well, digital > analog. and lou reed had no idea what he was talking about.
personally? i'm not into this streaming service idea. i want to interact directly with artists. it doesn't matter how this is done, it's just creating a bourgeois layer. in order to pay for the bourgeois layer, you either need to not pay the artists or put prices through the roof. then you're just overcharging to pay marketing departments. and, i think that's the reason they're trying to put an artist face on this. i think they understand this, even if the consuming public doesn't quite understand it quite yet.
these services have some use - as a kind of a library. spotify is great if it's full of pink floyd records. as a way to house new music? i think this has no future. in the long run, it becomes a closed space for major label artists, because independent artists and independent labels abandon it.
i think you want to forget about spotify as a model. i think the future looks more like bandcamp...
it's a step forwards, though. people pay $100/month for cable. that's a more realistic price to make this sustainable. if nobody gets there, or seems willing to move in that direction, then these services all fail.
as an artist, my primary condition for signing up to something like this is that i want an exchange value on a per-second basis written into a contract that is not dependent on revenue. that is, i'd want to lease the rights to the music to the streaming site. and it's not going to be fractions of pennies on the stream. it's going to be between ten and twenty-five cents per stream, depending on it's length. not once. every time you listen to it...
that has to be in writing, irreversibly. not interested? not signing....
and i don't really care how they charge you, either. i might suggest that a minutely rate is a better idea than a flat rate. but i'm carrying out a transaction with the managers of the service, not with the customer. i don't really like it, but that's how i'm forced to look at it. that transaction is for the use of my art. how they sell it is their concern.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
a trip to the ufo factory to lift off with noveller
i get silly when i'm tired...
i wasn't able to sleep yesterday morning, and here i am, now, still wide awake. i'm pushing a 40 hour day. which is not that odd for me, but it's been a while. and, certainly, this lack of tiredness at the end of it is a little unsettling.
after some appointments yesterday afternoon on no sleep, and a second failed attempt at it, i rolled out of bed, grabbed the proverbial comb, and stumbled out to explore another new area of detroit: michigan street. the thing you've got to realize about detroit is that it was obviously built by the illuminati, because of the geometry. it's clear as day. hundred mile long roads rotate out of each other at increments of thirty degrees, winding out to suburbs where no bus is allowed to go. michigan st is the fourth option i've taken so far...
of the four, the end point is actually the shortest walk. and, it seems to be the punk rock district. i will be back in this area fairly often.
when one mentions that they attended a show at the ufo club, it's fair game to ask if they played astronomy domine, to which the answer is: fuck off.
"what? not even interstellar overdrive....?"
well, detroit has it's own history - and this place is actually important in it, being across the street from the old tiger stadium. which appears to basically still be there, just fenced off. rumour has it that the likes of babe ruth himself liked to hit a few out of the park at this place. it's a very old building. those days are gone now, but you can kind of still feel them walking up to the bar...
mexican knives are a local act, but i've seen them written up in review sites. those.....hipster (said with somewhat of a plugged nose).....review sites. and, the accusation may be an accurate first impression, but it's not really fair.
hipster is really a different animal than this. it's goofier. it thinks it's more modern, but that's why people with better taste laugh at hipsters, right?
i think something like "generalized punk" is more accurate.
"generalized punk", as i'd put forth it's use, is a kind of amalgam of punk styles, without any concept of time or geography. which is why hipster is a forgivable immediate reaction. for a minute, it's some early dk thing, then it's got a teenage jesus vibe - wait, now it's joy division with...dude is actually strumming like johnny ramone, get out of here...
see, it's not the worst idea to take all these ideas and try and mix them all up. it's better than flat out copying somebody, at least. but it turns into a "who are they now?" game. and, then you're not really listening to what they're doing anymore.
i'll probably see them open at least a second time, and probably a fourth time. they get plenty of gigs. but it needs to be taken to the next level if it wants to really be taken seriously. whatever that means. maybe doing overlapping duelling medleys instead....
"i just gotta tell you what i'm thinking right away while it's fresh: it came to me in a dream, man. the next movement in punk is recursion. i'll come back around to this, i just need to cycle it through my head. it's really spinning."
google recursion. click on "did you mean recursion". those google kids, always playing silly games...
