Music
I have black periods. Who does not? But they are not a part of me;
they are not a part of illness, but a part of my being. What am I saying?
I have the courage to have them. Four o' clock in the morning. This sucks.'>
This does suck. But not entirely. I've had an inspiring evening surfing online, reading about music.
Check out this article about the current and ever evolving state of music from Wired.
It's interesting to me what's going on in the music world, but also how these new movements will fuel songwriting, like the They Might Be Giants ringtones (which are awesome btw). Who says pop/rock music needs to be dictated by traditional verse/chorus/verse songwriting structure? Maybe it's a proven format in terms of enjoyability of the entertainment form, I don't know. I think there's always room for musical experimentation. When I was younger and first discovered songwriting structure, it increased my interest in music, maybe in a geeky way, in that songs can be broken down and taken apart piece by piece.
Cool Creative Commons internet funded movie project, A Swarm of Angels.
In No Ordinary related news, I was surfing last.fm checking out bands, when I decided to search for No Ordinary. It turns out No Ordinary had one play of the song "The Dodo," which is a Bad Religion b-side for The Gray Race that we recorded, as well as covers of Punk Rock Song and New America, for the Bad Religion Tribute Tape 3, which came out in 2001. The Bad Religion Tribute Tape 3 was a project put together by members of the Bad Religion Mailing List, which I used to be a part of and which has become inactive by now (I think). The album was hosted on thebrpage, and, to my surprise, still is today! Go check it out! BR Tribute Tape 3
Also, feel free to add me as a friend on last.fm
A warning for anyone that's going to listen to those No Ordinary tracks: They were our first ever recordings, recorded in July 2001 at our friend Cody's house because he was the only person we knew that had an audio input on their computer. The drums are a crappy drum machine that Dan had, which really sparked the whole band and got it going, but they sound like crap, but Dan was actually drumming on them, you can hear his screw ups that we just left on it because he actually managed to get through the whole song on that take.
I would still like to get back together with at least Paul and do more music projects. I would still be willing to get together with Dan and Kyle and do more No Ordinary stuff. Kyle, I'm sure, has gotten way better at guitar by now. Dan, I'm not so sure, has gotten better at drums because the metal band he was in with Kyle, Bedlam Massacre, kicked him out the band because he just wasn't that good. That's rough, but if you're playing drums in a fast as hell metal band with double bass and all that craziness, you gotta be good at drums.
I know that Paul is really creative. We would stay up until 5am writing songs when he would spend the night at my place and just worked really well together collaboratively. The only thing with that is since I was kicked out of No Ordinary, things started to change with Paul. His attitude changed into more of a man's man type of thing, which is okay, but it becomes a problem to me if it gets in the way of creativity, like calling a song gay or something or only wanting to play fast offensive punk songs.
In terms of my own personal musical creative interests, I am very interested in developing brief musical sketches into more structured pop-oriented rock songs. A personal goal would be to write really well done power-pop music. I also have a slight interest in nerdcore hip-hop. If I were to do something like that, I wouldn't want to half ass it, I would want to work with a producer who actually knew what they were doing with the beat and hooks and such. I'm lucky in that I already know one, Chazz Rokk. Chazz helped record vocals for our first home recorded album, so I know that he would be down to help.
Other musical interests I have: I have some interest in managing a band, or possibly a tour manager or promoter of some kind. The DJ thing at KWVA has been fun too, so definitely an interest in that. I get the eerie feeling that I will be somehow unsatisfied in my life in the future unless I can devote most of my energy to do something music related. I'm just not entirely sure what facet of music. Maybe something with some stability because that is always the scary part of relying on creativity as a means of providing for yourself. Culture moves so fast that its easy to get left behind and forgotten if you can't keep up. As well as the general trends in the music industry, it just does not seem like a profitable profession.
I'm meeting with Kassisa of the PODS office today at 11:00 AM to discuss my resume and career goals and such. I'll probably bring up some of this information, as well as general career thoughts, doubts and fears.
they are not a part of illness, but a part of my being. What am I saying?
