roomnoise http://www.roomnoise.com development, design, music, culture Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:10:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 first remix: Twin Sister’s Lady Daydream http://www.roomnoise.com/2011/07/26/first-remix-twin-sisters-lady-daydream/ http://www.roomnoise.com/2011/07/26/first-remix-twin-sisters-lady-daydream/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:10:29 +0000 marcus http://www.roomnoise.com/?p=54 A few months ago I took a crack at my first remix project. Was really drawn to this song ‘Lady Daydream’ by Twin Sister. They had stems available so I took those then added some various loops. Was a lot of fun thinking about music in terms of cutting/pasting/adding/subtracting in ways I don’t normally do in Quiet Lights. Also was much less obsessive.

Here’s a link:

Twin Sister : Lady Daydream (quiet lights sleepdrone lope remix) by Quiet Lights

I hope to do more soon.

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namespace :erb do
  namespace :to do
    task :haml do
      files = `find . -name *.html.erb`
      files.each_line do |file|
            file.strip!
            `bundle exec html2haml #{file} | cat > #{file.gsub(/\.erb$/, ".haml")}`
      end
    end
  end
end

So now its as easy as ‘rake erb:to:haml’.

Thanks to this post

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Put out on 12″ white vinyl from our friends at Old Flame Records

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Break Trouble Wait from Quiet Lights on Vimeo.

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Tickets & Music building API for ticket information

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The site was developed from the design work and direction from the great 10x. The whole thing came together quite nicely.

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Finally have a site up for my new music project, Quiet Lights. The music has a nice subtle tension to it. Everyone in the group has so much to add and I’m pretty excited about the things we’ve done so far.

Also, Ric’s documentary which QL did the music for (and featuring some music from my previous project, Rival Songs) will be completed soon. We also have a promo in a CBS Criminal Minds spot. They used the music from our track Throat Cut (stream it here). You can check it out here:

Criminal Minds Promo – Featuring Music from Quiet Lights from Quiet Lights on Vimeo.

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I’m pretty stoked to finally roll out the soft-(re)launch of Tickets and Music. I wanted to create a way for people to get access to the best deals for a given show from any location. I don’t think searching the 3rd party brokers is always the best way to go, sometimes they have the only deal and sometimes they don’t.

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Artisan Documentary Teaser – Dave Lefner from Ric Serena on Vimeo.

Its nice when 3 separate art forms can come together beautifully into one.

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When I first moved to NY I wanted to take a break from playing in bands and maybe concentrate on other things. Of course after about 2 weeks of being up here I was going crazy and wanted to start making music right away.

So I fell in with this band Argentine, it was great. They had shows booked and next thing I knew I was playing all over the city and was contributing to the next album. I couldn’t believe my fortune at finding a group of people so fast that thought of music the same way I did, something I never had in Orlando.

Well, the project fizzled in the middle of recording the next album. However, I’m still friends with and making music with many of those same people today. Here’s one of my favorite tracks from the sessions that will probably never see the light of day. Its got this great lightness to it interlaced with longing. I play the organ, lead guitar, and do the backup vocals. Its one of my favorite tracks I’ve ever played on: 2 In the Afternoon.

Argentine – 2 In the Afternoon

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