http://cantonbecker.com Music, Web Design, Projects Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:28:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Challenge: The Upaya Institute relies on donations to support a variety of projects, and using PayPal for donations has turned out to be expensive and difficult to track. Upaya needs to be able quickly manage and prioritize a list of funds, and make it easier for donors to make ... http://cantonbecker.com/work/2008/new-donations-system-for-upayaorg/ Wow this song was a long time in the making. 12+ months? Not sure if it's done yet -- this mix feels a little thick and awkward at times -- but it's done enough to let me move on to some other tracks in the near term. 174 BPM d'n'b, growly ... http://cantonbecker.com/my-music/2008/serious-song-drum-n-bass/ I hadn't touched my Flickr account in a very long time. I think I'm still bummed out that Yahoo! bought Flickr. But there were a few fun photos I wanted to share, including this one: "Ocean: 1 Tank: 0" Found on a beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico. The US military used Culebra ... http://cantonbecker.com/photo-video/2008/flickr-updates-finally/ Long-time client and friend Ottmar Liebert just released a beautiful new album of guitar music. It hits stores next week, but the music can be previewed and downloaded as of today from the ListeningLounge -- a custom-built mp3 store I set up for him a couple of years ago. Each ... http://cantonbecker.com/work/2008/ottmars-scent-of-light/ I made these sounds and this web page after a rather frustrating time searching the Internet for free MP3s of ambient white-noise stuff -- things to help my baby boy sleep. I was amazed when I found no high quality long playing mp3s free of charge. Click here to start snoozing: White Noise ... http://cantonbecker.com/projects/2008/white-noise-compositions-for-sleeping/ Does anyone have a Xbox 360 I can borrow? A while back I was hired to compose two songs for Konami's DDR UltraMix 4, and they sent me some free copies of the game... but I don't have a console to play on (or stomp on or whatever it's called when ... http://cantonbecker.com/my-music/2008/dance-dance-revolution/ 168 bpm, lush strings, jazzy fun drum 'n' bass with a couple of deep-beat breakdowns. Listen: link http://cantonbecker.com/my-music/2008/stringy-drum-n-bass/