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Song #1
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Jan. 1
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Here is the first song. (10+ hours) Yikes! Way longer than I thought..
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FREE Download Earth Food.mp3 |
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Song #2
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Jan. 2
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This is going to be a crazy year at this rate...
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FREE Download Venus Has The Blues.mp3 |
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Song #3
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Jan. 3
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Yowza! A work day and a song day - The first of many |
FREE Download Pluto Gets Down.mp3 |
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Song #4
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Jan. 4
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Very Tired... Why is the second day back after vacation harder than the first? |
FREE Download Mars Lander.mp3 |
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Song #5
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Jan. 5
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Trying lots of different ideas on the process... what works best? don't know yet |
FREE Download Saturn Soul.mp3 |
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Song #6
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Jan. 6
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NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN A DAY! |
FREE Download Neptune's Folly.mp3 |
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Song #7
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Jan. 7
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First Saturday - No time off :) It is fun... The mastering process seems to take a lot longer than i thought eq for each instrument, delay (what kind and how much) which type of reverb (plate, room or concert hall) and then the limiters and multiband compressors - how much? etc - this takes an enormous amount of time to make it balanced and to make it sound like i hear in my mind... |
FREE Download Mercury Can Kill You.mp3 |
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Song #8
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Jan. 8
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Started at about 1PM just finishing at 10PM - Long time on this one... Some breaks - but a long session. The amount of time that can be spent COULD be weeks per song - But with this schedule you just move one to the next phase - as QUICKLY as possible... |
FREE Download Jazzy Jupiter.mp3 |
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Song #9
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Jan. 9
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Monday Morning..... Feeling a little reflective and blue. What would life be like on a another world? at their beach? |
FREE Download Uranus Beachfront.mp3 |
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Song #10
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Jan. 10
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Tired! I need to go to sleep before midnight. The damn alarm goes off too early for work. I wonder sometimes why I have to make these songs the hard way... I really want these songs to sound good :) - so I start recording in one computer program then transfer to another to do the mastering and track mixing process - this adds AT LEAST 2-3 hours of work per song.. |
FREE Download Moonlight In Bartlett.mp3 |
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Song #11
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Jan. 11
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Nothing to say... |
FREE Download Sunny Day.mp3 |
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Song #12
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Jan. 12
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57 Degrees and Sunny in Chicago in January! :) YEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAA |
FREE Download Milky Licker Way.mp3 |
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Song #13
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Jan. 13
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Long Week :) Glad it's FRIDAY! Today - SNOW - only in Chicago.... |
FREE Download Proxima Centauri.mp3 |
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Song #14
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Jan. 14
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Ah the joys of sleeping in and relaxing on a saturday... nothing like it - and MONDAY OFF (I do have a dream...) |
FREE Download Alpha Centauri.mp3 |
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Song #15
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Jan. 15
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Bears Playing The Carolina Panthers - Panthers are up 13 - 0 in the first half... Bears look flat, not playing to their potential. - Update: Bears Lost. |
FREE Download Bears Playoff Sunday.mp3 |
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Song #16
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Jan. 16
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For Dr. Martin Luther King |
FREE Download Dr. Martin Luther King.mp3 |
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Song #17
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Jan. 17
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Did you know we have a new planet? It is called UB313 - No name has yet been given... |
FREE Download UB313 - The Tenth Planet.mp3 |
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Song #18
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Jan. 18
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Playing around with textures and vocals from various cultures - african and irish :) |
FREE Download Barnard's Star.mp3 |
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Song #19
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Jan. 19
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Well 61 degrees today and snow tomorrow - crazy weather - VERY nice but crazy... more upbeat techno dance.. |
FREE Download Wolf 359.mp3 |
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Song #20
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Jan. 20
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Snowy, Cold and weather advisory is out for today - GLOOMY - hence the 'Dark Side' |
FREE Download Dark Side of Lalande 21185.mp3 |
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Song #21
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Jan. 21
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Can You Combine: Pop - Latin - Rock - with a New Orleans Beat? Listen in and find out! |
FREE Download Alpha Not So Sirius.mp3 |
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Song #22
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Jan. 22
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What would a preacher sound like in another planet preaching to the masses? |
FREE Download Alien Church Service.mp3 |
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Song #23
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Jan. 23
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Can U guess the drum beat style? It's a 1950's South American / USA style that fits to today's world music rhythms :) |
FREE Download Beta Is Sirius.mp3 |
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Song #24
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Jan. 24
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Did you know that there really were eight dwarfs in snow white?
