*thread reseurrection from the old Trancefix*...
Hello,well i thought some of you may find this vaguely interesting,im documenting the last 20 years or so as a 'bedroom producer'.
Ive always thought of myself as that,as in not having a proper studio,no hardware synths,not even having a music keyboard or play an instrument - just me,a mouse and a copy of Logic!
The insight may be interesting for any budding new producers out there,or maybe producers who have had similar experiences and turned pro - or even ones who have quit the scene since.
Ive documented events by years :
1999-2003
I started out experimenting with production on the Codemasters 'Music' games on the Playstation - i made around 100 tracks in various styles such as progressive,techno,industrial....i started out at 150 BPM!
2004
I dabbled on Abelton & Reason before i chose Logic Express as my main program.
2005
Created the 'Magdelayna' alias and starting learning Logic from scratch with no manuals as such. I made 'early works' tracks covering progressive Trance & Chillout. I took a lot of producer advice on forums such as Trance.nu & Tranceaddict - artists such as Airbase & Airwave were big helps back then.
2006
First release on Aurora Digital with a track named 'Prolific'
2007
I developed a 'spacy' Trance style and my 2nd release on Aurora reflected that with 'Rings Of Saturn'.
My first remix release was on Bonzai with 'Aerium & Krivi - Forever Playing' this got my first major support from Aly & Fila.
My radio show 'Moments of Energy' started on Danceradio.gr
2008
My collaboration track with Richard Gale entitled 'Back To The Stars' gained massive support from Markus Schulz,Aly & Fila and also Dave Pearce,on his BBC Radio 'Dance Anthems' show.
2009
Had more Aly & Fila support with 'Second Universe' and i appeared on the very first Defcon Recordings release,with a remix of 'Trailblazer'.
I moved from Logic Express to Logic Pro.
Meanwhile my radio show moved to Afterhours FM.
2010
'The Thoughts EP' was released on Digitized Recordings - Aly & Fila supported ''Forever More'' from that record.
I started producing more Chilled Trance versions of tracks,my remix of 'Med & Phil Metcalfe - January' on Defcon being one of them.
2011
Released my single 'Hope Still In Your Heart' - the A & Z remix had Aly & Fila support.
2012
Aly & Fila played my remake of 'Transa - Supernova' live at club Eden,Ibiza as part of a FSOE show.
2013
Signed to Abora Recordings and went on to make a lot of Chilled Trance remakes,including a remix of iconic gatecrasher anthem 'Mea Culpa - Spiritual Light' which had a release on iTunes.
2014
Recorded a vocal track with Clare Stagg - also had support of my chillout material from Solarstone & Chicane.
Was one of the winners of 'The Thrillseekers - Find You' remix competition - getting a release on the Adjusted label.
2015
My remix of 'Find You' was released on Adjusted in the early part of the year.
I gave iconic tracks 'The Message' & 'Whispers' a chilled interpretation, which earned support from Solarstone.
My Chilled version of classic track 'As the Rush Comes' won a remix competition on Trancefix.
My single 'Accessing Your Memories' was released on the label tranceform Recordings - this had support from Gatecrasher legend Scott Bond and also won the 'single of the month' in December on the Trancefix forum.
The landmark 100th episode of 'Moments Of Energy' aired in December on Afterhours FM.
I released my artist mix album 'Anthology' - this featured the last decade of my original work.
2016
My chilled remake of Gouryella's 'Anahera' drew massive praise - even from Ferry himself,describing it as a 'Beautiful Rework'.
Chicane supported my chilled rework of 'Fragments Of Bliss' on his ''Sun:Sets radio show.
Triple support from Solarstone,including my chilled remake of Trance classic 'Rank 1 - Airwave'. A track he closed with in San Francisco,on a 6 hour extended set.
My chilled remix of Tom Forde's 'Im Free' was released on Defcon.
Reached 500,000 plays on my Youtube channel.
Reached 25,000 total downloads on Soundcloud.
2017
My radio show 'Moments Of Energy' reached its 10th anniversary,with a 3 hour special mix.
More Chicane support on his Sun:Sets show.
Original tracks 'Remember' & 'Lunar Totality' released myself on Bandcamp.
Made a 22 minute concept track at 30BPM - entitled 'Suspended In Trance'.
2018
My remix of 'Fragments Of Bliss' appeared on Chicane's 'Sun:Sets' compilation CD - released on Armada.
My radio show 'Moments Of Energy' finished broadcasting on Afterhours.FM - after 9 years on the station. The series still carries on over at Soundcloud & Mixcloud.
My remix of 'Whispers' was released on the Electrovoya 'Time Passes' EP.
Played at Luminosity Beach Festival,on the Sunset stage - my worldwide live DJ debut.
Reached a Million plays on my Youtube channel.
2019
Won the Neptune Project 'Pulse' remix competition,released on Mythology.
Won the Push 'No Borders' remix competition,released on Mostiko.
My remix of 'Airwave - Save Me' appeared on his landmark 20 Years CD album.
Also my remixes of Airwave's 'Sunspot' & 'Alone In The Dark' released on Bonzai.
Collaboration with Altitude (Steve Gibbs) on 'We Are One'.
My remix of 'Stage One' was released on Lost Language.
Reached 10 Million plays on Youtube.
2020
Reached 25 Million plays on Youtube.
Reached 30,000 subscribers on my Youtube channel.
Released my artist album 'Anthology II' on Bandcamp.
Solarstone & Scott Bond support on various tracks.
My remix of 'Now We Are Free' reached 15 Million plays.
