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It’s the 30th anniversary of Jean Michel Jarre’s (JMJ) album Oxygene.
For this JMJ decided to to a new remastered version of the original multi-track tapes.
He also is taking all his vintage analogue synthesizers with him on a tour, and playing the whole album (parts 1-6) LIVE.

It was only initially announced that he was going to play in London at the Royal Albert Hall. This has since been extended, and I’m happy to say that he will be coming to the Manchester Opera House this Friday (28th March 2008).
I would have been too expensive to see JMJ in London, but Manchester is local to me.

The ticket is expensive being £73 including associated fees..
I don’t think the cost is that bad considering I don’t get to go out much. The money I would have spent going out every weekend, has been saved and then spent on going to see JMJ.
I just think it’s worth it for the experience.

There’s this mailing list of which i subscribe to.
I have put a few posts up to it, and from some people on this list etc, there’s going to be a fan meet before the concert.

If I can (I have added the plug-ins to allow this) I will do a live blog from the night, but will have to post photos up after (If they allow photos to be taken in the Opera House)

Behringer BCD3000

http://www.behringer.com/BCD3000/index.cfm?lang=eng

Traktor DJ studio

http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=traktor3

System F - Cry (ReCon Remix)
CRW - I Feel Love (Breeze & Styles Remix)
Darude - Sandstorm (Audioscape Remix)
ATB - 9pm Till I Come (King Ace Remix)
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Visa - Dont Go Away (Al S)
Lisa Abbot - Blow Me Away (Hardcore Mix)
Clear Vu - I Adore (Breeze & Styles Hardcore Mix)
Paradise - See The Light (Sy & Unknown Hardcore Mix)
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Spontaneous - Mixed by Rick Dawson - 12 November 2007.mp3
01. Gareth Emery - More than Anything (Gareth Emery FIVE AM remix)
02. Armin Van Buuren - The sound of Goodbye (Above & Beyond Mix)
03. Miikka Leinonen - Last Call From London (original Mix)
04. George Acosta vs Mike Shiver - The Apocalypse (george Acosta Mix)
05. Andy Piney - For the Forgotten (Static Blue Mix)
06. Moonforce & Mark Versluis ft Sunstate - Forgotten Freedom (Sequentia remix)
07. The Thrillseekers - Newlife (Mike Koglin 2007 remix)
08. Cliff Coenraad - Manjula (Original Mix)
09. Chriss Corrigan pres. Velvet Skies - Uplifter (original Mix)
10. a/b Project - Misconceptions (Original Mix)
11. Far & Away - Marbella (Original Mix)
12. Nitrous Oxide - Amnesia (Original Mix)
13. Frase - Dynamism (original Mix)
14. Amurai vs Static Blue - After The sunrise (Alex Morph b2b Woody Van Eyden Full On remix)
15. Meridian - Emphase (Mike Nichol remix)
16. Thomas Datt - Distance (Original Mix)
17. Optic - Obbject (Manuel le Saux remix)
18. Sun State - Here and Now (R.E.N.O.I.S.E. remix)
19. Thomas Bronzwear - Resound (Sean Tyas remix)

Trance Mix 09-09-2007 by Rick Dawson.mp3
[Removed from server, to make space for newer mixes. Available by request]

I’ve added the photos that I took at last week when I went to the Royal Horticultural Flower Show at Tatton Park.

The Royal Horticultural Society - Tatton Park Flower Show

I thought it was not such a good idea to have more than one blog type site to keep updated.

I ended up getting my bit on MySpace, due to some people asking me to join and add them.

I just left it with the boring drab and badly designed defaults.

I have since seen that there are plenty of DJs that have both their own site, and a presence on MySpace.

I Googled for a way to do my bit of MySpace, and came across this blog that had some code that I could use.

http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2006/04/hacking-myspace-layouts

The almost final result is here:

myspace.com/rickdawson

I’ve added a new bit to my site.

If you have an interesting blog / site that you think I would like (or any other people that visit my site would like), then we could Link Swap.
If we do Link Swap, then I will post yours on the Link Swap Page.

If you send a description, I will add it to your link.

To The Link Swap Page

UPDATE…..

There’s a online petition going… I’ve digitally signed it.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/saveinternetradio/
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On Friday March 2nd, the U.S. government, through the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), made a determination of the royalty rates Internet Radio webcasters must pay the owners of sound recording copyrights to license the music they webcast for the years 2006-2010. The license is paid to SoundExchange, a nonprofit organization that collects royalty payments from digital music broadcasters and distributes them to rights holders.
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The above quote is from www.di.fm (http://www.di.fm/blog/read/2007/03/new-music-royalty-rates-are-about-to.html) ,which is my favourite internet radio station.It’s a shame things are going this way…