Memories fade, good memories fade slower
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxjOxJsNTP_FNL052wo-9xA

Wallowing in the warmth of lower mids and melancholic melody.
Recorded, mixed and mastered on a Tascam DP 32 Portastudio using vintage gear gathered over many years.


Take a large bucket. Add a pint of Neil Young, a pinch of Glen Hansard. Wack in a tea spoon of Damien Rice, then an ickle bit of Tom Mcrae. Shove in a hand full of Mike Scott, a heaped table spoon of Neil Finn and a large dollop of Conor J. O'Brien. Mix with a big stick then strain through an old sock. Pour. What you have is a little bit of Mr C.

Hello good people of the cloud.
I play everything in real time and record and master on a Tascam DP 32 Portastudio. Although three of the older songs on here where recorded on a 8 track tape recorder through an old seck analogue desk.
No pc's are used or abused in the process of me music making. I love tactile recording. Switches, faders, pots and buttons. Mouses are for computers and eating cheese. No Mac, Daws or Windows, Midi or overused plugins. And no automated mixing, compromise being a large part of my final sound.

Hope you enjoy some of the music that I make, please feel free to share and comment.

I now have another page, link below, of songs recorded from 1999 to 2012 on an 8 track tape machine.

Gear used:
Tascam DP32 (for all recording and mastering)
Custom Sound amp (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Tannoy DC 200 monitors (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Alesis Sr18 drum machine
Roland V drums HD1 Live Kit Through Roland TD20 Sound Module
Kord M1 keys (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Yamaha moX6 keys
Joe Meek VC3 pro channel (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Audio Technica AT4033a Cardioid Condenser Microphone
Shure SM58 Mic
Sessionmaster direct recording pre-amp (owned since the 1980's/90's)
Zoom GX1N guitar effects
1972 Yamaha FG180 Red Label acoustic guitar
Martin performance acoustic guitar
Yamaha FGX5 Acoustic guitar
JD Fender Telecaster Leccy guitar
DeArmond M75T Leccy guitar
Tanglewood bass 
Vintage banjo
Uke
Stagg mandolin
And a box of old rusty harps.

Im a freelance audio engineer working with various artists in a wide range of genres in Live and Studio environments as well as teaching Music Technology.

Take a listen to my tracks and let me know what you think. 

All the best

Graham Waller


My musical journey started from a young age listening to various genres of music from soul and R&B through to rock, often recording them on to cassette tape to DJ with to my friends. Since then, i have pushed the boundaries and my understanding of musical structures, constantly writing different styles of music for film, radio and TV as well as for artists. University has helped me open my vast styles of music and has given me the foundations to grow musically and explore new sounds. 

Music is the best way to bring out or enhance emotions, take you to places of your dreams and bring colour to your story.
Biography	
I completed my BA (Hons) Commercial Music Degree in 2011 and am currently working on my own material that i hope one day, will get commissioned for TV/Radio. I work full time in a school as a technician which helps me keep my passion afloat

As well as building a portfolio of material, i also produce. I have co produced with other artist's/groups as well as producing my previous band 'The Overdrafts' and am always looking for new projects to work on.


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Franklin Freshman grew up with various musical sounds, from soul , to Indie music. He first heard Hiphop, at the age of 8 when he was playing monopoly with family. The Fugees, was playing in the background. ‘Ready or not was playing and I was amazed by the beats and lyrics ‘. For an 8 year child, hiphop was interesting but it was later on his life that he decided to starting ‘’rapping’’. 

It was when a certain white hip-hop artist, called Eminem appeared on MTV with his hit ‘ Way I Am ‘, that this young teenager wanted to rap. At first, he was writing raw angry lyrics like the ones Eminem rapped. Then he got into So Solid Crew, DJ Luck Mc Neat and various other garage legends.  After this he started emceeing to Garage. This was when he was 12 years old. It was a few years later, that he would record his first song. This was called ‘ I’m amazing ‘, after playing a video game he gave himself the rap alter ego of Mazin. He had the lucky opportunity to record this song through a government funded youth initiative. He kept his head down and got a Business qualification. During break times, he would battle rappers and rap in cyphers. At that period, a new music genre was getting popular in his district called Grime. Grime was a mixture of jungle, drum & bass, hiphop and garage. With 140 BPM, so he started emceeing to Grime and was forming crowds of supporters. 

He decided to cut a single, at a youth club. Innocent produced it for him for about $25. This would go onto become his first ‘’hit’’ . Under his new artist name Glitz, he recorded ‘ Glitz In Tha Bitz’ . As soon as it was recorded he burnt loads of copies and distributed it in his local area. The track was popular and many people had it as their ringtone. Being young and naïve he didn’t understand the music industry so he didn’t pursue a record deal with the single. 

. The friend wanted his help to run the event and also to find music acts to perform live. This gave him a zest for music again after being quiet for a while. So the friend said, he should start going to open mics and perform. This lead to nearly a year and half of attending the open mic circuit. He had made a friendship with a hiphop DJ, who he attended open mics with. After Glitz changed to Franklin Freshman, since he felt it was time to grow up from a childish tag name. They were runners up, in the July 2012 ‘ In it To Win it ‘ music contest and the hiphop dj, helped pushed him musically to what you see today. 

The projects Franklin Freshman has released, are A Slice of Cake, Candy and Sunshine and The Free Soundcloud EP. The most recent, is his debut album, Seeking The Knighthood. He has released two singles from this album, the first being ‘Love Lost’ which achieved almost 5000 views on Youtube and the second Garage single ‘ Happy Days’. 

Franklin Freshman, is back In the studio working on new material.
Franklin Freshman, is a young talent with much potential. He abuses the English language to the extent he is poetic and lyrical. With intentions of blending new school and old school sounds together, he feels that he will create music that generations will listen to for a long time. He has various influenced from Bob Marley, Kayne West, Kano to R.E.M and Blink 182.

SMACKING SOME ROCK'N'ROLL BACK INTO THE POP CULTURE MESSINESS. 

James - Vox, Guitar
Nathan - Vox, Guitar
Matt - Drums
Darren - Bass

Followers of Rob Freeman.