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After hardly touching a keyboard in years & partly inspired by Alex's & Sarah's work over the last year,I've recently been working with my brother Kerry on a few tracks,4 of which are here. Kerry's tracks are:- System Earth Lonely Sea Parts 1 & 2 My tracks are:- Summer Rain Dark Water http://www.myspace.com/themateyblokes Let me know what you think. 
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Excellent work, Brian and to Kerry also.
My fave tracks are Lonely Sea I II and Dark Water
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I've inspired something? Woohoo! Job done!  But seriously, it's great that you're having a go at something new, if you say you haven't played in a while. I do like Dark Water 
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Great tracks brian.
So it looks like vote number three for 'Dark Water'.
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Thanks everybody for the positive comments & the friend invites (Alex & Olaf),strange really, Dark Water was a last minute addition,replacing Long Lost Piano,an ambient Piano track.I personally liked Summer Rain better but Dark Water seems to get peoples votes everytime so what do I know.
Anyway I've been looking at a way of hosting more songs elsewhere & embedding a different player in Myspace to overcome the 4 song limit.I'll put more up when I've figured it out.
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hey brian !
jus' like in alex' case too , i haven't really had the time to listen closely to your ( new / latest ) songs , but will - hopefully ! - find the time over the weekend or earlier next week , because there's currently sooo much music that i indeed HAVE TO listen to for professional reasons that the fun is getting lost sometimes & i really HAVE TO be in the right mood for something special then !
anyway ... cheers , m8 ! :-)
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the 4 song limit on Myspace is really annoying at times!
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some artists / bands legally uploaded a 5th song to their music players @ myspace , but i've yet to figure out how to do that ! ;-o
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Hi Olaf,
I read on a forum last night that major artists are allowed to do that.They just have to ask.
Hopefully I'll get time over the weekend to try out the solution I've found.I've seen one site with 10 songs on it but it wasn't the standard player.
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thanx for the answer , brian , but be careful with adding another player to your myspace site , as myspace may all of a sudden delete your account without ANY notice , if such a player somehow violates their terms of service ! :-o
btw : please read the following thread too , concerning myspace's currently weird (re)actions in some cases ! :-o
fyi : http://www.ultravox.org.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=000542;p=1
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Great stuff, Brian. And thanks for naming me as an inspiration, along with Alex! Lovely tunes, atmospheric.  I've sent you a MySpace friend request from my own profile (SheRobot74) and the Spectral Reponse one. Sarah
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Hi Brian Being familiar with both Alex and Sarah's work I can hear where the influence came from. Lonely sea 1 & 2 is outstanding. Very atmospheric. Shame your music is not downloadable. Peter
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Originally posted by metal beat: Hi Brian
Being familiar with both Alex and Sarah's work I can hear where the influence came from.
Lonely sea 1 & 2 is outstanding. Very atmospheric.
Shame your music is not downloadable.
Peter Cheers for your comments Peter, I should be able to turn downloads on,I'll check with my brother Kerry (latest Metamatic member KerryD)
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Originally posted by SF Metamatrix:
thanx for the answer , brian , but be careful with adding another player to your myspace site , as myspace may all of a sudden delete your account without ANY notice , if such a player somehow violates their terms of service ! :-o
btw : please read the following thread too , concerning myspace's currently weird (re)actions in some cases ! :-o
fyi : http://www.ultravox.org.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=000542;p=1 Cheers Olaf, I'll take a look at that a bit later when my Bewdley Beer festival head wears off :p
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Cheers for the comments Sarah, Its not just the musical inspiration,its finding the inspiration to actually do something with the kit I've got rather than let it just gather dust,to turn off the TV,to create a myspace page,to record our stuff & to show it to the world. You & Alex & other forum members showed me the way so thanks to everyone for that.
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Downloads & Ranking are now turned on.... And now I've found out how to add a 5th track I've added an ambient track Long Lost Seas (formerly Long Lost Piano),you may have to use the scroll bar down the side of the player. Enjoy
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Hi Brian
Just looked into Myspace and I can't see how to download. The download word has disappeared.
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Hi Peter, Its only happened since I added the 5th track. I've now taken track 5 back off & the download button is back again Brian 
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Hi Brian I've managed to download your tracks. Thank you very much. Please let me know when you put some more new ones on Myspace. Listening to them now. Thanks again Peter
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If anyones having software problems etc, you can always turn to hardware for the solution instead. Simply connect a mini jack from the PC headphone out line and put that into a minidisc recorders input, then moniter sound levels from the minidisc headphone socket.
