Creativity

This is great
http://vimeo.com/18913413
And it also kinda explains my Sunday evenings and the 'good chunk of time' thing. And playing. :)

So anyway, instead of knuckling down and working, did some stuff with Tim, listened to some old stuff including some music we'd recorded with the trautonium from the other week. Very happy.

Lucy comes home

Tony's done wonders, again! Not only did he reverse engineer the screwy LFO waveform I like, he designed and installed a waveshaper to turn my square wave into the new waveform. He also fitted switches for LFO speed and destination, especially useful with the VCO cross mod I have already, and a button to disengage the envelopes. This works just as I'd hoped, allowing extra articulation where I want it. I like the feel of the button so much that a second one, possibly for the Glide on/off or the preset envelope I was thinking about for LFO speed mod and an extra VCA kick, isn't ruled out. :) Envelope times lengthened nicely.

A good drive up, sadly couldn't stay for lunch as Pat working at four. Now back to review work even though I want to play!

Cheque from the US. Better than a kick in the teeth, must read through and see what plays I got and in which programs. Maybe I should've done more for those guys, a damn sight easier to work for than the lot in London, which reminds me I still didn't reply to that last email of theirs... still biting my tongue!

Chuffed

Despite my shitty PRS payout I've been chuffed over the last few days about bandcamp sales. Bandcamp tell me they've given me an upgrade due to sales and some people are buying everything in one fell swoop. Doesn't take much to cheer me up eh?

Another reader finished the novel, very positive this time but I'll quiz him more as he's the best so far. Sent him the intro version. BTW anyone who reads this blog (oddly I see some do!) and wants to be a reader, drop me a line. Unless you don't want to see any deeper into my mind

Worked on traut review, got my main text and now just tidying.

Off to get Prodigy tomorrow. Tony finished, reasonable too - hope he didn;t undercharge me, will ask. Can't wait, wanna see if my mods do what I hope they will. Think all these performance tweaks started with me getting the theremin, even if I can't play the thing yet it's had a good influence!

Pissed again but it seems to help the writing...

I am a bad person

I wasn't planning on buying owt from Amazon and then I did. Shallow, etc. etc. I know. Started listening to Paul Hindemith on Youtube, always fatal when stoned. Next thing, bang, done it. Not blaming being stoned BTW, I am a weasel. :)

Made some review progress but have less words than I'd hoped. PRS payments nowt to get excited about.

Watched Prometheus last night, not very impressed.

Finally got remastered Excession released

http://jointintelligencecommittee.bandcamp.com/

Cold comforts

A nothing day, hence the blog post. Faffed around in the studio, sorted a few little jobs, pottered with a few half-ideas that fizzled out, started something maybe interesting on the Octatrack but to be honest, I could've achieved almost as much by remaining in bed. :)

Skype seemed not to load properly and as I never noticed, failed to communicate with Tim who might've got me out of my rut to do some music. Tomorrow, always tomorrow. Orbital tomorrow too. Must check when they're playing as 7pm on the door seems bloody early!

I uploaded this tune to Soundcloud from the other day, starting to compile a few of these odd little tracks that don't really fit with anything else.

http://soundcloud.com/smokyfrog/gadzooks

This evening I'm gonna sit around and  veg out.

Glorious morning, lovely walk with Jasper, this afternoon it's knuckling down to work even though I'd rather play.

Worked a little more on the experimental novel intro last night. Against my better judgement but it needs something, clearly, and a rewrite would change what I have in mind for the rest.

Listening to Haydn and looking through the morning's photos while last night's chinese goes down. Poor guy would never have written his greatest symphonies these days, would be accused of keep doing the same thing for too long and hounded to do something different. A much overlooked composer I reckon. Same for Schubert, perhaps the greatest potential of all but of course he croaked at just 31. If there's a better fragment of music than his Unfinished Symphony, I've yet to hear it. There, that's my intellectual outpourings done for the day. :)

Now here's a photo of a dog:

Had a good idea tonight about the three novel idea and sketched more of the second, started a couple of chapters and two more addenda for book1, may only need one of them.