January 2012
9 posts
On Composition
When I write a song I rarely come to the table with a concrete idea. Usually I have a certain feeling I want to capture. Occasionally I have a sound that I want to mimic. I do not adhere to strict music writing principles. My songs are likely to changes modes several times and they rarely change tempo. I can’t think of a track in the past 10 years that changed keys. This might mean I am a bad...
I don’t want to do anything right now. Just want to sit here endlessly until these books are read or I forget why I feel like shit.
December 2011
21 posts
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Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and...
– 1984, George Orwell (via jefftidball)
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Party Dance Dance Album Discount Hooray →
I’m doing this for you all. Check it out. Feedback, please!
November 2011
21 posts
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Ik ben gefrustreerd vandaag.
For several reasons, none of them particularly important in the grand scheme of things. Most of them are my fault. Not all of them.
Nevertheless!
Right now what I NEED to do is go and work on music. It will calm me down. I have ideas that I want to act on and even when I am distraught, writing songs always calms me down. I get very caught up in it.
I regret not biking this morning. Then again,...
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Untitled 8/Pop Song live at the Avalon in Boston is probably my favorite concert moment ever, Sigur Ros or otherwise.
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I like REAMDE more than Anathem. Feels like a Neal Stephenson novel and not just...
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