1. Doc 2. Happy 3. Bashful 4. Sneezy 5. Sleepy 6. Grumpy 7. Dopey and of course the latest dwarf, #8 Snow's White Dwarf :) |
FREE Download Snow's White Dwarf.mp3 |
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Song #25
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Jan. 25
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Dealing with a computer crash - from 3:00 to 8:00 - getting nothing done - absolute madness. Trying to do a chip motherboard upgrade and the system won't recognize the new chips... then I melted the original and now am in an unusable stage.... (this is from my laptop) |
FREE Download A Luyten 726-8.mp3 |
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Song #26
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Jan. 26
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What was the problem? My dip switches were in the wrong place :) truly... for those 'in the know' I replaced a single g4 chip at 733mhz to TWO 1.8mhz g4 chips. This system ROCKS. It's like four of my old computers tied together into one FAST machine! :) YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE - HA :) This is going to be FUN :) |
FREE Download B Luyten 726-8.mp3 |
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Song #27
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Jan. 27
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Got the world groove happnin' :) fun style to play around with - take rhythms - beats from many cultures and COMBINE THEM :) |
FREE Download Ross 154.mp3 |
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Song #28
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Jan. 28
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Epsilon is still a funky wired place - can't get a feeling for it. Maybe you can hear the 'space' monkeys in the chorus :) Listen in... |
FREE Download Epsilon Eridani.mp3 |
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Song #29
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Jan. 29
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I NEVER PHONE HOME enough... I'm always doing other things LIKE: |
FREE Download Luyten 789-6 Phones Home.mp3 |
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Song #30
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Jan. 30
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I really like to play and create OTHER music than the mundane pop junk on the radio - I NEED to hear more or different things... |
FREE Download Ross 248.mp3 |
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Song #31
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Jan. 31
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Ye Oldie Fun style - it's the drum style used in Song #23 - THE BOSSA NOVA LIVES :) I am unbelievably sick with the flu today. It's unreal. TOTALLY freezing under four heavy covers with a hooded sweatshirt and heavy winter gloves - and i'm still cold. I have a fever and I'm dizzy... this totally stinks.. |
FREE Download Ross 128.mp3 |
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Song #32
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Feb. 1
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While being sick and having a fever and all stinks, this is the first day in a long time were i don't have to do laundry, errands or other life garbage. i have a 'relaxing' day with fever and every over the counter flu med - and all day to write. if i felt better this would have been a great day... i like this song a lot. - going to sleep again... |
FREE Download Alpha 61 Cygni.mp3 |
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Song #33
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Feb. 2
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Another good one while sick - i should get sick more often - NOT - fever and congestion - can't shake this thing. this song is a nice country mountain song with fiddle and oboe solo - sweet :) |
FREE Download Beta 61 Cygni.mp3 |
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Song #34
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Feb. 3
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So enough of the star names for now :) hmmmm what is a lopsided quadrilateral? this could be the shape of things to come :) - on a side note, i thought i was getting better - i didn't sleep all night because i couldn't breathe - no air = no sleep still a mild fever... |
FREE Download Lopsided Quadrilateral.mp3 |
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Song #35
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Feb. 4
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Anyone care to dance? Sometimes life can throw you a curve... |
FREE Download Complex Simple Polyhedron.mp3 |
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Song #36
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Feb. 5
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Ok - it's the Superbowl - quit crying like a baby :) |
FREE Download Relaxing Reuleaux Triangle.mp3 |
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Song #37
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Feb. 6
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Random Random Random that is the way of life and nature - why not music? music is art - life - random |
FREE Download Random Square Prime.mp3 |
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Song #38
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Feb. 7
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Ok you don't have to be sick to write a good song :) Tower of Power Funk - very fun and upbeat - Dr. Gruv is in da housz |
