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New Single "You Do it Right" Released via Airplay Direct from niteshift

niteshift — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:39:45 GMT

Hey All,

Well, after some time in the musical wilderness, I finally got back into it, and have a new commercial single coming out Monday December 1st. At this rate, the album should be finished by 2118. Ah well, can't win em all. Press release is as follows.....

NEW SINGLE BY LETHA ALLEN DUE FOR RELEASE VIA AIRPLAY DIRECT DECEMBER 1ST

Equinox Entertainment and Letha Allen Music in association with The Graveyard of Songs announce that "You Do it Right" , the new single by Letha Allen, will be released to radio nationwide and internationally the week of Dec 1st, 2008.

Written by singer/songwriter Letha Allen (ASCAP), composer/guitarist Mark Kaufman (BMI), and composer/producer Geoff Wood (ASCAP), over the month of October 2008, and recorded in studios in Michigan, Minneapolis and Sydney, "You Do it Right" is the unique culmination of a global collaboration of artists. Produced by Equinox Entertainment in Australia and Denmark, and released to over 940 stations globally, "You Do it Right" is truly an international record.

With soulful vocals delivered over a solid acoustic rock groove, "You Do it Right" is a number that stands out beyond the usual suspects of everyday musical fare.

Broadcast quality downloads as well as streaming plays are available to commercial broadcasters, exclusively and immediately from Airplay Direct.( http://www.airplaydirect.com/music/LethaAllen ) Internet downloads of "You Do it Right" are available to the public exclusively from Independent Artists Company beginning December 1st, 2008. ( http://www.iacmusic.com/songs.aspx?SongID=69909&ArtistID=70202 ) Interested parties are invited to contact Equinox Entertainment for broadcast quality preview, commercial review and available interview dates. ASCAP Title code 551130195.

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Contact ; Geoff Wood
Email ; audiofile@optusnet.com.au

Please take a listen, leave a comment, or just drop by and say gidday. It's been a long time between drinks.....

cheers, niteshift

The Caves from Meno

Meno — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:31:30 GMT

New music I have been working on. Quite a simple song. I am learning how to use Sonar Producer and this is more the accomplishment here. So much to learn.

Buy my music at iTunes from siflaar

siflaar — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:15:01 GMT

Yes..... here it is:

My music on iTunes.

Primesounds sale in our web shop from Emil Hansson

Emil Hansson — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:42:56 GMT

We're doing some cleaning at the warehouse and are selling out all our Primesounds sample CD's at half the price. Check em out below if you like:

A Funky Future
Previews (64 kbps mp3)

Distoteque
Previews (64 kbps mp3)

Flum
Previews (64 kbps mp3)

Metriam
Previews (64 kbps mp3)

Prime SFX
Previews (64 kbps mp3)

Session Strings
Previews (64 kbps mp3)

Atlas Reshaped from Subliminal

Subliminal — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:11:37 GMT

At last, I have finished my remix of Anchor's Atlas. Now, it may seem that I am on a roll here, but I started quite some time ago with both Atlas Reshaped and A Comforting Solution. Not that I have been working on both these songs all that time, but still, both were not exactly created overnight. Next up is a serious attempt at completing my version of Blind Date. This one I have been working on when I got stuck with everything else, but now it is time to try and finish it.

Unplug the Plugins ! from niteshift

niteshift — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:52:13 GMT

Well, what a harrowing week it's been. Having the time to sit down and actually get it all togther and create something has got to be a gift at the best of times. A month just to write, a collection of internet collaboraters to help speed the process along, and long days dfirting off into the creative ether. Nothing could be better right ?

Now, nothing at all is suppossed to go to plan, and with no agenda, the pressure should be off, to just go with the flow and let the mind have a mental splurge. That is, until internet collaborater No1 comes up with some lyrics, a great tune, and a great voice to sing the tune, to a musical piece first visited a couple of months previous.

So, it's into the dark recesses of the computer, to pull up the track, and see how it sounds with a new melody line. Sounds great, and everything is flowing along well. So, it's a quick mixdown, and onto the internet for peer review.

