’s a good song for drinking and partying and I like the bass and vocals the pitched vocals make a change to the ones I usually use but I like to use a wide range of vocals, what I like the most and that is suitable to the track. The vocals say we make music and that’s what I love to do so this is also going out to all the music makers worldwide doing your thing.

Music News – New EP; The Night Is Young

August 21, 2023

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21/08/2023 - New EP; The Night Is Young

Another House EP I made and the last summer House EP for this summer and one of my favourite EPS from this year even though I just made it. I made it a month or two ago and has been up for quite a while now and I’m not sure if it’s getting the played so I now decided to give it a bit of a boost IE share it a couple of times. I’m 38 now and even though I’m getting older The Night is Still Young hence the name of the EP The Night Is Young and a tribute to all the late nights I had and still have but as I said I’m always on my computer now. The EP is more club vibes and I hope they are more to taste as I stripped back the tracks for more bass and vocals which I still think sounds better than the couple of synths and the bass and vocals. I tend to make tracks with just bass drums and vocals now which leads to a clearer sound I think. The craziest night is Young Saga was when I thought it was 4 in the morning when it was 4 in the afternoon and it was getting dark and I managed to stay awake till 12 the next day due to the confusion of time, I was messy and messed up lol. I am very grateful for all the good things that have happened to me minus all the shitty things that happened but I have everything that I need apart from the money I probably need a bit more money but apart from that I am blessed and thankful to still be here and enjoy life to the fullest with no regrets. Well, I have a few regrets but I’m living for myself and for anyone who cares to join me cos as I told the haters I don’t live for you I live for myself but anyway I don’t want to bore you with pettiness. As I said before I think people should be happy with what they got whatever it is and stop looking at others to compete or make them feel better as it’s unhealthy and a coward’s game and I don’t want to be anyone’s or even a sucker.  But at the same time, forgive people who want to be forgiven and if you trust them mend any broken paths in your friendship or love life, but yes I don’t think being a sucker is good luck as people will take your kindness for weakness and bleed you dry and all the niceness out of you or so they think. I must admit I like being nice but it doesn’t pay as a YouTuber put it and it’s so true but I do agree with being friendly with people who want to be friendly with you but not the haters let me get the hater blocker out! I actually miss dancing don’t know if I would get into it, it might take a few drinks but I do like to get up every now and then and shake a leg IE dance, especially with songs I haven’t heard for quite a while or feeling dramatically. I’ve played a few already on my podcast which can be found on this website or on Spotify Podcast as it’s free and a perfect place to put a podcast but I don’t think it covers copyright I’m not sure. Copyright has really put a bummer on making playlists for the internet to enjoy I made a few and most of them if all got a copyright claim I already got a warning and I don’t want to push it but I thought music was meant to be enjoyed and basically there should be softer rules on making playlists on YouTube etc there I said it, but it’s so fun making playlist I like to make visuals too. 

Music News – New EP; The Rough With The Smooth

August 7, 2023

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07/08/2023 - New EP; The Rough With The Smooth

Another House EP I made about a month or two ago now but I just released it. The summer is nearly over so I probably start concentrating on doing more synths stuff and maybe my winter albums sometime. I still don’t know what to do whether it be Christmas or just winter or both who knows? I did my Halloween album for this year and can be found on all major platforms it’s called Tales Of The Darkside. I named the EP Rough with the Smooth as of course in life that’s how it is and I’ve done a full circle and came back the other way due to my mental health and the stresses of the jobs I was doing at the time. It was either staying and getting paid for what I enjoy doing in life or retiring early and working on my mental health and recovering from an already stressful world but on the possibility of me coming back and doing it again as the door was always open. I choose my mental health as I thought I could recover and come back and to be honest, this was in the 2000s by the way but it all vanished from my mind and I only remembered a couple of years ago when I was thinking back to the 2000s and before that. It was after the September 11th attacks the world got a bit downhill and things were being cancelled or put on hold which is when I was the most active but I saw the funding for things go down the drain and people lose their jobs it was quite stressful. I’m not that actual cut-throat when it comes to getting the job some people are just overbearing but at the same time, they do have their reasons. This is how I learned to take the rough with the smooth and not feel hard done by or take pity on myself as I never and I thought after all those years from the early 90s to 2005 I should take a rest as I always was on the go and living a happy and vibrant life. Now I like to stay in I used to have my dog Patch but I had to put her down due to old age which is another rough with the smooth outcome as I knew she wouldn’t live forever but I do miss her and going out a lot with her I live near to the country in the outskirts of Bristol in the UK so it was nice to get out and walk the country. Once I got stuck up a tree when the cows decided to charge me so I ran with my dog and kept her on the tree as I was taking pictures of my dog in her own world as she sat up the tree. In the end, I took charge and climbed down as they wouldn’t go then they decided to chase me down to the entrance where I escaped, she was a good dog though and I vow never to get another one because she was that good. I like to wake up every day with something new to do and that is something I am lacking at the moment which is something I would like to improve on but apart from being on the computer day and night it gets boring I like to get out there and do something new or old. 

