How to Spot a Professional DJ

Nov. 22, 2010 by

The party is not going so well. Something is off. The crowd is edgy, some people are dancing, sporadically, but most everyone is milling around the bar and the promoter is looking stressed. The DJ is playing some good tunes,

iPad App Review: Korg iMS-20

Nov. 13, 2010 by

The Korg MS-20 is one of my favourite analog synths of all time. I have the Korg Legacy Bundle with the (now discontinued) 3/4 sized USB Contoller modelled after the original and it is always within reach.

Working with Mistakes.

Nov. 8, 2010 by

Using mistakes as a source of  inspiration can open up a world of possibilities that our tools of correction often negate.

Night Shift

Nov. 2, 2010 by

Any given weekend in Tokyo is soaked to the gills in techno events but once you step outside the greater downtown areas of Shibuya. Nakameguro and Daikanyama (a stones throw apart from each other) there really isn’t much happening techno

The Insidious Burden of Choice

Nov. 1, 2010 by

There are a plethora of music making machines and software programs out on the market these days, many snake oils and, myriad merchants of miracle mojo peddling them too.