A big hi to all of those who visit the site, and my apologies for my extended absence. As you may have found out already yourself, updates have been scarce over the last few months, but for good reason. Apart from a much deserved rest after an immensely troublesome final university year, I have been working towards a new and improved version of the Jivemaster.com site which is being built upon a Limbo server base. It took me around a week to get to grips with the CMS package as well as the finer points of CSS, but I'm fairly confident now that the site is (almost) good enough for a public release. A few minor things to iron out on the custom template, but otherwise, everything is going and looking well and should be ready for public release in the next week or so.

For those who are interested, the new site will (naturally) replace the old, however this version of the site will be kept for historical and informative purposes. Upon finalisation of the new site, a re-design of the MNZ mini-site will be in the works, but will not be as drastic as the new JM design.

The reason for the new site is for a few reasons. Primarily, the re-design will make it easier for me to update the site. Not that I update much anyway, but I'm hoping that by making it easier to update, I will make more regular contributions to the site. The other main reason is that I want the site to be more compatible with Firefox and IE - which at the moment is a little broken due to some problems with my code. I feel the new site is needed for these reasons, especially since I have a few new projects coming up and a new site design is needed to showcase these.

This will probably be the last post until the new site eventuates, so I'd like to say thanks for visiting Jivemaster.com and being a part of my work and life, and I hope that you all share my enthusiasm with the site redevelopment as much as I do. See you all soon and farewell Jivemaster.com version 1.0. {sniff}

Well you've been waiting for it and now it's finally here - the complete Melicious Neo Zeed album Crazymonkey Runaway Spacetrain is now released in its entirety. The remaining 5 songs of the album released today should hopefully quench the thirst of those yearning for some more MNZ action. Connect your mp3 player and get your hands on "Big Heavy Shit", "Mungrel Train", "Rock It Like This", "No Solution" and "Naked On The Dance Floor" now.

It's been 3 months since I updated. Absolutely shocking. Ok, lets go through what's been happening.

In case you missed it, my new mix Lava Reach has been posted at OCR. In conjuction with the mix's release, I was also featured on the official OCR podcast VGDJ number 9, which is hosted by Rayza and Aurora. Now that it's out of the way, I'm planning on readying up the rest of the MNZ songs for their release, because I believe that they have been withheld from everyone for long enough (and besides, I need to get my money's worth from my webspace).

The next project? Well apart from working on some new original music, I'm part of a few projects that need my attention. I was part of the Sonic 3 & Knuckles arrangement project at OCR doing a mix of Death Egg with Snappleman, but I haven't heard anything from him and it appears that the track is now locked and being done by some different artists. A bit strange considering I've heard nothing about this, but not a big deal really - I'm going to continue the mix anyway - it should turn out to be the best Death Egg offering by far.

Speaking of OCR projects, I'm also working on a title screen mix for Shael's SF2 arrangement project, which really needs some attention. This will be the next thing on the to-do list.

Keep visiting for more info soon. Jive out.

Another month, another update. Get excited because 3 more MNZ songs are here for your listening pleasure. "Mad Jap Atomic" is about your friendly neighbourhood Japanese super-hero, "For The Hate Of Mankind" sonically simulates one's amounting feelings of disgust for the human race and "The Love" explains the problems with peoples' relationships (in a way all can understand ;)). All attainable from the usual place.

Mix completed and submitted to OverClocked ReMix.

Yet again the MNZ site sees another update. 3 more songs now up. "Its Like That" is a 80's style hip-hop song resembling stuff from Run DMC (when done by an aussie white guy), "I Like My Metal Softcore" is a rock song about how hardcore-metal-dicks only listen to their choice in music because they think it makes them tough, and finally "All My Friends" discusses the important issues surrounding friendship and the (total lack of) need for it.

Because I've been real bored, I've been screwing around with some cgi scripts and decided to implement a blog. Now the agoninising pain that I experience every day living around the rest of the people situated on this death forsaken planet is documented on a day by day basis (or when I feel like it anyway...). Behold - Ramblings by Jive.

Also, for the dedicated few of you who ocassionally visit the site, I can confirm that I am working on another Sonic remix for OverClocked. Yes you read correctly. Not giving much away, except that it has been requested a tad in the past. Oh, and it's from a Megadrive/Genesis game...

The MNZ website is now up for your viewing pleasure, along with 3 songs from the first album - Crazymonkey Runaway Spacetrain. The first, "Mic Cheque MCs" is a mix of electronic grunge and rock coupled with hip-hop vocals. The second, "1012kb" is a mix of synth-punk rock, while the last "Candy Girl" is a fiesty pop song about sluts. Enjoy. More to come soon...

Hello loyal vistors and welcome to the new year! Just when you thought the site was doomed for failure, the silence is broken again with another update! This one is a bit more meaningful though. Firstly, we now have our own proper webspace, and as a result, we also have our own... (wait for it)... forum! Egads! Are you serious Jivemaster? Hell no, but we're insane enough to get things done. And this is just the beginning - soon we will be uploading the long awaited Melicious Neo Zeed tracks for all of you to get your hands on. We've just got a few last minute adjustments and then they're up. We are quite excited with these new advancements and we hope you guys are too.

Anyway, here's the links to all the new stuff:
Jivemaster.com forums (still WIP)
Melicious Neo Zeed homepage (coming soon)

Oh my god! Another update within a month!! Good heavens! Well thanks to university almost being finished for the year (bar one exam), its back on the music making train... or something. These eventful holidays have already brought about 1 new track - a golden oldie - "I Like My Metal Softcore", in all its noise-rock goodness. More to come while I find a home to put this stuff...

Hi all. In a strange twist of fate, I can happily report the music is coming along nicely. No, I haven't yet added the long awaited turntable shit, however, several new songs have been recorded, which I have decided will go onto the current CD, making the total track count 13. At around 38mins, this album should be a decent showcase of some of my older and newer stuff to date. I've been wanting to do more and more on it, but I'm going to have to stop sometime - just can't say when. I've also yet to decide how I am going to distribute the music, since mp3.com.au isn't the greatest place for music. We'll see.

No updates have been done for the last 1/4 of the year due to me being sick on and off. With health on the blink, little is getting done on the music projects which I have wanted to get finished recently (like minor DJ work to be done on the CD). Don't know when I'll get the chance to get this stuff done. Hopefully soon though - I really want to get this crap finished so I can move forward and make some entirely fresh stuff.

Also, it seems that Netscape is having troubles with the site's layout... not sure of the prob... not sure if I could be bothered fixing at the moment either.

As you may not know, MNZ are releasing their first album soon online, and possibly in physical format in the future. Final touches are being made so it will be a while yet, but I'm aiming for the middle of the year. Expect more updates soon when I'm not ill / slack.

In regards to the site itself, some small site updates have been made, added Thanks page, removed Graphics link for now, and made some other tweaks here and there.