Being Observant

Over the years I have found that supposedly I am slightly more observant than the average person. I honestly thought that I surrounded myself with some dim-witted individuals during my adulences years, but maybe not. To my misfortune I never took the time to learn the associations between visual cues with emotional behaviors. I would most likely point out defects or mannerisms the person had, which resulted in some people finding out that they did things they never knew they did, or giving me an association of being an asshole.

I do belive to get a better understanding into the visually observed actions and how they relate to what a person maybe thinking, or how they are feeling I would really have to delve deep into psychology. If time permitted, I would love to, considering I have a very close associate of mine who studies it in great detail.

Being able to read a person could help in so many situations, a job interview, a business deal, even on a date. You could essentially become the person that someone is looking for if you can read them well enough.

Friends

When people say you should talk to someone, they often later recommend going to see a shrink instead of say, a friend. You know why this is? It's because "friends" tend to tell you what you want to hear, or have alterior motives since your life is so intertwind with theirs. They frequent to not be able to seperate themselves from the actually situation at hand, and therefore skew their suggestions with emotion and personality. Only do true friends set aside everything in their lives, help with a situation, and actually putting you before themselves. Kinda like taking a situational bullet for a person. Now I'm not saying that normal friends are bad, they are good to party with, might help you move. But if you really need someone to talk to, you better see a shrink.

All my mixes!

Just letting everyone know that all my mixes I have even put up for download can be found on the new website as the old ones are coming down!

http://72.29.78.157/~afterhou/omwproductions/?page_id=2

In the Studio - Part 1

Hey guys, I have been spending a lot of my time in the "studio" and come up with 2 really really random tracks while learning to use the hardware/software.

The first track is my dealings with samples. As I have been learning my around Ableton Live, I have been practicing with taking samples, modding them, changing dynamics, ect. So this first track that will be up for downlaod is the product that my fooling around.

The second tarck is not even dance music, its a very sad tune on a piano sample. The thing behind this track is I was done practicing for the day, when I sumbled upon a Grand Piano sample, and since I had grown up with keyboards and such I learned the basics in playing piano, but never really had a real piano, so playing this on my midi-controller, actually made my eyes water because I look how technology brought me my own grand piand.

(Right Click and select Save Linked Content As...)

Drum N Bass Song

Sad Piano Tune

Much Luv, DJ Wilma out.

New mix and stuff

It has been about a month since my success with the Starcraft Dubstep "ITS A RETARD MAGNET" Mix, and.... some has changed.

Still having quite a hard time wrapping my brain around producing and using the programs to properly produce the sound I am looking for. So if any of you have some hidden away tips, tricks, or video on making dubstep using Ableton Live, feel free to post in the comments.

OMW Productions website has been completely revamped (omwproductions.com) with a new look thanks to our good friend Gawain. You should check it out, even if just too admire his hard work.

Also I managed to eat up all my bandwidth (125GB) in only 20 days... So I can't stream, I can't even watch youtube videos. I feel like I'm in a relationship with the videos I current already have open in my browser. I mean they are already loaded, so it doesn't take more bandwidth to watch, so I just keep watching the same videos, over, and over. I'm never getting married.

Talking about married. I am officially being single for a long time coming. Relationships just get in the way of progress and financial success.

BTW I have a new mix out for those of you who want to take a listen,



MUCH LOVE

DJ WILMA OUT

Producing - The tale of two worlds

Being a DJ for over a year make me think I was due for a change, a change into producing. With this in mind, I figured with my vast knowledge in how music flows, and all the different dynamics I could just jump right into it. How I was so poorly mistaken.

After the great succession of my SC Mix, I felt it was time to make my own music. Spinning and mixing tracks is fun, but it just doesnt give me the fufillment that I feel producing to give. When I make a really good mix, people always say 2 things. Really nice mix man... and... Can I get the playlist? I hate that question. It's like, thanks for putting a ton of work in your mix, but all I really care about is supporting the artist. I feel like an advertisement on a website, it shows you something, but thats it. Very few people make it as DJ's that don't produce. So I jumped in.

I bought myself a midi-controller, got my hands on a legal copy of Ableton Live, and... nothing. It wasn't like I just got to making music, these programs have one hell of a learning curve. I had so many ideas playing in my head, but had no real way of translating them into this program. How the hell was I to make an epic wobble? I had clips I wanted to use, but how could I properly sample and manipulate them? It wasn't like sitting down to a piano and playing the keys you heard in your head, it was like openning the electrical box at your house as you were to setup solar panels, may think its a simple concept, but in application its much harder than it seems.

So now I am going to stop DJing, stop trying to fiddle with this program, and spend the next 2 weeks watching tutorials and running through them. I want to know this program like I know my brother, everything that works and doesn't. So wish me luck in the journey of accumulating knowledge, and hopefully I'll come out the other end a music producer.

Road Trip Re-Cap

Here are the vlogs from the Trip....woot...