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gowildchild: What's The Free World Charter?: http://t.co/7jiaSQt7 #RT #Retweet if you think about a better world! Read, sign, share!

Mon, 28 May 2012 02:55:36 +0000

gowildchild: What's The Free World Charter?: http://t.co/7jiaSQt7 #RT #Retweet if you think about a better world! Read, sign, share!

gowildchild: @RuVle @Jordosss @PowNed Die man wilde gewoon een knaller van een verjaardagsparty voor zichzelf hebben ;) .... Geboren in > 2964 < ?!? :D

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:54:49 +0000

gowildchild: @RuVle @Jordosss @PowNed Die man wilde gewoon een knaller van een verjaardagsparty voor zichzelf hebben ;) .... Geboren in > 2964 < ?!? :D

gowildchild: dude, your voice made this song REALLY sexy! .. Woah! nice! (@YouTube http://t.co/P2gMK1cp)

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:39:02 +0000

gowildchild: dude, your voice made this song REALLY sexy! .. Woah! nice! (@YouTube http://t.co/P2gMK1cp)

gowildchild: AMEN! and; This counts for any (music) scene .. (@YouTube http://t.co/o1SjGb0x)

Sat, 19 May 2012 10:51:22 +0000

gowildchild: AMEN! and; This counts for any (music) scene .. (@YouTube http://t.co/o1SjGb0x)

gowildchild: Life, is about the little things, we do not dare to do,while often giving great results, but learning from the bad ones! #RETWEET

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:42:07 +0000

gowildchild: Life, is about the little things, we do not dare to do,while often giving great results, but learning from the bad ones! #RETWEET

gowildchild: I liked an @YouTube video http://t.co/zY4LQqmL Russia : Don't Go There. We Will Not Be Silenced - http://t.co/Cfsqyt5I

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:50:18 +0000

gowildchild: I liked an @YouTube video http://t.co/zY4LQqmL Russia : Don't Go There. We Will Not Be Silenced - http://t.co/Cfsqyt5I

gowildchild: The art of #PVP : Either you run with the flag, or you go to battle. Just don't do both! #WoW #RETWEET when you agree!

Sun, 13 May 2012 07:14:51 +0000

gowildchild: The art of #PVP : Either you run with the flag, or you go to battle. Just don't do both! #WoW #RETWEET when you agree!

gowildchild: Fortune Cookie: "You should not have opened this, to get good fortune!" ... [ #share and #RETWEET this #fortune #cookie with the world! ]

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:21:21 +0000

gowildchild: Fortune Cookie: "You should not have opened this, to get good fortune!" ... [ #share and #RETWEET this #fortune #cookie with the world! ]

gowildchild: Check out ACTA ; a proposal which is still being pushed towards Europe. This i (@YouTube http://t.co/A59OK3X2)

Wed, 02 May 2012 14:13:03 +0000

gowildchild: Check out ACTA ; a proposal which is still being pushed towards Europe. This i (@YouTube http://t.co/A59OK3X2)

gowildchild: Because some people copy, the entire world should be punished? The media indu (@YouTube http://t.co/A59OK3X2)

Wed, 02 May 2012 14:07:51 +0000

gowildchild: Because some people copy, the entire world should be punished? The media indu (@YouTube http://t.co/A59OK3X2)

gowildchild: My gaming experience comes in handy, when I die. In case the afterlife happens to be a prison no-one has escaped from before ;) #RT #RETWEET

Tue, 01 May 2012 13:42:40 +0000

gowildchild: My gaming experience comes in handy, when I die. In case the afterlife happens to be a prison no-one has escaped from before ;) #RT #RETWEET

gowildchild: "Open minds are the most dangerous for people in a closed society!" #WordsOfWisdom #RETWEET #openmind

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:22:58 +0000

gowildchild: "Open minds are the most dangerous for people in a closed society!" #WordsOfWisdom #RETWEET #openmind

gowildchild: Love, is a comfort ... against pain and solitude! #WordsOfWisdom #Love #RT

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:26:16 +0000

gowildchild: Love, is a comfort ... against pain and solitude! #WordsOfWisdom #Love #RT

gowildchild: "Politicians" - If you are not one of them, you're a victim! #RT #WordsOfWisdom

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:08:40 +0000

gowildchild: "Politicians" - If you are not one of them, you're a victim! #RT #WordsOfWisdom

gowildchild: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, the longest English word; supercalifragilisticexpialidocious been taken over by nerds?!:) #RT

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:42:05 +0000

gowildchild: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, the longest English word; supercalifragilisticexpialidocious been taken over by nerds?!:) #RT

gowildchild: Better to live on your feet, than die on your knees! #WordsOfWisdom #RETWEET

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:08:59 +0000

gowildchild: Better to live on your feet, than die on your knees! #WordsOfWisdom #RETWEET

gowildchild: Virtuality imitates reality, so many things in common because life is basically one mathematical mistery of connections. #RT #WordsOfWisdom

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:49:39 +0000

gowildchild: Virtuality imitates reality, so many things in common because life is basically one mathematical mistery of connections. #RT #WordsOfWisdom

gowildchild: My mailbox is such a slut, it accepts anything pushed inside, without hesitation, by anyone! #RETWEET if yours is too! #RT #mailboxlusts

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:11:09 +0000

gowildchild: My mailbox is such a slut, it accepts anything pushed inside, without hesitation, by anyone! #RETWEET if yours is too! #RT #mailboxlusts

gowildchild: It takes one of many, to find me, to love, on the planet.. "one of many" COOL, I've learned about db-relations in school! :) #RETWEET #RT

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:18:21 +0000

gowildchild: It takes one of many, to find me, to love, on the planet.. "one of many" COOL, I've learned about db-relations in school! :) #RETWEET #RT

gowildchild: I guess, nobody is perfect .. but then yet again .. where's the challenge, if everyone would be perfect? #RT #WordsOfWisdom #RETWEET

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:03:23 +0000

gowildchild: I guess, nobody is perfect .. but then yet again .. where's the challenge, if everyone would be perfect? #RT #WordsOfWisdom #RETWEET

Cheap CCTV monitoring with open-source and more!

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:54:55 GMT

CCTV Monitoring, against burglary and vandalism does not have to be expensive, if you know which hardware to get and how to get these gadgets work together in harmony. The Watchbot is a Apexis APM-J802-WS & Foscam FI89198W clone with an open architecture and dozens of possibilities. This article will get you moving around with your IP Camera in no time!

Cheap CCTV monitoring with open-source and more!

Freaking Wildchild — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:48:28 +0000

Watchbot (blue edition)

For the open-source freaks among us, you must know zoneminder and motion, both open-source packages, supporting a ton of cameras, ready to record and fill up your diskspace with cctv footage. For windows, there are solutions like ispy and some other gems. No doubt, there is good (motion detect) software available for the mac.

You’ll need a lot of diskspace and fitting cameras. Do mind, two usb cameras might already be using all of your cpu bandwidth when recording at 30fps; so most recordings are set to be 3-5fps in idle mode, 10fps in alert movement and 15-20fps in recording mode. 15 fps should normally do.

With (good) software, you also need good hardware. When using cheap budget cameras, the image quality isn’t often that great. It’s usable as entry cam; but for real cctv and security footage; you’ll need a cam which offers the needed bandwidth, export possibilities, fast and preferably which can Pan and Tilt.

A good camera, which can be accessed in a lot of ways, is the “Watchbot“, which is a camera for sale between 45â‚¬ and 160â‚¬. The best deals can be found on-line, through coupon deals. The best advice is to wait when such deal appears, to buy one or a few of these cameras.

It’s almost an exact clone with the Apexis APM-J802-WS and it’s board is also similar with the Foscam FI8918W. The watchbot has PTZ, night-vision, very quiet motors, available in several colors and shades, supports an external sensor and alarm and has wireless; but which does currently not support WPA/WPA2.

The Watchbot has a lot ofÂ ways to access the images and move it with PT (Pan & Tilt). Here are a few tips to start with:

ipcam CGI SDK v2.1 PDF
These cams can be used to control a device, like a garage door
To view a larger area, you can replace your camera lens
OpenIPCam Foscam firmware info

Advanced Tools, for the (hardcore) hacker (might invalidate your warranty!)

Foscam (clone) Utilities
IPCam hacking information
Beyonwiz BWFWTools
When things go wrong, bring it back to life

Access your cam in various ways:

[direct login] http://username:password@cam.ip/
[script login] http://cam.ip/apicall?user=username&pwd=password

View your camera through various of protocols:

[videostream] /videostream.cgi?resolution=X&rate=Y
[ASF videostream] /videostream.asf?resolution=X&rate=Y
[snapshot] /snapshot.cgi
[VNC] http://user:pass@cam.ip:port/videostream.asf
[PTZ] /decoder_control.cgi?command=PTZ

Use the PTZ (Pan, Tilt but no Zoom):

[MOVE PER STEP] /decoder_control.cgi?command=X&onestep=1
- X = 0: up, 2: down, 4: left, 6: right
[MOVE] /decoder_control.cgi?command=X
- To Start: X = 0: up, 2: down, 4: left, 6: right
- To Stop: X = 1: up, 3: down, 5: left, 7: right
- To Center: X = 25
[PATROL] /decoder_control.cgi?command=Y
- Vertical Patrol: Y = 26 : to start, 27 : to stop
- Horizontal Patrol: Y = 28 : to start, 29: to stop
[GET & SET Preset] /decoder_control.cgi?command=Z
- To STORE: Z = 30: preset 0, 32: preset 1, 34: preset 2, 36: preset 3, 38: preset 4
- To GET: Z = 31: preset 0, 33: preset 1, 35: preset 2, 37: preset 3, 39: preset 4
[IO OUTPUT] /decoder_control.cgi?command=P
- P = 94 to put IO output HIGH, 95 to put IO output LOW

For those not afraid of hacking, this camera is sure worth it’s value when you know where to look for where to buy and how to (ab)use.

