Francis Preve

February 2008 February 29, 2008 - Francis Preve opens for Gabriel & Dresden at Pacha NYC. O'Reilly Digital Media releases part 2 of their two-part podcast interview with Preve. February 26, 2008 - Francis Preve spins at Light Bar, Austin. January 2008 About.com calls Preve: "Next big thing in 2008" January 17-20, 2008 - Francis Preve will blog live from The NAMM Show 2008 for Beatportal.com O'Reilly Digital Media features part 1 of a two-part podcast interview with Preve. Chris Soltis and NapkinNights.com post galleries of the Avalon New Year's madness - or you can watch the ball drop on YouTube. Francis Preve kicks off 2008 by opening for Gabriel & Dresden's New Year's Eve party at Avalon, Hollywood Everything old is new again - FrancisPreve.com launches. December 2007 FameCast taps Preve to judge their Electronica competition. Click to watch video (Preve starts at 5:45 into the stream). Preve spins a very special New Year's warm-up set at Terrace 59 (rooftop at Speakeasy) on Thursday, December 20, 2007. Preve's 12.2007 Beatport Chart posted. November 2007 Preve snags the opening slot for Gabriel & Dresden's return to Sky Lounge in Austin, Texas. November 15, 2007. Bermudez & Preve's "Hung Jury Mix" of Justice's D.A.N.C.E climbs to #10 on the Billboard Club Top 20 (11-24-07) becoming Preve's 6th Top 10 remix in 2007. Create Digital Music blogs Preve's coverage of Live 7 on Beatportal. Joe Bermudez's new DJ CD for Nervous Records, Mass Movement, includes three Bermudez & Preve collaborations. October 2007 Beatport taps Preve to assume mantle of Technology Editor for Beatportal.com. Preve spins the two-year anniversary of Horizon Thursday's at Terrace 59 (rooftop at Speakeasy) on Thursday, October 11, 2007. September 2007 Available on Beatport and iTunes, Martijn Ten Velden's "I Wish You Would" includes remixes by Bermudez & Preve. Preve spins AGLIFF kickoff party on the plaza of Austin's City Hall, Friday, September 28, 2007 (9pm-12am) Preve spins Fave magazine's launch party at NEST in Austin, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 (7pm-10pm) August 2007 DJ Ron Slomowicz interviews Francis Preve for About.com Stranger hits #1 on the Billboard's Club Play chart (August 18, 2007), becoming Preve's fourth chart-topping remix. Bermudez & Preve's Electro Dub of Hilary Duff's With Love selected for Promo Only's August 2007 Rhythm Club CD. Keyboard Magazine covers Preve's collaboration with Vernon Reid to support the John Lennon Foundation's Educational Tour Bus. Preve returns to Terrace 59 (rooftop at Speakeasy) with Tall Dave on Thursday, August 16, 2007. Preve spins at Grüv with Jason Jenkins on Sunday August 26th, 2007. July 2007 Hilary Duff's Stranger jumps to #6 on the Billboard's Club Play chart (July 28, 2007), marking the second time in 2007 that Preve scores two simultaneous Top 20 remixes. Can't Keep It A Secret by Jacinta, reaches #7 on Billboard's Club Play chart (July 7, 2007) The John Lennon Foundation taps Preve to conduct music seminar with guitar legend, Vernon Reid, in conjunction with the NAMM show in Austin, Texas - July 28, 2007. June 2007 Jacinta's Can't Keep It A Secret breaks into Billboard's Club Play Top 10, becoming Preve's seventh consecutive top 10 remix. Stranger - the second single from Hilary Duff's Dignity album - features Bermudez & Preve's retro-inflected Blue Neon mix. Preve opens for Retrobyte at Dolce, San Antonio, TX, June 8, 2007 May 2007 Hilary Duff's With Love hits #1 on Billboard Club Play charts (May 5, 2007). Jacinta's eagerly anticipated follow-up to her recent Billboard hits - Can't Keep It A Secret - includes two remixes by Preve. About.com's DJ Ron Slomowicz reviews Preve's electro mix of Jacinta's "Cant Keep It A Secret" April 2007 By popular request, Bermudez & Preve deliver second remix of Hilary Duff's With Love. Preve spins at Terrace 59 (rooftop at Speakeasy) with Tall Dave on April 5, 2007. Preve's SXSW panel, "Music From The Masses", is rated one of the Top 20 panels for SXSW Interactive 2007. March 2007 Preve interviewed by Wall Street Journal (March 26, 2007, p. R11). Hilary Duff's latest single, With Love, is released. The package includes Bermudez & Preve's bouncy "Scent of Seduction" remix. Check out the video here. It's Just Sex - remixed by Roland Belmares and Francis Preve hits #8 on the Billboard Club Play chart (03.10.07). Shout Magazine includes cover story on Francis. Click here to read. Preve will moderate "Music From The Masses" - a South-by-Southwest panel on the consumer remixing explosion, March 13, 2007. February 2007 Dangerous Power (Francis Preve Mix) by Gabriel & Dresden