Jimmy

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I posted a similar track to this previously but here is the real deal. It’s a kind of down tempo glitchy richy track that works itself up into a beat. It’s on the sound page of my website too.

“Glitchy Richy No Streamers”:http://www.mnml.nl/~mnmlvin/music/No_Streamers.mp3

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Speaking of website updates, mine has had a minor refab. Check the “Sound”:http://www.tomhall.com.au/sound.html section for a new update, the start page and my cv, nothing too interesting. I’m in the process of working on the photo section which I hope to have up at the end of the week.

Also check out this “20 mintue breaks mix by DJ Nightrider, all original.”:http://www.mnml/nl/~mnmlvin/music/The_New_Black_Wesley_Vale.mp3

The Good ‘ol days

Caught up with a good friend today that I haven’t seen for two years, since before I went to Japan. You definately know you have a good friend when you rock up at his place and he shoves a beer in your hand like you were there yesterday. It was great to catch up on what’s changed and share our different experiences from overseas.

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Sutty & Me, Feb. 2002

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An extract from a little live jam session. This was made using the same IAC Juggle setup that I described a few posts ago. This is staright up live as I played it, no editing.

“IAC Juggle Jam”:http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1MPVY1JH63YEO0KTR85G51LNJV

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Watched a good movie the other day. Major of the Sunset Strip, a doco about KROQ DJ radio announcer Rodney Bingenheimer. This guy was the ultimate groupie, but a groupie who got guys like David Bowie, Oasis, The Runaways and Cold Play a start and their first air play in the states.

Break Beat Bash Mash

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Just another side/side/side/side project as I might be doing some mixing up in Launceston at a club. This is an extract of a 45 minute jam.

“Break Beat Bash Mash“:http://www.users.on.net/~nightrider/Mix.mp3

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Stay Tuned, another performance coming very shortly.

A SAD DAY

My girl left today. Sayonara.

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I can’t wait to live in Japan again, soon.

Shut Up and Fish

There’s nothing like a spot of fishing to fill in a Saturday afternoon.

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and I couldn’t help but remember this particular moment from my last fishing adventure.

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Whose tongue?

Music of Sound

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Lately I’ve been working on some new tracks for an album I hope to get out sometime this year. The process of making these tracks combines elements of field recordings and one-shot samples such a percussion/synths/melodies, either made by me or manipulated to add something different to the original sample. Although this process is really fun and does include an element of experimentation, it’s not enough to satisfy my love for crazy new experimental discoveries.

This leads me to my latest side/side/side project of learning and using midi signals to control and play elements of field recordings in rhythmic and not so rhythmic sequences. A simple explanation of this is, by routing midi signals out of Ableton Live and back into Live through IAC midi control it plays the field recording clips (which I have assigned key notes to) in a sequence determine by the original midi signal out of Ableton Live.

Here is an example of a not so complex signal with all sounds being field recordings (even the clap is an actual ‘hand clap’ effected)

“IAC MIDI JUGGLE TEST“:http://www.users.on.net/~nightrider/IAC%20Juggle%20Test.mp3

Summer Rulz

It’s now the best time of the year in Tassie with the sun beaming and the water boiling and the perfect pad to spend it at!

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Here There & Everywhere

Just got back from a tour around Tassie. It was pretty good to be able to show Yuko the finer aspects of my home state and also discover a few for myself. We drove down to Hobart with stops at Campbelltown and Ross. Came back via the east coast of Tassie through Swansea, St Helens and Binalong Bay then Scottsdale and Launceston.

The last Monaro of this era

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Would you pay $160,000 for a normal cv8 monaro? Well someone is going to, maybe more. They are selling the last one to come off the production line before they stop the machines and stop making them all together to charity on ebay.

“Check It Out Here”:http://cgi.ebay.com.au/The-Last-Holden-Monaro-Legend-Ever-Made_W0QQitemZ4611976689QQcategoryZ102244QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

…..and also check out some of the extreme bids that were cancelled “HERE”:http://offer.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=4611976689

What the f@#k?!

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Man life really sucks sometimes! Lately (well since uni finished) I’ve been doing the biggest no brainers and have developed the skills of 0 time management to their fullest potential.

Today I missed a very important job interview because I tried to take a route into the city of hobart that I didn’t even know, got lost and consequently missed the interview. But it was going to happen cause I was just being too blazea (spelling) about it, filling the application out an hour before the interview, anyone would think I didn’t want it, when actually it’s just me being way to chilled I don’t even know what nervous is when really I think something like that would help me.

Anyway I’m going to try and do something about it!

Otherwise I’m going to loose big time…

To make things worse my ankles getting chopped in the 1st week of March (a reconstruction) and I’ll be in a cast for 6 weeks on sticks. Hopefully I can get in and make some rad art and music and try and keep the depression gremlins away.