Review of Torrent distribution

I was surprised to see that there was still a seed and 4 peers on my "Favorite Things" Torrent when I logged on this morning. I seeded it for the first two days on my 32K /sec upload connection, and then I let it go. At one point I saw 3 seeds and 10 peers. Cool. There are a couple issues with the torrent, one being that trackers aren't accurately seeding the seed-peer count, but I'm sure it's a small detail to figure out.
6 Days after initial seed, I figured there was a chance the torrent would be dead. A lot of torrents don't survive very long, especially ones that contain obscure media, so I'm definitely going to call this experiment a success, and within the next couple months I will start creating torrents for my video DVDs as well. hehe. In 2008 Vostek will spread his seed.

The future of music distribution

So I just excitedly bought my first album from Amazon.com's new digital download music store: L.S.G's 'Into the Deep'- an album i have been hard pressed to find in recent years. But here is the kicker- I bought it for $0.99.
It's a fairly high quality mp3. The only complaint i have is that it is not segmented by track- it is a single continous mp3.
Ever since around 2000 I've been saying that the only way we will be able to reach a new (legal) paradigm in music distribution is by selling albums for around $1. In most cases the artists makes about the same amount of money as in the old paradigm because now there are little to no middlemen along the way taking part of the profit. Everyone wins, the artis sells more copies of their albums, and consumers get 10x the amount of music for their money.
I'm really happy to see this finally happen.

In other news, I've been updating my Internets, but mostly through a livejournal account. I want to transition my posts over to this account so that it has more exposure. Thanks for reading (anybody?)

and on

'08 has been the best ever so far, which is awesome because '07 was the best year so far. For the next 8 days I'm going to be out of town, mostly off the grid, on a work assignment. I had planned on getting my DVD out to the 'net this week, but it looks like it will have to wait until i get back. This week is going to be a nice time for calm reflection and dedicated focus. Cheers!

Psy Dubstep Trance?!

So I've been getting really into the Dubstep sound, the dark and Grimey UK dance music that has been blowing up the past couple years. This, along with Psytrance, should keep dance music interesting for at least the next couple years. So I had an idea, what about mashing up Dubstep with Psytrance? They are almost polar opposites in terms of production approach, but their tempo range is the same (Dubstep being just a couple ticks slower on average), so I figured it would be an easy proposition to lay a couple tracks over each other. In short, wow! What a cool/complex sound they create together! I haven't heard of anyone doing this before, but I wouldn't be surprised if it catches on with DJs, and ultimately producers may start creating tracks that are the spirtual children of both Psytrance and Dubstep.

Still moving forward with my DVD production despite the troubles mentioned in my last post. I've decided on a name for the disc: Adventures in the Rainbow Vortex. I'm having trouble deciding on music content for the disc, if any. If I use commercial music, I'll have to first get permission, and I'd probably pay them something for every copy I sell. Ideally I'd like to team up with a Psytrance label looking for some extra promotion.

personal emotional crap

today sucks. I'm still confused over the whirlwind of the past few days. My emotions were tugged tired, to the edge, and i felt like i had no choice in my actions. I felt like I was suffocating as I was faced with the reality of my only option...I lost a best friend. How did it happen? Like many things in the Universe, Love has simple mechanisms, but very complex interactions. I could write a book on it. In fact, in the amount of time I've spent in disorder from this dissonant situation, and never really getting anywhere with it, I could have made a lot of awesome stuff to help the world.
So I tried to distract myself with recording some VJing. I have a big gig tomorrow night so I planned on recording a live set tonight and playing back the render tomorrow night when i want to take a break. My computer crashed 30 minutes into recording a live set, rendering the whole thing unsaved. This happens a lot when i'm trying to record. I think it is bugs in the Arkaos event recorder. Pretty frustrating, which makes me wish i simply had a way to record my output to a DVD recorder or a camcorder. Good thing I have so much money. Ha. Money. Very funny.
I think today is just crapped, and I shouldn't try to do anything lest I want to get myself killed.

done

I've finished my anthology disc. Whew.
Now I'm excited to make some totally fresh jams.

I'm looking forward to this next week- I will be working on a giant moon mirror array out in the desert- a contraption that amplifies moonlight and observes potential health benefits. On Tuesday apparently the Discovery Channel will be out there for an event open to the public. Whoah.
It will be a nice little vacation, and I'll get paid for it!

semblance of a good home

After spending the past two months feeling out of my element living on the North Side of Tucson (the land of cars, consumerism and rich retired folk), I have finally moved back downtown into a nice little place with a really nice rent $. I bought a cheap bike with a sweet basket on the front, and I also got a job as a server at a restaurant on, you guessed it, North Side! That plus some other projects in the pipeline should keep me plenty busy until I wander around again next summer. The weather here is gorgeous now, good energy around, plenty of fun, Beautiful times!