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Ableton Music Some of the Tunes of made

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Ableton Live 8 is such a great software program for making music, ive been messing around with it over the easter holidays and a made a few new songs. Nne of them are any good and were all made from scratch i thought id upload them for anyone to listen to.

Ive been following tutorials from SonicAcademy.com and have been trying to make a Trance /Dance tune and of course its not easy. But its fun and something i can improve on i guess.

None of these songs contain any copyrighted samples as they were all made by me. None of the tunes have been named so the names are bit random.

  1. [wpaudio url=”https://www.irishbloke.net/abletonmp3s/firsttracka.mp3″ text=”DJ Gerry – First Track” dl=”0″]
  2. [wpaudio url=”https://www.irishbloke.net/abletonmp3s/fiftsong.mp3″ text=”DJ Gerry – fifth song” dl=”0″]
  3. [wpaudio url=”https://www.irishbloke.net/abletonmp3s/second song.mp3″ text=”DJ Gerry – Second Song” dl=”0″]
  4. [wpaudio url=”https://www.irishbloke.net/abletonmp3s/27 march new track.mp3″ text=”DJ Gerry – 27 March” dl=”0″]
  5. [wpaudio url=”https://www.irishbloke.net/abletonmp3s/new track mar2010 vers2.mp3″ text=”DJ Gerry – New Track March 2010″ dl=”0″]
  6. [wpaudio url=”https://www.irishbloke.net/abletonmp3s/1 april.mp3″ text=”DJ Gerry – 1april” dl=”0″]
  7. [wpaudio url=”https://www.irishbloke.net/abletonmp3s/4april2010 – i lost you.mp3″ text=”DJ Gerry – i lost you” dl=”0″]
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Songs that make you feel good: The Temper Trap “Sweet Disposition”

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There are times when you hear a song and you go “wow, this is awesome fuck whos this band?..” etc. I just turned on the TV 30 mins ago and caught a video that looked cool and then the song was awesome too.

Not knowing who the hell the band or song was called i was determined to find the song and video and luckly i recognised the lead singer from a picture on the 2fm website.  This song is awesome and the video is cool as well check it out.

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The Best of 2009

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Its time to make one of those “Best of Year” lists you always see around this time of year and havng never made one before im going to list my favorite things of 2009.

With all sorts of things included from album,Artist,Song and movie etc. At the moment im just listing possable choices;

 

 

Best Film:

  • District 9
  • Public Enemies
  • Star Trek
  • In the Loop

Best PC Game:

  • Empire Total War
  • Arma 2
  • Dragons Age:Origins
  • Call of Duty  MW2
  • Anno 1404 – Dawn of Discovery
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum

Best Console Game:

  • Assasins Creed 2
  • Fifa 10
  • Dragons Age:Origins
  • Call of Duty  MW2
  • Grand Theft Auto 4 DLC’s
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum

Best Album:

  • Doves:Kingdom of Rust

Best Artist:

  • Doves

Best Concert/ Live Performance

  • Doves- GMEX, Manchester, 18 Dec
  • The Pixies – Dublin Oylmpia 2 oct

Best Song:

  • Doves – Winterhill / Kingdom of Rust
  • Chicane – Poppiholla
  • Paul Van Dyk – home
  • John O’Callaghan Ft. Sarah Howells – Find Yourself

Best TV Show:

  • The Unit
  • Lost
  • Prison Break
  • 24
  • Mad Men

Best Comedy:

  • The Thick of it
  • The Office
  • Family Guy
  • South Park
  • The Simpsons
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Doves @ The GMEX Manchester 18-Dec

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The Doves played in the GMEX in Manchester on the 18th Dec and it was one hell of a gig. The doves were awesome and there setlist had all the best songs even the support of the Superfurry animals were great too.

Only problem was they only served Carling in the venue, no wide selection of beers and largers like in ireland.

The greatest denier

Doves-The cedar room

Space Face:

There Goes the Fear:

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Songs that make you feel good 1- Oct 09

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chicane-poppihollaAt the moment im listening to the fantastic tune by “Chicane – Poppiholla” which i knew i heard before as its been all over the place recently and it turns out that the Chicane version is a remix of the Icelandic band Sigur Rós from their 2005 album Takk.

“Hoppípolla” ([‘hɔhpiphɔtla], Icelandic for “Jumping into puddles”) is a song by Icelandic band Sigur Rós from their 2005 album Takk….

Wikipedia

This song is awesome its the kinda music that makes (me) feel alive etc. Chicane have always been one of those bands that bang out a cool tune once in a while but this is pure awesomeness.

1.) Chicane – Poppiholla

2) John O’Callaghan feat. Sarah Howells – Find Yourself

Theres another great tune i heard on the radio the other day thats almost as good as Chicanes Song but no quite.

