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COSM wrote:By fake live I mean dudes who are advertised as live, turning up and playing a stereo channel in cubase/live etc and dancing around like they are doing stuff.....Thats what I mean by fake!

You mean like the "World famous DJ" I saw from backstage with 2 Instant Replays hidden on a shelf under his turntables?

PB

philipbarrett wrote:

COSM wrote:By fake live I mean dudes who are advertised as live, turning up and playing a stereo channel in cubase/live etc and dancing around like they are doing stuff.....Thats what I mean by fake!

You mean like the "World famous DJ" I saw from backstage with 2 Instant Replays hidden on a shelf under his turntables?

PB

urgh... just out of interest: was he/she djing for a live act or solo?

He/She was the headliner, solo performer.

name and shame! name and shame!!!!

Let's put these charlatans out of business! They serve no-one: The promoter, the punter, they devalue the effort put in by truly live acts.

NAME AND SHAME I'll start with one, fractal glider 23/12/2001 at Summer Soulstice, Orton Bradley Park, Christchurch NZ.

great vid man, looks like a wonderful time.

any time anyone asks about live pa psy/dnb stuff i point them at your site.

great work man keep it up!

HEY COsm!

I was there too man and it sure was a great festival. First psyfestival of my life actually so I REALLY wasn't expecting something that amazing. Great stuff with your vid and specially the music dude!

Listening to that mix makes a noob like me go "oh crap" I've got lots of work 2 do! Great stuff.

looks nice..i mailed em about playing but no reply, how did you get in?

Also

What are you doing with your pads there? Looks like an interesting technique..

Thanks for the comments fellas

dbolt - Most of my synth work is software based, with my main synths being z3ta+ and korg legacy. Sometimes I use albino 2 but am saving my pennies to get 3 as it looks pretty wicked!! The hardware synth work was done on the synth on the x-station and an alesis micron (I love this little machine). Cheers for watch/listening.

youri - The weather! I went from 2/3 degree temperatures in my hometown (Christchurch, New Zealand) to 35/40 degree temps in Portugal. It was soooo damn hot... if it wasn't for the lake I dunno what people would do! that lake saved my ass so many times. I belive it got up to mid 40's about halfway through the festival cos of a heatwave or something.

Video software.... for the boom festival video I used Virtual dub to cut up my footage, then I imported it all into after effects and mucked about. It wasn't the best way to do it.. I usualyl use sony vegas as its heaps easier and faster to preview etc but IU thought I would try my skills at after effects for a change.

No money for live 6 as of yet!

Pitch Black - whoaaaahaha steady on paddy... you're right tho maybee we should start a database of people who have been busted blatently faking it. I actually remember that solstice, it was one of the first I went to. Can't remember seeing fractal glider however...

j0shu@ - Thanks man! feel free to point as many people as you like!

zEr0 - It was pretty magic eh? What did yout think of the music in the main zone at night? Thanks for the nice words.

philipbarrett - hehe. get cracking noob! I found the best way to get stuff done was to blatently lie abotu how good I am, get myself a prime time spot and a big party and freak out for a month preparing. This way you HAVE to get your act together for a timeline.. it works haha

YILA - I sent them a demo 2 and half years ago!! i sent of 50 demos, and never heard ANYTHING... until a few months back i got an email saying hey, liked your demo, wanna play? simple as that! its nice to know that method still works and you dont need to have the backing of a huge record label or anything. Handwritten letters speak much louder than emails ive found.

Yehar

-Tom

really nice stuff man,loved the way you used the padcontrol,its people like you that make me work harder to get a good live act.keep on the good work!!!!

COSM wrote:zEr0 - It was pretty magic eh? What did yout think of the music in the main zone at night? Thanks for the nice words.

Man as I said this was my FIRST psytrance festival and I had no idea what to expect. As a newbie to psytrance (I've been listening to it for about a year now...), I still find the night music a bit hard to digest after the first hour. I'm still more into the morning stuff so far but I know it's just a matter of time before I get used to the most extreme extradimensional sounds of the dark side. Of course this doesn't mean that I don't respect the night music like a lot of people at the festival who kept complaining about it "not being musical at all"... As far as my modest experience tells me the music was great and I really had a great time dancing both during the day AND night.

COSM, absolutely amazing stuff. Really impressing to me.
I think I have seen a video of you on youtube, rocking a small crowd in a club in New Zealand. I remember 'cause it was great, too.

youri wrote:At SonneMondSterne festival in Germany this year the weather was really shitty!

...and I thought last year's weather there was bad!

COSM, great video!!!! And I can't keep that song out of my head. I just got back from vacation, and I had to watch the video again. I hope things continue to open up for you.


Just out of curiousity, what did you mean by the following:

I think my music was quite different to the general style there, which I blame on living on a small island/country away from the rest of the scene hehe.

Zerobae wrote: ...and I thought last year's weather there was bad!

Anyway, we had lotsa fun...

nice! I like your take on psytrance too.