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Darren Lock
The irregular podcasts of Darren Lock, a internet musician based in the UK. These broadcasts features the techniques I use to record songs using a home PC and Sonar and my creative process. This feed also includes some demo mixes of music I am currently recording.
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If you've got the money burning a hole in your pocket and you need a fix of Jon Anderson, then you'd better prog over to iTunes and download "Open". It's a 20 minutes+ piece divided into four movements and utilises the services of an orchestra.
Music used in this video:
"Stinkhorn" by Darren Lock (that's me)
"Snapdragon" by Darren Lock (that's also me)
To buy my music, visit my these pages:
http://bit.ly/m53fg8
http://music.darrenlock.com
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Get your copy of this album here:
http://amzn.to/newblooddeluxe
I wasn't particularly a big fan of Gabriel's last orchestral effort "Scratch My Back" so I wasn't expecting much from this bumper release. The set contains a blu-ray, DVD, and 2 CD albums - covering all the facets of the Live Blood/New Bood project.
Music used in this video:
"Stinkhorn" by Darren Lock (that's me)
"The Mist Suite" by Darren Lock (that's also me)
To buy my music, visit my these pages:
http://bit.ly/m53fg8
http://music.darrenlock.com
Connect via social media:
http://www.facebook.com/darren.k.lock
http://www.twitter.com/darren_lock
Buy your copy of this album here:
http://amzn.to/photosofghosts
This time I take a look at a band hailing from Italy that under the guiding light of Peter Sinfield and ELP had a little bit of success outside their native isles.
Download the album from eMusic here: http://bit.ly/pJcbd4
Music used in this video.
Title Music:
"Stinkhorn" by Darren Lock (that's me)
Background Music:
"Crystal Winter" by Darren Lock
"Wordless in Starry Trees" by Darren Lock
"Red Shift" by Darren Lock
"Steady State of Flux" by Darren Lock
To buy this music, visit my iTunes page:
http://bit.ly/m53fg8
Or my own music page:
http://music.darrenlock.com
Or perhaps I can interest you in a T-shirt:
http://lock.spreadshirt.co.uk
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Get your copy of this album here:
http://amzn.to/snowgoosedeluxe
My review of the seminal album by Camel, which is an instrumental exploration of a book by Paul Gallico.
Music used in this video:
"Stinkhorn" by Darren Lock
Songs from the album "Start" by Darren Lock
To buy this music, visit my iTunes page:
http://bit.ly/m53fg8
Connect via social media:
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Get your copy of this box set here:
http://amzn.to/pinkfloyddiscovery
I've had enough time to cogitate and ruminate over the worthiness of the new Pink Floyd "Discovery" box set. The bottom line is: is this any better than than the "Oh, By The Way" set released a couple of years back? The answer to that is simple: no.
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http://amzn.to/gracefordrowning
I finally managed to get my head around the new Steven Wilson album and here is my attempt to critically analyse the deluxe edition of "Grace for Drowning".
Opening introduction provided by:
http://www.smalltalkrecords.yolasite.com
If you want to feature on my videos, record an opening in the style of the one in this video and send it to me as a video reply.
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Music used in this video:
"Stinkhorn" by Darren Lock
"The Mist Suite" by Darren Lock
To buy this music, visit my iTunes page:
http://bit.ly/m53fg8
You can watch the review on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cy-Rxabfow
The new 40th anniversary edition of this album arrived yesterday and so I busied myself to prepare a review for you. This is a very tiring record to listen to as you have to divide your attention between all the guitar parts.
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Music used in this video:
"Stinkhorn" by Darren Lock
"The Mist Suite" by Darren Lock
To buy my music, visit my these pages:
http://bit.ly/m53fg8
http://music.darrenlock.com
Connect via social media:
http://www.facebook.com/darren.k.lock
http://www.twitter.com/darren_lock
You can watch the review on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sry_kPXdMLU
The latest release from ex-Genesis plank spanker Steve Hackett is out and this is my review of the double CD deluxe edition.
