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Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:08 pm
by dubkitty
ashdown wrote:i get to spend this entire summer watching everything i've poured my self into over the past year slowly die. its fucking awesome
i do this a lot, on a more compressed time line of 3 to 8 weeks. having a cyclical depression and a secondary cyclical disorder is nice that way.
lately all my playing is concentrated on doing Frippertronics-style loops with the Head Rush and the Flashback, so a lot of what i'm doing doesn't relate to liking/disliking what i play
per se, but rather about solving technical questions related to these little episodes i'm composing. how do i build up a backing environment in pieces in the minimum number of loop iterations so each piece isn't nine minutes long? which note should i put in first? what's the most interesting way to add a line, or a chord, or a bass note? what effects for what part? how do i simulate a Steve Reich arrangement in plucked polyrhythms...quarternote and then a triplet on top to start? etc. so that keeps me busy. only about 10-15% of my playing at the moment is "regular playing," much of that soloing over loops a la the Fripp/Eno albums, and i like maybe 1/3 of that if i'm doing well. a lot of the time i'm just testing shit, trying out different scales. i don't expect to sit down and BURN when i practice any more. it's nice when it happens, but that's not what practice is for, really. you don't bring people to life when you practice CPR, either. if i want to be happy, i play bass. i LOVE LOVE LOVE playing bass. just playing a low E or a D on the second string and letting it ring makes me grin. and playing ballads and melodies on the fretless bass makes me happier than the proverbial pig in shit.
but every once in awhile it works. day before yesterday i was working on one of my loops and got a version looping in the background that i really liked, and then played a solo over it through the Sound Shank that said
exactly what i wanted to say musically
and emotionally...which was intense, because though i started working this episode up before it happened this piece has become associated with the recent death of my favorite aunt and dedicated to her. i was fucking delighted. i was like "yeah, that's why i do this."
Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:49 am
by Caesar
kbithecrowing wrote:Achtane wrote:Today my playing and gear sound like shit. I play clean and "ugh", then kick on a fuzz, pause for a moment and put it away.
I fucking hate this feeling, which is exactly how I've felt the past three days, minus the last hour. Shit sucks.
It'll get better
be persistent.
I find it helps to get drunk.
Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:25 am
by jfrey
maz91379 wrote:Um so i'm not 100% on this but i think i just realized i'm 4-6 inches shorter than i thought i was and what is on my drivers license. I'm short god damnit i thought i was normal.
I am more exhausted today than almost ever before. Which is weird because I slept 6 hours last night, instead of my usual 4. I literally feel like I'm having trouble breathing I'm so tired.
Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:18 pm
by foomanfat
Fat guy problems: I lost my Texas Pete squeeze bottle.
Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:32 pm
by dubkitty
jfrey wrote:I am more exhausted today than almost ever before. Which is weird because I slept 6 hours last night, instead of my usual 4. I literally feel like I'm having trouble breathing I'm so tired.
from my experience, exhaustion accumulates over time. if you're doing 4 hours of sleep a night, you're probably acquiring a massive sleep deficit.
Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:36 pm
by bob the r0bot
jfrey wrote:I am more exhausted today than almost ever before. Which is weird because I slept 6 hours last night, instead of my usual 4. I literally feel like I'm having trouble breathing I'm so tired.
Take a nap.
Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:38 pm
by jfrey
dubkitty wrote:from my experience, exhaustion accumulates over time. if you're doing 4 hours of sleep a night, you're probably acquiring a massive sleep deficit.
That's probably true. I keep saying I'm going to start sleeping more but it just never happens.
bob the r0bot wrote:Take a nap.
Can't. Work.
Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:46 pm
by McSpunckle
I hardly see how work could affect your ability to take a nap.
DRAW SOME EYES ON YOUR EYELIDS AND GO TO DREAMLAND WITH UNICORNS AND ASTRONAUTS AND SHIT
Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:58 pm
by dubkitty
my gf likes to go out to the car and take naps at lunchtime. i can't...if i try that, i fall totally asleep for two and a half hours and it's really embarassing when i stumble back into the office. when i have a job. as a cat, i'm required to sleep about fourteen hours a day, so...
Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:16 pm
by StudioShutIn
dubkitty wrote:my gf likes to go out to the car and take naps at lunchtime. i can't...if i try that, i fall totally asleep for two and a half hours and it's really embarassing when i stumble back into the office. when i have a job. as a cat, i'm required to sleep about fourteen hours a day, so...
I love how you tied your username/avatar in with that!
meow?
Edit: Also, have relatives over for today and part of tomorrow
I'm conflicted.
On one hand, I'm glad to see them, because it's been a while
...but on the other, They're alot different than I am, personality-wise, so they're a little tough to be around for long periods...
Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:53 pm
by phantasmagorovich
It's two more weeks until I have to play an ambient soundtrack to a theatre play and I have not had a single good idea for it. I feel horrible. I sit down and play for a bit. Nothing happens.
Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:03 pm
by bob the r0bot
phantasmagorovich wrote:It's two more weeks until I have to play an ambient soundtrack to a theatre play and I have not had a single good idea for it. I feel horrible. I sit down and play for a bit. Nothing happens.
Feed back + verb. Start there.
Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:42 pm
by SPACERITUAL
jfrey wrote:dubkitty wrote:from my experience, exhaustion accumulates over time. if you're doing 4 hours of sleep a night, you're probably acquiring a massive sleep deficit.
That's probably true. I keep saying I'm going to start sleeping more but it just never happens.
bob the r0bot wrote:Take a nap.
Can't. Work.
Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:46 pm
by SPACERITUAL
foomanfat wrote:Fat guy problems: I lost my Texas Pete squeeze bottle.
OH FUCK DUDE. Srsly though this is problem for everyone. I douse everything i eat in hotsauce......
Re: The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:13 pm
by TroySanders
buhhhhhhhhhhh