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Kudoz on contentment! I'm content with my setup as well, as far as music making goes. BUT... muthafu'- I was thinking of maybe getting at the end of the month or next month as a self-present (like if I accomplish my work goals), a Yamaha Reface CP (the electric piano one)... Wanted one since they came out, will probably not use it for my musics-- I just want something to sit and play on my lap. It might very well be the keyboard I've been looking for for about 10 years.

this is like that episode of catdog where cat becomes really famous and fat. then canada changes its name to cat. only 90s kids will get this I was gonna make some comment about Darkwing Duck having sex with Animaniacs, or SpongeBob hanging out with Timmy Turner, but then all of a sudden I remembered further back to New Kids On The Block, which melted part of my mind or something. Gotta listen to Step By Step now... The fuck. edit: Actually listening to Step By Step right now. It's fucking nuts. Someone needs to make a jungle remix of this or something.

Yo dawgz, I heard y'all were talking about the Reebok logo used until 1986. As if some country or whatever would use a shoe logo for their flag, HAHAHA! LOLZ. OMG. That's so retarded like if the Nike logo was the American flag, WTF, IMHO.

I hope to one day create a context where I can smoke up with you all. *blaze on*

Explain to me why to release on a label? I never understood this, maybe you can help me with this. Isn't releasing just "making something accessible" in a cool format? Why does anyone need a label in times of bandcamp / soundcloud. The prefiltering mechanisms that labels had, do not work anymore from my point of view. Finding really inspiring dedicated artists is hard work, building a name is even harder. Most of the best music I've discovered in the past 10 years has been from people just posting their music on the internet, so definitely, labels are not a defining factor when it comes to quality. However- personally- if I am going to put energy towards something that is meant for other people (the process of making music is definitely personal and for me only, but actually finishing tracks/albums is for me-in-third-person and others to listen to, else I would just keep ideas in my head), I would want it to reach the most people as possible, and labels with international distribution & promotional outlets are able to spread vibez much more effectively than me spamming my tracks wherever. When people like your music, it is an indication that you are spreading good vibez through sonics; improving peoples' lives if just for a few minutes. So if one puts their heart into their music and they know it helps people, then it makes sense to find methods to spread such positive energy to as many people as possible. It's important to know that when you create any art and share it, you are doing it to affect others, and ideally, you improve their lives (again, if even just for a second). A lot of people think artists are merely saying, "Look at me, look at me!", but if you really look at what's going on, artists are actually saying: "I did this for you."

Some of us are closer to 45 than 21 and no disrespect but this way of thinking is just feel-bad bullshit. I'm really not into the worship of youthful heroes. Small implementations of cool ideas are infinitely more interesting to me than large scale, regular implementations of known ones. I can get behind this but you gotta start somewhere. If sweet loops is that somewhere what's wrong with that? Why feel shitty about it? This feels like the idm equivalent of Facebook vacation pictures. "Feel bad! My life is so much more awesome than yours!" The point about the 45 year olds hanging out with 19 year olds is that due to self-restraint and being content with trying to perpetually party (like writing tons of unfinished tracks) instead of working on a stronger foundation like a career or trying to improve oneself (manning up and finishing albums), there was no life progression or even solid foundation built by those 40+ dudes. I'm 35 now, and if I was regularly hanging out with 9 year olds and bumming off their Coca Colas and pocket candy, do you think that'd be a good indication that I had my shit together? People would think I was borderline mentally retarded. And if anything, my post was about FEEL GOOD BECAUSE YOU'RE WORTH IT (complete what you know you want). I don't want people to feel bad about themselves. Embrace one's strengths, and don't be content with one's laziness. I have known a lot of people who gave up on life, and I want to prevent such things. Being totally stressed about music and wanting to quit is a very similar attitude to people who hate their jobs. The point is that if we sign up for something, we should see it through and be strong. Being negative about one's life and blessings (like being able to make music) is foolish and inhibits one from seeing the true beauty and joy that is life. It's very hard to have true appreciation for one's own actions, if no goals are set or completed. A deeper point I was making was that all this "yo let's release music" stuff, this relates to the way one sees life itself. All the fears about if one's tracks are any good, or getting signed, or ideas about if anyone cares or will like the music- translate that to life itself, and you might recall people who you've met who are very much afraid of life, the same way musicians are afraid of jumping in with both feet and committing. "There are so many people who are better at life than me, so how can I be happy?" Much like music- even though labels make it seem like it- it is all NOT a competition. Using shit like statistical likelihood of getting properly signed to a good label to determine one's actions in sharing music or acting towards making one's IDM music dreams a reality, is absolute bullshit. This life isn't about choosing what is statistically most likely to succeed; which path is easiest. That is the path of cowardice! The path of strength and light is about finding the most harmonious path towards one's sincere desires and committing to that path. How many fucking times have WE ALL thought things like, "Had I stuck with it, I'd be a pro at it now", "If I didn't quit working out, I'd look amazing now", etc. All this shit about realizing how we limited ourselves in the past due to laziness and fear, but it's very easy for people to repeat the same weakness loops and let opportunities slip through the fingers time and time again. The world will always be full of people we look up to and possibly feel intimidated by, due to their immense talent. But again, this is not a competition. We are very much free to ride along the sides of giants, and the only way there, is through sheer will and determination. A lot of people focus on Aphex Twin's raw vision and talent, but nobody talks about just how fucking hard he worked to get that good. He got it, because he wanted it. He was hardcore feeling certain styles of music, before most people even gave a shit about such sonics. He just pushed and pushed and pushed. That is the IDM path-- we can't let anything get us down. If you want it, fucking DO WHAT IT TAKES TO GET IT (do what it takes to become the best self you can be). I have been sending demos to labels for 20 years, and I'm 35 now. Do I still want to release an album I can be proud of? YES. Do I still have the confidence that it's possible? YES. How much am I willing to bet that I will succeed? My life. Because that is what it takes to get ANYTHING done. Fucking anything, you give your life, and never hold yourself back from getting what you want. So if it took over 20 years JUST to release one album on Planet Mu, would that make me happy? Fuck, yeah. 20 years is totally worth it. The time will pass regardless of what I do- might as well spend the time putting effort towards realizing my dreams. p.s. edit: Much love to all~ Thank you.

