सम चोप्पेद ब्रेअक्स इ उप्लोअदेद फॉर या!

So there is a drummer named KJ Sawka. I found out about him on youtube, randomly. He drums jungle/drum n bass. He is awesome!!! Here is his site: www.kjsawka.com/
And here is one of his videos:

So, on the FSOR forum one of the users named Lush Puppy got a bunch of audio from a lot of KJ Sawkas vids on the net, and compiled a 6 minute blob of a bunch of his breaks. Uploaded it, and I snagged it. Then I thought it would be sweet to cut up that blorb into sections that I could throw in my monome for food. So I ended up chopping the 6 minute blob into 58 sections. With each section beaing a loopable on its own beat. So these can be used for grabbing drum hits, chopping, mashing, whatever!

www.archive.org/details/KjSawkaBreaksChopped is where they are located. Have fun!

The क्य्क्लोने ऑफ़ अ move

So a buddy of mine said "Hey, when you move, give yourself a couple weeks to get adjusted." I said to myself, "heck no, i am getting setup in the studio and start mashing away!!!" Well, it is a couple weeks later, and I am just getting adjusted. LOL! It's true. Live and learn.

Last night I started sampling again. I got some James Brown slammed on down. I sampled some Sade I found on vinyl. Then, an odd find at Rasputins. The best of Gozilla soundtracks. Its actually got some cool cops on it. I will have fun using some stuff from there!! Crazy where you can find good groove lines or string comps. Really fun to search and rip, then throw in the monome with a beat I made, and tear it up!

The drummers of their own timeline are easy to loop, it is the strings that smash it!

Back to it!

Last night was the first 'time' in about three weeks that I finally sat in front of my equipment ready to get stuff done. Don't get me wrong, I have been fiddling here and there, but now I feel comfortable and focused and ready to go. Yesterday I installed my little ac unit in the studio. It is a temporary solution until cooler weather pops in. Then I will take it down, and have a window again :)! On to other exciting things. I started cutting up some James brown and some 'Liz Story'. Very nice stuff to use for canvas painting!! I also got done with taking pictures of start to finish of the studio and part of the move. So, i hope to do a little picture blog, should be fun to see. So, new music going to coming soon, just been in a whirlwind lately, but like always, getting through it...

One cool thing about cutting up vinyl is: If you record a whole track and then start chopping it up, if in your sections of your chop you can make it loop naturally, then it will be easier to layer in time with a beat you make your self. Very cool!

ये, इ गोत सम बीट्स ROLLING

So, last night I finally got to play with some beats. Got my music making area about 70% complete! Been taking pictures of the progress, and it is coming along nicely! I am very proud so far. The set up is minimal and mainly for the things I use only, no unnecessary gear just sitting around taking up space. I figure anything I do not use, I will just store for a rainy day. I know I got a little too much gear, lol! Its all good, I am just looking to get things done now, not really concerning myself with utilizing all the gear just because I have it. Blah. Less is more, or so shall we see. Today I hope to finish up setting up and then its madman scientist cooped up getting albums done!!! I can't wait!