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  1. Posted

    And.... here's another :wink:

    https://soundcloud.com/tepalom/living-in-the-past-rough

    After I made the above track I got some Dali (Concept 2) bookshelf speakers because I had just about burned out my last pair of small but fantastic Onkyo speakers. I'd been using those little guys for around 8 or 9 years and they were starting to sound like they had gravel and sand inside.

    So for the last couple of days I have been enjoying discovering new nuances in my old favourite albums while simultaneously trying to justify the purchase of the speakers to my lovely, understanding, frustrated girlfriend.

    I only have a small space in which to make or listen to music, so the Dalis are plenty powerful enough. What's been really nice though, is the way they can express a lot of subtleties (especially in the mid-range frequencies) without needing to be cranked up loud.

    The downside to that of course is I can now also hear how badly mixed virtually all of my tunes have been so far!

  4. Posted

    Interesting people go out and make their own fun, DO things, use their creativity, use their social skills to make things happen in their lives. Bored people are usually sitting on their ass feeling sorry for themselves sucking the life out of anything they can get their hands on.

    Harsh but true :)

  5. Posted

    I put one of my old tracks back on my Soundcloud page if anyone is interested.

    It's one of my personal favourites and I'm much happier now with the current mix, which has a greater clarity. Structurally it's the same composition as before, but I spent some time applying high/low pass filters and compressors to get the lead oscillator bass line to come out loud and strong without too much resonance muddying up the track. I do love my chunky bass lines :wink:

  6. Posted

    you can channel anger or other negative urges into something positive and creative, that is what Freud called sublimation and is probably the most constructive thing you can do with anger.

    I very much agree with that.

    Also,

    I was always curious, what would have happened if Sauron had whooped Middle Earth's ass and him and his mates roamed freely across the lands without fear of prejudice or repression from the Elves, Dwarves and Men.

    I've wondered the same, but I think Middle Earth would just become a really boring place. It's the very presence of both the bad dudes and the good dudes at the same time that make it so interesting.

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  7. Posted

    I like the bass line which opens the track. It immediately grabs my attention because it's dynamic, and signals to the listener that something lively is going to unfold.

    And then, sure enough, something lively does unfold! I think I mentioned to you, Psylo, before somewhere that sections in Baltimore remind me of Weather Report, which is one of my favourite fusion groups of all time. If we could just convince Wayne Shorter to get into the track with his sax, then it'd be perfect.

  9. Posted · Edited by Halif

    UPDATE: aaaaaaaaand here's another. I haven't been doing much music recently. Or, more accurately, I haven't been posting much to Soundcloud.

    It's been one of those times where whenever I open the software and start banging on the keyboard, the same kind of sound keeps coming out. Feels like a bit of a rut.

    But anyhow... I am/was working on this drum and bass kind of thing. Something loud and basic for a change.

    https://soundcloud.com/tepalom/ace-of-motion

    It's getting hot here in Mel-burn-my-azz and it's time for a cold one (cup of tea, that is....)

    and a read (and a lie down - 34 is the new 60 baby yeaaaahhhh!!!)

    https://soundcloud.com/tepalom/in-with-the-now

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  10. Posted


    A Fun Mental Exercise


    Why?


    Why not? ( aha! See what I did there?! )


    Imagine that someone shows up at your door and gives you a present. You know the

    person, but not really well, and the gift comes as a wonderful surprise. It's a great

    gift and obviously a lot of care and effort has gone into its acquisition and

    presentation. You love it and you love the gesture.

    In fact, as well as feeling a natural euphoria, you actually feel kind of humbled by

    it all. I mean, this person has taken time and effort to do something really amazing

    for you, and the only reason is because they really like you. They don't expect

    anything in return - not to spend more time with you or even your gratitude. They

    just really, really like and respect you.

    They say that your existence is inspiring to them and its the least they could do to

    say 'thanks'. Then they quietly leave you to your privacy and enjoyment of that gift.

    Things are great, and the funny thing is, the next day a different person shows up

    with a unique but equally impressive gift which you love as much as the first. The

    same thing happens the next day, and the day after. You are so happy about all this

    that you actually feel kind of overwhelmed. You ask what you can do for people in

    return, but they reply 'just keep doing what you're doing. That's enough for me'.

    It feels very amazing and overwhelmingly good. That feeling seems to grow and you

    realise that it is unlimited. The feeling opens up new realms of possibility in your

    understanding of the way the universe works.

    Enjoy

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  11. Posted

    Are you referring to a Soundcloud set? Im sure I could organise that

    That would be fantastic. I'll keep my eyes/ears peeled!

