Notes on the Making and Machinations of Music - Luke Stark

"Notes on the Making

and Machinations of Music"

Ever lengthening, this history of bleeps, booms and twangs grumbles
as ideas lurk in the shrub-notes. Digital expedition, come reconnoiter.
When asking "whyfor", a less dicey place to start is note #5.

And now...
shall we perform for you?

Note #34

The teacher learns from the student and the student gleans from it's instructor as recorded in Meeting One's Teacher.

Note #33

Plus a visualization via iTunes.

Note #32

Unworld continues with Retriever.

Note #31

I never considered crows creepy till yesterday. What kind of music would the King of Crows demand be played?

Note #30

I pick at my napkin. Some of the threads are loose.

Note #29

Pondering the tiny machine over a breakfast of sausage and eggs, toast and cheese, salsa and Tabasco. The inspector said: "Sit. Stay." Fine.

Note #28

I've also received some postcards from some fellows who enjoyed the music. Such nice boys.

Note #27

When activated it sounded like this.

Note #26

He's dead. The paramedics validate this and the constables ask me questions. On my stoop. In my pajamas. I do not mention the music box.

Note #25

With a 'ting', a tiny music box falls onto the stoop from his hand as a rattle shakes loose from the stranger's throat. I dial 911.

Note #24

Someone is knocking at my door. Who could it be? Why it's a stranger! Hello stranger! You weigh next to nothing as you...fall into my arms?

Note #23

Longest single piece of music ejected: ~1218 seconds.

Note #22

Retro tools lead to retro behavior...like hanging out in IRC. I'm 18 again!

Note #21

"Tools are fetishes." Rawr.

Note #20

Renoise == Wonderfully Retro.

Note #19

It would appear that talkMUTE has escaped the womb.

Note #18

Cara Snatch's blog post on Monolake's new album made "using no compression".

Note #17

Experimenting with Rewire. Care for some "almost-funk"?

Note #16

Spent the afternoon jamming with Helion. Rough edges but very promising.

Note #15

Rejoice! There is music raining from the cloud.

Note #14

Once again I am pouring over patch indexes looking for the right sound. Select, tweak, deliberate upon, reject, rinse & repeat.

Note #13

The mammatocumulus has crashed. I've already forgiven them, though I've considered alternate plans. Long live the cloud!

Note #12

What is story-music? Close your eyes and open your ears. Seek an adventure in which headphones are your Friar Tuck.

Note #11

Some orchestral/filmy music was posted as was a short story-music sketch in Odd and Ends. Not exactly Dionysian but it's good for a toe-tap or two.

Note #10

Neither cats, not their guts fear my gnarled fingers these days. But in my youth...har! Tabby-pot-pie and a lick or two for old Scratch!

Note #9

This music is made by hand, but the tools are ones and zeros...or was it eyes and ohs? I forget.

Note #8

I bark out many kinds of music. Some is bleepy. Some is blatty. Some is ka-runchy. Once in a while it goes "ooooooommmmmmmmm."

Note #7

If you have something to say, respond via comments at Soundcloud. Direct email?!? Corsairs abound lad!

Note #6

My music is billeted at Soundcloud. They have pretty players and sparkly waveforms. Manducate my fruits and come back if you enjoy the tang.

Note #5

These notes are my entertainment. I confabulate to the me about our music. Others have found this entertaining. No accounting for taste.

Note #4

Moving down this page is traveling backwards in time. You must scan upwards to reach the future. Merlin would be proud.

Note #3

Archiving the old blog...the music/video links will still work...the articles are still available, but the blog is at an end.

Note #2

...was unimportant but a bit naughty. Sultry vixen chord!

Note #1

...was simply a test. Pay it no mind, but don't turn your back on it.

Note #0

Harken now the cries of birds.

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