Today I learned that my postman has seen ELO play live and I'm SO jealous.
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Joined December 04, 2022
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"atm" may be longer than "rn", but at least it can't be mistaken for a lower case "m".
Just ask the senior management of Washbum guitars.
IT'S HERE! NEW ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE.
Fourteen tracks with words but no vocals.
One track with vocals but no words.
Intrigued? Listen on...
https://insidesandoutsides.bandcamp.com/album/steganogram
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House was never my thing, but I do love a funky beat, and this is full of those! TIP: Don't just listen to the first few tracks because the album is so much more than those. It evolves as it progresses, and covers many bases (and basses).
#BandcampFriday
https://bellaire.bandcamp.com/album/born-funky
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Microtonal artistry from Maddie Ashman.
"This song uses just intonation comma modulation where the pitch is going up and the intonation is going down, throughout the choruses."
Maddie appears to be a young genius.
#BandcampFriday
https://maddieashman.bandcamp.com/track/toffee
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BoC's new album, Inferno, releases on May 29th. In the mean time, I'm picking up this classic for my collection.
#BandcampFriday
https://boardsofcanada.bandcamp.com/album/music-has-the-right-to-children
Remember the good old nineteen eighties
When things were so uncomplicated?
I wish I could go back there again
And everything could be the same.
— ELO, "Ticket To The Moon"
This guy is brilliant.
I Played Barbie Girl in 14 Different Styles...from Bach to Bad Bunny
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@helenclayton That's pretty adorable :)
I was slightly disturbed at first though... in the static image, if you imagine her right eye is actually a left eye and there's a mouth at the front edge of her right wing, it looks like some weird deep sea fish - and that's what I initially saw! Yikes.
It's here! Instant purchase :)
I'd love to see an option in music player apps to switch between "by track" and "by album" for playlists.
In album mode:
* Each playable thing will be an entire album in order from start to finish.
* Skipping will skip the whole album and start playing the next one.
* Shuffle mode will shuffle the albums but keep the tracks in order on each album.
If only this could happen! But they're not interested, are they? :(
Today's discovery: high-powered electric turbo dusters are great for cleaning tin whistles.
I don't think I've heard this done before. What a fascinating idea.
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Congratulations, Artemis! I couldn't stay up to watch splashdown but here's the calculated fastest rational speed during re-entry:
24661.21 mph
11024.547 m/s
3340.77 Hz
Ab7 + 10 cents
I think that's actually higher than I can whistle.
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Exciting news! A new album (pre-release) from the very sublime and wonderful Younger Brother.
https://youngerbrothermusic.bandcamp.com/album/mutually-assured-distraction
Check out these beautiful piano improvisations from @muz4now@mastodon.world - they're just wonderful.
From today's walk.
From the album, Steganogram:
TRACK: Scope Creep
THEME: Technological sustainability
ENCODING: Oscilloscope XY writing
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My recent new exploration — a band I knew only by name until that name started popping up in lots of comments on Angine de Poitrine videos. I can't hear that many similarities myself, but I have to say I've found something I enjoy here!
For music nerds: The initial letters of the words in the title relate to the different modes of the major scale :)
Other albums I like: "Phantom Island", "Changes", "Laminated Denim".
#BandcampFriday
https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/ice-death-planets-lungs-mushrooms-and-lava
Here's a post about my latest album from my wonderful mastering engineer, John Elleson-Hartley. I recommend John highly if you're looking for that polished sound...!
https://www.musiklab.co.uk/steganogram-from-insides-and-outsides/
Cool video, great hooks. I like this!
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And my final purchase on #BandcampFriday - a bit of fun!
Bring Swing Back - Intended Immigration
https://woodenhatrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bring-swing-back-acoustic
Here's an absolutely gorgeous track from Candacraig. Apparently it will be on a forthcoming EP, so I'm eagerly awaiting that. But there are a couple of albums on their page already that I need to check out...
#BandcampFriday #Musichttps://candacraig.bandcamp.com/track/summerfolk
Twenty years on, this is still brilliant.
Haha! For the first time ever, I forgot it was #BandcampFriday. But I'll be back in a few hours with some recommendations and purchases :)
I wonder whether some extraordinarily clever artist could make a much more expansive version of M C Escher's "Print Gallery", in which we begin with a quark and zoom out to the entire observable universe during a 360-degree rotation, showing the whole universe as being packed into the quark...
And no, I have NO idea what would be involved but I'm sure it would be a huge challenge...
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Oops, I miscalculated. I forgot that the crew module is still attached to the service module! updated rational speed is:
402.74 Hz = G4 + 47 cents
This is gorgeous.
A productive planning day and a walk around a lake.
I've fixed some of the narrative structure issues by relocating some scenes as interstitial teasers.
I also named the three parts, which helps to solidify their functions. Part one is finished, and is called "Parabolic Ark". It's quite hard to find names that are not spoilers, but I feel they're important. I'm the opposite of Terry Pratchett in that respect: I'm all about chapters and titles :)
Back to making music soon...
I haven't mentioned it for a while so some of you might be unaware of this: I have a book of music for sale! It features eight of my own piano solos and is available here.
https://www.lulu.com/shop/mike-torr/hardy-perennials/paperback/product-gwwymp.html?page=1&pageSize=4
Take a listen to this, and pay close attention to the vocal and all the backing vocals during the harmonies.
I assume Eva was performing the BVs as well. In any case, the vibrato on all the parts was, to my ears, entirely in phase and in sync throughout. I wasn't sure that was even possible until now.
What an amazing performance!
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Next #BandcampFriday purchase - This is a nice bit of folk/art rock with a pinch of mysticism. I think I discovered the band on the PickMyPostcode lottery site.
Thunder of Whispers 2022 - Candacraig
https://candacraig.bandcamp.com/album/thunder-of-whispers-2022
Love this song from Candacraig, so wistful.
"Summerfolk"
#BandcampFriday
https://candacraig.bandcamp.com/track/summerfolk
The mad fool has done it AGAIN!
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Here's one I think I'll be picking up today. Shades of Mike Oldfield, early Yes, and Camel, for me. Lovely composition!
Link to EP on Bandcamp is in the YT description.
The Monument - Jon Samsworth
#BandcampFriday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFMUOGi7ozo
This is a great insight into the sound mixing process for Stranger Things!
Wow, WHAT a voice!
Almost a whole hour of sheer joy for synth nerds.