A maturity dawns with a new century; and the 00’s saw electronic music become mainstream. The added benefits of using electronic gear became clear to all and a mainstay of every good musicians toolkit. Whether it be compositional complexity or simplicity, electronic music has matured. These musicians are some of the best at displaying the unique virtues of electronic music. Continue reading “The Most Inspirational Musicians Of The ’00’s To Now”
The Most Inspirational Musicians Of The ’90’s
In this era of electronic music the sounds developed into the mid 20’s to 30’s of adulthood. Reflective, more thoughtful than the 80’s era. The technology became much more user friendly and affordable; giving rise to amateur electronic musicians, and DJ’s. The musicians listed here helped define an era, refining the electronic music sound, and developing the genre into the realm of serious music.
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WatchList Special: ‘Canada’ – March 2017
Watch out for these musicians in 2017, Ten of the best storming up the Canadian Music Scene this year…
Video: Create A New Song And Importing Audio Samples Via Direct Wi-Fi Transfer
Importing Audio Samples has traditionally been and major pain. At Stage Looper we have created an easy and fast way to import your audio samples. See here how to import your audio Samples with Direct Wi-Fi Transfer, NO INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED
Top Tips
- Name your Samples with a Prefix / Suffix (e.g. intro_My Song Sample.wav ; My Song Sample_chorus.mp3) This will help to auto-create the patterns.
- Whatever your audio samples format is will be converted to .m4a automatically in Stage Looper.
Visualisation Of Music: From Paper to Digital
Music is an abstract type of thing; as it is something that we hear instead of see it is often quite difficult to visualise a piece of music. Continue reading “Visualisation Of Music: From Paper to Digital”
The Most Inspirational Musicians Of The ’80’s
This was an exciting time for electronic music, where the genre started to become established in the industry. As it entered it’s adolescent stage of development, the music was experimental, quirky, young and often melancholic to reflect the political turmoil and disillusioned feelings of antidisestablishmentarianism of the times….
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Video: The Heart Of Sequencer
Sequencers have traditionally been desktop based, following a left to right design for Studio. Stage Looper has reinvented the Sequencer for the Live Performer with a wholly unique design and functions. Playing live on Stage has never been so easy and fun!
Top Tips
- Define patterns you want to loop live on stage as either “Loopable” or “Loop by Default”, in “Create” Mode.
- Patterns defined as “Basic Play” will not be loopable in ‘Go Live’ Mode.
A Female Revolution In The Electronic Music Industry?
Whether you agree or not about gender discrimination within the world of music industry, these names stand out of the crowd. Not only for their talent, but for their inventive use of electronic sounds, that has made their music unique. Here is a brief look at some of their work… Continue reading “A Female Revolution In The Electronic Music Industry?”
If You Can’t Move Your Gear From Your Studio To Stage, You Might As Well Not Have Them!
Mobility, mobility, mobility!
“If you can’t move your gear from your studio to stage, you might as well not have them!” . The sounds and synths you create, at home or in studio are often a vital part to a musicians unique sound. If you can’t transport them to the stage however, what’s the point of having them at all? Only for online store/sharing ? Continue reading “If You Can’t Move Your Gear From Your Studio To Stage, You Might As Well Not Have Them!”
The Most Inspirational Electronic Musicians Of The ’70’s
These were the baby years of electronic music; and truly amazing musicians working with electronica sounds were few and far between. For the time the equipment amazed with its technical complexity; however most musicians didn’t know how to use this alien technology. Computers were entering the music industry, how wild! These musicians are some of the best and bravest; pioneering a way forward for trailblazers after them…. Continue reading “The Most Inspirational Electronic Musicians Of The ’70’s”