I love the sub bass! I'm glad I'm listening on my nice headphones because I don't think I'd even hear it. the choir is awesome too. I love all the open space in your recent work.

you are thinking heavy thoughts lately. thank you for keeping them on my radar. I think it is a very good thing that confronting domestic terror is actually in the dialog of the current regime (for now). lose some battles, win some others, I guess. be well.

I love the sub bass! I'm glad I'm listening on my nice headphones because I don't think I'd even hear it. the choir is awesome too. I love all the open space in your recent work. you are thinking heavy thoughts lately. thank you for keeping them on my radar. I think it is a very good thing that confronting domestic terror is actually in the dialog of the current regime (for now). lose some battles, win some others, I guess. be well.

Really outstanding work from you this week and I appreciate the important messages you're sharing as well

Really outstanding work from you this week and I appreciate the important messages you're sharing as well <3

very nice!! how did you make the drums?

very nice!! how did you make the drums?

It's yet another tragic week in America.  Thanks for sharing your thoughts and reflections.  The choir-like sounds and propulsive bass line are really cool and give this a sense of urgency.

It's yet another tragic week in America. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and reflections. The choir-like sounds and propulsive bass line are really cool and give this a sense of urgency.

(What happens w/ your submissions is that your links / thoughts send me on exploration of various things, for which I am always grateful. It's a shame, however, that in doing so I selfishly drop the ball on commenting / expressing gratitude for things you share and comment on the music that always touches and inspires.)

(What happens w/ your submissions is that your links / thoughts send me on exploration of various things, for which I am always grateful. It's a shame, however, that in doing so I selfishly drop the ball on commenting / expressing gratitude for things you share and comment on the music that always touches and inspires.) [spoiler=Music]That high-pitched stab is badass: I really love it when a sound functions completely in a self-contained way, and requires no pitch changes or rhythm to be fascinating. Love the minimal trap articulations of the drums, also. The singing is top notch awesome. <3[/spoiler] [spoiler=Politics] After the second piece on your list I got into reading a lot about the Oklahoma City Bombing. I moved to the United States in 1996, so I was here for the media coverage of 1997 McVeigh trial. It's kind of an interesting thing, reading about events that you've partially witnessed as news as history. McVeigh's white supremacist past and the discussion in that interview made me realize that in spite of coverage and a mock-trial we had to do in 9th grade, a lot of _fucking important_ details were omitted form my memory. The evangelical corruption is something I talk to my wife about often. It's a difficult thing to talk about publicly, so best I can do is nod in the affirmative and sigh with sympathy. (I have not had time to peep the last link.) [/spoiler]

Heavy track. The choice of that bass sound is really appropriate. Bringing a basic, simple synth sound against the complexity of the vocal layers.

I cannot imagine how the families of the children feel now. Let's not allow them to become statistics.

Heavy track. The choice of that bass sound is really appropriate. Bringing a basic, simple synth sound against the complexity of the vocal layers. I cannot imagine how the families of the children feel now. Let's not allow them to become statistics.

making mystic or existentially ominous tracks is nowhere better done, as on your emily channel. I love the airy, almost frosty vocals mixed with the warm subbass grounding. the drumms are an excellent addition. A track I deeply got lost in. well done. I am sorry there is so much to worry about. be well.

making mystic or existentially ominous tracks is nowhere better done, as on your emily channel. I love the airy, almost frosty vocals mixed with the warm subbass grounding. the drumms are an excellent addition. A track I deeply got lost in. well done. I am sorry there is so much to worry about. be well.

Heavy times = Heavy thoughts   I guess I just don't want to become numb/get used to this stuff.  If we think and speak about these things perhaps it will help bring positive change...??? 

It took me a while to get that pause in the middle to sit right with the loops - I was also annoyed cause could not find the sub bass enhance that I had used on the past couple tracks - glad it came through in the headphones... I may work on the mix a bit more on this one at some point...  That choir loop is cool - both that and the higher repeated vocal part were just stock loops in gargageband that I added a bit of processing on...

Thank you!

Stock loops in garage-band with some processing on them. 

"sense of urgency" = exactly what i was going for!  thank you!

Their families & the children who survived & the children observing this - I heard on the news this morning that many school children in the area were asking their parents to take them to the funeral services. Pandemics, War, Terrorism, Climate Crisis... I wish no children in the world had to think of such things. 

