Well, I want a place other than Facebook or Twitter to let this summary go. Facebook will eventually pull this post into my Notes on their site, but that really doesn’t phase me right now. I just have to get it off my chest.
What a weekend.
My USB MIDI interface arrived on Friday. By Saturday night, I had drum patterns going from FLStudio to my electronic drums in real time. Thus, the $8 cable allowed my existing equipment to turn into a rather nice sounding if slightly dumb drum machine. So, now I can have drums, Kaossilator, and Monotron all going at the same time to improvise electronic music.
Also, I can still play the drums while the MIDI information is being fed into it. Awesome. Just remember that you can’t say “polyphony” without “fun.”
Arts and crafts in the real world! I stopped by the big-name chain store on Saturday for supplies. Felt, fabric cloth, and (supposedly) clear blank stickers for my printer. I printed up four copies of my Riddle symbol. One for my drums, two for my electronic music toolbox, and one for my laptop. I also made a copy of that symbol on felt to hang during my video / horror show.
The video show was fun for me to do this week. I had the compressor working really nicely, but the software lied about just where my volume levels were. The software said 60%. The truth was more like 120%. Damn it all. But, the story meant a lot to me in a lot of ways, and I took my first step toward bringing conceptual continuity into the project.
Told everyone on Facebook that I was happily re-watching Necromentia. The director commented to say thanks. I now suggest you watch both Necromentia and the Gene Generation.
I also started work on finishing the human figure in a current project to draw the Major Arcana in my own sort of interpretation. There is no overriding theme. Simply trying to draw them as they might apply to my own life and journeys.
Been chatting with Lords of Acid on Twitter about seeing them in March. At the same time, a former co-worker texted me about seeing Lords of Acid in March. I might have to go see Lords of Acid in March. Now the question is: do I dig my “Our Little Secret” tour shirt out of storage?
Anyway.. wow. What a weekend.