Purple Sneakers “Last Night” Interview with “Miami Horror” (15th July 2011)
Here’s the latest video I produced for MusicFeedsTV. We caught up with Miami Horror at Purple Sneakers’ “Last night” club night at the Gaelic Theatre in Surry Hills. The band is about to head over to LA to further pursue their music and gave us the low down on their plans for the future. Watch … Read more
Purple Sneakers “Last Night” Interview with “Ball Park Music” (15th July 2011)
As part of MusicFeed TV I filmed/produced two video of the Purple Sneaker’s Club night. First up Ball Park Music: They’re important and they smell like champagne… revelling in their brush with the paparazzi and fresh from throwing water bottles at retarded punters across australia, Ball Park Music fill us in on the secrets of … Read more
Astral People (Launch night promo)
We were given the challenge to produce this short animation in just a few days to promote the forthcoming launch of Astral People. Astral People are an artist management and touring company about to launch their services in Australia. Focused on bringing the most exciting and innovative music from the galaxy to our shores as … Read more
The Music Vault: The Lost Valentinos “Serio” (StereoDan Remix)
Today’s Music vault track is a slightly obscure remix surrounded in controversy by the band’s record label! Serio is a falsetto vocal led track by the Lost Valentinos, from their album “Cities Of Gold.” The original melody from the original version was a little confusing musically and thus the remix was designed to drive the … Read more
The Music Vault : “Don’t Hold me Back”
Check out this original track by StereoDan and UK lyricist/performer VeeDoubleE. These two met by chance online and quickly found a musical connection recording from a studio based in Camden, London. A chance conversation back in the old days of MySpace brought them together and since then their music has grown in leaps and bounds. … Read more
Motion Graphics : Spinning Logo experiment
Every now and then I like to set myself little production goals or projects. Call it creative experimentation for a practical purpose. I was watching MTV and noticed their use of a spinning logo graphic in the bottom right corner of the screen whilst videos were playing. I quite liked the effect of it and … Read more
The Music Vault : “Broken (Late of the Pier)”
Today’s recording from the Music Vault is a remix of the track “Broken” by late of the Pier. The group are a four piece indy band from Castle Donington in England and described their sound as dance punk. The StereoDan remix released in 2007 was much more relaxed compared to the original song that featured … Read more
Walkman / Diskman / MP3man
As a kid growing up, one of the most influential Christmas gifts I ever received was the infamous Sony Walkman™. It’s design has morphed over the years but my original was a boxy shaped blue plastic rectangle with black strap and tango orange ear buds oozing warm and musical goodness into my awaiting ears. As … Read more
The Music Vault : “We’ve Got the Time”
Welcome to the first ever music vault post. Overtime I’d like to share with you some fairly diverse music which I’ve made/produced. The tracks will be somewhat picked at random and if you particularly like a certain style then just let me know and I’ll see if i can find more! First up is this … Read more
Out of sight, out of mind.
Recently I moved house and had the joy of packing my life up into cardboard boxes. Anyone who’s had a similarly pleasurable experience might have found themselves asking one very repetitive question “when will I bloody ever need to use that?!?!” I seem to have an ever increasing collection of connectors, cables, usb devices, widgets, … Read more
The Groove Box
Back in the day when I first started becoming interested in producing music I had my first bout of gear lust as I perused the sound production area of my local music shop. Sitting there in a mysteriously dark courner was this sexy looking shiny box adordned with flashing red and yellow lights, a LED … Read more
Setting up the Studio
Gradually getting things back into place after the move. I’m having a strong urge to produce some new music but find myself getting distracted with basic ergonomics and the room acoustics. Tried to find some general information or widget to plot the frequency response according to my room’s measurements but with no luck. Lower mid … Read more
Every journey starts with a single step…
Hopefully this blog will serve as a general production diary and record of the varied projects and work i am involved in.