I have the courage to have them. Four o' clock in the morning. This sucks.'>
This does suck. But not entirely. I've had an inspiring evening surfing online, reading about music.
Check out this article about the current and ever evolving state of music from Wired.
It's interesting to me what's going on in the music world, but also how these new movements will fuel songwriting, like the They Might Be Giants ringtones (which are awesome btw). Who says pop/rock music needs to be dictated by traditional verse/chorus/verse songwriting structure? Maybe it's a proven format in terms of enjoyability of the entertainment form, I don't know. I think there's always room for musical experimentation. When I was younger and first discovered songwriting structure, it increased my interest in music, maybe in a geeky way, in that songs can be broken down and taken apart piece by piece.
Cool Creative Commons internet funded movie project, A Swarm of Angels.
In No Ordinary related news, I was surfing last.fm checking out bands, when I decided to search for No Ordinary. It turns out No Ordinary had one play of the song "The Dodo," which is a Bad Religion b-side for The Gray Race that we recorded, as well as covers of Punk Rock Song and New America, for the Bad Religion Tribute Tape 3, which came out in 2001. The Bad Religion Tribute Tape 3 was a project put together by members of the Bad Religion Mailing List, which I used to be a part of and which has become inactive by now (I think). The album was hosted on thebrpage, and, to my surprise, still is today! Go check it out! BR Tribute Tape 3
Also, feel free to add me as a friend on last.fm
A warning for anyone that's going to listen to those No Ordinary tracks: They were our first ever recordings, recorded in July 2001 at our friend Cody's house because he was the only person we knew that had an audio input on their computer. The drums are a crappy drum machine that Dan had, which really sparked the whole band and got it going, but they sound like crap, but Dan was actually drumming on them, you can hear his screw ups that we just left on it because he actually managed to get through the whole song on that take.
I would still like to get back together with at least Paul and do more music projects. I would still be willing to get together with Dan and Kyle and do more No Ordinary stuff. Kyle, I'm sure, has gotten way better at guitar by now. Dan, I'm not so sure, has gotten better at drums because the metal band he was in with Kyle, Bedlam Massacre, kicked him out the band because he just wasn't that good. That's rough, but if you're playing drums in a fast as hell metal band with double bass and all that craziness, you gotta be good at drums.
I know that Paul is really creative. We would stay up until 5am writing songs when he would spend the night at my place and just worked really well together collaboratively. The only thing with that is since I was kicked out of No Ordinary, things started to change with Paul. His attitude changed into more of a man's man type of thing, which is okay, but it becomes a problem to me if it gets in the way of creativity, like calling a song gay or something or only wanting to play fast offensive punk songs.
In terms of my own personal musical creative interests, I am very interested in developing brief musical sketches into more structured pop-oriented rock songs. A personal goal would be to write really well done power-pop music. I also have a slight interest in nerdcore hip-hop. If I were to do something like that, I wouldn't want to half ass it, I would want to work with a producer who actually knew what they were doing with the beat and hooks and such. I'm lucky in that I already know one, Chazz Rokk. Chazz helped record vocals for our first home recorded album, so I know that he would be down to help.
Other musical interests I have: I have some interest in managing a band, or possibly a tour manager or promoter of some kind. The DJ thing at KWVA has been fun too, so definitely an interest in that. I get the eerie feeling that I will be somehow unsatisfied in my life in the future unless I can devote most of my energy to do something music related. I'm just not entirely sure what facet of music. Maybe something with some stability because that is always the scary part of relying on creativity as a means of providing for yourself. Culture moves so fast that its easy to get left behind and forgotten if you can't keep up. As well as the general trends in the music industry, it just does not seem like a profitable profession.
I'm meeting with Kassisa of the PODS office today at 11:00 AM to discuss my resume and career goals and such. I'll probably bring up some of this information, as well as general career thoughts, doubts and fears.