The Weekend
On Friday night I was sitting at home drinking Whiskey (As you do), when I got an IM from a girl from Cambridge on OKCupid. I recognised her as having sent me a message back in 2004, which I think impressed her. We talked for about two hours, and it was pretty interesting conversation. I probably won't hear from her again, though. Strange how that goes.
On Saturday I went into town to get something to eat, as always happens. I got some shopping, and came home. Saturday was largely uneventful, aside from the fact that I got to speak to Joiz for the first time since Christmas day.
On Sunday I went into town again. I at least had some kind of purpose this time, as I wanted to see Slumdog Millionaire. And I did! And it was excellent. You should see it too. Yes, I mean you!
Sorry, this is a rubbish entry. Here is more of it:
I'm taking part in an informal music contest on the TIGForums; The idea is that you post a piece of music you made in the past, and the guy who created the contest sets some harsh rules for you to create a song around, based on that track. I submitted Classroom, and my brief is to create an electronica track of at least two and a half minutes in length, in the style of Chopin's Mazurkas. Classical piano is really going to test the limits of my compositional skills, but I got lucky compared to some. One guy has to compose a 12-minute long ambient piece; another has to create a piece in 5:4 timing, which changes tempo every bar; one guy has to use five different instruments, each only playing a single note, albeit more than once, over a 3 minute song; A forth has been tasked with composing a duet for bagpipe and noise. I'm interested to see how the songs turn out. I really hope I can finish my one in time, too. I've been pretty lazy with these informal contests in the past.
On Saturday I went into town to get something to eat, as always happens. I got some shopping, and came home. Saturday was largely uneventful, aside from the fact that I got to speak to Joiz for the first time since Christmas day.
On Sunday I went into town again. I at least had some kind of purpose this time, as I wanted to see Slumdog Millionaire. And I did! And it was excellent. You should see it too. Yes, I mean you!
Sorry, this is a rubbish entry. Here is more of it:
I'm taking part in an informal music contest on the TIGForums; The idea is that you post a piece of music you made in the past, and the guy who created the contest sets some harsh rules for you to create a song around, based on that track. I submitted Classroom, and my brief is to create an electronica track of at least two and a half minutes in length, in the style of Chopin's Mazurkas. Classical piano is really going to test the limits of my compositional skills, but I got lucky compared to some. One guy has to compose a 12-minute long ambient piece; another has to create a piece in 5:4 timing, which changes tempo every bar; one guy has to use five different instruments, each only playing a single note, albeit more than once, over a 3 minute song; A forth has been tasked with composing a duet for bagpipe and noise. I'm interested to see how the songs turn out. I really hope I can finish my one in time, too. I've been pretty lazy with these informal contests in the past.