Stone washing
Acid washing
Stone bath
Getting stoned
The Rolling Stones. The Stones. Stone Temple Pilots.
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I need to stop feeling shame about my limitations as a player
kind of a best-of… the pieces here that don’t make me cringe or that I’m even outright happy about.
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Do Not Look at Me
A fife and drum tune distressed and deconstructed by slowing it down to 1/10th the ordinary speed.
The original tune is “Slow Scotch.” I learned it from The Fifer’s and Drummer’s Guide.
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bathysphere
colophon
colophone
color
synthetics: Arturia MicroFreak
wire and wood: Gibson A2
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Soundscape at Philz
Soundscape on a warm Sunday afternoon at a coffee shop -
Work in Progress
Listening to whatever actually happened. Believing my ears. Trusting whatever just happened.
Balancing patterns.
Calm.
Blankets. Sensory burrowing.
Inspired by cavedurry
I like the video a lot. I like the distressed sound of the audio processing. I like the tempo and concept. The one thing I don’t like is the fidelity. You can’t hear the whole blanket of overtones or the viscosity of the bass.
Reactions from other people have been uniformly nothing – no responses at all. When that happens it means the piece doesn’t move the listener. It doesn’t bring joy and happiness.
At first, I thought the problem with this recording was the super-low sound quality and the lack of a melody, groove, parts, or arrangement. After thinking for a while I realized those problems are real but not the main thing, which is too little love. I didn’t have the patience to bring these pieces to life. I can figure out their shortcomings. I shouldn’t leave that to other listeners. My ears are attached as well as anybody’s.
This piece is fine as a work in progress. It is a snapshot on the way to something. So I changed its name from “Presence” — which it isn’t ready for — to “Work in Progress.”
Listening again from that perspective, what needs to happen is for the piece to go somewhere in the 5th bar. Maybe there should be a layer.
In case any friends want to add a layer or otherwise remix this, I have uploaded a lossless version to https://playingintongues.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Presence.aif
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Arithmancy
Numerology (known prior to the 20th century as arithmancy) is the belief in an occult, divine or mystical relationship between a number and one or more coinciding events. It is also the study of the numerical value, via an alphanumeric system, of the letters in words and names. When numerology is applied to a person’s name, it is a form of onomancy.
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Deserts 6
Be present. Maintain focus. No autopilot. Do not substitute muscle memory for purpose.
Playing in Tongues – Deserts 6 Yes:
You are welcome to download this and use it to make your own new sounds. Jam on top. Cut it up into samples. Put a donk on it. Looooooop as you please. Yes-And.
