MARCUSCHARAS1

MARCUSCHARAS1

  • From : Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Joined : Sun 21st Feb 2016, 8 years ago

About Me

I USE ABLETON 9 SUITE AND PLAY GUITAR...ALSO GOT AN ALESIS DM5 ELECTRIC KIT. INTO ART, MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHY...GOT MY FIRST DAW MANY YEARS BACK IN THE FORM OF FRUIT LOOPS 3 AND A WIN 3.1 PC.

Instruments I play

GUITAR

Software I Use

ABLETON 9 SUITE
VENGEANCE SOUND FILTER
SONY SOUNDFORGE
AUDIO REALISM ADM
VIRTUAL DJ

Hardware I Use

AKAI MPC
AKAI MPK MINI
NUMARK MIXTRACK PRO 2
NOVATION BASS STATION
E-STUDIO MIX-5 (CHEAP BUT WORKS)
GIBSON ELECTRIC
WASHBURN SEMI ACOUSTIC
HP INTEL CORE 5
A SET OF CHEAPISH ION MONITORS
ALESIS DM5 ELECTRONIC DRUM KIT

Listening To Right Now

13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS, LOTS OF HIP HOP, OLDER ELECTRO LIKE APHEX TWIN, FSOL, CARL COX...NOT LOST MY LOVE FOR 60'S PSYCH. THE CREATION, PRETTY THINGS, ZOMBIES. RECENTLY GOT TURNED ONTO THE FALL...STRANGE BUT SOMEHOW FASCINATING. LIKE JOHN PEEL SAID YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOURE GONNA GET WITH THE FALL.

10 Favourite Albums

FOREVER CHANGES-LOVE
OGDENS NUT GONE FLAKE-SMALL FACES
THIS FILMS CRAP LETS SLASH THE SEATS-DAVID HOLMES
U.F.ORB-THE ORB
BUM RUSH THE SHOW-PUBLIC ENEMY
LOVELESS-MY BLOODY VALENTINE
DRAGNET-THE FALL
AT PLAY-DEADMAU5
POWER-ICE T

My Influences / Fav Artists

MY DAD IS A BLUES MUSICIAN SO GREW UP AROUND BITS OF ANALOGUE KIT. I HAD A COPYCAT TAPE ECHO UNIT AND A LES PAUL COPY AT AGE 12 BACK IN 1982. I WAS INTO SIXTIES STUFFAS A KID..WHO, SMALL FACES, PSYCH STUFF LIKE HENDRIX. GOT INTO THE RAVE AND ELECTRO SCENE IN 89. I HAVE A HUGE COLLECTION OF MUSIC. SPEND HOURS MAKING SOUNDS.

My Music Sounds Like

PROGRESSIVE BEATS HUMANISED WITH HANDHELD PERCUSSION WITH AN UNDERCURRENT OF PSYCHEDELIA AND ACOUSTIC STRINGS...AND THE ODD MOMENT OF BEATING A SELECTION OF WEIRD SURFACES WITH A LAMBS LIVER. ABIT LIKE THE FALL MEETING FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON ON A BOUNCY CASTLE WITH A SELECTION OF PERCUSSION JOY AND ABLETON 9 WITH SOME AKAI GOODIES...AND A HOST OF STRANGE VST WITH NO INSTRUCTION MANUALS.

In My Other Life I ...

I USED TO WORK IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY AS A TESTER THEN A DESIGNER FOR 15 YEARS BUT GAVE IT UP TO PAINT, PHOTOGRAPH AND MAKE MUSIC JUST ENJOYING LIFE RATHER THAN BEING TIED TO A STRESSFUL JOB SO I RUN THE DAIRY AT TESCO.