AdFM is over!

Don't freak out guys! I know, you didn't care at all... But anyways, just wanted to let you guys know, I'm no longer AdFM, but rather, 6reenlight. Yes, with a 6.

Before you guys ask why I changed my name, well, here it is...

- 6reenlight is easier to build an image from, the name has features like color and object, easy, I only need a bulb that lights up green. AdFM was impossible to translate into an image.

- 6reenlight starts with a number, that means I'll be either on top or bottom of your artist tab on your iPod (which are the most seen parts of it). Yes, that was one of the reasons I picked AdFM, this is the same feature, but enhanced.

- ADFM is the name of an association of females in Morocco, I wouldn't like to get them on bottom of the google searchs because of a silly un-important music project. Although, Green Light (a pretty similar name to my new one) is already taken by about 3 DIFFERENT COMPANIES! I don't affect any of them because my name has a different character in it, yes, that's why there's a six...

- 6reenlight is badass, admit it, 6reenlight is way more badass than AdFM could have ever dreamed of, I like the name better, is more effective (commercially speaking) which would become really in handy now that my project might go after some profit, yes, I'm going to try to make a living outta this... Wish me luck!

- Exploitation, no, I'm not talking about Kenyans or Chinese people... Remember we were talking about how I changed my name n stuff? Well, the "6" in the beginning stands for a G instead, this would make it easier for fans to make clever jokes and comments (yes, like they do it with the mau5) If you guys still don't get it, here's an example:

This track is pure 6reatness...

Now I believe in 6od...

6eor6e and 6race 6rew 6lossy 6rapes and 6rimmy 6arlic 6ladly... lol

Yes, that's the basic plan, although, I know haters won't last too long on saying:

This music is 6ay!!!! 

Oh, the haters, oh, the trolls... Gotta love those 6uys.

"Welcome to my new project, get used to my new name."

-Alejandro R. Suárez, 6reenlight (formerly AdFM)

Oh, here we go again!

After that last time I blogged something, I think it was my birthday, wasn't it? Well, not important, a lotta stuff happened...

First and most important, I found out a month later, that Laddergoat! (iNexus and I) was picked by the judges of that other contest I don't feel like talking about, to be featured on the game Nightclub City's playlist. Goodie, congrats to us for the big achievement on the first try, Laddergoat!, then, earned a PRO membership to indaba for that, I also got a PRO membership on my AdFM profile because I was in the most voted tracks in the contest, hooray for me, I guess...

Second, I've entered in about 7 different contests (remixes and originals) to see if I can make some profit... Yeah, I know, I said I wasn't doing this for money, but let's face it, it must feel really uplifting to see material rewards come to you. Just saying.

Third, One of them already ended and I didn't win anything, so let's wait for the other 6. Right in this moment, I was arranging (more like trying to) what is going to be my submission for Codus Records' "Pleaseant Breeze" remix contest. So far, not so good...

Yesterday I made what could be the final version of "Detailed Stick Figures", a dance tune this "The Basement Club Scene" was asking for so muuuuuch. Seriously.

So far, what I have for this album is a total of 8 tracks:
-Longcat
-BYNY
-Everything You Are
-Get Yourself Higher
-A Darker Cherry (Yes, a 2nd edit of Cherry)
-Beyond These Lines
-Dream Out Loud
-Detailed Stick Figures

I don't know why, but I just felt like putting a lot of words on these tracks, as you can see.
Well, in other unrelated news, this weekend was crazy as fuck, a lot of alcohol, some marihuana as well and... a freakin' hangover.

See you then, bye.

AdFM

New remix

This remix contest is being held by Eagle Dance Records, some label with a track that I remixed recently, get your instrumentals now on THIS LINK.

Happy birthday to myself.

No exclamation points, no emoticons, not a single detail more than a fact, the fact itself is that today is my birthday. Yes, Alejandro is now 17 years old and feels good with it. I'm totally happy with my age, first, because I just went from too young to a middle that isn't scarily old. WTF?

I'm 17, so I can do anything I would do if I was 18 and still have the legal protection of a minor, that feels so good to know :D Ok, maybe that's my first emoticon here, but that's ok. I'm happy, and I don't care about anything that would happen today, so, be afraid!

OMG... What the hell is wrong with this dude?

I know this wasn't a good post, but the hell with it, it's my birthday after all, I can do anything I want...

...And I want cake.

"Thank you for all the birthday wishes and cheers, they're much appreciated." 

-Alejandro R. Suárez, AdFM

Some sort of "Welcome".

Hi there, everyone, AdFM here.

I did it! I finally did it... I started blogging n stuff. Sorry about the typo, but really, get used to it.

Here, I'll try to keep things in a professional level on a non-professional way. I mean, I'll keep it informal, so no fancy words, or treatment.

I'm sorry I write like this, but I tend to compress everything I say in short, simple, melodic lines. Thank you very much, Twitter -.-

Well, I would say something about myself and how I ended up here, but I guess that's why I have that little thing on the right that says "About me", in case you didn't know. But basically, I'm a music producer since 2008, a college student since 2010 and I'll rule the world since 2011 try to be something else as soon as this upcoming year starts. I make MOSTLY Electronic Dance Music, but I've made some other stuff that I consider doesn't really fit in that genre. However, most of my stuff has kicks, snares, synths, bass, hooks and those other things that people don't really care about, so let's move on.

How did I end up blogging? Why am I doing this? How did I get to be that stupid?

Well, I think it has been quite a long (not really) ride in these 2 years of "making music", two years where I got to learn a lot of stuff, where I got to make some friends involved in this whole thing that made the ride a lot better, two years where I got to do stuff I never thought I would ever do. Music? In these two years I have been climbing up on myself, a place I wanna reach that I know I'll eventually get to. Fame? Money? Girls? NOT EXACTLY.

I mean it. I'm not making "music" to get fame, or money, or chicks, I do it for the plain sake of making music. I want people to listen to what I do with my pc, I do want people to like it, because my plan is to arrange noise, render it to an .mp3 file and then be played in a nightclub/rave/party/reunion/whatever. Is that fame? I don't think so. But then, why do I say "not exactly" and not just a simple "no"? Because I know those things will eventually come with it. When I get to be played on a public place, there's a chance, people, or a group or just a simple someone will ask "Who's that guy?" And if I get to be pretty good, more people will ask and they'll look for me, for info, for tracks, and that slowly drives me into "fame".

I don't do it for the money either, because, first of all, there's no money. I don't sell my tracks, I give them for free instead. There's no income outta this, except for that weird (in a good way) satisfaction you get after someone says "I like this track", or "I think your remix is better than the original", or the powerful big sentence which is "I love your music". But don't get me wrong, I would love to sell my music, I would love to perform live in front of a crowd, and I would definitely love to make a living outta this.

I'm a geek as you can see, so it isn't hard to believe that I don't do this for the chicks. Plus, I'm not exactly bright when I'm around them, I'm pretty rubbish and awkward when it comes to women, but that's just another story...

So, I've been taking many steps as I go in this journey, and so far it has been great (I hope it stays that way) and well, I figured the next step on this, is to talk you guys about what it has been like, how it feels to be, that's why I'm doing this, that's why I'm blogging...

...I'm just taking the next step.

"Welcome to my blog."

-Alejandro R. Suárez, AdFM