==
so, noveller was the artist i went to see tonight...
i'm generally pretty dismissive/critical of these "think they can play with a loop pedal" types. almost nobody does this well. it almost always instantly turns into fripp does reich - with lobotomies offered in place of 3d glasses.
"now, with free lobotomy!"
noveller's a cut above, though. it's a completely different talent level. the loops are largely atmospheric, and she's setting off more than a few things as they spin around...
she was visibly unhappy with the sound, even stopping a few times. it's hard to believe that she didn't know that tube amps break up a little at high volume. personally, i thought it sounded fine.
she makes a nice - and often rather beautiful - racket. recommended.
here's a full set:
i caught about a half hour of the soft moon, and then left for the bus. i was a little cautious about timing, it being my first time up that way. one of these days, they'll open the tunnel to bicycle traffic. until then, there's no bus service between 1:00 and 4:00, and i'm stuck in detroit if i'm going to stay late. wasn't into that last night...
it turns out i could have stayed an extra twenty minutes, which probably would have nearly closed the set.
i can't say i really regret leaving early, though. the noisy joy division vibe ends up somewhere near late nine inch nails, and i just wasn't nearly drunk enough for it. despite loving noise. and joy division. and early nine inch nails.
it's just really blunt. they've shifted their sound around through different takes of post-punk, and can at times conjure up some decent soundscapes. it's just that there's no subtlety in the writing. that's a problem that no number of sonic facelifts is going to fix.
this is a short clip, but it's pretty accurate.
http://dghjdfsghkrdghdgja.appspot.com/categories/shows/2015/04/14.html
i wasn't able to sleep yesterday morning, and here i am, now, still wide awake. i'm pushing a 40 hour day. which is not that odd for me, but it's been a while. and, certainly, this lack of tiredness at the end of it is a little unsettling.
after some appointments yesterday afternoon on no sleep, and a second failed attempt at it, i rolled out of bed, grabbed the proverbial comb, and stumbled out to explore another new area of detroit: michigan street. the thing you've got to realize about detroit is that it was obviously built by the illuminati, because of the geometry. it's clear as day. hundred mile long roads rotate out of each other at increments of thirty degrees, winding out to suburbs where no bus is allowed to go. michigan st is the fourth option i've taken so far...
of the four, the end point is actually the shortest walk. and, it seems to be the punk rock district. i will be back in this area fairly often.
when one mentions that they attended a show at the ufo club, it's fair game to ask if they played astronomy domine, to which the answer is: fuck off.
"what? not even interstellar overdrive....?"
well, detroit has it's own history - and this place is actually important in it, being across the street from the old tiger stadium. which appears to basically still be there, just fenced off. rumour has it that the likes of babe ruth himself liked to hit a few out of the park at this place. it's a very old building. those days are gone now, but you can kind of still feel them walking up to the bar...
mexican knives are a local act, but i've seen them written up in review sites. those.....hipster (said with somewhat of a plugged nose).....review sites. and, the accusation may be an accurate first impression, but it's not really fair.
hipster is really a different animal than this. it's goofier. it thinks it's more modern, but that's why people with better taste laugh at hipsters, right?
i think something like "generalized punk" is more accurate.
"generalized punk", as i'd put forth it's use, is a kind of amalgam of punk styles, without any concept of time or geography. which is why hipster is a forgivable immediate reaction. for a minute, it's some early dk thing, then it's got a teenage jesus vibe - wait, now it's joy division with...dude is actually strumming like johnny ramone, get out of here...
see, it's not the worst idea to take all these ideas and try and mix them all up. it's better than flat out copying somebody, at least. but it turns into a "who are they now?" game. and, then you're not really listening to what they're doing anymore.
i'll probably see them open at least a second time, and probably a fourth time. they get plenty of gigs. but it needs to be taken to the next level if it wants to really be taken seriously. whatever that means. maybe doing overlapping duelling medleys instead....
"i just gotta tell you what i'm thinking right away while it's fresh: it came to me in a dream, man. the next movement in punk is recursion. i'll come back around to this, i just need to cycle it through my head. it's really spinning."
google recursion. click on "did you mean recursion". those google kids, always playing silly games...
==
so, noveller was the artist i went to see tonight...
i'm generally pretty dismissive/critical of these "think they can play with a loop pedal" types. almost nobody does this well. it almost always instantly turns into fripp does reich - with lobotomies offered in place of 3d glasses.
