strugmo episode 8

 

 

The first two series of Strugmo on iTunes.

The Master…

 

No, not the arch-enemy of Doctor Who… I’ve decided to take the plunge and get one of my electronic tracks mixed and mastered for iTunes as a kind of learning experience. Because I’m often on the move, (teaching in Sydney now then back to Japan in September), there’s never been a point to get studio monitors or convert a room to home studio… besides, I still don’t have the ears of a professional when it comes to panning the stereo field, adjusting the equalisation to rid muddiness etc or the software to boost and compress it for a professional sale.

 

Even though they say you just need a computer to record and distribute music, there’s still no substitute for the professional mixing and mastering. Besides, if you want to sell on iTunes you need sales codes encoded in the file.

 

So, I’ll see how it goes, and might do a couple more songs down the line, not that I expect many sales since I haven’t even had many free downloads. But it also means the song is ready for use if someone wants to use the music in a documentary or Youtube video for instance.

Strugmo Episode 7

Strugmo 6 and stoof…

I’ve put making demos on the back burner at the moment while I research into getting a track or two remixed and mastered. It would be nice to put them up on demos and off a sync licence for Youtubers or something, though I know there’s very little chance of making any money of the tracks. It would be a ‘vanity project’ so to speak. Anyways will look into it while I’m in Sydney, and then I’ll be back in Japan in September for my next 5 month teaching gig.

Strugmo on iTunes

Strugmo ta 5

Strugmo ta 4

Struggling Muso on iTunes!!!!!!

 

As I’ve just advertised on Munhwa Experience, the Annals of a Struggling Muso -the first two series of Strugmo and his band Acid Reflux, are now available on iTunes for REAL CHEAP here…(if you’re in US/AUS/UK/Canada…) If it’s not in your country and you’re really keen, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.

Cheers

Donald Fraser (Donak RV)

 

https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/annals-of-a-struggling-muso/id880572725?mt=11

Different Kinds of Green

 Off Topic

 

 

I’ve started yet another blog called ‘Different Kinds of Green‘ on such topics as Coal Seam Gas in New South Wales as well as my interest in Taiwanese politics having lived there. It’s mainly a personal scrapbook…

Nerd’s Anthem demo

Finally, my demo for May 2014 is done! I’ve called it Nerd’s Anthem, because I use nerdy sounds from Reaper’s default synthesizer as well as some old Roland samples I have. Again I’ve categorised it under my own genre of ‘amatronic’.

Strugmo TA 3