Well, I have been in school and busy as Hell (Yes, literally. Soul-harvesting is a lucrative but time consuming business). The mix of school and my various musical lessons have taken up most of my time. New concepts/ideas have been forming during this time, unfortunately, I haven’t had much time to act on these ideas.

An interesting side effect from the immersion in the music I have been studying, a new style of sound that is blurring of all the different techniques used in the genres. At first it came out sounding like hokey style dropping that many musicians will... Read more

A great topic came up at Dutty Artz and Mudd Up! that should be read by anyone who is dj’ing, composing or sampling music from other parts of the world.

In this young new global underground dance whatever scene we’re in I think that we really need to make sure that if we’re gonna engage in a style that we’re doing it on all levels, not just formal (wow this beat pattern is great, I’m gonna put my euro synth bass on it and call it ‘global-fusion’) but on the levels of slang, culture, meaning, people, relationships,... Read more

Every sound is born out of silence, dies back into silence, and during its life span is surrounded by silence. Silence enables the sound to be. – Eckhart Tolle

I have been thinking about the role of silence in music lately. It is possibly the most overlooked subject in music today. Many people believe that it is a blank canvas on which the painting of sound is put upon, but its actually part of the music as well. The effectiveness of using silence is also not utilized, as most pop music will only use silence for a measure... Read more