I like people who can take pleasure in ordinary experience.
I like people who can take pleasure in ordinary experience.
[The 'diamond model' describes expanding to generate lots of ideas without judgement, followed by the convergence towards making choices about what is pertinent.']
Information wants to be free but rent isn't.
[I don't apologize.]
If you're feeling intimidated, let them stretch you.
Tagged: relate.
At COLORSxSTUDIOS (2021). Massive sound in this body-shaker, both in the powerful voice and in the beat. The synthy flute about halfway in is a timbre I don’t hear often.
From A Song for You (1972). Caught me by surprise to hear this while looking for something in a local Asian supermarket—my mom used to sing it as a kind of showpiece and even recorded it once in a studio. Listening more closely, I hear for the first time that there’s electric piano everywhere, orchestral strings, and these cool IV-I cadences before the verses start.
From Currency (2017). Starts with delicate acoustic piano tones and chords. I usually find it interesting when to use blocky (predictable) patterns from techno music without the music feeling too repetitive; the constant contrast here makes it always dynamic and alive. Lots of triplets and dotted rhythms throughout, twice used in the melody to create this feeling of continuously moving, dropping (for example, around 57s). The lyrics and melody help evoke a sense of flying, soaring, falling.
From Live at Madison Square Garden (2019). Inspiring to hear a thousand-strong audience sing a complex line in three part harmony. Lots of beatboxing, music via voice and the body. Guitar shredding partially mirrored on voice. Surprising to clarinets at the end in this context. Good vibes, happy times, saudades for live music.
[We generated and wrote to disk all mathematically possible melodies, then dedicated them to the public domain.]
Tagged: music.
[To become so centered that anyone coming to you with an opinion simply forgets. You can kill Jesus or Buddha but not push them.]
[Creativity comes easily to those who are loose and natural. Doing anything becomes a creative phenomenon. Touching something turns it into art, saying something into poetry. Even walking is creating a rhythm. Not because of obsession: simply being filled with energy makes you create.]
Much happens but nobody is the doer.
[A giver knows they have given and would like you to recognize it by giving them a receipt saying "Yes, you have given me", thanking them, feeling grateful to them. This is not a gift but a bargain, where something is expected in return. They give to get.]
[Birds don't need any religion.]
From I’M UUGLY (2016). Time feel for instant body shaking, decorated and supported with seventh chords, bass patterns that repeat with variation, and effects to create contrast between sections. Lyrics slot into the drumming like Lego.
Zventa Sventana: Мужа дома нету
From Мужа дома нету (2019). Combines electronic sounds with folk singing. Lots of cool percussion and odd production details throughout to keep things dynamic (several only occurring once in the whole song). Touches elements of techno music without being too formulaic, might be the combination with various vocal timbres that keeps it feeling alive.
Let's talk about why countries don't follow the manual....
[It's not the side who can dish out the most that wins, but the side who can take the most.]
Creating Community Wherever You Go with Digital Nomad Alex Salinsky
[A couple of people are having dinner at this place (which isn't true the first few times, but later on it is), would you like to join us?]
[Give people something to say yes to; they may even be relieved if they were looking to have plans for the evening.]
The 2nd Winter Moon Cycle: Thoughts on Covid-19, Vaccination, VAERS, and Related Topics
[What kills people from COVID is the overreaction of their immune system to a pathogen.]
[A 'strong' immune system is bad language.]