This snow has finally gone, converted to rain and warmer too! - I can almost feel the summer already!!
This is great for everyone, because now, people are venturing outside again, nights are getting busier in Halifax and new events are kicking off all over the place..
Speaking of new events, I did the first Friday ever at 'The Groove' (formerly Jumpin' Jaks) and what a cracker that was!! - absolutely bouncing, and a great way to kick off this Springs entertainment!
Also, some of you may be pleased to hear that 2 months into the resolutions post in January, I've nearly completed the first of my main resolutions, which was to have completed a large piece of artwork for my wall, as I type this, I'm looking at what can only be described as a colossal drawing on my wall, which, when framed, will look great in my front room.
Now it's just a matter of deciding what to draw next haha!
My music productions have taken a bit of a back seat at the moment, this is mainly due to a lot of new work that's come my way recently, so as you can imagine, I've had to give my clients priority, although, as soon as my clients work is complete, I'll be back 'on it' don't you worry!
Well, I hope March is just as good as the rest of the year so far, and I hope you're all having a great 2010 just like me and my family, see you all in April, where you can join me in my birthday celebrations, Easter, and much, much more! - watch this space!
Speak Soon
DK x
Monday, March 1, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
February Already!!
The snow's finally melted, the recession is apparently over, and I've finally sorted my tunes out, hurray!! - Only took me a year..
Anyway, how many of you have kept to your resolutions? Did you finally renew that Gym membership, and actually use it, Have you quit smoking yet? or did you finally clean out the garage of junk, broken appliances and leaky paintpots?
Nah, me neither - however, there are a few bits that I've managed to keep on track..
Studio work begins this month, I've got my stuff set up exactly as I want it, so remixing begins this week. Looking forward to a finished product by the end of February!
I've started my new piece of artwork for the front room, it's going to take about 2 weeks to finish as it's absolutely huuuge (just over a metre wide, and a foot deep) - its a panaramic sketch of the Halifax town centre, where most of the clubs are, It'll look great when it's done.
Flash Game and animation, this is scheduled for later this year, as soon as my other projects are done (one thing at a time eh?) but I'm still making notes and preparing ideas between jobs.
What about the DJ work? I hear you ask, well, I'm still currently looking for a replacement for my Friday and Saturday night residency since the closure of The Cell, although I have been pleasantly suprised by the support of other workers in Halifax, putting me forward for work to their managers, and potential future clients, so there's a few promising leads, although nothing is confirmed yet. Until things are finalised, I'll keep myself to myself, but you'll all be the first to know once the ball gets rolling again!
The Acapulco Nightclub's going well, Me and Matty are having a ball with the Thursday night regulars, great bunch of nutters, and I'm finally finding my feet with their somewhat chaotic music policy hahaha!!
I recently popped in on a Sunday night at The Groove and helped out for a couple of hours, that was great fun, thoroughly enjoyed it, it was the first time I'd played a club classics set in a large club in ages - it was a nice change..
We've got the World Cup coming soon too, so I'm guessing it'll be time for me to dust off the old England Shirt, dig out the facepaint and get involved in the fever that follows.
Looking like it's going great in 2010 already, bring on the Summer because I really cannot wait!
Till next month, party safe people!
Dk
Anyway, how many of you have kept to your resolutions? Did you finally renew that Gym membership, and actually use it, Have you quit smoking yet? or did you finally clean out the garage of junk, broken appliances and leaky paintpots?
Nah, me neither - however, there are a few bits that I've managed to keep on track..
Studio work begins this month, I've got my stuff set up exactly as I want it, so remixing begins this week. Looking forward to a finished product by the end of February!
I've started my new piece of artwork for the front room, it's going to take about 2 weeks to finish as it's absolutely huuuge (just over a metre wide, and a foot deep) - its a panaramic sketch of the Halifax town centre, where most of the clubs are, It'll look great when it's done.
Flash Game and animation, this is scheduled for later this year, as soon as my other projects are done (one thing at a time eh?) but I'm still making notes and preparing ideas between jobs.
What about the DJ work? I hear you ask, well, I'm still currently looking for a replacement for my Friday and Saturday night residency since the closure of The Cell, although I have been pleasantly suprised by the support of other workers in Halifax, putting me forward for work to their managers, and potential future clients, so there's a few promising leads, although nothing is confirmed yet. Until things are finalised, I'll keep myself to myself, but you'll all be the first to know once the ball gets rolling again!