To use this cam in iSpy, edit the XML and:

for Operator Mode: Add the XML block with id=”X” and change the X to the next available ID
for Read-Only PTZ: Add the XML block with id=”Y” and change the Y to the next available ID

<Camera Make="IPCam" Version="Watchbot" id="X">
 <CommandURL>/decoder_control.cgi</CommandURL>
 <Commands>
 <Center>command=25</Center>
 <Left>command=6</Left>
 <LeftUp>command=91</LeftUp>
 <Right>command=4</Right>
 <RightUp>command=90</RightUp>
 <Up>command=0</Up>
 <Down>command=2</Down>
 <LeftDown>command=93</LeftDown>
 <RightDown>command=92</RightDown>
 <Stop>command=1</Stop>
 <ZoomIn>
 </ZoomIn>
 <ZoomOut>
 </ZoomOut>
 <ExtendedCommands>
 <Command Name="Stop">command=1</Command>
 <Command Name="H Patrol">command=28</Command>
 <Command Name="V Patrol">command=26</Command>
 <Command Name="IO Output High">command=94</Command>
 <Command Name="IO Output Low">command=95</Command>
 <Command Name="Set Preset 0">command=30</Command>
 <Command Name="Go Preset 0">command=31</Command>
 <Command Name="Set Preset 1">command=32</Command>
 <Command Name="Go Preset 1">command=33</Command>
 <Command Name="Set Preset 2">command=34</Command>
 <Command Name="Go Preset 2">command=35</Command>
 <Command Name="Set Preset 3">command=36</Command>
 <Command Name="Go Preset 3">command=37</Command>
 <Command Name="Set Preset 4">command=38</Command>
 <Command Name="Go Preset 4">command=39</Command>
 <Command Name="Set Preset 16">command=62</Command>
 <Command Name="Go Preset 16">command=63</Command>
 </ExtendedCommands>
 </Commands>
 </Camera>

 <Camera Make="IPCam" Version="Watchbot readonly" id="Y">
 <CommandURL>/decoder_control.cgi</CommandURL>
 <Commands>
 <Center>command=25</Center>
 <Left>command=6</Left>
 <LeftUp>command=91</LeftUp>
 <Right>command=4</Right>
 <RightUp>command=90</RightUp>
 <Up>command=0</Up>
 <Down>command=2</Down>
 <LeftDown>command=93</LeftDown>
 <RightDown>command=92</RightDown>
 <Stop>command=1</Stop>
 <ZoomIn>
 </ZoomIn>
 <ZoomOut>
 </ZoomOut>
 <ExtendedCommands>
 <Command Name="Stop">command=1</Command>
 <Command Name="H Patrol">command=28</Command>
 <Command Name="V Patrol">command=26</Command>
 <Command Name="Go Preset 0">command=31</Command>
 <Command Name="Go Preset 1">command=33</Command>
 <Command Name="Go Preset 2">command=35</Command>
 <Command Name="Go Preset 3">command=37</Command>
 <Command Name="Go Preset 4">command=39</Command>
 <Command Name="Set Preset 16">command=62</Command>
 <Command Name="Go Preset 16">command=63</Command>
 </ExtendedCommands>
 </Commands>
 </Camera>

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Tribal Techno Heart - (Wet Departure)

20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 CET

Tribal Techno Heart - (Wet Departure) (03:55)

On album: Club Bass Experience [03]

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-12-01001 (genre: techno, progressive, tribal, IDM)

Tribal Techno Heart - Wet DepartureThis is a demonstration sampler. Please let me know if anything sounds ackwards to you or your soundsystem. Thank you

Track links: (PLAY NOW | SOUNDCLOUD | XML )

Need a harddisk upgrade? Best advice for 2012!

Freaking Wildchild — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:52:13 +0000

Want a so-much-needed hard drive upgrade? BEST advice for 2012: DO IT NOW!

Want a so-much-needed hard drive upgrade? BEST advice, for the year 2012: DO IT NOW!

The recent flood in Asia, has halted the production line of hard disks, for many hard drive manufacturers. This, combined, with the dollar going up; disks will be getting more expensive and will most probably increase with an average of 50%; as long [product availability < demand] towards a distributor. Distributors make their profit by buying larger bulk, while selling smaller bulk with higher marges, towards the retail sector. When a order cannot succeed, because of a products inavailability; the distributor will charge higher margins; creating a (temporary) domino effect in cost, straight towards the end-user. The distributor can only sell cheap, when the import price is cheap; which depends on the amount of available quantities.

The price will only regulate, when [product's demand < product's availability]. Less quantities are charged with a higher profit margin, to keep the flow of import/export running.

All hard drives, will increase in price on global level, by an average of about 50%; which can be seen in the table below.
This margin, caused by understock/no availability Increases the total price for external, assembled systems and laptops. [1]

According the media (tv), the increase in price will be only around 15-20%; which is to me, a very unrealistic guesstimate;
Lower margins are only granted, by a distributor, when the stock and availability of a product is high; to be sold in larger quantities.

If you want to upgrade your raid station; PC; external hard drive or network drive; this is the best time for the best value. It won’t get cheaper, for a long period!
If you live in Belgium, you have to consider fast, how and where to get your purchase, because of the recent introduced “Auvibel” tax; which has more details here [2] and here [3].

Q: For how long will this period last?

This trend usally keeps on for a longer period; till losses are regained, backorders are complete, contracts maintained and the availability of stock is fixed. This is not the fist time, when computer components raised in price; mostly, this happens with the dollar. This has happened several times, in the past with memory, disk drives, cpu’s and hard disks. Even the biggest companies like Intel, IBM and Dell has to deal with the aftermath of these disasters, essentially getting a huge shortage, big lists of backorders, halting projects, ever-waiting customers, contract breaches and stock shortages.

As long, the dollar keeps rising and stocks are maintained thru backorders; this price won’t change. Distributors buy large quantities of disks at current dayprice. If these quantities are not sold; the stock will be sold, at minimally, the price which was paid for that particular batch of disks at that day; before cheaper batches will be bought, dropping the price eventually towards the end-user. This process can take a while; depending how long backorders take, and, how long these disk-manufacturers need, to get back in full production status. The shortage of disks for several manufacturers, automatically raises the price and the length of period needed, before neutralizing again to normal market standards; although; a shortage of rare-earth materials might fix this current price for an entire while longer!

Q: How much does this shortage, affect the price?

The differences is quite noticeable, especially when ordering multiple disks (for server, nas drives, raid stations, …).
Prices at several of my distributors, changed over a few months, but, are based on distributors prices, round up.

These calculations show that hard drives, will increase in price, with an average of 50%; end-user price.

P r o d u c tÂ Â I n f o r m a t i o n		r e t a i l Â p r i c eÂ [end-user]Â (21% vat in)		total price	Quality &
Brand & Size	Specifications	before shortage	after shortage	change (%)	(Warranty)
WD Green; 1TB	SATA 3Gb/s 64MB cache 5400RPM	ret 56 â‚¬	[ok] ret 160 â‚¬	ret +104 â‚¬ (+65%)	consumer (2y)
WD Green; 2TB	SATA 6Gb/s 64MB cache 5400RPM	ret 80 â‚¬	[ok] ret 202 â‚¬	ret +122 â‚¬ (+61%)	consumer (2y)
WD Green; 3TB	SATA 6Gb/s 64MB cache 5400RPM	ret 152 â‚¬	[na] ret 207 â‚¬	est +56 â‚¬ (+26%)	[n/a] not available
WD Blue; 1TB	SATA3 6Gb/s 32MB cache 7200RPM	ret 80 â‚¬	[ok] ret 163 â‚¬	ret +83 â‚¬ (+51%)	consumer (2y)
WD Black; 1TB	SATA 6Gb/s 64MB cache 7200RPM	ret 84 â‚¬	[na] est 130 â‚¬	est +47 â‚¬ (+36%)	[n/a] not available
WD Black; 2TB	SATA 6Gb/s 64MB cache 7200RPM	ret 152 â‚¬	[ok] ret 305 â‚¬	ret +152 â‚¬ (+50%)	enterprise (5y)
WD RE4 (Raid); 1TB	SATA 3Gb/s 64MB cache 7200RPM	ret 119 â‚¬	[na] est 202 â‚¬	est +84 â‚¬ (+42%)	[n/a] not available
WD RE4 (Raid); 2TB	SATA 3Gb/s 64MB cache 7200RPM	ret 198 â‚¬	[na] est 279 â‚¬	est +82 â‚¬ (+29%)	[n/a] not available
Seagate Green; 1TB	SATA 3Gb/s 64MB cache 5400RPM	ret 59 â‚¬	[ok] ret 136 â‚¬	ret +77Â â‚¬ (+57%)	consumer (2y)
Seagate Green; 2TB	SATA 3Gb/s 64MB cache 5400RPM	ret 80 â‚¬	[ok] ret 190 â‚¬	ret +111 â‚¬ (+58%)	consumer (2y)

Additional details with these calculations:

When comparing the change in price; most of the hard drives have raised, between 50% to 65%, calculated at distributor level. The older stock of retail stores is set between 26% to 42%. Red numbers indicate a less-realistic margin; mostly based on older stock.

the period “before shortage” is a snapshot of (the past) september, 2011; with 21% tax;
the period “after shortage” is a snapshot of (the present); january, 2012 ; with 21% tax;
all prices are indications for end-users; calculated with a profit margin of 15%; which is a common margin for computer hardware in a store;

[ok] = Enough stock available; the retail price is based on the usual profit margin, used in retail (end-user) stores.
(ret) = the retail price, calculated with regular profit margins for products available in stock. This value is the most realistic.

[na] = shortage; with backorders. The import price is unknown, when not available thru the distributor. The import price depends on the daily price of the manufacturer.
(est)Â = an estimate price; the average, calculated over 10 different retail stores from Belgium. Some estimates will most likely double in margin, after new stock is ordered.

I choose a disk, with high reliability, offering the best data integrity; quality above cost which mostly means more warranty and less failures. My primary choice is WD, for over 15years. WD has the lowest failure/return rate, of all the brands i’ve used.

This steep increase in price, will affect end-user products, sold in shops through Belgium, to retain a minimal profit margin. External disks, but also PC’s, laptops and network drives will be affected by these margins. Many PC stores are currently selling assembled systems, with more expensive components, to disperse/mask the total cost of ownership; keeping the profit margins as high as possible.

