Feb 17

I realized over the course yesterday and today that it's almost impossible to describe the evolution of music as a whole, a specific genre, or a musical scene accurately. It is impossible to do this because of how relative and objective they are. An example being that it seems to me in recent times indie, as a genre, has started leaning away from acoustic singer/songwriter types of roots and more towards pop and dance genres. This is highly influenced by my changing musical tastes though, and there are distinction between these types of indie, genre-relative. Personal anecdotes aside, I think the point has merit, but that too, is objective.

Yesterday's list of favorite albums of the week had one glaring omission: Paulson - All At Once, a great ceedee.

On another personal note( as this is my blog), this week has been alot of me messing around with music creation. I've got my amazing keyboard( pics below ), a virtual modular analog synth program, a microphone, some technical wizardry, Audacity, and Fruity Loops. It's fun to explore, and seems to be a neat passtime/hobby deal, we'll see it anything comes of it. It should be noted that my blog-friend and hetero lifemate Cody is also getting his musical career fired up again, and we've been playing some musical tag, the product of which may find its way onto either of our blogs some time soon. On a related note, my other hetero lifemate, Dallas and his band John Fonda are also doing good. check these people out!

My keyboard, with gain knob being installed, and how it looks now!!




It's got two leads coming out which can hook into an adapter for an amp plug or a mini-audio for connecting to headphones, or PC microphone ports.

I think I had more I wanted to mention, but it's apparent I lose track of my thoughts far too easily.

Albums of the day:

My Own Private Alaska - S/T
Classical | Screamo
Release Date: 2007
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Paulson - All At Once
Indie | Rock
Release Date: November 22, 2005 / March 6, 2007
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