hits #1 on Billboard Club Play chart (02.17.07), becoming Preve's second consecutive chart topping remix. D:Fuse adds Preve's mix of Dangerous Power to his February XM80 radio mix. Preve slated to open for Joe Bermudez at Oil Can Harry's, Austin, TX, February 16, 2007 January 2007 Preve's remix of Tracking Treasure Down selected for use in Promo Only's January 2007 Club Video DVD. Korg unveils a software version of their classic Mono/Poly analog synth, featuring numerous presets by Preve. Preve to speak at MacWorld on music production and remixing, January 12, 2007 Ableton Booth at NAMM will feature Preve giving a talk on remixing and sound design, January 20th, 2007 December 2006 Dangerous Power (Francis Preve Mix) by Gabriel & Dresden now available on Beatport. Preve begins collaboration with Joe Bermudez on several remixes, including "Spirit In My Life" by Cedric Gervais (Ultra Records) Issue 103 of XLR8R features review of Remixer's Bible. November 2006 Issue 141 of URB includes an interview with Preve on the ins and outs of remixing (page 153). December issue of Future Music includes tutorial/feature on Preve's remix of Tracking Treasure Down. Preve to present Ableton Live seminar and performance at Apple Barton Creek Store (Austin, TX) - November 10, 2006 October 2006 Peter Kirn's Create Digital Music blog covers The Remixer's Bible. Korg OASYS now includes bank of Polysix presets designed by Preve. September 2006 Ableton Live 6 is released, featuing numerous synth presets designed by Preve. Francis Preve's long-awaited third book, The Remixer's Bible, is released. Get it at Amazon. Preve begins songwriting for new LA-based project. August 2006 D:Fuse adds Preve's mix of "Tracking Treasure Down" to his August XM radio set - The People's Mix #98. Preve is hard at work helping to develop Ableton Live 6 and a new synth for Korg. Keyboard TV footage of Preve's involvement with Summer NAMM 2006 and the John Lennon Foundation can be found here. July 2006 Tracking Treasure Down hits #1 on the Billboard Club charts (July 1)!!! Preve conducts music seminar with R&B artist, Macy Gray, in conjunction with The John Lennon Foundation (July 13, 2006). Tracking Treasure Down (Francis Preve Edit) featured on the July 2006 Abercrombie & Fitch in-store playlist. Towleroad on TTD: "Preve's mix is a summer dancefloor fairytale." DJ Smooth spins TTD on his July XM Radio mix show. June 2006 Tracking Treasure Down kicks off June at #3 on the Billboard Club charts (June 1). Just Like That (Belmares and Preve Radio Mix) now available via iTunes Music Store. Classic 2000 Preve remix, Behind The Wheel (F. A. Preve Mix) by cut.rate.box now available via iTunes Music Store. May 2006 Tracking Treasure Down hits #7 on the Billboard Club charts (May 26). Two more original Preve tracks appear on CNBC's series "American Made" - Monday, May 22, 7pm and 10pm CDT. [view the clips] Tracking Treasure Down enters the Billboard Club charts with a "Power Pick". Preve's original house track, Sharpie, appears on CNBC's series "American Made" - Monday, May 15, 7pm CDT. [view the clip] Tracking Treasure Down - Francis Preve Mix now available via iTunes. Tracking Treasure Down hits #2 on the UK Music Week Club chart (May 6). April 2006 Gabriel & Dresden's Tracking Treasure Down debuts at #7 on Ministry of Sound radio's Cool Cuts chart and #14 on Pete Tong's Buzz chart (April 8 and 14 respectively). Preve produces Solution, a track from Jacinta's upcoming album (due out Summer 2006). Mega-popular Japanese synthesizer manufacturer, Korg, releases custom set of Preve-designed presets for their Legacy Collection software. Keyboard Magazine, Future Music US, and Computer Music UK all feature tutorials and reviews by Preve. March 2006 Wired Magazine's Webmonkey features a podcast interview with Preve on making music with laptops. Gabriel & Dresden's next single, Tracking Treasure Down to be premiered at Winter Music Conference 2006, includes a UK house remix by Preve. Preve to host SXSW presentation titled: Stupid iPod Tricks - Getting The Most From Your iPod. Monday, March 13, 2006. Future Music US features tutorial penned by Preve under a pseudonym. See if you can find it. February 2006 Just Like That appears on the February 2006 Promo Only Mainstream Club compilation. Just Like That enters its third week (02/11/06) at #8 on the Billboard Dance Airplay charts. Preve is tapped to become a regular contributor for the #1 UK music software magazine, Computer Music. (Look for his first tutorial in March.) Big Fish Audio Big Beat 2 Soundware review appears in Keyboard Magazine. January 2006 Just Like That reaches #6 on