Colin OOOD

...and she's got it in her to write some decent prog too...

There's something about this plugin that makes my skin crawl... personally I don't think it sounds anything like a 101 but I guess it would be good to use as a teaching aid.

In the absence of any bookings outside the UK this summer, you have pretty much just described OOOD and Voice of Cod's July and August. 1994? N00B

Yes... the kick is definitely way too bassy... it'll be out of proportion with the rest of the track. If your speakers don't give you an accurate picture down there, have a look at the kick/bass though a spectrum analyser - the bottom end of both elements should be about as loud as each other.

Sounds good to me. As the track progresses you'll probably find yourself needing to add more highs to both the kick and bass though... or perhaps the kick has too much below 120Hz, it's difficult to tell.

I've used all sorts of things... Trilogy, Zeta, Absynth, ESM, Audiorealism Bassline, VB-1, Pentagon... it's all just a matter of tweaking until you get something you like.

Phew, for a minute then I thought you meant Andrew Humphries, but then I realised it couldn't be him as he's Australian.

Yeah well they did pay me ok for just sticking a couple of sample-CD noises over a bog-standard drum loop, and it was bearable cos I didn't actually have to watch them to write the music. I'm sure you earned more being in them them though - I admire your bravery.

I dunno man, it's selling out. You're only really worth listening to if you have to beg on the streets to raise cash to pay your studio electricity bill.

According to my sources, he's also done advertising music.

So what about artists who write commercial music (whether in-scene or outside it, such as adverts or computer games) in order to fund the music they really want to make?

This is dependant on so many different factors, of which the actual quality of music produced and its artistic merit is somewhere towards the bottom of the list. In this, as in so many other areas, spending money makes money.

"Anger and discontent is caused by frequent disappointment"... works both ways... are you surprised if, in order to stop the disappointment, some artists choose to write music that actually has a chance of bringing in some sort of material reward? It's a good job I like ramen noodles...

Please take my opinion with a pinch of salt, as I have two tracks on it, but when I saw it I was pretty impressed. The images on the website really don't do it justice.

Nice vibe.

Jesus I hope to fuk you guys like the OOOD album when it eventually comes out. You're a hard bunch to please!

Yes, and who is being most realistic? Only time will tell.

Good luck Andy. You're one of the real creative people in the trance scene at the moment. It'll be difficult but you just have to keep on keeping on... I know you can make it work, you have a great attitude. All the best man!

Thing is, Basilisk, it's very easy to say "just don't work with these people" but often you only find out what sort of person they are when it's too late. Kris and Andy's recent rants have both found resonance in what I've been thinking and feeling of late too... there is such a limited range of music at most festivals and parties that acts which are just slightly different from the mainsream like Voice of Cod - who released what was supposedly one of the better albums of 2005 - have no bookings whatsoever at any parties or festivals outside our own country this year (and only one coming up in the UK) despite repeated promotional mailouts to organisers by our management and personal contacts from ourselves. We spent 18 months on that album; poured our heart and souls into it; sometimes though it feels like it was all for nothing. Why should we bother if people don't want to hear it?

I feel your pain.

You added me to your MSN yet?

Hell no, are you crazy? Those hash-cakes are responsible for some of our best uh

[not 100% serious] I reckon they're aiming for a big push into mainstream consciousness. Remember the publicity when that metal band were sued by the parents of those kids - fans - who committed suicide? Everybody knew their name after that. Except me, who can't remember which band it was... which maybe proves a point in itself. Anyway. Perhaps IM are waiting to get sued by a group of Brazilian parents saying "my kid went to mental hospital because Infected Mushroom told him to become insane"... the resulting publicity would see them become household names and the resulting record sales would make them and their record label rich people. [/or am I?]

Keep it. If the album's any good it might be worth a bob or two in ten years time.