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i think i need to get back into making cool stuff for the love of creating cos lately the fact that nobody is gonna see anything i make is feeling quite discouraging... i mean this is my semi-secret tumblr account i made so i could enjoy screaming into the void... making stuff that only i know about is something i have historically enjoyed quite a lot.

maybe it's just because i'm feeling tired... gots to actually make some stuff - i had the idea abt making a political comic panel abt the new "all trannies must burn" policy lol... and i've gotta record vocals for a few songs. I could try making some more electronic music but i just find it so draining and uninspiring. recording myself (esp my voice) is something i don't often find time to do cos of all the people who are always around... and then the fact that i havent finished those recordings makes me less likely to start something new...... rrrrrrrr... overall it feels like im thinking more abt the end results of all my current creative endeavours instead of the actual process of making them. that's my current problem. hbu? xD :P ^w^

anyway it's a public holiday tmrw, i'm seeing one of my best friends who lives far away now over the weekend, i'm recording my band, and i'm playing a show so that's all great stuff to look forward to

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$25 per hour??? i have an idea...

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image if somebody covered engelberg humperdinck's man without love in the style of 100 gecs wouldn't that be crazy

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one more

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AND HERE'S MY NEW SONG COMPLETE W A VIDEO EEEEEEEEEE

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video i worked on

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things are terrible again

i have nobody to see the tadc movie with

but at least

my nipples hurt

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once again my mastering is flawless

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in-store recording plan

late afternoon, after band practice

drum kit in the hall's intersection

fender rumble 200 stacked on top of diy 15" extension cab, back corner against brick wall

fender hot rod deluxe on top of rockit closed-back 2x12 extension cab, front corner against staircase

atm450 x2 - in front of bass drum, above snare drum, equidistant from snare

di from bass amp (post)

e609 hanging against guitar amp grill

potential line output from guitar amp as backup

sm58 on boom stand for vocals

4 microphones, 2 line signals - will be very direct, very mono, lo-fi

whole thing will be videoed, will sync mixed audio... may use raw camera audio as heavily compressed ambient mic

Since we are only doing the last three songs in the set (Belt/Space, Ghost Mosquito, Weenie Hut Jr's), I will not need to use the Red Panda Tensor. I am unsure of what I will wear. Probably a band t-shirt, black skinny jeans, steelcap boots, subtle makeup. OH ACTUALLY I should probably wear the Spongebob t-shirt and socks (and underwear) to go with our certain-to-be hit Weenie Hut Jr's. Sorted.

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will be having a party this week

i got an apra royalty payout for all of the shows i performed last year

big money leshgo

alsoooooo first show w the new band next week thursday

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will be back soon

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long time no see

oops i think i went a lil crazy...

but... i made a reel to post on instagram

it was an intentionally lofi video about adding rings to my bracelet

i think im quite proud of it

heres the audio

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i was reading her tumblr page just before i came here to post this...

it felt a little uncomfortable... like i was reading something not meant for me

i miss her so much

i have two more harry potter movies left to see, and ive been enjoying watching old arty movies on the internet archive

i am finding it difficult to write new songs, and my first band practice in a month was less enjoyable than i was expecting, but im not sure why

maybe its because the shows ive booked are over a month away, or that i dont love playing the guitar as much as i do the bass, or that my horse song isnt sounding as full on as i thought it would... its intentionally obnoxious, but instead of being brutal and out-there and awesome, its feeling a bit wank. and like it is wank. the whole second half is my idea and its just a vehicle for me to make guitar noises and scream about nonsense... i know its a constant hum song, but it doesnt feel like constant hum... thats probably the problem.

anyway im looking forward to hearing the phone recording cos thatll let me separate myself from it and hear what it actually sounds like (that being effortlessly cool, full-on roknroll music that i would love to hear live... like literally every time i hear a recording of any music ive made thats good enough to perform live im always like wow thats so cool)

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whose turn is it

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band photo

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post out-of-town-gig analysis

turns out theres no footage from my set in whiti ;_;

think it was pretty good tho even w all the technical difficulties and such

i should put the record out and book some shows

would like to do audio foundation, dungeon, workshop 26, and anywhere small and informal / big and overly professional

live-to-air or an in-store would be cool too

might send out emails this week

i think my email / phone / perception anxiety might become less of an issue once i get my doctor stuff sorted :D

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i think this might be my 3rd

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listening to my friend's radio show today made me feel good

"are you in a band?"

"yeah i've been in a few bands and done a few tours around the country and also australia"

i miss them a lot. i think i'll have to fly down there sometime soon. doing a tour w the new band is the excuse i was waiting for but i might have to just go down sooner.

i think i'm starting to understand more than ever why they moved down there. i can imagine the way the air tastes, and sinks deep into my lungs. you don't get that up here.

hearing the interview with them both talking about how great free shows are is really making me want to organise some stuff for my musical projects and make them all koha entry. i've always thought that that was the way to do it, but auckland has a very capitalistic nature to it. making people pay is expected. and yet, most people feel they shouldn't have to pay. like they're entitled to special treatment. i have also been guilty of this. but i don't feel any shame in attending a free show. for a lot of people, though, it seems that a free show is a show of desperation that they think is beneath them. except for the guitar wolf show last weekend apparently.

anyway i reckon there need to be more guerilla shows. and more shows in general. with cool people playing. i'm not sure if i've fallen out of touch with the current 'scene' (strong emphasis on the quotations), or if i've become more of a snob, or if there is actually a lack of alternative music in auckland.

it would be nice to be able to truly be myself, and to perform; more, lots, around town, doing the rounds, in friendly places, in unfriendly places, around the country; and to have people actually come along. perhaps it's too much for me to expect people to care. but i don't even think it's that; i would like people to take a chance. i can count the number of people who went out of their way to see constant hum on two hands. but we experienced near-universal praise from a majority of people who were there. i think what i love about music translates to a generalised majority, but capitalism and marketing are terrible things that, in an ideal world, would not be necessary.

not that they are necessary. i'll happily play to nobody if i get to use a big enough amp and don't end up overly out-of-pocket.