"now, with free lobotomy!"
noveller's a cut above, though. it's a completely different talent level. the loops are largely atmospheric, and she's setting off more than a few things as they spin around...
she was visibly unhappy with the sound, even stopping a few times. it's hard to believe that she didn't know that tube amps break up a little at high volume. personally, i thought it sounded fine.
she makes a nice - and often rather beautiful - racket. recommended.
here's a full set:
i caught about a half hour of the soft moon, and then left for the bus. i was a little cautious about timing, it being my first time up that way. one of these days, they'll open the tunnel to bicycle traffic. until then, there's no bus service between 1:00 and 4:00, and i'm stuck in detroit if i'm going to stay late. wasn't into that last night...
it turns out i could have stayed an extra twenty minutes, which probably would have nearly closed the set.
i can't say i really regret leaving early, though. the noisy joy division vibe ends up somewhere near late nine inch nails, and i just wasn't nearly drunk enough for it. despite loving noise. and joy division. and early nine inch nails.
it's just really blunt. they've shifted their sound around through different takes of post-punk, and can at times conjure up some decent soundscapes. it's just that there's no subtlety in the writing. that's a problem that no number of sonic facelifts is going to fix.
this is a short clip, but it's pretty accurate.
http://dghjdfsghkrdghdgja.appspot.com/categories/shows/2015/04/14.html
i was reading something, and it got me to thinking how hands-off of a
parent i would be. like, i'd barely even pay attention. i'd answer
questions, make the odd suggestion. but, i'm not interested in living
vicariously through my kids or whatever. i'm pretty opposed to hierarchy
in general, but i'm really just exceedingly liberal when it comes to
raising kids...
that makes me very different than most people my age, who are very conservative on this issue. what would happen if i got stuck raising a kid with one of these control freak nutcases?
well, here's the thing: i might not want to steer, but i'd be absolutely unable to allow the other parent to go full helicopter on any kid of mine. no fucking way, man. i'm going to stand up to tyranny anywhere i see it, and with my own kid? that's....that's personal....
...and it got me to thinking that it would be an excellent television show. well, first i thought it would be a good novel. then i thought it's more of a subplot, just because it needs that randomness to be effective - it would get boring as the dominant focus. but, a tv show...yeah....that's where this really belongs...
it's gotta be rooted in the anarchist's tendency to deliver these over-the-top, eloquent drama queen speeches in favour of delivering the child from tyranny, total enlightenment era language, while the helicopter parent responds in favour of order and grooming...
they've gotta constantly be at each other.
and the twist has to always be that the kid decides in the end, in some kind of vaguely dialectical manner.
"to deny a child the beauty of the forest,
for what? for age?
did you not pick your own berries?
did you not dare your friends to eat the unknown, in case they might be poison?
did you not chase squirrels, and think you smelled skunks and run from imaginary bears?
and did your mother stand over you as you did so?
did she steal your dreams?
did she write the rules of your games?
was she as convinced of your incompetence,
as i am convinced of your tyranny?
the children shall rise, foul madam, and abolish your cruel authority.
and when they do i shall aid them.
solidarity, children!
the fight is ours to win,
should we work together!"
that makes me very different than most people my age, who are very conservative on this issue. what would happen if i got stuck raising a kid with one of these control freak nutcases?
well, here's the thing: i might not want to steer, but i'd be absolutely unable to allow the other parent to go full helicopter on any kid of mine. no fucking way, man. i'm going to stand up to tyranny anywhere i see it, and with my own kid? that's....that's personal....
...and it got me to thinking that it would be an excellent television show. well, first i thought it would be a good novel. then i thought it's more of a subplot, just because it needs that randomness to be effective - it would get boring as the dominant focus. but, a tv show...yeah....that's where this really belongs...
it's gotta be rooted in the anarchist's tendency to deliver these over-the-top, eloquent drama queen speeches in favour of delivering the child from tyranny, total enlightenment era language, while the helicopter parent responds in favour of order and grooming...
they've gotta constantly be at each other.
and the twist has to always be that the kid decides in the end, in some kind of vaguely dialectical manner.
