PuppetXeno

Hi guys,

I started a new band, and that together with some other things in my life have caused me to move away from the amp. Whenever I have something sensible to say, or whenever we have some decent recordings, I will be uploading and reviewing (and moderating) again.

For now you won't find me here very often. Bandamp has done many good things for me, and I am by no means disappearing forgood - I simply have other priorities. Real life music and leasure activies are simply more fun and take up so much time I simply can't be on here on a daily basis anymore. Well you couldve seen it coming a long time ago

Cheers all, see ya later!

Half way creating a new band; there may yet be hope for my musicality. Well, atleast playing online games gets too tedious to keep up for prolonged periods of time, and one needs to have a hobby, right? So there's the motivation. I hate to admit that it ain't much of a motivation, but it's better than having no motivation at all.

Hmmm now to find more reason to spend more time on BandAMP. If I should have one, please let me know.

... to mention that the september gig I did with grainshifter was a neat bit of a success, considering the collaboration with three VJ's who were projecting their material on three large screens siding and backing the stage. The audience's response was pretty good too, and the number of peeps in the audience gradually increased the longer we were playing (we drew them in from the bar side of the venue).

There were some TV cameras running, and we were interviewed, but I have no idea what they did with the footage. The guy shooting it said he would put stuff up YouTube, but if he has, I can't find it.

Anyway, all such things are non important. What's important is - it was a great experience, I definately want to have a VJ in the band's line-up, but other than that for now my relationship with music in general continues to be defined as one of mutual disinterest. Ergo, my sabbatical continues, but I can still be found here on the amp and if you need anything you can always pm me.

If anyone's wondering, I'm still alive and visiting the amp on a daily basis. No, I'm not posting much, and yes, I'm doing fine. I'm just not doing much with music lately, been catching up with other hobbies and mainly, well, having a life outside the Amp. I will be back, later.

Heya,

Just to let those who read blogs know: I am currently in a state of mourning, though I am also relieved that my dog did not have to suffer and/or be in pain unnecessarily. He was old, it was his time - he has had a great life with lots of free running, playing, love, care, cookies, great meals, and more love. I have a pic of him in my album on here, ways of always remembering him. Until the very end he loved to walk and sniffle and meet other dogs, but he had a tumor, and it killed him (probably by blood poisoning, as his weakening had set in very suddenly).
All we (he mainly lived with my parents) did was elevate his natural dying process by having him put to sleep - I stuck with him till the very end. I feel his spirit is with me, as he will always be welcome with me.

Bruise the dog 7-11-1990 - 14-5-2007 (dd-mm-yyyy)

Hey I noticed a problem: The front page isn't being updated.

JimK posted something new to the announce section, but it didn't end up on the front page.

Also, I had edited the MeowMachine interviews post to feature the latest interview (TLS's), and though this does show up in the announce section, it does not do so on the front page.

Could someone with access to the code look into this? Thanks

It takes a really long time again before I manage to log in to my account... After typing my name and password, several minutes go by before BandAMP returns my request and stating me online. However if I type the wrong password, it doesn't take as long to re-direct me to the login screen.

Last time it did this all I had to do was allow the password to be saved to my computer, and the problem was solved. But this time, the password still being saved to the computer, the long wait is back again...

Hey hey!

As some of you already know, the beloved and aspiring journalist MeowMachine has dedicated some of her precious time to dig into & map out the lives and artistic inspiration of some of our members by means of one-on-one interviews!

Find them here:

avinashv
TonightsLastSong
Blueyes
paganscradle
Marino
ToastedGoat
PuppetXeno
MindsAtPlay
JimkDaAdtman

additionally, she has been interviewed herself!

So, enjoy, and feel free to leave a comment!

Thanks Meow for doing this!

 

Joint production of TritonKeyboarder and me! Produced in Germany in the beautiful Harz mountains, this is a song that we quickly put together and features some of the lovliest vintage equipment: there's an actual Rhodes in there, aswell as the portable Yamaha QY-10 which I brought along, and we used an Atari ST for midi sequencing.

We hope you enjoy!

Ok it's not a new song, but I just wanted to share because for some reason I find this song to be more interesting the longer I have it in my archives. If I recall correctly this was one of the last songs I made on 4-track tape cassette.

The whispery vox are intended this way, because the lyrics are pretty explicit - if they were turned up in the mix they'd dominate and this would destroy the intent of the listening experience. It's more about the music as a whole, as is usual with my work. I want the listener to guess about the brash filth that exits my cranium in this one