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Re: Cerebria: Emotional Turmoil with a Purple Pillar

Grimdork — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 16:30:21 -0000

Is it for me? No. But was IS for me was spinning the wheel and all the gems flying off.

Re: Song A Day

Grimdork — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:50:43 -0000

Yeah, I'd say a year straight has earned you a bit of a break. :) Have fun!

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:27:06 -0000

You're totally right. Mushroom Singdom was the precursor to song a day, you just didn't write as many songs in a week. And those songs fell into something more like 30/65/5 = really good/acceptably fun/"bad". (Magician Lord, anyone? Super Thunderblade? Fucking amazing. Lots of 'heh, I get the idea' but very few truly crap songs. I mean ... I honestly don't think you've made anything that's truly "crap", so "crap" is relative on this bell-curve of a grading system you have here.)

However, there's a lot to be said for the songs you took time to work on. Novox the Robot, Snow Fort, Miyamoto, etc. I think the only difference with your process is that you exhibit everything other people might throw away. Some might think other musicians make better art more consistently, but ... why do they think albums take so long to put together? Multiple years sometimes. You just have the entirety of that process splayed out in an untied bathrobe. :)

Your music isn't just catchy. It's addictive. I think that since you're able to so quickly move on to another idea, it might be worth the extra half hour of knowing full well when what you're working on isn't going to fall into the "good" category, and use that Bob Dylan Sat-Nav to get on a better direction. You don't need to see the bad song through just to evidence some arguably flexible statistics. Running out of time? QUICK! PULL THE 40 SECOND SONG LEVER!!

Not everything has to be agonized over, but a bad idea doesn't need to be let live out of obligation, either.

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:16:49 -0000

hee ... Ivory's Miyazaki back-up is so ... so ... cute. duh!

This one holds a special place in your archive for me. :)

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:53:56 -0000

IM SUPER FUCKING UGLY I WANNA GIVE U MUNY TO MAKE ME PRITY CAN U DO IT LOL!

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:47:47 -0000

Oh man. Chuck didn't believe in you. Good work.

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:01:13 -0000

Not at all true. You and I have very different ideas of what's possible. Don't sell Jonathan short, Chuck. My list of suggestions are things I want him to keep in mind, not what each of his proceeding songs must include all at once. He knows where I'm coming from, even if you don't.

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:57:41 -0000

More effects. (more for mood and tonal variation than saturation.)
More varied arrangement. (i.e. your desire for modulation)
Different time signatures. Also interior time and tempo changes.
Harmonies.
Deft crafting of song endings.
More patience with crafting and completion.

You've essentially proven yourself to be an expert at the basics. :) Development won't be too hard.

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:14:40 -0000

Past your prime? Fat chance, man.

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:41:48 -0000

Nice. You should totally make reverb plug-ins: "Construction site" and "Shower."

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:45:32 -0000

I envy the subjective focus of the dog. If I was lying on the floor and a hot girl walked by, I wouldn't be able to stay focused. That's the sexy: chew the bone. I'm going to remember that. Chew the bone. Thanks, Jonathan & Tiki.

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:21:15 -0000

Another one for the live set.

btw ... Novox the Robot is awesome.

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:09:56 -0000

I'm looking forward to you making a few more songs, so I don't have to look at this guy's face anymore.

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:37:48 -0000

MG Siegler has a pathetic view of hell. And I thought his thoughts were going to be scathing or something ... but really they're just impotent and hyperbolic. It's more like a YouTube comment than a review. Chalk another one up for the pwn of the swivel-chair excoriator. Dude is lame. And ... you should have been paid more than $500. Which is Microsoft being lame. Jeez. So much lame going around. ... Thanks for not being lame.

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:22:05 -0000

oo. Good. I like the bathrobe boogie, too. :)

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:08:06 -0000

Novox knows the funky groove secrets!

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:46:11 -0000

Adrian throws a punk beat on here and you're gonna have a folky mosh pit! Awesome!

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:39:23 -0000

(oh. and I'm thinking it's about time for a new theme song. Works for Game Jew just fine, but I feel we've moved into a different realm here.)

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:36:23 -0000

Did she come on to you?

Did you notice Prophetess is misspelled in the opening?

