Updating.

I realize I am not the greatest at updating my blog, but I do come with great news about the year 2011 and what it has brought so Far. At this moment I'm currently listening to some sigur rós in the control room of my home studio on my new Alesis M1 active monitors. I picked up the pair for 100 bucks at the local sam ash and needless to say they are definitely starting to become the favorite for all of my engineering work. They are far more easy to dial in tones, plus they sound great for those nights when i'm forced to be quiet, but still want to listen to music/engineer. Now with the word engineering comes other duties. I'm expanding my repertoire and starting to move more and more into the Live realm so I can make some easy money/gain clients from shows. As well as general stagehand work and being a studio rat at the moment, i've decided that it's the time for me to really find my inner self and start writing those tunes that people feel. I'm experimenting more and more with live instruments as opposed to my usual approach of total electronica, but i've found a niché for the acoustic guitar and reverbrant vocals lately. I have posted some new things on my soundcloud and you are more then free to listen to them. A few friends of mine have constructed studios or are in the process and it's all looking wonderful from what i've seen. Soon many new artists and talents will be able to work within there budget, but with extremely talented engineers/producers. My goal is to make the best sounding records, not to make the highest profit. Money will come later, but let's focus on what we love here first. I have a notepad full of notes on bettering yourself everyday in the realm of career. It helps beyond belief and maybe i'll get around to posting these secrets. I guess the best secret, should be no secret. Know what you offer and why no one else has it. You have a supreme talent and soon you'll work with the right people. It's all on you to find those people. Sure things fall into your lap and you're blessed to work on great projects, but to truly go out there and hustle is all you. I say do it because you love it. Not for the money.

NEW SETUP AND GEAR

New Setup-
AD-DA Conversion
Digidesign 002
Behringer SRC 2496

Software-
Pro Tools 8 LE
Ableton Live 8 (suite edition)
Logic Pro 9

Peripherals-
EMU XBoard 49
Evolution UC33E Controller Surface
Pro Control for Iphone

Keys
Microkorg
Alesis Micron

Preamps
ART Tube MP

Compressor
dbx 166xl

EQ
Marantz EQ551

Plug Ins-
Melodyne, Waves Mercury Bundle, Lexicon Reverb bundle, Sound Toys, Arturia V Bundle, Native Instruments Kore

Monitors
Behringer Truth b2031A

Improved Workflow.

Been real busy as of late. Doing minor improvements here at Cue=Play. I have been out and about on the DJ scene again. Working up some real floor fillers. Lot's of new stuff going on with me. Almost done with school and still searching for a job! In other news I now have an official online flashpoint reel. You can check the reel out at it has some great examples of my latest works, including a sample of "Transportation". Which i'm still waiting to release, but it will be out soon. More updates soon. Too much to do, not enough time to write!

Working Working Working

Well the title says it all doesn't it? I have been working on a whole bunch of stuff regardless if it has to do with school or not. I just got back from spring break and Feel only halfway accomplished. I have most of my online portfolio done, but I have to do some minuscule edits for it to work. I am starting work on another EP. I have the title track done, but now I need to come up with alternates and/or find remixers to rework the track. Starting work with a new band and still building up Cue=Play. Saving up for more preamps. More stuff to be revealed soon.
-Daniel

Panels

So. I haven't updated. This is really becoming a problem, but anyways. Still working on those lovely Par Avion Remixes. The Remix EP will be out in May. Just Finished building some acoustic panels for Cue=Play. It wasn't too bad and it was less then 200 dollars so I can't complain and it fixed most of my flutter echo problems. Currently taking mixing and mastering class at gravity studios. I'm already learning so many great new techniques. I'm looking to buy more outboard gear, however I am broke and I still need to get my money from some equipment I sold. I'm planning on making some new instrumental tracks soon. By the way you can check out some of my material from 2009-2010 etc. at
and here are pictures of the panels I built this week. The insulation is Owens Corning 703 and it is covered in Red Burlap. Even though my friend wanted me to cover them in Purple Duck cloth.

Almost 10

So it's almost 2010 and we are about to embark on a new decade. This one has been pretty solid though. Lot's of great music. Lot's of great life. Lot's of awesome people. Anyways. I hope it was a good holiday for everyone. I acquired some new pieces of kit. The first of which would be the Macintosh magic mouse! I also got a pop filter finally! Anyways the par avion remixes are going great. I've just finished the song "plastic" it's pretty cool stuff. I used the vocoder in live to do some different stuff. Been on a 2 week break from school, but i'm already ready to go back. Finishing out the last of the winter semester. Then in spring it's on to mixing and mastering with Doug McBride at nine in the morning! No real exciting updates, but I might be in Future Music magazine!
Till next year,
Daniel Clayton Farnsworth

From The Trenches

So here I am yet again at 4AM. It's a blistering 9.7 degrees outside! Anyways it is now officially go time. I finally received my par avion master pro-tools sessions and have begun the editing process and brainstorming. In other recording news......I've started work on a new project with my former band mate Tony Weirig. We've decided to cut a 5 song demo/EP of some music. The reason I say demo is because i don't have enough inputs to mic up my drumset(SHAME). However I will be programming some sampled drums to make it somewhat human. I will also be playing every instrument except vocals, that is Tony's job. Recorded the first song today using nothing but Ableton Live and my ADA MP1 tube pre-amp. Sounds pretty amazing if i do say so myself. Well thats all for now, but I'm sure i'll have more news by the end of the weekend! See ya!