"to deny a child the beauty of the forest,
for what? for age?
did you not pick your own berries?
did you not dare your friends to eat the unknown, in case they might be poison?
did you not chase squirrels, and think you smelled skunks and run from imaginary bears?
and did your mother stand over you as you did so?
did she steal your dreams?
did she write the rules of your games?
was she as convinced of your incompetence,
as i am convinced of your tyranny?
the children shall rise, foul madam, and abolish your cruel authority.
and when they do i shall aid them.
solidarity, children!
the fight is ours to win,
should we work together!"
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
untitled (overdub mix)
this is a bonus mix that only includes aspects of the track added over 2015. it's listed at the end of disc one here, but would not fit on a physical release; it would ideally be attached to the second disc as a hidden track 0 to be "rewound" to, but may appear as a hidden track at the end if i can't get that to work properly. track completed on april 14, 2015.
http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/untitled-overdub-mix
http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/untitled-overdub-mix
Monday, April 13, 2015
rap news 31
i'm going to provide a narrative that is going to drive some people nuts, but it's a reflection of how much nonsense is floating around the resistance movements. you can't forget that we arrived here after decades of slashes to education. the resistance doesn't build or organize anymore. it lacks the knowledge and ability to do this. rather, it sits in the park and demands that the rulers fix it. the reality is that we're as pathetic as they think we are- because they made us that way.
what you're calling austerity is a complex mix of cynicism and failed idealism. there were plenty of people that understood this was inevitable. there were some people that sought to profit from it. but there were enough people that thought this could work to declare it a failed experiment. there are still powerful people that are confused by what they're seeing. it's easy to think it's some master plan. but, it's really just a failed ideology. and the root of it is the way the euro was implemented.
the proper comparison is to the united states, under the gold standard, before the federal reserve. it's a little different, but it's the same basic problem. the austerity is coming from the fact that countries like greece have lost sovereignty over their money supply. when faced with default, they have two choices: spend less, or devalue their currency. but they cannot devalue their currency.
in order for greece and germany to use the same money supply, there has to be some redistribution of resources. in north america, this is actually systemic. the rich provinces and states (like alberta, and california) routinely transfer wealth to the poorer ones (like quebec and west virginia). in europe, it's a scandal - in north america, it's the basis of confederation. this needs to happen as a consequence of using a shared currency, despite having drastically unequal economies.
so long as the euro system continues, these transfers can never end. privatization will merely make things worse. vultures and whatnot. but this isn't a diabolical scheme. it's the result of economic incompetence.
now, here's the funny twist, here: europeans have repeatedly rejected further integration. yet, they want to keep using the euro. you won't hear anybody on the street that gets this. if you put it up for referendum, the popular consensus will be to continue the system that's causing the crisis. because they don't understand what's going on, and the demagogues on the ground are merely confusing things.
in the end, there are three solutions:
1) confederation. under such a system, wealth transfers from germany to the periphery would likely be written into the constitution.
2) abolition of the euro.
3) burn everything down and start over.
everything else that's happening is the result of idiocy run amok....
canada is the master race, we've solved everything - the germans could learn a thing from this.
i mean, i like option 3. but option 1 is most likely.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equalization_payments_in_Canada
what you're calling austerity is a complex mix of cynicism and failed idealism. there were plenty of people that understood this was inevitable. there were some people that sought to profit from it. but there were enough people that thought this could work to declare it a failed experiment. there are still powerful people that are confused by what they're seeing. it's easy to think it's some master plan. but, it's really just a failed ideology. and the root of it is the way the euro was implemented.
the proper comparison is to the united states, under the gold standard, before the federal reserve. it's a little different, but it's the same basic problem. the austerity is coming from the fact that countries like greece have lost sovereignty over their money supply. when faced with default, they have two choices: spend less, or devalue their currency. but they cannot devalue their currency.
in order for greece and germany to use the same money supply, there has to be some redistribution of resources. in north america, this is actually systemic. the rich provinces and states (like alberta, and california) routinely transfer wealth to the poorer ones (like quebec and west virginia). in europe, it's a scandal - in north america, it's the basis of confederation. this needs to happen as a consequence of using a shared currency, despite having drastically unequal economies.
so long as the euro system continues, these transfers can never end. privatization will merely make things worse. vultures and whatnot. but this isn't a diabolical scheme. it's the result of economic incompetence.
now, here's the funny twist, here: europeans have repeatedly rejected further integration. yet, they want to keep using the euro. you won't hear anybody on the street that gets this. if you put it up for referendum, the popular consensus will be to continue the system that's causing the crisis. because they don't understand what's going on, and the demagogues on the ground are merely confusing things.
in the end, there are three solutions:
1) confederation. under such a system, wealth transfers from germany to the periphery would likely be written into the constitution.
