Now I’ve been making music in various forms for a long time now, electro, dark ambient, techno, and now orchestral.
I’m not mainstream and never will be, so I appreciate when someone likes what I do.
I value them very highly, you are nothing without people who like what you do, and I like to make music that others feel something for.
My biggest fan in China is Wing, who saw me play live at the Rhythm Uk Anniversary in Guangzhou, and turned out to support me twice when Dj ing
Hip Hop and Soul at Zinc in Guangzhou. So it was nice to see him and his girlfriend again in Shenzhen, since it’s been a while.
I value this kind of thing very highly, forget work, money, you can’t put a price on that kind of thing.
It’s up to you which path you choose, friendship and a real link, or acquaintances, money, plastic faces and words.
Wing & Janet with The Ghost That Walks….
The Ghost Will walk with them wherever they go…
Yet more and more revelations for me listening through the Red Bull Academy podcasts.
Wajeed talking about Detroit and how much passion he has for music, even above business, and going with what you feel.
Talking about the atmosphere of Detroit and what it means to make hip hop there, is something I understand.
Kirk Degiorgio did some of the same things I did. He went to Gratiot Avenue and knocked on the metal door of Metroplex.
I went to the same door and knocked on it as Transmat, I was just unlucky enough not to meet anyone there, but yes I have a photo from the wall like a picture from cyclists out of Tour De France.
Also after people here moaning about me using a laptop, Kirk Degiorgio uses it in EXACTLY the same way I do.
Processing the tunes in Pro Tools, importing them and warping each tune by hand in Ableton, then chopping up sections of the tune to allow them to mix and get creative. Cutting out bass and mid to make an acapella, adding percussion loops etc. Exactly the same.
Ectomorph does the same, and many Dj’s now use Midi controllers for the performance aspect, which I need to get hold of.
So more and more, lecture after lecture, confirming again and again what I’m doing and how I’m thinking IS right.
Just at a time when I am giving up on China, this has to be the strangest time for this to happen, but it’s happening….
More next time… Stay strong, no retreat , no surrender.
My Roland TR808 has gone.
I needed to sell it to raise some funds to back up my film ambitions .
My Spendor speakers had to go too, which will finally land Garritan in
my hands, just at the right time.
A couple of more items to go I hope and some Cd decks will come my way.
Much needed for getting a few DJ bookings, to raise some more cash and
free up some more time.
Not too much, film is what I want to concentrate on.
At least 2 rough cuts already on the way, still hanging on for the
Cannes promo trailer.
There will be a good few clips and showreels to show in a short space
of time.
Then I want to hit Hong Kong with a bit of help from Beijing & here.
So watch this space you'll see a lot of new music and video appearing
here.
Check out the New York Photos set on my photo viewer, with views you
will never see again from the top of the World Trade Centre in 1998.
Not to mention the Detroit Techno City set , my favourite place and
photos I may never get to take again.
It's been my inspiration and what keeps me going here and any place I
have to struggle to feed music..
If they can do it , so can I , as they come from the same mould as me
there, they don't give up.
They didn't have to play bullshit , bend over for anyone, compromise or
deal with anyone they didn't want to.
That's my philosophy too and it's working for me. It doesn't work if
you just want a quick result or you need your ego pumped up…
Till next time, check the archive, buy an Mp3 from, yes WALMART, now
how scary is that??
More posts about how frigging weird it is to be in this place later….
Paul Bishop
The Ghost That Walks
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