D R E A M D A Z E NEWSLETTER 31 MARCH 20022

RANT

D R E A M D A Z E has spent the last month being humbled by sending out demos to several companies. They’ve been rejected often, but the good news is that they’ve been picked up by raw42, a music publisher in the UK. Even there, raw42 has only accepted one of four songs submitted, but contracts are signed and a deal’s a deal – so start paying attention to British commercials!

OLD MUSIC UPDATES

As of March 31, 2002, the following songs have chart positions worth mentioning:

· ‘Slough’ is #28 on the Chicago Electronic chart and #2 on the Chicago Ambient chart

· ‘Miles Comes To Visit’ is #4 on the Chicago Alternative Hip Hop chart

· ‘Scratchification’ is #9 on the Chicago Alternative Hip Hop chart

· ‘Face’ is #10 on the Chicago Alternative Hip Hop chart

· ‘Curtain’ is #15 on the Chicago Drum’N’Bass chart

· ‘Brevity’ is #35 on the Chicago Ambient chart

· ‘Show’ is #46 on the Chicago Drum’N’Bass chart

· ‘Anthracite’ is #47 on the Chicago Drum’N’Bass chart

· ‘Bituminous’ is #48 on the Chicago Drum’N’Bass chart

· ‘Secret’ is #49 on the Chicago Drum’N’Bass chart

· ‘Prattle’ is #50 on the Chicago Drum’N’Bass chart

LATEST MUSIC AVAILABLE

Recently D R E A M D A Z E has been experimenting with Down Tempo and Ilbient – which they seem to have a knack for. The approach taken is to focus on the beats and bass as much as in a drum’n’bass piece but then to add the random and non-linear effects and sounds more typical of the ambient styles – with a little world pop thrown in occasionally. The effects of these experimentations can be heard in ‘Curtain’, ‘Brevity’ and ‘Shag Lawrence’.

Work continues on ‘Miscellaneous’, the upcoming CD from D R E A M D A Z E. Currently there are too many songs for one CD, so eventually the songs designated for ‘Miscellaneous’ at www.dreamdaze.org will be split into two CDs. ‘Miscellaneous’ will feature the alternative hip hop/drum’n’bass/ambient songs while the trance songs will be split into another CD titled ‘Goa A-Go-Go’.

LATEST CD

‘Swamp’, the most recent CD by D R E A M D A Z E, is complete. ‘Swamp’ alternates 70 bpm ambient songs with 140-150 bpm trance and techno songs. Each subsequent song shifts one key (E to F, F to G, etc) and carries forward at least one loop from the preceding song, giving the work a certain ‘flow’.

RADIO STATION

DJ Stumpy has added a TON of new songs to the station, and the requests keep coming in, so new songs are added weekly.

Check out the D R E A M D A Z E radio station at http://www.mp3.com/stations/dreamdaze. You can find all your favorite D R E A M D A Z E songs plus songs by other electronic artists.

Give it a listen!

WEB SITE

New additions to the web site include a BLOG (web log) which is updated almost regularly about every other day or so with vaguely interesting information or random lyrics.

We’ve added a link to past newsletters for your convenience! (Note from editor: and the links are even kept current)

Work continues on the site and the content is changed approximately bi-weekly. So keep coming back!

OTHER INFO

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