There were articles for some while in which I reported on every event every time at Cat's Art MusikCircus and for a while that's informative but over a longer period it wastes your time and mine as, even if you like the artist, you probably won't read it. Why would you ... if you already like the artist, you'll find where this person is playing and not waste time reading things.
Therefore, in the interests of information and time, I'm focusing strictly on anything that really stands out as brand-new. The article tonight on Naga Flow was good to write as it was his debut and he did well with it. OK, that's news.
I'm sure Naga Flow will be invited to play again but then it won't be news unless he does his set riding on a porpoise or some such. What the hell, it could happen.
Keeping articles informative is one aspect of the drive and the other is saving my time as I never stop working ... ever. Where the time goes is a very big deal to me. For example, I want the book finished before the results of the CAT scan come back on the 9th. Inasmuch as Facebook is the worst productivity destroyer since fermented alcohol (i.e. firewater for white people), any contact with it will inevitably prevent that from happening.
This is a back-handed apology for stopping what I had been doing but I believe this will serve your art better in focusing on the best of it while also giving people a better reason to come back and read it. They know I'm not repeating something I have written previously.
For example, Paris Obscur played a kick ass set last night but of course he did. He's fookin' Paris Obscur and you know he kicks ass and Cat wouldn't have invited him to the MusikCircus if he didn't.
Something really not so much news but important to me was talking privately with Paris in musician-to-musician stuff and that makes me feel pretty fookin' good. There's no huge revelation as this isn't Right Column material about who shows some side-boob. It was cool talking straight-up and I appreciate the confidence.
Something Paris knows very well about the MusikCircus is people listen. Maybe you do already but do you hear all the parts. Some can do that naturally and some have to work for it but eventually you hear everything at the same time. You did all along but the lead draws your attention, that's what it is supposed to do, but in time you hear more the pieces of what is happening around it. For example, there's a hot guitar in there getting nasty but there's also a B3 organ. The guitar sounds cool but the B3 has to sound cool too or it's senseless musically for it to be in there. Is this bass clean and clear or is it just a dull thump in time with the kick drum. You may consider it difficult or bothersome to listen at that level but you do it already, you just need to widen your focus.
Continuing with the above, your ear hears everything but your mind chooses the focus. For example, it chooses to focus on the singer and let the band fall into the backdrop. In this way, your mind is altering the reality of the sound and this type of alteration of perception is common, in a large way we make reality whatever we want. The reality is the full spectrum of the sound and your ear did hear it, you chose not to listen to what it physically-heard. Michael Jackson has that theme covered: "Never limit yourself."
Therefore, in the interests of information and time, I'm focusing strictly on anything that really stands out as brand-new. The article tonight on Naga Flow was good to write as it was his debut and he did well with it. OK, that's news.
I'm sure Naga Flow will be invited to play again but then it won't be news unless he does his set riding on a porpoise or some such. What the hell, it could happen.
Keeping articles informative is one aspect of the drive and the other is saving my time as I never stop working ... ever. Where the time goes is a very big deal to me. For example, I want the book finished before the results of the CAT scan come back on the 9th. Inasmuch as Facebook is the worst productivity destroyer since fermented alcohol (i.e. firewater for white people), any contact with it will inevitably prevent that from happening.
This is a back-handed apology for stopping what I had been doing but I believe this will serve your art better in focusing on the best of it while also giving people a better reason to come back and read it. They know I'm not repeating something I have written previously.
For example, Paris Obscur played a kick ass set last night but of course he did. He's fookin' Paris Obscur and you know he kicks ass and Cat wouldn't have invited him to the MusikCircus if he didn't.
Something really not so much news but important to me was talking privately with Paris in musician-to-musician stuff and that makes me feel pretty fookin' good. There's no huge revelation as this isn't Right Column material about who shows some side-boob. It was cool talking straight-up and I appreciate the confidence.
Something Paris knows very well about the MusikCircus is people listen. Maybe you do already but do you hear all the parts. Some can do that naturally and some have to work for it but eventually you hear everything at the same time. You did all along but the lead draws your attention, that's what it is supposed to do, but in time you hear more the pieces of what is happening around it. For example, there's a hot guitar in there getting nasty but there's also a B3 organ. The guitar sounds cool but the B3 has to sound cool too or it's senseless musically for it to be in there. Is this bass clean and clear or is it just a dull thump in time with the kick drum. You may consider it difficult or bothersome to listen at that level but you do it already, you just need to widen your focus.
Continuing with the above, your ear hears everything but your mind chooses the focus. For example, it chooses to focus on the singer and let the band fall into the backdrop. In this way, your mind is altering the reality of the sound and this type of alteration of perception is common, in a large way we make reality whatever we want. The reality is the full spectrum of the sound and your ear did hear it, you chose not to listen to what it physically-heard. Michael Jackson has that theme covered: "Never limit yourself."
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