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by Castronova
Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:25 pm
Forum: • general
Topic: what's it like where you live? (post a picture)
Replies: 68
Views: 14628

Hong Kong My neighborhood: http://supposedformerinfatuationjunkie.com/images/499_DSCN0381.JPG http://www.myweb.net.au/mottram/trams/hongkong/HK87.jpg My city http://www.gluckman.com/HongKongSkyline4941b.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1372/1313128854_673f05ea46.jpg http://www.excelloz.com/imageda...
by Castronova
Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:41 pm
Forum: • general
Topic: What is your proudest accomplishment with electronic music?
Replies: 31
Views: 6819

My coolest accomplishment was throwing an amazing party with my best friend in my very small hometown, which got dozens of people hooked on EDM who had never given it a chance before. We rented a moving truck, decorated the inside so it looked like a club, and parked it in a clearing in a really den...
by Castronova
Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:20 pm
Forum: • producers
Topic: Non-electronic instruments
Replies: 10
Views: 2436

My fave instrument is this drum my sister got me from Brazil which has a stick attatched to the skin, the idea is you wrap something round the stick and rub it, this produces that kinda monkey mating call you hear in samba tracks. Man, I've been wondering how that sound is made for about ten years ...
by Castronova
Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:36 am
Forum: • producers
Topic: Send your demos to Mutek!!!
Replies: 45
Views: 12757

When I was in a band, we had a folder called a press pack full of information about the band. There was a glossy photo of us, clippings of newspaper writeups and album reviews, a short biography, a history of our recordings and cities/venues/bands we had played with, and a very very brief letter to ...
by Castronova
Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:22 am
Forum: • producers
Topic: Inspiration...
Replies: 32
Views: 6297

I have a hard time with perfectionism, which sucks because I know very little about production, which means 100% of my tracks are not good enough. So most of my inspiration comes from exercises or challenges that force me to create a song under a certain amount of time... "make an interesting t...
by Castronova
Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:13 am
Forum: • producers
Topic: Non-electronic instruments
Replies: 10
Views: 2436

i think just having a decent sound card is the biggest problem with recording with those instruments, otherwise its the same thing of just making them fit etc. Yeah, I really need to invest in a soundcard soon. Mic-ing can be a problem too, depending on the instrument. My band used to have a bassoo...
by Castronova
Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:35 pm
Forum: • producers
Topic: Non-electronic instruments
Replies: 10
Views: 2436

Non-electronic instruments

What instruments do you play besides the computer and synth? Have you ever recorded them into a dance song? Any difficulties or tips in recording? I'm about to buy a used guzheng (like a Japanese koto, but Chinese) from some old lady for my new apartment. It's a cool instrument because everything is...
by Castronova
Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:54 pm
Forum: • producers
Topic: DJ ing with laptops
Replies: 333
Views: 53288

apart from the fact that its really mobile for parties... When I started out DJing at my own house parties, I used to be able to take [good] requests from people and download/buy the songs on the spot using my wi-fi connection. Pretty awesome. Although bad requests always meant the internet was dow...