i got into an argument this evening.
listen: we could build a society where we're not exploiting each other. we have the technology. we just have to do it.
but all anybody ever says is "human nature this" and "work is sacred that". people don't want to build this society, they just want to be the person doing the exploiting.
to an extent, i realize how brainwashed people are, but to an extent they're fulfilling their own prophesy. they don't want to build a society that prevents themselves from holding the whips. people secretly conspire to be monarchs, running their own fiefdoms.
so, fuck you all, then. if you all insist on an exploitative society, i'm not about to bend over and take it. just because you're convinced you can be queen of make-believe land doesn't mean i should have to go do some stupid nonsense all day.
so, i'll exploit y'all by free loading.
don't like that? well, i have plenty of ideas if you want...
oh, i'm a utopian, am i? well, too bad, then. i have alternatives, but if you're going to fix my choice between getting fucked over and fucking you over because you want to fuck me over, then i'm going to fuck you over.
and fuck you for getting upset about it.
no rational individual would choose being exploited by others over exploiting others. it's not the choice i want, but it's the choice i have.
(the truth is i could fudge the accounting so that i'm living off of excess production, meaning i don't actually cost society a dime that they wouldn't have flushed down the toilet anyways, but it's an arbitrary exercise, and it really ignores the point.)
(at the end of the day, 75% of the money they give me goes back to them in taxes - most of it in property taxes. almost all of the rest of it goes towards food that would get thrown out if nobody bought it. i don't really cost the system anything in any kind of measurable terms.)
the day the local supermarket runs out of food, get back to me on this, but i'm not holding my breath on that.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
change of strategy. it's a little indulgent, but it's the only way to approach the material comprehensively that maintains both the conceptual unity of the period, in a historical sense, and the chronological continuity moving many years into the future.
i have four midi compositions from early 2001: stuck in the middle of an alley that is closing in on all sides, the symphony of psilocybin induced madness, the time machine and the intersection of two identical particles moving in complete opposite directions. together, this implies that i was feeling trapped studying particle physics and responded by doing mushrooms and reading science fiction. or maybe not.
each of these tracks has multiple different versions, not the least of which includes a stark contrast between a midi version and a version with live guitars (although only the second has been recorded with live guitars, as of now). so, i'm going to record these tracks with live guitars. this is what i'm doing, here, i'm cleaning up my old tracks. i've hit the point where it's time to actually record some music.
i'm going to package it up in three ways (and for the symphony, actually 5). first, each of these tracks will come in their own singles. the singles will include midi mixes, live mixes and mixes in between. second, the midi mixes will be extracted to form their own lp, with a release date at the end of 2001 (and that also includes further midi songs, including a perverted choral piece (i'm going to think about ways to create this using samples) and a rave version of beethoven's fifth). third, the live versions will be further sequenced together in tetris.
this will allow the listener to either (1) listen to all the versions of a specific song, and/or (2) listen to all the midi versions of all the songs and/or (3) listen to all the live versions of all the songs.
however, i'm putting this on pause for a few days. i've been neglecting my reading in a rush to get to the point where i have some recording to do. it won't take more than a few days to catch up on the reading, at which point i'll put my schedule (half day reading, half day recording) back in place.
you can follow along with the reading over here if you'd like:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/dgkfgkdjdgkhyffa/121496877937755
i have four midi compositions from early 2001: stuck in the middle of an alley that is closing in on all sides, the symphony of psilocybin induced madness, the time machine and the intersection of two identical particles moving in complete opposite directions. together, this implies that i was feeling trapped studying particle physics and responded by doing mushrooms and reading science fiction. or maybe not.
each of these tracks has multiple different versions, not the least of which includes a stark contrast between a midi version and a version with live guitars (although only the second has been recorded with live guitars, as of now). so, i'm going to record these tracks with live guitars. this is what i'm doing, here, i'm cleaning up my old tracks. i've hit the point where it's time to actually record some music.
i'm going to package it up in three ways (and for the symphony, actually 5). first, each of these tracks will come in their own singles. the singles will include midi mixes, live mixes and mixes in between. second, the midi mixes will be extracted to form their own lp, with a release date at the end of 2001 (and that also includes further midi songs, including a perverted choral piece (i'm going to think about ways to create this using samples) and a rave version of beethoven's fifth). third, the live versions will be further sequenced together in tetris.
this will allow the listener to either (1) listen to all the versions of a specific song, and/or (2) listen to all the midi versions of all the songs and/or (3) listen to all the live versions of all the songs.
however, i'm putting this on pause for a few days. i've been neglecting my reading in a rush to get to the point where i have some recording to do. it won't take more than a few days to catch up on the reading, at which point i'll put my schedule (half day reading, half day recording) back in place.
you can follow along with the reading over here if you'd like:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/dgkfgkdjdgkhyffa/121496877937755
ERROR: SENSORY OVERLOAD.
you have too many soundcards. please decide upon one soundcard and try again.
the setup is ridiculous. i've got cubase hooked up to an alesis multimix, which is great for recording multiple parts simultaneously. the pod has a soundcard in it, but i don't direct in much. if i'm going to direct in, i'd rather use an old soundblaster live drive!. and there's an m-audio for playback. i should probably point out that i've got the motherboard's hd chip turned right off [the drivers seems to want to dominate when they're installed].
so, now i'm playing back old midi files and am just being overwhelmed by the possibilities. worse, each synth has three or four different outs and they do all sound differently. i've determined that the "guitars" sound best through the soundblaster, but the drums sound best through the m-audio. so i'm probably going to actually mix it down from multiple synths....
i thought this would be fast and simple. guess not.
you have too many soundcards. please decide upon one soundcard and try again.
the setup is ridiculous. i've got cubase hooked up to an alesis multimix, which is great for recording multiple parts simultaneously. the pod has a soundcard in it, but i don't direct in much. if i'm going to direct in, i'd rather use an old soundblaster live drive!. and there's an m-audio for playback. i should probably point out that i've got the motherboard's hd chip turned right off [the drivers seems to want to dominate when they're installed].
so, now i'm playing back old midi files and am just being overwhelmed by the possibilities. worse, each synth has three or four different outs and they do all sound differently. i've determined that the "guitars" sound best through the soundblaster, but the drums sound best through the m-audio. so i'm probably going to actually mix it down from multiple synths....
i thought this would be fast and simple. guess not.
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