the Billboard Sales charts and peaks at #9 on the Billboard Club charts. Just Like That breaks the Top 10 at #8 on the Billboard Dance Airplay (radio) charts!!! Just Like That kicks off 2006 at #21 on the Billboard Dance charts. Roundtable interview with international mash-up producers appears in Keyboard Magazine. December 2005 Just Like That (Belmares & Preve Radio Edit) featured on the December 2005 Abercrombie & Fitch in-store playlist. Just Like That ends the year #25 on the Billboard Dance charts. "Belmares & Preve offer the more high-energy, stadium anthemics that Amber fans may most appreciate..." — Chuck Taylor, Billboard Magazine - Dec. 2005 Just Like That becomes Preve's newest remix to be available from the iTunes Music Store. The Music area of fap7.com now includes iTMS links for puchasing. Interview with remixer Robbie Rivera and review of Rob Papen's Blue plug-in appear in Keyboard Magazine. November 2005 Just Like That (Belmares & Preve Mix) enters heavy rotation on the DMX cable radio Dance channel. Power Tools for GarageBand and Power Tools: Software for Loop Music are both highlighted in Performing Songwriter's Holiday Buying Guide. Amber's new single, Just Like That - remixed by Belmares & Preve - is released promotionally. October 2005 Preve will be giving a special presentation on using GarageBand at the Music Player Live conference in NYC at 4pm, October 22, 2005. Preve completes work on writing, programming and producing the new Money$hot single, U&I. Interview with dance artist and remixer, Tom Stephan a.k.a. Superchumbo, appears in Keyboard Magazine. September 2005 D:Fuse selects Winsome - by Preve's downtempo jazz project, Pizmo - to appear on his new People 3 CD set. Belmares and Preve complete work on remixing Amber's new single, Just Like That. Preve performs live at Fabric, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005 August 2005 Interview with remixing legend, Peter Rauhofer, appears in Keyboard Magazine. July 2005 Ableton Live 5 is released, featuring numerous drum kits, synth patches and loops created by Preve. Belmares and Preve complete work on Billie Myers' new single, It's Just Sex. Review of MetaSynth appears in Keyboard Magazine. June 2005 Preve slated to speak at Houston Galleria Apple Store, Saturday, June 25th and Austin Barton Creek Apple Store, Tuesday, June 28th. Reviews of Apple's GarageBand 2 and Jam Pack 4 appear in Keyboard Magazine. In honor of Apple's swith to Intel processors, check out this MP3. May 2005 Belmares and Preve tapped to remix Billie Myers' new single, It's Just Sex. Mac Jams selects Preve as celebrity judge for GarageBand/Tune-Up songwriting competition. April 2005 Austin's Shout Magazine interviews Belmares and Preve. April 2 Power Tools for GarageBand workshop (3:00pm) at the Apple Store Knox Street (Dallas). Review of FutureRetro Revolution and featurette on Apple's iPod appears in Keyboard Magazine. March 2005 Winter Party Volume 8 CD features not one, but two, Belmares & Preve remixes: Songbird by Abigail and Pat Hodges' The Message. Preve leads How to Trick out your iPod panel at SXSW - Tuesday, March 15, 11:30a-12:30p. This panel's so cool, Wired News even mentions it in their coverage. The Art of Digital Music by David Battino and Kelli Richards features a tips and tricks section by Preve. Power Tools for GarageBand and Software for Loop Music covered in the April issue of DV magazine. February 2005 Belmares & Preve mix of Debby Holiday's Half A Mile Away reaches #7 on Billboard's Dance chart! FutureMusic reviews Power Tools for GarageBand giving it eight out of ten stars. Review of Apple's Jam Pack 3 and Dance Mix column on The Prodigy appears in Keyboard Magazine. January 2005 Ableton unveils Operator, an intuitive new hybrid synth. The product includes extensive tutorials and an array of custom presets - both created by Preve. South-by-Southwest conference taps Preve to lead panel discussion on Apple's iPod. January 18 Power Tools for GarageBand workshop at the Apple Store Barton Creek. Reviews of Apple's Logic Pro 7 and Jam Pack 2 appear in Keyboard Magazine. December 2004 Development continues on new product for international audio software company. Details to be revealed at 2005 Winter NAMM show. Interview with Kaskade and product review of Submersible Music's Drumcore appears in Keyboard Magazine. November 2004 Belmares & Preve mix of Debby Holiday's Half A Mile Away - in stores November 16th! D:Fuse adds Living The Dream (F.A.Preve HITA Mix) to his Nov/Dec XM Radio mix. Preve interviewed by MacJams.com Review of Ableton Live 4 appears in Keyboard Magazine. October 2004 Power Tools