FREE Download Funky Concentric Cycloid.mp3 |
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Song #39
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Feb. 8
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Grammy Night - (boy i always wanted one of those) what fun to be in a grammy show and play keys or trumpet or if i ever did win - WHAT A KICK :) |
FREE Download Tribal Spheroid.mp3 |
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Song #40
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Feb. 9
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Can i do the hip hop thing? mikie tries it and mikie likes it :) little swing beat - pads - and light synth melody |
FREE Download Polygonal World Vision.mp3 |
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Song #41
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Feb. 10
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How stupid are we? Why do we do what LARGE COMPANIES tell us to do? Diamonds Rings for women were started by a COMPANY in the 1930's TO GET YOUR MONEY - guess what? THEY are STILL telling YOU what to do (and getting your money) Care to CHANGE?! Diamonds will cost you forever :) stop the insanity. |
FREE Download Diamond Blood Stones.mp3 |
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Song #42
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Feb. 11
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saturday groove - kickin' back on a cool february day - very cool :) |
FREE Download Acute Apothem.mp3 |
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Song #43
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Feb. 12
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sunday - ah - a time to relax and also kick back! playing around with this one :) |
FREE Download Particular Polyhedron.mp3 |
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Song #44
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Feb. 13
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Darn cold out! east coast got hit with the worst storm in many years - indian song with some add ons :) |
FREE Download Triangular Square.mp3 |
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Song #45
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Feb. 14
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Happy Valentines Day to one and all! :) today is the day of love - may all your dreams and wishes come true (sounds to much like a greeting card) LOL :) |
FREE Download Never Perfect Circle.mp3 |
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Song #46
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Feb. 15
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Pi is a nice fellow, but he's often confused - he's very well rounded :) but often times he gets called a 'square' by the others in his domain. |
FREE Download 3.14159265358979323846 Pi Is Feeling Squared.mp3 |
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Song #47
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Feb. 16
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Most people don’t know the extent of Nathaniel Hawthorne's true identity - in the 1800's he was in fact a secret German physicist who worked for the Kaiser - the real first draft of his work was really called the Scarlet Triangle - this is an homage to the true origin this famous piece. |
FREE Download Scarlet Triangle.mp3 |
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Song #48
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Feb. 17
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Here is a poem by: Crawford, Isabella Valancy (1850-1887) - LATE LOVED - WELL LOVED |
FREE Download Unilateral Quadrilateral Love.mp3 |
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Song #49
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Feb. 18
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An isosceles triangle is a triangle with (at least) two equal sides. In the figure above, the two equal sides have length and the remaining side has length . This property is equivalent to two angles of the triangle being equal. An isosceles triangle therefore has both two equal sides and two equal angles. The name derives from the Greek iso (same) and skelos (leg). Listen for the equal rising and falling sounds through the piece. |
FREE Download Isosceles Triangle.mp3 |
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Song #50
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Feb. 19
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WELL - I made it to 50! It has been an interesting 50 days :) I'm really glad I made it to here. I honestly had doubts if I would make it. This is a fun song with the famous TR-808 drum sounds - with three lead synth sounds - one for the verse - chorus and bridge. |
FREE Download Borromean Got Rings.mp3 |
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Song #51
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Feb. 20
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Went to breakfast with a retired teacher friend - i told him i was looking for some poetry of nature from the 1800's and he said to try this poet. He is also a distant relative of the author! William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) born Nov. 3, 1794 , Cummington, Mass died June 12, 1878 , New York City 1794-1878, American poet and newspaper editor, b. Cummington, Mass. The son of a learned and highly respected physician, Bryant was exposed to English poetry in his father's vast library. As a boy he became devoted to the New England countryside and was a keen observer of nature. In his early poems such as "Thanatopsis," "To a Waterfowl," "Inscription for the Entrance to a Wood," and "The Yellow Violet," all written before he was 21, he celebrated the majesty of nature in a style that was influenced by the English romantics but also reflected a personal simplicity and dignity. |
