I just noticed that Bjorn has checked out of Kompoz.... very sorry to see it.  Bjorn was a real foundation of the site in the early days and probably the most prolific member for years.  Bummer 

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Hello again...

I've played the drums since I was 6 years old, and apart from the basics taught to me by my dad, I've never had lessons... Well not until a few weeks ago when I had my first lesson with Craig Blundell at Steve White's place in Stockport, Nr Manchester,  England.

I realize most are noobies to the recording world on this site.  There is so much information on the internet that may seem to be overwhealming.

If you would like a mix engineer to be able to mix your track... make ALL the raw trax available... not just the vocals,...or the drum stems...or a mix of the song without guitars, with guitars soloed in another stem. 

Even if you have a drum loop...make it known that there are no individual drum tracks.  A mix engineer can take your loop and make individual drum trax from it (seperate kick drum, HH, Snare etc.)

OK, so what happened?
You know what I mean... what happened??? 

This is the third try to post video to a blog, some times it works.....sometimes it doesn't.  If no video, here's the URL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KaOC9danxNo

My first attempt at blogging was rather pathetic...

So here goes...

Who am I?

I'm Echo

Software I use is Ableton, various soft synths, a 12 string semi & Epiphone Tbird.I am on the look out for hardware - not found a synth yet that either worth the price tag or works in my area

I also have a fondness for sampling, I'll sample anything, I'll spend all day sampling

I also adore feedback

My main love is electronic music but also partial to guitar bands drenched in reverb & delay.

Where I am I?

Based 24 miles outside of Manchester, a small market town population 31,000

North of Manchester (not south as previously stated, I have a shite sense of direction)

Why am I here?

Collaboration. If I'm honest, I have no idea what I am doing and this is where you come in. What I do have are ideas, in abundance and therefore keen to get busy

An old good friend and former stagemate sent me an email asking for advice. He's a lead-vocalist / keyboard / piano player and very frequent live performer (more than weekly). His setup is Giant, like a minivan full of stuff worth.  When we played together last time I just showed with my Mac, a keyboard-controller, and my bass. I gave him a brief demo of how it'd be possible to to perform all the stuff he had to do using Logic-Mainstage like I was.

I got this note from him yesterday, and am posting it and my response here for feedback on my advice in case I made some glaring/expensive mistakes.