How I started writing again
I needed a system for writing, and didn’t realize until it was almost too late. The moment I finished my business degree course, I reflected on how much my writing skills had improved and how powerful it could be to…
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3 reasons beginner musicians fail to finish tracks
I’m going to share with you some of the reasons why finishing tracks is so difficult for electronic musicians when they first start out. Producing a powerful piece of techno or a dreamy ambient track is a great way to…
5 Things I learned from 2 years on YouTube
I started posting regularly on YouTube two years ago. Here are five mistakes I made already – so you don’t have to. Lesson 1: You don’t need a shit-hot camera 6 months ago I bought a Canon M50 Mk2 and…
Uninspired? Then inspire yourself.
I had two weeks off from my day job and my music making. On occasions like that I tend to get very excited about how I can look at the big picture of my channel. I get excited that there…
What is your vision?
When you start making something – music for example – the process can be overwhelming. At the beginning, you don’t even know what you don’t know. You don’t know which tools are essential, or what gear is desirable – versus…
Making movies.
Some years ago, before I began focusing on live performance of music, I wrote a track called Hypnosis. Using stock footage from pexels.com I created a short movie for this piece. I desaturated all the video clips and applied some…
The amusing thing is – I know that I’ll fail
SepTechno; day the first. Launching into a new project like this is exciting but daunting. I’ve set myself a big challenge: I’m aiming to compose, perform and publish (on the Youtubes) a live techno track every day this month. The…