Mar 30, 2019“Elements” — Behind my last Modular Synthesizer AlbumFrom https://www.peachymango.org/Elements Genre: Modular Synthesizer Style: ambient, cinematic, meditative, minimal, metaphysical Instruments: Moog Subharmonicon, Moog DFAM, Modular Synthesizer modules: MakeNoise, Mutable Instruments, Verbos, Pittsburgh, WMD,… Recorded Live at Resonant Frequencies, Oakland CA, USA and Cazadero, CA, USA Mastered by Nathan Moody at Obsidian Sound Label: Self Release /…Music5 min readMusic5 min read
Jul 30, 2018Modular Synth Spotify Playlist to discover artistsI have been putting together a playlist of modular synth artists on Spotify. It is starting to have a following: 200+ people. It generates enough listeners for each artist, that the playlist is often featured on their artist page in the “Discovered on” section. Considering the size of the followers…Music2 min readMusic2 min read
May 25, 2018Cold [ Electronica/Modular Synth]I have publicly released “Cold” out of my BandCamp community to all on Bandcamp as well as to all the music stores. Tracks: While We Danced 15:38 L’automate 05:54 Asleep 07:20 Dark Dance 09:43 Three-Four 17:42 Get it from your preferred store: Spotify: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/franckmartin/dp3a iTunes: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/franckmartin/dp3a Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Franck_Martin_Cold?id=Bksfemitfjyc3rzm3kpuprx4ylyMusic1 min readMusic1 min read
May 14, 2018Electronica open mic events around San FranciscoWhen you start making music, it is quite important to reach out to the local community. If your local community strives, the road to improvements and finding people that like your music will not be that hard. When you are new, established music venues will want to see some credentials…San Francisco4 min readSan Francisco4 min read
Mar 31, 2018Why I moved from Facebook Live to YouTube (and Twitch)Every month as part of our corporate inDay program, we do social activities on a Friday. With some of my colleagues (Juan Rosales, Bryan Levay), we take this friday afternoon to play Beep Boops or Blip Bloops or modular synthesizers. …Live Streaming5 min readLive Streaming5 min read
Feb 13, 2018Final Cut Pro and 360I have been doing 360 videos for my YouTube Vlog and music. It has been quite a learning process. I did not want to spend a lot of money on 360 cameras, so I first settled for the Insta360 Nano. This camera can work standalone, be on power with a…Virtual Reality3 min readVirtual Reality3 min read
Jan 31, 2018What DAW for a good music recipie?A friend asked me, what DAW, Digital Audio Workstation, should he get for his son? Before I chose mine, I looked a bit around and it seems it revolves around 3 professional systems: Logic Pro X Ableton Live ProTools There are many more and Wikipedia offers a semi extensive list…Music2 min readMusic2 min read
Nov 21, 2017Courting the indie artistsIt seems that Spotify is courting the indie artists. As it is relatively easy and cheap to upload your creations to all music stores with services like CDBaby or Distrokid or others, there are more indie artists than ever. Spotify has made it easy to claim your artist page, but…Music4 min readMusic4 min read
Nov 5, 2017San Francisco Electronic music sceneWest Coast Electronic music but also any coast. — Since I moved to San Francisco, and because the water is too cold to do some kite Surfing (I lived in Fiji before), I went back to an old passion of mine, electronic music. I decided this time to be an actor rather than a spectator. …Music5 min readMusic5 min read
Oct 31, 2017360 video and audioWhy audio is very poor on video? — I have been streaming on Facebook Live, the mini concerts that we do between modular synthesizer fans. The sound quality is for me there more important than the video. If you use an iPhone, you cannot use the mini jack plug to give you more than a mono sound, despite…Tech4 min readTech4 min read
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