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Posts in October 2008

Production page

Michael Forrest

Mon 20 Oct 2008

Okay, here's a showcase of some of my best stuff in an attempt to bring it all together in a place a busy person can check it out...

grimaceworks.com/mf/production

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Mood Tracker again

Michael Forrest

Fri 10 Oct 2008

Seems my Facebook app has been quietly gaining users.

From people all over the place. The last mark is zero because the data doesn't get changed until midnight. I couldn't work out how to narrow the range - the flash kept freezing!
I'm staying with my family today, and somebody reminded me I know celebrity psychologist Paul Britton, and that perhaps I should be talking to him and other people about this application. And perhaps I could somehow monetise it.
I have no idea how I would monetise it.

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Radiohead Reckoner Remix

Michael Forrest

Tue 07 Oct 2008

So I spent this afternoon surrounded by a circle of gear, recording this remix, after Dave kindly donated the 'stems' (they must always be referred to as 'stems', with the quote marks).

I didn't want to go too electronic on it - I decided I wanted to do something that wouldn't be too out of place on a Radiohead record. It was nice sitting inside a circle formed by my drum kit, rack units, microphone assembly, moog prodigy, cello, trumpet, clarinet, controller keyboard and laptop. The only bad thing is it meant I was listening to my speakers at the wrong angle, meaning I was mixing it slightly wrong as I was going along - hopefully it's not TOO bad, now that I've tweaked it.

There was a lot of music spilling into the vocal track, so I ended up incorporating this into a fill, bringing in the 'big' music. Oh anyway. Have a listen.

Listen here and vote for it: http://www.radioheadremix.com/remix/?id=868

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