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The irregular podcasts of Darren Lock, a internet musician based in the UK. These broadcasts features the techniques I use to record songs using a home PC and Sonar and my creative process. This feed also includes some demo mixes of music I am currently recording.

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Episodes

06-01-11 Soundscape

Here is an improvised soundscape. Watch the performance at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te2RrbB0jc0

Jan 06, 2011•8 min

03-01-11 Soundscape

Here is an improvised soundscape. Watch the performance at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0kT_H8Asek

Jan 03, 2011•10 min

In Starry Trees [Vocal Mix]

A short song for the kids from the album "The Luckiest Man in the World". More details at: http://www.darrenlock.com/mt/archives/2010/10/in-starry-trees.html

Oct 12, 2010•3 min

In Starry Trees

A short instrumental

Oct 11, 2010•3 min

Back to the Start

This is a new song from my album "The Luckiest Man in the World"

Oct 08, 2010•4 min

Stinkhorn

This is a new instrumental piece I've recorded with the tentative title "Stinkhorn".

Oct 06, 2010•4 min

28-09-10 Podcast "Bad Cover Version" Special

In this podcast, Darren talks about his "Bad Cover Version" project in which he does his best to record really awful renditions of popular favourites. Tracks include "Heroes" by David Bowie, "The Bucket" by Kings of Leon, "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" by Fairport Convention, "Are Friends Electric?" by Tubeway Army, "Something to Do" by Adrian Belew, "Sabotage" by The Beastie Boys, "Willow's Song" from The Wicker Man movie, "King's Lead Hat" by Brian Eno, "Wannabe" by The Spice Girls, "Girl Li...

Sep 28, 2010•1 hr 26 min

09-08-10 Podcast

In this podcast, Darren talks about archiving his numerous master tapes covering his "4-track years" from 1992-1996 and features some of the less offensively bad music he has found in the archive.

Aug 09, 2010•1 hr 32 min

Fantasia One

This is a short improvisation featuring my new Godin Multiac ACS SA nylon string guitar fed into a Roland VG-99 and Digitech Timebender.

Jun 19, 2010•3 min

The Third Way

This instrumental was born out of a three-pass improvisation, which was recorded and uploaded onto YouTube - so this was recorded "as live". You can see the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQS2_klGHJc

Jun 05, 2010•4 min