http://www.sliptide.com Seattle Electronic Music Producer & Performer Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:59:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I managed to finally upgrade my Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 Ultimate (retail) yesterday.  The install is smooth enough that I was able to get the OS configured, audio and equipment drivers installed, along with Ableton and Reason installed and ready to go.  Smoooooth! I can work on music ... http://www.sliptide.com/index.php/studiolog/house-trip-hop-and-the-return-of-spring/ This song is inspired by day-cations and weekend trips to Portland. I adore the Lan Su Chinese Garden and Tao of Tea Teahouse. This is a chill house track that really grooves. Ambient stabs and texture a-plenty with a good rolling bassline along with a breakdown that throws in some subtle ... http://www.sliptide.com/index.php/1thelatest/sunday-afternoon-at-the-teahouse/ Welcome to the first ever Sliptide newsletter!  Music news, clips, and special releases will be written about in this semi-regular news letter.  I'm starting small and hope to write one of these ever other month, and no more than once per month. If you'd like this post delivered directly to your ... http://www.sliptide.com/index.php/newsletter/sliptide-newsletter-february-2010/ "Genre" is a word that is very frustrating to me and a lot of other musicians in the electronic world.  The accessibility of software, lowering prices of hardware and controllers, and afford-ability of home computers and laptops means that we are able to obtain the tools necessary to unleash some of our ... http://www.sliptide.com/index.php/7blog/what-once-was-lost-is-now-found/ I've been taking some of my personal studio time and dedicating it to working on my next big step: An Ableton Live! performance. I don't have a lot of the new fancy equipment that is out there to help with taking Live! and mapping its controls to handy button grids, knobs, ... http://www.sliptide.com/index.php/studiolog/live-set-work/ With all of the joy and craziness of the holiday season, I haven't really been doing much in the way of music production. This is a good thing, since I've needed a bit of a break and some time to 'reset' the creative process in order to get back into ... http://www.sliptide.com/index.php/studiolog/december-2009-open-projects-review/ Good lord.. is it really the week of Christmas? Did I really just see my weekends and time off fly by without even a cold winter breath upon my neck? What the?! Well the GOOD news is that I'm a few clicks away from nabbing the first set of short run ... http://www.sliptide.com/index.php/7blog/december-where-did-you-go/ I've been making a lot of house music. Here are clips of two songs that I had started and have since worked to near completion. [wpaudio url="http://www.sliptide.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Sliptide-project-clip-Mit-Freunden.mp3" text="20090901 - Mit Freunden" dl="0"] [wpaudio url="http://www.sliptide.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Sliptide-project-clip-Tunnels.mp3" text="20091029 - Tunnels" dl="0"] http://www.sliptide.com/index.php/projectclips/mit-freunden-tunnels-project-clips/ Over 2 years ago, Amy and I were outside in a beautiful sun-showered downtown Seattle. The weather was perfect in that the temperature wasn't too hot, nor did we have any lingering chilly winds or low temperatures from spring. I'm an admirer of architecture, especially that of cities and urban environments. ... http://www.sliptide.com/index.php/pictures/photography/rising/ I've had some inspiration to continue posting some of my art and photography pieces by way of Flickr.  In an attempt to first catch up with what is on the site, I"m going to post a few pieces here on my site! http://www.sliptide.com/index.php/pictures/photography/surrounding-the-outcast/