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i really love those ( already "ol' fashioned" by now ? ;-o ) md-recorders & always use one to record all my interviews on md , but also some of my radio shows & other music ! :-)
try to properly record an interview with some sort of mp3 player / recorder & all u get is total crap ! :-/
md still rules - yeah ! :-)
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Hey Metamatic dudes! I've sent a new tune to Brian to bung onto our Mateyblokes Site called "The Truth". Hope you all like it.
It's quite an old tune really that I originally played through Brians old Yamaha TQ5 and my Yamaha SY77. Now I think it sounds better than I could have hoped with new technology.
Interesting what John did by putting those lyrics on our myspace page!! COOL! Wonder if we can get back stage passes at the Birmingham Barfly gig??
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And I've just posted Storm on Myspace.
Its one of my more experimental ambient tracks.
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Originally posted by Brian:
And I've just posted Storm on Myspace.
Its one of my more experimental ambient tracks.
Enjoy.
Brian And what an amazing piece it is! Sooo atmospheric, with the feel of the suck and heave of a swollen tide. Excellent. Keep it up, folks. Really enjoyable material. Best wishes Sarah
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Hi Brian Storm. I loved this track. It's amazing. Just the sort of music I love to hear. Keep it up. Peter
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Cheers for the comments guys,glad you liked it,that tracks been around since mid-July.Its something I've played to myself quite a bit but wasn't sure about it.It only got a name yesterday before that it was called 18070701.
I should hopefully have another track for you next week.
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Good to see the tracks 'going down a storm' Brian . Hope to be on broadband like normal people soon, so i wont have to wait for access to other PCs etc.....
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Cheers Newvox,
Broadband will change your life.
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Well Since Metamatic didn't turn up today  I've had a little time on my hands so I've posted "A different Ocean" on Myspace www.myspace.com/themateyblokes Enjoy
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Another stunning tune, Brian. Lovely sweeping synth and, again, lots of atmosphere. Tremendous! Sarah
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Cheers for the kind words Sarah.
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Hi Brian. In one sense it's lucky that Metamatic didn't turn up otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here enjoying A Different Ocean. For me this is a slow relaxing piece of music. I can just imagine myself sitting on the cliff tops alone and listening to this and watching the sea. Well done. I like this a lot. Thanks for sharing. Peter
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Originally posted by metal beat: Hi Brian.
In one sense it's lucky that Metamatic didn't turn up otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here enjoying A Different Ocean. For me this is a slow relaxing piece of music. I can just imagine myself sitting on the cliff tops alone and listening to this and watching the sea. Well done. I like this a lot. Thanks for sharing.
Peter Cheers Peter, Glad you liked it,besides a lack of Metamatic also the fact that my plans to record vocal lyrics into it didn't work out last night after hours of trying to get something I liked.Anyways everything is saved,nothings wasted,it may crop up in another form later(wonder where I learned that ) Brian
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it may crop up in another form later(wonder where I learned that )
I wonder Brain???? Peter
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Just posted a new Experimental track on our Myspace. Its called Alien Totem Timeline Dont know what I'd been drinking when I made it. Sounds a bit noisier than our other stuff. Apologies if it rots your ears. http://www.myspace.com/themateyblokes
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Hi Brian Alien Totem Timeline. Certainly interesting track for an experimental piece. A totally different musical experience and yet I like it a lot . Can I have some of what you where drinking?? It might give me some inspiration Peter
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Cheers Peter,glad you liked it,I was not sure about it,may have been beer,may have been pomegranite juice,cant remember which
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I could not get Alien Totem Timeline to load but did get to hear The Truth, which was very good. I will try again later.
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Could not get 'Alien Totem Timeline' to load either. 
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Originally posted by newvox: Could not get 'Alien Totem Timeline' to load either. I've previewed it with Firefox & it played fine. I'll try with IE & report back.....
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It worked for me in both browsers. The one thing I did notice was that the picture image was more oversized than usual so I've cropped it & re-uploaded,give it another try.
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Love it, Brian! Something different - a great experimental piece! Sarah
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Cheers Sarah,Glad you liked it. Have you ever had a track that you worked on,re-did it,re-made it a few times,re-recorded it a few times,left for a month & it would not lay down & die.Well this is the one.3 different versions later. Its out of my system now until I out wierd myself again. It played OK for you & Peter then.
