General Stuff
Busy busy
I will update this for real soon. Lots of exciting things I’m looking forward to in the near future!
Slow Tune Progress (but that is good) & DubFWD
I’m taking extra care with the rest of my music making fun so I may not post tunes for a while, but I’m working hard to get stuff out that I can really be proud of.
I’m now affiliated with Binge Records and am actively looking for dubstep talent to sign. If you want to send some tunes in for consideration an avenue of contact is the contact form on this blog. If you prefer, my AIM screenname is “hubsmoke”. This would all be easier with DubFWD…
Which brings me to update that the DubFWD service is coming along nicely. I am nearly feature complete (WiX mentioned a cool idea to me today, so I’m going to have to add that before I consider it feature-complete) Anyhow, soon on to minor GUI fixes, then internal testing, then public testing. Woo! It’s really cool and will smooth out the process of sending people tunes better than any other service out there (and for free!)
Also, DubFWD - Dubstep Radio (formerly The Crackpot: Dubstep Radio) will commence this Sunday morning from 12AM-2AM (Saturday night/Sunday morning!) on WMUC 88.1 FM broadcasting from College Park, MD
Show Profile: http://wmucradio.com/station/shows/876
Listen every Sunday from 0000-0200: http://wmucradio.com/wmuc-high.m3u
Big ups to everyone that has given us support so far for the DUB:FWD show in Bmore! Much respect!
Big ups to Danny for getting his design portfolio up and running: http://www.coldfrontdesigns.com
Big ups to Steve and Caylan for making shit happen!
Upcoming Shows
Hey all! I’ve teamed up with WiX and Coda of JumpDownMusic to present you with the following Baltimore dubstep event for March 18th, 2009. It’s gonna be a great time, so make sure you get out and party with us, along with brilliant dubstep producers ULTRABLACK and NUMBERNIN6
Also the day before, Ultrablack, WiX, Coda, and myself will be performing in Philly as part of the Magical Ultrablack + Hubsmoke + WiX + Coda Topless Two Day Tour of Philly and Bmore!
Update (2/19/09): Harrisburg, PA show now confirmed Braptizm @ Spy Club (Friday, March 20th) Flyer on the way.
So all the info:
3/17/09 - EC09 @ Liquid Charm (Philadelphia, PA)
3/18/09 - DUB:FWD @ Club Orpheus (Baltimore, MD)
3/20/09 - Braptizm @ Spy Club (Harrisburg, PA)
Toast of War 2
I got a message just now from a fellow named Max:
Hi, I was just curious if your still working on ToW 2?
Thanks.
- Max
Oh? and happy new year!
Just to share the information, here’s my response:
Hey Max,
At the current moment, we’ve been working on a different game with an artistic style akin to Toast of War. We chose to do this in order to familiarize ourselves with Adobe’s changes to ActionScript so that we can utilize the technology to its fullest potential with the next Toast of War. Through this process we have been creating a Flash-based game engine that we plan to use for ToW 2, thus making development of the underlying technology less of an issue for ToW 2 so that we can put a greater focus on gameplay and content in its development.
My brother and I have big plans for Toast of War 2, we will release it this year, and it will be really really cool.
Thank you for your message, I realize we’ve made this a long wait, but we’re going to be able to put much more time into this project over the next few months. Happy new year!
-Sina
I’ve had a bit of a busy year, with school especially, but I’m going to have more free time over the next 6 months and I plan on devoting much of that time to Toast of War 2.
Here’s a look at one of the characters from the game that we’re currently working on, we’re codenaming “Swann Briggs”.
New Track, “Sunder”
This is one for a big system with very loud bass, moreso than the rest of my stuff I feel.
Ready Rock on the Reading Railroad
Hello there. I just finished off a new track called “Ready Rock”, celebrating how ready we are to rock our socks off and just rock out. Who is we? Who knows! What does the stuff I say mean? Doesn’t matter!
Anyway…just a quick post of my new tune.
My Birthday!
November 20th…it’s my birthday! I love everyone!
Now time for Wikipedia birthday information!
November 20th, 1985 - Windows 1.0 is released. (whatever, haha)
November 20th, 1820 - An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America (Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick was in part inspired by this story). (DAYUMMM! Go sperm whale!)
Annnd, don’t forget that today is also Transgender Day of Remembrance.
I don’t know, I was just born today is all.
Also, if Elia Bryan reads this blog, I’ll give her a dollar.
i’m a person
Hi, my name is Sina Iman. I like listening to dubstep, and I love making it. I’ve got some tracks on my MySpace (www.myspace.com/hubsmoke) and I often give them away for free, just let me know if you like what you hear. If you’re into dubstep, definitely check out dubstepforum, it’s a great resource for fans, DJs, and producers.
I’m also a DJ, I’m starting to do shows in the Baltimore area and I have been doing a radio show at WMUC 88.1 FM in College Park, MD. For more info on dubstep shows in Baltimore and DC, refer to the MySpace or check out Good Vibes Promo.
Other than that, I’ve got a couple of projects I’ve been working on in the world of web development and video games, but I’ll be posting more about that later, as I’m being distracted by the TV at the moment.
Briefly, I’m currently working on a new Flash video game which is being referenced as “Swann Briggs” inside Common Studios, as well as starting up a web design firm, and other web start-ups. Exciting stuff, to me, yes, but probably not to you until I feel comfortable giving out the juicy details…but more on all that later!
Be sure to check back for cool stuff like samples of tunes I’m working on, what shows I’ll be playing, and how my projects are coming along.