When there is understock, the demand will be higher than the possible availability of stock [product demand > product availability]; increasing the margins towards a distributor which will increase the price towards the retail sector. Distributors only survive, by buying in very large quantities at very low profit margins between factory and distributor; so they can be sold towards the retail sector in smaller quantities with a higher margin.

The margin between distributor and retailer is very dependent on the availability of a product vs demand. A retailer might pull down it’s prices for a temporary moment, with less profit as result. When the availability gets higher than the demand [product availability > product demand]; the distributor gets the opportunity to buy in larger quantities, creating a window towards the retail sector, demanding much lower quantities. [4]

In short:

demand > availability : product cannot be bought in large quantities by the distributor, resulting in a higher bulk price.
availability > demand : product is available to be bought in large quantities by the distributor, resulting in a lower bulk price.

Q: Are there better alternatives for hard-drives, but Belgium?

Hard drives; unlike CD, DVD, Blueray and other (re)writable disks on the Belgian market; are available globally, with exactly the same quality and type of disk.

Some brands do sell refurbished, A-B-C products; although; this is impossible to prevent, by ordering outside Belgium..

To get quality, best choice will go to the “Enterprise” editions; offering longer warranty periods; better components and longer lifetime. Most of these drives got lower speeds to lower the heat dissapated from the disk; extending it’s life time considerably. For video-editing it’s adviced to have faster spinning drives (7,200/10,000RPM) because of the continues stream of large data. For audio, NAS, network drives, games, normal PC usage and some servers; a disk of 5,400 RPM is sufficient and mostly a better option with a longer lifetime.

There is however, one difference, with the products available outside Belgium; and that’s the price per terabyte; which will only increase every 1/2 to 2 years! [3 - link soon!]

Q: What about warranty terms and the differences in quality?

Western Digital & Seagate is changing the warranty period for their “Consumer” series from 3 years, back to 2 years. Only the “enterprise” models will be left with an extended warranty period. [4]

These companies claim it has nothing to do with the floods; although; the math is simple; when you know the price of a full production stop is enormous and an instant loss; till the production can start again. The scarcity of hard drives is not over, at the time of this article, many types are still unavailable for a longer period; because of backorders of hundreds of distributors, retailers and users; worldwide. This loss cannot be recovered because time cannot be turned back and production plants have to be in working order before supply can meet the demand. I do personally understand, these companies can’t supply more than they got in spare stock.

No production means no adding at this spare stock; warranty cannot be garanteed with the same quality; because not all products are available or in heavy understock. Consumer products will decrease in warranty length while professional/critical users can be garanteed a repair, for as long these products are available in their warranty/rma stock to switch. Often these stocks do contain refurbished disks; to keep the supply of products fresh when new and the after-sales of products refurbished, when under warranty. Refurbished disks are mostly disks with a replaced or fixed component; with the reliability of a retail hard-drive. I’ve had only one refurbished going dead; while I had more retail disks giving the pipe to Maarten…

Q: Are there any signs of details which might affect the working period and quality of a disk?

Based on more than 20 years of experiences with hardware, networks, storage and servers; clicks of death and fatal crashes; is to avoid ANY hard drive, which has been produced, between July and September.

I’ve had nothing but troubles with batches of any brand, year or size made in the holiday seasons. I’ve recently also got a confirmation from a distributor, which told me personally the reason of those bad batches in the holidays.

Q: How stable is the current hard-disk production at the source?

In july, 2011, Seagate has published their statements; but also a very interesting fact; where the material used in their hard-drives is getting more expensive, also, because the demand of Dysprosium (Dy) was higher than which could be supplied from China. A hard drive contains 2% of these magnetic earths and the margin has shifted by 20%. [6]

China’s exports are being restricted and we’ll very soon be looking upon a shortage of rare earths; probably this year and next. This means; the overall cost for production will be higher; margins will be smaller and disks will get more expensive. Seagate depends on their supplier, Molycorp to produce their hard-drives. [5] Dysprosium is used in two sub-assemblies, containing rare-earth permanent magnets (REPMs); which are deemed critical for the functioning of their harddrive. Without those materials, the spindle motor and voice-coil actuator cannot be build.

These rare-earth materials will rise in price, as soon there are shortages. With this current flood, we’re dropped into an economic climate, where companies need to do everything to get their production plant running again; because every minute of silence is a minute of heavy financial loss. I am afraid, the stability or price of the hard-drives will not drop for atleast a year or two; till these shortages have been dealt with; or no production will be possible. [7]

The price of computer hardware is a tight chain which starts at raw materials and ends at the end-user. The chain of computer hardware/margins starts at the factory delivering raw materials and ends at the user. There are atleast six chains, and each link requires a minimal profit. Sum all these margins together and you’ll end up at the final “marginized” end-user price.

When the first chain in production; would demand, for example a +5% margin because of naked shortages; disks would automatically raise in price by about 10%; because every next link, in this chain, has to pay the margins demanded, by the supplier in the previous link. The production plant can lower its margin, as soon, as supply is higher than demand. The manufacturer pays production costs; also with margins. When newer technologies, alternative materials or other rare-earth sites are discovered; the margin will be lowered again for this entire chain.

Supply and demand is the only reason why electronic products are cheaper than in the past; because the production of these devices has been automized, symplified and optimized towards mass production. Years ago, electronic devices were soldered by hand; which caused these products to be very expensive; because the profit margin was too low with this handwork. As long the extraction of raw materials, keeps running at a steady pace with a fixed profit margin and the production plants keep producing at maximal quantity; these products will be cheap. As soon as the chain of production fails or is broken; the chain of distribution will pay the final bill; ending with you, the end-user.

chain of production: raw materials > production plant > Manufacturer

chain of distribution: Manufacturer (export) > Distributor (import) > Retail > End User

Q: Where can I find more information about these topics?

[1] Laptops en PC’s worden duurder (VTM Nieuws)
[link] http://vtm.be/nieuws/binnenland/80402-laptops-worden-duurder
[2] Protest! Auvibel taxes killing indie artists! (more links available on this page)
[link] http://blog.gowildchild.com/2010/01/protest-auvibel-tax-2010/
[3] How Belgium, murders own culture & the future legacy of pure Belgian Art! – article in construction!
[link] Coming Soon!
[4] WD & Seagate cuts hard drive warranty lengths (@Storage Review)
[link] http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_and_seagate_cut_hard_drive_warranty_lengths
[5] Dysprosium oxide offer skyrockets in the west
[link] http://www.asianmetal.com/news/viewNews.am?newsId=750861
[6] Seagate, rare earths and the wrong end of the stick
[link] http://www.techmetalsresearch.com/2011/07/seagate-rare-earths-and-the-wrong-end-of-the-stick/
[7] Seagate blames a bubble in rare-earth prices for causing a margin squeeze.
[link] http://seekingalpha.com/article/281103-seagate-blames-a-bubble-in-rare-earth-prices-for-causing-a-margin-squeeze

I hope, you had an interesting read about the internal kitchen of production towards distribution, and, understand the current raise in prices; since everyone gives and needs a part, because everyone has a bit of work to get the final product delivered to the end-user or customer. Profits are very shallow for distributors and will in turn get shallow for the retailer. The retailer doesn’t decide the “minimum” price of a product but the entire production & distribution chain does fix a minimum; where the retailer can add his margin; acceptable for his/her clients.

Don’t expect your disks to be a lot cheaper, in the shop around the corner, because, the initial problem lies (almost) at the source …

With the best wishes,

Freaking Wildchild.

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A lot of times, I've tried to capture this one moment. The lorderon sign invading the alliance!

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Basteyum

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Cat on the train!

UV lit bed!

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UV lit bed gives a special spacial effect; might be used as one of my "covers" for my cd boxes :p

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TribaTechnoART - (Deep House Edition)

10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 CET

TribaTechnoART - (Deep House Edition) (05:23)

On album: Club Bass Experience [04]

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-01015 (genre: techno, progressive, tribal, IDM, deep)

Triba-Techno-ART a gentle mix of house, tribal and techno with a punchCreated using dBlue Glitch, Euclidean Sequencer, MV-8800 and mental brainpower.This is a demonstration sampler. Please let me know if anything sounds ackwards to you or your soundsystem. Thank you

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Tips and Tricks for Cheap Studio Solutions

Freaking Wildchild — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:45:48 +0000

For over fifteen years, I’ve been collecting huge amounts of music (on wax) and music-hardware to mix, create, produce & master. My heart has always been dedicated to (production) hardware. I have had many long (frustrated) nights when software mostly didn’t give me acceptable results, often shoking the creative flow to a halt and lots of unfinished projects. As computer programmer; I’ve got a love-hate relationship with PC’s and have been creating custom applications to easen my life; but for heaven sake; not for music production anymore.

I’m glad, I’ve made the step to stay with hardware;Â the learning cycle, by experimenting with sounds and possibilities is endless…

[1] Hardware -vs- Software (emulation)

That aside, many software offer “emulations” of (older) studio hardware, while the actual process between components is missing in action and in no sense to be compared to “the real thing”. The emulation “sounds like it”, but its digital counterpart is in essense a lot different compared to the analog original; often expensive to buy because the components are custom-made, produced (by hand) to hear the difference.

What studio hardware can do, no software can do with exactly the same result; because digital mixing and mastering has a few hard-core limits which analog does not have; like for example peaking/clipping; a digital signal can never be above 0dBFS; while an analog signal will bleed out in its own body. Most of the devices in use are analog, but of them got digital connections, to keep quality loss at a minimal, while allowing digital content to conserve its original recording without quality loss.

[2] New, less common hardware with only limited PC support

Another problem with few hardware devices, is the lack of ongoing support to products which has been end-of-life for years.

When you plan to buy any device, old and new, always check the brands webpage for their support towards discontinued products or search Google for any known compatibility issues with their past products. Some equipment requires an older Windows 3.1, 95 or Apple computer to access. Newer products are often discontinued even before a new operating system is put available on the market; creating compatibility issues with (any) newer operating system.

Famous products got forums, information and software available, created by their users, to keep the experience alive.

[ 3] Old Hardware is worth golden!

Akai Samplers & Orange Table

Most of my hardware has been maintained by me. Older machines are mostly more reliable and longer usable, mainly because the components and production process of these workhorses, was meant to last for long.Â Also; the components are easier to replace and soldered with *real* solder, instead of the current enforced junk giving connection issues at solder joints with our modern electronic equipment, mostly because the components get warm after extensive use. Present, all common electronic equipment is considered “throw-away”.