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Music used in this video:
"Start" by Darren Lock (that's me)
To buy my music, visit my these pages:
http://bit.ly/m53fg8
http://music.darrenlock.com
Connect via social media:
http://www.facebook.com/darren.k.lock
http://www.twitter.com/darren_lock
You can watch the review on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nElY_6avRQg
The latest batch of King Crimson 40th Anniversary edition have been released and my copy of "Starless and Bible Black" arrived today. I was naturally keen to hear what they had done to the album with regards to the 5.1 surround sound mix and was pleasantly surprised by the renewed power of the album.
Music used in this video:
"Start" by Darren Lock (that's me)
To buy my music, visit my these pages:
http://bit.ly/m53fg8
http://music.darrenlock.com
Connect via social media:
http://www.facebook.com/darren.k.lock
http://www.twitter.com/darren_lock
You can watch the review on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeOKQ1mAwAY
One could call this the sequel to my unboxing video, but here it is, here i spill my brains on the new ultimate "Dark Side of the Moon" box set.
If you want to watch the unboxing video, you can see that by clicking here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J62Y2a3q4BM
To see my unboxing and review of the Wish You Were Here Immersion box set:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJjEEwVVnwo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ9_A7Kezes
A Pink Floyd app for the iPad, iPod and Phone? Why yes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQqZnYuT5i0
Music used in this video.
Title Music:
"Stinkhorn" by Darren Lock (that's me)
Background Music:
Tracks taken from the album "Empty Space" by Darren Lock
To buy my music, visit my these pages:
http://bit.ly/m53fg8
http://music.darrenlock.com
Connect via social media:
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I am registered with a website called "Sentric Music" and this site supposedly finds music for adverts and whatever promotional contracts it is handling. They often send out emails requesting a certain type of song for a project and usually it is some kind of indie-rock genre that I am not interesting in covering. However, last Friday they sent a brief out for an advert for a mobile phone company and wanted something suitably twee and spacey. This is my attempt at a track for them. I doubt it will get picked but this was recorded specifically for a mobile phone advert. So there you go...
http://www.darrenlock.com/media/looking_glass.mp3
This is my review of the album by Jakszyk, Collins & Fripp "A Scarcity of Miracles". You can view the video to this at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iizbtSO8H8
This is my review of the latest album by Yes. You can view the video to this at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-zeDG2nnqQ
And now for something completely different...
This is me reading the first chapter of my novel "Dead Rock Star". I've never done this before, so please excuse the bits where I flub things up and get a little off-kilter.
This novel is now available to purchase in eBook format (Kindle compatible) at the following online stores at a unfeasibly low, low introductory price:
http://www.lulu.com/product/ebook/dead-rock-star/16116045
Amazon US:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057H6XC0
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0057H6XC0
And coming soon to iBookstore!
If you like it, drop me a comment on my website www.darrenlock.com and I'll record the second chapter (not sure if that's more of a threat than a treat).
In this podcast, I describe how I self-published my own eBook on iBookstore and Amazon Kindle Marketplace.
And here is the MP3 audio of my improvisation.
For more music fun, visit: http://www.darrenlock.com
This is a rough idea I put down recently. I haven't done any serious recording for about five months, so whenever I return to active recording duty I always just mess around playing the simplest things just so I can get my fingers back into some sort of shape. Hence this song is as basic as it gets - however, good songs sometimes come from these basic frameworks.
This recording also marks my debut recording using my iMac DAW and was put down using Logic Studio.
This is a tune I recorded a long time ago called "Like Adam & Eve" you can purchase it from the iTunes store here: http://bit.ly/kp4VIU
This video was edited from my first YouTube video entitled "My Ashbory Bass" and I cleaned up the video and present it here.
Enjoy!
This is a short improvised piece I recorded with the Roland RC-50 looping pedal. This was recorded live in one take using the bass guitar only.
Here is an improvised soundscape.
Watch the performance at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te2RrbB0jc0
Here is an improvised soundscape.
Watch the performance at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0kT_H8Asek
A short song for the kids from the album "The Luckiest Man in the World".
More details at:
http://www.darrenlock.com/mt/archives/2010/10/in-starry-trees.html
In this podcast, Darren talks about his "Bad Cover Version" project in which he does his best to record really awful renditions of popular favourites. Tracks include "Heroes" by David Bowie, "The Bucket" by Kings of Leon, "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" by Fairport Convention, "Are Friends Electric?" by Tubeway Army, "Something to Do" by Adrian Belew, "Sabotage" by The Beastie Boys, "Willow's Song" from The Wicker Man movie, "King's Lead Hat" by Brian Eno, "Wannabe" by The Spice Girls, "Girl Like You" by Edwyn Collins, "Lucky Man" by The Verve, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division and "Sunrise" by Pulp.
