my friends' blogs
- Leon MI7 — On a roll again!
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Finally I started working on a new music project again. As I wrote before, I needed to refurbish the studio since it was chaos, so I got rid of all nonsense and made my way to the computer again.
Since I had the new NIN album on today, I wasn't wondered I spit out some droning synth lines with a high Q'd piano in the background.....
I also wanted to check a pretty difficult song I was working on half a year ago to see if I could break it open (I have trouble with the arrangement), but since I put my main audio card into the new computer a while ago, I needed to install an older audio card first - and now it bluescreens on me when I install the drivers for it! Haven't had that in ages...
I think it's time to move all that stuff to the new PC, lets see whether NI Komplete 2 moves without trouble...
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- Leon MI7 — Headache
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I'm having a massive headache since monday afternoon. The worst thing is, it wasn't preceded by uncontrolled alcohol consuming, so it is not even a payoff for a fun night. It's getting better today, but it kept me from refurbishing the studio the last few days. Oh well, maybe tonight....
read more... - Leon MI7 — Time to produce
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It has been ages since I've actively produced some music. This weekend I'll start dusting off the studio so next week I'll have time and space to work on some recordings again.
I just got fully inspired again by listening to a friend's album. See below....
read more... - Leon MI7 — Nuendo @ Krim
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Yesterday I came back from a loooong Frankfurt trip to finally sit on the sofa and zap a bit.There was a long documentary about the Black Sea and the people who live at the shore.
At some point, at the Krim peninsula, a local musician demoed his music in his garage studio. And what was clearly on his monitor? Nuendo 3! Yes! It felt good to see that fantastic product in a relatively remote area. The Krim is not that remote or un-modern, nevertheless you wouldn't expect it somehow. I love documentaries...
Nice touch....and great modern folklore music.
read more... - Leon MI7 — Holy ****!!!???!!!
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What does it look like when Patrick Bateman dated your mobile phone?
I think like this........you might imagine our faces when we found my wifes mobile phone like this yesterday morning.....
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- Leon MI7 — Linkin Park concert in HH
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I was invited by my son (!) to join him to the Linkin Park concert in Hamburg last sunday. I'm not a huge LP fan but I like their Meteora album a lot, very catchy tracks with good energy in it.
We managed to get in the front rows by being there really early, and I can tell you it paid off!
We saw everything from up close, the sound was fantastic (unlike the AOL arena next door, I can dig the Color Line Arena sound - Bowie, Radiohead and Peppers all delivered a good sound there), and the 2 support acts were great in their own way: Blindside from Stockholm and 30 Seconds From Mars. First is a great "more classical" rock/metal band, and while30 Seconds couldn't really catch me, their show was really good and entertaining. For sure one of the better large concerts I've been at, I actually enjoyed jumping around between teenagers...
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- Leon MI7 — Antares yay!
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Brian English from Antares visited MI7 in Germany to demo the AVOX voice toolkit and Auto-Tune 5 in detail. While AT doesn't need any further explanation when it comes to manual or automatic pitch correction or its abuse à la Cher, AVOX is an impressive bundle for its price. Basically anything you would like to do with vocals can be done, and its done good. I recommend everybody to download the demo and try it out.
Also, the creative work that can be done with both Auto-Tune 5 and AVOX - not only on voice - is amazing. "Throat" from the AVOX bundle is a better sounding filter for drums then most EQ's or filter plugs I've heard so far. Go wild!
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- Leon MI7 — New name, new picture
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I changed my name and picture so I am more easily identifyable (?) as an MI7 agent. No secrecy here....
Ich habe meine name und bild geändert, damit ich weniger mysteriös wirke. Ähnlichkeit mit personen die sich unangenehm verhalten haben auf der Musikmesse ist reiner zufall....
read more... - Leon MI7 — Nothing exciting...
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Its a long time since I wrote something. Basically had a really bad flu and I'm still coping with a sore throat. I hope its gone before Musikmesse in Frankfurt next week. I'll also visit the family in the Netherlands over the weekend so I guess I won't have some rest and take it easy....
Anyway, I look forward to Frankfurt, always a good place to meet some fantastic people in this industry. You can find me at the SSL booth mostly, so if you want to meet me you just ask the SSL staff. Their reply will most likely be "look for the well-dressed coffee junkie in the coffee bar in 5.1". Which will make me very hard to find :D
read more... - Leon MI7 — La vie en rose
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I watched the movie "La vie en rose", about Edith Piaf. While I am not a Piaf fan at all, it was actually quite impressive. I wouldnt be wondered if Marion Cotillard will be nominated for an Oscar.