If you are interested in the creative art of music; you should check out a few (older) analog workhorses, before selecting its digital clone; machines like the Akai S3000XL (Sampler), Fostex D-160 (Multitrack recorder), Neve 33609 (Compressor), Roland A-880 (MIDI Patchbay), Alesis FD1 (Datadisk) and many more, are available on the second-hand market and often even cheaper than any product available on the market.

[4] Handy? Cheap!

When you are handy with electronics, or, know anyone able to fix electronic equipment; you can make the best deals. Like my Akai S3000XL, which had a broken backlight, power supply and IO card. The broken components were fixed, swapped and retrofitted towards a better energy compliant machine (with a brand new fitting supply) to be one of the better machines in the studio. Another cheap treasure, my Fostex D160 had a disfunctional controller when sold to me for 12000 Bef (300 Euro). It has been fixed entirely by buying another (second-hand) same model for 60 Euro, which had a broken case and no control panel. For the price of 360 Euro, I’ve got a professional studio 16 tracks multitrack recorder, for many years to serve with spare parts aside to fix this machine till eternity.

[5] Think Mobile

Patch-Cable protection box (v2 opened)

The last few years, I’ve combined all my equipment together, forming the solid base of the music studio and added newer hardware to the mix, to be production and mastering ready. Not a second of remorse collecting these miracles of the past; loved by some, undervalued for many and overvalued by their owners; but with good reason.

I’ve stored these gems inside flightcases, to be protected against the elements; but more; I’ve made the preparations in these cases by modulizing functions per flightcase; like

a flightcase for Effect Units, Mastering, Digitalizing and Recording. Every flightcase is equipped with a powerstrip and patch panel. Everything is prepared in modules for easy connectivity at a stage. This same convenience is needed inside the studio!

[6] Don’t be cheap with cables!

Self Made Patch-Cable Protection (v2 - in use)

Don’t make the same mistake like I did and buy your cables bulk-and-cheap; because in a small period, you’ll have to replace them all anyways, unless you like analog static in your recordings? Unless; you check and replace your cables regularly.

This doesn’t mean you got to sell an arm, a leg, a kidney or two, and, get your studio equipped with Monster cables. Just take a good look to the quality of the connectors, pull resistance and material of cable and plugs. Gold-plated has an advantage; it will not corrode as fast as a metallic one; insuring a clean connection at all times.

Not to be taken lightly; Have a spare of each cable in-use, when hell freezes over!

[7] Don’t go entirely digital, but prepare..

Today, everything is digital; but; it also has its perks and downsides. An analog signal has the possibility to blend in the mix without real quality loss; except sometimes distortion. A digital signal has no possibility to go beyond 0dBFS; which will convert the peak to a flat line at 0dBFS. It’s sure a good idea to prepare your studio with digital expansion; so files which were already digital can be used in pristine quality, without loosing quality by carrying the signal. We live in the digital revolution; but always remember; Analog is good!

Patch-Cable protection box (v1)

Not all digital products have the same quality and often convert Analog to Digital and vice-versa. The quality of digital components have a big influence towards the end-quality of your mix. Keep digital and analog available but separate. If your PC or Television set and your studio are connected; use an AD/DA converter with optical cable to prevent ground-loops causing hum and signal radiation.

[8] Be Creative! Cheap Studio Solutions

Some cheap materials, available in the supermarket, which can be useful in a studio:

Ikea has a lot of materials, 19″ size (and usable in a studio) with a very professional appearance.
There are various brands of plastic Flightcase Racks available; considerably cheaper but more fragile than wood with live usage!
Use big egg-baskets or foam as bass-traps; Vinyl records can be a good bass-trap too.
Always label your cables going from device to patchbay to prevent connection issues; use sturdy labels which cannot fall off.
Supermarkets are your friend; get a few sturdy plastic cutting boards and use them as temporary underlay for items!
Protect unconnected leads from touching other live connections, preventing equipment malfunctions; a piece of foam is a cheap solution.
A few wooden plates can offer lots of space for your desktop devices.
A few iron hooks against the wall (used to attach wooden boards) can be used to store your synths and keyboards; usable, clean and safe.
Put a small paintbrush in your studio and clean your knobs and materials with it once a week.
Rubber pads need maintenance; keep dirt away from them!
Velcro can be your friend, usable as cheap, reusable (therefor environmentally friendly) to tie cables together and is available in rolls!
Patch-Cable protection box (v1 - in use)
Document important changes of your studio in a logbook; you’ll thank yourself later when you forgot to label your cables..

[9] Holidays, gatherings and sweepstakes..

Wait till the holidays arrive to get better discounts. When products are renewed; the older editions are often put available for a cheaper price before the new model is out. Patience is a virtue; check out for second-hand bargains, which will allow you to upgrade your studio with more power for less money; but think for future expansions.

[10] Protect your electronic materials!

I’ve had a lot of material going to lightning; literally. Induction, power brown-outs, spikes and direct lightning are the silent killer for your electronic materials. It’s strongly adviced to add a heavy-duty UPS system to protect against most of these attacks against your precious equipment. A small studio can be put on a 2000-2600VA system. A Line Interactive UPS is highly recommended, as extra protection against incoming anomalities.

Your machines can be protected very easy against theft by using laptop-locks and/or reinforced cable-locks, with metal glue-plates and a few padlocks to bundle the cables together, to deter a thief from succeeding any attempt. A laptop lock with alarm can be a nice addition, to annoy your neighbours with 120dB of chirping …

Protect your wires from tripping or getting damage, use Velcro strips; available for a low cost per roll. Also available pre-cut; alas; more costly.

That’s all folks!

This article has been created, to share my experiences over the last few years to help (new) artists to be ready and prepared!

Peace! FWC

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Slave of Bass! - (Seven AM IDM Edition)

27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CET

Slave of Bass! - (Seven AM IDM Edition) (08:19)

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-01012 (genre: techno, progressive, tribal, IDM, Cover)

Slave of Bass - Seven AM IDM EditionCreated using dBlue Glitch, Euclidean Sequencer, MV-8800 and mental brainpower.This is a demonstration sampler. Please let me know if anything sounds ackwards to you or your soundsystem. Thank youlyrics:Get on your knees,Thats better,lets see,I wanna see you soft and sweet,Its been a long time since youve been soft and sweet, and funk,well, thats what you gonna be tonight, with menow, do you know, why you are heretell me do youwell, I see you dont...youre here, for your training,your training, to be my sex slave,and you know the only thought, that youre to have, while youre with me, is, what I want, repeat what I want repeatThe other thought youre to have,is how best to give me, what I want,so, now you have two thoughts,one what do I wanttwo how best to give it to meand, were going through a little rich one,to make you mineYour toughts are mine,your body is mineyour soul is mine,you belong to meYoure going to feel like never before,Your only tought, Is methere now youre my slaveAre you scared I can tellYou should be scared,Because soon, youre going to get a spankingI dont know you if you spectate before,or which way you love it ,Since this is your first time,youre going to get a sweet one, and its going to stay ...are you readyFollow Me,Feel My HandLyrics are based on Slave, Seven AM by Trickpony Adapted, produced and vocalized by Freaking Wildchild.

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Lick My Bass! - (Technotica IDM Rolling Edit)

19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CET

Lick My Bass! - (Technotica IDM Rolling Edit) (08:23)

On album: Club Bass Experience [20]

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-01011 (genre: techno, progressive, tribal, IDM)

This is a complete reborn of the original Lick my Bass and fully remodelled towards the tribal, electro, clubbing techno scene This track contains a lot of techniques Ive learned through the years and is a combination of tribal, techno, IDM and rolling energetic music Some of the instruments have been controlled through Euclidean Sequencer an easy way of visualizing and sending MIDI notes towards the MV-8800 sequencer for os X. The second part where everything goes haywire around 3:20 is a separate mixdown of the jungletoms effect, pulled through a convulse reverb then glitched up with dBlue Glitch to get the IDM stutter effect.This is a demonstration sampler. Please let me know if anything sounds ackwards to you or your soundsystem. Thank you TODO - Bass needs to be warmer Back to the drawing board with the compressor..

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Lick My Bass! - (Long Ice Trance IDM Edition)

09 Oct 2011 00:00:00 CET

Lick My Bass! - (Long Ice Trance IDM Edition) (08:18)

On album: Club Bass Experience [04]

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-01010 (genre: deep trance, progressive, IDM, tribal)

This is the first exportmixdown straight from the MV-8800 and will be finally mastered, fixed finished in the future.129BPMs and energy ready to rock your soul and bodyPlease, let me know how natural this bass sounds on your soundsystem. It should be a warm tribal beat with synth-lines ready to dominate.I tried to save as much as possible of the rolling bass-line, saving dynamics to still get that pumping effect.If the clappers or white-noise is too loud or the bassline is too flatheavy on your soundsystem please: let me know. Im testing and learning new techniques of compression and limiting especially for rolling rhythms.

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My Chocolate Cookie, OR! - Video Edition

15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CET

My Chocolate Cookie, OR! - Video Edition (07:29)

On album: SerieXL DJ Tools [10]

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-32C-11-00990 (genre: techno, progressive, industrial, IDM)

This is a preview-master of This Is My Chocolate Cookie, OR by Freaking Wildchild.Please test on a heavy sound-system and let me know how the result is .. thanks

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This is my chocolate cookie, OR!

freakingwildchild — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:10:06 +0000

	This is my chocolate cookie, OR! An animation bound to sound and sound bound to animation ; all made with the Motion Dive .Tokyo Console, MV-8800 and the Sonic Cell. This is the first export/mixdown straight from the MD-P2 and might be fixed & finished in the nearby future. The theme of the song is about chocolate and greed; a basic for war..	From: freakingwildchild Views: 100 0 ratings
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Anonymous Bass Addict - (preview)

11 Sep 2011 00:00:00 CET

Anonymous Bass Addict - (preview) (07:01)

On album: Club Bass Experience [04]

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-00995 (genre: techno, progressive, industrial, IDM)

This is the first exportmixdown straight from the MV-8800 and will be finally mastered, fixed finished in the future.Contains variable speed almost at the raging end going to 132BPM for a minute and back to 128BPM ... Please let me know how this sounds on your soundset for further improvements thanks

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I Wanna Club Forever!: 1. Keep em Moving

2011-09-01T12:00:07Z

Ready to pump your soul to the next dimension!

