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New Momu Album, and Arturia Softsynth Giveaway

Mark Musselman and I have a new Momu album coming out March 20th (March 6th Beatport Exclusive) on Loƶq Records.

Loƶq Records is giving away a copy of the incredible Analog Lab softsynth from Arturia to help promote the album. You can enter the contest by following Momu on Spotify, joining the Loƶq Records mailing list, following Loƶq Records on Twitter, etc.

The contest is running on Gleam, an Australian marketing and promotion company co-founded by Stuart McKeown, who I just learned is a Momu and progressive breaks fan from back in the day. I emailed tech support about a small issue and got an email back from Stuart himself, noting that he heard our tracks Donner Pass and Sunsicle on Jon Lisle’s Bedrock Brighton mix in 2002, and that he owns our remix of Jamie Stevens – The Night Before on vinyl. Small world!

This contest is now closed. Congrats to the winner Matt Bolger from La Mesa, California!

Momu — MOVE is now available on Beatport (currently charting #23 in Breaks) and will soon be in general release.

[gleam url=”https://gleam.io/koQ2d/momu-move-contest”]Momu – Move (Arturia giveaway contest)[/gleam]

How I Broke Into the Music Business and Made $100K

Jackie at the old Loƶq Records office on Brannan.

Jackie at the old Loƶq Records office on Brannan.

As I’m trying to launch a new career (fiction writing), I’m also taking stock of an old one (producing electronic music). I signed my first track in 1992, at the age of 23, to Mega-Tech records (an offshoot of the famous San Francisco disco label Megatone). I released my latest record, a reggae/breaks hybrid track, a week ago.

Breaking in wasn’t easy. I remember vividly sending out cassette tape demos in padded mailers to record labels in New York City and Los Angeles, following up via phone, and getting shot down by arrogant label runners (I’ve made a point to never be mean, running my own record label, even though our signing bar is very high).

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