The Acapulco Nightclub's going well, Me and Matty are having a ball with the Thursday night regulars, great bunch of nutters, and I'm finally finding my feet with their somewhat chaotic music policy hahaha!!
I recently popped in on a Sunday night at The Groove and helped out for a couple of hours, that was great fun, thoroughly enjoyed it, it was the first time I'd played a club classics set in a large club in ages - it was a nice change..
We've got the World Cup coming soon too, so I'm guessing it'll be time for me to dust off the old England Shirt, dig out the facepaint and get involved in the fever that follows.
Looking like it's going great in 2010 already, bring on the Summer because I really cannot wait!
Till next month, party safe people!
Dk
Saturday, January 2, 2010
2010 is Here - It's Resolution Time!!
Welcome To A New Decade - Time To Get Organised!
Quit Smoking, Don't Drink As much, Lose Weight, Find A Girlfriend/Boyfriend, Get A Life..
I'm sure these are some resolutions which have been made, and probably broken already. I for one, am a habitual resolution breaker myself, so this year I decided to push the envelope a little fuirther, being a new decade and all that..
This is because I'm spurred on a bit by the fact that I was actually quite organised for the first time ever in my life last year, having actually achieved quite a few of my past-yearly goals, so I'm now a believer of the old 'you can do anything if you put your mind to it' scenario.
"So if you're gonna do it, you may as well dive in head first and go for broke.." I'm currently thinking, so with that in mind, my resolutions for this year are (in no particular order) :
Write, and actually complete a game..
Procrastination has always been my weakness, more so, in the world of game development. I've written so many briefs, sketched so many ideas and planned so many scenarios, but this year, I really must get something out there, uploaded and actually played. For once.
Get back into creating artwork:
I've been a keen artist all my life, although my creative side was beginning to dwindle as I started clubbing more, I think that it's time I put a really thoughtful gift from my wife (an art set, with easel..) to use, and start sketching again.
Music is my life, so why not make music?
It's been said over and over again, I started last year, and again, I stopped - so this year, it's time to really get to work on my musical projects, the studio's ready, the kids are outta the way this year at school, so I really do think that it's about time I dusted off the Korg, sat down and get some material put together..
Animation..
As with the Game resolution, I'm thinking of killing a few birds with one stone by incorporating my music, animation and game creating resolutions into one big project..
Sort those MP3s out for Christ's sake!!
This is actually last years resolution, and I'm still on with it!! - it's probably the only one I've stuck to, it's simply taken me all year to do it haha!
Stop Drinking.
Yeah right, like that's ever gonna happen..
What have you guys got in mind? - let me know eh?
Happy New Year Everyone!
DK x
Quit Smoking, Don't Drink As much, Lose Weight, Find A Girlfriend/Boyfriend, Get A Life..
I'm sure these are some resolutions which have been made, and probably broken already. I for one, am a habitual resolution breaker myself, so this year I decided to push the envelope a little fuirther, being a new decade and all that..
This is because I'm spurred on a bit by the fact that I was actually quite organised for the first time ever in my life last year, having actually achieved quite a few of my past-yearly goals, so I'm now a believer of the old 'you can do anything if you put your mind to it' scenario.
"So if you're gonna do it, you may as well dive in head first and go for broke.." I'm currently thinking, so with that in mind, my resolutions for this year are (in no particular order) :
Write, and actually complete a game..
Procrastination has always been my weakness, more so, in the world of game development. I've written so many briefs, sketched so many ideas and planned so many scenarios, but this year, I really must get something out there, uploaded and actually played. For once.
Get back into creating artwork:
I've been a keen artist all my life, although my creative side was beginning to dwindle as I started clubbing more, I think that it's time I put a really thoughtful gift from my wife (an art set, with easel..) to use, and start sketching again.
Music is my life, so why not make music?
It's been said over and over again, I started last year, and again, I stopped - so this year, it's time to really get to work on my musical projects, the studio's ready, the kids are outta the way this year at school, so I really do think that it's about time I dusted off the Korg, sat down and get some material put together..
Animation..
As with the Game resolution, I'm thinking of killing a few birds with one stone by incorporating my music, animation and game creating resolutions into one big project..
Sort those MP3s out for Christ's sake!!
This is actually last years resolution, and I'm still on with it!! - it's probably the only one I've stuck to, it's simply taken me all year to do it haha!
Stop Drinking.
Yeah right, like that's ever gonna happen..
What have you guys got in mind? - let me know eh?
Happy New Year Everyone!
DK x
Monday, December 21, 2009
A New Decade Awaits, New Grounds To Cover...
