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Music is a huge part of my life so it’s almost certain that this category will have a lot of stuff in it.
Aurora Sound Studio has been around for a while. First on Windows Mobile and now on iOS. It’s a great music making app, and one that I’ve too long overlooked. So I went back to it this morning, albeit briefly, and was surprised to find some nice stuff in there that I must have made ages ago.
It’s always nice to get a little surprise like that and remember (or not remember) tracks partially made and sitting around just waiting for you to rediscover them.
I was playing with Grid Music this morning and what a great app it is. I’ll put up a little track I made soon.
I am somewhat obsessed at the moment by Inception. The film, the app, and now I’ve bought the soundtrack too, which is a very good one by Hans Zimmer. But in some ways it just isn’t as good as using the Inception app, which is a much more immersive experience.
Increasingly I find that I prefer reactive and generative music to linear music or recorded music. I think also that it’ll be a prompt for finally getting into doing some RJDJ scene work and Pd building.
I was listening to the Danse Society today. Their greatest hits or something like that. I only bought the CD for 1 track which I really liked and was unable to find anywhere as a single track download.
This got me thinking about other obscure music I’ve been hunting of late. I recently got back into Kissing the Pink, who’s later albums are very hard to get hold of except on vinyl, and whilst I do like vinyl I don’t find it practical on a day to day basis.
Every time I hunt down something obscure that I’ve remembered and decide that I really must get again I think that this will be the last bit of obscurity I need to locate, but in fact it turns out that it reminds me of another 2 or 3 tracks or albums that I’d love to hear again that don’t seem to be available anywhere on this planet.
I’m sure I’m not the only one though, and I guess it keeps things interesting.
Sorry if this doesn’t make sense, it is late and I think I’m rambling. I’ll stop now.
I was listening to this album for the first time today and it wasn’t what I was expecting really. That’s not to say that I didn’t enjoy it, I did, but I guess I thought I was going to get something a little bit more like Another Day on Earth which I really loved, or maybe like Everything that Happens will Happen today.
Anyway. I’ve still enjoyed it a lot, but I think I need to listen to it some more. In fact, a lot more.
I was in the car listening to Blancmange and I knew I had to post something about them. Having checked their site I’m really pleased to find that they have a new album coming next year! Fantastic, I can’t wait.
Having spent a lot of time listening to my old material it has made me wonder whether I should re-work some of it. The sad thing is that much of the material was recorded using a fairly beaten up old X15 four track recorder and included multiple tape bounces which never adds much but noise.
I’m sure I could do a better job now, but is it healthy to go backwards like that?
I’m not sure at the moment. It all needs a bit more thought.
And so many of them only half completed. Going through all my old tapes uncovered so many unfinished pieces. Projects started either on my own or with friends that never got off the ground.
Listening to some of them brought back good memories. Listening to others made me wonder what the hell I was thinking when I record them, and others still I had no recollection of whatsoever.
Whilst in many ways it is interesting to hear all this stuff, I’ve dumped probably in the region of 70% of the material I’ve made over the years and I’m still not sure about some of the stuff I’ve kept.
It has made me want to take a few of these old projects forward again, and perhaps that’s a good thing. Time will tell. Hopefully in a few years when I’m going through a similar process of review I won’t have the same experience. Who knows?
Just couldn’t resist getting these for myself.
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