Hi folks!
Been around on here a while and starting to post a little more often now. I've also advertised my business here to, with thanks to Lawrence and Tank. My layout pics will be posted soon but for now.... I need a favour...
I am also a DJ, and have played some big clubs alongside some big names in the last year. I've recently entered a competition and I'd really appreciate your votes to gain me some valued exposure. Please follow the link and...
VOTE DJ LUCY LOCA :)
https://www.facebook.com/questions/397310410332560/ (https://www.facebook.com/questions/397310410332560/)
Thanks in advance :)
If it is your thing, this is the kind of thing Lucy does
http://soundcloud.com/lucyloca/dj-lucy-loca-progressive-house (http://soundcloud.com/lucyloca/dj-lucy-loca-progressive-house)
Voted :thumbsup:
Looks like a close run thing between you and another DJ, Lucy......85-92......
86-92 now,you just got my vote.... :thumbsup:
Good Luck in the competition.... :thumbsup:
got my vote as well
Thanks guys, please keep voting peeps :) x
Quote from: Lawrence on July 24, 2012, 03:47:30 PM
If it is your thing, this is the kind of thing Lucy does
http://soundcloud.com/lucyloca/dj-lucy-loca-progressive-house (http://soundcloud.com/lucyloca/dj-lucy-loca-progressive-house)
Voted :thumbsup:
Not a massive dance fan but i do like the Progressive stuff......
Nice Track......... :thumbsup:
Voted for you & listened to the link you left awesome :thumbsup:
Just voted too, also listened to the link and considering Im a folky I didnt find it bad, in fact your rather good (doesnt sound a cmpliment because Im not a fan but it is one :thumbsup:.
Good luck :music:
As a non Facebook user, is there another way to vote ?
Sadly not, but you can download my mix Lawrence posted for free and burn to cd ;)
Voting ends Thursday at noon and you guys have put me back in the lead. Please keep voting :)
Same problem here, not a Facebook user and never will be ;)
Good luck in the competition Lucy :thumbsup:
Oh, and get those layout photos up, there's already a few females on here that are putting a lot of us men to shame with their modelling skills! :smiley-laughing:
Paul
Hey just voted your now ahead by 1 vote :thumbsup: good luck
another vote from me
dave :thumbsup:
Must admit I'm more of an Old Skool man, but I have downloaded Lucy's mix, takes me back to Ibiza in May and the season opener on top of the castle ramparts ;D
I think I must be getting old. Was there a link to some music? I don't do facebook either :evil:
Couldn't have told you what "progressive house" involves, but the link seems like it could be quite good working / coding music, will listen more later. Have a vote! :)
I have actually downloaded a few tracks now, currently listening to DJSet128, certainly not mainstream - very musical if that makes sense with some nicely mixed up samples especially the Staying alive sample
Bit different to choral music, Lawrence :o
Are you getting in the groove......man 8), or has the Tramadol kicked in again ;)
He's gettin' down wit the kids innit? :smiley-laughing:
Paul
Quote from: newportnobby on July 24, 2012, 09:57:06 PM
Bit different to choral music, Lawrence :o
Are you getting in the groove......man 8), or has the Tramadol kicked in again ;)
I can't answer for Lawrence but 8 Tramadols today isn't helping me to like it I'm afraid.
You got my vote. That's nice work :thumbsup: Sonique and the Urban Cookie Collective made me smile... I remember those! And Heaven on the other mix - really liked DJ Sammy.
I love the "Mastered - Unsigned" track 8) Very trancey and the breakdown is excellent... really nice build up. Not something I recognize... Is that one your own track?
Good luck in the competition.
Yes the unmastered track is one I produced myself. It is my first attempt at producing music and I have a couple of other trance tracks in the making.
Thankyou for the feedback and vote.
What are you using to write the music? I have been using Reason.
I would be very interested to hear the new ones when they are finished!
I use Ableton Live Suite 8, do you have a soundcloud account?
I do now have an account, but I'm not sure my music is not really good enough for public consumption!!!
Quote from: Mustermark on July 25, 2012, 04:58:48 PM
I do now have an account, but I'm not sure my music is not really good enough for public consumption!!!
You never know until you try :thumbsup:
Sorry guys but I thought music was made using instruments, not computers. Am I really getting too old?
Quote from: Trainfish on July 25, 2012, 09:09:59 PM
Sorry guys but I thought music was made using instruments, not computers. Am I really getting too old?
You are mate, computers have been used to make commercially available music since at least the early 70's and possibly before that ::)
you can even make music on a gameboy, the colour version atleast haha
Guess I'll be staying out of date then. Sorry but I'm in the Trainfish camp and respect the playing of instruments not PCB's. No disrespect to Lucy and those who like it. Each to their own :music:
You got my vote Lucy :thumbsup:
Quote from: Trainfish on July 25, 2012, 09:09:59 PM
Sorry guys but I thought music was made using instruments, not computers. Am I really getting too old?
