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experimented with soundtracking some of my old dalle2 artwork with Udio, as a sci-fi pop song. I'm fascinated by art using Ai for both the sound and the visuals https://www.udio.com/songs/shCHEnbvY1dxBdyZDqne8m

The next exercise is taken from the book "Cosmic Currency" by Dario Salas Sommer, and it is supposed to aid in strenghtening the capacity of wakefullness, of being in the present moment, and then starting to be more proficient in recieving and digesting impressions conciously. Also in this book it seems to convey that a key concept in it called "Inner Wealth" would be created inside by correctly and conciously processing external impressions, which supports the developing of that "inner wealth", that is made of a finer or higher conciousness probably a kind of photonic pulses that would then accumulate or slowly settle inside the body. This inner wealth would be the most important matter humans can generate and would bring them the best inner powers and habilities they have and the power to interact at will with their realities having a mind that can relly do, and transform and interact with the universe. Also to allow this inner higher wealth for being collected it is necessary to have at least some of it inside, aka not being fully dead or rotten, and also be at peace and clean inside, and not to seek egoistic or evil motives otherwise it would not be properly developed "Exercise of Total immobility. Its objective is to increase the level of wakefulness, according to the fundamentals exposed in my book "Hypsoconsciousness". It is based on breaking the motor automatism which results in an increase of the level of wakefulness. It consists of maintaining a total state of immobility during 10 minutes, and it is necessary to do it every day at any time except at night, because it can provoke insomnia. It is important to point out that we are never, at any time, totally immobile, since our immobility is always relative, as it happens for example during sleep, when our eyeballs make spasmodic movements. Total immobility consists of sitting on a chair with the spine and head erect, hands placed on the knees, relaxing for two minutes in relative immobility. Then, interlace both hands tightly and take a deep breath in until the lungs are full, keeping the whole body in the most tense state possible for 1 minute, holding the breath as long as possible. Then expel the air through the mouth with the lips half open, separate the hands and put them on the knees, trying to relax completely and keep absolutely still, with the gaze fixed on some point of the wall, while repeating mentally, with great determination: "I am awake", keeping the image of a much superior condition of awakening, something like a "total awakening". This should last for 7 minutes and for the exercise to be successful it is necessary that total, and not relative, immobility be achieved, avoiding all small movements of the shoulders, neck, head, hands, and arms, relaxing especially the muscles of the forehead and between the eyebrows. The eyelids and eyeballs should be completely relaxed, until the small tremors are suppressed: the most difficult part of the exercise. To successfully approach the ocular relaxation, it is convenient, during the day, at another time, to practice exclusively in observing the tremors and movements of the eyes and eyelids in order to have the necessary information regarding the sensation that must be suppressed to achieve relaxation. As you progress in this exercise you will notice very clearly an increase in the level of wakefulness, verifiable in the following beneficial effects: greater clarity of thought, more intense and sharpened perception of the environment, attenuation or disappearance of anxiety, feeling of greater internal security, more emotional stability, self-awareness, increased level of control over thought, improvement of blood circulation and strengthening of the immune system. How long should this exercise be practiced? At least until its benefits become evident, which depends substantially on the proper internal disposition, perseverance, and the enthusiasm and impeccability with which it is executed."

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Stasis is the don

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"GAIA 11" is incredibly good, from start to finish. Can't say much for the rest of them. We Are The Music Makers | Volume One by Various

