Tag Archives: dubstep

Blades of Steel 0

I thought I’d try out the brand new Soundcloud HTML-5 widget on one of Jake’s new tunes. Soundcloud is a tool that’s been invaluable to him as an independent electronic musician just starting out, and he’s had to upgrade a couple of levels (from Free to Lite to Solo) to accommodate his fairly prolific output. [...]

Jake releases his June album 0

The excitement in our house this week is the release of (my son) Jake’s album ‘June’. He started on a project at the beginning of this year to make music, and release whatever he’d finished at the end of every three months. So the first of these was a sort of extended EP called ‘March‘, [...]

Alternative Dubstep Orchestra 3

My friend John Mostyn has a recording studio just down the road. He lives upstairs, and can usually be found making stir-fries and risottos while the musicians and engineers get on with their business. The other day he invited Jake and I over to visit because there were interesting things afoot. Alternative Dubstep Orchestra were [...]

Jake’s album project 1

Day 01 by Jake Dubber My son Jake is doing the AQA Baccalaureate at his college. It involves the usual A-levels (he’s doing Philosophy, Music Tech and English Language), an extra AS-level class in Critical Thinking, 100 hours of extra-curricular activities, and an extended project. The extended project can either be a 5000 word essay [...]

T.S.M.M.M.W.T.T.D. by Jake Dubber 0

Jake’s been working hard on this new track, and it’s finally at a place where he’s ready to let the world hear it. His learning curve on this stuff is so exponentially rapid, it’s amazing. Play loud.

Jake’s dubstep progress (file under: Proud Dad) 0

Bizarre Request by JD [Link to video] Jake‘s been working pretty hard at developing his music programming skills. He’s been getting familiar with Ableton Live (which he’s becoming quite a fan of), and has been getting some pretty good results. I really like the dark aesthetic he’s heading towards. More towards the ambient end of [...]

How do you make Dubstep? 2

My son Jake just posted his first attempt at a dubstep track up to YouTube, which – it turns out – is where all amateur dubstep (ie: the vast majority) lives. Jake’s asked me to stress that this is his first dubstep composition – but he is keen to get feedback that will help him [...]