I started writing music in 2005 at the farty old age of 41 after the Gadget Show (I miss Suzy Perry) reviewed Reason. They started by saying that an album I liked by The Prodigy had not had a single note actually recorded, and it was written on a laptop in the back of the tour bus.
I use a 60-note polyphonic MIDI keyboard but it doesn't play sounds... it just tells the computer what to play. You can also literally write music on the screen with the mouse and press play and hey-presto you have violins, drums or guitars, whatever noise you want. It is fascinating to do, and it's something amazing for me because I always wanted to be Jean Michel Jarre or Edgar Froese when I was a teenager but I couldn't play a note on a real instrument.
I have now 'recorded' several hours of music, some of which I am actually pleased with. Nowhere near as cool as Lucy's track though.
Without computer aided music design we would be without so many genres and songs today. EDM (electronic dance music) isn't for everyone but all of what you hear today (even rock with 'real instruments') ;) has been produced and mastered on a computer. Without the computer the final song/track would sound very muddy and not hold up to the scrutiny of a record label.
As for The Prodigy (my childhood heros), anything Liam Howlett produces is exellent!
I used a MacBook Pro, 49 key midi keyboard and an excellent pair of headphones (Pioneer HDJ-1000's) to produce that track, so basically for little money you can make good music.
I have been lucky enough to have some input and feedback on my tracks from some industry experts. Probably three of the biggest names in Trance music production.
If anyone would like a free download of my track in mp3 format, PM me and I'll send you a link.
Quote from: Willerby on July 26, 2012, 09:46:29 AM
As for The Prodigy (my childhood heros), anything Liam Howlett produces is exellent!
Saw the Prodigy at Glastonbury in 97 (year of the mud)
Has to be the loudest outdoor gig i have ever seen.
It was that loud the ground literaly vibrated and you sunk a little further into the mud..... ;D
Loudest indoor gig.....Leftfield at Liverpool Royal Court...... :thumbsup:
not heard much from the Prodigy but if Im in the right mood I can enjoy them :music:. I can imagine they put on a bloody good show :smiley-laughing:
Ah yes The Prodigy 8)
I was driving home a few years ago when I stopped at a zebra crossing to let two old dears cross the road. As I sat there with windows down and music UP, I wondered why the said elderly ladies were giving me scowling looks, especially as I'd courteously stopped to let them cross? ???
Only then did I realise that "Smack My female dog (changed by forum) Up" was emanating loud from the speakers :smiley-laughing:
Paul
Years ago when I was at NTL we have a very aggreived corporate customer who got 'Thorn in my side' as hold music and took it personally 8)
I get a terrible urge to filk that as "Porn on my drive", especially for desktop support hold music. Thankfully I don't have the musical talent to do so :)
Quote from: EtchedPixels on July 27, 2012, 04:42:22 PM
Years ago when I was at NTL we have a very aggreived corporate customer who got 'Thorn in my side' as hold music and took it personally 8)
Not surprised though. At one point, when they were cutting call centres, NTL did get a pretty bad rep for customer service and the hold time was a minimum of anhour to get a call answered. I recall we had an engineer out to the house to fix our phone, and to test the line he had to call the same customer number as everyone else... and yes, he was on hold for over an hour! :smiley-laughing: A phone company that didn't ahve a spare line to speed up their service guys exit from a job!? :-X Never could work that one out.
Quote from: tim-pelican on July 27, 2012, 05:26:28 PM
I get a terrible urge to filk that as "Porn on my drive", especially for desktop support hold music. Thankfully I don't have the musical talent to do so :)
Hardly needs any filking - the rest of the sound makes entire sense if you swap just that phrase. In fact it makes *more* sense.
Hi Lucy,
I did already know part of your stuff can't remember from were, but this is a top mix, love it.
M.
Quote from: Willerby on July 26, 2012, 09:46:29 AM!
I used a MacBook Pro, 49 key midi keyboard and an excellent pair of headphones (Pioneer HDJ-1000's) to produce that track, so basically for little money you can make good music.
I just acquired a pair of the headphones you recommended and they are superb. The sound balance is excellent and the definition is the best i have heard in headphones. Thank you for that! :thumbsup:
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I just acquired a pair of the headphones you recommended and they are superb. The sound balance is excellent and the definition is the best i have heard in headphones. Thank you for that! :thumbsup:
No probs. The only headphones that are better that i've ever experienced are Alan & Heath's but can't remember the part number. Enjoy some prodigy ;)