2) abolition of the euro.
3) burn everything down and start over.
everything else that's happening is the result of idiocy run amok....
canada is the master race, we've solved everything - the germans could learn a thing from this.
i mean, i like option 3. but option 1 is most likely.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equalization_payments_in_Canada
untitled (final mix)
this is the final lead-off version of the track, which was built by:
1) remastering the 2002 mix.
2) mixing in orchestrated vst additions (synths and samplers)
3) adding lead guitar parts
track completed april 13, 2015.
http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/untitled-5
1) remastering the 2002 mix.
2) mixing in orchestrated vst additions (synths and samplers)
3) adding lead guitar parts
track completed april 13, 2015.
http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/untitled-5
Saturday, April 11, 2015
you know, yesterday this page had 280,000 hits. today, it has 220,000 hits. it's a little confusing.
now, it's not like i really care, to be honest. the only value that number has to me is as a metric of marketing potential. youtube is not a martketplace - there's nothing for sale. it's a place to advertise things. the store is at bandcamp.
i advertise things here, and sell things there. i'd set up a store at google - they're actually not terrible on paying artists, compared to spotify and others - but they require a wallet account, which requires a credit card. their attempt to monopolize the process has locked me out. i can only shrug, because i think i owe visa something like $15,000 (truth is, i haven't looked at the bill in years...). i'm simply not about to call to ask what i owe them, and if they're willing to give me another card.
so, again, i don't really care.
except that it's nice to watch numbers get bigger. it passed 250K back in march. i was expecting it to get to 300K near the beginning of may. now, who knows - it might shrink back to 0....
the only thing i can think of is that maybe some videos were taken down, but then what's the point?
i've also noticed that they've stopped counting hits on the front page which is just like...
how am i supposed to know how many people visited the page - ie. how effective my youtube advertising has been in driving traffic?
i've got metrics at bandcamp, but it only tells half the story. it doesn't tell me how many people i'm able to get from youtube to bandcamp, which is the point.
i know they don't like the idea of having a "featured track". they want a "channel trailer" to "maximize subscribers". but, i don't get paid for subscribers. there's no self interest in telling people to subscribe. and nobody reads their feed, anyways. i lose subscribers when i upload new videos because they're irritated that i send them notifications. but if you're not interested in the music, why the fuck did you subscribe? am i supposed to care? to tread carefully, so that people that don't care don't unsubscribe? it's a dumb system, and they're leaving us with little choice but to break it. computers aren't tvs and surfers aren't viewers...
so, if they think it's going to modify behaviour.....they're not getting it. i'm not putting the stuff up to maximize hits. i'm cycling around links to the store. the basic traffic direction tactic isn't going to change. it's just that now, i don't know how much traffic i'm getting....
it would be easiest to just put it back the way it was. but, if that's not acceptable for whatever reason, it would be great to get a "channel visits" metric - that is, a metric that documents how many people visit the channel, even if it's just to watch the trailer. that number is far more useful to me than a subscriber count, or watching the hits on my videos increase.
now, it's not like i really care, to be honest. the only value that number has to me is as a metric of marketing potential. youtube is not a martketplace - there's nothing for sale. it's a place to advertise things. the store is at bandcamp.
i advertise things here, and sell things there. i'd set up a store at google - they're actually not terrible on paying artists, compared to spotify and others - but they require a wallet account, which requires a credit card. their attempt to monopolize the process has locked me out. i can only shrug, because i think i owe visa something like $15,000 (truth is, i haven't looked at the bill in years...). i'm simply not about to call to ask what i owe them, and if they're willing to give me another card.
so, again, i don't really care.
except that it's nice to watch numbers get bigger. it passed 250K back in march. i was expecting it to get to 300K near the beginning of may. now, who knows - it might shrink back to 0....