for GarageBand is reviewed at MacJams.com. Power Tools for GarageBand (Backbeat Books) is released. October 30 GarageBand workshop at the Apple Store San Francisco. Francis jams live with the crew from Keyboard Magazine at Swig, San Francisco (October 28). October 25 presentation at the O'Reilly OS X Developer conference. Topic: The Powerbook Studio. Review of GForce impOSCar appears in Keyboard Magazine. September 2004 WTII Records releases Resurrection 2 compilation featuring FAP7 remix of Beborn Beton's Vorbei. Completed initial work on Belmares and Preve's remixes of Abigail's Songbird and Debby Holiday's Half A Mile Away. Review of Glaresoft iDrum and interview with Josh Gabriel appear in Keyboard Magazine. August 2004 Completed work on Belmares and Preve's remix of The Message by Pat Hodges. Delivered final manuscript for Power Tools for GarageBand (Backbeat Books). Due in stores October 2004. Review of Arturia Minimoog V and Dance Mix column on DJ collaboration appears in Keyboard Magazine. July 2004 Power Tools: Software For Loops (Backbeat Books) is released. Garageband Hot Tips feature appears in Keyboard Magazine. June 2004 Francis Preve is tapped to speak at the prestigious O'Reilly OS X Developer Conference in San Jose, CA (October 25, 2004). Reviews of Steinberg Hypersonic and Apple's Jam Pack appear in Keyboard Magazine. May 2004 Ableton Live 3 Hot Tips feature appears in Keyboard Magazine. April 2004 Iolite (FAP7 Trancelite mix) is included on Gypsy 83 soundtrack! Delivered final manuscript for Power Tools for Looping Software (Backbeat Books). Due in stores July 2004. Review of Apple GarageBand, Interview with Crystal Method, and Dance Mix column on analog production appears in Keyboard Magazine. Signed publishing deal with Backbeat Books to write Power Tools for GarageBand, an in-depth tutorial on getting the most from Apple's GarageBand sequencing application. March 2004 The 2004 SXSW conference includes Preve's panel on The Laptop Studio. The Austin Chronicle features an interview with Preve on creating music with a laptop. Preve begins new track - a collaboration with remixer and trance phenomenon, Josh Gabriel. February 2004 Review of Ableton Live and Part 4 of Preve's series on performing with a laptop appears in Keyboard Magazine. January 2004 Completed programming and engineering work on remix for Pepper Mashay's I Can't Stop - co-produced with superstar circuit DJ, Roland Belmares. Review of Arturia CS80V and Part 3 of Preve's series on performing with a laptop appears in Keyboard Magazine. December 2003 Review of TC Electronic Powercore (FireWire) appears in Keyboard Magazine. November 2003 Part 2 of Preve's series on performing with a laptop appears in Keyboard Magazine. October 2003 Part 1 of Preve's series on performing with a laptop appears in Keyboard Magazine. September 2003 Completed mixes for first full-length album in nearly a decade - Pizmo: Scenes from the Texture Set. Signed publishing deal with Backbeat Books to write comprehesive tome on producing music with samples and loops - Power Tools for Loop Music. Interviewed BT for Keyboard Magazine. August 2003 SXSW adds Francis Preve to its prestigious Steering Committee. July 2003 Begin work on Pizmo: Scenes from the Texture Set. Look for it in 2004. FM synthesis tutorial appears in Keyboard Magazine. June 2003 Oversee and instruct Austin Community College's Summer Music Workshop. Review of eMagic's Logic 6 sequencing and recording software appears in Keyboard Magazine. May 2003 Review of Steinberg's D'Cota VST instrument and Part 2 of Preve's series on Electroclash production appears in Keyboard Magazine. April 2003 Completed remix for Scissor Sisters' Filthy/Gorgeous. Part 1 of Preve's series on Electroclash production appears in Keyboard Magazine. March 2003 March issue of Keyboard magazine features review of eMagic's EVD6. See Writing section for more details. Appearing as panelist at Austin's legendary SXSW expo (3/7-3/15), followed by moderating two panels for the Miami Winter Music Conference (3/17-3/22). February 2003 Completed work on "Don't Let Me Go" remix for Arista UK artist, Sarah Whatmore. Completed work on original track, "Satisfy Me" (single and remix) featuring Lisa Sharp. January 2003 January issue of Keyboard magazine features review of TC/Waldorf D-Coder. See Writing section for more details. Completed work on "Booty" (single and remix) for new artist, Money$hot. December 2002 December issue of Keyboard magazine features review of Steinberg's Plex software synthesizer and Part 2 of Dance Mix column on 70's production techniques. See Writing section for more details.