A couple of years back, I stopped mixing in Live. This started as a workaround for performance problems I was encountering, but turned out to have a great creative benefit as well. People are sometimes surprised to hear that my studio life isn’t entirely Live-centric. Well, for a number of years it was. When Live 7 […]
Live 9 Power! LA Release Event – June 13
It’s a fact: when you’re writing a book, you just don’t get out very much. That’s why I’m extra excited to leave the house and link up with the Los Angeles Ableton community to talk about making music, sign a few books, and have some free beer. Please come down and say hi! RSVP required. […]
Remixes of Govinda and Mr Jennings
While plugging away on the next Hobotech and Tiny Machines releases, I took some time out to do remixes for Govinda and Mr. Jennings. Both tracks were a lot of fun to do. In each case, I decided not to worry about how they would fit into a particular dancefloor context and just made music! […]
USING PUSH TO STEP SEQUENCE BASSLINES AND LEADS
After folks spend some time step sequencing drums with Push, they usually do a little chicken dancing and fist pumping. Once they get that out of their systems, however, a troubling question arises: “how do I do this with melodic parts?” The answer, strictly speaking, is: you can’t. However, the better answer is: with science! […]
Welcome to Hobo Technologies!
Look out people, here it comes. Like a steam engine pulling cars full of circuit bent robots and their secret hobo masters, it’s racing towards you with news from the Large Hobo Collider, and the undiscovered novels of Utah Phillips K. Dick. Like a backwoods hoe-down emitting inexplicable bursts of light and invisible waves of […]