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Aleksi Perala gets discussed a lot on the 'New + Upcoming releases' forum (e.g. this thread has 2000+ posts in it) but I think we could do with a thread here on the Music forum where we can talk about his stuff more generally. And maybe post playlists? If ever there was an artist that its worth making playlists for, its Aleksi. A recap for those who might be new to AP: Aleksi Perala was originally on Rephlex as Ovuca some 20 odd years ago (e.g. check out Afternoon Girl from 2001 ). Around 2013 Aleksi and Grant Wilson-Claridge came up with "Colundi" which is a set of 128 specially chosen frequencies that make an alternative microtonal tuning/set of scales within which to create music. Since then he's worked exclusively on making music with Colundi and has released a huge amount of it - over 100 albums of material since 2013. He explains his prolific output in this 2021 interview: So he puts out a lot of music. Often there are some great tracks there, they get released without fanfare or explanation and then he's moving ever forwards and working on the next thing. And the track names are all numerical ids like FI3AC2139340, which makes it hard to remember which is which, and hard to discuss them. I can tell you that FI3AC2039070 is a banger, but thats not much use to you unless I also provide a hyperlink. And so, WATMM, I think there's some important work to be done here, sifting through everything and sharing recommendations and playlists with each other. In late 2020 he released a series of 16 Albums/EPs called Midnight Sun, so I'm going to start with that Midnight Sun "Midnight Sun was all for Finland, the Finnish nature and the beauty here and the fact that we have something called “midnight sun” up here. At midsummer, you have to go to northern Finland to actually witness the midnight sun. With my wife, we went to see it last summer, it was awesome. I don’t think people realize that very much. I get the impression whenever I’m in Central Europe that people seem to think of Finland as a cold and dark place, which it is in the wintertime, but in summer, it’s the opposite. We have more light than the rest of Europe and it can be very hot up here as well" Midnight Sun and some of the series that come after it have a lot of tabla-style sounds and rhythms. I found this explanation attached to a grant that a Finnish Lift company awarded to Aleksi: "In this project I plan to use Colundi Frequencies to model physical instruments and materials. First, I analyze the sound I've chosen using Fourier analysis, a visual equalizer and my tuning ear. I calculate the ratios of the sine waves in the sound and their averages. Then I digitally build the sound of my chosen instrument part by part using colundi frequencies based on my tuning systems. I have found that the sounds of indigenous percussion instruments are best suited for this, as their upper notes are not harmonic in the usual way" The whole of Midnight Sun is 134 tracks lasting 13 hours, I spent a few weeks listening to it and made this playlist of my favourites. Its 30 songs, 2h52m, you can think of it perhaps as a long double album. I've kept the original ordering and included at least one track from each of the 16 releases:

Can’t go wrong with a Tele! I play, have been trying to get good for 31 years, but at least it’s still fun. A few years ago I was getting into metal again and decided to take lessons for a few months to work on technique and fundamentals — it helped a lot. No more wrist pain after tremolo picking for more than 5 minutes. I have a decent solid state Orange amp and a pedal board that I’ve put together over the past 10 years, and I love it to death, but it doesn’t agree with my current apartment situation. Fortunately, amp modelers are great now. I’ve got some Neural DSP stuff on my iMac and it sounds great and makes laying down tracks almost too easy. Now I just need to finish one for once. On my 40th birthday a few years ago I had a mid life crisis and bought myself a nice 7-string. 14 year old me would have approved, and it made me happy to make him happy. It’s stupid and I love it.

Vulgate by Marks Of Satan

Thinking about taking a break from making music with synths and drum machines as a hobby, but I still want to have something musical that is quick to plug, play, and practice. Used to play guitar as a youngster and am thinking of selling one of my synths to finance a guitar. Had a Mexican telecaster back in the day and want another tele. Did some research and watched a bunch of demos, and this one caught my eye, the Jason Isbell telecaster. Mexican made, but I read of some people reviewing it and playing it without an amp, saying that the whole body resonated very nicely when strumming. Has a nice worn in look that I like too. The Isbell guy is like a pop country kind of player, but I watched some demos of him playing it with a slide and it sounded awesome: Have not seen any guitar threads on here, curious if anyone here plays or has any general advice for getting back into things with guitar. Pros and cons of playing guitar for fun and trying to improve technique and musicality? I am not planning on getting an amp to start with, because I have some good simulations on my computer. Definitely want to get a loop pedal, though.

Seems like a YouTuber who has made some pretty random stuff...

heard this track on one of Sean Booth's recent mixes - dude has great taste, nice soulful beat and quality rhymes

intelligence dance music

curious what definition of intelligence you’d suggest using in general terms & specifically regarding machine systems

Pretty cool idea, actually having audio to accompany the analysis definitely has its own perks. Subscribed. Your work on that blog is one of the most dedicated database / completionist-haven archive I've ever seen for an artist. Super useful for an act as FSOL with such a vast body of work. Also, I'd like to take the opportunity to finally say thanks for your lengthy reply to my "Is the band aware casual fans might not recognize anything post-Dead Cities as 'properly/really new' stuff" question, a couple of months ago...