Speaking of which: finally Scorsese got his much deserved Oscar, as well as "Das Leben der Anderen (The lives of others)". If you haven't seen it yet, go and watch it. Its brilliant!
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- Leon MI7 — Zoo
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I was at the zoo in hamburg with my daughter, it was a long time. What was pretty amazing is that it has not been since my own childhood that I saw a relatively common animal such as a male peacock actually show off its feathers. Timewarp!
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- linda mi7 — Check this new member out http://community.mi7.com/profile/6310
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- This is really something I like - a LOT. read more...
- Leon MI7 — No Songs!
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- Boah, removed the songs I uploaded since they are really old and never were ready. I plan to record the songs I've written with my Amsterdam band in '96, but that is going to take some time. If I won the lottery I would buy time...(and talent). read more...
- linda mi7 — And yes more medals for Sweden...
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- I am not a big fan of sports, but when this Swedish girl achives 3 gold medals in the slalom world cup in Sweden - you become one. Heja Anja! read more...
- linda mi7 — Friday again
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- Last weekend was an MI7 weekend. All MI7 people got together and met here in Sweden. Great as always! Now we are waiting for Anja Pärson to get another (gold?) medal - slalom skiing (or something) in the World Championship in Åre, Sweden. Since we don't have any snow in southern parts of Sweden I can't really relate to this big event. I'll go visit my friends in Copenhagen instead :O) read more...
- Leon MI7 — Songs!
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Finally I uploaded some songs. Its all very old stuff, not even mixed, just a rough balancing of level and panorama (on headphones!). See my biography of what it is all about, they are actually historic tracks! I absolutely have no style, but most songs end up as some bizarre semi-electronic french roadmovie soundtrack kinda thing. I hope to get some more time soon to finish current songs (well, as in song ideas that have been rotting on HD for the last 2 years). Unless a petition is made against the public release of them, which I will fully accept. But its such fun to do!
Endlich habe ich songs hochgeladen. Alles altes zeug, nicht mal gemischt, und das alles auf kopfhörer. In meine biography steht eine beschreibung, es sind eigentlich historische songs! Ich habe keine feste stil, die meiste songs enden als irgendeiner bizarre (?) quasi-elektronische franz. roadmovie soundtrack. Ich hoffe demnächst mehr zeit zu spendieren um aktuelle songs (sprich: die die letzte 2 jahre auf festplatte geschlafen haben) zu "releasen". Es sei denn, es gibt ein veto vom publikum, ich werde das ohne weiteres akzeptieren. Aber es macht spaß!
read more... - Leon MI7 — Skanör meeting
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Das MI7 team hat eine meeting in Skanör, nah zu Malmö. Das ganze wochenende harte arbeit und viel spaß, planen wie man die welt erobert aber vor allem wie wir diese seite noch besser machen können. Also möchte ich jeder mitglied herzlich einladen seine ideeen nach Rodney (oder andere MI7 mitarbeiter) zu schicken. Manche ideeen können schnell umgesetzt werden, also zögere nicht!
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The MI7 team had a meeting in Skanör, close to Malmö last weekend. Lots of hard work and a lot of fun, planning how to conquer the world, but foremost we discussed how to make this website even better. Therefore I'd like to invite all members to share their ideas with the MI7 team (especially Rodney), since some ideas are simple to realize and might even be implemented in no time. Don't hesitate!
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- Leon MI7 — Upload bilder / upload pictures
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Es gibt eine möglichkeit um bilder in euer blog zu setzen, allerdings müssen diese bilder auf irgendeine website sein. Falls du selber kein website für hosting hast, kannst du Imageshack benutzen - umsonst!. Man braucht nur einmal eine emailadresse ein zu geben und das datei hoch zu laden. Danach kann man die link nach das bild auf Imageshack benutzen im blog und mi7.com setzt es hier ein.
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You can insert pictures in your blog, but the picture needs to be available online and not as a file on your computer to be used by the MI7 blog. You can use Imageshack to upload the picture and use the link to that picture to insert in your blog. Its free! Have fun!
read more... - Leon MI7 — Deutsche MI7 seite
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- Hallo, mein erster blog-eintrag. Wie im bio beschrieben, bin ich holländer, damit die rechtschreibfehler schon mal erklärt sind. Wir sind gerade dabei die deutsche MI7 seite zu optimieren. Einige wörter sind unglücklich formuliert, andere sind zu lange. Deswegen die menü-umbruch. Auch werden news, contests etc. nach und nach up to date sein. Falls es sonst noch fehler gibt, melde dich bei mir! Ich wünsche euch viel spaß auf mi7.com. Beachte dass dies nur die anfang ist. read more...
