Holidays are a time for giving. Also, we feel like people need to check out our loops/sounds and use them in practical application. So, Dean and I are currently working on a series of Free Hip Hop loops. They will also include some live scratching . . it should all be fun, useful, and of course, free.

We had a brainstorm style meeting last night with the cohorts (Corey and Sega) about what we’ll be doing in 2010. I think we may have cracked the code of live, played beats vs programmed beats. We all love the feel of live playing, but honestly, not many people end up using those kinds of loops. At least not to their advantage. And especially in electronic music. I’ll leave you in in the dark for now on the actual details, but we’ve got an interesting approach on the way.

The other primary idea, well, it involves travel.

Bombs/Bits is underway. We’re going to release it as an enormous Battery kit, forgoing the loops, and see if you guys find that useful. Dean has been a sampling machine thus far and I’m, per usual, dragging my feet just a bit.