the only thing i can think of is that maybe some videos were taken down, but then what's the point?
i've also noticed that they've stopped counting hits on the front page which is just like...
how am i supposed to know how many people visited the page - ie. how effective my youtube advertising has been in driving traffic?
i've got metrics at bandcamp, but it only tells half the story. it doesn't tell me how many people i'm able to get from youtube to bandcamp, which is the point.
i know they don't like the idea of having a "featured track". they want a "channel trailer" to "maximize subscribers". but, i don't get paid for subscribers. there's no self interest in telling people to subscribe. and nobody reads their feed, anyways. i lose subscribers when i upload new videos because they're irritated that i send them notifications. but if you're not interested in the music, why the fuck did you subscribe? am i supposed to care? to tread carefully, so that people that don't care don't unsubscribe? it's a dumb system, and they're leaving us with little choice but to break it. computers aren't tvs and surfers aren't viewers...
so, if they think it's going to modify behaviour.....they're not getting it. i'm not putting the stuff up to maximize hits. i'm cycling around links to the store. the basic traffic direction tactic isn't going to change. it's just that now, i don't know how much traffic i'm getting....
it would be easiest to just put it back the way it was. but, if that's not acceptable for whatever reason, it would be great to get a "channel visits" metric - that is, a metric that documents how many people visit the channel, even if it's just to watch the trailer. that number is far more useful to me than a subscriber count, or watching the hits on my videos increase.
updating the tease for untitled
i've updated the tease. again - i don't like to do this. but this is such a slow process...
this is actually only done up to about 6:25, but i included an extra minute for continuity...
http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/untitled-tease-version-two
this is actually only done up to about 6:25, but i included an extra minute for continuity...
http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/untitled-tease-version-two
Friday, April 10, 2015
thunderstorms tonight; seemed like i was being prevented from working. i was supposed to be productive this week. storm is done now, though, so i'm finally back to recording.
just a reminder that i'm working on completing this double ep:
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/untitled
just a reminder that i'm working on completing this double ep:
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/untitled
Thursday, April 9, 2015
further thoughts on the new gybe! record
that's not me out your window, guys. i'm somewhere back in the brush, sitting under a tree, enjoying a peach, and taking notes on the whole thing from a distance.
the basic premise of more gybe! is a good one. if it's from the heart. but it seems like they're going through the motions. it's maybe hard to blame them, given...everything. fuck, i'd do it. kids. they're expensive.
this is probably a transition disc, and it's probably not going to really make sense until the next one. even if the next one is no disc at all. as an end, it seems cynical. but they've been leaning towards that kind of canterbury improv sound for a while now. recognition tends to hurt bands like this, as they end up thinking every pattern they shit out is gorecki-level brilliant, if they don't just stop caring if it is or not. they'll get the awards. they'll sell out the concerts. it doesn't matter. then they'll go home, and...kids. they're fucking expensive.
these people all have other projects that are closer to their hearts, but this is necessary to allow those projects to happen. and they can't use a different label. they can't retire it out of hallowed respect. the point is that this is the one that markets fawn over. the one that allows everything to continue...
they know it. but, you know. kids.
this is observational, not judgmental. i'm patient. and i trust these boys and girls. so, i'll be quiet and wait for them to finish.
the basic premise of more gybe! is a good one. if it's from the heart. but it seems like they're going through the motions. it's maybe hard to blame them, given...everything. fuck, i'd do it. kids. they're expensive.
this is probably a transition disc, and it's probably not going to really make sense until the next one. even if the next one is no disc at all. as an end, it seems cynical. but they've been leaning towards that kind of canterbury improv sound for a while now. recognition tends to hurt bands like this, as they end up thinking every pattern they shit out is gorecki-level brilliant, if they don't just stop caring if it is or not. they'll get the awards. they'll sell out the concerts. it doesn't matter. then they'll go home, and...kids. they're fucking expensive.
these people all have other projects that are closer to their hearts, but this is necessary to allow those projects to happen. and they can't use a different label. they can't retire it out of hallowed respect. the point is that this is the one that markets fawn over. the one that allows everything to continue...
they know it. but, you know. kids.
this is observational, not judgmental. i'm patient. and i trust these boys and girls. so, i'll be quiet and wait for them to finish.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
ugh. this is really totally annoying.
