Category: In the Studio
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Gaining Momentum
About two weeks ago I listened back to all the songs and song ideas I have. I thought I was pretty much right at the beginning of the next album. Turns out, there’s quite a…
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Where I’m At
It’s been ages since I’ve been blogging or vblogging regularly. Over the course of the last year and a half I’ve started my business Sonic Bloom through which I teach music production with Ableton Live…
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vBlog #2 is up
After a delay of a week because I needed to recover from a Bronchitis, the next vBlog is finally up. Hear some of the now finished ‘Together’, ‘Aurelia’ and ‘Patchwork’ and see me play metallophone,…
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vBlog #1
The first vBlog is up. Hurray! The first of a long series. I’m already halfway into the next EP and album, but you can watch some of my previous work in progress in webcasts as…
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Midsummer in May
I’m sitting on my balcony after a truly brilliant day. After being stuck in the stuffy and hot office for two and a half days I felt really restless and needed to get out of…
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One done
Today I finished the first song, ‘Afterglow’. Just in time to shoot the ‘Making of the Song’ video tomorrow and edit it together with the recording footage. The video will be up on YouTube and…
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Stock-taking
I’m sitting on my couch, listening to the state of the songs I have so far. This is the second attempt at writing a catch up post, but the last was swallowed by WordPress for…
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Bloom’s Sound Collective
I had the idea last Christmas when I recorded the little message with the SoundCloud app. I love using field recordings, so I thought why not let others take part? SoundCloud makes it possible and…
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Remixed
This blog entry is all about remixes. FiXT Remix Vs Madeleine Bloom Tomorrow (Friday, July 16) the remix contest for Zero Tolerance will commence. The stems and all the info can be found at FiXT…
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Closeup No. 1: In Time
There are always people asking what sound is what somewhere in my songs. So how about a little making of blog post for each new song here? For now written, maybe later as little video…
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A Question for You
Hi blossoms, I’ve got a question for you. Those of you who follow this blog already know about Mingle – the Minutia Remix Project. The first 6 remixes are fantastic and waiting to be downloaded for…
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Minutia Digipak
The CDs finally arrived this morning. I took photos of the digipak which will be the standard edition so you can have a peek. I’m also planning on creating a handmade special edition limited to…
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Hobnox Finals
Surprise, surprise! The jury deemed me worthy and put me through to the finals in the Hobnox Evolution 2 competition. So please, give me your daily vote starting today until December 14: http://www.hobnox.com/contest/evo2/Madeleine-Bloom x
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Bloomy news
Finally there’s time for a day off and an update of all things bloomy. As planned I recorded some mbira for ‘A Little’. I came up with some really nice melodies, but they made such…
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It’s a tie
Alright, it’s been a long time since I’ve written a real update. There’s just so much else to do… but I promise to squeeze it in sometime this week. The Hobnox Competition is in its last week…
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Vote for me on Hobnox
I’m taking part in the Hobnox Competition where you can win 30.000$. The weekly winners automatically make it into the final round. So here’s my request: If you like the 5 new songs you can…
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Deadlines & Lifelines
I’m here at my parents and since there’s nothing much to do here tonight I thought I’d finally catch you up on what I’ve been up to. I don’t want to apologise for not writing for…
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M.I.A.
Yep, missing in action. The action being the finishing touches for the album. Sorry for being such a slacker. It’s for the greater good 😉 Drum roll: 6 songs finished. That’s half of the album.…
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Warblings
Been a busy bee singing singing singing. Then listening back and editing. I’m starting to get sick and tired of hearing my voice all the time. One day I love what I’ve recorded, the next…
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Ticking off boxes
Alright, it’s sooo time for an update. The three days on Usedom were great. Got some sun (and quite some freckles), hit the waves and relaxed. Three days without my music to gain some perspective…
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All over the charts
After writing last time I gave myself a four day break from my music. Spent the days cleaning and tidying up my flat (couldn’t stand the mess anymore), clothes shopping (it’s sale after all) and…
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Hermit in a Cave
Yep, that’s me. Busy trying to finish the album. It’s finally time for warblings and I’ve once again locked myself in the studio. And for the cave, well, since I neither have an acoustically treated…
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More loose ends
This week I’ve arranged two songs for other people in the same project as me with the music producer. This time he’d given me great songs that I’d listen to anytime. So it was pretty…
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