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 [...]

An old track of mine and a buddy’s is being played on http://www.smoothtraxx.gr tomorrow night.
Tune in at 6:00pm Central Time (12:00am GMT) on Saturday 28 February to listen to fellow Englishman and long time friend, Deven Neil, play one of our last collaborations together.
The track is almost 10 years old and was our first venture [...]

This Ain’t A Track (Movement Original Mix) by ShiftGorden

Style: House
BPM: 130
Production time: 5 days
Comments: This track went off in several different directions before slowly gelling together – the number of mental blocks on this one was almost unbelievable.
I kept the beats nice and simple, and opted for closed hi-hats on [...]

Tomorrow, Thursday January 15th, could be a good day.  According to Terekith, a moderator of the awesome forum www.abletonlivedj.com, details of Ableton Live 8 should be released at the NAMM conference.
I’m still in awe of what Ableton 7 is capable of, so I really have no idea or expectation of what Ableton 8 will do.
I [...]

DownloadBouncesation
Style: House
BPM: 132
Production time: 1 day
Comments: This is my second Ableton Live “experiment.”  This time I tried to do everything using Ableton’s soft-synth collection.
The bass drum and snares where programmed using the Operator synth, and passed through a compressor and some EQ to add a little more tone and punch.  The hats and percussion section [...]

DownloadCompressor (Original Mix)
Style: Electro House
BPM: 132
Production time: 3 days
Comments: My first track for 2.5 years, and my first using Ableton 7.0. Think of this more of an “experiment” – I was learning to use a new piece of software and the various plug-ins and soft-synths that are contained within the Ableton Live suite.
The [...]

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 [...]