Album drop! Out of this World by Neon Moonlight is now available.
What Out of This World is all about is
old and new technology coming together. With the explosion of tablets
in the last six years have come a number of apps and many being
synthesizers. The cost of owning all these would be thousands of
dollars but now just a couple of hundred. The particular ones that
got my attention first were the Korg apps, which is what all the
songs were produced on. These machines were something I could only
dream of back in the 80s and 90s. They were way out of the price
range I was able to afford. All of the sudden one of the most iconic
Korg keyboards, the iPolysix was available as a $20 app. So I
downloaded it and began playing around with it. Then I downloaded the
Gadget app which featured drum machines, bass synths and leads all on
an iPad. You could take it to the park, or out on the trail and write
music. It started out just playing around with these retro sounds,
then I began writing with some hip hop and dance artists who wanted
to incorporate those retro sounds into their songs. Next I began
writing some songs of my own, the first being '84 Time Warping, and I
sent it out to friends like I usually do with all the music I write
and they loved it. It was a surprise to me since it wasn't really
serious work. The more people I shared the song with the more who
loved it. A DJ I work with sent it to a label that does exclusive
songs for dance clubs around the world and they ate it up! I signed
on with them and they picked up a few more songs later on. I also
posted the songs on Reverb Nation where I quickly went up to top 10
in the world dance artists. Since, I've fallen but still remain in
the top 200.
Here it is folks, a year after I began
writing the songs on the iPad I have 13 of them on the album. Looking
back I remember how much fun it was to produce these songs. Thanks to
all my fans hope you enjoy it, and dance your ass off to it! I
remember those days when I was still in High School and I'd go to
Akron Music to play the keyboards, then I could only dream, but
now... It's here and it's out of this world!
The direction for the next album will
change somewhat as I introduce some more chill, deep house and songs
with vocals but don't worry, there will be plenty more of these songs
like you hear on Out of This World.
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