As 2023 comes to an end, I thought it would be interesting to looks at some of the key stats from the last 12 months. Although entries are still down on pre-covid times, there was a significant increase in competition participation when compared with 2022. Domestic competition activity for 2023 rose from 1619 fencers in […]
How To Make Music Like – Michael Bibi (Part 5 – Sai Lika)
Making Tech House sound like Michael Bibi – Ableton 10 Free Template It’s a video from another small channel with just 348 subscribers and 21 videos, but this particular tutorial has had 3,223 views since it was published on the 21st May 2020. Fair play to Sai Lika here as he’s given away his template for […]
How To Make Music Like – Michael Bibi (Part 4 – CAPONNE)
Ableton Tutorial 2 : Como fazer um drop estilo Michael Bibi & Pawsa do zero It’s a small channel with just 3 videos and 110 subscribers, but this particular video has had 3,333 views since its release in March 2020 so it’s worth looking it. CAPONNE offers up 16 bars of his take on how […]
How To Make Music Like – Michael Bibi (Part 3 – Julien Earle)
Making A FULL Tech House Track Like Michael Bibi & PAWSA From Start To Finish [+Samples] Julien around this time tended to put out short videos with just 8 bar loops, but this one promises a full tech house track. In reality it’s not quite that as it’s just 48 bars and is basically an […]
How To Make Music Like – Michael Bibi (Part 2 – Djbods)
How To Make Tech House Like Michael Bibi & Pawsa: Part 1 Despite me wanting to avoid Hanging Tree, in this video Djbods uses it as his reference track and attempts to combine it with elements from the Michael Bibi Remix of Eyes on Fire by Blue Foundation. Personally I’ve never really liked guitars in […]
How To Make Music Like – Michael Bibi
I started thinking about the usefulness of the ‘how to’ music production videos on youtube after, somewhat ironically, watching something on youtube that wasn’t particularly complimentary about this style of content. Essentially the premise was that most, but not all, of these videos exist solely to sell a sample pack or a patreon subscription, which […]
Finishing Tracks Is Its Own Practice
Late last night I was catching up on my youtube subscriptions and this vid appeared on my feed from Bthelick. Now, I make a lot of music and I also publish a lot of it on Soundcloud, but I also sit on a lot and probably 1 in every 5 tracks I start, I don’t […]
Sussex County Youth Championships 2023
A competition I’ve not been involved with before, so it’ll be interesting to see how it goes and if we can build this up to be comparable to the Surrey Youth Championships. Two weapons only, foil and epee, as there are no acutal sabre clubs in Sussex. 17th December at Longhill Sports Centre just on […]
South East Youth Fencing Championships 2024
I don’t remember what year exactly it was that I became involved in running this event – possibly 2020 or maybe earlier. In that time though it had changed significantly (for the better). The venue is now settled at the excellent Triangle Leisure Centre in Burgess Hill after we lost Whitgift School due to a […]
Fencing Club Profiles & Recent Results
I thought of this a few years ago but never got around to coding it – essentially if you’re running a fencing club social media account, website news page or maybe you announce the recent results at club nights, it’s very easy to miss who competed in what competition. Fast forward to now, several years […]
Get Loose – House
I sat on this for a few days because I wan’t so sure about it – something just seemed off so it was ready for the music graveyard. Gave it another listen this morning, and decided it’s just about good enough to keep, so here it is. The vocal sample chop comes from Raze – […]
Youtube Finals Videos Added To Epee Results
I recall a few years ago I thought it would be nice to see competition videos next to the results listings but never actually got round to sorting it out. As it goes, there aren’t that many domestic finals videos on youtube, but there are enough to make it a worthwhile feature I think, so […]
Emerging – Tech House
Last one for the time being using the East End Dubs sample pack … sounds a bit like SCL007 – B2 (no shame as it’s one of the best releases on Social, in my opinion) with some classic vocals chops from Shelter Me. The arrangement looks very simple, but there is a lot of automation […]
Challenge Wratislavia – Performance Breakdown By Country & Age Group
I can’t say for certain, but it can’t be far from the truth, Challenge Wratislavia is one of the biggest International youth fencing competitions in the world. It’s been in and out of favour as a selection event with England Fencing over the past few years, but rewind a few years and this is what […]
Elevate – Tech House
Credit where it’s due, I pulled some of the ideas here for this tune from the Elevate Musik youtube channel. More drums and loops here from the East End Dubs sample pack, plus a dusty old T La Rock vocal snippet and a short vintage break fill from Banbarra.
Fencing Competition Results – Where Are We in 2023?
If you had some involvement in fencing (epee that is) before 2019, the chances are you used my web site epee.me. Four years have now passed since I closed the site down and I thought I’d have a look at where we are with competition results and ranking data. First up, let’s take a look […]
Let Me Hear You Say… – Tech House
One more made using the East End Dubs sample pack plus an old vocal sample from the Zero-G disk 1 pack. Minimal tech house sounds, if that’s your cup of tea, then you might like this. Made myself some custom label artwork too rather than just using a blank whitelabel – looks nice and professional […]
Are entries declining for senior mens epee ranking events in Great Britain?
Speak with anyone who was fencing at senior open events 20 years ago and they’ll talk of massive competitions with 150-200 enties in mens epee being common place. So what’s happened – where have all the entries gone?
Crazy – Tech House (East End Dubs)
I picked up the East End Dubs sample pack from Sample Market and made this. It’s basically my version of the first track off of Tools Vol. 1 using mostly samples from their pack. It’s alright, it sounded comparable to the download I was referencing, but then compared to the version on Soundcloud, it’s a […]
Alpe Adria – Udine Junior World Cup
As Junior World Cup events go, this has to be one of the best, if not the best in my opinion.
Coupe du Monde Basel – Trophée de Bâle
Top tier competion. great venue, plenty of hotels nearby and some wonderful places to eat.
The Ghetto – Tech House
Another tech house tune this week, and another drawing inspiration from the Solid Grooves Raw label. This one using a huge sample from the Marlena Shaw track, “Woman of the ghetto” which was famously sampled by Blue Boy for their classic, “Remember Me”.
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That, That [Free Download] – Tech House
I finished this track today – a nice little tech house roller in the Solid Grooves style (well, that was the aim). It’s bugging me though where this sample originally comes from. It’s labelled in my sample pack as SOBV1_VOX_beat_box_124bpm and I know it was used in a few old skool hardcore tunes too. Comment […]
Reigate Town Trail (3rd Edition – 1991)
When we moved into our current house, the previous owners left behind a whole load of information relating to local history and local walks. I dug out this one and went on walkabout to see what had changed.
EFC Thessaloniki
One of the smaller competitions on the calendar, but one I’d definitely recommend to anyone looking to get some more International experience.
EFC Belgrade – Belgrade Open
In 2021 the Belgrade Fair hosted the event – a large complex of event halls next to the Sava river on the outskirts of the city.
EFC Luxembourg
Back in 2017 this event was a dry run for Luxembourg to host a FIE Junior World Cup.
EFC Espoo – Espoo Fencing Challenge
One of the smaller competitions but also one of the best.
EFC Bratislava – Coupe du Danube
The colossus of all the EFC cadet events – expect all the top fencers from around the world to be attending this competion. Generally considered to be the toughest event on the circuit.
EFC Krakow – Wawel Dragon Trophy
Normally taking place towards the end of the cadet season, this event attracts a good number of fencers and is definitely worth a visit.