Richard Tracey

Tried out the Lite version of Abelton Live 9 last night as it turns out I had a copy!!!

After much shouting and swearing at the screen, I think I started to get the hang of it, although for recording audio it is a pain. Some nice sounds in the Lite version, but feel the full package would be much better as it is lacking in choice.

Far away

in a starless sky

a young man stands

with the question why

why are we here

And whats to be done

before it’s all over

and the world is gone

Teaser video for my first single is now in the Showcase Video section. Feel free to have a listen. Cheers

If anyone is interested, I have now managed to finish a song. It has been mixed and mastered and has been listened to about 50 times since I got it back today .... will post a quick teaser video soon, as still trying to decide on what to do for the actual video for the song.

I just wanted to say, that I am not reviewing and critiquing at the moment, as I am trying to focus on my own tracks and every time I listen to a song a member has posted recently, I have got a fresh batch of inspiration and written more of my own songs. To stop this happening, I have made this difficult decision. I hope to be able to get back to this again soon and appreciate that you still comment on my own topics. Cheers R.

I've realised after listening to some of the tracks from the new The National album, that I would work really well in a band environment, as I can think of all of those elements, but don't have the ability at the moment to create what I hear in my head. A band could do this as I would just need to tell them what I hear and they could create that sound/melody/drum pattern etc.

To quote Bjork:

"It's oh so quiet"..........

Jigsaw Sequence is now on Facebook.

So annoyed. Just realised one of my favourite songs I have written was mostly done with the trial version of Blue II, which I hoped to buy at some point when it was on sale. The track doesn't play in Logic now as there is no sound as the trial has finished, but I want to,do this as my next single, so had to go and buy Blue II now!!!!

Hi all... apologies if I haven't responded to any of your comments. I have posted on a couple of topics, but haven't done anything about my own stuff.

Just to say, I lost my dad last week. It was unexpected and a bit of a shock and I thought I would deal better by taking myself away from my music (as I normally write sad, depressing music), but in reality, I feel like I needed to express myself and work through this with my music.

I will respond to any comments you have given me, but bear with me as I work my way through them.

Thanks R.

Sorry guys, I am going to be off the site for a little while. I had a really shit couple of days and I need to get my head together before responding to anyone or posting.

Its true what they say.... life really is a bitch.

For anyone interested I have added a track to Servus's topic - Not Good Enough. It just came to me after reading the lyrics he posted. Please have a read of the lyrics and let me know what you think of the work in progress track. Cheers

p.s. Servus doesn't know about this - so apologies...

In case anyone wonders what my profile picture is, it is something I was mucking about with earlier trying to come up with a logo idea. It is the J and S of Jigsaw Sequence.