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Have a look at this Create Digital Music post about using Ableton Live as a performance instrument.

I am particularly interested in how others do their live sets and have always intended to write up how I do mine (one to watch for the future). The comments section of this post are a great starting point for any wannabe laptop jockey.

Friday 18th July promises two quality nights in Brum, so those of an electronic disposition should get along and support these happenings.

First in line is STRAX Jamming AV style! I failed to make it to the first one, but heard good things about what went down. Looking forward to seeing how an AV night pans out compared to a regular music event.

8pm - 2am @ The Cross in Moseley

Secondly we have the wonderful Robot Vs Dinosaur electro - glitch disco. I can personally vouch for the quality of music and friendliness of promoters. No live acts this time, so entrance is reduced to nowt!

8:30pm - Late @ The Island Bar, Suffolk Street (city centre)

Some great news blogged about by www.createdinbirmingham.com , which is that a new radio station modelled (apparently) on Resonance FM will be setting up shop in the Custard Factory. Details are a little bit slim on the ground now, apart from it appears that they will be focusing on the internet and restricted broadcasts as a mechanism for getting heard.

I am hoping that this new initiative will be recepetive to the electronic / electro acoustic stuff that Birmingham artists are brilliant at producing and don’t end up focusing purely on the mainstream commercial end of the spectrum.

I have using google analytics to monitor how people find out about this blog and there much of the traffic actually comes through google searches. I therefore decided to have a look at the search terms used and have found that if you google Cuabse Sidechain, not only does www.klunk.org appear 3rd in the list, but the tutorial I created for Cubase 4.1 Sidechain appears second! Also if you type klunk into Google, this site is second in the rankings.

Robot vs Dinosaur turned out to be a brilliant night! Arc Vel performed a crisp set of chilled beats and Portmanteau massaged the audience into some serious head nodding and body twitching with their blend of groove heavy glitch electronica. The djs played some crowd pleasing tunes also - I witnessed the barman moving around a bit to Squarepusher - Red Hot Car. So all in all a way top night in a perfectly formed space. Looking forward to the next one.