The Green Man (TGM)

Tourdates + News

The Green Man — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:08:13 +0000

I havent found time for updating recently so today im updating dates and…I let you know i still work on the album and some good stuff is coming…. Apart from that there are more coops with DJ Freeze from Mannheim with an upcoming Basswerk Files/ Junglegrowers Release.

Im also now writing for recording.de, so check my reviews on Reason 6 and Pro Tools 10 there!

News

The Green Man — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:53:54 +0000

we had a great event @ Stadtgarten 31.10.., see here http://mariuskreuder.de/blog/?p=917…Party till 8 in the morning…no afterhour!

I will play in Berlin 10.12. @ 15 Jahre Icon and there will be a Basswerk Session @ Gebäude 9 @ 14.1.2012.
My album is VERY close to being ready, it will definitely be more than 1 CD!
My latest Reason 6 review is online @ www.recording.de (german only).

Working with Photos and Movies…

The Green Man — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:37:04 +0000

Adobe Bridge CS 5.5 (CS5.1 (4.1.0.5.4)) vs. Adobe Lightroom 3.4.1 vs. Aperture vs. Picasa..
referring to Final Cut Pro and Premiere

Having tried all 4 of them at the moment my favorite is Adobe Bridge.
Here is why:

Bridge works like a file browser. I dont have to import things into a catalog. Meanwhile Lightroom also allows browsing disks. But in Bridge for example, you can easily select if you see the content of a folders subfiolders or not. I work on 3 computers, and use Synchronize Pro to sync certain folders. This way, when i work, i can just sync and if i move to another workstation, ill have the same data. This is harder to maintain once you start with database system (like Lightroom and Aperture) that either become very big or refer to a predefined player where the files are. Picasa seems very similar to the Bridge, but the Bridge gives me a Photoshop compatible Camera Raw Editor and overall feels more professional.But they both have “Export” functions, which I heard were just recently added to “Bridge”.

Working with Movies, Bridge is also meant to be a content Browser for Premiere Pro. I made my first experiences with Premiere Pro and I have to say it seems very similar to Final Cut Pro (the non X version) and more stable. For example, it lets me edit my Canon 5d footage immediately without conversion. It also integrates cool with Photoshop (i can easily send and treat Photos both ways) and Bridge (which acts as a browsing utility). I also learnt that i can edit films in Photoshop while Lightroom can’t even play them. This way, being interested in both, photography and movies, Bridge is better for me than Lightroom.

Euro

The Green Man — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:31:50 +0000

It seems within human beings to push things from one extreme to the other. Ever since the fail of communism hardly anyone in the “west” has been reasonable about economic politics anymore. All kinds of carefulness and well explained theories have just been thrown overboard – cause communism failed anyway. Back in the 80s many scientists discussed whats needed for a common currency. And that would have been: a common government, a common language and a manageable size….

We cant control too many things….same as we can’t do two fulltime jobs at the same time. We need to strip down at least certain tasks to manageable sizes again rather than believing being modern means to be able to manage more than ever before…the world…the whole space.

N.O.H.A. – Chiller Killer (The Green Man Rmx) out now

The Green Man — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:16:59 +0000

My experience with Bands has very often been that….they just split up…..which is a shame. I did a rmx for N.O.H.A.. Our MC Chevy belongs to them and he told me they’ve split up, while both halfs currently tour the world with the new materials and he seemed to feel a bit weird about it too….Here is a link to a soundcloud file (a snip from the intro) i just found that some of them posted. Obviously it is Track 15 or 16 of their CD “Die in the Process” but I’m not sure when it’s available. UPDATE: N.o.h.a. has split up into two different N.O.H.A s and I don’t know what will happen now.
Soundcloud link: LINK

I shoot videos and photos now…

The Green Man — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:08:15 +0000

During the past months I have been working on track and videos as well. I am using a Canon 5D Mk2. I started making photos with a Nikon EM in the 80s, now the fire has gotten me again as I really like the way it is possible to show things – now also as movies in a cinematic quality! The human eye doesn’t see everything sharp, so having pics that focus on certain points while leaving others unsharp are just more natural than standard pocket-cam-everything-sharp pics. And in most cases when I make a tune, I do have something in mind before I do it, a certain vibe, a melody…and last but not least…pictures. So I really like to do videos for my tracks to better express what I want it to feel like…although of course sometimes the pictures come afterwards and I’m just getting inspired by things. The first videos are now on my youtube channel, which is a combined Basswerk/ Green Man channel for now! Here is the channel:
YOUTUBE channel: LINK
Video 1 (Track: Euphoria feat. Dizplay) LINK
Video 2 (Track: Face the Father feat. Demolition Man) LINK

Fukushima

The Green Man — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:26:50 +0000

Fukushima has really put me into a darker reality.
What upsets me the most is that people decide over other people’s fate although they have no right to do so.
Poor People in Tokio, but maybe also in Africa or Tahiti or whereever will suffer from contaminated food.
Whileas Tokyo people have a chance to show politicians they dont want this, the others havent. Thats whats wrong in this system.

basswerk dc2 out now

The Green Man — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:29:31 +0000

Basswerk digital collection dc2 out now! It features two TGM tracks/rmxs!
Dizplay & GM – Euphoria, DJ Rahmanee & Wikluh Sky – Idemo Odma (TGM Rmx). I also made a showcase mix that is included when you buy the album. Also I have spread some showcase mixes in the net with english and german moderation.

Here are links to it : Beatport: LINK
Juno: LINK

in itunes: LINK

Also, Basswerk Files #047 EP feat great tracks from MJT & Wreckage Machinery is out on Beatport! MJT & Wreckage Machinery have delivered “Colours”, the stunning new opener of the dc2 compilation

basswerk dc2

The Green Man — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:59:26 +0000

On December 24, Basswerk will release its basswerk dc2 compilation feat. my Idemo Odma Rmx (digital for the first time) and also a coop with Dizplay preparing the launch of both Dizplay and TGM’s album

youtube channel

The Green Man — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:10:38 +0000

Im currently starting to spend more time on www.youtube.com/basswerkrec.
This time i dont distinct between a TGM or a Basswerk channel – at least not yet.
You find Basswerk Demos and TGM work as well as fun videos, interviews and more links to interesting music.