Music News – New EP; Catch Me At Recess

July 29, 2023

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27/07/2023 - New EP; Catch Me Recess

I made another House EP of Dancy tracks so more of the same as I seem to have gotten back into the habits of making rave tracks or what I call House/rave tracks. The EP is House but with two Break tracks which I sandwiched in between the other two tracks on the EP. I called it Catch Me At Recess as yet again more childish petty behaviour and mostly to Brexit but I won’t get into it but I will say this there seems to be a lot of monkies laying around who are quick to call themselves racist like it’s fashionable or a fashion statement. I don’t know what’s up with this earth we live on I know what I did and I know what I saw or heard and doing my own fact-checks on things is how I get to the bottom of things but people will lie for clout and this so-called power. Honestly, we are living with power-mad junkies who want to lord it over the normal people or so say, normal people. It’s not even the ones in power it’s this cancel culture we now live in and too many people with time on their hands. I mean to cancel someone they need to be the worst person out there and what I see is people with their opinions getting shouted out for believing something that mostly makes sense to any normal person. Don’t get me wrong I’m for change and for people to be heard and to change society one step at a time but when it turns into a shouting match it turns me off especially when it’s getting silly and weird. I like to have debates and be inappropriate sometimes it doesn’t make me a bad person and what I mean by it is mostly innocent as somehow I remove all the negativity out of it like the word spaz something I know isn’t a nice word to use but I mean you are having an unnecessary tantrum. I don’t really use slurs and especially racism but I never think disable people when it comes to the word spaz. I think we are living in a nanny state where the people in cotton wool jackets are patrolling the areas looking for someone to cancel or to go barny to. It’s kind of shocking how many outraged people there are maybe it’s the technology and the fact we now share everything actual that starts from scrapbooks or wedding and holiday photo collections everyone does or used to do. It’s shocking how many people rage on the streets and in shops there is nothing wrong with everyone losing it but there is such a thing as not causing too much of a scene I learned that the hard way and no I’m not a Karen. I’m not one to play childish games or be petty and I rather ignore it or talk about it as when I get mad I do get mad like Hulk mad and I don’t want to end up doing something stupid in the long run which is why I have my temper in check. I like to laugh a lot makes me happy and move but sometimes I’m not in the mood to be laughing and gun people down I wouldn’t do it in public like scream and shout and most of all act like a two-year-old. As I said I don’t play games and the haters can catch me at recess since we have gone into your time machine I have stolen from you but pushed you in and ended up in the school years of my life. It’s so sad to watch grown-ass people act like spoilt privileged brats.

Music News – New EP; Fairy Tales For Dummies

July 27, 2023

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27/07/2023 - New EP; Fairy Tales For Dummies

Another House EP of clubby vibes seems to be what I’m making a lot of at the moment as it is or meant to be summer. I say that as the weather hasn’t been that nice the last time it was nice and hot with the sun out was around early June maybe late May I can’t remember but I wished it would be nice again but still doesn’t dampen the mood it just feels better. I called it fairy tales for dummies as I just thought it was a good title but also there is a lot of lies and misunderstanding in the world and with the internet and website like YouTube it’s easy to spread misunderstanding and lies and people are quick to believe whatever they said. I mean I like YouTube don’t get me wrong it is where I am the most and spend a lot of time there but I do get a bit bored when I see gossip channels and other outlets spread all these rumours without showing one part of factual evidence but speaking a lot of things. Again, I’m kind of for the gossip when they have something juicy I do tune in and watch the story but it has to be good and someone I know not some YouTube I’ve never heard of. That’s not me shady cos I know they are liked and known but a lot of people like the younger crowd on there are more likely to know them but I must admit some of them I’m glad I found out about them even though they are not people I would watch as it’s not thing IE makeup channels. I do engage in speculation, rumours and conspiracies but as I said a few times now it leads me down the wrong path so now I am a bit hesitant about what to believe and consume myself with as I like to get to the truth but when it becomes shady and damn right weird and stupid I turn off as I don’t believe in those sort of fairy tales that’s not the fairy tale that would come to mind. My fairy tale would be about getting out of poverty or overcoming a major hurdle in your life or even moving away abroad but I think everyone has their own image when you think fairy tale life oh rich and success without fame is another thing I would call a fairy tale that I would call and go to. It’s not the fact they are spreading lies and misinforming people it’s the fact it makes people look and feel stupid when they hear about something or found out that just wasn’t true plus I don’t believe in slandering people without them slandering them you first or without having proof and you know I keep it hot and truthful. Anyway, I am not at school no more and local gossip is a killer and something I don’t interact with but it starts a lot of trouble I just want to get on with my day and do something creative like making music. 

Remix This Vol. 3

Vol 2 of my remixes I made of other people’s pretty famous tracks from artists Brandy, Snap, Baby D, Danny Tenaglia and Celda, Petria, Pierre’s Phantasy Club, Quantic Soul, Adina Howard and more. If you want to know the songs and clips used in the songs then don’t worry I got you you can head over to the inspirations page for the clips and tracks with my track as well.