December 31st, 2009 by ollspin
After more than 10 years in the game I regret to inform you all that due to various reasons I have decided to hang up my headphones for the last time. I can’t sum up the years in a tiny blog post, so all I would simply like to say is this … massive respects going out to everyone who I’ve worked with over the years and all those keeping the scene alive today. I’ll be keeping this site live purely for archive purposes. As of today (New Years Eve 2009) it will no longer be updated. I hope to see you around on the dancefloors in the clubs, down the pubs and at the festivals for many years to come. Take it easy everyone. Ollspin signing out!
September 17th, 2009 by ollspin
At the end of September I will be taking part in the Bristol 10k run for Cancer Research. I have been training hard and keeping a weekly blog at my fundraising page. My fundraising target was originally £100, then raised to £200, I tototally smashed that so fingers crossed I can raise £250 maybe more! If you have any spare pennies to donate to this very worthy cause please head on over to my fundraising page to make a donation. Thanks!
September 12th, 2009 by ollspin
I have finally had enough of spending hours and hours sorting through my tunes and burning off loads of CDs every time I play a gig, so decided to bite the bullet and go with a laptop and controller setup.
After seeing it in action and having a fiddle about with it I decided to go for an M-Audio Torq Xponent. Managed to get a b-stock unit from the lovely helpful people at Digital Village for under £300, which is nice.
So far I am pretty impressed with the unit and software. The jog wheels feel similar to the Pioneer CDJ 100. The buttons are a soft and spongy but responsive. The faders are ok, good enough for my style of mixing. There are loads of knobs to twiddle and flashing buttons to press, although at the moment I haven’t got a bloody clue what any of them do!
Over the next 4 to 6 months I won’t be taking on any gigs (other than the few events I already have booked in) or putting out any fresh mixes whilst I take my time getting to grips with the new controller and software. I’ll be back gigging proper and recording plenty of mix tapes in early 2010.
April 20th, 2009 by ollspin
Latest photos of our rats, Dudley and Murphy, being uber cute as always!
February 21st, 2009 by ollspin
Some snaps of our rats Dudley (brown/black) and Murphy (white).
