Digital Distribution for the Indie Artist
Category: Music
I get many emails asking how I have my music available on many download websites such as iTunes and Beatport. I use 2 different services and will go over them for you now on my Producers Handbook Blog......
For the last month or so I have been pretty busy with upgrades to my studio. If you have posted a comment or sent a message and I did not respond, this is why. I apologize. Just been very hetic.....
Jay is the fan club president in case ya don't know!
Supa helped a brotha out with his studio PC. Because of him, I now have a monster machine to write on. Frank helped by supplying a hard drive for back up.......so hit them up and tell them thx cuz now I will be putting out even better tracks.......
So I am now officially in the lab....will be for the next year writing the next album and doing remix projects......
In this day and age of technology, every female vocalist must come to the realization that there is a human being behind them that makes them a diva. Without the music, the production and the beats, no one would be dancing to their acapella. I hate to be so blunt, but I see to many young ladies who can sing and think that is all that is required of them to be rich and famous. They feel because they have placed their vocals & lyrics on top of a track that people should bow before them. This is just non-sense. The music is just as important as the vocals. The drums, melody and rhythm helps give the listener a better feel of the emotions being expressed. It is the mixing of the two elements from both parties that create the magic of the track.
The vocalist that only sings and maybe writes lyrics get off easy. The hard part is the creation of the track, the production of the track and the mix down of the track with the vocals. Most of the time you must use auto tuning software on the vocalist to repair their mistakes. What makes most of the vocalists sound so great is the recipe of effects the producer uses on their voices.
If it wasn't for the producers there would be no divas. Sure Gloria Gaynor brought something unique to the disco classic "I Will Survive", but the music in this track is an emotional roller coaster. She could not have expressed such great heart & soul without such an emotional track under her.
Broke Top 200 on Indie New Music Charts at Clear Channel
Category: Music
Now we need your support more than ever. We have broke the top 200 at Clear Channel. We have over 1100 plays for new music. To give you an idea, once you are at 1000 plays, it becomes harder to move upward the charts. To move up you must produce serious traffic.....
Now since we have made it this far, this shows of the songs weight to be able to move up the charts and I believe with your help we can compete with the bigger boys......so please show your support and take a listen....repost plz....................
Stupid MySpace thing comes up. There's no need to worry. You do not have to do anything but listen, so just click the link on the window that opens!
You think MySpace would know who Clear Channel is........if you do not, Clear Channel prob owns at least half the stations in your area!
Original Dance Music Producer Drops Explosive Full Length CD
New Orleans breakbeat dance music producer / artist Tears of Technology releases the highly anticipated full length album entitled "This Is How I Cry". The full length CD release is packed with fifteen energy filled, emotionally driven tracks. From the first track played, you not only want to move your body, but you feel it through your entire being.
This is the third album release from ToT. With each album, the energy and creativity has only sky rocketed toward the stars. You can actually watch this artist evolve from the DJ he once was to the artist he now has become.
This release features five tracks with vocoded vocals of ToT himself. His messages of love, hope and truth still stand strong even in his own writings.
In his electro dance tracks "Make the Beat Drop" & "Five O Four" we learn who ToT really is and what drives his passion for the electro breakbeat scene. In his lyrics in the track "Disguised Reality" you get a glimpse of what drives his passion for life and music. He reminds you to "Free your mind, take some time, some time to seek the questions of life and what it all means..."
This album also features the angelic vocals of Serenity. Serenity is a newcomer to the dance scene, but has made a lot of noise in a short time period. Her soothing vocals on tracks such as "Higher Ground", "Sapphira" & "Rain" fit perfectly with the production of ToT. Serenity also sings a duet with ToT on the tracks "Disguised Reality" & "Where Did I Go Wrong".
There is also a special appearance from the hip hop emcee 2 Da West on the track "Grass".
This album has it all. With pounding bass and beats to electro moving grooves, then on top of all that, amazing vocals to set it all off. This CD rocks from beginning to end.
15 Original Full Length Individual Tracks 110 Percent Original Material! - Not a Mix CD!!! No Remixes or Remakes on This Baby!
