kfw.bsky.social
Composer-Performer of Live-Electronic & Computer Music BASED in NYC; LPs for Nakid (JP), Editions Mego (AT), PAN (DE), kranky (US), Planet μ (UK). Proprietor of Alpha State NYC (Creel Pone etc.)
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Posted onto SoundCloud as well:
soundcloud.com/thelotradio/...
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The non-music work I have to do to be able to afford to do (even the most mundane aspects of) music.
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Also nice that through this process I discovered that someone filmed & uploaded to YT™ this one-off solo drum machine (Boss DR-5, discovered through Jamal Moss' use of it, here flashed w/ insane patterns dumped via SYSEX out of Max) set I played at NEUMF '13:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBcl...
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Oh nice, still an amazing listen, although praise be to Jon Leidecker for the original tip! Discovered so many amazing things through his tutelage.
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Yes the “Organic” ones are closer to $7, but the regular ones have been $4.19 forever; a friend said they’re $6 /18 at the Target around the corner, which is even cheaper but they can’t stock the shelves quick enough (which makes sense given the EGGPANIC).
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lol
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Kebnekajse
Eldkvarn
International Harvester
Träd, Gräs Och Stenar
Handgjort
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Thanks Jake! This makes perfect sense as well. Does your main rb library live alongside your iT one? Space is at such a premium; it’s the eternal struggle between bringing everything on a 1TB thumbdrive vs. a 256GB - the latter will be snappier on the CDJ
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This is all completely sensible, thanks for your insight! At showtime do you then drag the playlists to a further USB stick for the CDJ’s or do you bring the full library drive?
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I highly recommend the Willisau 4tet set on HatArt if you’re just getting going; was my own entry-point & led to a lifelong love of his music/playing:
www.discogs.com/release/1201...
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(ashamed to say that I broke the tenet by finishing up a few commissions & a bit of rehearsing for the gig on Thursday over the weekend; so sorry to let everyone down)
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Yep; I wonder when this will finally be available - it sounds very faithful to the original circuit! The implementation the Triglav folks in Hungary have done is very, very good; it’s a great option for DIY folks (the Mouser cart/BOM is ~$250) & ofc you also get the Ian Fritz Hypster in tandem.
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I worry I come across as ungrateful (esp. to the people that have been on board for ages) but it’s important amidst all of the fearmongering & bad politics of streaming to show, also, that it simply does not work for many, even as something we’re programmed to tolerate in fear of “falling off”
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Same argument for Patreon et. al I guess; I use the sub the way many use IG/YT, as a place to display progress in lieu of the kinds of chiseled & globally marketed album-statements that feel impossible at the moment.
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Exactly; the data/math I’ve accumulated over the past year plainly shows that every 1 play (not even purchase, far far more scarce) on Bandcamp happens in the space of ~1500 streams on Spotify - it’s a hell of a disparity!
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Exactly; I mean the sporadic $0.78 is nice, but I’ll gladly forego it in favor of a message on SLSK & the resultant conversation. I have time & energy for this, I imagine most artists do.
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Feels like it reached critical mass ages ago; I’m essentially giving things away these days just to connect on there, groveling for the occasional $30 annual subscription. I see artists playing 500+ cap rooms here in NYC selling less than a dozen of their press-cycled albums on there, regularly.
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@bandcamp.com is ofc completely fine; I’ve been enjoying it more recently as a sounding board for ideas-in-progress to an “elite” audience of the super-engaged, but certainly a thimbleful in the ocean of potential.
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At this zero-sum stage: if it’s all sensible resources-wise I recommend physical for the intrepid souls who partake, and the SoulSeek/.torrent nexus for everyone else (which has been thriving) where there are no fees or excisions or “revenue shares” etc. Just raw audio/meta/pixel-data.
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The number of messages I received after it all came down (the very next day after I chose to cancel & have the auto-bill refunded; funny how propagation took weeks, months) shows that people were listening, everywhere. I used to think of all of this as radio, but it’s closer to collecting for many.