getting classical

chopin is a boss. i've been growing especially fond of his mazurkas. they're fun listens, especially when the pianist plays with the appropriate rubato.

why do some people pronounce bach's name as "bah"? is that the german pronunciation or something?

i'm having a love affair with chap stick and post-it notes.

are curse words still bad without a context?

what if you only saw this:

fuck.

certainly you've been trained to realize, "ooh, that's vile." but it's only a word that, when isolated, technically means nothing. and i'm not considering any possible implications (e.g.- that specific "fuck" was taken from a conversation in which some guy lost his wallet); i'm simply considering that word as only a word, nothing else.

with that in mind, is doing this:

fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.fuck.

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offensive? i mean, i'm not putting any meaning behind those f-bombs, so they're harmless. however, one could imagine them to mean something (i won't list any examples; i'm sure you know most of them). then i probably shouldn't have typed all those "fucks," eh?

hmmm...

ya boi bangs

keepin' it real

if you need some musical resolve (i.e.- that track was way too dope for you to handle), listen to this new song from the new album plastic beach by the gorillaz. it's absolutely gorgeous, with plenty of glistening ambience, synth motifs, soothing acoustic loops and hypnotic vocals to soothe the restless ear. or as i like to say, "this song's an ear-hugger."

10 things on my bucket list

1. meet a celebrity

2. write a sonata

3. learn true humility

4. build an analog synthesizer

5. compile an extensive record collection

6. visit sydney, australia

7. buy a custom drum set

8. play a game of curling

9. work as a sound engineer for a film

10. go on a wine-tasting tour in california

i love the internets

the world needs to give google a pat on the shoulder for creating an astonishingly powerful search engine.

i'm taking a break from making computer music and going acoustic. i keep hearing cello-piano duets in my head that could function as some experimental classical composition (even though i know hardly anything about experimental classical music).

i've also written some lyrics for a simple folk-pop tune i thought of last week. it's about a pauper who contemplates killing a man walking down an empty street one night to steal his money. that's all i'll say for now.

RECORDING TOMORROW. YAY.

enough with rants...back to more important things

MY BAND'S RECORDING THIS SATURDAY. I'M REALLY EXCITED.