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Auditory Canvas

It's all about balance....

About Me

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About Me:
I grew up around music, (at least until I took my mother's record player apart to see how it worked)
I eat, sleep, breathe music, it is my sanctuary, my comfort, my smile, my tears, my true means of expression, though it can be unnerving exposing your inner self to the world....
10 years ago a friend took me into the studio, showed me how to turn everything on, gave me a ten minute lesson in Cubase on the trusty old Atari, and left the room. 6 hours flew by, I was completely hooked, I had found the path I had been searching for since I was a child.
From there on, that was it, every spare penny, begged and borrowed, scrimped and saved went towards pieces of kit. An Atari, a sampler, and an old roland keyboard were my first pieces of kit, from there every penny I shouldn't have spent, every spare moment I have goes on letting my emotions flow through sound.
So here they are, I hope you feel them as much as I felt making them........Enjoy.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/20/2006
Band Members:

David Holmes (DJ name David Leeson)

Kit list:Mixer: Tascam DM4800 - 64 channel digital mixer

Mac: Macbook Pro 17" running Cubase 4 with 32 channels in, 32 channels out via firewire into mixer, Several plugin Softsynths and effects, too many to list.

Keyboards: Access Virus Ti Polar, & Novation Supernova II kb

Monitors: KRK R8 Monitors

Mic: SE Z3300 Studio Mic

Headphones: AKG K701, Beyer Dynamics DT100, & Sony MDR V700

Rack gear: Roland VP9000, & Midisport 8x8 midi patchbay, old Behringer Tube/valve compressor,
Influences: That's a tough one, not sure what really influences me, but here's what inspires me:

Music: - Leftfield, Aphex twin, BT, Bonobo, Four tet, Hybrid, Way Out West, Lamb, Lou Rhodes, Nautills, Ninja Tunes, Digital Witchcraft, Quantic, Global Underground, Eat Static, MuziQ, Tori Amos, Undrworld, Zero 7, System 7, Chicane, LTJ Bukem, PFM, St Germain, Cinematic Orchestra, Massive Attack, Portishead, Bench, DJ Shadow, Crystal, Damien Rice, Apparat, Bob Marley, 4 Hero, Air, Richard Ashcroft, Arab Strap, Mogwai, Aus, Rae & Christian, Beth Orton, Bjork, Bright Eyes, Bush, Chris De Luca, Crystal Method, Deadly Avenger, Edie brickell, Decoder Ring, Holly Throsby, Bat for Lashes, Sol Seppy, Eliot Smith, Faithless, FSOL, Imogen Heap, Joe Purdy, Jose Gonzales, Joseph Arthur, Kosheen, Kruder & Dorfmiester, The funky Lowlives, Lemongrass, Moloko, Morcheeba, Nina Simone, Omni Trio, Orbital, Roberta Flack, Sia, Sneaker Pimps, Sufjan Stevens, The Pixies, to name but a few....

Life: - cloudy days, coffee shops, selfless people, the smell and feel of summer rain, abstract, rhythm, human synchronicity, quiet times, unexpected smiles.....

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Thank you to Jon for leading me to see this touching film. It was made in 1992, the girl speaking Severn Cullis-Suzuki continues to rally for her beliefs today. A trully great person.

Sounds Like: My thoughts.
Record Label: Summer Rain Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Auditory Canvas Featured on this weeks Shouting Fire/Megacosmic Transmissions show (June 9th)

You'll be able to hear Auditory Canvas' track 'Truth' played alongside other great music on Shouting Fire/Megacosmic Transmissions this week.To tune in you can visit: Shoutingfire.com or megacosmic.co...
Posted by Auditory Canvas on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:21:00 PST

Free Progressive Electro DJ set - March 08

Seems it’s been a while since i last posted a mix, so here’s a new one for you ;-) Slightly tougher than the last ones, but hopefully you’ll enjoy it. You can download it here: David...
Posted by Auditory Canvas on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:42:00 PST

Free 2 hour 40 min Progressive & Trance DJ mix - Fall 07

I have uploaded a new mix for Autmn/fall. Just over 2 hours 30 minutes of progressive and trance. Download here: http://www.summerrainrecordings.net (link at the botom of the page) Let me know ...
Posted by Auditory Canvas on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:34:00 PST

Free Tracks

Found a few old tracks and thought people might appreciate a few freebies. They are a good few years old, and quite different from my more recent stuff.... Get them here: Download Fountain.mp3 Downloa...
Posted by Auditory Canvas on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:39:00 PST

Come Undone.

I feel a song. Bouncing across my cortex. A million ricochets a second. Dizzy. A song I have heard a thousand times in my head but never heard. The notes I can't touch. Expression deep seated since ch...
Posted by Auditory Canvas on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:37:00 PST

Free 2 hour 30 min progressive and trance mix - Jul 07

It's  been a while, so thought I'd post up a new mix.This one starts off very chilled with an old classic that always reminds me of summer and builds right through.Just click on the link below to...
Posted by Auditory Canvas on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:49:00 PST

More of my work - New Progressive House Project:

I am currently working on some progressive/club tracks, and have created a new page to profile the work. You can have a listen here: David Leeson Have a listen and let me know what you think. The pag...
Posted by Auditory Canvas on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 06:04:00 PST

Free track download

For some reason myspace has removed the download button from the free track that I had on my player, seems the same for a lot of artists, so for those of you that haven't had a chance to download it, ...
Posted by Auditory Canvas on Thu, 31 May 2007 05:28:00 PST

Tracklisting for 4 hour Frisly Radio show - 9th of March.

The tracklisting for tonights 4 hour mix on Frisky radio. I'll sort out a downloadable MP3 version over the weekend and update this blog, so pop back in a day or two if you wish to download it. David....
Posted by Auditory Canvas on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:38:00 PST

Truth Remix Video by Bogdy

Truth is. Add to My Profile |   More VideosBogdy has just created this beautiful film to accompany the remix of Truth that I did. I think it completely suits the track and the ...
Posted by Auditory Canvas on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:52:00 PST