I Wanna Club Forever!: 2. Tripped the Bass

2011-09-01T12:00:06Z

The art of punch and a rolling bass-line, combined with a pinch of Progressive Trance and addictive Synths!

I Wanna Club Forever!: 3. Sleazy Beats Dealer

2011-09-01T12:00:05Z

I Wanna Club Forever!: 4. Beats 'n' Chips

2011-09-01T12:00:04Z

I Wanna Club Forever!: 5. Clubbin' Acid Jazz

2011-09-01T12:00:03Z

I Wanna Club Forever!: 6. Sleazy Aphrodisiac

2011-09-01T12:00:02Z

vocal credits to Amy Gedgaudas

I Wanna Club Forever!: 7. Roswell Parks Flying Dish

2011-09-01T12:00:01Z

The final master will be for the near future ...

I Wanna Club Forever!: 8. Super Math Potion Mayhem!

2011-09-01T12:00:00Z

Enjoy!

My Chocolate Cookie, OR! - (preview)

31 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CET

My Chocolate Cookie, OR! - (preview) (07:29)

On album: Club Bass Experience [09]

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-00990 (genre: techno, progressive, industrial, IDM)

This production consists of a VIDEO CLIP and this PREVIEW release.The Video-clip is an animation bound to sound and sound bound to animation all made with the Motion Dive .Tokyo Console, MV-8800 and the Sonic Cell. This is the first exportmixdown straight from the MD-P2 and will be finally mastered, fixed finished in the nearby future.Please let me know how this master works out on your soundsystem for further improvements..The theme of the song is about chocolate and greed a basic for war..

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Karma Diet - preview version

26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CET

Karma Diet - preview version (06:57)

On album: Club Bass Experience [11]

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-00940 (genre: techno, progressive, industrial, IDM)

Track links: (PLAY NOW | SOUNDCLOUD | XML )

Super Math Potion Mayhem - preview version

15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CET

Super Math Potion Mayhem - preview version (07:59)

On album: Club Bass Experience [10]

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-00960 (genre: techno, progressive, industrial, IDM)

Super Math Potion MayhemThis is the remainder of what I had in the sequencer reworked vocals through the Glitch sequencer. The first version was neat, but since its lost bloody thieves together with the laptop and the FD sequencer I have to comply with this version.

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Roswell Parks Flying Dish - preview version

14 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CET

Roswell Parks Flying Dish - preview version (06:39)

On album: Club Bass Experience [08]

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-00910 (genre: deep house, progressive, IDM)

Roswell Parks Flying Dish--- This is the remainder of what I had in the sequencer reworked vocals through the Glitch sequencer. The first version was neat, but since its lost bloody thieves together with the laptop and the FD sequencer I have to comply with this version.

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Euphorus Chordus - preview version

04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CET

Euphorus Chordus - preview version (05:54)

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-00810 (genre: deep house, progressive, IDM)

-- IN PROGRESS -- This track will be fixed, tweaked and mastered in the future. The MP3 offered through Soundcloud seems to have lost its sparkle and dynamism.

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Break the Code - Wildchild's delicious IDM sandwich

01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CET

Break the Code - Wildchild's delicious IDM sandwich (08:39)

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-20200 (genre: deep house, progressive, IDM)

This track is in honor of all ignorance on this planet with permission from the vocalist.128bpm with a variable bpm around 2:30

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I need YOUR musical finger!

Freaking Wildchild — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:29:37 +0000

I’ve used two premium keys (only three free keys per year) at indabamusic.com and have submitted two creations, combined with vocals of Gregorian Chants by New York Polyphony. Therefor, I need YOUR help. In return, you will get a peek in another dimension inside me and you get the opportunity to push this song towards the world for your pleasure! The voting will end after 14 days. I cannot stress this enough, every vote counts and there can be only one winner.

Please, listen to the song(s) and throw your vote in the ring.

Maybe you’ll hear your next favorite track? .. Who knows?!..

I’ve not been creating that many remixes or covers; because I wanted to be original at first; although; I have found out remixing can be a great challenge of (re-)creating great existing works by pure brainpower, respect and of’course feeling with the original track. The experience was more educational and very fascinating; bringing up almost a dozen of new techniques to use with trip-hop, lounge or easy listening and deep sounds.

Restyled my Sunshine (Beati Mundo Corde Filtered Edition)

Return to Nature (IDM Edit – Victimae Paschali Laudes)

In return of your time, I’ll give you all background details creating these tracks!

You don’t have to like the song or genre, although it is recommended; and if you like the track(s); it sure will make me VERY happy to get a bit of recognition around my creativity with hard work, two premium keys and introducing new techniques and knowledge to create original breaks; and to hope to rock your boat, through a global culture without color or language to understand called music!

1. The experience.

These sounds were heaven on earth to work with. There was not a single time I was bored of hearing those chants .. over and over ..

I’ve used a few new techniques in both songs and have been using my breath quite creative as break. The breathing was an accident, when I heard myself breathing like freak through the microphone with volume fully open. Don’t look wrong at me but, I liked it; So I’ve been recording my breathing as crazy, created additional voice samples and selected the best sounds to be used in these new productions for this contest.

I am even thinking to ask these fine guys to collaborate later, without the stress of a deadline, competition and the possibility to work more together to intermix the old glory of these magnificent chants with modern styles and techniques. If you are reading this, NY Poly; I am sure up for such challenge and got experience to burn and replenish; that’s for sure!

2. Materials used.

The song is created entirely from scratch by the use of a Roland MV-8800, Electribe, MC808 and Sonic Cell as soundbanks. The samples were converted and imported directly in the MV-8800. The “Beati Mundo Corde” mix was a lot more challenging, because all IDM effects were created by hand on the MV-8800.

The samples were cut-up in little pieces and used as stems & stutters by using the Machine Gun Roll on this sequencer, which sounds (and is!) a lot more controlled, realistic, less technoish and more accessible towards Trip-Hop/Loungy productions.

The “Victimae Paschali Laudes” Track has a little piece where I have resampled the vocals through dblue Glitch for stutters and other IDM effects.

3. Samples and male breathing …

The voice samples and the breathing in the “Beati Mundo Corde” remix are entirely freshly created at night, on a Perception 200 microphone.

The lyrics or better say, the few lines are:

Free your mind, your body and your soul
See … The Sunshine!
Open your heart!
My male breathing without obligatory telephone call!

4. What about the song titles?

The titles were chosen by an earlier concept, which I’ve created a dozen of years ago called “White Sessions”. Let me elaborate.

I am convinced, every human has two or even more sides without earning the stamp “wacko” or “crazy”.

The “pure” side ; where all purity and innocence is saved as much as possible; The “Inner Chile”; which should not be corrupted and preserved as is!
The “dark” side ; where not everything is as pure and innocent anymore, which can be classified to the more darker side of the cupboard; do you know your dark side?
The “challenging” side ; where man gets attracted by the quality of its talent, which also has an “unknown” side; because you are never too old to learn new ways to skin a cat!

“White Sessions” is the pure side, containing pure sounds ; maybe even heavenly in some occasions. “Dark Sessions” are not that pure anymore; “Challenges” are a case apart and tend to vary according challenge…

“Return to Nature” (Victimae Paschali Laudes) was created with nature in mind. Think light, free and fly on the music. The chants were very naturally to say the least. At the final part, the vocals were stacked upon each; using the chants as stems. This technique has also been used in a different way in the “”Orchestrated my Sunshine” edition.
“Restyled my Sunshine” (Beati Mundo Corde Filtered Remix) is a rename with of “Orchestrated my Sunshine” (Beati Mundo Corde Sunny Remix) which is in essence the same mix, without the restyler used on three separate channels and .. The sun was my guide! These “Sunshine” tracks are created with the curtains fully open, with the sun taunting me with its warmth.

5. What about the filtered mix?

The last submitted track at Indaba was the “Filtered Mix“, because indaba conveniently crashed-and-burned in the last 10 minutes of hectic mouse-torture; so the “Filtered Mix” (which was originally created as bonus track, for IDM/Filter/Acidic Lovers) has become the main contest entry… Bummers!Â The first edition of this song was called “Free Your Heartbeat (NY Poly Beati Mundo Corde Premier Edit) but the newer Sunshine editions were (my personal opinion) dozen times better in quality regarding production, design and techniques used.

This Filtered Mix was created entirely by hand on a Restyler from Sherman Labs and cannot be done the same way twice; because this box of tricks has no MIDI or any automation; only buttons and lots of christmas lights!

6. Please, vote! Thanks!

To win this contest ; there can be only one. So; please spare a minute and vote (via indaba!) one or both tracks into the world; I’d already thank you for over a dozen times; could even kiss you on the forehead! Thanks!

The two submissions (click to open new window/tab):

Restyled my Sunshine (Beati Mundo Corde Filtered Edition)

Return to Nature (IDM Edit – Victimae Paschali Laudes)

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Restyled my Sunshine - NY POLY Beati Mundo Corde Edition

16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CET

Restyled my Sunshine - NY POLY Beati Mundo Corde Edition (06:31)

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-98013 (genre: remix, acid, progressive, lounge, IDM)

A different perspective upon the Beati Mundo Corde gregorian chant - remixing competition.The kicksbeats are filtered using a Sherman Restyler by hand.This is the Special EditThis remix is created for Indaba Contest 291http:www.indabamusic.comopportunitiesbeati-mundo-corde-remix-opportunitysubmissions59196Enjoy

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Orchestrated my Sunshine

14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 CET

Orchestrated my Sunshine (06:30)

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-98012 (genre: remix, trip-hop, progressive, lounge, IDM)

A different perspective upon the Beati Mundo Corde gregorian chant - remixing competition.This remix is the clubbing mix Deep House Edition - track by Freaking Wildchild Vocals by the NY PolyThis remix is created for Indaba Contest 291http:www.indabamusic.comopportunitiesbeati-mundo-corde-remix-opportunitysubmissions59196Enjoy

Track links: (PLAY NOW | XML )

Flickr fsckng up my stream from unknown source?!