Hello,well i thought some of you may find this vaguely interesting,im documenting the last 20 years or so as a 'bedroom producer'.
Ive always thought of myself as that,as in not having a proper studio,no hardware synths,not even having a music keyboard or play an instrument - just me,a mouse and a copy of Logic!
The insight may be interesting for any budding new producers out there,or maybe producers who have had similar experiences and turned pro - or even ones who have quit the scene since.
Ive documented events by years :
1999-2003
I started out experimenting with production on the Codemasters 'Music' games on the Playstation - i made around 100 tracks in various styles such as progressive,techno,industrial....i started out at 150 BPM!
2004
I dabbled on Abelton & Reason before i chose Logic Express as my main program.
2005
Created the 'Magdelayna' alias and starting learning Logic from scratch with no manuals as such. I made 'early works' tracks covering progressive Trance & Chillout. I took a lot of producer advice on forums such as Trance.nu & Tranceaddict - artists such as Airbase & Airwave were big helps back then.
2006
First release on Aurora Digital with a track named 'Prolific'
2007
I developed a 'spacy' Trance style and my 2nd release on Aurora reflected that with 'Rings Of Saturn'.
My first remix release was on Bonzai with 'Aerium & Krivi - Forever Playing' this got my first major support from Aly & Fila.
My radio show 'Moments of Energy' started on Danceradio.gr
2008
My collaboration track with Richard Gale entitled 'Back To The Stars' gained massive support from Markus Schulz,Aly & Fila and also Dave Pearce,on his BBC Radio 'Dance Anthems' show.
2009
Had more Aly & Fila support with 'Second Universe' and i appeared on the very first Defcon Recordings release,with a remix of 'Trailblazer'.
I moved from Logic Express to Logic Pro.
Meanwhile my radio show moved to Afterhours FM.
2010
'The Thoughts EP' was released on Digitized Recordings - Aly & Fila supported ''Forever More'' from that record.
I started producing more Chilled Trance versions of tracks,my remix of 'Med & Phil Metcalfe - January' on Defcon being one of them.
2011
Released my single 'Hope Still In Your Heart' - the A & Z remix had Aly & Fila support.
2012
Aly & Fila played my remake of 'Transa - Supernova' live at club Eden,Ibiza as part of a FSOE show.
2013
Signed to Abora Recordings and went on to make a lot of Chilled Trance remakes,including a remix of iconic gatecrasher anthem 'Mea Culpa - Spiritual Light' which had a release on iTunes.
2014
Recorded a vocal track with Clare Stagg - also had support of my chillout material from Solarstone & Chicane.
Was one of the winners of 'The Thrillseekers - Find You' remix competition - getting a release on the Adjusted label.
2015
My remix of 'Find You' was released on Adjusted in the early part of the year.
I gave iconic tracks 'The Message' & 'Whispers' a chilled interpretation, which earned support from Solarstone.
My Chilled version of classic track 'As the Rush Comes' won a remix competition on Trancefix.
My single 'Accessing Your Memories' was released on the label tranceform Recordings - this had support from Gatecrasher legend Scott Bond and also won the 'single of the month' in December on the Trancefix forum.
The landmark 100th episode of 'Moments Of Energy' aired in December on Afterhours FM.
I released my artist mix album 'Anthology' - this featured the last decade of my original work.
2016
My chilled remake of Gouryella's 'Anahera' drew massive praise - even from Ferry himself,describing it as a 'Beautiful Rework'.
Chicane supported my chilled rework of 'Fragments Of Bliss' on his ''Sun:Sets radio show.
Triple support from Solarstone,including my chilled remake of Trance classic 'Rank 1 - Airwave'. A track he closed with in San Francisco,on a 6 hour extended set.
My chilled remix of Tom Forde's 'Im Free' was released on Defcon.
Reached 500,000 plays on my Youtube channel.
Reached 25,000 total downloads on Soundcloud.
2017
My radio show 'Moments Of Energy' reached its 10th anniversary,with a 3 hour special mix.
More Chicane support on his Sun:Sets show.
Original tracks 'Remember' & 'Lunar Totality' released myself on Bandcamp.
Made a 22 minute concept track at 30BPM - entitled 'Suspended In Trance'.
2018
My remix of 'Fragments Of Bliss' appeared on Chicane's 'Sun:Sets' compilation CD - released on Armada.
My radio show 'Moments Of Energy' finished broadcasting on Afterhours.FM - after 9 years on the station. The series still carries on over at Soundcloud & Mixcloud.
My remix of 'Whispers' was released on the Electrovoya 'Time Passes' EP.
Played at Luminosity Beach Festival,on the Sunset stage - my worldwide live DJ debut.
Reached a Million plays on my Youtube channel.
2019
Won the Neptune Project 'Pulse' remix competition,released on Mythology.
Won the Push 'No Borders' remix competition,released on Mostiko.
My remix of 'Airwave - Save Me' appeared on his landmark 20 Years CD album.
Also my remixes of Airwave's 'Sunspot' & 'Alone In The Dark' released on Bonzai.
Collaboration with Altitude (Steve Gibbs) on 'We Are One'.
My remix of 'Stage One' was released on Lost Language.
Reached 10 Million plays on Youtube.
2020
Reached 25 Million plays on Youtube.
Reached 30,000 subscribers on my Youtube channel.
Released my artist album 'Anthology II' on Bandcamp.
Solarstone & Scott Bond support on various tracks.
My remix of 'Now We Are Free' reached 15 Million plays.
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