i'm awake. i'm alert. and i'm actually eager. but headaches are the one thing i can't ignore when mixing. any other flu/allergy symptom is whatever. if i had a broken leg, it wouldn't matter. but the headache is irresolvable...it has to pass....
i'm getting something done tonight, at least - i'm taking another chunk out of my old political oriented facebook page. if you came here via youtube, you notice i rant. i used to have a facebook page full of articles and rants over them. but i'm trying to transfer everything off of facebook and on to my own blog. there's at least tens, probably hundreds, of thousands of post there to transfer off...it's going to take a long time to do this and has become my current sick project...
i've been feeling a bit better the last hour or so. we got some rain here today that coincided with the worst of it and seems to have stopped. but it's likely to carry on straight through until saturday.
i'm not wasting tomorrow. if i wake up with my head fucked, i'll go get some antihistamines..
but, for tonight, the quiet hum of electronics is preferable.
i'm awake. i'm alert. and i'm actually eager. but headaches are the one thing i can't ignore when mixing. any other flu/allergy symptom is whatever. if i had a broken leg, it wouldn't matter. but the headache is irresolvable...it has to pass....
i'm getting something done tonight, at least - i'm taking another chunk out of my old political oriented facebook page. if you came here via youtube, you notice i rant. i used to have a facebook page full of articles and rants over them. but i'm trying to transfer everything off of facebook and on to my own blog. there's at least tens, probably hundreds, of thousands of post there to transfer off...it's going to take a long time to do this and has become my current sick project...
i've been feeling a bit better the last hour or so. we got some rain here today that coincided with the worst of it and seems to have stopped. but it's likely to carry on straight through until saturday.
i'm not wasting tomorrow. if i wake up with my head fucked, i'll go get some antihistamines..
but, for tonight, the quiet hum of electronics is preferable.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
i'm not sick, it's allergies, and i'm just about useless.
i can handle sniffles, it's this brutal sinus headache that's just totally disabling...
i could get some antihistamines. they've helped in the past. but i don't really know what i'm allergic to so i don't like fucking with it. i'd rather figure out the cause and find some answer than fuck with my immune system like that.
they weren't a problem last year. i'll give it another day or two.
...but i'm pretty sure my immune system works, anyways. yikes.....calm down guys, it's just some dust and pollen and shit...no need to go full retard on me like this...
i can handle sniffles, it's this brutal sinus headache that's just totally disabling...
i could get some antihistamines. they've helped in the past. but i don't really know what i'm allergic to so i don't like fucking with it. i'd rather figure out the cause and find some answer than fuck with my immune system like that.
they weren't a problem last year. i'll give it another day or two.
...but i'm pretty sure my immune system works, anyways. yikes.....calm down guys, it's just some dust and pollen and shit...no need to go full retard on me like this...
Monday, April 6, 2015
so, i played around with a few mixes and concluded that there's not enough to make this worthwhile for inri001-inri023. i was thinking that i had a lot of fragments that would mix well, but the reality is that the result is not compelling. it feels like a cheap gimmick. almost none of it is really coherent enough to stand up outside of the context of the work it originally existed in.
however, there's a number of pieces from inri024-inri045 that i'd like to take out. and i may take out a few earlier ones, too. these are alternate mixes, mostly...
so, i'm not getting anything up on this, but i got the idea narrowed down and it's clearer to me where i need to place it in the discography.
however, there's a number of pieces from inri024-inri045 that i'd like to take out. and i may take out a few earlier ones, too. these are alternate mixes, mostly...
so, i'm not getting anything up on this, but i got the idea narrowed down and it's clearer to me where i need to place it in the discography.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
i'm working on that ambient works tonight. i'm just a little sick. i know, eh? i'm not sure it will get done tonight, but expect a string of subscriber-only uploads that you can't click through...
nothing will *stay* subscriber-only in the long run. as i complete each section of the discography, it will become available for general sale. but, subscribers will get access to it as soon as it's uploaded, which may be months before it's released for general listening.
i may end up changing this around quite a bit, depending on how the disability works out. if i get long term, i'll probably move everything to subscriber only, make the price cheaper and then use youtube for samples. this will put a block on streaming - act as a paywall, basically. but i think we're collectively learning that streaming is a shitty business model.
nothing will *stay* subscriber-only in the long run. as i complete each section of the discography, it will become available for general sale. but, subscribers will get access to it as soon as it's uploaded, which may be months before it's released for general listening.
i may end up changing this around quite a bit, depending on how the disability works out. if i get long term, i'll probably move everything to subscriber only, make the price cheaper and then use youtube for samples. this will put a block on streaming - act as a paywall, basically. but i think we're collectively learning that streaming is a shitty business model.
