Thursday, 17 December 2015

Lonley Lovers Update



Looks like I won't be using Soundcloud to host Lonley Lovers. I'll be moving to Mixcloud.

I will still be using Soundcloud to upload original music, but Lonely Lovers will live on Mixcloud.
I would much rather have everything be available in one place, as I see it as a hassle to go to different sites for different things, but this is the best long term solution.

Really annoyed because I have a techno mix that I don't give a shit about, that I uploaded over a year ago, but that hasn't been pulled.

                            -__________-''

Links in previous posts have been changed



Saturday, 12 December 2015

Lonely Lovers Vol 2



Lonely Lovers Vol. 2

The story for this volume is that of the same man, who left the voice mail message for his ex. But this time a friend of his is checking up on him, trying to get him to come to a party. The friend brings up a CD the man has made, which contains songs that remind him of his ex. He plays it everyday.
The man doesn't listen to his friend, and deletes the message as soon as he brings up the CD. He then puts in on, sits down on the edge of his bed and listens.

I originally had hoped to record a phone conversation and use that as the basis for the story, but it couldn't be done this month. Look out for that in the future.
The songs and story changed quite often throughout the month. I had settled on a selection of songs, and the story but changed my mind 2 days ago.
Happy with the selection of music, but need to work on the story part of the mix more. I finished recording everything at 3:30am last night, but woke up this morning and made some changes. Trying to get it as perfect as possible.

Recorded a bunch of sound for the story, all the sounds you hear were recorded by me, wish I took more time to work on the story. That's something I promise will be better in the future mixes. The audio will be mixed better and the story itself will be fleshed out more.

I initially was settling on a more ambient themed mix, but it just didn't feel right. It felt way too sad. And it just didn't flow correctly all together. I cheated using Bill Evans and Ben Webster for a second month in a row, but god dam son they're too good to leave out. I could do a whole mix on Bill Evans alone.

A lot of these songs are songs that I was listening to a long time ago and I always wanted to do something with them. Film is too fucking lame, so it's nice to finally have a medium where I can share these songs.

Already looking forward to next months mix. Planned something nice, that I hope I can pull off.

Sit back and think of a love that isn't around anymore, or share it with one that is.
Enjoy.

Tracklist;

The Way We Were/Try To Remember - Gladys Knight & The Pips
It Never Entered My Mind - Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster
Unless It's You - Les McCann
My Foolish Heart - Bill Evans
These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) - Billie Holiday
I Wonder - Louis Armstrong
A Flower Is Not A Flower - Ryuichi Sakamoto
1975 Moog Polymoog - Benge
Space Lion - The Seatbelts

https://www.mixcloud.com/Taction/lonely-lovers-vol-2/


Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Lonely Lovers 1



Presenting "Lonely Lovers"

A new endeavour to bring sweet, sweet music to you once a month.
Each mix/playlist will have its own unique concept and story behind it.

The concept for the inaugural issue is that of a broken hearted man attempting to win back an ex by leaving a long winded voicemail message accompanied by a mixtape.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Taction/lonely-lovers-vol-1/

Tracklist:

Continental Monologue - Renzo Cesana
Heather - Billy Cobham
Waiting For Angela - Toninho Horta
Tenderly - Jackie Gleason
Today I Bought You Violets - Renzo Cesana
I Just Wanna Be There - Jay Berliner
Have You Been Making Out O.K - Al Green
Where Are You - Ben Webster
When I Fall In Love - Bill Evans
Baby - Donnie and Joe Emerson
Where Was I? - Renzo Cesana

Enjoy!


Saturday, 17 October 2015

Music



I've finally found what I want to do.

I have messed around with music software and hardware for the past 5 years or so, but never put an extended period of time into. Reasons being that I had a lot of other interests at the time, I was writing, taking photos, drawing, and I wasn't sure if music was where I wanted to focus my energy. 
Another reason being, that I wasn't willing to put the time/hard work in to develop the skills. In my mind I had, what I thought to be, great songs, but my technical ability sucked, which frustrated me and caused me to never devote enough time to it. I had the songs in my head, but making them is a whole different thing.

Hard work was never instilled in me when I was growing up. It was something that I've had to learn. 
I was fortunate to grow up in a family, where, if something was needed, a majority of the time it could be provided. 
But the past two and a half years, during my time in Korea, I have been exposed to what hard work really is. Seeing everyone work so hard, in no matter what they do, forced me to look at myself and realise that I wasn't doing no where near enough to attain the goals that I had. And it made me question if I really wanted the things that I did.

I miss Korea. 

I also took on an attitude of no excuses, if you really want something there should be no reason why you don't devote every spare second of your time to it. If you can't do that, then you don't really want it. Sacrifice everything for your goal. Commit yourself without distraction. And once you're there, work even harder to make sure you stay there.

With hard work and dedication I know I can be successful in music. There isn't a doubt in my mind.

After being lost for a really long time I finally feel I have a direction to run in again.

Yes, I know I said design was the way forward for me, but this is what I truly want to spend my time doing.
Music is one of the most beautiful things we have available to us. And I want to add to that.
Out of all the arts, I feel music stands alone in being the only one that truly has a place in our lives.
The rest we could do without.

This is something that is going to take a lot of time before I achieve any sort of success. I'm going to suck for a while, but I've got to push through that or I'll be sitting at this same desk for the rest of my life, never getting anything done.

I'm looking forward to where this is going to take me. I am going to be patient, but I won't be lazy.



Friday, 16 October 2015

Daily doodle



I'm going all in on music.

Here's a preview of what I'm working on

Will have an update about why I've decided to settle on music soon.
In the meantime here's a little thing I drew today.

Saturday, 8 August 2015

Design Something Every Day #30


#30 Complete.

Thirty days.

This has been a challenging, but beneficial exercise. I have now found what I want to pursue. Nice to have drive and a direction once again.




Friday, 7 August 2015

Thursday, 6 August 2015

Friday, 31 July 2015

Monday, 27 July 2015

Sunday, 26 July 2015

Thursday, 23 July 2015

Wednesday, 22 July 2015

Design Something Every Day #13


#13 Sworn Album (concept)
(inspired by Heist Records)

Thursday, 16 July 2015

Sunday, 12 July 2015

Design Something Every Day #3


#3 Ryuichi Sakamoto tour poster

Couldn't decide on which option to choose.




Friday, 10 July 2015

Design Something Every Day #1

Challenging myself to design something once a day, for thirty days. I have no experience in design, but have always had a strong interest. This is just an exercise to test myself and see if this is something I have a future in. Will be posting one thing a day, for thirty days.
#1 Duke Ellington poster

Sunday, 17 May 2015

Thursday, 7 May 2015



Gyeonggi-do, Seongnam-si, Bundang-gu, Gungnae-dong, 345-6 Dong Yang Park Town, 110-L02, Seoul, Korea

Tuesday, 21 April 2015