Mixing for England

No, I don`t mean baking a cake! I`m just finishing off my EP at the moment. It has been very time consuming and I have become somewhat of hermit of late, hopefully my family haven`t thought I`ve disappeared of the face of the Earth!

That`s the only issue with making music, as much as it`s enjoyable and creative it`s very insular and the days just seem to fly by when I`m in the studio, feel like it`s just me and the machine.On the other hand it`s so addictive and it is really exciting when you start creating something nice and start to hear what could sound like a decent piece of music! I just need to keep going, hopefully it will all be worthwhile in the end, it was one of my goals to release my own material so just got to keep on that treadmill, I`ll then give myself some time off, perhaps socialize or even try and meet a nice lady. I feel like giving up sometimes, yet there is something inside just about keeping the flame alight.

On the subject of mixing, I have been getting into cooking alot lately and will have to get round to buying a table so I can finally do a bit of entertaining and actually unleash my culinary skills on someone! I find it really enjoyable and there is nothing like a good quality cooked meal with a nice glass of wine or two to wash it down. Downloaded a really neat iphone app from Mr Oliver which has proved to be rather nifty, shopping lists have never been such fun!

I`ve started watching some films again as I`m really behind lately. I used to be a film buff, being in the creative field I have utmost respect and admiration for the big screen and all it`s organs. Often thought about venturing into the world of thespianism or something in that vein. I had the pleasure of watching the new Quentin Tarantino flick `Inglorious basterds` the other night. I`m a fan of his movies and like his style. I will give a full diagnosis of what I thought about it in my next post. Ranns reviews!

I`ve also got a rather large pile of reading material just waiting to be visually and mentally consumed, perhaps I`ll review those if I ever get round to finishing them. There just doesn`t seem to be enough time in this world, not even on my planet!

The Running Man

Didn`t i just say I wasn`t going to talk about music? Last year I released my first EP entitled `The Running man`. It`s a bit of play on my surname ( as all forthcoming releases will be ) but the other reason is that I am a running man. I don my trainers on a regular basis, wear some cool running gear, have been socially accepted, ok just accepted into a local club, have competed and actually finished races, won medals and try to pretend I`m Steve Cram whilst getting chased by a pack of dogs or sometimes Deer!!

Oh the joys of running, as much as it`s changed my life, there is nothing more irritating than something trying to knaw at your leg or tailgate you while your trying to give everyone the impression that you`re seriously training for the next olympics.

We have a real mindset between us runners, we always say hello or display a respectful nod to our fellow legmen ( or women ) We know the score man, peace love and injuries, reminds me of when I had a Beetle and used to wave and flash headlights at fellow Beetle drivers as a mark of respect for being on the same wavelength.The reality was, we just happened to own the same car but it would never have worked with a ford Capri.

The painful picture of me above is yours truly just about to finish my first half marathon last year.Can you see the elation or rather relief on my face of hitting that finish, nothing quite like it though and a mars bar never tasted so good. I`m sure the ladies will be flocking......the opposite way.

My first post coming straight from planet Rann

Welcome to my blog page everybody, hope you enjoy your stay and appeciate what I say and rant about in my world.

As a music producer, label owner and DJ, I spend alot of time on the usual networking sites promoting and playing the rockstar ( or at least trying - need more groupies please ) I also find time to work for a large Airline which entails working all wierd and wonderful hours while getting `abuse` from all sides! I`m certainly no nine to fiver and am not too familiar with weekends! As a good friend once said to me `Time is the enemy!`

With that statement in mind, I thought about wasting more time when I should be doing something less boring instead and use this blog as a break from the music routine and use it to share my thoughts, experiences and adventures out of the studio ( I do get out sometimes, well, I have to go to work ) and off the wheels of steel ( I`m getting all Tim Westwood on you now too ) Music is a big part of my life so I will have some comments and announcements to make now and then. This is a chance however for me to expose another side of Rannland, there are many continents to explore but we have all the time in the world! It`s good to get things off your chest sometimes and I don`t mean hair unless you`re the `shaving` type!