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Originally posted by bigjimslade002 Hello Airbase so cool to see you on this forum.I really enjoyed Airbase vs Inzite - Unity Of Earth 2002 (Extended mix).It's also good to see you on mp3.com.Did you start out as an mp3(like Hibernate,who just signed a record deal) or were you putting it out on wax first?Also ,i'd be very interested to know your veiw points on mp3 and what brought you to the conclusion to have your music available online.What do you think of the sound quality of mp3 vs cd vs vinyl? Do you have any plans for a U.S A. tour? I'd love to see you live! Thank you for your music and for making the electronic music scene the incredible scene that it is....

Hi there!
Thats alot of questions you got there! I will try to answer them all!
Yes, I started out as a mp3-artist, if thats how you want to name it. I've been on mp3.com for almost 4 years! I've used artistnames as Jeep, Alcobase, Crimton, Transic and Raphael Trice. What I think about mp3? Well, trance is not really a big business, its nothing you make a living on. Not even Tiesto would make his living out of his producing! So I believe mp3 is a good way to reach people that usually wouldnt hear my music. But, when my tracks are spreaded all over the world before they are supposed to, then I get pretty pissed off. I dont know how its made, but it IS made in some way!
About quality, a mp3-file encoded in a decent rate (224 VBR1 Lame, is exactly as a CD for any peoples ears I believe. And I'd guess that 95% of all the population on this planet would not hear the difference between a CD and a 128kbps mp3-file (if the file is good encoded that is!). Vinyl has a good quality, but as soon as it is brought out of its cover, into the air, it gets less good, and then CD is better, as dust is attaching on the vinyl. Vinyl has the best sound, until the 12" is taken out of its cover for the first time. Other than that, I dont really care if people think that vinyl sounds more "warm", etc etc, I think its more in your mind than in your ears. CD is still the best, if you dont take DAT or ADAT or digital media files (wav-, aiff-, sd2-files etc) in the calculation!

A USA tour? Well, if someone books me, I'd go there in a second, but this far, no, im still a rookie, a beginner and totally fresh in the business! I got a long way to go!

There you go!

Regards
Jezper (Airbase)

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Dreamer, Emotion, Theme from The Rock, and Unity of Earth kick major ass! I think you underrate your tracks.

u make music and melodies people want to hear, that is a good thing!!!!

Can you DJ? That would be a great opportunity for you and your producing, plus get you some $$$$$$$$$.

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The father made fetuses with flesh licking ladies / While you and your mother were asleep in the trailer park / Thunderous sparks from the dark of the stadiums / The music and medicine you needed for comforting / So make all your fat, fleshy fingers fingers to moving / And pluck all your silly strings and / Bend all your notes for me and / Soft silly music is meaningful, magical / The movements were beautiful / All in your ovaries / All of them milking with green fleshy flowers / While powerful pistons were sugary sweet machines, / Smelling of semen all under the garden / Was all you were needing when you still believed in me.

Theme From the Rock, Emotion, and Genie are all super quality tracks.

If anyone haven't heard these, you are missing out!

sly

I wanna know what track your remixing
Unity of Earth, Emotion, Theme from Rock are all incredible, I've got a load of tunes on here that I've yet to listen to (got cable recently, not caught up yet).
If u do press the whitelabel of theme from the rock, I want a copy