Wed - October 12, 2005
The Creative Juice Machine
(Note: This is a real old blog from a
different site - I ran across it, and decided to post it here
unchanged...)
Creative Juice: The Stuff of The Late Night Creative
Sometimes you are just stuck. Perhaps it is in the middle of nowhere without a WiFi connection, and the need to write your book's next chapter. Sometimes it's at your parents house, wondering what will help you stay up past 9:30 pm so you can work out your next great algorithm. Maybe you are in the middle of a recording session, $150/hr clicking away, trying to figure out The Right Hook for your next million-seller. And you just can't seem to get in a creative groove. What do you do...?
Well, you could also tap the Creative Juice machine.
Creative Juice: The Stuff of The Late Night Creative
Sometimes you are just stuck. Perhaps it is in the middle of nowhere without a WiFi connection, and the need to write your book's next chapter. Sometimes it's at your parents house, wondering what will help you stay up past 9:30 pm so you can work out your next great algorithm. Maybe you are in the middle of a recording session, $150/hr clicking away, trying to figure out The Right Hook for your next million-seller. And you just can't seem to get in a creative groove. What do you do...?
Well, you could also tap the Creative Juice machine.
Posted at 08:00 PM Read More
Fri - September 16, 2005
The boys are at it again...
I don't know how often you might get to
Arizona, but if you can make it this weekend, and happen to like etherial,
spacey music, you might want to check out the gig at Arcosanti. Led by my
friend Mike Metlay, this is a tour de force of some of the best names and acts
in the space game.
Posted at 04:53 PM Read More
Thu - September 15, 2005
For Peet's Sake...
Flying to the West Coast involved a
two-pronged flight on America West - my first time on this airline. What a
fiasco. First flight (6:00 am...) late taking off (alleged instrumentation
problem), arrived 5 minutes after my connecting flight's doors closed. Grrrr.
Only gets worse from there.
Posted at 01:05 PM Read More
Wed - August 31, 2005
What is, in fact, a starting point?
For some reason, I got fired up last night and
restarted work on "my book". Yes, just like everyone over the age of 35, I've
given up my Rock Star dreams for Writing Star dreams. Of course, I want to
write about electronic music and music software creation, which means I have a
total potential audience of about 15 people. Nevertheless, in working on this
book, I run into a serious question: what makes a good starting
point?
Posted at 11:56 AM Read More
Mon - August 29, 2005
You know what? They are absolutely right!
Something that seldom gets me excited is
advertising. I know that it's an important way of communicating to ones
customers (I mean, I am in an MBA program right now...), but it isn't normally
very effective. However, the latest round of Digidesign adverts are killers,
and ought to have us all standing on our seats, cheering!
Posted at 11:25 AM Read More
Fri - August 26, 2005
Virtuosity revealed (a post-recording tale).
In the last two-and-a-half days, I completed a
CD. Recorded, mixed and now prepped the entire thing. How is this possible for
an anal-retentive like me? I had help - from one of the most talented people
I've ever worked with.
Posted at 12:29 PM Read More
Wed - August 24, 2005
Aw, just shut up!
I'm having a coffee outside the best coffee
shop in Door County (Leroy's Water Street Coffee), and it's a beautiful day -
meaning that the beautiful people are going to be hanging around the front lawn.
I normally don't give a hoot about what such folks think, but this was a young,
seemingly hip group of just-twenty-somethings, and their conversation really
ticked me off.
Posted at 02:53 PM Read More
Mon - August 22, 2005
Oy, those shiny objects...!
I was going to write about something else
today, but I got totally distracted. By a shiny object. Something seemingly
insignificant, but with a fascination value that is hard to explain. It's a
sequencer with some built-in instruments. How can this be so
hot?
Posted at 11:41 AM Read More
Mon - August 15, 2005
The winner of the "most literal use of the phrase" goes
to...
... Hans Koch, for the little video on the
following site:
http://www.hans-w-koch.org/video/trailer.html
This is simply brilliant, and worth the time and download effort required. While I've noticed a move away from the "tax accountant" style of performance, it is interesting to see someone that can use a laptop the way others would use an accordian.
http://www.hans-w-koch.org/video/trailer.html
This is simply brilliant, and worth the time and download effort required. While I've noticed a move away from the "tax accountant" style of performance, it is interesting to see someone that can use a laptop the way others would use an accordian.
Posted at 10:43 PM Read More
Sat - July 23, 2005
Whazzup From Hip-Hop Town...
I have to admit being a little flustered by a
recent purchase - I got a copy of Scratch Magazine, and ended up with a little
surprise. The freaks at the bleeding edge of hip hop and rap are clocking just
about everybody in terms of experimentation. I know - if you haven't been
keeping up lately, you are probably thinking about the lack of imagination
involved in rapping over an old Doobie Bros. tune...
Posted at 11:35 PM Read More
Tue - July 5, 2005
Back in her precious arms...
OK, so I tried to shake off my past. Sold the
MPC-2000xl about a year-and-a-half ago, and tried getting into some of the newer
tools. Bought an MPC-4000. The mixer section (including effects handling) is
terminally broken, and is pretty much useless for live (or off-the-cuff) playing
that I do. Also, there is something about that implementation of the sequencer
that just didn't feel right. Combine that with the fact that it is about the
size of a Buick, and you can see I wasn't too pleased...
Posted at 10:41 AM Read More
Thu - June 16, 2005
User design ERROR!
I love it when this stuff happens. Alan
Cooper, head of a software design and consulting firm, has written a book called
"The Inmates Are Running the Asylum : Why High Tech products Drive Us Crazy and
How to Restore the Sanity". He seems to make a lot of great points - one of
which is that you should make sure your product is meeting the needs of the
user. If only he'd followed his own advice...
Posted at 01:44 AM Read More
Thu - June 9, 2005
Yet Another Move...
Well, due to family issues, I had to move back
to Wisconsin. Suffice to say, it was a difficult decision - but thanks to a
great employer (Cycling '74) and good friends, it worked out pretty easily.
I'll try to remain active with my blogging, but who knows...
Posted at 03:00 PM Read More
Wed - June 8, 2005
OMG - a great new artist!
My wife, who (in general) treats me like a
god, keeps me subscribed to The Wire (a UK music magazine). Every few months,
the magazine includes a sampler CD that introduces new and old music that they
think might be interesting to its readers. In this month's CD, I got floored by
one artist in particular...
Posted at 03:05 PM Read More
Tue - May 10, 2005
The start of the Demos
Well, I've had enough people banging on me for
Mode demos to actually get started on the process. The first one, created in
Digital Performer 4.52, is up today. Not too awe-inspiring, but an
interesting 1 hour project. This was the first semi-serious thing I've done
with the new DP, and I've got to tell you...
Posted at 09:44 AM Read More
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Published On: Oct 13, 2005 11:17 AM
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