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:26:25 GMT

When you think your photos are safe at Flickr; think again. Flickr (from Yahoo) has definitely done a great job in security... NOT! Today, I've received a lot of photos in my Flickr photostream of people, bodies and objects, which I have absolutely nothing to do about.

Flickr fsckng up my stream from unknown source?!

Freaking Wildchild — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:35:39 +0000

When you think your photos are safe at Flickr; think again, seriously. Flickr (from Yahoo) has definitely done a great job in security… NOT!

Apps Using @ Flick'r

Today, I’ve received a lot of photos in my Flickr photostream of people, bodies and objects, which I have absolutely nothing to do about.

I’ve already changed my password, disconnected any application access and yet, still, I am receiving extra photos from an unknown source directly into my Flickr account. I have tried to dial Yahoo three times at their expensive US number +1 866 5627219, with as only result a few disconnects because of high volume.

How to stop this madness? I seriously wouldn’t know.

Sharing & Extensions @ Flick'r

Not only this is a disaster in security; it’s also a disaster in PR at my side; some of these photos appear to be promoting drugs ; this on my public artist account.

So, Yahoo, If you read this, what are you going to do about this madness before it really demolishes my reputation entirely by stray content; not only to complain about the copyright infringement by posting other photos, than my own, on my profile!

The flickr-upside-down image was created as satire, since my flickr-world has been literally turned upside-down!

I am astonished & deeply concerned how this will end.

update 24/11/2011 : I have been asked by Yahoo, to explain the situation again ; I’ve not replied anymore, am going to delete those photos; they had enough time to do their forensics to my opinion.

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Aegean - Wildchild's IDM-n-glitched mix

24 May 2011 00:00:00 CET

Aegean - Wildchild's IDM-n-glitched mix (05:18)

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-98001 (genre: remix, house, progressive, trance, IDM)

This remix is created for the Pesto contest of Jon Silvahttp:www.pesto.de2009rmx2011index.htmlEnjoyThis track has been created with pure hardware sources are saved for tweaks...

Track links: (PLAY NOW | SOUNDCLOUD | XML )

Free Your Heartbeat - Beati Mundo Corde

20 May 2011 00:00:00 CET

Free Your Heartbeat - Beati Mundo Corde (07:05)

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-98011 (genre: remix, trip-hop, progressive, lounge, IDM)

Enjoy this submission where I had to dig deep inside myself to get this one done ...This remix is created for Indaba Contest 291http:www.indabamusic.comopportunitiesbeati-mundo-corde-remix-opportunitysubmissions59196Enjoy

Track links: (PLAY NOW | SOUNDCLOUD | XML )

Weird Connections – free download!

Freaking Wildchild — Tue, 17 May 2011 07:08:51 +0000

Welcome to the life of a girl, which gets the absolute-worst telephone nightmare ever and trying but failing to escape from it. This is the first production which was made without the hardware in my studio. For once I’ve took the courage to fight the ever-crashing-animal of steel called PeeCee!

Download at Freesound.org: 160k mp3 | 320k mp3 | Soundcloud.com: 128k mp3

weird-connections / wildchild +

Samples used in this track: 104712 | 104753 | 104758 | 104865 | 107738 | 21409 | 32731 | 34301 | 50493 | 60753 | 72257 | 73758 | 86329 | 86386 | 86390 | 86445 | 86448 | 86461 | 94628 | 84639 @ freesound.org

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Return to Nature edit - Victimae Paschali Laudes

17 May 2011 00:00:00 CET

Return to Nature edit - Victimae Paschali Laudes (05:30)

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-98010 (genre: remix, trip-hop, progressive, lounge, IDM)

This remix is created for Indaba Contest 290http:www.indabamusic.comopportunitiesvictimae-paschali-laudes-remix-opportunitysubmissions58656Enjoy

Track links: (PLAY NOW | SOUNDCLOUD | XML )

SuBBaSS Terrorist - The Album

freakingwildchild — Mon, 16 May 2011 22:24:38 GMT

freakingwildchild posted a photo:

This is the official album cover of SuBBaSS Terrorist ! - made in Playdoh!

SuBBaSS Terrorist transparant

freakingwildchild — Mon, 16 May 2011 22:08:53 GMT

freakingwildchild posted a photo:

For those who like to use, credits are due to my Flickr page!

SuBBaSS Terrorist Logo

freakingwildchild — Mon, 16 May 2011 22:08:52 GMT

freakingwildchild posted a photo:

For those who like to use, credits are due to my Flickr page!

SuBBaSS Terrorist TNT

freakingwildchild — Mon, 16 May 2011 22:08:51 GMT

freakingwildchild posted a photo:

For those who like to use, credits are due to my Flickr page!

SuBBaSS Terrorist BIG Speaker

freakingwildchild — Mon, 16 May 2011 22:08:49 GMT

freakingwildchild posted a photo:

For those who like to use, credits are due to my Flickr page!

Sleazy Aphrodisiac - IDM Edition

13 May 2011 00:00:00 CET

Sleazy Aphrodisiac - IDM Edition (07:37)

On album: Club Bass Experience [05]

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-00710 (genre: Deep House, club, IDM, progressive, trance)

Track links: (PLAY NOW | SOUNDCLOUD | BUY NOW | XML )

I Wanna Club Forever ! [out soon | preview]

artIStweet — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:08:18 +0000

I wanna club forever!
the Club Bass Experience‘

Because deep-bass and wicked synth riffs can be that addictive!’

Dedicated to clubby-muddy-crunchy-IDM bass powered tracks!

‘You don’t need drugs to be hypnotized!’

Progressive Techno, electro, clash, deep and trance will are the ingredients of this album ready for your enjoyment!

(warning: contains addictive, juicy beats. Sleazy, beafy kicks-n-beats await you for a hypnotic session)

This all created and mastered in the studio of Freaking Wildchild!

sets club-bass-experience by wildchild +

Official Link:
play.gowildchild.com/album/club-bass-experience
club-bass-experience.rss | Freaking-Wildchild.rss

Get me at:

This album is not out yet; sampler preview !
Worldwide: Bandcamp

Label: Freaking Wildchild
Projected Release Date: q3-2011

Catalog ID: 9008798056521

Sleazy Beats Dealer - IDM Edition

12 May 2011 00:00:00 CET

Sleazy Beats Dealer - IDM Edition (05:50)

On album: Club Bass Experience [02]

by Freaking Wildchild
isrc: BE-Q32-11-00610 (genre: Deep House, acid jazz, IDM, industrial)

Track links: (PLAY NOW | SOUNDCLOUD | BUY NOW | XML )

Is our society too rich for the poor?

Sat, 07 May 2011 18:09:02 GMT

Food gets thrown away and destroyed by our farmers; while food shortages are imminent by the homeless!?

SuBBaSS Terrorist: 1. I'm a SuBBaSS Terrorist!

2011-05-05T12:00:07Z

This track is the intro track of the new album "SuBBaSS Terrorist", where you don't need to use real explosives to get loud and addictive booms!

The acapella versions are freely available, through freesound.org!

SuBBaSS Terrorist: 2. Rhythmic Flush Royal

2011-05-05T12:00:06Z

This Track makes your speakers vibrate!

SuBBaSS Terrorist: 3. Fight The Powar (Final Judgement Edit)

2011-05-05T12:00:05Z

Fight The Powar also has a Youtube Clip at www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwIAyAcCVOw

SuBBaSS Terrorist: 4. Break'A'Bass Teaser Trailer

2011-05-05T12:00:04Z

Just a small piece of my roots and the construction of vibes!

SuBBaSS Terrorist: 5. Dark Descent Teaser Trailer

2011-05-05T12:00:03Z

Just a glitch of whats waiting in the real track!

SuBBaSS Terrorist: 6. Shake The Rhythm

2011-05-05T12:00:02Z

SuBBaSS Terrorist: 7. La Di La - IDM Edition

2011-05-05T12:00:01Z

SuBBaSS Terrorist: 8. Tropical Entity - MegaMIX

2011-05-05T12:00:00Z

I’m a SuBBaSS Terrorist!

artIStweet — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:57:45 +0000

SuBBaSS Terrorist

I’m a subbass terrorist!

“Terrorism is such a hype, it should be for sure exploited in musical art form!”

Point your ears, test your speakers; for those craving on sub-bass; there’s an exploding release lurking at ya!

Technelectroclash-and-deep electronic sounds coming to terrorize your senses below 50hz!

“You don’t need bombs to get booms!”

SuBBaSS Terrorist logo

warning: do not overdose with this sub-bass medicine by listening it too much. You should listen to this album, preferably as loud as possible in a residential area.

This production took over 3 years of deep creativity to be finished.

Techno, electro, clash, deep and trance will are the ingredients of this piece of art ready to thrill your ears and mind to the fifth dimension at the right.

This all created & mastered in the studio of Freaking Wildchild!

RELEASE DATE : Quarter 2 / 2011
(preview version)

sets subbass-terrorist by wildchild +

Be sure to checkout the previous mix of SerieXL v2 at www.idmix.us !

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Fight The Powar - Final Judgement Video Edit

freakingwildchild — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 09:04:14 +0000

	Fight The Powar - Final Judgement Video Edit Hi Quality Edition - Best played at loud volume! Welcome to this new mix-breed progressive, trance/techno/tribal, electro track, which will definitely rock your boat! I'd say this one lays much into progressive house-technoish but you tell me ! ;) The song name is clearly towards senseless wars .. The song itself is dedicated to my mom, happy birthday at 5/5! This version has been called the "Final Judgement Edition", because I just couldn't pick a way with what I've wanted. So after eight versions, my good luck hit me to finish this great one as ninth, which is this final edition, and the best of the stack. SuBBaSS Terrorist! "You don't need to be a real terrorist, to make loud booms and get the best explosions!.. Terrorism is already hyped up that much, it should be exploited artistically too!" This track will be available on the album "SuBBaSS Terrorist" with many other killers of tracks, ready to be discovered soon. An album dedicated in the creation of songs you'll FEEL!	From: freakingwildchild Views: 249 2 ratings
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Mastering a SuB-Bass Terrorist!

