New songs and the official bootleg

If you go to: https://www.mixcloud.com/stuart-wright7/exedist-complete-2015-ft-the-pad-bank-bootleg/ It will go to my last completly free album. This has been composed using Cubase, Studio One, MPC Studio (1.9.6 as a VSTi).
this was made using Nexus, Predator 1 and 2, HalionOne, Sonic SE, Vanguard. I also used various Analogue synths including a 2600 by ARP which is a rebuild V2.1.

New tracks with Vocalists

I've been making new mainstream sounding songs, which I think people would like more than some of my other pieces. I've had a girl called Jane Honsend, come around with decent microphone and did a recording session, in this Blog post I shall explain my process of how I handled these sessions, and how I adapted to learning mixing of vocals.

I started a month ago putting out adverts on Facebook, Newgrounds, for vocalists, and about this time I found a website called "Looperman" which is a Acapella and sound clip website...which I promptly put out a call on there for someone to sing some lyrics I had provided. I had a call from a girl which I had worked with in the past called Jane, she is an excellent singer and we arranged for her to come to my house for a recording session. She came around and she came with a case which had a bunch of professional grade microphones which included SE electronics valve microphone, and a high end Neumann microphone (these mics were much better than my Presonus M7 cheap condenser microphone, and Art valve preamp and DI box combo). We did a song called "Talking without Conversations" which we did within a few takes, I started off by playing the basic tune on the keyboard and get her to sing along with it, but in the end we decided to sit down, create a fifteen minute sequence, which made quite a good backing track. After I had recorded and she had gone home, I recreated all the sequences, recorded in a section of live keyboard playing which I imported into the MPC and set it to loop and then layered the vocals over the top. It's turned into a light EDM track, which sounds more acoustic than my usual pieces. 

A couple of days later I had a message back from a Bryan Tig, which had listened to one of my instrumental songs on Soundcloud and had rapped some bars over it. he sent me a FLAC file of the separate vocals and one layered over the song. I remixed it to bring out the vocals more and create something which could be used on my upcoming album (which is now out!). This is the finished song:

The next song I worked on was a song which my fiance wanted me to remix, which was a song by Led Zeppelin called "Kashmir", I loaded it into the Akai MPC and then made a general like bass line out of the main hook, added layered synths and pads. Then I went on Looperman and picked out a pre made acapella, I then autotuned the vocal to give t much more better dance tone and the final result I was really happy with! Heres the finished song, its EDM, with a Drum and Bass section. Its got a sample from a film called "Dude! wheres my car" which I used on the two drop sections, instead of a silent break and drop. The song still needs a bit of work, as I don't like how the song ends.

The next song is a dance song with me singing on it which has been heavily autotuned and pitch shifted, this is one of my favourite songs of this latest project. Its a light EDM song. 

 This next one is from another person who contacted me back on Looperman, called Steely Vibe, she is extremely popular on there and is extremely busy all the time, so I feel honored to have her sing lyrics for me, this song is mainly a piano electronica song, I hope you like it!

This one is the last person who got back to me, which is called Katrina. She remade a song which she had done before but did it in a different timing for this song. This sounds like a mainstream electro pop song which is mixed with EDM, it stars me playing all sections on keyboard and it is an excellent song and the vocals fit like a glove. 

You can find this one here on soundcloud! Stars Collide This will also be released as a new single, next week!

Honorable mentions: I am not Proud
                                  Feeling Alright
                                  Voodoo you do?

Kashmir remix ft Steklo

Tom's Diner Remix

Artists who inspire me

There are a few artists who inspires me, some include Jean Michel Jarre, Gary Numan, The Electric Light Orchestra (all of Jeff Lynne's work), William Orbit, Faithless, Don Felder, Ian Van Dahl, Muse, Daft Punk, to name a few.

I will start by picking a Genre and will say what techniques and inspiration I have got and use in my music, plus links to my track in question.

My roots start with Pop/Rock music, the first band I remember listening to was Clint eastwood by the Gorillaz, the techniques I learnt from that song was how to play melodica which they used. My next major band I was exposed to by my oldest brother was Muse and I learned "Newborn" on piano and I learned the playing technique of broken chords. I was also exposed to greenday, my favourite being Holiday and Good riddance (mainly been the reason I started playing acoustic guitar, especially while singing). I was exposed to a lot of good music by my parents, Dire straits "The Sultans of Swing", Simon and Garfunkel "Mrs Robinson", ELO "Turn to stone" (i rediscovered their music a few months ago and am a huge fan). 

It was around this time I started listening to Black Sabbath and Metallica after finding one of my dads old mix tapes. I was introduced to Led Zepplin and The Doors (which I've sampled a few of Jim Morrison's Vocals, including "Texas Radio"Texas radio Remix by Stuart W (ExeDist)). Friend introduced me to Linkin Park, which I remixed "Numb" as its one of my favourite songs: Numb Remix. Later on I discovered Adele, which again I did a remix of "Rolling in the Deep": Remix in the Deep.

 In late 97 I discovered the Ministry of sound, Cream and other club favourites. I loved Trance with my all time influential song being William Orbit's "Adagio for Strings", my favourite mix being the Ferry Corsten mix, Tiesto made a version but i don't like it that much. Kernkraft "Zombie nation", Lost witness "Happiness Happening" and Snap! vs Plaything "Do you see the Light". in 98 I got my first Korg Electribe and sequencing software for the Amiga A1200 and started making my own Trance and Dance music (way before it was coined as EDM music). I found out a majority of electronic Dance songs used samples, so in 2001 I purchase a 2nd hand Yamaha A3000 and the rest is history.

I loved deep house, Drum and Bass and got into Rave music, "in the hall of the mountain king" being my all time favourite. 

Then my music taste changed to start hunting out 80's music, New wave and new age pop music, like Gary Numans "Are Friends Electric", Flock of seagulls "She ran so far", Europe "The Final Countdown". I started making New wave myself this is an example called "Freedom (That 80's Sound)":Freedom (That 80's Sound) Instrumental

I started also listening to broadway productions like Phantom of the Opera, Blood Brothers, Cats and many more. About this time I wrote a production piece called "Insania" which was used at week long drama/stage production: Insania 2015 Edition 

I have recently got into Electronica and european dance and disco music, from artists like Jean Michel Jarres "Brick England ft Pet Shop Boys", "Electrees ft Hans Zimmer", "Oxygene" and "Here for you ft Gary Numan". I've also rediscovered Giorgio Moroder, "Racer", "Chase", "Machines from Metropolis"and "24 is the new 74. I recently did a remix of "Tom's Dinner" featuring the voice of Britney Spears which is here: Tom's Dinner the Remix

I recently aquired a Akai MPC Studio and may get back into doing Hip Hop and R&B, but I will make more EDM and D&B works, with samples, cuts, recording flips and mainstream music, like some of the examples of my work (above)

JMJ Equinoxe 4/brick england remix

Into the light