Every now and then I like to give some free stuff away. It’s an opportunity to say thanks to those who support my work and it’s an opportunity for those on a limited budget to grab some of my work. So, with all that in mind, here is a new small pack of samples and [...]
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It was my very great pleasure to be invited by my good friend, and ace composer/sound designer, Daniel James, to provide some presets for his first ever sample library: Project Alpha. Dan has been working on the library for nearly two years and has kept me entertained with the occasional snippet of sound design over [...]
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The Unfinished Breaks Vol 1 is now also available at Producerloops. All those tasty nu skool breaks can be yours!
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I recently spent some time playing with Photoshop, refreshing the artwork for my synth and sample products. I wasn’t happy with my previous designs, so spent a while trying out new ideas. This new design allows all the products to look part of a collection, as well as being adaptable (assuming I don’t run out [...]
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Yesterday was my birthday. I shan’t tell you which one, in case you laugh. But because I like birthdays and am a generous old soul (oh what a giveaway), I thought I’d make available a bunch of percussion loops from recent projects. There are 32 of them total, ranging from acoustic and synthetic breaks, through [...]
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I have had the pleasure of being interviewed again on the Audio Spotlight, for their ‘Project Week’ special. This time it was about my sound design and sampling projects, especially Massive Darkscore II. It was good fun to have an opportunity to explain what it is I’m trying to and why I do it – [...]
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Decided that it was high time I revamped the artwork for my synth sound a drumloop sample collections. They were all beginning to look a little disparate (and possibly desperate), so I set to work on Photoshop and have created what I think is quite a neat and distinctive collective look for them all. You [...]
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The Unfinished Breaks Vol 1 is now available on the excellent Sampleism site. The site describes itself as providing “snacks for your samplers”. Hopefully I’ve provided a tasty meal, or at least brunch. I’ll shut up. The library remains a high quality collection of project-ready nu skool breaks. What fun! And at a mere £14.99 [...]
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I am extremely proud to have been able to support the Cinesonique Young Composer Competition. The competition was instigated by Indian composer Tanuj Tiku to honour the 80th birthday of the amazing John Williams. The idea was to create a prize fund to help an aspiting young composer enable their dreams of becoming a professional. [...]
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Loopbased.com, one of the sites where you can purchase The Unfinished Breaks Vol 1, is having an Easter sale. And during this period, until April 13th, my nu skool breaks loops pack is on sale at half price. An outrageous bargain. 100 dynamic and punchy loops, primed and ready to drop into your tracks, 24-bit [...]
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