First comment : "There is something very wrong sonically like the music is playing from a separate source than the vocals. I have never heard you have this sound before, is something off on the set up?

Second comment : " ...but the vox sound like they are recorded in a room quite different than where the music is taking place "

Third comment : ".....had the same sense of something off, so I'll look forward to the next one? "

And so they went on . OK, check and recheck, and yep, there is a phasing issue, and yep, those vocals are sounding really different to the backing track, so what's the problem ? The problem was, that the backing tracks were recorded months ago, built up one by one, with various effects being added to the tracks. Sometimes 2 or 3 units per track, as it was a bit thin at the time and needed some "oomph" After adding a total of thirty five tracks, each with it's own clutter of little gizmos to make it sound "better" the whole thing ends up a sonic cosmic slop, spinning around in the phones like a demented cat in a clothes drier.

Only solution. Back to basics. Back to square one. Back to kindy school and back to the simplicity of the sandpit. Like a child scribbling with crayons, the plugins are unceremoniously detatched and thrown out the virtual window hopefully to be shattered on the ground into a million little bits never to return. Replaced with just an EQ, a bit of reverb, a smidgeon of compression, and a big dash of ears, all is well in sonic land.

We live, we learn, and try to remember that "better" does not always mean "burden me down with gadgets" So the next time you consider brewing up a batch of sonic soup, just remember....... unplug the plugins.

cheers, niteshift

I've added 4 new (old) songs! from Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:00:24 GMT

Hi friends, I've recently added four new songs to my page, relatively old for me but new for this site: Two more or less spontaneous instrumental improvisations (category: humor) and two songs, 'Bushmensong' and 'Mystery to Me'. The latter being based on an improvisation of words, guitar and Groove Agent. The lyrics seemed meaningless at first but in retrospect they reveal some meaning, at least to me. I hope you like them.

Freedom from Subliminal

Subliminal — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:43:42 GMT

I have finished another track for my Orpheus In Hell project. This one features Snowflake's spoken word piece Freedom, which is therefore the title of my song. You can also hear some excellent clarinet playing by Fireproof Babies, which he recorded specifically for this song. The track opens with a flute solo, originally called Still Life, which in its final version was inspired by the Dead Can Dance song Piece For Solo Flute from their splendid live album Toward The Within. I used a stretched and reversed version of my flute solo as an extra layer in the second part of the song.

A Comforting Solution from Subliminal

Subliminal — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:24:56 GMT

There is a new remix to be enjoyed. It's called A Comforting Solution and it's a remix of Artie Q's song Belief. I could waste your time by talking at lengths about it, but Artie has said it all here. The only thing I would like to add is that it was Duckett's drum loop which got the creative juices for this remix flowing again. So, thank you Duckett!

Micro-Phones contest open for voting! from Emil Hansson

Emil Hansson — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:51:38 GMT

Step right up and vote folks. This is more important than the US election! =)

Entered the contest - come vote for me! from Molly Molotov

Molly Molotov — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:49:52 GMT

Hi there, Come and vote for me :)

Interview with Lo Kivikas! from Lo Kivikas

Lo Kivikas — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:11:21 GMT

SR International Radio will broadcast an exclusive interview with Lo Kivikas on Saturday, 25 of October, 22.00. You can find the station at 89.6 on the FM dial.

And then it was friday again! from Emil Hansson

Emil Hansson — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:49:52 GMT

This is really funny =)

"Light technician crashing thru the ceiling during a live broadcast on swedish tv."

so you want to buy some music from siflaar

siflaar — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:00:49 GMT

I'm proud to tell you that starting from today (081023) you can buy my music at CDbaby.

And within a few weeks also from iTunes.

My other albums (old and new) will also be released this year. So keep checking my blog.

Greetings to you al.
Patrick

www.mmbtp.com from Molly Molotov

Molly Molotov — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:05:23 GMT

Visit www.mmbtp.com for information about vocal tutoring.