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	<title>SoundFreak</title>
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	<description>Sounding off about music, media and current affairs</description>
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		<title>Using Ableton 8 in a live situation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many recording studio software programs available today, and the competition between DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) manufacturers has resulted in them all now offering very similar features. Some of the more popular ones of the last few years such as FL Studio, Cubase and Logic all offer advanced audio and MIDI editing tools, as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soundfreak.com/2010/04/14/using-ableton-8-in-a-live-situation/</link>
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		<title>The Computers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I witnessed a gig by Exeter band the Computers the other night and was pleasantly surprised to hear a current rock band with a different look and attitude to the generic emo/heavy rock that currently proliferates. They describe their music as being like a kind of hardcore Elvis Costello with elements of Black Flag and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soundfreak.com/2010/03/22/the-computers/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Wrong With The BRITS?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watching the annual BRIT awards last week, a few thoughts struck me which I thought I would share with you.
Firstly, in the current economic climate, is it really a good idea to have the event sponsored by Mastercard? The majority of the audience demographic for the Brits is surely young people and students, who are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soundfreak.com/2010/02/25/whats-wrong-with-the-brits/</link>
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		<title>REASON RECORD REVIEW</title>
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Propellerheads Reason programme has been at the forefront of music technology for years now, providing a self contained electronic music package that has been used by millions of home producers as well as a host of professional artists and producers. With its intuitive interface and powerful synths and samplers, Reason set the standard that other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soundfreak.com/2010/02/05/reason-record-review/</link>
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		<title>The Transpersonals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’re a fan of 60’s influenced psychadelic and garagey music, look no further than Bristol based band The Transpersonals.
http://www.myspace.com/thetranspersonals
This unique and talented 3 piece manage to blend retro jam band influences with a thoroughly modern lyrical sensibility. Their songs reference recent popular culture and politics sprinkled over eastern-tinged rocking tunes. The band admit to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soundfreak.com/2010/02/02/the-transpersonals/</link>
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		<title>Mark Thomas – Many A True Word Spoken In Jest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven’t yet witnessed one of Mark Thomas’s live shows, I strongly recommend you try and catch him next time he plays a town near you. He truly is one of the most original performers you will ever see. For the uninitiated, his act consists of a unique blend of information you really ought [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soundfreak.com/2010/01/22/mark-thomas-%e2%80%93-many-a-true-word-spoken-in-jest/</link>
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		<title>Celebrity Big Brother 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year’s Celebrity Big Brother is allegedly the last so I’ve been watching it despite my best intentions. For once, it’s quite an interesting group of people; some of them actually have brains, and are quite famous! Interestingly enough this particular group seem to be responding to the format in a similar way to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soundfreak.com/2010/01/21/celebrity-big-brother-2010/</link>
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		<title>Logic 9 Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[September 09 saw the release of Logic Pro 9, the latest complete home studio software from Apple. This has everything that a music producer could need to create professional sounding recordings, whether you are a dance producer using MIDI instruments, or you have a live music set up you want to record. Here we look [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soundfreak.com/2010/01/18/logic-9-review/</link>
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		<title>Forgotten Heroes: Mark Perry and ATV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Few people can claim to have been the spearhead and true instigator of a scene. The birth of Punk is usually attriibuted to Malcom McLaren and the Sex Pistols, but there is a person who was the true underground voice of punk; Mark Perry of ATV.
The young Mark Perry was working as a bank clerk [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soundfreak.com/2010/01/13/forgotten-heroes-mark-perry-and-atv/</link>
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		<title>Forgotten Heroes: World Domination Enterprises</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a few bands in the world who completely encapsulated the mood of their time and influenced a host of other musicians, but who sadly never achieved a place in the global public consciousness and never reaped the rewards they should have been due. One such band is World Domination Enterprises.
http://www.myspace.com/worlddominationenterprises
WDE were formed in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soundfreak.com/2010/01/08/forgotten-heroes-world-domination-enterprises/</link>
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