It’s been over 100 degrees at my Austin area home for weeks, but the house is all sorted out, the studio is setup, and the AC is blowing cold – which is fully appreciated after being out for a few days. Anyway, the music has been heating up around here lately too!
I have been testing some new, live dubstep-leaning material with small-scale shows in Austin (Loft 718) and Houston (Mango’s: Riddim Tuesday) in preparation for larger events and festivals on the horizon. The tune-up gigs have been fun, and met with positive response.
I have synced up with producers E1000 in Quebec City and JayTee in Seattle to share our music. Sharing these files has been made super easy because of the new MyFolders feature on YouSendIt.
We are sharing the music we make in a common folder, and spinning each other’s’ tracks at events across USA and CAN. E1000 sent me music for my show in Houston, he played some of mine in Montreal and later this month JayTee will spin some of both of our new jams at the Burning Man!
Getting back to my personal music has been awesome this summer; I needed the break following a few years of heavy game audio production. But of course when I have time for making new music it means I am not busy with a major media project – which pays the bills way more consistently than music alone.
BUT as fate would have it, I just landed a super-sexy video game project this week and will be heading up sound effects production for a franchise that is close to my heart and will be proud to talk about in more detail in future blogs… For now, that one “remains classified”. It will feed me through the winter and challenge me in some exciting, new ways.
So stay tuned for more on that, it’s going to be EPIC!
By Levon Louis
