Voices

Hey, a new track! It’s ambient this time!

avaine — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:17:51 -0500

Hey, a new track! It’s ambient this time!

So this made me laugh more than anything else today.

avaine — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:35:06 -0500

Shayna-Lucy Curle: woah
Shayna-Lucy Curle: 没有？
Shayna-Lucy Curle: O。o

Joshua Deuink: thats uh
Joshua Deuink: probably not japanese

Shayna-Lucy Curle: HELP
Shayna-Lucy Curle: ＲＡＮＤＯＭＣＨＩＮＥＳＥ

Joshua Deuink: what the fuck

Shayna-Lucy Curle: ＩＤＫ

Joshua Deuink: WHAT DID YOU DO

Shayna-Lucy Curle: ＨＥＬＰ！
Shayna-Lucy Curle: ＯＮＬＹＣＡＰＳＷＯＲＫ

Joshua Deuink: uhhh. on a mac its an easy key combo.
Joshua Deuink: rofl
Joshua Deuink: this reminds me of ?LOGOUT
Joshua Deuink: sorry i'm laughing at your plight

Shayna-Lucy Curle: FUCKYOU！

Joshua Deuink: one sec
Joshua Deuink: windows 7?

Shayna-Lucy Curle: 猕猴桃beokk
Shayna-Lucy Curle: 夜色？
Shayna-Lucy Curle: YES

Joshua Deuink: omg i'm crying

Shayna-Lucy Curle: JUSTHELPME

Joshua Deuink: is there no language bar you can click on in the system tray or taskbar?

Shayna-Lucy Curle: 他随口

Joshua Deuink: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306560
Joshua Deuink: region and language in the control panel
Joshua Deuink: keyboards and languages tab
Joshua Deuink: there is an option for change keyboards

Shayna-Lucy Curle: Click Start , type intl.cpl
Shayna-Lucy Curle: 我哈他啊特阿瑟！
Shayna-Lucy Curle: ＷＨＡＴＡＴＥＡＳＥ

Joshua Deuink: use your mouse!
Joshua Deuink: if you can get to control panel you should be good
Joshua Deuink: the rest is just clicks

Shayna-Lucy Curle: 热播哦他？

Joshua Deuink: lollercoaster
Joshua Deuink: ok ok
Joshua Deuink: one sec
Joshua Deuink: new plan

Shayna-Lucy Curle: ＫＥＹＢＯＡＲＤ
Shayna-Lucy Curle: ＩＳ
Shayna-Lucy Curle: ＥＮgＲＩＳＨ

Updated Avaelin.com. It is a canned theme but it’s been...

avaine — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:14:51 -0500

Updated Avaelin.com. It is a canned theme but it’s been like a year so I figured a change was in order.

Iceland iceberg.

avaine — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:08:14 -0500

Iceland iceberg.

Avaelin on iTunes

avaine — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:51:14 -0500

Avaelin on iTunes:

I am on the largest digital music store in existence (as far as I know- I can’t really back that up with evidence). Granted there is only one album on there right now. Depending on how well it does I’ll move to a distribution model that isn’t just Bandcamp.

Thank you everyone for your support. I’ve very pleased to announce this and I owe it to encouragement from my friends and my fans.

Avaelin | Saturnalia | CD Baby

avaine — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:17:17 -0500

Avaelin | Saturnalia | CD Baby:

My album is released on CD Baby. Will be on iTunes, Amazon, and even streaming services like Spotify soon. Please spread the word. Support an indie artist (who actually is his own label and pays for everything out of pocket) and I love you forever.

Photo

avaine — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:28:54 -0500

Video

avaine — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:43:14 -0500

justinrampage: Bill Mudron tried to imagine how he could take...

avaine — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:01:05 -0500

justinrampage:

Bill Mudron tried to imagine how he could take the madness of Animal Crossing to the next level. His final thought was to give it an awesome Parks & Recreation spin. This mash up would probably be pretty damn fun to play.

Parks & Recreation Crossing by Bill Mudron (Store) (Flickr)

Photo

avaine — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:10:31 -0500

Patrick Stewart in The Captains on his initial (failed)...

avaine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:13:18 -0500

Patrick Stewart in The Captains on his initial (failed) attempts to make the TNG crew behave more seriously.

Photo

avaine — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:00:06 -0500

omocat: what i do instead of homework

avaine — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:00:05 -0500

omocat:

what i do instead of homework

mustachioedbaby: Light in Woods (by Olli Kekäläinen) I admit,...

avaine — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:00:05 -0500

mustachioedbaby:

Light in Woods (by Olli Kekäläinen)

I admit, some snow before winter ends would be sort of nice.

nationalgeographicdaily: Blue Pond, HokkaidoPhoto: Kent...

avaine — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:05 -0500

nationalgeographicdaily:

Blue Pond, Hokkaido
Photo: Kent Shiraishi

The “blue pond” of the famous tourist resort in Biei, Hokkaido, Japan is a place where many tourists gather in spring, summer, and autumn. However, since this pond freezes in winter, nobody is there during that period. This photograph was taken during the first snow of the season as it fell over the blue pond.

photographic-energy: Tamolitch Falls - Blue Pool (by...

avaine — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:29:05 -0500

photographic-energy:

Tamolitch Falls - Blue Pool (by ScottLarsen)

bumblinggingerbutt: Portal 2: Official Boots Trailer

avaine — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:24:05 -0500

bumblinggingerbutt:

Portal 2: Official Boots Trailer

fuckyeahtng: Favorite Insurrection Commentary Moments | Marina...

avaine — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:16:30 -0500

fuckyeahtng:

Favorite Insurrection Commentary Moments | Marina Sirtis has no idea what’s going on

On Composition

avaine — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:42:55 -0500

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 composer. I am definitely a bad composer.

At first, after studying some theory beyond what was required of me of an ensemble trumpet player and self-taught pianist, I wanted to incorporate all of these ideas. The resulting music sounded stale and forced. I was not satisfied in the slightest. I limited myself to things I knew. I didn’t experiment. Perhaps that is wise in more classical schools of thought, but from here, right now, I think I made the right choice to branch out.

I fell for ambient soundscapes. Walls of sound with delicate, almost non-existent melodies. This was all I wanted to listen to. I started playing the harp. Self taught. I’m still terrible at it, but it also informs a lot of my music now.

My tools shifted from a book of staff paper and my keyboard to a completely digital toolset. Right now I use a MacBook, an iPad, and a couple of cheap midi controllers. Obviously the quality of gear has an effect, but my cheap plastic keyboard with missing knobs works just fine for me, so long as it is attached to my laptop. If I need it I still have my Alesis leaning against the wall in my spare room in a distinctly 2001 manner.

Enough of the history.

When I write I

Keep a feeling in mind, but allow the feeling to change if warranted.
Present myself in each piece and make no excuses.
Try to leave the listener a space to insert themselves.
Try to paint with sound. Sometimes it gets messy.
Don’t worry too much about form. If the song is there, it writes itself.
Don’t fear stepping away from a track for weeks or even months.
Don’t fear discarding a track as a failure, but do take the time to save a copy.
Take an axe to useless bits.
Make sure it is something I want to listen to.

Josh Deuink, 1/5/2012

I don’t want to do anything right now. Just want to sit here endlessly until these books are...

avaine — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:21:32 -0500

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.