In December 2009, just before Christmas, I decided to wander about the interwebs and clean up all of my on-line profiles, mainly with sites where I have my many online accounts, usually featuring various uploads, music files and artwork etc.
Some of you will have probably received a message about this, featuring information about the cancellation of my Bebo and MySpace accounts.
There is no negative reason to my submissions being removed from the web by the way, I'm simply having 'Spring Clean' so to speak.
This is because, over the few years that I've been a member of so many sites, my submissions werent really suitable for some websites - remixes with other artists vocals etc, werent really suitable for other websites dedicated to making games etc.
So, as a result of my realisation to this, any future submissions will hopefully be made to be more suitable for other websites - I also look forward to maybe even hearing some of my work in future Flash files, animations or games!!
Don't panic though! - I will be re-uploading my submissions, once I've remixed the tracks (now that I have the correct software and studio setup) and the majority of my tracks will have been mastered to a better quality than previously - this is mainly to keep my work up to the standard of the work submitted by other users..
YouTube:
I will be updating all of my YouTube submissions shortly too - as with my muscial remixes, the videos will be remade, mainly to keep up with todays online technology such as the addition of better sound quality and of course, the appearance of so many HD videos.
NewGrounds:
I've been a keen member of NewGrounds for a few years now, and over this perios, I've always shown a keen interest in developing a few games and animations for this site, so I'm aiming at popping my NewGrounds animation cherry in 2010, and I hope you look forward to seeing some of my work as much as look forward to making it!
DJ Work:
As some of you may have seen in my many FaceBook status updates, I've been spending the majority of the year sorting out my vast MP3 collection. Again, this is a major overhaul of my music collection, aimed at my club classic tracks, so I can be a little more specific to the kind of classics I aim to play in the near future.
FaceBook:
I will remain with FaceBook, simply because of the majority of people using this site, common sense really is'nt it?
DeviantArt:
This account has been cancelled, mainly because I would rather keep any of my artwork on my website, purely for copyright reasons.
Twitter:
This account is staying as it it, I mean, there's not that much to Twitter is there really?..
Apart from that, I'm in for a pretty quiet new year with the family - but I'm looking forward to it already as I have a few other exciting projects coming up in the New Year.
So, roll on 2K10 eh? - and I hope everyone has a Very Merry Christmas, And A Completely Mental New year.
Happy Holidays Everyone
DK.
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Some of you will have probably received a message about this, featuring information about the cancellation of my Bebo and MySpace accounts.
There is no negative reason to my submissions being removed from the web by the way, I'm simply having 'Spring Clean' so to speak.
This is because, over the few years that I've been a member of so many sites, my submissions werent really suitable for some websites - remixes with other artists vocals etc, werent really suitable for other websites dedicated to making games etc.
So, as a result of my realisation to this, any future submissions will hopefully be made to be more suitable for other websites - I also look forward to maybe even hearing some of my work in future Flash files, animations or games!!
Don't panic though! - I will be re-uploading my submissions, once I've remixed the tracks (now that I have the correct software and studio setup) and the majority of my tracks will have been mastered to a better quality than previously - this is mainly to keep my work up to the standard of the work submitted by other users..
YouTube:
I will be updating all of my YouTube submissions shortly too - as with my muscial remixes, the videos will be remade, mainly to keep up with todays online technology such as the addition of better sound quality and of course, the appearance of so many HD videos.
NewGrounds:
I've been a keen member of NewGrounds for a few years now, and over this perios, I've always shown a keen interest in developing a few games and animations for this site, so I'm aiming at popping my NewGrounds animation cherry in 2010, and I hope you look forward to seeing some of my work as much as look forward to making it!
DJ Work:
As some of you may have seen in my many FaceBook status updates, I've been spending the majority of the year sorting out my vast MP3 collection. Again, this is a major overhaul of my music collection, aimed at my club classic tracks, so I can be a little more specific to the kind of classics I aim to play in the near future.
FaceBook:
I will remain with FaceBook, simply because of the majority of people using this site, common sense really is'nt it?
DeviantArt:
This account has been cancelled, mainly because I would rather keep any of my artwork on my website, purely for copyright reasons.
Twitter:
This account is staying as it it, I mean, there's not that much to Twitter is there really?..
Apart from that, I'm in for a pretty quiet new year with the family - but I'm looking forward to it already as I have a few other exciting projects coming up in the New Year.
So, roll on 2K10 eh? - and I hope everyone has a Very Merry Christmas, And A Completely Mental New year.