In this podcast, Darren talks about archiving his numerous master tapes covering his "4-track years" from 1992-1996 and features some of the less offensively bad music he has found in the archive.
This is a short improvisation featuring my new Godin Multiac ACS SA nylon string guitar fed into a Roland VG-99 and Digitech Timebender.
This instrumental was born out of a three-pass improvisation, which was recorded and uploaded onto YouTube - so this was recorded "as live". You can see the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQS2_klGHJc
This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming album, possibly called "The Luckiest Man in the World".
This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming album, possibly called "The Luckiest Man in the World".
This is a podcast to promote my albums "Here Comes the Future", "EchoNET", "Improvisations" and "Every Thing You Have Ever Owned is Mine".
This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming album, possibly called "The Luckiest Man in the World".
This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming album, possibly called "The Luckiest Man in the World".
This is a new recording I've made for a forthcoming album, possibly called "The Luckiest Man in the World".
This is a cover of the Tubeway Army/Gary Numan song, recorded by Andrew Osborne, with vocals and production by me.
This is a song I've recently recorded. This is a longer, more finished version of the demo I posted a couple of days ago.
This is a song I've recently recorded. This is a rough nugget of an idea and it needs a little more work.
This is a song I've recently recorded. Please excuse the wobbly vocals. As you can hear, I am a worse singer than I am a guitarist!
This is a short backing track that I've recorded. This is no way near finished and is more of a "work in progress".
This is my "Textures" album in its entirety, which has been remixed and remastered by myself and made available for FREE as a gift for Christmas 2006. Please download this and enjoy it. If you like what you hear, feel free to check out more of my music.
This is a podcast to promote my new 4-CD boxset called "God Pays Debts Without Money...". The podcast lasts for over an hour and I play a couple of tracks from each of the CDs and talk about the project.
This is a video podcast featuring a live improvisation featuring a Godin xtSA guitar using a Roland VG-88 and GR-33 fed into a Boss RC-50 Loop Station - the backing drum loop was created live on a Roland Handsonic. This is a live attempt at creating a tune "on the fly".
This is a video podcast featuring a live improvisation featuring a Godin xtSA guitar using a Roland VG-88 and GR-33 fed into a Boss RC-50 Loop Station - the backing drum loop was created live on a Roland Handsonic. This is a live attempt at creating a tune "on the fly".
This is a video podcast featuring a live improvisation featuring a Godin xtSA guitar using a Roland VG-88 and GR-33 fed into a Boss RC-50 Loop Station. This is a live attempt at creating a tune "on the fly".
This is a video podcast featuring a live improvisation featuring a Godin xtSA guitar using a Roland VG-88 and GR-33 fed into a Boss RC-50 Loop Station. This is a live attempt at creating a tune "on the fly".
This is a video podcast featuring a live improvisation featuring a Godin xtSA guitar controlling a Roland GR-33 guitar synth fed into a Boss RC-50 Loop Station. This is a live attempt at creating an ambient piece "on the fly".}
This is a video podcast featuring a live improvisation featuring a Godin xtSA guitar fed into a Boss RC-50 Loop Station. This is a live attempt at creating a tune "on the fly".
This is a video podcast featuring a live performance of a soundscape recorded using a Godin xtSA gutiar, Roland GR-33 guitar synthesiser and a Boss RC-50 Loop Station.
This is a vocal track I recorded for a CD boxset I am working on. This is a rough mix with a guide vocal to give you an idea of what the final track will sound like. I have also re-recorded the drum track. As you can hear, this is a parody of "Tomorrow Never Knows" by the Beatles, which happens to be my favourite track of theirs.
This is a vocal track I recorded for a CD boxset I am working on. This is a rough mix with a guide vocal to give you an idea of what the final track will sound like.
This is the second live improvised track I recorded using a Boss RC-50 looping pedal. This is more of a sketch than anything serious and is a good demonstration of how I come up with guitar solos. I usually work them out like this and then refine them over time. However, this example has all the mistakes left in and a little bit of distortion too. Enjoy!