Freaking Wildchild — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:14:09 +0000

SuBBaSS Terrorist

Mastering is preparing a track or album for the general population. Not only cleaning up the track but also preparing it, to be as transparant and juicy as possible on the most soundsystems available on this planet. A mixdown might sound great in studio settings, but the final master still has the final prerogative to make a track to be a winner.

Since the loudness war is going on, a lot of cd’s have been mixed at maximum volume, but often without any room for dynamics to let the track breathe a little. I wanted to preserve as much as possible while not loosing my playing position in the loudness war where louder gets more appreciated. Loudness without loosing quality is the major important key here.

Since a SuB-BaSS Terrorist is happening mostly in sub-bass (around 50hz), I had to keep in mind this track should not loose any of its potential which it has been created for. The theme was to support low undertones, which you would not only hear, but also feel!

All mixdowns of the album have been created at -6db, to leave enough overhead towards final tweaking, to prevent any distortion.
The low-shelf lies on 30Hz and basses are final cut at 25Hz, where it’s mostly rumble and generally annoying wobble.
The high-shelf lies mostly around 5-10kHz, some tracks have artificial glitches on the background which needed to be preserved.
Anything higher is not going to brighten it up that much.
the multi-band compressor was set up around low: 50hz, mid: 140-400Hz and high around: 2.5kHz depending the track.
The ratio has to be set quite high depending which Bass-Roll used; mostly around 1:8 to 1:16 to preserve details and prevent over-sterility.
The limiter has been set at -2db, in order to support any format – CD and MP3.

This has been perhaps one of the best challenges to date for me and required me to get up-to-date again with the art of mastering, to work with sub-basses while preservating the best of the tracks towards systems, often not supporting (any) sub-bass because it requires a sub-woofer to play -45hz tones.

This album can be best enjoyed at high volume, but is already prepped up to be sounding great on an i-pod as well!

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I’m a SuBBaSS Terrorist!

artIStweet — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:27:09 +0000

SuBBaSS Terrorist

I’m a subbass terrorist!

“Terrorism is such a hype, it should be for sure exploited in musical art form!”

Point your ears, test your speakers and subs, for those craving sub-bass; there’s an exploding release lurking at ya!

Technelectroclash-and-deep electronic sounds terrorizing your senses below 50hz!

“You don’t need bombs to get booms!”

warning: do not overdose this sub-bass medicine by listening too much. You should listen to this album moderately but preferably as loud as possible in a residential area!

This production took over three years of deep creativity to be finished.

Techno, electro, clash, deep and trance will are the ingredients of this piece of art ready to thrill your ears and mind to the fifth dimension at the right.

This all created & mastered in the studio of Freaking Wildchild!

Support the artist, buy this album at your favorite store:
(More links are soon available as this album is released to the respective stores)

Worldwide: Amazon | iTunes | BeatPort | Napster | Rhapsody | JunoDownload | play.com
SuBBaSS Terrorist logo

Alternative: BandCamp | DJdownload | thesixtyone| discogs

MusicLoad: Switzerland | Germany | Australia

Germany: Weltbild.de | Media markt | Medion music | Musicload

Denmark: TDC Online

Nederland: Mediamarkt

Finland: meteli.net

Japan: Amazon

Swiss: Ex Libris

sets subbass-terrorist by wildchild +

Be sure to checkout the previous mix of SerieXL v2 at www.idmix.us !

Catalog ID: 9008798016723

PDF link:
play.gowildchild.com/album/subbass-terrorist.pdf

music is a way of art and eternal life in one string of a vibrant eclectic life,since this is part of my knowledge and feeling to the world …

SerieXL volume 2 out now!

artIStweet — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:42:28 +0000

SerieXL Volume 2

Duality

If you did not have enough with the first volume, refill yourself with the extended volume 2 where A Lost Generation meets strange hypnotic power of a Zygyzy, El-Sonica shakes you with Three Hands towards Mental Distortion, to finally get towards the Turning Point of a few UWO‘s landing on earth, to proove Music Beats All!

Shake with ice and use as fresh as possible to keep the beats preserved.
Contains no additives. Control Hypnotica now to avoid sleepyness.
If the text made you psychadelic yet; the tempo will sure do so!

This all created & mastered in the studio of Freaking Wildchild!

Support the artist, buy this album at your favorite store:
(More links are soon available as they get added to their respective stores)

Worldwide:
iTunes | BeatPort | Napster | DJtunes | JunoDownload | play.com | trackitdown

Alternative: BandCamp | DJdownload| ebay | physical cd, in dvd box (later!)

MusicLoad: switzerland | Germany | Austria

Germany: mp3.de | Weltbild.de | freenet.de | Media markt | Medion music | Musicload

Denmark: El Giganten | TDC Online

Finland: meteli.net

Swiss: Ex Libris

sets seriexl-v2 by wildchild +

Be sure to checkout the full mix containing some of these songs at www.idmix.us !

Audi(o) Stream - Freaking Wildchild

freakingwildchild — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:31:05 +0000

	Audi(o) Stream - Freaking Wildchild This was my entry for the Interface contest in 2009. The music, voice and foley (background noises) are by me. The video is from FC Walvisch. With all due respect. Enjoy!	From: freakingwildchild Views: 103 1 ratings
	Time: 00:53	More in Music

Shut Up and Lick With Me!

freakingwildchild — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:05:46 +0000

	Shut Up and Lick With Me! Whatever you are thinking about the title, this video has innocent licks of two cats on this world. If you are not an animal lover, you should skip this; so you won't complain about wasting your time about two animals on your screen! Basteyum is the Tabbie and Cascade is the "lapjeskat" in Dutch. If you are not an animal lover, I'd suggest you not to spend your time watching to this, because all you will hear is one of my own soundtracks with two adorable cats! Cascade, +/- 1yr, has her own basket to "do that" which you see in the beginning in. She will demand all attention; it's basically either pet her and watch or she'll demand you to... The second half of the movie is with Basteyum; he's quite relaxed with her licking him but doesn't often happen vice versa. Sometimes a nice thing to see when they are washing eachother, because peace and friendship start with a little thing...	From: freakingwildchild Views: 549 3 ratings
	Time: 09:23	More in Pets & Animals

Poppers in the airco!

Freaking Wildchild — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:13:23 +0000

The storyline is about a guy sitting in a bar, having lots of fantasies and finding out to wake up in his bed alone, with an empty bottle of poppers in his airco! So .. Who put ‘m there?

Poppers in the airco!

Sitting in a local bar in Tahiti,
All warm, cozy, hot and steamy ..
Just ordered a Pina Colada at the bar,
At the nearest relaxing spot in the evening starâ€¦

There he was, a beautiful boy on the beach,
Anywhere but here and out of reach â€¦
But I just ordered my drink at the cute girl of the bar,
Leaving now would probably leave a war!

Next, sitting comfortable in the lounge,
Cute girl and boy next to me on the comfy couch,
Got that chilled, fresh Pina Colada in my hands,
They look both at me, without knowing their plans!

Then, suddenly, everyone was getting naked,
Including the the boy, the girls, the boys, I must not be awaken!
This brought me a bit out of line,
And I havenâ€™t been on the wine!

There I am, lying all sweaty on my bed,
The buzz is feeling all tingly in my head,
Canâ€™t remember anything how I got here in the first place,
All alone, no naked cute boys and girls, Thatâ€™s not ace!

I landed back in real harsh reality,
Suddenly, I left that buzz of pure fantasy,
Until I came to the realization,
Who the freak put those poppers in the ventilation?!

This song is currently under production; it might be neat to have a vocalist talking in this text with some aroused feeling.

Anyone talking English up for the job?

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Protest! Auvibel taxes killing indie artists!

Freaking Wildchild — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:46:02 +0000

Open Letter: Dear Mister Minister, Mr. Van Quickenborne,

Common Rights

The growing digital market has been glowing with possibilities for any artistic talent to create works, show and distribute them towards the world, for fairly cheap prive and in the most alternative forms imaginable. There are even alternative licenses on the market, like the known Creative Commons platform, which allows more around copying and distribution of protected works. This doesn’t need the artist to join artists-right organizations, while claiming all rights away with a signature and being limited with the promotion and distribution and more of her/his own works.

Technology has strived forward with micro-components, where the known walkman has become nothing larger than the size of a cigarette lighter. It is because of this digital age around micro-technology, that the passion to create music has never become so easy and cheap, through digital recording methods. Although, a work in production will take a lot of space, LOTS of space; mostly even more than 20x of a finished piece; because of all separate tracks (multitracks), samples, formats and extras involved with the production of such.

Still, it is not to be ignored that in the 20th century, works are being copied illegally; even on larger scale. That’s why there has been the start-up of Auvibel; the organization collecting taxes on all writable media like CD’s, DVD’s, K7, minidisk etc. This tax has to be paid by every end-user in Belgium, even when the media has been used only to store own works on. The collection of this money goes to rights-organizations. This is very bad to digest by many Belgian artists, because they are not getting any money of this entire operation, unless we sign away our rights to such rights-organizations like Sabam.

It doesn’t stay with this, Auvibel will start at 1 february 2010, to collect a tax on all disk drives, memory cards, usb-sticks, mp3/mp4 players and set-top boxes.

So, we, producers of the new digital world have to pay more taxes on media which we are using exclusive to store and manipulate our own works; while this tax benefits only a small amount of artists, the members of a “rights organization”. Also very important, newer devices like sequencers, samplers, sound modules use memory cards, disk drives and usb-sticks massaly by the dozens, which all will be taxed soon?

Why, does the indie artist have to pay for the lost income and compensate for the other artists, while we can’t even have the same arrangement and only have to caugh up money? We don’t even get a chance for adoption for other license terms with these rights-interest organizations and we are already getting taxed for more giving away money to these organizations not wanting to support us without draconian signout deals.

There are a lot of Belgian artists not wanting to connect to a rights-organization like Sabam, for variour reasons:

They won’t get a choice what can be done with their own works regarding distribution and conditions;
Different new distribution methods are being taxated with the old stamp;
Sabam artists cannot create free music without being collected (CC, freeware);
You can’t burn your works on CD to promote yourself without paying their own tax;
Because of the agressive tactics this organization has (party’s, cafe’s and CC usage);
Works under your own name are automatically property of Sabam; even if the artist does not want this

In the US there is a system where “Creative Commons” licenses work together with “Copyright Control”.