Well..... true IDM is NEVER EVER making boring or shit tracks. The "shit/boring" determination is something that is settled upon, so one must just never settle there. Craft everything until it's awesome. Also, being able to put up with the non-euphoric nature of finishing a full track (usually somewhat difficult)- THAT is IDM. Finishing music or any art takes a lot of discipline, and the more awesome tracks that are finished, the stronger one's IDM lazer becomes. Has anyone here thought about why one even outputs music? It might sound like shit and non-underground, but it is 100% for sharing. Every artist has been blessed with the skills to perceive and create, but they have taken these skills along with the burden of having to complete things. Completion is divine, and truly IDM. Any motherfucker can bust out badass loops. How many people can output albums where every single track is solid? It's seriously like <.001% of musicians. Think about it doodz and doodettes... A lot of you are really good at making music and know it. Didn't you work your fucking ass off for your skills? You WANTED to be good at making music. And now you're really fucking good at making music and complaining that you have to make awesome albums?! Making awesome albums is 100% what you DREAMED ABOUT 5~20+ years ago. Your skills and understanding of composition, sound design, mixing, dsp fuckery- fucking everything- your skills now have far surpassed what you even knew existed in music when you started. And now you're going to let yourself down and get stressed out about something you asked yourself for? FUCK THAT. Difficult? Possibly. Time consuming? Yes. Stressful? No!-- Believe in yourself, because you are obviously good. Stick to your guns and COMPLETE ALBUMS. Mike P doesn't give a fuck about your sketches. He wants your albums. THE PEOPLE want your albums. You know your skills are sound-- what makes you think thousands of people aren't unknowingly WAITING AND WANTING TO HEAR YOUR MASTERPIECES???!!!!! Don't let yourself down by being a lazy fool, and don't let humanity down by being afraid of goals that YOU setup. YOU asked for this. YOU wanted this. If you go around life being half-assed about things, you will not accomplish much-- you see, this "not finishing tracks/albums" concept carries through all aspects of life. If you keep being lazy and never commit to things that YOU WANT, you will find yourself one day, old and crusty, disinterested in all, having a track record of enthusiastically starting new things and quitting them like a little impulsive bitch and crying to proverbial mommy when things got tough, living the life of a poor college student. Remember those 45 year old dudes who used to randomly be at your college parties? Fuck that. That's about the least IDM it gets. The mark of a true Cosmic Warrior, is setting goals, and doing what needs to be done to accomplish them (end result is irrelevant and illusory-- the path walked is what is very, very important). Being IDM isn't about outputting the best art in the world-- it's about outputting the best art THAT YOU CAN. It's ultimately about sharing, but fundamentally, you have to realize your potential to yourself. You know you can do it, so just do it. YOU WANT IT, or you wouldn't have spent like half your life training for it. Completing albums is not easy, but it is 100% worth it. Completing things in life is 100% worth it. You owe it to yourself. YOU are 100% worth it.

