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Hi guys, I’m pleased to announce that the first in my video tutorial series has been released! This one is all about drums and grooves. There’s close to an 1 hour and 50 minutes worth of video covering how I go about making drum beats from start to finish.

There are 19 chapters full of tips and tricks that you can use in any style of music. I’ve done it all using Ableton Live 8, but the things and topics I cover can easily be applied using any DAW or music software package.

Right now you can get the entire package for 33% off as an introductory price. Check out the full package as well as a free chapter to view at Groove3 !

The chapters included are:

• The Basics
• Woodblock & Blending Pitch
• Hi-Hat & Feeling with Note Length
• Now this Woodblock
• Filtering Fundamentals
• Bringing the Hat to Life
• Adding Life to the Snare
• Ghost Notes & Arrange View
• Shaker Basics
• Shaker – Filter Delay
• Shaker – Sidechain
• Shaker – Final Tweeks
• Reverse Sound – Pt. 1
• Reverse Sound – Pt. 2
• Hi-Hat Smoothing & Cowbell
• Designing Electro Percussion
• Tim’s Clip Naming
• Conga Accents
• Tambourine

Here’s a progressive house track which will be making its debut appearance on a forthcoming compilation CD entitled “Exploring Australia” on Baroque Records. Baroque records continue the ‘exploring..’ series from Australia. This one is compiled by Matt Rowan, and it contains a whole lot of Australian based talent including the occasional immigrant like myself

Making an appearance on the CD are the Progress Inn boys, who provided me with a fantastic remix for my “Buckyball” release on Beatgeek Records earlier on, Jaytech who needs no introduction, and even my chum Neon Stereo whom I remixed a while back with the “Discolights” track out on Play Digital. It’s a smorgasboard of Aussie action!

As well as a digital release, there is also going to be a USB stick and a physical CD which you can get your proggy mitts on after the release date. This is scheduled for release at the end of October 2009.

Update: It’s been released as BARQCD016 and is now available in digital and USB stick formats from http://www.baroquerecords.com

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From totally out of left field today I get a message saying that Madonna has picked a track a mate and I did as “The Hong Kong Blondes” to to appear on her new compilation CD. We released the track a few years ago, it had some ARIA chart success here in Australia, and then we never heard from it again… until now!

The always cool Madonna hand picked one of our tracks “Superfine” to be included on her latest CD compilation entitled “The EQ Sessions Vol. 1 Celebrity Sets”.

It’s exclusively mixed by Madonna and is available on iTunes now! Also included on the compilation are artists such as Daft Punk, Tiësto, Axwell and David Guetta! Massive.

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Thanks Madonna. Call me and let’s do lunch

Full tracklisting:
“Watch the Sunrise” (Extended Vocal) – Axwell
“Dance 4 Life” (12″ Mix) – Tiësto & Maxi Jazz
“Delirious” David Guetta
“Do You Feel Me” (feat. Julie Thompson) – Tiësto
“Stardust” (Felguk Remix) – Perfect Stranger
“Fly Away” (Gee & Lighter Remix) – Jean Claude Ades
“Television Rules the Nation / Crescendolls” – Daft Punk
“Massenbewegungsmittel” – Miles Dyson
“Superfine” – Hong Kong Blondes
“Not Over” (feat. Ryan Tedder) – Oakenfold

Here’s a new remix of Damien S I’ve done, suited more for the mellow/chillout crews. Out on Sea To Sun/Loverush Digital, it’s got a cool airy vocal and a nice bed of chillaxing beats and downtempo sounds for ya’ll who are into that.

#3 UK Music Week Club Charts.
#37 in the USA dance Radio Charts.

AS HEARD ON…

Sirius/XM BPM
Electric FM
Music Choice
WMPH Delaware
1Dance.FM
AOL RADIO
DANCE FACTORY/CHICAGO

Update March 31, 2010 – The 2010 Radio EP has been remastered and released! Timothy Allan Radio edit and Club mix available on iTunes now!

Check out the preview below:

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Upcoming slamtastic breakdownarrific remix of the original anthem by Jason Wolf… coming out on Loverush Digital / Sea to Sun.

Edit: It’s been released and in full swing. The TA remix is going down very well in Ibiza, getting support from people all over

#3 DMC World UK Club Chart
#7 DMC World Commercial Chart
#15 Music Week Upfront Club Chart
#34 Music Week Club Chart (New Entry)
#4 Music Week Club Chart Breakers
#20 DMC Update Buzz Chart

Get the High Quality Version or listen to the preview below…

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#2 Billboard US Breakout Chart
#2 Music Week Upfront Club Chart
#4 DMC Update Club Chart
#16 Cool Cut Chart
#18 UK Buzz Chart
#6 DMC World Charts
#7 DMC Trance Chart
#8 DMC House Chart
#4 DMC Commercial
#20 DMC UK Mainstream
#4 DMC UK Club Chart

A while ago I was asked to do a remix for the re-release of the Loverush UK!  single ‘Fountains Of Youth’.

At the time I wasn’t aware of who the vocalist was on it, I just thought it was a great track. While I was working on it, I had some crazy Deja Vu. I knew I had worked with the vocalist before but couldn’t figure out where from.

After a bit of the google, I found out that the vocals were none other than the lovely Molly Bancroft (the voice behind Club Anthems such as Gabriel & Dresden’s ‘Tracking Treasure Down’ and Pete Tong’s Essential New Tune Gianluca Motta’s ‘Not Alone’ on BBC Radio 1).

Way back when, I had entered a remix competition for G&D’s ‘Tracking Treasure Down’, a few months before that single was released… which I didn’t win! So now I get a second shot at remixing Bancroft. Ha.

It’s gaining huge support from international DJs including DJ Slang, Suzy Solar, Sapphirecut, DJ Vierro, Johan Gielan, Mazza & Martinelli, Matt Darey, Steve Smart, Menno De Jong, Roger Sanchez, Mark Brown (MYNC Project), Mike Pickering, Mark Robinson (Peppermint Jam), Pedro Del Mar, Aldrin Quek, mark Lewis, Mr Sam and the Sucker DJs to name a few.

There is a dub-strumental, plus a full vocal mix for a total bouncing house selection that caters to whatever type of crowd your playing for.

Update: The US Promotion has started through Sea to Sun Records, keep an ear open and an eye out for this new promo image!

Update Deux: It’s been released on Beatport and featured on the progressive house section. Check it out.

Update Three: It’s been released and promo’d worldwide now on iTunes and Amazon.

Check out the preview of my full vocal remix below.

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