If you're out for some new sounds and samples for your music making, BHK is on sale now at 50% off from their libraries for their halloween sale!
Enjoy!
Cy
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Mac DVD regions annoying you?
Here's a quick and easy way to sort out the DVD region problem you may have in playing different DVDs on your MAC.
What problem you say? Well, if you have different DVDs that run in different regions, chances are, it won't play on your Mac because it's set to only read a particular region. DON'T keep on selecting a region because you only have 5 chances to change it and you're left with the last region... very bad Apple.
Here's how to get around it easily...
Just download VLC player http://www.videolan.org/
Don't open your DVD player software on your Mac. Instead, when the DVD is detected and appears on your desktop, simply drag the icon into VLC for it to play. IGNORE the prompt Mac will give for you to change your DVD drive's region preference. Don't choose a region and don't press cancel as well since it will eject your disc. Just follow the instructions I wrote previously :)
Enjoy!
Cy
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Mono EFX Kondensor Review
If you're looking for a gig bag or simply a new laptop bag regardless if you make music or not, check this out :)
Cy
My Guetta Thanks and Then Some...
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who voted, liked, clicked, promoted, listened and shared to help get me to the top 5 DJs to compete for the opening slot for David Guetta. I appreciate ALL THE HELP!
If you missed it, here's a video of the actual recording I submitted for the competition
As an electronic music producer like him, there are a number of tunes of his from the non-commercial/pop side of things that I dig (like The Alphabet and Lunar) and I respect him for that. When I first heard those tracks, I was blown away because all I was familiar with were his pop hiphouse tunes but some of the tracks on the 2nd CD were straight up tight electronic tunes reminiscent of Daft Punk.
IF you're immersed in the dance, electronic or as we call it today, EDM scene, we all know how loved Guetta is on one side and how hated he is in the other. My joining the contest wasn't to take any side but to simply "try" to at least be one of the representatives of the local electronic music scene in the Philippines. We all know how culture dictates that only the famous or popular ones can get the attention of Pinoys locally. Unfortunately, if you're Pinoy trying to make a name for yourself in the electronic scene, people wouldn't really bother to check you out because you're not famous abroad (American Idol anyone?). So I thought, if the so-called world's no. 1 DJ is playing, then it would be a "nice" platform to win the slot to get exposure to let people who go to the concert know, that there are also a lot of locally-made electronic dance music, and there are Pinoys playing them live! Idealist yes but ss simple as it may sound, that's really the main reason I joined. I'm a music producer and live performer first and I rarely call what I do DJing so just imagine how I felt trying to enter a DJing contest hehe Why there? Because it's a mainstream/pop crowd and it would be nice to also expose them to music styles/sounds/artists they won't even bother checking out because they haven't heard of them (like silverfilter haha I kid) But you get my point. So being able to play out originals and remixes of mine of artists I like and enjoy might at least plant something in their heads. Would it be effective? I don't know. All I know is, I tried to do what I can to push things a bit further and that is to try to penetrate that type of crowd by joining the contest... That is of course, if I end up winning. If not, nothing's lost really. I'd still be doing the same thing promoting and pushing for electronic music made in the Philippines like I've always done for over a decade now. But if I do win, then I'd do all I can to really make a mark not as a DJ, but as a Filipino Electronic Music Producer and live performer :)
Do check out of course http://www.facebook.com/groups/electronicamanila/ to support your local acts! :)
So if you're reading this and the only exposure you have to what dance music is is David Guetta on a Rihanna or Usher track, go try to explore more and learn about the greats from before like The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Groove Armada, Fatboy Slim, Armand Van Helden, and SO MUCH MORE. Don't be satisfied with the "dance" music the radio stations or the mainstream clubs push on you. You have ears and you have taste and most importantly, freewill, so use it and don't let anyone dictate what you should like just because it's popular. Find out more and you will discover a whole new world of music you might end up enjoying!
Cy
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
My Love For Music and Playing Music
Truth be told I studied to be a writer. Took up writing as a major in college focusing on creative writing. I saw myself writing for ad agencies or wherever I could use my talents. I also studied web design and graphics after college because at that time the net was exploding and it seemed to be the perfect career to take on.
Where am I now? Music.
Now I really didn't think I'd end up doing music full time. God just aligned everything that made me end up doing it.
Thing is, if music is your passion and music is your work, you'll find yourself seriously burned out looking for something else to do.
I've thought of things to do like photography, film, etc. and even if I'd still want to do those in the near future, it was just such a nice thing yesterday when I rediscovered my passion for music and just playing without thinking about work involved. How? I played the drums.
When I played the drums just to practice, I found that passion once again. I felt inside that feeling when I first played the drums. No expectations and just pure joy playing it. I wasn't thinking if I'd end up playing in a band, or if it would end up to be work. I just played and that was one of the best feellings I've had in a long time. I even was at the brink of crying while playing Aurora by the Foo Fighters because I love that song and love playing that song. It was quite a feeling more into me just loving to play and loving music back when I was a kid because these days, as a full time musician, most of the times I spend doing or playing music is mostly related to work or career. But when I was drumming, I was at the top of the world. As cliche as it may sound, I felt free. Free from commitments, free from deadlines, free from responsibilities, just free.
I plan to practice drumming and getting back to it from now on. It's been a while and I'm just glad that drumming has always been there and it's welcomed me back with open arms.
Cy
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