FREE Download Ellipsoid Thanatopsis.mp3 |
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Song #52
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Feb. 21
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Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, pacifist, tax resister and philosopher who is famous for Walden on simple living amongst nature, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, on resistance to civil government and among 22 other books that Thoreau published. These are my favorite quotes that i have put up in my room. |
FREE Download Thoreau's Path To Singularity.mp3 |
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Song #53
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Feb. 22
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A poetic pause :) is life circular? spiraling faster and faster towards the opening to a new beginning? minutes, seconds and hours are certainly speeding up :) |
FREE Download Cylindrical Life.mp3 |
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Song #54
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Feb. 23
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Busy day and night at work. Huge project completed :) worked on lunch, after work , after dinner - late night - about four hours throughout the day, but spread out. ANYHOW... here is a song for the wayward traveler. |
FREE Download Spherical Harmonic.mp3 |
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Song #55
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Feb. 24
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Following the shape theme :) The shy Selkies are marine creatures in the shape of a seal. They can be found near the islands of Orkney and Shetland. A female can shed her skin and come ashore as a beautiful woman. When a man finds the skin, he can force the Selkie to be a good, if somewhat sad, wife. Should she ever recover the skin, she will immediately return to sea, leaving her husband behind. The male Selkies are responsible for storms and also for the sinking of ships, which is their way of avenging the hunting of seals. Following the Scottish theme are some famous Scottish quotes :) the last one is especially true :) |
FREE Download Scottish Selkie.mp3 |
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Song #56
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Feb. 25
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What are the shape of things to come? Who can say? I used to write short stories as a kid about the future - heck even as an adult i tried, but never finished a science fiction novel "Malubar's Conquest" maybe someday when i have more time :) - i wrote the first 4 chapters and the technical guide to this universe and it's properties. THINK about YOUR future... (i will too ) :) |
FREE Download A Shape of Things to Come.mp3 |
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Song #57
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Feb. 26
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The name says it all - abstract sounds with a unifying mellow latin guitar - that's what keeps the piece accessible to the listener - a string of abstract sounds would be quite boring :) |
FREE Download Shapeless Wonder.mp3 |
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Song #58
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Feb. 27
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Well, I originally thought that a play on rhythms - every changing through a song would be cool - it wasn't :) - so i changed directions - it's every changing rhythms with a synth hook, alternating with a different drumfills, and then after every to or three patterns - a nice hook that makes everything whole. |
FREE Download The Shape of Rhythm.mp3 |
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Song #59
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Feb. 28
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Well - this shape thing has to come to an end :) - at what will March bring? Only the muse knows :) - The End |
FREE Download The End of All Shapes.mp3 |
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Song #60
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Mar. 1
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Why is the sky blue? A clear cloudless daytime sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light. When we look towards the sun at sunset, we see red and orange colors because the blue light has been scattered out and away from the line of sight. The white light from the sun is a mixture of all colors of the rainbow. This was demonstrated by Isaac Newton, who used a prism to separate the different colors and so form a spectrum. Listen for the blue sky jay in the chorus :) |
FREE Download Blue Sky Jay.mp3 |
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Song #61
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Mar. 2
