Since I'm the only member of my "band" and band profiles don't have a place where you can write about interests, hobbies etc, I might as well write about them here.
Sport
Tennis, basketball, football, table tennis and I used to do a lot of swimming (2 times per week for 5 years) but haven't swum much lately.
Music
I love electronic music, from drum&bass to trance. My favourite artists/bands are The Prodigy, Pendulum, Chemical Brothers, Moby, Underworld and Faithless. I hate most R&B, pop, rap, indie and emo "music". I love raves/gigs.
My lil brother also makes music. He's only 14 and already is better than most amateur producers I see on myspace, his music can be heard at http://www.myspace.com/laurierrewen !
TV
Family Guy, Simpsons, Planet Earth, Heroes, South Park, Doctor Who, Mock the Week, My Name is Earl, fonejacker, Ugly Betty, Top Gear, American Dad, Green Wing, Friends, Scrubs, Torchwood, Doc.martin & Futurama ftw
Films
My favourite film is probably Borat, was almost on the floor laughing at some parts. I could write an essay on my favourite films, but I doubt anyone would read it, so I'll leave the films section with just Borat for now :)
Art
Recently I've been using Photoshop CS2 and a Wacom Bamboo graphics tablet to create various forms of art including forum signatures, myspace layouts and edited photos.
I am also a big fan of Banksy's street art (http://www.banksy.co.uk/menu.html).
Some musicians I'd recommend as introductions to the genres :
Big Beat
The Prodigy - http://www.myspace.com/theprodigy
Chemical Brothers - http://www.myspace.com/thechemicalbrothers
Breakbeat
Hybrid - http://www.myspace.com/hybridsoundsystem
Way Out West - http://www.myspace.com/officialwayoutwest
Toni Jarvis - http://www.myspace.com/tonijarvis
Rave
Acen - http://www.myspace.com/acenmusic
Trance
Paul Van Dyk - http://www.myspace.com/paulvandyk
Tiesto - http://www.myspace.com/tiesto
Cosmic Gate - http://www.myspace.com/cosmicgate
Drum and Bass
Pendulum (unofficial for better tracks) - http://www.myspace.com/pendulumdnb
"When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion." - Robert Pirsig
"I still say a church steeple with a lightening rod on top shows a lack of confidence." - Doug McLeod
"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish" - Unknown
"We like the NME 'cos they've always been supportive, but if they dis us we'll set fire to them." - Liam Howlett
"You don't have to act hard you're not a gangster, you live with your mum and you work in Asda...
I know that, it's cool to be hard and hard to be cool -
Just like at school -
But when you're out with the lads don't act like a tool" - Hadouken
Influences
Main Influences
Liam Howlett! (The Prodigy) Faithless!
Gorillaz
Chemical Brothers
Underworld
Pendulum (Rob Swire, possibly the greatest DnB producer to date - shame he had to go and ruin his name by producing the rock song Propane Nightmare)
Frank Zappa
Coldplay
My dad
Eminem
Moby
Final Fantasy (and other games)
Richard D. James (aka AFX, Aphex Twin and many other aliases)
My name's Joey Ewen, I'm 17, I'm from Essex and I make music. Enjoy.
A music player with some more of my tracks
Most frequently used//favorite equipment//software
Roland PCR-300
Novation V-Station plug-in
Native Instruments Massive plug-in
Korg Legacy Collection plug-in
Steinberg Cubase/Cubasis sequencer
Production history
At the end of March 2007 I bought Cubase SE3 and some plug-ins, previous to this the only production experience I had was on the primitive Cubasis software at my high school. I produced music using Cubase SE3 for a few months, but in April 2008 it stopped working (never using a Steinberg product again!) so I had to stop making music for a while. I got Ableton Live 7 in July but didn't get a chance to use it until August (due to going on holiday the day after buying it). The day after I got home from my holiday I made my first track with Ableton, and then my computer fucked up which rendered me unable to make any more music for about two months (was lazy and took ages before sending computer off to be fixed). I've got my computer back now, and I plan on making a new tune as soon as possible :)
I don't think I've made a track yet which wasn't at all influenced by The Prodigy or Faithless, who inspired me to start making music.
Also just so you know what's what:
Spira - My first drum&bass track for six months, I finally feel I've grown enough (as a producer) to make drum&bass again. This track was inspired by the (brilliant) soundtracks to the Final Fantasy games.
Liontamer - My second drum&bass track of 2008, finished in the same week as Spira.
The Valley - A drum&bass track I made after listening to Logistic's new album "Reality Checkpoint".
ShroomShroom - Another ambient track, inspired by Underworld's Oblivion With Bells album.
Jetlag - My first track made using Ableton Live 7 (hopefully the first of many). It's a breakbeat track inspired mainly by Hybrid and Way Out West, who I've been listening to a lot lately. It's called Jetlag because I made it the day after arriving back in England after spending nearly a month in Canada, so I had pretty bad jetlag (went 31hours without sleeping) :)
On the ReverbNation music player:
November Has Come - This is my first ambient/breakbeat track. I used the same chords and strings as in my first dance tune (Gloria), only this time they are accompanied by a slow and steady nu-skool break and orchestra hits as opposed to a fast dance beat and church mass vocals.
No Good Remix - I searched youtube for a decent No Good trance remix but couldn't find one, so I decided to make one myself. It has been featured on the Prodigy Mashed Up myspace, which can be found in my top friends or in the top 10 UK breakbeat acts using the "Top Artists" search function.
Phat - my first attempt at making a Big Beat track. Made very quickly.
Ants - My first track after a break from making music. Hardcore breakbeat.
Dublet - My first attempt at Dubstep - made very quickly. I'll go back to this track to add a sub bass soon.
Amen to Dub - My second attempt at Dubstep. I may edit this track again in the future.
Preview of my unfinished new track - A track I haven't finished yet (due to lack of vocals), I've uploaded the unfinished version as I'm not sure how long it's going to take to get the vocals recorded (don't worry, it won't be me singing...). This track was heavily influenced by Hadouken who I've been listening to non-stop lately. I also sampled the old 8-bit Mario and used a riff that was featured in an old computer game to give the track a computer-game-feel.
Arena and Tricksy - Two drum&bass mixes I made using the Orange Mixer months ago.
Panjea Video Player
Medusa's Path - This is a homemade video I made with my mate Ryan to the Prodigy track Medusa's Path. Very amateurish but I had only used Windows Movie Maker once before.
Arena video - the second dance video made by me and Ryan. Both the music and dancing in this video is better than in our Medusa's Path video. The music is a drum&bass mix (called Arena) I made using the Orange Mixer a while ago.
The Prodigy - Break and Enter RMX - This was my first remix...ever (didn't know wtf I was doing).
Loughton Parkour - A video me and two mates made taking the piss out of parkour.
Hi Joey, I know him as all 3 at once! He's joined them? I see his name is under their picture on myspace though he isn't in it. I have heard of them, I might have seen them, can't remember at the mo... They've played with Eastern Front, who I've seen a few times. Congratulate him from me! Gx
hey joey, thanks, i use reason 4 and fruity loops, bt id recommend reason 4. I was on ur profile yday, jus about to comment u until i realised i ddnt add u yet :| lol add me to ag17@hotmail.co.uk send me some of ur music mn dey sound good keep it up
Joey Bro....How r U.... Howz u r Stuff Goin... Hey By The way i ve Post New Tune On My Page Come Cek it Out When got time.. Its Kinda Rap 'n' Hip Hop Style with some Piano Voilins N Stuff U Gonna Luv It...
Functionalists such as Billybob Joey's head is meritocratic, meaning every hair gets a fair chance at life, whereas Marxists like Ethan state that Joey's head merely generates a myth of meritocracy to create and maintain an obedient and large hair-cut.
Of course there are interactionists such as Becker who state that once a hair is labelled as Joey's, its fate is sealed and it will be forever imprisoned its situation.
Interactionist Becker states that each case should be reviewed on an individual basis and therefore his studies are obviously in more detail than the generalising Marxist or Functionalist approaches, though concluding from an individual investigation is unlikely to be accurate either.
biggin' up my sociology home boy Joence. Dis guy is off da CHAIN breadrin.
carnac west but i think it's quite new. yes i'm not generally into playing games but i like to forget social pretences of what's good and cool and fun sometimes and allow myself a bit of time out from the stresses of keeping up my appearance as an incredibly 'happening' young man. yeeeeee
Didn't go to any UK festivals, we were going to Reading but sold the tickets when Slipknot pulled out. My main one this year was Inferno in Oslo back in March.
sweet ! thanks a lot mate.it really means a lot to me when i can tell other people feel my tunes as much as i do.Im sitting here creating utter chaos for people to add me and say "thanks for the add".Its nice to get a genuinly possitive comment once in a while, so thanks. And cheers for the free promotion too, hah.Glad your friends dig it too.Expect more tunes very soon. Rhubarb