The Blade Runner 2049 twist: Jared Leto reprises his role as The Joker in Blade Runner 2049. It turns out that The Joker originally created replicants to rob banks, but due to his zany whackiness, shit went south. It is up to him and Ryan Gosling to team up with Deckard, to give the best random blowjobs to homeless men- IN ORANGE.

Ah you lucky bas! Did you enjoy Palm Trax Yah, basically everyone waz gud. Except actually, I thought Floating Points' set was meh. For whatever reason, I just can't get deep into disco/rnb type dance music, which is what he was spinning for like 3 hours. I like to feel like I'm in lazer space on cosmic missions whilst dancing; not like I'm oiled up in polyester circa 1976.

So after working for more than 30 minutes to de-orange Blade Runner 2049 shots, I've come to the conclusion that the use of such shiny orange ridiculousness is for the same purpose as overly brickwall limited music-- initial hard impact. In imagination, a lot of people think the original Blade Runner was super bright and neon and vaporwave/outrun, but it was much more subtle in impact, which is why it feels so atmospheric- you can feel the dust and the grime and wind and all that shit. It wasn't in your face. Aaaaanyway.....

I would say that just because something is an illusion, doesn't mean it's also not real. Morpheus be like: "What if I told you..." Neo: "-Hold up. It took me a long time to find you to find me. Let's just chill for a bit and smoke some hologram weed for a sec, put our legs up... These chairs look comfortable." Morpheus: ".....Fair enough."

I have a Walkman with casette tape & radio, but I have no tape recorder.

After dancing for 3 days at Rainbow Disco Club and somehow being less tired than I am on a typical work night, it became very clear that proper sleep schedule and working out are two of the main missing factors in stoners' lives. Or even if you don't smoke up, fucking you gotta work out. I am definitely getting back into working out this year. I need to return to this times 10:

She pretty IDM, mangz. But also- Why the fuck does she have her credit card number posted to the more info section?!

~ d h a e i n g c k h ~

Aye, mang-- If you're gonna build a music platform on something, anything called "west coast synthesis" is a pretty fucking IDM baller foundation. "Yo doodz, that guy who did those jam videos with those tiny synths is outputting some west coast synthesis, mang.". Surprisingly, such simplicity is how legend is born.

http://www.pixelpoppers.com/2009/11/awesome-by-proxy-addicted-to-fake.html Deep as fuck! Nice one. Human freedom can indeed be frightening-- godspeed to anyone who takes on the challenge of walking the path of self realization. The sound of self takes aaages to discover... ...to allow into being?! But once found, nobody can steal it! It becomes just Being! Like 15 years ago I used to be afraid that people were gonna steal some next-level IDM fuckery from me, which caused me to not share most of my music, but then later I realized that nobody can steal mojo. I also realized that ideas are fucking infinite (which is why several hundred unfinished tracks is common), so the challenge is not coming up with some badass idea-- the challenge is to complete ANY idea. Because if we have standards, experience, and skill, ANY ideas we complete will be solid. Fearless completion of art is the only way forwards. Kudos to you all who are completing albums and getting your music out there!!! To those who are rigid, OCD, and/or have options paralysis, overall limiting output: May you find the process that allows for most fluid transition of your heart to sonics. To those further back: May you find your heart and one day fearlessly express it.

All this shit makes me wonder... As musicians- as artists- as humans!-- are we intentionally holding ourselves back with GAS-like mental facilities, because we don't want to "orgasm" our music (our life output)? It's like chasing the high with drugs where we never want to finish. So I hang out on reddit guitar from time to time, and it's pretty fucking retarded sometimes. It makes apparent that the path to goals (and not goals themselves) truly are beautiful and possibly best, but it's been twisted to some kind of mental fuck up loop where basically nothing gets done. This has been one of my main challenges in the past 5 years- just getting past the mundane to excel at the self. My guitars sound amazing- I seriously never have to buy another guitar from a technical perspective, but I find myself browsing guitars on occasion. In order to be Ultra, we must all realize that we have what we need!!! Most important point is action. Finish albums and send demos and shit. There's nothing wrong with getting signed, mangz.

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Yah, thanks- now I'll be rocking that shit in my head for days

Where exactly is the line drawn between middle-aged men lampooning the most tired stereotype of the 1980's and the manifestation of a crossdressing fetish? Fuck, I thought this image was a Noel Fielding joke...

Happy 420 biznatchez

Happy 420~! My favorite strains from back in the day: white rhino, super silver haze -- Just those two. Haha. So good.