I'm Un-Modding From My Subs About Power, Corruption & Lies

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[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Thanks for the feedback. As usual, I didn't expect this post to gain traction. In fact, I was hoping more people would notice my Storyotype post.

I really hope you'll share your new music. And I really hope you'll catch some of my forthcoming posts about new interactive projects on SaidIt - including media projects. It would be great to feature some of your talents in those. Bleak is apt. Heavy and crunchy can be many things to many people. I love Bassnectar which is a very different "heavy" than metal.

If I might make a request, without hearing or knowing anything else about your music... Please create a library of sounds, moods, samples, clips, and tunes. They can range from long and ambient to punctuations of thrash and every style in between (including from bleak to hopeful). They can start or end in harmonious order only to change into something else entirely. I already know I won't use all of it, but I can almost guarantee, that some of my media projects (disclosed soon) could employ some good original sounds. (Also, I'm a professional animator and filmmaker (disabled for a decade) but don't know much about sound engineering, among other specialties.) Naturally you can start yesterday, or you can wait until you see my pitches and proposals to see if you wish to bother.

Whether these projects actually become lucrative is anyone's guess, but I also have some grand ideas about how we could create open, transparent, and democratic online cooperatives to self-manage whatever resources can be mustered. The initial seed idea may be mine, but it will need feedback from and improvements by the community. Our utopian dreams will likely be something between failure and epic success, but more importantly IMO, is that it could become a model for others to emulate and build upon.

[–]Optimus85 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I checked your post and I have to admit, it is a storyotypical world we're living in now. Interesting neologism. How about using the latin root for story which is "storia"? Storiatype? As for the music, it's a work in progress. I'm an OK guitar player but I am no sound engineer. I do try my best to make it sound decent though. I also have a nice synth(which I'm getting more proficient at) that can create some doomy and eerie soundscapes. Thanks for the interest! Best of luck with your projects. You can always PM me for musical contributions. I'll check out Bassnectar and your media projects in the meantime. Cheers!

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I like the intellectual use of Latin, but I'm afraid the esoteric unfamiliar nature of the strange word might alienate the common folk from adopting a wide usage. Certainly an interesting thought.

I prefer editing to performing. No one expect you to animate live. Movies and books are better with editing. I often cringe at much of the off-the-cuff live streaming, not just because they often waste time with technical issues, but the humming and hawing and bland banter rather than cutting to the chase.

To my point, the beauty of tech these days is that you need not be a great performer if you can do a bunch of takes to get one right. Sure it'd be faster with proficiency, but it's no longer required. Even back in the day John Carpenter made his own minimal moody music for his movies.

[–]Optimus85 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Just my pedantic side. But I agree that it obscures the meaning of the term. You still would have to explain the concept to the non-lucid though. Technology has its caveats but software editing has become more prevalent and it does take some of the hurdles out of the creation process. Carpenter's father was a music teacher so that might've helped somewhat. I do have some creative musical ideas but I tend to over-analyse what I do and obsess over minute details. Too much self-criticism also. Ignorance is bliss but true knowledge can be scary and depressing... BTW, the Halloween theme is pretty cool.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Like a meme, IMO, the meaning of "Storyotype" is largely self evident, without a need for explanation.

Self-criticism is a double-edged improvement/paralyzing sword.

I'm eager to collaborate. I'll be sharing a lot of my incomplete work. I'll likely add lots of explanations and caveats and such to justify why it's not perfect yet in order to per-emptively point out flaws I already know are there so folks don't do the same and so they can offer me the valuable criticism on things I don't see.

It takes guts to open yourself up and put your work out there, especially when it's a WIP (work in progress). People may think that's the best you can do, etc etc etc. Whatever fears you have must always be cut in half at least. Sure people's opinions of you matter to you most of all, but ultimately most of them don't really matter. There are countless users on SaidIt, most I don't even know. The ones I do know have their pros and cons. If one is a bad dancer it makes no difference to me, and I'll still value them the same.

Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

Together we can refine our raw creative lumber into simple structures, advanced projects of purpose, and/or architectural marvels to open the mind.