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What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had?
I just wish I could paint more often without having the shakes. Between my hockey injuries and the fact that two of my medications can cause tremors, I’m constantly having to compensate for the tremors. Mostly I just avoid any kind of detail work that requires fine motor skills. So my work tends towards that of Basquiat, I wish I could afford the canvases Basquiat used in his work, it might make creating work a little more appealing.
Got some work done on a painting featured in a previous post. Here it is:
Taken at night, I added stuff a few days ago. I took the photo with info about the picture.
Well, this post is about stats of your engagement. This is one of the panels in Jetpack’s stats page. I know that the readership is kinda lame, but it is what it is.
As you can see, I get readers from all over the globe, and not shown here is a data point that says I have gotten a 13 percent rise in readership over the past year.
So, thank you for checking me out.
Read a post on the fediverse complaining about sound recordings recorded at 44.1kHz. It seems the poster wanted to sample recordings to be used at 48kHz, and they weren’t sure that the recordings would be true. Well, if you weren’t illegally sampling other people’s music you wouldn’t have the problem, eh?
I record frequently to be output at 44.1kHz since sometimes I want to convert the music to samples to be placed on my Octatrack, which AFAIK, only accepts 44.1 samples. I don’t care if it inconviences illegal scraping of my music, which is all copyrighted. So there, turkey.
Well, over the holidays I found time to get my Moog Sub 37 cranked up to do some sample recording. I just started playing with presets, modifying them sometimes, and recording to my Zoom H8 recorder. The samples are destined to be transferred to my Octatrack and/or mr SP-404.
I’d had this as a to-do for months and I finally started to work on this. I’m planning to do this with more of my synths.
Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).
My most expensive purchase besides cars and houses has to be my Moog Model D, original output. Its was probably built around 1979-80. I got it around 2008, and paid, I think around $4000-4400 for it. Its somewhat defective, as the filter doesn’t work the way it should, but I like the effects it causes, so I’ve never had it fixed. If I want the OG sound, I have two Model D soft synths that replicate the “ correct” sound. But soft synths can’t really replicate the feel of a real piece of hardware.
I published an article on my other blog about some recent news from Spotify about more IP theft coming from Spotify. Here’s a link to the blog post: https://all-about-music.ghost.io/more-bad-news-from-spotify/
What is your favorite form of physical exercise?
Walking and working out with weights and other gear are my methods to get exercise. Other gear are like this ab device:
You grab onto the two handles and I roll the device in front of me while on my knees. Less strain than doing situps, which screw up my back.
So the music hasn’t been coming along, so for the month of October I’ve been spending what free time I’ve had doing painting. I’m just about finished with one piece, recently finished another, and I’ve got an idea for a third painting.
I’m doing abstract art, and using mostly acrylic paint, which is my second choice for the stuff I do. I would prefer to use oil paint, but acrylic paint is easier to deal with, even though the results are less satisfying.
Dunno if I’ve posted photos of my latest works, so here goes:
Oh, and by the way, this painting is a work in progress, so if it shows up in the store, it will have changed appearance.
Well, I just got a radio play in Croatia, so I thought I’d update you as to the radio plays across the globe, as reported by SongStats. Here’s part of their report:
As you can see, I’ve got plays on every continent except Antarctica, and Europe appears to be the winner continent-wise with a strong showing from a bunch of stations in Switzerland.