    In terms of 'leisure listening' I'm not nearly as adventurous as I used to be and am presently stuck in late 70s, early 80s jazz/rock (I'm an insufferable mega-fan of anything by Walter Becker and/or Donald Fagen), but there are some very interesting artists putting out music on Soundcloud which keeps my ears fresh.

    People such as yourself, the above poster (Psylo), Howling Cloud, and PsiPhi have been very inspirational.

    I haven't listened to any radio stations for years - probably my fault for not looking around hard enough for the good ones - because there seems to be a dearth of meaningful output in the mainstream music field. It's a shame that for me 'mainstream' automatically means crap these days, but seriously a lot of the music that I hear in public places offends my ears. Superficially, it seems to be a lot of emotive outpouring without much substance.

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    Hey PsillyBean!!

    I like everything you put on Soundcloud - but this has to be my personal favourite!

    It's very rare that the first few seconds of a track grab my attention, but that's what happened with this track. It's so atmospheric. It's transporting.

    There's a fairly obscure album called 'Through the Hill' by Andy Partridge (of XTC fame) and Harold Budd which is the closest thing that my internal music library can draw a comparison to (not that your track sounds like this album, rather that album has the same kind of dream state atmosphere). Have you heard it?

    Well done with that track. And once again, any plans for an album or set of tunes? I'd buy it.

  13. Posted

    Don't cha hate it when...

    -you're taking laundry off the clothesline and you accidentally bring in your mother's underwear thinking it's your girlfriend's even though your girl's like three sizes smaller than yo mamma and then your girlfriend sees those underwear there and says 'what the fuck?! what are these doing here?!' and ... uhhh... yeah...

    (that never happened to me, I'm just saying wouldn't you hate it if that happened to you or someone you know)

    ((and yeah wouldn't you hate it if you were in your mid-thirties and still living with yo mamma?! I mean, she lives with me dammit!))

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  15. Posted

    I think the way this is phrased is exactly the reason I don't like this idea. Specifically, the bit where it says that 'children would be targeted with four traits'.

    I assume they mean that children who already have those four traits would be focused on for the study, but the wording suggests to me that they are in fact implanting ideas into children before they even have a chance to develop their personalities. What I don't like about this is the idea that by creating studies and programs which say that certain children are going to be substance abusers, they are creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.

    Who has the authority and wisdom to foretell what any person may or may not do?

    Nicola Newton, a chief investigator in the school project, said children would be targeted with four personality traits known to put them at higher risk of drug and alcohol misuse: anxiety, impulsivity, negative thinking and sensation seeking.

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  17. Posted

    Not with this sp. but i recall extremely vivid dreams when i had a brugmansia double white flowering in my bedroom.

    The smell was over-powering at night, i had to leave the window open :blink:

    That is awesome. I can only imagine you had vivid dreams. The power in those plants (datura, brugmansia) is intense.

    Said it before, but I'll say it again: Me thinks d.metel are the most beautiful plants and flowers of all time. So hypnotic to look at.

    Thanks to everyone who posted amazing photos in this thread. I should dig out some of my pics from years back. I had some lovely plants.

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  18. Posted

    Thanks for the positive comments!

    I'm working on a set of tunes with a kind of similar vibe, and have been processing some very helpful feedback from people on Soundcloud and this forum - especially Psylo!

    There are so many super slick and hi-tech sounding electronic tracks on Soundcloud and elsewhere, and heaps of talented people out there making all kinds of weird and awesome tunes. It's a great time to be getting into (or back into) music of all genres.

    I feel like there's a bit of a deficit of melody in the electronic genre, though. Guess it's a personal taste thing, but I would love to hear more emotion and harmony in electronic music.

    I'm sure there's loads of great stuff out there that I haven't discovered yet, and in the meantime I'm more than happy to keep myself busy following the talent on Soundcloud. But I'm greedy and want more!

    Anyone want to share any melodic electronic acts they've been listening to and enjoying? Especially ones that incorporate instruments in their compositions?

  23. Posted

    Woah... yeah look at that forecast!

    Nothing can stop me playing frisbee, though. Rain, hail, sun, snow... all these elements just make the frisbee's journey more exciting and unpredictable. Ever see one of those samurai movies where they stand resolute, knee-deep in the ocean swell, katana in hand, cutting at the waves, being knocked down over and over, in some kind of zen character building exercise?

    No? Me neither. But it'd make a cool movie. And in any case, that's me with the frisbee. If the wind is gail force, I just throw that thing into the wind and then try and catch it when it comes back. The Zen of Frisbee. That's the title of the movie I'm going to make. Possibly on Saturday in the botanical gardens if someone can film me with my phone...

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