01 - This Is How I Cry 02 - Make the Beat Drop 03 - Higher Ground 04 - I Can Feel It 05 - Rain 06 - Sapphira (The Beautiful One) 07 - (Told Ya) Not To Do It 08 - Where Did I Go Wrong 09 - Believe (2012: Light Up the Darkness) 10 - Disguised Reality (Free Your Mind) 11 - Free to Be Me 12 - Five O Four 13 - Krucial (New Orleans Exposed) 14 - Grass feat 2 Da West 15 - Still (Fuk wit da Beatz)
"Hey Dan, I have been listening to techno for 12 years and I have never heard an album (This is How I Cry) like your new one......NEVER. It is, by far, the best I have ever heard. Better than Trashy, Shawn Davis, etc. I got goose bumps listening to it......Very good job!! Keep 'em coming!!" - Justin
"This Cd is like no other I've listen to. With every song, Tear Of Technology, tells you a story of chance, will, agony and life itself. From the ugly side of life, to the must beautiful. This Cd has every sides of dance music from Trance to Hip-Hop. If you are a collector of music you need this CD in your collection. You will still want listen to this cd 10 or 20 years from now! Tears Of Technology, you are in inspiration and keep up the great work!!" - DJ Cadman
"I got ur new cd. 10/10! Great job.. one of the best albums i ever heard.. keep doing what ur doing." - Linh
"I just received "This is How I Cry" in the mail....just finished listening to it-you have truly outdone yourself Dan! I love it.....I received my copy of Sapphira on vinyl too-I was almost in tears when I pulled it out of the jacket and saw that our wonderful postal carrier made sure to crack it-oh well-it's on my wall now-truly a work of art! Muah!" - Jodi
"wow!!! Say bra, thats the best cd I have ever heard in a long, long time. Every song on there is fire! Nothin' sucks on it! i got my favorites on there too, like the song where you sayin i told you not to do it. Damn and u can rap too!! Believe (2012: light up the darkness) suprized the hell out of me, that song took me on a journey somewhere. I can go on and on but for real man, your a legend! Somethin' huge gonna happin' with your music." - Ike Dogg
"Orgy producer Josh Abraham is one of several rock and rap producers who have remixed the latest single by British big-beat duo Hardknox. "Attitude," released on Tuesday (Aug. 15), also features remixes by Front Line Assembly, Wu-Tang Clan and Big Punisher producer Carlos Bess and newcomers Tears of Technology."
DJ Trippy ft Serenity - For You Reviewed by: blazingtemple
Rating: 8/10
USA based breakbeat stable 504 Recordings are an interesting outfit, not least because of their faith in Fruityloops as a much overlooked production tool. This piece of software is regarded by many as a toy but, as label boss Tears of Technology told me, "it's not the tools that matter, it's the heart." Let's see...
Beginning simply with just the kicks and hihats, For You has an unmistakeably synthetic, electronic sound that runs all the way through. Bright pads and arpeggios, backed with melancholic harmonies, build over an on beat rolling bass hook that seems oddly reminiscent of '90s trance records (but in a nice way).
Soon comes a switch to an ethnic sounding plucked instrument and a momentous melodic drop over the middle section that continues the trancey, happy vibe. There are obvious Balearic influences and the sound brings to mind sunny days, drinking jugs of cocktail and partying outdoors with chicks in bikinis. Nice images.
After a long snare drum roll the it comes back meatier than before, the beat is punchier and more compressed sounding than over the intro, with a new snare injecting a bit more dancefloor urgency. The epynomous vocal echoes out of the mix dreamily and there is one more melody to add to an overall triumphant tone.
This is a nice tune and definitely one for the summer, perhaps at a barbeque or out. Each element has been well thought through and carefully planned, but it simply isn't really night time music.
Tears of Technology's remix makes more of a virtue Fruityloops' electronic, loop based drum programming. Whilst it keeps the synthetic vibe, here the beats are tighter and punchier, like an updated eighties breakbeat jam or something the Streetlife DJs might drop. Long, pitched snare rolls and cow bells
The trancey elements of the original are not overlooked and are, if anything, intensified. Tears of Technology introduces hardcore elements to the track with dissonant, but still dreamy, rave riffs and a more syncopated bassline. The vocal takes a more prominent place in the mix, pitched and gated for a more euphoric rave energy. Judicious stripping back to the essentials – beats, bass and pads – allows for repeat build ups that allow for a little more variety. Where the original had only one momentous drop, the version fits in three such climaxes, each introducing a different, equally danceable vibe.
This is by far the stronger track of the release. A tight roller that'll get any dancefloor rocking, and that harks back authentically to the original acid dance template while introducing original elements that could only have come out of the US. Perhaps the most impressive thing about this record is that fact that the whole thing has been built on Fruityloops, but don't let that detract from the overall quality: this sits up there with the best Pro-Tools mastered cuts. 504 Recordings are definitely a crew to watch.
