Ame one Loves You

These days I been listening to quite a bit of new music by underground artists. Usually I check music on myspace. Today I been coming across alot of dnb guys just posting up clips of their tracks. I understand why they are doing it. In fact there is a whole thread in the grid on dogsonacid.com about it.

I have to say it’s kind of irritating to hear just clips. I’m listening and starting to get into it when it ends. I admit I did post up clips of my ep recently. However I change my mind. Due to a couple of reasons. First of all they are already signed. I also have unsigned stuff available here at ameone.com and on myspace.com. Another reason is that due to idea that, I came away with after reading an interview with Trent Reznor, music is essentially free these days. Anyone with a computer and an internet connection can get it. You don’t have to be a super computer savvy to do it.

If you subscribe to the theory that all music will eventually be pirated, I feel that I would rather be more in control of what I make available. I’m not going to just write music and just send it out to labels and wait until I am signed to let the world hear it. Technically from a marketing standpoint that seems like a bad idea. Posting up clips of tracks is one way of keeping control over what is out there, but at the same time it kind of alienates people. I also think that a negative aspect of it is, “How is the rest of the song?” I think anyone can make a great 2 min clip of music, but what about the full song? Does it just get really repetitive and boring? Does it take a turn for the worse somewhere in it? I think by using a clip it doesn’t really showcase your skills to the fullest extent.

Here’s the reason why I am now posting full songs online. First is if people are going to steal it, I prefer to be a little in control. Even though you post a clip, people can still be resourceful and find ways to use it. So how do I have control over this? I post up the clips myself so people can get it from me and not some site that is selling my music without my knowledge or other sources. Why don’t you get it from a reliable source like me. Also I am not exactly posting up the greatest sounding stuff. Most of the mp3’s are 96k or 128k. The sound quality is that of what would be at the bottom of acceptable. In addition these songs are not mastered unless you want to count my quick mastering system I wrote about previously.

My solution is, post songs that have a decent sound quality. Where ever they are posted have some kind of pointer saying that if you would like a better version then go here and buy it. If you buy it, you will get the cover art and maybe something else special.

First off happy new year to everyone. May 2008 be a better year than 2007.

Today I had the pleasure of reading an interview with Trent Reznor on wired magazine’s website. It made me realize that I’m kind of out of touch with the music world. Mostly the business part of it. So maybe I’m the last one to get on the train that music these days is free whether we like it or not. I think some of the points that he touched on were pretty good. Especially about how the way the big labels work. I really should say thanks to Mr. Reznor for opening my eyes. You should read the article, it’s great just a little boring in the viral marketing campaign section. I can not do it justice through a summarization, check the link below.

I’m done with my EP. It’s going to be called “AMe one and the depressed robot.” The ep consists of 3 downtempo songs and 1 house song. Everything has been sent off to SIQ Records. Now it’s up to them to get things done. I’m pretty happy about everything. I already got the next release planned. It will most likely be DNB. The jazzy style dnb I love and maybe some source direct sounding songs.

If you want to hear a preview of my album, check out http://www.myspace.com/ameone

This will be my second christmas in Japan. It’s such a strange thing here. It has such a different meaning. When I go out I hear christmas songs playing in the stores. It’s just not the same. I guess I just miss the atmosphere that comes with christmas. Over the past several years I have grown to dislike christmas, but I realized that I dislike the out of control consumerism that comes with it these days. I don’t think it is important to buy expensive gifts for people. I wish I could buy everyone the finest and greatest gift, but that’s just a wish. I can’t afford it and never really could. It’s not a gripe about not being able to afford these things. I just feel that there should be more of an emphasis of being with your family and friends and enjoying this time of year with out having to spend money on everyone. Technically I have not escaped from the out of control consumerism, but that is just daily life in Japan. What I have escaped from is the consumerism that comes with christmas. The thing I miss most though is the christmas specials on tv. Charlie Brown Christmas, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Rudolph, etc…. 

I finally got around to changing my website. I’m trying something new by using wordpress. I don’t know if I like wordpress or not. It seems simple but sometimes a little too easy. I was considering using drupal but decided to go with wordpress. I don’t really know why. Anyways I hope you enjoy the new look.

It’s been along time since I have done this. Today I finally opened up the ol’ logic. That sounds strange cause I’m used to saying the Ol’ cubase. Well I wrote this beautiful 8 measure loop that is so fun to solo over. I just wanted to play on top of it all night. I think it will be a good song. I don’t know how long it will be but that doesn’t matter. It started out as a dnb song, but took a strange turn that made it more jazz like. I think it is so cool.