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Green, one of most-often cited favorite colors. It represents nature, environment, health, good luck, renewal, youth, vigor, spring, generosity, fertility, jealousy, inexperience, envy, misfortune. "Its cool quality soothes, calms, and has great healing powers." It is often worn in operating rooms by surgeons. Green is currently the most popular decorating color, green symbolizes nature. It is the easiest color on the eye and can improve vision. It is a calming, refreshing color. People waiting to appear on TV sit in "green rooms" to relax. Hospitals often use green because it relaxes patients. Brides in the Middle Ages wore green to symbolize fertility. Green creates feelings of comfort, relaxation, calmness. It helps us balance and soothe our emotions. Some attribute this to its connection with nature and our natural feelings of affiliation with the natural world when experiencing the color green. |
FREE Download You've Got The Green Light.mp3 |
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Song #62
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Mar. 3
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Red is the color that we pay the most attention to. It is the warmest and most energetic color in the spectrum. We associate red with love, valentines, danger, desire, speed, strength, violence, anger, emergency exit signs, stop signs and blood. Since it is an extreme color, red clothing might not help people in negotiations or confrontations. Red cars are popular targets for thieves. In decorating, red is usually used as an accent. Decorators say that red furniture should be perfect since it will attract attention. |
FREE Download Red Zone.mp3 |
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Song #63
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Mar. 4
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Solid, reliable brown is the color of earth and is abundant in nature. Light brown implies genuineness while dark brown is similar to wood or leather. Men are more apt to say brown is one of their favorite colors. This color brings feelings of stability and security. |
FREE Download Brown Cow.mp3 |
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Song #64
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Mar. 5
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Orange is the color of flesh, or the friendly warmth of the hearth fire. The positive implications of this color suggest approachability, informality. Also, it can be beneficial to the digestive system and can strengthen the immune system. Orange has shown to have only positive affects on your emotional state. Orange opens your emotions and is a terrific antidepressant. It is associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation. To the human eye, orange is a very hot color, so it gives the sensation of heat. Nevertheless, orange is not as aggressive as red. Orange increases oxygen supply to the brain, produces an invigorating effect, and stimulates mental activity. As a citrus color, orange is associated with healthy food and stimulates appetite. Orange is the color of fall and harvest. |
FREE Download Peaceful Orange Peel.mp3 |
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Song #65
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Mar. 6
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Both red and pink denote love but while red is hot passion, pink is romantic and charming. Use pink to convey playfulness (hot pink flamingoes) and tenderness (pastel pinks). Multiple shades of pink and light purple or other pastels used together maintain the soft, delicate, and playful nature of pink. Add strength with darker shades of pinks and purple and burgundy. Pink is the sweet side of red. It's cotton candy and bubble gum and babies. |
FREE Download Pretty Pinkie.mp3 |
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Song #66
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Mar. 7
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Purple is royalty. A mysterious color, purple is associated with both nobility and spirituality. The opposites of hot red and cool blue combine to create this intriguing color. Purple has a special, almost sacred place in nature: lavender, orchid, lilac, and violet flowers are often delicate and considered precious. Because purple is derived from the mixing of a strong warm and strong cool color it has both warm and cool properties. A purple room can boost a child's imagination or an artist's creativity. |
FREE Download Born To The Purple.mp3 |
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Song #67
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Mar. 8
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Gray symbolizes: Sorrow, security, maturity, neutrality. People who favor gray can be the lone wolf type or narrow-minded. Gray with more silver in it can be a very active color. Native Americans associate gray with friendship. Gray is the symbol for security, maturity and dependability. It connotes responsibility and conservative practicality. Gray is the true neutral color. Its energy imparts void, emptiness, lack of movement, emotion, warmth and identifying characteristics. It was grey in the morning , then and noon and what a surprise grey in the evening - welcome to march in chicago :) |
FREE Download Grey Is The Day.mp3 |
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Song #68
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Mar. 9
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Turquoise is a mid-value color blend of blue and green. The term comes from the French for "Turkish". Teal, blue-green, and aqua are similar colors. In holistic medicine, the color turquoise purportedly has a calming effect on patients. In astrology, the color corresponds to the sign of Aquarius. In slang form, the phrase "the Turquoise" refers to the waters of the Caribbean, which are shallow and therefore take on the color in sunlight. |
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