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About Me

RedCar is a little project of mine that I started a few years ago when I got frustrated with what I was hearing in the clubs. It seemed that back then the genre had gotten a bit stagnant, and I decided that I would go about creating music that I would want to hear - at least enough to fill a CD. That was the short term goal.Since then, I believe things have gotten alot better as there now seems to be alot of new bands doing alot of interesting things, and getting access to new Industrial / Goth / Synthpop music seems to be getting easier and easier...Nevertheless, I am sticking to my goal... It's gone a little slower than I had hoped - but I really try and make sure what I put out there comes from true inspiration, rather than just popping out a catchy tune or hook. But that can get a little hazey if a song is taking too long to write... Best thing is to give a listen, and see if you like it...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/20/2005
Band Website: WWW.TheRedCar.com
Band Members: Christopher Smith- there may be others soon that I colaborate with, as I like to do that, but so far, this has been mostly a solo project...
Influences: VNV Nation, Peter Murphy, Wolfsheim, Depeche Mode, Mesh, De/Vision, Nine Inch Nails, Camoflage, Red Flag, Anything Box, Die Form, Dead Can Dance, Siouxsie, Switchblade Symphony, Lush, KMFDM, Bigod 20, Duran Duran, Delerium, Bel Canto, Apoptygma Berzerk, The Cure, Danny Elfman, Erasure, Nitzer Ebb, OMD, Soft Cell
Sounds Like: I've been told I sound alot like Assemblage 23 - which I have taken as a compliment, but was not the intent. I draw alot of inspiration from Depeche Mode - basically I try and layer and create complex sounds and mingle them together in weird arpeggios or riffs. Wolfsheim and VNV Nation also are big influences, as well as Nine Inch Nails, Anything Box, Peter Murphy, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Delerium, Die Form, Red Flag, Covenant, De/Vision, Dead Can Dance, Danny Elfman - I could go on an on, really. Why not give it a listen and judge for yourself?Also, I have some other tracks on download.com, if they aren't here yet...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Ugh!

Ugh! Just got an email about aol ending it's hometown ftp site. The unfortunate thing about that, is that's were my website files are.... Grrrrr!!! Now I need to find a new place for everything, or Th...
Posted by RedCar on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:00:00 PST

Procrastinating is great!

I seem to get so much of other things done, when I have something specific I should be doing. I should be working on my portfolio today, as I will be searching for (hopefully) interesting product des...
Posted by RedCar on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:36:00 PST

another upload.

Just posted another song. It's not new, but it hasn't been heard outside of a few friends. It's actually a few years old. No lyrics, but it rather fits my mood today. Maybe I'll do a little more with ...
Posted by RedCar on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:36:00 PST

New Song

Wow - that was fast! I posted a song yesterday, and it’s already up for download. Anyway - for those interested, I have a new song finished, and it can be downloaded for free from the music sect...
Posted by RedCar on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:11:00 PST

new music

Oh - that was fun - just had my new post disappear before I could even post it! Anyway - just recorded some vocals for the new song. I am now working on integrating it into the music so that hopefull...
Posted by RedCar on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:39:00 PST

I really am working on new stuff....

Really - I am! I've got about 4 minutes done on a new song. Trying to work out the lyrics now. Thanks to a good friend, I now have a nice shiny new upgrade to Reason. Even though I find it ...
Posted by RedCar on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:37:00 PST

Looks like maybe a new song....

...I've had this idea in my head for awhile now, at least in concept - so far there is just a few measures worth, but I think I like it enough to try and put lyrics to it. I've also got a new computer...
Posted by RedCar on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:23:00 PST

could I almost be done with yet another song?

Huh! ....I might be done sooner than I thought with this one... I made what I think are some decent additions to it - I might even be done with the vocals... The levels are a little weird, but I think...
Posted by RedCar on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:40:00 PST

New song

alright - I've had it. I think I have taken this song as far as I want to go with it for now, and have just uploaded to Download.com - it's called "Control" and should be available for download within...
Posted by RedCar on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:17:00 PST

...honestly, really!

I swear I am working on a new song - and it's on the verge of being finished - just not sure if it's quite there yet.... Perhaps I need to get one of those opinion things... -Christopher...
Posted by RedCar on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:52:00 PST