Take the Lead

Take the Lead

Grant

This year is the tenth anniversary of the release of a film called Take the Lead starring Antonio Banderas. I […]

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MTV

MTV : Memoirs of a Minor MTV DJ

Grant

At the height of the bootleg / mashup trend (2003/04), a bunch of music producers, including myself, were caught up […]

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XFM

XFM : Memoirs of a Minor XFM DJ – Post 4

Grant

I’d been McSleazy as a DJ / producer since the late 90s. (It was pronounced like the Scottish Mc- prefix, […]

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XFM

XFM : Memoirs of a Minor XFM DJ – Part 3

Grant

One of the best things about the show I did was that the listeners were often making tunes that ended […]

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XFM

XFM : Memoirs of a Minor XFM DJ – Part 2

Grant

As a newbie, the XFM studio was lit like the spaceship at the end of Close Encounters. Buttons, faders, meters […]

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XFM

XFM : Memoirs of a Minor XFM DJ – Part 1

Grant

Many years ago, there was a radio station in the west of Scotland called Beat 106. Its remit was pretty […]

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Music Gear

Music Gear : Stuff I Use to Make My Noise

Grant

I’ve been looking forward to writing this post. The next best thing to having music gear is talking about it. […]

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Outside : Mentions

Grant

There has been a couple of mentions of Outside on some music websites. First up is the grand-daddy of Scottish […]

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Small music studio

Music : Communicating to a Non-Musician

Grant

I’ve been writing music for films and games for many years, but always remotely. I live in Glasgow, and the […]

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