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The Pixies – Olympia 1st October

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pixiesI went to see the Pixies in dublin on thursday the 1st of october with my sister whos a huge fan. I never listened to them once since that day on the bus to dublin where i listened to the “Doolittle” album. And at first play i thought hmm its ok but.. So we got into dublin early and into the Oylmpia at about 8.10 where the support act was some guy singing and drumming loudly.

The atmosphere was electric and there were people there in their 30’s and up. So into the bar for a quick few pints of bulmers in a plastic cup at €5.50 which is a bit expensive but its a concert so what the hell. The bulmers must have been wattered down cause i was drinking them dam fast. So in we went took our seats and the place was packed and sold-out.  This was the second night the Pixies were playing, they were doing three nights.

What followed was something magical and something ill never see again a legendary band playing great songs. Theres a great selection of videos on youtube from the gig so heres the awesomeness you missed.

Heres a review from state.ie;

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GlastonBury: The Doves

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I cant tell you how excited ive been since noticing that my favorite band has been playing the UK’s Best Summer Festival of music. They were heading the “John Peel” stage on friday night. And i stayed up, putting everything on hold in order to see them live. And despite me getting the time wrong by one hour as  “Bloc Party” started at 10.30 so, i waited patiently, as my dad sleeps in the sitting room these days due to ill-health, i didnt have long to record and watch the “Doves”, he told me 12.30 was my limit.Despite this i prayed the “doves” would be on soon and at 11.30 on BBC3 (Via BBC2 with the Red Button) they were on and it was the best live gig ive ever seen.

I want to say a huge thanks to my favorite Doves Blog http://dovesmusic.blogspot.com/ for the videos and music from the best night ever. Despite being totaly confused about the way the BBC were showing the Doves, i recorded the best i could. Which Seemed to 45-60 minutes  of “bloc party” then the doves and vice versa. Which i felt was unfair and very confusing on BBC Digital, despite checking many times who was next etc.

The gig was amazing in everyway posable, from the crowds cheering to Jimis interaction. You cant beat “g,g,g,g,glastonbury” as a great feeling for folks being there and him thanking all “you magical fucking people”.Not to mention the Doves played there absolute best tracks that night.

10/10

If only Slane in ireland was like this:)

Fore more Doves News Visit:
http://www.doves.net
http://dovesmusic.blogspot.com/

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Music: Creating Amazing Music with Albeton Live 8

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ableton_live7_boxIve found what i think is the most amazing piece of music software ever made. Its called “Ableton Live 8” and its just incredable.I was on youtube one night browsing videos and i found a video that was just incredable which demonstrated the software.

That video is below ive also added a video showing hot to make a trance track from those great folks at the sonicacademy.com a site which i joined straight away after seeing how superb there tutorials were on youtube, check out there youtube channel on;

http://www.youtube.com/user/SonicAcademy

Make music with Ableton Live

I love music and thats no understatement, i love all types from rock to dance and trance. Ive always loved to be a Dj or make some kinda of a dance song and this software lets you do that. My two favorite trance artists are “Paul Van Dyk” and “Dj Tiesto” so bearing that in mind i then found another amazing video from a website called the “sonicacademy.com”. This is an awesome tutorial showing you how-to make a trance track using the instruments in Ableton Live. Of course its not just dance music you can create the skys the limit with this software.

How To Make A Trance Tune – Tutorial 1

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The Doves Live in Belfast-My First Ever Concert

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Ive been a huge fan of this band since about 2002 since i heard the song pounding from their album “The Last Broadcast”. Since then ive bought every album theve released and followed them. The new Album “kingdom of Rust” is awesome and ive been listening to it since it was released.

Some time back in March i was checking out their myspace page and seen the UK Tour Dates and had the idea of going to see them in Belfast. So without thinking about booking the tickets i just said to myself “if i dont book these ill never get to see them live.”, So i booked the tickets got 2 seated for the gig in the Ulster Hall in Belfast.

Anyway booking those tickets was the best thing i ever did, the concert was fantastic, it was a small venue about 2000 people max i think and the atmosphere was electric. My sister took some photos and videos on my phone ive posted some below. The Doves were so good that if i could have i would have went down to dublin to see them the next day.

Theres a lesson in all this of course, sometimes thinking about doing something too much means you’ll never do it.

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The Doves are Back!

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Doves Kingdom of Rust
Doves Kingdom of Rust

One of my favorite bands ever have realised two new songs from there upcoming “Kingdom of Rust”. The First song is the new single Called “Kingdom of Rust” and its fantastic the other song is called “Jetstream” a Free Download available from the doves website. Both songs are brilliant and if you like music you are bound to love the doves.

The Album doest come out until the 6th of april and i cant wait for it. Forget U2 coming up with the same old sound again with their new Album and usual Over-the-top Hype and Bonos huge Ego.

Official Site:
http://www.doves.net/