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!

five things i love in my life right now

1. Kombucha tea
2. Hand drumming
3. Psy-dubby jams
4. Distracting people
5. Sun time in a cooling air

I just finished watching Zeitgeist: The Movie. (go to site to download the torrent or watch it in a web browser). Wow. What a heavy movie...Truth...put clearly....at least I think it is truth...I do believe it is more true than the information the government regularly gives us. At any rate, even if half of this movie is true, we're due for a revolution. Please watch it and decide for yourself.

I've been spending my time recently living like a professional VJ, except I haven't been making any money with it...whoops. Its actually pretty amazing how many positions I have applied for in the past month, all of which have been shot down. Am I on some kind of national do-not-hire list? Who knows. I even applied to 2 dishwashing jobs and a gas station clerk position today. Yeah, thats how desperate it has become. Not that I don't enjoy spending my time on personal pursuits, I'm just not good at making money with my personal pursuits...On a related note, maybe a revolution is occurring, one that causes a breakdown of currency as we know it in today's world. I feel the possibility on many levels. Whatever happens, I'm not stressed about it. Things tend to work out as they should.