Bit of a vague question.....
Recently been asked to do a couple of gigs, and the last time I played live was with my trusty Jen SX1000 many years ago. Never actually played my "modern" stuff live before, and need bit of advice......
I'm thinking of using my new laptop (Dell Inspiron 1.5ghz, 256MB ram, internal sound), running Ableton Live and a midi keyboard triggering samples etc. Guess I'll need a USB soundcard to avoid latency problems? All of my tracks have been made on either Acid Pro or Cubasis, so Ableton hopefull won't prove too difficult. My music is of the downtempo, chillout variety, and I'm looking to do a fair but of improvisation.
Any suggestions? Anyone gigging with this sort of setup? Please leave comment if you can help!
It's all happening....
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Well, things have started to happen in the last few weeks....
* I was "unsigned artist of the week" on a local radio show in the Manchester (UK) and on the web called "Cafe del M12" on 19th Feb. (they played "Never Alone" alongside Coldcut and Nightmares on Wax)
* "Never Alone" was played at The Big Chill Bar in London on 26th Feb.
* Some of my tracks are going to be played by DJs at "The Module" and "Glitchnight" electronic nights in the UK
* A Trance DJ called "Snafu" is going to play tracks from my new album, "Making Movies" at a couple of chillout sets he's doing in March/April.
* Got some interest from some FM radio stations in the USA about playing my stuff.
* Got some interest from a few music licensing companies (film, tv, ads, etc.)
Not much cash from all of this, though....
* I was "unsigned artist of the week" on a local radio show in the Manchester (UK) and on the web called "Cafe del M12" on 19th Feb. (they played "Never Alone" alongside Coldcut and Nightmares on Wax)
* "Never Alone" was played at The Big Chill Bar in London on 26th Feb.
* Some of my tracks are going to be played by DJs at "The Module" and "Glitchnight" electronic nights in the UK
* A Trance DJ called "Snafu" is going to play tracks from my new album, "Making Movies" at a couple of chillout sets he's doing in March/April.
* Got some interest from some FM radio stations in the USA about playing my stuff.
* Got some interest from a few music licensing companies (film, tv, ads, etc.)
Not much cash from all of this, though....
Great review!!!!
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My music has really taken off on the last couple of weeks.....
First, someone did a review of the tracks I've got on Myspace.
He runs some sort of musicians' seminar and used to DJ. He said that my stuff would go down well in "posh lounges and dance clubs" and that I should think about getting DJs to play some of my tracks....Now, I haven't taken too much notice of reviews really. Although they've been very good, they tend to be quite techy and not really about how GOOD the music is. This one on Myspace was different.....
As we don't seem to have "posh lounges" in the UK, I decided to track down some DJs who might play chillout stuff and see if they give me a proper, unbiased opinion of my music. I thought that most of them would say it's not the sort of thing they'd play, but amazingly, they liked it....
Continued next time.....
First, someone did a review of the tracks I've got on Myspace.
He runs some sort of musicians' seminar and used to DJ. He said that my stuff would go down well in "posh lounges and dance clubs" and that I should think about getting DJs to play some of my tracks....Now, I haven't taken too much notice of reviews really. Although they've been very good, they tend to be quite techy and not really about how GOOD the music is. This one on Myspace was different.....
As we don't seem to have "posh lounges" in the UK, I decided to track down some DJs who might play chillout stuff and see if they give me a proper, unbiased opinion of my music. I thought that most of them would say it's not the sort of thing they'd play, but amazingly, they liked it....
Continued next time.....
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