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I’m an aspiring electronic music artist, DJ, Linux server administrator, and adventurer photographer. I co-run a podcast called Trance Design.

Yet another place to start taking over the world.

I really need to stop signing up for every social network out there :p Posted via web from rayrayisforever’s posterous

Rewrite Drupal RSS XML feeds to Feedburner to get a count

TranceDesign.net is a DJ Mix podcast that was the idea of my friend CharlieF and myself. We have been running the podcast for a few years, and although originally I wanted to record my own DJ Mix weekly to add in, life got busier and it was hard to maintain. At first we built the RSS [...]

RayRay Is Forever Facebook Fan Page!

RayRay Is Forever on Facebook

Soundcloud – Dreams and Melodies

Arranged in Ableton Live 6 and mastered with Logic Pro 8. I took my friend’s voice and made a song around it. It is designed to be as traditional as possible in regards to the framework, which let me experiment with writing synths and find methods to expand upon the vocals in a mixable track.

For all I know, I still know nothing

Testing the new Cannon EOS Rebel XSi

The gallery album that I’ll update.

My own how-to wiki

I’ve started working on my own how-to database using Mediawiki as the engine. I’m hoping to be able to explain as much as I can about everything I know, however I’d like to do it efficiently. I’d also like to have the instructions based on the idea that anyone should be able to follow them [...]

Using the 1/4″ TS Unbalanced Effects Output at -10db for excellent mix recording.

I purchased a DJM-600 because it is the de-facto standard for DJ Mixers found at almost every Club and Party I have attended. Not owning one was a major set-back the first time I ever played the large Silver Room at the famous Icehouse Venue in Downtown Phoenix. Considering how dark it was and the [...]

Wandering Downtown Phoenix

On Thanksgiving day in 2005 I wandered downtown Phoenix taking pictures of everything I could fit in my viewfinder. You can find the full gallery here.

Fashion Show photos I took on the Phoenix New Times

I have had some of my pictures in print! I stumbled across some pictures that I took at one of Tiffe Fermaint’s fashion shows a few years back at the Phoenix New Times! I kept wanting the models to slow down, because I did not have one of those super fancy cameras like some of [...]

Raymond Abril III

I decided to use a new medium to convey how I really think and the things I would like to share with the world. Please visit RaymondAbril.com There will be unique content not found on any other blog on that site!

We Call It Techno! 2008 Full Movie Documentary History of Germany’s Techno Contributions

We Call It Techno! 2008 Full Movie Documentary History of Germany’s Techno Contributions. I was able to relate to this video and really enjoyed seeing the roots of early techno the way I had always imagined – a utopia where there was not a definition of techno and the creative barriers to stay within a [...]

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Trance Design’s Facebook Page

Bassmint 1.5 at Push Gallery, downtown Phoenix at First Fridays

I was happy to make it out to Bassmint 1.5 and see a lot of old friends. I have a few pictures up. These make me really want to invest in a much better camera… but it is the fun that matters! Two DJ stages, fine art decorating the walls, and great people to have [...]

Created a Last.fm Artist Page for RayRay Is Forever

I created an Artist Page for myself at Last.FM so I could upload new tracks for others to listen to and download. You can find my artist page here. If you have a Last.FM account, add me as a friend! My username is nichiyume. I have been joining a great number of social networks lately [...]