This is already adopted by very known artists like Radiohead and NiN and is in discussion with our neighbour countries , the Netherlands and France; so why can our own Belgian artist can’t be him/herself, without being mentally forced with their own works? This shouldn’t be a trap but a challenge for our Belgian talents.

Maybe, it’s urgent to change things from the past towards the future, because the current business model of a license on cd, is not anymore the only product available on the market. They changed the business-model slightly in the US, because the cat is already out of the bag since the digital age has allowed quick production and reproduction. Artists can choose their own license and distribution model, where they are quicker motivated to connect to a rights-organization defending their believes without shooting themselves in both feet.

European stores are very afraid to sell/export their storage-media products to Belgium, because of the strict regulation of import by Auvibel. This has changed our market to only a few familiar brands to be available in the Belgian stores, making it impossible to get better and designed cd’s and dvd’s without being outside the country. The market is very closed with this, where Belgium looses a lot of income with the use of new technologies which our neighbour countries already have for some time on their markets.

By charging this tax, you will punish the common artist of the future and you won’t leave a positive image, that our new, innovative digital world and it’s social happening gets embraced and supported, which the Belgian culture and market will only helps to get bigger. Our neighbour countries already have given a nice signal towards their artistic talent and I hope little Belgium will do the same towards the entire creative happening of audio and video.

As end, here a few links:

I am convinced that my letter will give you some insight towards a revision of your decision, hereby I sign,

yours sincerely,

Gunther Voet;

Freaking Wildchild.

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SerieXL v1: 1. Nightboy

2009-11-11T12:00:04Z

This track is about a boy who gets his regeneration through the evening and the night ... sortof a clone of my style of living ....

SerieXL v1: 2. Control Hypnotica

2009-11-11T12:00:03Z

Control Hypnotica ... You will be under my control!

SerieXL v1: 3. Turning Point (IDM Voices)

2009-11-11T12:00:02Z

One of the turning points in techno production in the FWC studio ...

SerieXL v1: 5. DragonFireFly

2009-11-11T12:00:00Z

One of the ancestors of Troyboy ...

SerieXL volume 1 out now!

artIStweet — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:02:40 +0000

SerieXL vol.1

SerieXL Volume 1

The beginning

Travel beyond the end of the world and meet Nightboy, Troyboy at any given day through the Rage of 1976 to find the ever glowing DragonFireFly to be running away from day to night beyond the Conflated Sunshine.

You’ll meet the Turning Point of deep trance and lounge while getting the true kick with 100% techno enhanced Technolium to Peskiez those neighbours! This all created in the studio of Freaking Wildchild!

If this text didn’t get you to higher grounds yet, this music sure will! Mastered in the FWC studio!

Support the artist, buy this album at your favorite store:
(More links are soon available as they get added to their respective stores)

Worldwide:
iTunes | BeatPort | Napster | DJtunes | JunoDownload | play.com | trackitdown

Alternative: BandCamp | DJdownload| ebay | physical cd, in dvd box (soon!)

MusicLoad: switzerland | Germany | Austria

Germany: mp3.de | Weltbild.de | freenet.de | Media markt | Medion music | Musicload

Denmark: El Giganten | TDC Online

Finland: meteli.net

Swiss: Ex Libris

sets seriexl-v1 by wildchild +

Be sure to checkout the full mix containing these songs at www.idmix.us !

Lost Music Generation

freakingwildchild — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:16:56 +0000

	Lost Music Generation An artistic representation of our current society around arts and our current limitations with copyrights. Rights are diminishing as we speak. The first half contributes negative, while in half the text will be played back towards the positive side ... Artists .. it's time to wake up, stand up to protect your true creative values ... or loose it forever! It will be controlled by only few on this planet, making up your artistic menu which you will be able to hear, see, feel, smell and buy! Read these articles about ACTA now: - blog.gowildchild.com - www.boingboing.net	From: freakingwildchild Views: 351 2 ratings
	Time: 04:08	More in Entertainment

Conflated Sunshine (mv-8800, sonic cell, efx and electribe)

freakingwildchild — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:50:58 +0000

	Conflated Sunshine (mv-8800, sonic cell, efx and electribe) Listen to this new Belgian (deep) trance production with a kick bringing you to the higher grounds! This is the youtube edition which is remixed from the original by Freaking Wildchild. Created with the Roland MV-8800, Sonic Cell, Motion Dive, Korg Electribe, K49 and Behringer effects.	From: freakingwildchild Views: 1229 8 ratings
	Time: 08:57	More in Music

IDMovie (DirtIDM) Intelligent Dance Music

freakingwildchild — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:45:43 +0000

	IDMovie (DirtIDM) Intelligent Dance Music IDMovie is the audio/visual outsprung of DirtIDM; a new track by Freaking Wildchild. By combining audio with visual elements, I'm trying to create a new concept. For those who do not know what IDM (or Intelligent Dance Music) means, please check out blog.gowildchild.com ! Comments and votes please! This movie is an artistic representation of an audio-visual artist! All audio-visual content is created by Freaking Wildchild and is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-NC-BY license. Other versions of this song are available at blog.gowildchild.com	From: freakingwildchild Views: 1064 4 ratings
	Time: 04:24	More in Music

DirtIDM (Calypso Remix)

freakingwildchild — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:46:06 +0000

	DirtIDM (Calypso Remix) This movie is an artistic representation of an audio-visual artist! All audio-visual content is created by Freaking Wildchild and is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-NC-BY license. Another version of this mix is available at Soundcloud at www.soundcloud.com	From: freakingwildchild Views: 1686 1 ratings
	Time: 03:56	More in Music

IDM stands for Intelligent Dance Music

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:52:58 GMT

IDM is not a 3 letter acronym for a supersecret agency, disease or drugs! Maybe its one or another kind of brian drug; like playing cards, games, reading and listening music are brain drugs too! In short, IDM means Intelligent Dance Music; the '90 rage curring up samples, repeats, distortions and glitches in music making it fuller. go Read & Play!

SerieXL: 1. Deviant Words

2009-02-15T12:00:02Z

Deviant Words, a deep trance rather emotional track created with the MC-808, Akai-3000XL and Sonic Cell.

It will be included soon on the SerieXL album

SerieXL: 2. GottaGetOut!

2009-02-15T12:00:01Z

GottaGetOut, A versatile track with a lot of punch; also available at Youtube with video!

SerieXL: 3. Reality Core

2009-02-15T12:00:00Z

Reality Core, a deep-trancy hypnodelic creation from the depths of the Freaking Wildchild mindset, ready to knock you through the breeze of the basic elements, the chapters of Freestyle Norms, Reality Core and Stop-n-Go!

A multilanguage song containing vocals in English, French and Dutch with the persuative influence of true reality.

Especially for the deep trance electronic addicts, ready to rock your boat with this super-long edition!

Manifezto (GoWildchild remix) - "The Making Of"

freakingwildchild — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:37:49 +0000

	Manifezto (GoWildchild remix) - "The Making Of" Manifezto (GoWildchild Remix) by Freaking Wildchild using a SP-555, MC-808 & Kaosspad to produce. I've went in touch with some CD's of Indochine a while ago & fell immediately in love with "Manifesto, Les divisions de la Joie"; So I had to remix it in tribute to this awsome group, Indochine, who made the original! If you like, please rate! Thank you! It'll motivate me to continue producing other formats into new electronic treasures!	From: freakingwildchild Views: 954 9 ratings
	Time: 07:51	More in Music

SerieXL v1: 4. Lost Music Generation

2009-01-11T12:00:01Z

Youtube video available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yefwoEIhW4o

This is a track to shake everyone up, to awake now and react before it is too late. Don't let your media be controlled by a few on this planet!

The ACTA is getting discussed in secret as we speak, which could affect us, artists a lot too in the distribution process which needs to be free to choose .....

More info about this at blog.gowildchild.com/2009/11/get-ready-to-acta and

Deviant Love (EN)

freakingwildchild — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:16:49 +0000

	Deviant Love (EN) What happens when the heart rules art? ...	From: freakingwildchild Views: 555 5 ratings
	Time: 05:14	More in People & Blogs

Deviant Love (FR) Version Francais

freakingwildchild — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:20:12 +0000

	Deviant Love (FR) Version Francais Ce résultat au moment où le cœur prend le relais de l'art!	From: freakingwildchild Views: 290 1 ratings
	Time: 05:14	More in People & Blogs

Gotta Get Out (GottaGetOut!)

freakingwildchild — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:57:22 +0000

	Gotta Get Out (GottaGetOut!) GottaGetOut, a new playful deep-house/trance track accompanied with audio/visual kaleidoscopic 3D effects of studio materials at the exact moment this track was created in the Freaking Wildchild studio. This is the 10m limited Youtube edition; The full-length audio track is available at wildchild.amitville.com ! Enjoy and please rate/comment ! Thanks!	From: freakingwildchild Views: 281 1 ratings
	Time: 10:00	More in Music

elephants on the Run (pitched-up!)

freakingwildchild — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:59:17 +0000

	elephants on the Run (pitched-up!) Elephants on the run is an audio-visual synchronized experimental project by Freaking Wildchild. It's a little tribute to the Elephant Parade before in Antwerpen. The music is "Three Hands" included on SoulXploder, the latest album by Freaking Wildchild. Be sure to rate this video to motivate Freaking Wildchild to create more ! :p This version is the faster "youtube" version, to look to the original, please go to video.google.com	From: freakingwildchild Views: 149 1 ratings
	Time: 09:12	More in Music

Reality Core (The making of)

freakingwildchild — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:58:31 +0000

	Reality Core (The making of) There are newer productions ready to be listened at blog.gowildchild.com ; check those out! Current newer reference release www.idmix.us ! This release is here for historical purpose on-line; since it's the first try-production to be on-line. Some people like this production so it'll stay on-line in respect for those.	From: freakingwildchild Views: 9672 70 ratings
	Time: 10:00	More in Music

SoulXploder XL: 1. The Sim Effect (Retaks Edit)

2008-09-01T12:00:00Z

The Sim Effect, Retaks Mix was created with a special person in mind ...