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Yep, played no problem! Yes, I've had some tracks that I've started, thought they were going ok, then wasn't so sure. Left them for a while, came back then re-vamped them! I guess all artists do that at some point. I sometimes find that I can turn on the synth and a new tune just seems to develop, but other times it just won't happen! Keep makin' the tunes! Sarah
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sarah Bradshaw: [QB] Yep, played no problem! Yes, I've had some tracks that I've started, thought they were going ok, then wasn't so sure. Left them for a while, came back then re-vamped them! I guess all artists do that at some point. I sometimes find that I can turn on the synth and a new tune just seems to develop, but other times it just won't happen! Yup I'm the same but the one thing I've learned from Mr Foxx is to record everything cuz if you dont its lost forever.
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No probs listening to it. The more I play it the more I like it. So unusual so different. I'm so glad Brian you decided to make this available. Just love the way it dies near the end. I'd love to be able to download it. Can't wait until you find "weird" again. Keep drinking the beer. I've enjoyed all the music that fans from this forum have made and some good music has been composed from, The Light Dreams (Alex), Spectral Response (Sarah)and Mateyblokes (Brian & Kerry) Peter
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Originally posted by Brian: Originally posted by newvox: [b] Could not get 'Alien Totem Timeline' to load either.
I'll try with IE & report back..... [/b]Could not get it at all before, but now it streams in staggered bits Brian, so thats about perfect for dial up still. :rolleyes:
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Peter,
I've mailed it to you.
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Thanks Brian
It's now on my MP3 player
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Was finally able to give ATT a listen. Liked it!
BTW: How did you guys come up with the title?
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Was finally able to give ATT a listen. Liked it!
BTW: How did you guys come up with the title? Glad you liked it. For a short time it was going to be called One Little Indian (after Bjork's record label) but I changed it because the title could be misunderstood. The way I came up with the name was from the way the beat sounded.It either sounded to me like Electro Indians (Native Amererican) doing a tribal dance or a Steam Train.So I started to lean towards some Red Indian title. So thinking for a while I knew it would probably have Totem in the Title.I'd been listening to the Klaxxons & one of the lyrics is Totem Timeline.That stuck in my head. I also decided that my track sounded a bit alien so it became Alien Totem Timeline. So mostly I blame the Klaxxons. Brian
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Just to let you know that I've posted my latest experiment on our Myspace page:- http://www.myspace.com/themateyblokes called Last Day of Summer. Its named Last day of Summer because it was made last Sunday which felt like the last day of Summer.I've been told that it sounds very 80s which was my intention. Enjoy Brian
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Just posted another new track tonight. Underwater Electrolysis Best described as a fusion of Electro & Ambient. http://www.myspace.com/themateyblokes This follows Last Day of Summer posted on Tuesday. Brian
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New track just posted called Discordant Waves www.myspace.com/themateyblokes Enjoy Brian
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Liked it Brian. A bit darker and futuristic at times.
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Yes its a good track and darker than your others. 
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Thanks for your positive comments guys.
Much valued as always.
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Hi Brian,
I like this track a lot. It as a very rich and dark almost haunting feel.
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Cheers Peter,
Glad you liked it.
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New Track - Halloweenia To celebrate Halloween,I've created an experimental track called Halloweenia.Being a seasonal track I'll only leave it up for a few days. http://www.myspace.com/themateyblokes Enjoy Brian
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Halloween. Just the right time of year to compose something that feels like the winter nights are here. Keep up the good work Peter
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Just posted a new tune.
Its called The Frozen Chieftain
Also found out that you can now have up to 6 tunes on Myspace so I've put one of the old ones back up.(Alien Totem Timeline)
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Originally posted by Brian:
Its called The Frozen Chieftain
I gotta ask.........where did you get the title for this one?
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Originally posted by maryann: Originally posted by Brian:
[b]Its called The Frozen Chieftain
The drum sound I created sounded to me like an electo Celtic bodrum,to my ears anyway. Sounded nice & strange,thats why I used it. Thats where the Chieftain bit comes from. The synth sound used sounds like fractured ice in some parts . So after I'd named it I have visions in my head of a frozen Celtic chieftain frozen in a cracking block of ice.So there you go.
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Originally posted by Brian:
So after I'd named it I have visions in my head of a frozen Celtic chieftain frozen in a cracking block of ice. As do I now.
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