Introducing The Trojan Eaters

...and the main reason why there hasn't been much activity on this blog recently.

http://www.thetrojaneaters.co.uk/

I joined this new covers band...we're currently putting the finishing touches to our set and hope to be out gigging very soon. We may need to do a couple of freebies though as most of the venues we've spoken to seem a little uncertain about booking a brand new band with no proven track record.

I'm thoroughly enjoying playing again...I always regretted giving it up all those years ago. It's much better this time - we're all pretty much in the same boat...been there before, gave it up for one reason or another, regretted it and now just want to do something more laid back and basically do what we enjoy doing.

...but it does mean my terragen & computer music stuff have taken a back-seat for a while. Let's just see what happens.

(And, yes - I know...any US friends reading this might be giggling at the band name...but we don't really have that brand over here in the UK!?)

Backlash

My first completed project using a combination of my Juno-G and VSTs. My biggest problem at the minute is that the Juno doesn't really have enough memory out-the-box for this type of thing...so my mixdown involved making wav files of little sections of the Juno-G stuff and stitching them together on the PC with the VSTs output as well. So the quality of the final result isn't as good as it should be...that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it! Guess I need to buy some ram for the Juno.

Coming Home

I posted this over at the planetside forums here and got some great feedback. Unfortunately, I'm struggling with the motivation to try some of the suggestions to finish it off...far more interesting to start something new!? So here it is - chances are it's going to stay as it is.

amazingtunes.com

A friend at work told me about amazingtunes.com (about) so I've made myself a profile and added some of my tunes..

http://www.amazingtunes.com/users/ianr

It's probably come at a good time cos I got a strange e-mail from the MAGIX Community today about some upcoming changes as they've "decided that a more precise thematic direction for the community is in order" !?

...let's just see what happens!

Blender Tutorials

A round up of some Blender tutorials I've found. The objects themselves might not be particular useful but it's good modelling practice. The 'Earth with Clouds' one is interesting though...and has potential to turn up in one of my Terragen renders soon ;-)

Flag Animation with Blender
Earth with Clouds
Modeling a glass in Blender
How to make a pencil in Blender
Making a chess pawn in Blender
Plastic Juice Bottle in Blender
Screw in Blender

Oxygene

...part IV, I think!



It's pretty rough - it's really just something I was mucking around with to get to know the workings of my new keyboard! Done entirely on the Roland Juno G. And a very very cheesy ending...sorry.

Roland Juno G

I've just bought one of these! :-)