Wonderful Noise - Courtesy of the Elektron Digitakt

Wonderful Noise - Courtesy of the Elektron Digitakt Having a bit of fun making Wonderful Noise yesterday just playing thru my Super high end Amazon Basics $10 USB powered speakers and capturing with iPhones built in mic. Not the height of audio quality here 😉 just having fun with the Elektron Digitakt.

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Elektron Model Sample Sunday Jam

Elektron Model Samples Sunday Jam Don't raise no Rent

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Revisiting the Elektron Model Samples

Revisiting the Elektron Model Samples pulled it back out since I have a Digitakt inbound and the workflow should be somewhat similar. Just a little jamming and fiddling with percentages and parameter locks etc

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MiRack 4 Oscillator setup

MiRAck 4 Oscillator setup on iPad. This is a great way to experiment with Modular Synthesis without breaking the bank. MiRack is $9.99 on iOS and Free I believe on Mac. It seems to be an offshoot of the Free VCV Rack software for Windows, Mac and Linux. You can make some NASTY Sounds in there. Perfect for folks that enjoy sampling too.

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Fooling with Modular in Drambo

Fooling with Modular in Drambo on iOS. Build your own Synthesizers and then use them to make music with the step sequencer. Having a blast experimenting with creating my own Synthesizer modules. If only making the actual circuits was this simple. If you have an iOS device I highly recommend it. The Acid Bass in one of the tutorials is worth the price of the app alone IMO.

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Tipitina performed by Kwekwe Karu on Clavinet

Tipitina performed by Kwekwe Karu on Clavinet Written by Professor Longhair in New Orleans back in 1953. Normally this is a piano piece but noodled around with it on the Clavinet and went this sounds wild. Hope you like it as much as I do. Please consider subscribing and giving a thumbs up if you enjot]yed it. Thank you kindly it helps alot.

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Teenage Engineering OP-Z Knob “Fix”

Teenage Engineering OP-Z Knob “Fix” with the end cap of a inexpensive pen vs a $25 knob. I’m going to hit the $1 store tomorrow and see if i can find a Bic Pen and try that to see if it works better. Thanks for watching, please consider giving a thumbs up and subscribing which will help immeasureably. Thank you kindly. Here’s a link to my music on most of the major music sites https://ift.tt/3lQrBmO

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Snippet of Everybody gets the Blues

I RARELY do teasers for new songs but decided to give it a twirl 🙂 Here’s 30 seconds of my latest tune that will soon be sent to distributors for release on all Major Music Sites. Track name is Everybody gets the Blues and I seem to have slipped back to Rock n Roll. Hope you enjoy this little snippet and the accompanying video. Done completely on iPad , all music done in Garageband iOS.

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120 Hurts

My new track on all MUsic sites 120 Hurts.

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Destroyer Is Coming For You

My latest song, Destroyer is coming for you created on Akai Force and iPadPro. Enjoy, follow us on Instagram @Madmohawkfilms

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Fun with Baritone Sax in iFretless on iOS

Fun with Baritone Sax in iFretless on iOS just having a little fun in an outstanding app on iPad. I LOVE the iFretless apps fo use with my Roland Aerophone tho not actually using it for this. I just was noodling around using the onscreen interface. At some point I’ll grab the SWAM Sax to compare it but I’m stoked by the quality of this.

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Here, Hold My Beer new music from Kwekwe Karu

Latest track from Kwekwe Karu, Kahnawake Mohawk artist living in Brooklyn NY. This track was created completely using the Teenage Engineering OP-Z Groovebox and uses the OP-Z’s Step Components quite a bit to achieve some of the effects.

Here’s the link on YouTube but it’s available in all Major Music Sites worldwide.

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Happy new music release day

  Happy new music release day, this song was created entirely on the Teenage Engineering OP-Z Groovebox

Here, hold my beer on Spotify

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New Release coming from Kwekwe Karu November 11, 2020 titled Here hold my beer

 Just submitted this to my Distributor. First new release in MONTH’s 

If no issues November 11th release date. Created on OP-Z during a few lunch breaks and recorded into Garageband to add a fade out at the end. Title of track “Here, Hold My Beer” 

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OP-Z MIDI Recorded into Cubasis really changes things

OP-Z MIDI Recorded into Cubasis really changes things from what it sounds like on OP-Z in very interesting ways and not just the sounds of course. I did have to edit the drums as it seemed that the Kick , Snare and Hats did NOT line up with Cubasis’s Drum sets properly. Very Bizarre sounding in Cubasis whereas on the OP-Z it’s a lot less Avante Garde shall we say. Still sounds somewhat interesting. If you’d like to hear what it sounded like to some extent on the OP-Z a check out my recent video “Here hold my beer” Hope you enjoyed, please give a thumbs up if you did and consider subscribing. Thanks for Watching.

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Here Hold My Beer by Kwekwe Karu on OP-Z

Here Hold My Beer by Kwekwe Karu on OP-Z by Teenage Engineering. I’m having a lot of fun with this little Groovebox from Teenage Engineering. This piece includes some vocal samples I created and use the OP-1 Drum Utility to convert. Pardon the horrible “singing” Hope you enjoyed this and gave a thumbs up and subscribed. More to come on this device as well as some meanderings into Drambo on iOS soon.

