February 2nd, 2010
Electro min house track composed and produced by darren mccoy sounds beats music me (arrangement help by caspie)
filmed in brunswick Melbourne and about freedom and running till you find yourself – watch for the bit where I drop the brand new iphone and pick it up
January 8th, 2010
A violent clash between the adi boat and a Japanese whaler has left the smaller boat dead.
January 5th, 2010
To get your own drum kits I would goto your local shop and play a few, then buy one off ebay. So many people buy a drum set, then get sick of it! – der – why would you get sick of drums???
Drum sets, actually any drums – especially electronic drums – are a hell of a lot of fun.
To learn drums the best you need to practice. Play along with other peoples music. I like to play along with Sly and Robbie – but you choose whoever you want.
To learn to play drums or percussion drums the best, you should goto a teacher in your local area. If you cant find one or dont like the teacher, then goto this guys website and download his course. Visit this site and learn How To Play Drums
The Drumming System and Practice Routine Generator are packed with step-by-step lessons that have been proven effective with students of all ages and skill levels.
Some of the key topics include: how to play drums by ear, how to practice efficiently, drum theory and notation, hand technique, drum rudiments, foot techniques, punk rock, heavy metal, speed metal, hard rock, grunge rock, progressive rock, folk rock, classic rock, country, odd-time, blues, funk, reggae, shuffles, jazz, Latin, drum fills, dynamic drumming, how to build speed, drum setup, tuning, gear tips, playing live gigs, studio drumming, drum soloing, and jamming with drum play-along songs!
Buddy Rich vs Animal – If this doesnt inspire you to learn more drums, then nothing will….
November 27th, 2009
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/11/wordpress-wins-cms-award/
In addition to winning in the Overall Best Open Source CMS category, WordPress was named first runner-up in the Best Open Source PHP CMS category. This is significant because we weren’t even in the top 5 last year, and now we’re #2, ahead of Joomla! As is stated on the Award site, “WordPress made its way into the top five for the first time. The fact that it was outranked by Drupal by a very slight margin indicates how popular it has become with users as well as developers over the past year.”
Every day thousands of new people are embracing WordPress to power not just their blogs but entire sites and communities without compromising on usability or scalability (as would be the case with a legacy CMS). Every member of the WordPress community, from core developer to beginning user, should be proud to be part of this momentum: congratulations to us all!
November 19th, 2009
Finally the god of soul returns to the best city in the country… and rocks on brunswick street fitzroy
AMP FIDDLER (USA) + MAYER HAWTHORNE (USA) + QUANTIC (DJ set / UK)
Sat 9 Jan
Amp
Niche Productions is proud to announce this massive triple bill of the hottest funk and soul acts around today. Amp Fiddler returns with his full band and is one of the hottest soul acts on the scene today, having played with everyone from Prince and George Clinton to Primal Scream and underground Detroit producer Moodyman. Mayer Hawthorne – a new comer on the scene has one of the freshest retro soul sounds around today. Having recently released his debut album ‘A Strange Arrangement’, Mayer Hawthorne has already captured the attention of the likes of Mark Ronson and Gilles Peterson with his timeless sound. Hawthorne brings with him his full live band for his debut tour of Australia. Quantic – a name synonymous with Funk and Soul around the world, returns to cap off the line-up and treat audiences to a DJ set.
Joseph “Amp” Fiddler is a musician who has an extensive list of credits that extends across a couple decades. Fiddler, who produces and sings in addition to doing the bulk of his duties on keyboards, organs, and pianos, has played on records by Prince, the Brand New Heavies, Ramsey Lewis, George Clinton, the P-Funk All Stars, the Dramatics, Primal Scream, Was (Not Was), and Too Short. With significant help from bass-playing brother Thomas “Bubz” Fiddler (another member of the extended P-Funk family), Amp released With Respect on Elektra in 1990 as Mr. Fiddler. Although the record didn’t fare well commercially, it was a solid update of ’70s funk with modern production sensibilities. In 2002, Amp issued a 12″ called Basementality on the Genuine label. Featuring a remix from close associate Kenny Dixon, Jr. (aka Moodymann), the record was an even split between modern soul and funky club music with Fiddler’s talents boldly displayed. The Love and War single came out the following year, and the full-length Waltz of a Ghetto Fly saw release in January 2004. Another solo album, Afro Strut, was released in the U.K. in 2006; Play It Again Sam licensed it for U.S. release a year later. Two years later, Fiddler and Sly & Robbie kicked off the Strut label’s collaboration-oriented Inspiration Information series.
August 22nd, 2009
JKBD007 :: Jimi Polar & Phil Smart | ‘FROSTBITE’ (A:: Original mix B:: JP Switch Remix)
Just when you thought winter was over, Jim and Phil take off the gloves and head out into the chilly night for a evening of serious clubbing. The original mix follows the sonic flavour that we’ve been pushing with the last few releases, percussive, dubbed out trickery that sticks to the groove and leaves the cheese in the fridge…
A :: ORIGINAL MIX :: Solid, Dubby and consistent, great for long opener sets when you’re ready to pick things up and get serious.
B :: JIMI POLAR SWITCH MIX :: Jimi takes the same percussive elements and adds some very fat 303 action to the low end, the result is at least another 20kgs of aceeed funk to deal out.
Coming soon we’ve got some seriously serious tech house business from Jimi Polar and DeepChild and to top it off here at Junkbeats HQ we are very excited to announce new comers to the Junkbeats crew the Disco Knights from Brisbane with Melbourne expat DeeDee from the Smash-Bang hall taking on remix duties, stay tuned..
July 11th, 2009
Erotic by Nature explores power, control & consent in a safe environment.
It also recognises sexuality, exhibitionism & public nudity as ‘normal’.
This collection has been 3 years in the making on the north coast of NSW, Australia.
Erotic by Nature is dedicated to those who made it possible.
This is a self published book.
Design Copyright 2009 Darren McCoy
Text Copyright 2009 Darren McCoy
Pictures Copyright 2009 Darren McCoy
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Design, Layout and Photography Darren McCoy
Photoshop tweaking Jason Hampton Taylor
Printed by CreateSpace, a DBA of On-Demand Publishing LLC, part of the Amazon group of companies.
June 17th, 2009
hey cats… Emily O’Halloran – Music CD in New York
Sidewalk is on 6th an Ave B – New York Music – hope to see you all at the shows….
my debut album, “Morphine and Cupcakes” will be available for the good price of $10 and i also have a few copies of my first collection of poetry, titled, “Waking to Morning” which you can buy for $6…. help a kid get back to Los Angeles!
ok come and clap and bring your tambourine and sing along… love music in New York City
*** Saturday 20th June 11pm – Sidewalk Cafe on 6th and Ave B
playing with Gordon Hartin (pedal steel) and Mark Howard is flying in from Montreal to mix the show.. bless him!
we are gonna be filming the show so if this is the only one you can make it to please do..
*** Sunday 21st June 4.30pm – The Living Room on Ludlow
Honky Tonk session with a bunch of cool musos….
******Sunday 28th – Pianos (upstairs lounge) on Ludlow
love to see you at the shows if your in New York City .. if your not tell everyone you know… and check out myspace for more details and shows
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