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:: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 ::

I'll have a rather boring New Years Eve it seems.

:: DJ 6:50 PM [+] ::
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Tranquil Desolation, an ambient song featuring techno beats at 70 BPM and illbient effects, is now available at mp3.com.

:: DJ 5:56 AM [+] ::
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can't think can't think can't think...

:: DJ 12:48 PM [+] ::
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Take your soul off!

:: DJ 10:18 PM [+] ::
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'Card bombed' the Exit night club in Chicago last night.
Not really much of an ambient down tempo trip hop crowd, but maybe I'll get a few listens and/or some exposure.

In addition to 'card bombing' the place, I did have a nice visit with a couple of old friends.

:: DJ 11:00 AM [+] ::
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Tried doing some promotion today at a hotel lounge, but they don't use live acts.
Oh, well.

:: DJ 5:51 PM [+] ::
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Eleanor, my latest drum 'n' bass song, is available on on mp3.com. The song is named for my grandmother. While I don't think she ever heard drum 'n' bass, she did dance the Charleston.

:: DJ 6:13 PM [+] ::
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A moment of silence for Joe Strummer.

The Clash was my first exposure to punk rock when I saw them on Saturday Night Live in the early 80s.

I didn't know him, and yet, I will miss him.

:: DJ 9:38 AM [+] ::
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Stayed up to 1:30 AM last night and finished up most of a song while sitting in bed with the cat.
Will finish that one off today and maybe start another - in between movies, of course.

:: DJ 7:57 AM [+] ::
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Have done nothing with regards to music today (besides listen to Big Soup by Vibert).
Saw a couple of movies and that's about it.
Best thing about the previews was that about 2/3 of the songs were electronic.
Should work on some songs tomorrow though.

:: DJ 10:49 PM [+] ::
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Ok, A&R is closed at raw42. I guess they'll have to wait.

:: DJ 9:33 PM [+] ::
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Alright. I visited family over the weekend.
Received a couple of CDs of loops as a Christmas present.
Finished up a song.
It will be available online shortly.
Rendering it now then will upload it to mp3.com and raw42.

:: DJ 9:29 PM [+] ::
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So in the throes of my cold yesterday, posting here slipped my mind...

:: DJ 7:43 AM [+] ::
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Sent out a ""demo" to a Dutch magazine called De 'Klink' for a review. Will wait and see what comes of it. Their home page says "deze website is voornamelijk bedoeld voor mensen die geïnteresseerd zijn in alternatieve- rock, metal en punk muziek", so I'm not sure why they wanted to review my electronic music. Maybe they're review will just consist of insulting me and my music in Dutch. I guess it could be worse...

:: DJ 6:52 PM [+] ::
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Grandpa Ralph is now available on mp3.com.

Grandpa Ralph is a 170 BPM drum 'n' bass piece featuring groovy organs and killer drum riffs spiced up by high hats and fast cymbal work.

:: DJ 7:12 PM [+] ::
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You're the victim.

:: DJ 5:42 PM [+] ::
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Uploaded a new song to mp3.com and raw42 yesterday.

Watch this space for a link when it hit's the 'net.

:: DJ 11:21 AM [+] ::
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Ok, so it appears that it wasn't a problem with Blogger at all for the last 2 days, but a problem with IE on my laptop at home not allowing me to do something that it used to do. Have no idea what settings changed where. Damn. And that's probably the reason that I couldn't get to thinkgeek.com either. Damn.

:: DJ 7:12 AM [+] ::
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Cease to resist
Giving my goodbyes.

:: DJ 7:08 AM [+] ::
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I've been reading old interviews of Luke Vibert (aka Wagon Christ aka Plug) lately. Entertaining reading. It's nice to get insight into other bed room DJs

:: DJ 6:55 PM [+] ::
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Still working on hawking my CD.
Going to label #2.
Raw42 gave me some good input.

:: DJ 9:53 PM [+] ::
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Automobiling, jazz-dancing nightlifers.

:: DJ 5:26 PM [+] ::
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Cool. The ZonkBoard to your left works.
I will tweak the colors later.

:: DJ 7:36 AM [+] ::
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Fuzzy Navels and Violent Femmes.
It's just like the 80s.

:: DJ 6:45 AM [+] ::
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You are the apparatus.
I am the hand.