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Opulent Pontiff Zito

Opulent Pontiff Zito created using the Teenage Engineering OP-Z and it’s app on iPad by Kwekwe Karu please subscribe and give a thumbs up, we hope you enjoyed watching. thank you!




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Avicii Receives Posthumous Nominations at 2020 Billboard Music Awards

DJ Snake, Illenium, and Marshmello also received nominations.

Avicii may now only exist in the collective memory of the dance music community, but his legacy and spirit refuse to fade into the mist. The late dance music icon, whose estate posthumously released his third studio album, Tim, has been nominated for two Billboard Music Awards ahead of the show's 2020 edition.

The news arrives after Avicii's would-be 31st birthday, as well as the conclusion of Suicide Prevention Week. Avicii received nominations in the categories of "Top Dance/Electronic Artist" and "Top Dance/Electronic Album." Rounding out the list of nominees for the former category are The Chainsmokers, DJ Snake, Illenium, and Marshmello while the latter saw nods for Avicii's Tim, The Chainsmokers' World War Joy, Illenium's Ascend, and Alan Walker's Different World. In somewhat of a surprise, Marshmello also received a nomination for "Top Dance/Electronic Album" not for Joytime III, but for his Marshmello Fortnite Extended Set, which qualifies as a mix album. The record topped Billboard's US Top Dance/Electronic Albums in early 2019.

Other notable takeaways from the reveal include a staggering 16 nominations for Post Malone, who led the field. Lil Nas X followed with 13 nominations while Billie Eilish and Khalid each nabbed 12. The 2020 iteration of the Billboard Music Awards, which was originally scheduled for April before being postponed due to the impact of COVID-19, will broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on October 14th.

You can check out the full list of 2020 Billboard Music Award nominees here and dive back into Tim below.

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Spotify Is Beta Testing Critical Upgrades to Its Apple Watch App

Spotify hasn't made any substantial changes to its Apple Watch app since 2018, but that is about to drastically change.

Though the Apple Watch first appeared on the scene nearly five years ago to underwhelming sales in its first year, the industry-leading wearable device has flourished in popularity in recent years and is poised for further growth.

As the release of Apple's latest Series 6 watch looms, Spotify has stepped up efforts to support and improve its capabilities on the device. Despite having an app since 2018 on the watch, Spotify has not created a native wearable experience, instead vastly functioning as a control for the Spotify app on the iPhone. 

Until now, Spotify's Apple Watch app has not supported streaming natively through the device. However, recently users have reported seeing a blue "beta" icon within the watch's connected devices window, which has allowed them to stream directly through the device with no iPhone connection required.

The feature appears to be in a limited testing stage for the moment, and will hopefully roll out to users in greater numbers in the coming weeks. 

Spotify has picked a good time in history to step up its support for wearable devices. The first half of the decade is forecasted to see the entire wearables market grow nearly 20% every year, according to a report by Mordor Intelligence. While 216 million wearable units moved off shelves in 2019, an estimated 614 million are expected to sell in 2025.

Source: Digital Music News

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House Music Pioneer Jesse Saunders Sees Festivals Going "Back to the Basics" In Life After Pandemic

One of house music's pioneers weighed in on the current state of the music industry.

House music pioneer Jesse Saunders dropped in on Reddit for an Ask Me Anything Q&A, offering up his perspective on the state of the music industry in 2020 and what he sees coming next.

Saunders, a Chicago native credited as "the originator of house music," made history in 1984 with "On & On," the first house music record ever recorded and pressed on vinyl. Now over three decades into his illustrious career, Saunders has endless wisdom to impart, derived from his propensity to wear many hats as a music and film producer, record company executive, and radio show host.

Many fans and professionals alike are wondering how the pandemic will affect the future of music festivals. It was a question on the minds of r/electronicmusic subscribers, and Saunders didn't hesitate to respond. "I think the festival scene got a bit too big for its britches and will be brought down-to-earth when things get somewhat back to normal," Saunders weighed in. "What we have to remember as electronic music lovers is that no person, thing, club or entity is bigger than the music!"

Later in the AMA, Saunders doubled down on his sentiments. "I see things going back to the beginning when going out to dance and hear music were only just about DANCING and listening to MUSIC!"

In Saunders' view, the marketing and business sides of electronic music have created incentive for people to be seen rather than dance and appreciate the art form itself. "A break from festivals was a much needed reset. Events will have to go back to the basics," he wrote. "DJ booking prices had gotten way out of hand, and consequently so did ticket prices. I believe that supporters should pay a reasonable price to enjoy someone playing mostly other people's music. If anyone should make 5 or 6 figures it should be the artist singing the song...not the DJ!"

As many festival and event organizers have begun to set their preparations for return in 2021, it will be interesting to see how dance music comes out on the other side of this industry-wide reset.

You can dive into Saunders' full Reddit AMA here.

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