Current mood: getting close to hallucinating Category: getting close to hallucinating Music This is a personal story, a tale of my own ambition, desperation, and ultimate defeat. This is the story of a search for a long-lost ally who disappeared off the map. An ally who, perhaps, did not want to be found... The search began weeks ago, when the need began to become clear. Sequencing click by click, piece by piece, one note at a time, has been my preferred method for these three long years. But I have come to admit, keyed input has its advantages. The fluidity, the adaptability; let's call it what it is, the controlled randomness of playing a keyboard into a powerful sequencer provides the bounciness and human touch that my music is, at least in some cases, missing. What the heck? With input quantize, pattern quantize and a capable and versatile metronome, why not? So I began the search. I searched high... ...I searched low. I checked the closets, the cupboards, and, yes, the dishwasher. I cleaned out a nightmare not represented here, I emptied a bathroom closet where I found many valuable things... just not the one thing I was looking for. I bought one of these about four years ago. I saw it floating around here for months, but now that I need it, it's nowhere to be found. This device was a key part of my first taking up the music business, a business that I have been making progress in ever since that one beautiful day at Guitar Center. I guess I'll just have to buy a new one. I'm getting dizzy now, so I'm gonna have to go to sleep. Peace.

The Epic and Fruitless Search for an Ancient and Long-Lost MIDI Cable This is a personal story, a tale of my own ambition, desperation, and ultimate defeat. This is the story of a search for a long-lost ally who disappeared off the map. An ally who, perhaps, did not want to be found... The search began weeks ago, when the need began to become clear. Sequencing click by click, piece by piece, one note at a time, has been my preferred method for these three long years. But I have come to admit, keyed input has its advantages. The fluidity, the adaptability; let's call it what it is, the controlled randomness of playing a keyboard into a powerful sequencer provides the bounciness and human touch that my music is, at least in some cases, missing. .. .. What the heck? With input quantize, pattern quantize and a capable and versatile metronome, why not? So I began the search. I searched high... .. ...I searched low. .. I checked the closets, the cupboards, and, yes, the dishwasher. .. I cleaned out a nightmare not represented here, I emptied a bathroom closet where I found many valuable things... just not the one thing I was looking for. .. .. .. I bought one of these about four years ago. I saw it floating around here for months, but now that I need it, it's nowhere to be found. This device was a key part of my first taking up the music business, a business that I have been making progress in ever since that one beautiful day at Guitar Center. I guess I'll just have to buy a new one. I'm getting dizzy now, so I'm gonna have to go to sleep. Peace.

Here's the text: Well, it's not an official press release, but this pretty much sums it up: Hey folks! There's a new piece up at soundclick. com/otherworldaudio. It's called "Temple of the Valkyrie" and it's an Aggressive Ambient piece that evokes images of the high jungles and cloud-strewn mountains of the wild world. I hope you like it, if you've got comments you can leave them at my soundclick page, and if you do like it you can spread the word or even buy it to listen to offline. You could listen to it in the car, in the shower, while hiking, while you play a game, during your soaps, as a textured audio backdrop while you're making dinner, while you rustle cattle, as part of a custom soundtrack for your favorite film or computer game, or while you shoot off fireworks to celebrate the new year... the possibilities are endless! Don't miss out on the audio goodness! Go take a look, it's good stuff! Peace, -Pietro

Hey all, There's a site for amateur game developers. On Yoyogames.com, you can find small, simple (and occasionally more complex) independent games. For those of us with only a small amount of time (or attention) to devote to them, these games provide great amusement. I hope you enjoy. Here's the first one: Eggs with Legs (and Other Strange Things) Cool little platformer with several play modes. http://www.yoyogames.com/games/show/49775 Second: A Square Shaped Adventure Interesting semi-turn-based puzzle game possibly developed by a guy I knew in high school. http://www.yoyogames.com/games/show/40290 The Lost Snowmen I didn't get a chance to play this one, but it looked interesting. In addition, the game it's based off of is arguably one of the titles that got Blizzard Entertainment off the ground. http://www.yoyogames.com/games/show/50105 -- Pete Marquardt Game Music Composer/Sound Designer www.soundclick.com/otherworldaudio

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