Hi guys,

in an earlier Blogpost, I talked about my summer setup. Well. I decided to slim it down and focus on one instrument - that strategy worked well with my previous liveset based on the Lyra-8. The main benefit for me is that I will learn this instrument much faster than having other gear in the setup I need to handle. So, my next liveset will be Solar 42F only - with a little addition: I added the BigSky Reverb so i can use a nice Delay on the Solar followed by a huge reverb (the Solar has actually 2 effect slots but the knobs change both at once which is a bummer ... so i went the complicated but save route).

"Here and Now" is the title of my upcoming performance. I decided to keep the setup minimalistic and I will play it only with the Solar 42F,…

Here are some insights with "Elastic Stage", a Vinyl on Demand Service that I used for my latest album. I shared these on Discord in another group I am member, but the thread content is vanishing fast and I wanted to keep this without further editing - its just pasted from the other forum.

First of all, Elastic Stage is a Distributor as far as I understood. The release gets a EAN number and the tracks get their own ISRC numbers, but you can put in existing numbers too so you can re-release older albums on ES.

The workflow is pretty straightforward - you enter Metadata, upload tracks and Artwork files, for these they offer easy Templates (Illustrator or PDF format). After that’s done, you create your artist page and a release page, this is a bit like every other online website editor, except it includes the vinyl offering automatically.

Just wanted to share this little gear tip. I was looking for a cheap solution to label my devices and cables with my name. I had it a few times they cables or adapters got lost on a table with gear of a group of musicians so I wanted to mark my stuff with sticker.

The available options at printing suppliers where a bit pricey, but luckily I stumbled across this cheap little thermo-printer. It costs 20 euro at Amazon and the stickers are customizable in their accompanying printing app.

Thought it might be helpful for some. Cheers :)

… from 59 Perlen :)