It’s been 8 months since my last confession. Well, not really – but it has been that long since my last full production.
I’ve been learning more and more about Ableton and have been working on several projects at once.
Hopefully by the end of January 2010 (!) I’ll have a mash-up mix to [...]

Ebb & Flow (Original Mix) by ShiftGorden

Style: House/electro
BPM: 132
Production Time: 2 months (on and off)
Comments:

UPDATE: 05/31/09 – I remastered again.  After a mixing session, I realized my beats were too loud and the instrumentation was too quiet.  This remix now accounts for that.  I’ve added a few bonus bits, too.  The new MP3 [...]

Smacker FInal Mix by ShiftGorden

Style: House
BPM: 135
Production time: Over a month (on and off, of course)
Comments:  The only thing that remains true to the original version, which I started over a month ago, is the basic drum beat.  This thing changed over time and I called upon my friend, Deven [...]

After a hiatus of nearly 3 years from producing music, I decided to download a demo of Ableton Live 7.0.
I must say, I was darn impressed – impressed enough to convince my wife that I needed the $800 software (well, $400 since my wife is a student – whoop!)
During the trial period, I managed to [...]