[quote=license]I love the sub bass! I'm glad I'm listening on my nice headphones because I don't think I'd even hear it. the choir is awesome too. I love all the open space in your recent work. you are thinking heavy thoughts lately. thank you for keeping them on my radar. I think it is a very good thing that confronting domestic terror is actually in the dialog of the current regime (for now). lose some battles, win some others, I guess. be well.[/quote] Heavy times = Heavy thoughts <3 I guess I just don't want to become numb/get used to this stuff. If we think and speak about these things perhaps it will help bring positive change...??? It took me a while to get that pause in the middle to sit right with the loops - I was also annoyed cause could not find the sub bass enhance that I had used on the past couple tracks - glad it came through in the headphones... I may work on the mix a bit more on this one at some point... That choir loop is cool - both that and the higher repeated vocal part were just stock loops in gargageband that I added a bit of processing on... [quote=v0]Really outstanding work from you this week and I appreciate the important messages you're sharing as well <3[/quote] Thank you! :) [quote=underground Luau]very nice!! how did you make the drums?[/quote] Stock loops in garage-band with some processing on them. [quote=CosmicCairns]It's yet another tragic week in America. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and reflections. The choir-like sounds and propulsive bass line are really cool and give this a sense of urgency.[/quote] "sense of urgency" = exactly what i was going for! thank you! [quote=Kedbreak136]Heavy track. The choice of that bass sound is really appropriate. Bringing a basic, simple synth sound against the complexity of the vocal layers. I cannot imagine how the families of the children feel now. Let's not allow them to become statistics.[/quote] Their families & the children who survived & the children observing this - I heard on the news this morning that many school children in the area were asking their parents to take them to the funeral services. Pandemics, War, Terrorism, Climate Crisis... I wish no children in the world had to think of such things. [quote=Q-Rosh]making mystic or existentially ominous tracks is nowhere better done, as on your emily channel. I love the airy, almost frosty vocals mixed with the warm subbass grounding. the drumms are an excellent addition. A track I deeply got lost in. well done. I am sorry there is so much to worry about. be well.[/quote] <3

sounds like an interesting project! I'd be interested to hear more.

I love the airy vocals, the part where it stops suddenly is really cool. I really dig the forward momentum in this, it fits the narrative really well and resonates with current events.

thanks for the reflections, please take care

sounds like an interesting project! I'd be interested to hear more. I love the airy vocals, the part where it stops suddenly is really cool. I really dig the forward momentum in this, it fits the narrative really well and resonates with current events. thanks for the reflections, please take care <3

Going to have to replay this one in the studio tonight. Love listening to your creations every week.

Going to have to replay this one in the studio tonight. Love listening to your creations every week.

Wow this is incredible !

Wow this is incredible !

thank you

[quote=sad_infamy_sings]sounds like an interesting project! I'd be interested to hear more. I love the airy vocals, the part where it stops suddenly is really cool. I really dig the forward momentum in this, it fits the narrative really well and resonates with current events. thanks for the reflections, please take care <3[/quote] [quote=mzunguko]Going to have to replay this one in the studio tonight. Love listening to your creations every week.[/quote] [quote=J Sangha]Wow this is incredible ![/quote] [img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.gifer.com%2Forigin%2F77%2F77323488df59003e860421bd655477a3_w200.gif&f=1&nofb=1[/img] thank you <3

that last link is historian Heather Cox Richardson in a recent interview
- her substack Letters From An American - is very insightful - she writes almost daily letters putting current events into historical context

difficult to process this stuff in comments i agree   thank you for your kind words & thoughts

[quote=ilzxc](What happens w/ your submissions is that your links / thoughts send me on exploration of various things, for which I am always grateful. It's a shame, however, that in doing so I selfishly drop the ball on commenting / expressing gratitude for things you share and comment on the music that always touches and inspires.) [spoiler=Music]That high-pitched stab is badass: I really love it when a sound functions completely in a self-contained way, and requires no pitch changes or rhythm to be fascinating. Love the minimal trap articulations of the drums, also. The singing is top notch awesome. <3[/spoiler] [spoiler=Politics] After the second piece on your list I got into reading a lot about the Oklahoma City Bombing. I moved to the United States in 1996, so I was here for the media coverage of 1997 McVeigh trial. It's kind of an interesting thing, reading about events that you've partially witnessed as news as history. McVeigh's white supremacist past and the discussion in that interview made me realize that in spite of coverage and a mock-trial we had to do in 9th grade, a lot of _fucking important_ details were omitted form my memory. The evangelical corruption is something I talk to my wife about often. It's a difficult thing to talk about publicly, so best I can do is nod in the affirmative and sigh with sympathy. (I have not had time to peep the last link.) [/spoiler][/quote] that last link is historian Heather Cox Richardson in a recent interview - her substack [url=https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/]Letters From An American[/url] - is very insightful - she writes almost daily letters putting current events into historical context difficult to process this stuff in comments i agree :) thank you for your kind words & thoughts

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Some time ago, tried to reach out, but your email link is off on this site. I think maybe that's for the best, though, and saying stuff should be secondary to learning from stuff you're kind to share, so just wanted to say thanks for the links.

