Nice… just opened the back door and I can hear what seems to be a Celtic folk band practising in a garage a few houses away. Now I just wish there was no traffic noise accompanying it grumble

Over the last week I’ve been mostly working on a new song trying to fix up the annoying [...]

Went to a clearance sale on Sunday and Factory Sounds in South Melbourne.

I bought a Rode NT3 Microphone for $222 (down from $399), a Behringer GI100 DI box for my girlfriends guitar playing and a 10 meter XLR cable.

I REALLY need an audio I/O box now… preferably firewire. Problem is, they are either too expensive [...]

You Can get music online! It is legal, It’s in mp3 format and its great!

Yeah, yeah, I’m sure plenty people know this, but more than plenty people think the only good music is stuff that actually has a big label behind them or, they just haven’t thought about it.

Anyway, on with the important stuff…

I’ve known [...]

Finally finished a song I have worked on for ages. Then I got stuck on the mastering side of things.

You can download it here:

http://download.atariboy.com/atariboy-IdontdodosImnotahairdresser.mp3

It’s a remix/reconstruction of a sinebag song from his upcoming vinyl release. Actually, it uses samples from 2 of his songs

This song will be included on a CD that will [...]

could this be true?

would be pretty amazing thats for sure and fits with their goals of online music distribution.

here is a babelfished german article about this

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American Brandstand tracks mentions of consumer brands in songs in the Billboard Hot 100.  It’s interesting to see which products get mentioned the most; Mercedes is currently on top with 29 mentions so far in 2003.  (This week, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, and Li’l Kim all give props to the Benz.)  [...]

I read  a well written blog entry over at back-to-iraq.com just now..

its great to know despite what people go through, in this case, the kurds, they can still enjoy music to lift their spirits.

I love the first paragraph:

“DIYARBAKIR — Sunday night in Diyarbakir is actually a lot more entertaining than it sounds. Emre has [...]

I was listening RRR, my local community radio station and heard about this story. Pretty scary.

heres an exerpt:

“, a band member of mine who prefers to go unnamed, his mother received a visit from two plainclothes men from the military – and this band member of mine has a sibling who is in the Gulf.

And [...]

I have been mostly working on music of late. Logic 6 is really good for work flow; helps me a lot. so…. less internet usage and more of what I really want to do

A song I have been working on; I am really happy with it, but having problems knowing how to arrange [...]

sweet as! some people have got Linux running on the iPodWill be good to see what comes out of this! Doesn’t play mp3’s in realtime yet, but it will get there I’m sure

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My Mum won these tickets  to the Melbourne International Music and Blues Festival. She gave them [...]