Although my music primarily consists of hard dance beats, breakbeat and big beat music, I did start off as a Hard House and Trance writer in the mid-late 90's. This inspiration came from being a DJ round my local area.

However, I got bored of that sound, spending loads of money on records that were dubbed 'the tracks to have', but later I found to actually be quite shit. The music was too easy to write, the beats boring and the sounds generic, so I wrote my first breakbeat track, using the rave scene as inspiration. I called it 'Sonic Overdrive' - it's a track that still stands as one of my own personal favourites.

Since then, I've written over 100 tracks; the vast majority of which are breakbeat and hard dance, with a industrial edge; distorted guitars, harsh synths and eerie atmospheres.

Having written two albums, I am now in the process of writing my third and am looking to generate interest from record labels.

Presets - love 'em or hate 'em!: Whenever I'm writing a new track, like many musicians I'll often dig out the synths and VST instruments, hoping that I'll come across a sound that makes me think, "Yes! That sounds awesome!".

A lot of the time I'll come across a preset that I'll tweak slightly simply because it hasn't quite got that 'something' that I'm after. But other times I'll tweak it simply because I feel bad for just using a sound that I didn't design or spend any time creating myself; some will criticise this approach saying that it results in lazy production.

Or does it?

The way I see presets is that they're there to be used! So many famous musicians and bands have used factory presets in their greatest tr...

To review or not review!: I'll be completely honest here, I've been utterly crap in keeping in with the SoundClick community over the last year or so. The boards have all changed, many members I spoke to on the boards seem to have disappeared and I haven't posted any new output for ages.

A couple of years ago I used to do loads of reviews and my views were generally well respected. However, I got bored of doing them. I could post ten reviews and only ever get two or three comments in return, even some of them with just a 'thanks for the review'. I'd post these reviews in order to get some discussion going on them. I was quite a harsh critic, although I'd never say 'this is crap' - reviews like that are never h...

The art of mastering....: Although I've been writing music for nearly ten years now, the one area that I do struggle with is the mastering aspect. I'll write a track, but often find that the volume or eq can vary differently between my tracks, even the recent ones.

Although I have read articles about mastering, I'll be honest about it - technical parts bore me. When people start talking about frequencies and article get into technical jargon, I simply loose interest. All I'm after is a few basic pointers, a few of tips and tricks and even going as far as 'Idiots Guides'. I just want to get on with things. Maybe one day in the future I might take up a music course, but for now I'll just continue experimenting. ...

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