[quote=Emily] difficult to process this stuff in comments i agree :) thank you for your kind words & thoughts [/quote] Some time ago, tried to reach out, but your email link is off on this site. I think maybe that's for the best, though, and saying stuff should be secondary to learning from stuff you're kind to share, so just wanted to say thanks for the links.

i think i fixed the email link

[quote=ilzxc][quote=Emily] difficult to process this stuff in comments i agree :) thank you for your kind words & thoughts [/quote] Some time ago, tried to reach out, but your email link is off on this site. I think maybe that's for the best, though, and saying stuff should be secondary to learning from stuff you're kind to share, so just wanted to say thanks for the links.[/quote] i think i fixed the email link :)

The synths and drums def create that sense of urgency.  The vocals give it that extra haunting quality.  Such an ethereal feel to them.  I like how they have a pulsing effect to them.  Well done!

The synths and drums def create that sense of urgency. The vocals give it that extra haunting quality. Such an ethereal feel to them. I like how they have a pulsing effect to them. Well done!

thank you TM!

[quote=Tone Matrix]The synths and drums def create that sense of urgency. The vocals give it that extra haunting quality. Such an ethereal feel to them. I like how they have a pulsing effect to them. Well done![/quote] thank you TM!

So awesome! The voice is amazing, and the insistent bass, I'm camptivated. Love the title, and the words you shared, looking forward to seeing more! Let the revolution and revelations come, let's welcome it and craft them.

So awesome! The voice is amazing, and the insistent bass, I'm camptivated. Love the title, and the words you shared, looking forward to seeing more! Let the revolution and revelations come, let's welcome it and craft them.

[quote=miraclemiles]So awesome! The voice is amazing, and the insistent bass, I'm camptivated. Love the title, and the words you shared, looking forward to seeing more! Let the revolution and revelations come, let's welcome it and craft them. [/quote] <3

Full on cyberpunk this week! Really cool vocal chorus effects are otherworldly and futuristic.  Love that drop in the middle where the bass comes back in... kind of bad ass!

Full on cyberpunk this week! Really cool vocal chorus effects are otherworldly and futuristic. Love that drop in the middle where the bass comes back in... kind of bad ass!

track title really hits me.  i want to believe that we are better than this.  i think i still do.

1:54 unexpected drop was devastating.  it really was a bomb going off, and then next sound was the sound of an alarm.  the ghostly vocals are the lives lost. 

great programming on the glitch tempos at the end (how'd you do that?!)

this was "intro credit sequence to post apocalyptic film" vibes

track title really hits me. i want to believe that we are better than this. i think i still do. 1:54 unexpected drop was devastating. it really was a bomb going off, and then next sound was the sound of an alarm. the ghostly vocals are the lives lost. :( great programming on the glitch tempos at the end (how'd you do that?!) this was "intro credit sequence to post apocalyptic film" vibes

feeling a bit just downright apocalyptic lately

i live in hope that we will strive for this kind of exceptionalism:

“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

i don't think i changed the tempos' i think you could just hear that glitchy loop better as i dropped the other bits out & i think there is some delay on there...

[quote=NWSPR]Full on cyberpunk this week! Really cool vocal chorus effects are otherworldly and futuristic. Love that drop in the middle where the bass comes back in... kind of bad ass! [/quote] [img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2FygTJHUFteGu1q%2Fgiphy.gif&f=1&nofb=1[/img] [quote=orangedrink]track title really hits me. i want to believe that we are better than this. i think i still do. 1:54 unexpected drop was devastating. it really was a bomb going off, and then next sound was the sound of an alarm. the ghostly vocals are the lives lost. :( great programming on the glitch tempos at the end (how'd you do that?!) this was "intro credit sequence to post apocalyptic film" vibes[/quote] feeling a bit just downright apocalyptic lately ;) i live in hope that we will strive for this kind of exceptionalism: “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. i don't think i changed the tempos' i think you could just hear that glitchy loop better as i dropped the other bits out & i think there is some delay on there...