Last summer was a flurry of activity and then a sudden exhausted silence followed by a 3-4 month sidetrack learning how to make shit out of dead trees. Long story short, I’m expecting to have another spurt of activity as I try to justify my gear lust with more YouTube performances, discussions and tutorials. At…
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Sampler Wars continues: Ableton vs Octatrack
Given that Elektron’s announcement of the Octatrack Mk II and the fact that I’ve been looking extra hard at my Octatrack in the corner collecting dust for the past few weeks as I gather, organize, convert, and create one-shots and loops from random recordings and found sounds, and since I’ve been equally hell bent on…
daemonElectricity and Adventures in Facebook Marketing (Turn back now.)
I hate marketing. I hate doing just about anything that is required to make money, self promote and get paid, but obviously I need and like having money and I like having exposure to satisfy my deep desire for validation. What a conundrum. This is literally my first foray into any kind of paid internet…
Lost Track and “Just Push Play” Mentality
It seems I’ve been playing the role of historian and librarian more than music maker in the past few months. I won’t say it hasn’t taken it’s toll but the best part is going through old recordings and finding out you like something a little more than you initially remember liking something. Halloween Mix-004 Halloween…
The different types and mindsets of sampling.
Continuing with the main production point of interest for me right now, I wanted to dissect what different types of samples I use and what other music producers are likely to collect and encounter in sample packs. Sure, on the surface, it should be ultimately a question of “Is this a one-shot or is this…
Ableton Push 2 vs Native Instruments Maschine Studio
This is probably in the realm of great rivalries like Hatfields and McCoys, OU and Texas, Yankees and Red Sox, etc. I’ve been using Maschine since immediately after it’s launch in 2009 and I’ve been using Live even longer, going back to about the beginning of 2007. Both are revered for their workflow and ability…
RIP Bat-Man; a word on utility belts.
I’m thinking of a number of music production related updates and have written down quite a bit of stuff in my notes in the past couple of weeks. One of the things that became ever-presently appreciable as I was doing a bunch of sample librarian and multitrack archival work this weekend, in the wake of…
Second Live Show, Building Furniture for Electronic Contraptions and Sampling From A Dimension of Sight And Sound
The second post is the real welcome post. My boat still sails by the mercy of employment opportunities (or lack thereof) and desire for creative fulfillment, I’ve been full-tilt on establishing Daemon Electricity on the interwebs, I spend too many minutes throwing words down a rabbit hole of political anger and frustration elsewhere, and there’s no…
Welcome to the daemonElectricity Official Website!
Welcome! Daemon Electricity is my personal music project for the past 10 years. I have developed a pretty extensive collection of recordings and arrangements in that time. I haven’t really pushed too hard to promote, sell or play in front of live audiences so much in the past but all good things must come to…