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wow,thanks for the answer Colin.. I don't think an artist would say they didn't want to have control over what they are doing in their sets, as I said on my original post, but the fact is sometimes it's not always possible on a larger scale. This is why I think, as I said before, Ableton is the way forward for most.

Ok, look at this: Is he doing nothing? Is he a fraud? Or is he putting out total energy, and the crowd love that connection alongside the music? Isn't he the biggest most loved artist out there at the moment? So ask your self why? I know.....

How do you do it Colin? Can you really tell me you never once pressed play? By the way, I never tell anyone we are "live" other than live in person. I think this bashing of artists trying to get there music out there must stop, "the audience deserves more from you " do they, we give our all to our best abilities at the time, don't we all? Do you really think the "audience" is watching you, or just dancing? "and what you were actually doing on stage... could you answer them honestly? Without being embarrased, even a little?" Yes we could. I would say, "we are playing our music in person, we are here, as best we can right now, with you, loving it, loving the vibe, trying to connect, still here, still with you, not embarrassed at all. What were we doing on stage? Trying to touch your heart, yes I know it sounds woo, but that's just us, that why we keep going"

Sounds really good to me, solid bottom end, no issues there, good structure, twisted sounds and nice samples. My constructive comments would be just a few small level issue, but not even that huge really. I think the mix is good and the top lines are sweet. Nice one

Hi everyone, been a long time since I posted here It was actually this thread that reminded me to sort out how to login again. I've been wondering about the Ableton thing also since our recent gig. I noticed artists using Ableton and wondered how much it was allowing them to alter and manipulate their sets on the fly. After checking it out I don't actually think that much, and I am in no position to judge as like pretty much all artists we are also guilty of this. That being said, we have decided to try a more hands on approach if possible, not like the old days where we pretty much took our whole studio out only to have it broken at airports, but a more modern way to have more control and ability to flex with the vibe on the dance floor as it happens. Ableton is the way to do this. I think a good starting point is to start in effect remixing ones tracks live, cut sections up, create new midi lines, trigger those and effect via a controller. It's something we are now looking at seriously and I think in the long run will be a much better experience for everyone, ourselves included. Personally though, I have no issues with artists doing what they do however they do it, after all they are there, yes holding their hands in the air instead of fiddling with a knob, but they are connecting with the crowd, and also importantly hearing how their music works outside of the studio. I love watching artists engage with crowds like this and with their music, they are not just doing nothing, they are connecting. They spent days in studios making tunes, years even, so I say go for it as long as the music gets out and everyone is enjoying it.

ManMadeMan - Free To Listen many thanks to ektoplazm.com for providing all this - check it out DOWNLOAD TORRENT STREAM Free To Listen is designed to be a complete listening experience with no pauses between songs, but an unmixed version is available for DJs and those who prefer separated tracks. Download the full album as a nonstop mix in 320k MP3 or WAV (including is a cue sheet for burning to CD), or download the unmixed version in 320k MP3 or WAV. BitTorrent users can also download the mixed and unmixed MP3 versions of Free To Listen from Ektoplazm. All sets include high-resolution covers suitable for printing. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons. hope this is better for everyone xxxxx

Exactly:) xxx

hehehe, you know, I don't really know for sure why we decided to do this, it just seemed the right thing to do, And its made us happy to give something out for free. We wanted to create something without the influence of money or labels and see what we would come up with, and the idea was that if we did it for free, it allowed us to do what we wanted to. And it was fun to do. Love Sonya xxxxx

Yes, I decided to zip this download, as people were having problems, hope you get it ok:) cheers Sonya xx

Is there a problem because of the amount of people downloading it, or something else? Any suggestions greatly appreciated cheers Sonya UPDATE: hi all, seems that in firefox 2.0.0.4 it downloads fine. here is a new link though: Download Free To Listen - Mirror Link xxxx

Hi all thanks for the heads up, the site is very busy, but is still up. I will be adding more links to the album on mirror systems as soon as I can. I'm downloading it now in firefox to see what happens, report back:) Thanks a million Love Sonya x Album download size: 127 meg Length: 55 mins MP3: 320kbps

Hi there sounds like it corrupted on download, it should be 56 mins long. Let me know if your still having problems and i'll send you another link. cheers Sonya xxxx

Hi Everyone Just a shout to let you know we finally finished our new album " Free To Listen" you can download it for free, just click on the image below to start download: Or if you want some more of our music, we have now got a space for putting all our albums and future tunes, for you to download. You can check that out at ManMadeMan.com Cheers Love Sonya xxx

Thank you.

check our website and myspace, got some new tracks up there, as well as two of our earlier albums to download:)

Hi there The album will be available as wavs (full cd quality) and mp3, as well as individual track downloads with full artwork, and if people want, mail us and we'll send you a cd in the post:)

We have nearly finished our 5th album “Free to Listen”, it will be released in April of this year and will be available to everyone as a free download from Myspace, Itunes and our website amongst other places. All tracks on the album are brand new and have never been released before. A newsletter closer to the release date will give exact details and links to download the album. “Free to Listen” isn’t a record label release, this is a ManMadeMan release, available online in the digital domain for everyone. For more information, music and everything else check us out on myspace and also on manmademan.com. To get the download links send straight to you, sign up for our newsletter, form on the links above We will post more information a few days before the release. Cheers Manmademan