20-09-10 – Teh Aftehrmaht / Time to prepare…

Not sure why I misspelled the title. Misspelled – misspelt, which is it? I think both are acceptable…

…So! coming out of the other end of the competition win has been surprisingly quiet!

However, a few things have happened/transpired

- I’ve made some MPC-tastic boyinaband videos
- I’ve planned like crazy with Rachie
- I’ve ordered a new video production PC
- Got an awesome dance mat!
- We’ve had to postpone some YAWA gigs

BIAB

After changing back the site to its former music-focused appearance (as opposed to red bull bedroom jam winning-focused, of course), I’ve been working on getting some spanking Read more

13-9-10 – 23! / So this is what a life changing moment feels like…

Where the hell do I begin?

Where I left off would make sense. Since the last blog, I’ve…

- Had my 23rd birthday
- Planned my business idea for the next decade
- Played some crazy gigs
- Hmmm… oh yeah, WON THE FREAKIN’ RED BULL BEDROOM JAM.

Birthday Bash

Rachie made this birthday the most memorable one in a long time, getting me 23 presents (one for each year I’ve been alive, if you’re not too good at maths) including a Read more

22-08-10 – My heart’s desire / in da studio!

woah, where to begin?

well, for a start I’m writing this on my snazzy new phone, an HTC desire if you’re interested in such things, which has replaced my 9 year old Nokia 3510i as my port of communicative call.

i’m currently on my way to a studio in London where i’m about to record an epic new pop song for proxies. it’s pretty cool to say the least. I’ve been working with a producer who has engineered some big acts in the past, so it’s a great learning experience.

What else? oh yeah, playing the festivals. my boyinaband update covers that nicely, so feel free to watch it. Hevy really was cool, since all the bands I spoke to were really friendly, turning it from a festival into a party. as per, I refrained from joining them in their eventual inebriation, instead talking with my homeslice ogre and will of sacred betrayal about psychological… stuff.

Underage fest was also ace, since I got to spend it with rachie, who got herself crushed half to death when watching yawa.

what else has happened… Well, there are a bunch of gigs coming up, we have some label interest and we recently recruited a digeridoo player to explore a new tribal sound. not really.

since I wrote the top half of this blog (I’m currently writing this in the back of the van) , we wrote a new epic tune about a robot that tears itself apart when deciding whether to listen to the person It’s defending or carry on destroying the world in order to defend them. It’s dubstep-tastic. we also played an immense gig in daventry where we appear to have garnered quite a fan base! I never get tired of awning people going mental to our music and singing along.

I’ve also discovered this awesome to do list software online called gqueues that integrates with Google calendar and gmail and it seems absolutely perfect. I’m trying the 2 week free trial now do we will see how it turns out!

next time on Dave’s blog…

well I have my birthday in 2 days so that will be fun! I’m having the traditional Dave computer party with some choice guests.

after that It’s on to gigs, business and fame And fortune! …hopefully.

later, alligators!

06-07-10 – C-E-O later! / I Kills double negatives dead, yo.

I feel like I’m getting further and further behind with these.

However, I have done a bunch of stuff    I…

- Getting used to working in my new Studioffice
- Making some custom tutorials
- Making some Axe-FX videos
- Making a big ol’ database in google spreadsheet
- Going to leeds for a Loki live practice
- Designing Rachie’s website
- Getting some “equipment” for Rachie’s videos
- Doing a G Funk 7 day song
- Going to Rachie’s Inspire-ing meeting

C.E.OOOOOH yeah!

I’m really getting into the swing of it – going to the office, clocking in when I do work, watching ted.com talks on my lunch break… it’s all very cool.   Especially for that Read more

20-06-10 – Well. That was unexpected.

The last few weeks entailed…

- YAWA playing Download Festival
- Setting up the office
- …did I mention YAWA played Download?

YAWA Played Download!

Remember that Red Bull Bedroom Jam competition we entered? Yeah, we won that and are now playing 5 festivals throughout the summer. Well, 4 now, since we already played download.

It was absolutely incredible. We all got Read more

07-06-10 – So *That’s* the secret / The Office

Hola mi compellas!   I have no idea what a “compella” is, just thought it sounded like it fitted there.   This past few weeks entailed…

- Finishing the 7 day Liquid DnB song
- Starting to make the next 7 day song
- Getting £500 worth of stuff to review for free!
- Acquiring independant funding
- Buying an office (well, the furniture for one from ikea)
- Starting to paint said office
- A cancelled YAWA gig
- Making a new song for Loki (BTW that’s the secret project)

Thirsty?

I made a liquid drum and bass song for the 7 day song in may, which has been recieved really well.   There’s one synth in there that divides people, but I like it so I’ve kept it (makes sense, right?).   It’s already hit over 2000 views on the first and last in the series, which is really cool.   It’s also the first time I’ve Read more

24-05-10 – Keeping Low-Key / Big Bug!

Alrighty-roo! This week just gone involved…

- Writing the 7 day song
- Finishing Axe FX tutorial 4
- Producing a track for the secret project with Mr. Fish
- Going to Kieran’s brothers’ 21st birthday partay
- Getting stuff for free! (kinda)
- Helping Rachie to memorise a bunch of totally interesting biological facts!

Chillax…

So this month’s 7 day song is for Liquid drum and bass! It’s been one of the most tiring weeks ever this week, not only because of it being the hottest week of the year so far, but because writing liquid dnb combined with excessive dubstep (another thing I’ve been working on for YAWA) results in me needing to rest my eyes for far more than is normal.

It’s a cool track though – I’ve collaborated with  Read more

17-5-10 – Good times, Bad gigs / Funderiffic!

Alrighty!   This was a much busier week than the last one, with…

- A Gig in Birmingham (2/10)
- A Gig in Glasgow (3/10)
- A Gig in Edinburgh (2/10)
- Ogre chillage
- Applying for several bits o’ funding

Paid Practice

There are some times when you’re in a band trying to break a new area that you just have to cut your losses and think of things in a different context.   I feel like I did that a lot this week.

Brum had basically no-one there, so we just viewed it as getting paid to practice.   I never understood why a promoter would put on a gig and not promote it.   Surely they’d get the clue from their occupational name.   Hell, I managed Read more

10-05-10 – Pop-up clapperboard / Secrecy Sucks…

So, what were the haps for the b-i-a-b this week?

- The boyinaband update for this april / may
- Putting together some tuneage for a famous guy!
- Working on an interview for another famous guy!
- Starting work on Rachie’s website!
- …yeah I spent a lot of time on that update

That Update

Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwuUS0briFA

One thing I’ve found interesting – Read more

03-05-10 – Powys, Fwance / Listen up, you just might learn somefin’!

Okay! This week was a busy one, with…

- A YAWA gig in Powys, Wales (7/10)
- A YAWA gig in Daventry (6/10)
- Finishing the Darkstep 7 day song
- Posting the 2nd Axe FX tutorial
- Some seriously exciting news on my secret project
- Getting some squash from ASDA

I’m going to Fwance!

Powys was an unexpected treat. After journeying a few hours into the Welsh countryside, we found it. A tiny town with more take-aways than people.

We soundchecked and when we finished, we were applauded by some Welsh people wearing Read more