This is a reworking of an older song. The original version of this track was recorded fourteen years ago on a small 4-track and I thought it was time I attempted a modern, more professional version.
This is a short video podcast of myself performing one of my favourite recordings live - with the aid of a backing track (sorry, can't afford my own backing band yet, so bear with me).
This song was originally recorded in 2003 and is featured on the "Without Words" CD, which is available on iTunes - just search for the title or my name.
This is a live improvised soundscape using a Godin XTSA guitar, fed into a Roland GR-33 guitar synthesiser and a Boss RC-20XL looper and Boss DD-20 delay pedal.
This is a live improvised soundscape using a Godin XTSA guitar, fed into a Roland GR-33 guitar synthesiser and a Boss RC-20XL looper and Boss DD-20 delay pedal.
This is a live improvised soundscape using a Godin XTSA guitar, fed into a Roland GR-33 guitar synthesiser and a Boss RC-20XL looper and Boss DD-20 delay pedal.
A live improvised guitar soundscape to commemorate the 07 July 2005 London Bombings. My thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones on that day. May liberty and freedom overcome the politics of fear and the religion of hate. Peace.
More live experimental ambient looping using a Roland GR-33 guitar synthesizer, a Boss RC-20XL and a Boss DD-20 all controlled via a Godin XTSA.
This is a remixing/re-recorded version of a vocal song originally written back in 1999.
After seeing Robert Fripp performing soundscapes twice this week, I became inspired to go back to my looping pedals and produce some suitable ambient noodlings. This is the first. Enjoy!
This is a short song dealing with the topic of addiction. Listen to those rock vocals, eh?
This is a re-recording of an older song from 1999. I am very pleased that I got the vocals right this time and even managed to include the original guitar solo from that seven-year-old demo.
This is a re-recording of an older song. The original version of this was put down in 1999 and I decided to try and re-do the track. I am pleased with the outcome because my recording experience and musical technique has improved somewhat and the song works a lot better now.
This is a demo recording of a song called JayEmJay, which is kind of a homage to a certain French electronic artist. The track has yet found a home on any of my recordings.
The concept behind the recording of this track is an interesting exercise in creating random music and discovering patterns instinctively. Using a Boss RC-20XL, I created a silent loop of about 30 seconds and began to play a single note, building up notes on the repeated loop until random themes begin to form. I particularly like the bell-like chime of the guitar. But the question always remains: is this music? Whatever it is, I personally find it very relaxing and think of it as a truly subconscious creation. Enjoy!
This is a demo recording of a song called 'SVENHATE', featuring a drum pattern in 7/8 programmed on the Handsonic.
This is a demo recording of a song called 'NEU1', featuring a drum pattern from my Korg Triton LE keyboard. Inspired by Krautrock band, Neu!
This is a demo recording of a song called 'BBridgeBridge', featuring a "live" acoustic lead line played on my Godin XTSA through a Korg PX4A and accompanied by a single Roland GR33 guitar synth pad, this track is intended as a bridge to my previous song BBridge.
This is a demo recording of a song called 'BBridge', featuring a drum loop I programmed on my Handsonic, a smoky bassline, lugubrious rhythm guitar and a slightly unsure lead acoustic guitar. Oh yes, swampy!
Here is a short video podcast about the Ashbory bass, an instrument that features silicon rubber strings. During this podcast, I give a brief overview of the instrument and demonstrate its sound by playing my song "Adam and Eve".
For more information about my Ashbory bass, visit:
http://www.darrenlock.com/mt/archives/2005/08/my_ashbory_bass_1.html
This is a demo recording of a song called 'Adam & Eve'. It features the Roland Handsonic as the main instrument as well as the Ashbory Rubber Bass.
This podcast describes the creative process behind the recording of the instrumental song 'Pearly King', using the multitrack audio software Sonar. I also perform a live rendition of my own song 'Forever Autumn'.
This is a demo recording. It is more like a brief outline at the moment, but I might return to it and develop it in the future.
This is a live recording of me playing my keyboard through a Boss RC-20XL loop pedal and improvising over the top. It is minimalist, but strangely emotive.
This podcast describes the creative process behind the recording of the instrumental song 'Frog and Toad', using the multitrack audio software Sonar. I also perform a live rendition of my own song 'The Loud Track'.