{"id":24802,"date":"2016-04-04T09:53:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T13:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/?p=24802"},"modified":"2016-04-04T09:53:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T13:53:20","slug":"month-end-artist-recap-32016-wrestlemania-croatia-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2016\/04\/04\/month-end-artist-recap-32016-wrestlemania-croatia-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"MONTH-END ARTIST RECAP: 3\/2016 \u2013 Wrestlemania, Croatia and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"

With South by Southwest over and the Northeast starting to thaw out, we checked in with a few of our professional artists to see what they have been up to.<\/p>\n

Norman Matthew and Murder FM Announce New Tour and Wrestlemania<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just when we thought it could not get any more murderous, Norman Matthew of Murder FM is jumping into the wrestling ring???\u00a0 Fresh off of a national tour with Drowning Pool, in support of their latest record\u00a0Happily Neverafter<\/em> which was produced in SONAR X3 & Platinum<\/a> and doing very well, Murder FM have announced April tour dates. The shows kick off with the wrestling debut of vocalist Norman “The Gnar” Matthew, during “Wrestlemania” Weekend at the 1010 Collins Ctr in Arlington, TX! (Yes, you heard us right – Wrestlemania.)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>April 1 \u2013 3, the Trifecta of wrestling brands, Knokx Pro\/ Territory League, Samoan Dynasty Wrestler “TMD” Teams up with Murder FM in Arlington, TX. Murder FM Vocalist Norman “The Gnar” Matthew takes the corner of “TMD” during WRESTLEMANIA weekend, featuring WWE Hall Of Famer “Rikishi”.<\/p>\n

Recently we also found out Norman is using SONAR Platinum live on stage.\u00a0 Next month we will be focusing an article around that setup and how he uses SONAR in a live application\u2026 [this is if he makes it out of Wrestlemania this weekend ;)]<\/p>\n

Other New Tour Dates:<\/p>\n

04\/14 – Dubuque, IA – The Venue
\n04\/15 – Crest Hill, IL – Bada Brew
\n04\/16 – Springfield, IL – Capitol City
\n04\/17 – Pekin, IL – Twisted Spoke
\n04\/20 – Kent, OH – The Outpost
\n04\/21 – Toledo, OH – Realm
\n04\/22 – Chesterfield, MI – Diesel
\n04\/23 – Battle Creek, MI – The Music Factory
\n04\/24 – Harrison, OH – The Blue Note<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit:\u00a0www.murderfmmusic.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yogi Lonich on the Loose in Croatia<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What do Zagreb Croatia and SONAR have in common?\u00a0 The answer to that question is one talented musician\/producer by the name of Yogi Lonich.\u00a0 LA based Lonich who has worked with iconic artists such as Shakira, Buckcherry, Wallflowers, Fuel and most recently Chris Cornell is on hiatus from LA and producing a few great rock artists in Croatia in SONAR Platinum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cUP,\u201c<\/strong> is an alternative rock band formed in Zagreb Croatia by singer\/guitarist Leo Angelcovich. \u00a0In 2015 Leo started recording demos by himself and caught the ear of Yogi who has now joined him in person as a producer and collaborator.\u00a0 The efforts so far are focused on turning out a few singles, following an album in 2017 before world domination.\u00a0 The bands influences: AC\/DC, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Free, Nirvana, AiC and Rage Against the Machine to name a few.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Yogi has also been working with Blues(ish) guitarist\/songwriter Dario Brnad who is also located in Zagreb Croatia. \u201cI\u2019m so used to my SONAR rig in LA that it took a bit to get used to my mobile setup here in Croatia.\u00a0 Platinum has been an inspiring creative tool here on these projects and I have been using a lot of Rapture and Dimension Pro as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chillwalker Announces New Recording Project Inspired by Mobile Recording<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>German artist Chillwalker has just announced the plans for what we think is a very unique project: \u201cHoly Grounds.\u201d\u00a0 Starting in August he will be touring to 12 sacred locations to which will eventually end up in a full-length 12-track release all inspired and taking direction from each location\u2019s character.\u00a0 \u201cWith SONAR being so stable now, and the ability to create music virtually anywhere on devices that have longer battery life with core i7 processing, doing a project like this makes perfect sense to me.\u00a0 I will also be preforming live during the trip to help offset some of the costs.\u201d<\/p>\n

After releasing close to 70 tracks and remixes, Chillwalker took a bit of a break in 2015 to rebuild his musical spirit.\u00a0 He also took the time to physically build a new SONAR studio setup where he is currently working.\u00a0 \u201cPlatinum has really brought my music to another level since the last record on an older version of SONAR.\u00a0 I actually upgraded my Melodyne \"\"<\/a>the DNA version just because of the fact that it works so incredibly well with SONAR.\u00a0 The Browser is a feature I cannot live without either\u2014it\u2019s always open and I am constantly auditioning and manipulating sounds.\u00a0 The ProChannel is another item I use all the time.\u00a0 I do a lot with sidechaining for compression with it.\u00a0 Finally, huge time-savers for me are both project and track templates.\u201d<\/p>\n

We will be checking in on Chillwalker\u2019s interesting upcoming trip\/project and will be doing a full length story on the project as he gets going.\u00a0 He will be updating his information in real-time here https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Chillwalker\/<\/a> . \u00a0In the meantime you can Chill[walker] here:<\/p>\n