Very revealing discussion about parting with Zappa on bad terms. It seems that neither of them wanted that relationship to end. And then, of course, my favorite quote:
lj : was mclaughlin very demanding technically ?
jlp : less so than zappa
I have to thank Andrew for this – he gets a co-writing credit for coming up with the idea of a collaborative Garageband blog that would allow us to upload projects that others could then access and augment. Unfortunately, even slight variations is garageband versions and plug-ins is proving to create a huge compatibility problem. The way to do this would be to have all the software, as well as the gui, the file storage and everything online. Just log in from a current browser and get to work. As far as I know, this model has not yet been implemented, but I really haven’t checked thoroughly.
Before my bubble was burst, however, Andrew got me so excited with the idea that I quickly jotted down the first tow things that came into my head and smooshed them together. When is a grooving bass-drum-organ loop where I got to use the Axiom 25 keys to control whatever instrument samples I landed on first. They were ‘Prog Rock Bass’ (of course) and ‘Soul Organ’. I fluctuated back and forth between to similar drum loops to get a more human feel.
The other bit is missing bass in exchange for a very low ‘Laser Beam’ midi instrument played on the Axiom. It’ basically a lot of noise and cacophony leading up to a big classic rock rhythm. The first part then repeats and fades. My thought was that these two spur-of-the-moment ideas would get reviewed and dismantled by a dozen other curious musicians, or at least Andrew. The title is a combination of our initials, and this version (hopefully far from the last) is a bit more gussied-up with sound effects and automation. I don’t know what’s coming next.
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I’m in the middle of trial in beautiful downtown Camden, NJ. Before today, I hadn’t updated blogerantz for days. Now I’m sitting in the living room with Lucy and Em; we’re tapping away at our computers and the wintry mix continues to fall on the old air conditioner that sticks out the dining room window, even in the winter. The soundtrack is Neil Young; so a day without sunshine is NOT a day without guitar. If you know where to look, get this record:
Closing arguments will, hopefully be made tomorrow.
Currently enjoying this band a great deal. Fantastic output from the 80’s. These two videos do great justice to their schtick from the most compelling era of this Teutonic institution.
My very own music blog! I’ve got to do a major re-design and work on the links and template of both sites, but there are two concerts up there and many more where that came from. The key is packing the folder in a zip archive. That way it’s only one link per show, as opposed to one link per song. This is more fun than Facebook!
If you look at Dr Fusion and T.U.B.E., each makes reference to a multitude of other ‘music blogs’. Many of them are through Google/Blogger (as is Blogerantz) and the have a pretty uniform, no-nonsense design. As I look at the archive spreadsheet – disc inventory – I wonder if I could put a version of that list online, as an Excel doc, where you could tidily scroll through? I’m picturing a facebook-esq widget or something. I’m sure it could be easily done.
The more important question is, then what? Is everything going to get loaded onto Mpomy.com, as well as going to DVD archive, iPod and iTunes Library? I don’t imagine that there’s that much call for everything on that growing list – not because it’s not good music, but because there simply aren’t that many people passing through Mpomy land. I’d like to keep it that way.
So the plan would be to have some fancy widget or other method to synchronize data entry on Excel with publishing on mpomy.com. I simply refuse to believe that task will prove difficult. The next fun thing is to get into other Excel tools to hide certain selections. Even though the list will only be seen by those with knowledge of mpomy-world, I want to treat the appearance as if the thing were open to the public. The idea, then, is make a permanent link to blogerantz from mpomy, and then to use data entry on Excel to update the mpomy page. If someone makes a request for a certain item, then it would be become ‘available’ (as mp3 only) on blogerantz (via RapidSHare?).
Fun with Excel. I can hardly wait.
Looking more like Simon Pegg than ever!
October 27, 2008
‘Just a Souvenir’
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at the Warp Label MySpace Page. OH BOY, that sounds good!!!
There’s something very nice about coming home from work and just going at the guitar and effects with no plan, no agenda, no assignment, no key or time signature. Just plug in and see what happens. Let the music play you, as Fripp says. Last night that worked to good effect. Seeing Liam Finn go to town on the loopers has helped get me excited about this process, but I need to get better at cutting the loop at the right place so that the time signature matches up. Despite his age, Liam is a master at that. You can see for yourself: