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Things We Never Had would definitely have to be on that comp. It sounds a lot like Autechre (who were also influenced by Coil).
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I had the wonderful pleasure of playing the bassline from The Last Amethyst Deceiver on my uncle's beautiful mandocello-Irish bouzouki fusion a few days ago (but transposed down by a fifth). It sounded even better than on the studio version of that song, so good that I immediately fell in love with the instrument. For only four courses of strings, it has an incredible range. Seriously, though, that bassline is one of the best things ever.
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I write a lot of poetry though. I don't see why anyone wouldn't think that music and writing go well together. They're the same thing but on different mediums. All art comes from the same fundamental source, and that is the soul. Can't be as dry as Verner von Heidenstam's. For a speculative fiction writer, he had an extremely objective and utilitarian way of describing things.
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Unfortunately it isn't a very in-depth collection of tales. It just gives an overview of certain characters or concepts from legends and theologies from around the world (with an odd bias toward Indian theology). I also saw another book yesterday of a Medieval Welsh legend, but I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to fit it in my luggage (and it was also rather expensive), so I had to reluctantly pass on it.
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I went to a bookstore in Liverpool today and got a book of myths from around the world and one about Indian music. These I can actually read, so they've been keeping me entertained.
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Yeah, structuring a track in Max tends to not work because the slight inaccuracies in the float processing with inevitably cause counters to get out of sync. It's best to just record different tracks from MSP and then arrange and mix them in Ableton. M4L seems strange and complicated to me, though, so I've never fucked with it.
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That's surprising to read. I started using Max because I use it to do things that aren't possible with the limitations that DAWs have. While they're convenient for straightforward, conventional composition, they make experimentation very difficult because they simply aren't designed for it.
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I went to an antiquariat in Heidelberg yesterday and purchased an old book about Buddhist art in China. The only problem is that my German is pretty awful so I can barely make any sense out of it.
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Pearls Before Swine
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Only two brief mentions of Coil ITT? Really? Unacceptable. WATMM, I am disappointed. lol you really need to hear Radian. [youtubehd]yPRofPgEuIU[/youtubehd]
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He hasn't been euthanized yet, but he will be before I get a chance to see him again (as I am going to Germany today). For some reason he has stopped eating regularly and has been reduced to less than half his weight. I have no idea what could be wrong, and the veterinarian couldn't find anything. Even when he eats, he does not digest the food and usually throws up all of it. He has been very miserable for a while and is now unable to drink properly. I can't be at peace in Germany knowing my best friend is suffering, and since it is apparent that he is not going to recover at this point, there is no other option. I am happy that his misery is at an end, but sad that he had to go through it all for my selfish desire to keep him with me. The irony is that I am finally returning to my childhood home but the friend I've had the entire time since then is now leaving forever.
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I had to say goodbye to my cat for the last time tonight. He's been by best friend for as long as I can remember, so I can't imagine what it's going to be like without him. It certainly will not be the same.
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Depends on the type of music you're making. I personally don't see any reason to do music if you aren't having fun, and I don't see how you could possibly not be having fun if you're doing something completely new with audio signals and manipulating them in ways you haven't thought of before. Whenever I've tried making tunes that I wasn't genuinely enjoying, it's always come out sounding like shit (and I've spent months of hard work putting hours a day into a single tune, and it's one of the worst things I've ever produced). That said, I don't think anyone would enjoy watching me make music. It seems like it would be pretty dull to watch regardless of how much I enjoy it myself. -
Is that English?
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But it says that you joined in 2007. Did you change your name or something? You can look at name history in a user's profile. I did not know that.
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But it says that you joined in 2007. Did you change your name or something?
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Is recks on named after you?
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Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete
drillkicker replied to canzoniere vaticano's topic in New & Upcoming Releases
Damn, this album is going to be deep. -
Kat Epple really needs to be noted here as a great example of the latter. [youtubehd]i13A_YeCITc[/youtubehd]
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I don't like the idea of someone listening to music that I produced and thinking of an individual. It takes part of the essence of the art away when it's connected to something concrete. I treasure the mystery of finding an obscure piece of art with an unknown origin, and I want to allow others to have that experience.
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Where was this taken? New York Botanical Gardens Lovely. It makes me want to go there myself. I might decide to go to New York next month, and if I do I'm definitely going to visit this place just because of this photo. I really can't believe that there could be a garden so beautiful in such a filthy and overpopulated city.
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heard this in a taxi on the way to Sonar in Barcelona at the weekend... as if 90's euro-new age is still played on the radio over there or the guy just had a CD ready to stick on for tourists hah proper suited the vibe tho. da sample is actually a pretty beautiful traditional lullaby from that solomon islands (thx wiki)... [youtubehd]oj4Nq7MpkRk[/youtubehd] Beautiful. The UNESCO Collection is great. Their recordings of Swiss yodeling are very nice.
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I have one picture that I really like that I took as a child in Homer, Alaska. I used it as the cover for the album that's on my Bandcamp page, and also for the background in my typographic logo. I'm going to Germany and Wales next month, so I'm sure to be back with some great pictures of those beautiful areas. I'm planning on going around the Mosel a bit, which is never anything less than gorgeous. Where was this taken? Beautiful. I wish I could go there.
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stupid first world achievements and successes
drillkicker replied to eugene's topic in General Banter
Oh, and I made a bootleg cassette of SAW II. It's very satisfying opening up a tape that I put together myself, especially after how much trouble I went through figuring out how to print the J-card on both sides. -
stupid first world achievements and successes
drillkicker replied to eugene's topic in General Banter
I figured out how to play I Remember the Berlin Boys on piano recently, and I've been getting pretty good at it. [youtubehd]Rs3za-nK22g[/youtubehd] It turns out that it's actually much, much simpler than I was making it for myself. I also started studying Nahuatl and it's much more interesting than that other language I've wanted to learn. Not an achievement yet, but I'm hoping it'll become one.