Happy Holidays Everyone
DK.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The Bogeyman..
This is a short tale, told to my by a friend, whilst we were making our way into town for a spot of Christmas shopping, one cold and windy morning..
Shortly after hearing this story, I relayed it to my wife, however, upon posting her reactions to the tale on FaceBook, curiosity got the better of some of my friends, so after many enquiries, I've decided to repeat the tale, only this time on my blog, for the benefit of my curious friends..
By the way, if this does'nt make you cringe, you have a will of steel:
I went shopping on Tuesday/Wednesday (or something) and while I was travelling into town in the taxi, I picked Andy up - I had Jessica (my 2 year old daughter) on my knee, and she had a runny nose.
As a result of these circumstances, it reminded Andy of something that he witnessed whilst visiting Wainhouse Tower with his kids.
One cold day, Andy is at the top of Wainhouse Tower during one of the attractions 'open days' when, next to him he sees this guy, who, himself has two young children with him, however, due to the cold temperature combined with the added altitude of the building itself, he's in that all too familiar scenario where his kids are suffering from the nasal 'nostril candle' problem.
Andy notices that the guy is checking his pockets, and looking around frantically for a tissue, or something similar as a solution to this rather messy and embarrassing predicament, and as he's doing so, his frantic actions are beginning to attract the attention of Andy, his kids, and of course, the other visitors...
Eventually, he realises that there is nothing he can do, he has no hanker-chief, or tissues to hand, and due to the physical properties of the tower, there's no available bathroom so the unfortunate parent had to take drastic measures, so this is what he did, much to the surprise of his children, Andy, and of course, the attentive view of the other tourists..
Using his mouth, he covered the nostrils of his kids, and with a quick sucking motion, and a rather loud 'sluuuurp' he gathered the contents of his childrens nasal excretions, then with a quick flick of his neck, he swiftly dispatched the gooey gumball over the side of the safaty barrier, into the wooded depths below. Nice.
As you can imagine, the combined reactions of Andy, and the other visitors was quite funny, in a gross and hilarious fashion.
It still brings a rather gruesome lump to my throat, everytime I think of this story, and as you can imagine, Sarah felt the same way when I passed on this legendary tale to her.
It's hard to relay the story in written form, but hopefully I've done a decent enough job, and as a result, it would'nt suprised me if you now feel the same way too hahah.
Shortly after hearing this story, I relayed it to my wife, however, upon posting her reactions to the tale on FaceBook, curiosity got the better of some of my friends, so after many enquiries, I've decided to repeat the tale, only this time on my blog, for the benefit of my curious friends..
By the way, if this does'nt make you cringe, you have a will of steel:
I went shopping on Tuesday/Wednesday (or something) and while I was travelling into town in the taxi, I picked Andy up - I had Jessica (my 2 year old daughter) on my knee, and she had a runny nose.
As a result of these circumstances, it reminded Andy of something that he witnessed whilst visiting Wainhouse Tower with his kids.
One cold day, Andy is at the top of Wainhouse Tower during one of the attractions 'open days' when, next to him he sees this guy, who, himself has two young children with him, however, due to the cold temperature combined with the added altitude of the building itself, he's in that all too familiar scenario where his kids are suffering from the nasal 'nostril candle' problem.
Andy notices that the guy is checking his pockets, and looking around frantically for a tissue, or something similar as a solution to this rather messy and embarrassing predicament, and as he's doing so, his frantic actions are beginning to attract the attention of Andy, his kids, and of course, the other visitors...
Eventually, he realises that there is nothing he can do, he has no hanker-chief, or tissues to hand, and due to the physical properties of the tower, there's no available bathroom so the unfortunate parent had to take drastic measures, so this is what he did, much to the surprise of his children, Andy, and of course, the attentive view of the other tourists..
Using his mouth, he covered the nostrils of his kids, and with a quick sucking motion, and a rather loud 'sluuuurp' he gathered the contents of his childrens nasal excretions, then with a quick flick of his neck, he swiftly dispatched the gooey gumball over the side of the safaty barrier, into the wooded depths below. Nice.
As you can imagine, the combined reactions of Andy, and the other visitors was quite funny, in a gross and hilarious fashion.
It still brings a rather gruesome lump to my throat, everytime I think of this story, and as you can imagine, Sarah felt the same way when I passed on this legendary tale to her.
It's hard to relay the story in written form, but hopefully I've done a decent enough job, and as a result, it would'nt suprised me if you now feel the same way too hahah.
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