Another one 24-bits the dust...

Ivan and I finished our latest remix, Cristian Paduraru's The Grateful Seeker, on Friday. We both agree this is our smoothest production yet, and it really has us amped. This will see a release on our (long forthcoming) Night Drive remix EP for "First of the Year." Man, this has been a long time coming, but it sounds like there are some amazing remixes of the title track including a "solid" remix by Jeff Bennett. Very excited.

We are in the process of coming up with a name for our production team. On all of the last releases, it has flopped around: Ivan-I & Jason H, Dub Theory & Jason Howell, etc.... So a new name is forthcoming. We want our new tracks, which sound much more polished than all of our stuff before it, to be represented with a new name.

Started a new track. An original. These are so hard to get traction on from the get-go. At least with remix parts, you know you must include some of them so it's easier to start building a foundation around some of the chosen sounds from the pack. When you start from sratch, you really have to stumble on that "sound" or direction. A lot of experimentation, which can
either be a rewarding or frustrating experience. So far, we have a solid beat foundation. We need to find our melody, a hook to last through the track to keep it moving and NOT stagnate.

The Grateful Seeker remix...

Ivan and I have really cruised along on a remix of Cristian Paduraru's The Grateful Seeker. Super deep, very dubby. Kind of has an old-school vibe to it. We are extremely stoked on the break down, and it's just so satisfying when the track writes itself. We plan on timing our production time on the next track to see just how far we've come since we started production together.

We also want to figure out an easier name for our productions other than Ivan-I and Jason Howell. We'll work on that one. Hard to pick one and not feel cheesy or come off as pretentious with the pick.

Probably follow this track up with another original. This track will be included on the First of the Year remix project to be released (sometime) this year on Night Drive Music. Very excited about that!

I'll try to be better at updating this site. I'm still alive! Just very busy these days. Who isn't?