I want to see her gripped by the Spirit in more ways than one!

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:11:38 -0000

Rachel's a pretty enough girl, but Igor is F#*$ing HOTT!

Re: Nov. 18th 2008 Assignment

Grimdork — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:15:45 -0000

The word "assignments" has always sat oddly with me. Frankly, I'm less likely to "do the assignment" entirely because it's called an assignment. Homework is a large part of why I'm not in school. I'm totally serious. If RCB's assignments are a homework style situation, the curriculum appears totally arbitrary with no discernible subject being explored and not much being learned.

And what becomes of my effort to please the teacher? Do I get a grade? Do I get credit on a project? Do I get paid or rewarded in ... virtually any way? Nothing really seems to come of it, so interest wanes. When you were making puppet plays, for instance, of what was "turned in", it seemed like there was something to build toward.

So, in answer to your question, I don't feel any different now than I have all along. But it was more fun when it was something like a collaboration and not just "Do this." 'Ok, did that.' "Ok, now do this." 'um ... can we just hang out instead? Because that's more fun.'

I'd say it's more frivolous than boring, for sure. Because you, my friend, are far from boring. :)

Re: Nov. 13th 2008 Assignment

Grimdork — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:06:11 -0000

Even in a world of nothing, I still have you.

Re: Wed. Nov. 12th 2008 Assignment

Grimdork — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:04:20 -0000

Global Corporation Brought Low, Record Sales Soar

Phoenix, AZ- "Paramilitary groups and militia mercenaries are picking up what is left of their equipment and compatriots and heading home today. This has been one hell of a fight," UN spokesman Ariel Martine said today in a press conference held on Andreas Pier in the coastal town of Yuma, Arizona.

Shock, surprise, and relief follow the whirlwind of violence and catastrophe that ended yesterday. Fittingly, the final battle in the harsh and pitted skirmishes between the fighting forces of The United Corporation of Generica (comprised mainly of contingents from private security firms like the legendary Blackwater and new comers Archangel Security, Tanglefoot, and Night Shade), and the ad hoc militias following the frenzy of revolt whipped up by the unlikely pop rock trio, Mad As Hell, ended here in Phoenix, Arizona, with the corporate hegemony broken, its monetary holdings frozen and redistributed, its name besmirched forever, and its commanders awaiting hearing before the World Court due to commence this coming Thursday.

Not since the radio broadcasts fomenting the Rwandan Civil War thirty years ago in 1994 has the public mass media played such a determinant role in the shift of power. YouTube and its ilk sent Mad As Hell's, "They Stole My Baby, They Stole Our World" across the globe in a day and a half. By the end of the week, it was playing in street fairs and bars in every major city of the planet. Everyone knew it had gone viral. But no one knew it would get ugly.

No one can predict the viral phenomenon. And even fewer can predict revolution. These three young pop rockers thought they were following in the footsteps of celebrities like George Harrison and Bono, putting together a work of art in the hope of changing something. No one thought it would actually work. The gunships of the American Union-Israeli alliance were blasting the song from their ampliphones as Saudi speed-tanks swept through the landwalkers of the UCG, holding all ports along the Mediterranean. The Chinese navy had the M.A.H. logo on their launch boats as they reinforced Canadian ground troops fighting for Victoria Island. And bungie jumpers from the New Golden Gate Bridge held a huge "They Stole My Baby, They Stole Our World" banner between the bridge's uprights in the celebration happening there. Live feed available on Internet III.

It was too much for the UCG to handle. No focus group could be called, no propaganda could be cobbled together in time, no way they could put out the fire. The momentum of the upstart came at the right time in the right form. Revolutionary music has been around for a long time, but not until this has it actually worked. For some reason it worked. And I'm glad it did, journalistic objectivity aside for the moment. Private interviews are being held with the heads of participating countries and will be available in the following week. We here at NTS will keep you posted. Keep watching, and keep living. Your world is yours again.

Re: Rock Cookie Bottom

Grimdork — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:34:07 -0000

How ya gonna cover that song and neglect the freak-setto? I tell ya.

Re: Nov. 8th 2008 Assignment

Grimdork — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:23:51 -0000

i'm sorry. I can't condone this. Unless you're offering pay, I am morally obliged to object. :) I love you.