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Neizbezhnost disbands, debut full length to become a collector's item

Sad news......Neizbezhnost has disbanded and has stopped working on their follow-up album to their debut CD "Would It Be Reasonable" on Metal For A Dark World Records. "Would It Be Reasonable.." received great reviews from the likes of DOA Magazine, Untombed.com, HM Magazine and several other online and print media. The lowest score it received was and 8 out of 10! The CD was a collectors edition release, with English lyrics, tons of photos all wrapped up in a 16 page booklet. The music was heavy, symphonic blackened metal that was a sonic assault to both the head and the heart, with lyrical content ranging from political issues of today along with other issues such as stop doing evil and do good to others, respect, encouragement, and hope! Not your typical black metal lyrical content. You can listen to some of the songs in the widget here, and purchase from iTunes by using the link. If you'd prefer to purchase the CD, very few copies are left. Head to http://metalforadarkworld.bigcartel.com to purchase the CD at a great price. Better hurry however, as remaining copies are moving QUICK, and there are only about 20 copies left!! Neizbezhnost will always be remembered for their musical talent and the impact they left on the scene, especially in Europe and their home country of the Ukraine!

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Mobile Technology in Music

Ok I admit it, I am a tech geek! Is there some type of multistep program to rehabilitate me?

Seriously though, technology has changed our world. For example, I am currently writing this blog using an app called "Blog Writer Lite" (free version to try to see if I like it) from my iPhone. What makes it nice is that I can blog wherever I go, whenever I want. However, my big fat fingers have issues with the touch screen keyboard. I can't afford to upgrade to a tablet, so this will have to do.

So what was I going to talk about? Oh yes, Mobile technology and music. Now that you all know that I have an IPhone, there are several apps for writing, recording, and even mixing and producing music. Some are better than others, some are very useful. Don't worry Android users, there are plenty of music apps out there for you as well (well I am guessing ;-). There are even music apps for the PSP and the Nintendo DS.

Back to the iPhone. There are synths with vst plugins, bass line recorders, drum machines, looping software, sequencers, and even full fledged recording software. An example of a recording package is Four Track. It let's you record on up to four different tracks, say for example drums, guitar, lead guitar, and bass. It then let's you "bump down" the mix to just 2 tracks so you have another 2 tracks open to records vocals and maybe keys or percussion. You can then bump the tracks down again, leaving you 2 free tracks if you need it. Then you hit a URL from your computer to your iPhone to download the tracks and you can add effects, mix it all down, master, etc....

Then there is another, one of my favorites: NanoStudio. It sones with it's own synth, many different instruments (including guitar and bass and drums), let's you program your own sounds, and works very well (with the latest update) with the Akai Pro Synthstation 25 Portable keyboard controller, which you plug your phone directly into the main interface of the keyboard. If I could take a picture of it now I would, but I'd have to restart the blog here so just google it. You can compose music, add tracks, mix down tracks, add more tracks, use a decent amount of effects (such as reverb, pan, etc) and even mix the song down and save as a wave file for further editing on your pc or Mac, or export to MP3 if you're happy with the mix.

There is another app I use frequently as well which also works with the Akai Pro Synthstation 25 and comes standard with basic instruments and allows you to purchase additional instrument packs. It is called Music Studio by Xewton. There are plenty of tutorials on YouTube just search on Xewton Music Studio. I have written two full songs with this app and again, you can export back to your DAW on your pc or Mac for further editing and production or you can export to mp3.

There are so many apps out there to create music for the iPhone I couldn't possible name them all here. Some others to note are:
- Computer Music (magazine): Make Music (easy to use loop sequencer and FREE)
- MutiTrack DAW
- Nano Keyboard
- Thumbjam
- BlueFire
- InstantDrummer (series)
- iSequence
- Pocket Studio
- programs to use your phone as a controller for Cubase and also Ableton Live

Even if you want your final product produced in a studio or home studio pc/Mac, these apps are great for on-the-go writing and capturing ideas as they pop into your head. There are some great vocal recorders out there as well. I have a few and use the Blue Mikey 2.0 microphone that plugs right into your iphone and can use it with the aforementioned studio apps or the vocal apps.

In conclusion (yes I'll stop rambling now) mobile technology can help us take our music further, compose and record on the go, and change the way we create music and art.

Until next time - Keep It METAL!
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