FROM THE HEARTLANDS OF POST-ROCK ! One drumstroke ( yes, only one... ) transformed into a passing thunderstorm, a Roland electric piano transformed into a Jimi Hendrix-alike fuzzguitar, and fieldrecordings. SUPERheadphones recommended.
Music to raise the dead and calm the lost souls! Contemplative expressive and eclectic the sound can remind one of soulful New Orleans darkjazz and blues bombastic classical musings or peacefully hypnotic grooves to meditate by.
Lloyds Bank Hates Goths?:
Lloyds Bank Hates Goths?
Lloyds Bank Hates Goths?
(Warning, this is a long blog post)
When you reach a certain age, and you are still involved in what many people consider to be a "youth movement" (namely the Gothic subculture), you have usually got to your position in life because of what is inside your head and heart, and not because of your hairstyle or length, or the clothes that you choose to wear. You get the usual chav insults on a day to day basis, but you expect that for all the usual and many sociological and conformist cultural arguments that have been mentioned many times,...
Musikmesse 2007:
I went to the Musikmesse on Friday and had a dandy time as every year. I ordered a new fretless! I orded a Marleaux Consat Custom 6 Fretless Edition. I predict that it will have God's own tone.I checked out some of the new gear, and finally got to try out an Aguilar DB750, which, frankly, is da bomb. I'd love to check one out on a bit of a prolonged basis before I lump the two grand plus one costs. But the thing that really struck me about the sound compared to some other units (in particular most vintage gear) is that although its really fast and warm and resposive on the attack, it's also r...
Blues-based song number one:
So last night I started the framework for the first new song of my album. It's nothing more than a simple G, D, E chord progression and a bluesy riff, but it's a really good start considering the drought that I've been experiencing as of late.
I think I'm having some problems with my Tascam recorder, though. The USB latentcy is making it almost impossible to record three minutes without it harming the waveforms. I'll have to do some more research on that, because both my computer and the Tascam are basically new.
I'm going to work on this song more in the next week, and hopefully I'll ha...