mindset of a revolutionary
http://themindset.blogspot.com says more than this:
mindsetof a revolutionary make funky, jazz-inspired hip-hop and various electronic funkery.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Dom and Adam met in a crowded classroom under the expert drinking tuition of a zealous Pete Sidwell. After a year of ignoring each other, finally they decided to form a duet, 'Southern Fried Funk' was formed... Here's that fateful moment, in detail:
Dom: Dood.
Adam: Dood.
Dom: Dood let's produce together, that'd be sweet.
Adam: Dood.
...and the rest is history. SFF began to write and produce and create 20-odd tracks, with 18 making the final grade.
During the next 6 months SFF evolved into a more streamlined funk machine, and became known as Mindset of a Revolutionary (or the mindset for short). Mindset then completed it's 1st album 'Sonic Intoxicants' while Adam was studying Jazz in chichester and Dom was studying Music Tech in Leeds.
The lads are currently writing and producing for their third album, as well as producing for plenty of local musicians in Leeds and Chi, a-nd studying hard at uni/college. Whew.
Currrently mindset of a revolutionary are putting together a band to perform the music live.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Over the past year, the Mindset as a live experience has grown from pure concept, to a functioning group to finally a live band, playing now, across the south of England. Check the blog for details
Your musical influences
radiohead, neptunes, the roots, portishead, 4hero, dj shadow, jazzy jeff, jaco pastorius, bjork and oh so many more
What equipment do you use?
Adam:
--Studio--
Pc (1.3Ghz, 256 ram, Windows Me, 32 speed CD re-writer, etc).
M-audio Omni studio i/O, with a Delta 66.
Turtle Beach Videologic Sonic Fury sound card.
1 pair of Bose Triport headphones.
Set of PC speakers w/sub.
Cool Edit Pro 2 w/ various 3rd-party plug-ins.
Fruityloops pro.
Rebirth 2.
--Mics--
1 Rode NT1000 (with home-made pop-shield).
Various cheap dynamic mics.
--Instruments--
Carbon Soft Synth from Reaktor.
Software Rhodes Keyboard.
Warwick 5-string Streamer LX.
Vintage 4-string bass.
Squire Telecaster copy guitar.
Countryman accoustic guitar.
Yamaha PSR-270 keyboard.
My Music Maker Keyboard.
Home-made shaker.
Cow bell.
--etc--
Marshall G15R guitar amp.
Hartke 60 watts bass amp.
Leads all over the place.
A pirate flag.
Dom:
cool edit pro v2 with plug ins.
fruity loops
rebirth
hondo steel string acoustic guitar
yamaha rx17 drum machine
generic dynamic microphone
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in the studio:
spirit 24-8-2 desk
TLAudio fatman one and two compressor and preamp
Cubase SX with VST plugins
Reaktor
Akai samplers
Tascam HDR
Tama and pearl drum kits
yamaha, fender, gibson guitars
paiste cymbals
vic firth 5A's
soundlab turntable
gemini mixer
stanton 500AL cart
M-Audio 1010 soundcard
MOTU soundcard with ADAT I/O
MIC's
AKG c3000
AKG clip drum mics
shure SM58 and SM57's
AKG D112
AKG C1000's
Anything else?
see http://themindset.blogspot.com for all the latest breaking news from the horses' mouths.