Saturday, April 4, 2015
i felt more like the swans were fluttering around outside, agitating to raise me out of the bar and bring me home to get back to work
i decided at the last minute to catch atom egoyan favourite raised by swans tonight, and all i could think about was how i should be at home working/recording. that's good, for me. it's probably the last show for at least a few weeks.
i wasn't walking in as a fan or anything, it just seemed like something relaxing to sit back and enjoy a beer with...
stylistically, it's very much the current wave of "indie rock", which isn't really a style i have much interest in. but, the record indicated a larger atmospheric influence, both in the joy division sense and the mbv sense. the live presentation seemed to want to minimize this in favour of something more rhythmic, and while that's probably the right marketing decision in a broad sense, it wasn't really what i was looking for.
that's not to say it was bare bones new wave, but i didn't get that wash of effects i went for...
the record is actually pretty good, though, if you prefer your indie rock a little closer to the source: with more exotic melodies, with less predictable pop and with deeper focus on atmospheres.
https://raisedbyswans6.bandcamp.com/album/xnadalur
on the personal story side of it, something i've noticed repeatedly walking home over the last few weeks is that people think i'm a streetwalker. this is odd to me, as i haven't seen any actual streetwalkers in the neighbourhood. i've given out a few smokes to girls walking home that seemed like they were working, but not on the corner sort of thing...
i'm not really sure how to approach this sort of thing. i'm not dressed provocatively. tonight, i was wearing a raincoat and a pair of jeans. the only clue that i'm even female-identifying is my elbow length hair. meaning these johns are driving through the wrong neighbourhood, and getting desperate. what's worrying is that it signifies pretty strong desperation. the only other thing i can think of is that they might be confusing me for somebody.
it wasn't really an issue at all last year. hopefully, they clue in soon that there's nobody around here and go drive in some other neighbourhood.
but, i mean, like...
you gotta wonder what kind of warped experience leads some guys to think girl walking home at night = prostitute. as though it's occam's razor or something.
http://dghjdfsghkrdghdgja.appspot.com/categories/shows/2015/04/03.html
i wasn't walking in as a fan or anything, it just seemed like something relaxing to sit back and enjoy a beer with...
stylistically, it's very much the current wave of "indie rock", which isn't really a style i have much interest in. but, the record indicated a larger atmospheric influence, both in the joy division sense and the mbv sense. the live presentation seemed to want to minimize this in favour of something more rhythmic, and while that's probably the right marketing decision in a broad sense, it wasn't really what i was looking for.
that's not to say it was bare bones new wave, but i didn't get that wash of effects i went for...
the record is actually pretty good, though, if you prefer your indie rock a little closer to the source: with more exotic melodies, with less predictable pop and with deeper focus on atmospheres.
https://raisedbyswans6.bandcamp.com/album/xnadalur
on the personal story side of it, something i've noticed repeatedly walking home over the last few weeks is that people think i'm a streetwalker. this is odd to me, as i haven't seen any actual streetwalkers in the neighbourhood. i've given out a few smokes to girls walking home that seemed like they were working, but not on the corner sort of thing...
i'm not really sure how to approach this sort of thing. i'm not dressed provocatively. tonight, i was wearing a raincoat and a pair of jeans. the only clue that i'm even female-identifying is my elbow length hair. meaning these johns are driving through the wrong neighbourhood, and getting desperate. what's worrying is that it signifies pretty strong desperation. the only other thing i can think of is that they might be confusing me for somebody.
it wasn't really an issue at all last year. hopefully, they clue in soon that there's nobody around here and go drive in some other neighbourhood.
but, i mean, like...
you gotta wonder what kind of warped experience leads some guys to think girl walking home at night = prostitute. as though it's occam's razor or something.
http://dghjdfsghkrdghdgja.appspot.com/categories/shows/2015/04/03.html
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