Toxie from The Cynic’s Cache has reviewed one of my songs here. Here’s an excerpt carefully selected to make it sound almost positive:
This song is actually painful to listen to for a variety of reasons.
The most obvious is the fact that it’s so dreary. This song sounds like a seven year old sitting inside, staring out the window at a rain storm on the first day of summer. It sounds like a guy standing in the rain with a bouquet of flowers for his girlfriend that he just found murdered. This song sounds like…OK, you get the picture. It’s depressing.
Baroness – “O’Appalachia”
Anekdoten – “Monolith”
Anthony Phillips – “Um & Aargh”
Serenity – “Rust of Coming Ages”
Sylvan – “The Colors Changed (Live)”
Dream Theater – “Home”
Genesis – “Down and Out”
Pyramaze – “Ghost Light”
Camel – “Another Night”
Made Out of Babies – “Invisible Ink”
Storms Approach – “Misnomer”
8/10/2008 found at WWFTD
apolaustic: self-indulgent; devoted to seeking enjoyment
Scattered applause wakened me and I realized that I had nodded off sometime during the apolaustic bandleader’s seven minute long banjo solo in the middle of their rendition of “Hooked on a Feeling”.
Here’s tonight’s soundscape experiment, the meat of which was made while messing around with a VST effect called Elottronix XL.
Here’s something that’s been kicking around for several months in one form or another. There’s a lot of parts I like but I’m having trouble getting them in the right order or putting in transitions that work. I’m also unsure whether this is cool as a short piece or if I should try and extend it.
Pure Reason Revolution – “Apprentice Of The Universe (Live)”
Jethro Tull – “Minstrel in the Gallery”
Star One – “Dawn of a Million Souls (Live)”
Elfonía – “Camelon”
Port Mahadia – “Distant Shores”
Kingdom Come – “The Whirlpool”
King Crimson – “Waiting Man (Live)”
Rosenguard – “Countless Ages”
Peter Hammill – “Accidents”
Zero Hour – “Resurrection”
The Flower Kings – “Babylon”
Agua de Annique – “Trail of Grief”
Thought Chamber – “A Legend’s Avalon”
8/3/2008 found through at Merriam Webster
divagate: to wander or stray from a course or subject : digress
Not wanting to leave enough time for a quiz at the end of the lecture, Professor Srobitol’s students asked questions about birdwatching in the hopes that he would divagate from the top of supply-side economics and instead talk to them about the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow.
Sub Phoebus is the counterpart to the Frippertronic/Soundscape experiment Sub Luna. This song has a bit more direction and oomph. I’m not sure, but it may fall under the genre of Discotronics.
This is also available streaming on Soundclick.
Agent Cooper – “Timing Crucial”
Trey Gunn – “Spirit of Flight”
Bolt – “Variables”
Fates Warning – “Fata Morgana”
Enchant – “Below Zero (Live)”
Daylight Dies – “Last Alone”
Kansas – “Song for America”
Aghora – “Atmas Heave”
Eyestrings – “Stagnant”
Abigail’s Ghost – “Waiting Room”
Spastic Ink – “To Counter and Groove in E Minor”