:: DJ 6:15 PM [+] ::
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All right. I'm beginning to float demos for a CD deal.
We'll see what happens.
Watch this space ;)

:: DJ 9:02 PM [+] ::
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Hermetic is now available online.

This is what raw42 says about it:

Hermetic-Film/TV Soundtrack
A bubbling intro with swaying gentle pads and tinkling effects give the feeling of underwater explorations or distant journeys into space and beyond. Also includes some nice guitar sections.

:: DJ 6:52 PM [+] ::
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Hermetic was accepted by raw42 today.

It's pending at mp3.com right now since I was too lazy to upload it for the last 2 weekends...

I'll add the link here once it hits my mp3 page.

:: DJ 6:34 PM [+] ::
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As usual, I love it when 20-minute techno song hits the chart (see Opus To Zarathustra And Misc Cowfish for details).

Chicago Electronic
60. Opus To Zarathustra And Misc Cowfish
77. Placid Abstraction

Chicago IDM
2. Illumined Pleasures

Chicago Techno
4. Opus To Zarathustra And Misc Cowfish
24. Illumined Pleasures

Chicago Ambient
6. Placid Abstraction
32. Slough

Chicago Goa
15. Savitur

Chicago Happy Hardcore
16. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Trip Hop
23. Chthonic Cerumen
24. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
25. Premature Ossification
26. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
34. Absolutely Modern

Chicago Down Tempo
46. Chthonic Cerumen
47. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
48. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith
49. Premature Ossification
50. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

:: DJ 8:42 PM [+] ::
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Rudolph's Butt...

:: DJ 7:20 PM [+] ::
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I want a Charlie-In-The-Box for Christmas.

:: DJ 7:12 PM [+] ::
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Went to the Art Institute in Chicago today. Good stuff. Saw "Art of the Medicis" - which was ok, but it wasn't as cool as the photos.

Photographers featured were Louis Faurer and Robert Frank.

Check it out if you can. Faurer had a lot of cool shots of NYC from the 40s (mainly), and Frank had photos from a variety of times/places (lots of collage/montage with writing on them - if you're into that sort of thing, then you'll like Frank).

:: DJ 8:09 PM [+] ::
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Had a good concert night last night. Saw the Bosstones, the best dressed band in the country. Was quite fun.

They played the Vic in Chicago and had 3 other bands with them. Don't know the names of the first two bands. One was bad - i.e., not tight. The second was tight but mediocre.

When I was in line for the show, I couldn't figure out why there were so many teeny bopper girls waiting to get in. I mean, when did the Bosstones become a chick band. Well, the third band (Simple Plan) was the reason. They're friggin' N'Sync or something. They were so "dreamy", and they "loved Chicago" - at least that's what they kept saying. At that point, you could tell the Bosstone fans, because they were either the ones flipping off Simple Plan through their entire set or the the ones who headed for the bar and stayed there...

But when the Bosstones came on, the place went nuts (of course). Eight guys in suits - who wouldn't go nuts? And their dancer. What a great gig! How did he hook up with the band? What's his story? Just some balding, middle-aged dude in a suit with enough energy to power the place for a week jumping and thrashing all over the stage. Fun stuff.

:: DJ 7:48 AM [+] ::
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Ok. So the Bosstones are the best live band ever.
More later.

:: DJ 11:26 PM [+] ::
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I will dare.

:: DJ 10:19 AM [+] ::
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Added a guest book to my site last night.
Post something if you dare.

:: DJ 10:19 AM [+] ::
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It's good to see a techno song I did 2 years ago (Zarathustra) appear on the charts again. Zarathustra is the 4-minute "radio-ready" version of Opus To Zarathustra And Misc Cowfish which clocks in at 20 minutes.

Updated Rankings (Complete):

World IDM
22. Illumined Pleasures

Chicago Electronic
47. Illumined Pleasures
51. Placid Abstraction
96. Serene Anguish

Chicago IDM
1. Illumined Pleasures

Chicago Ambient
2. Placid Abstraction
19. Serene Anguish

Chicago Techno
3. Illumined Pleasures
19. Zarathustra

Chicago Goa
9. Savitur

Chicago Happy Hardcore
19. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Trip Hop
24. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
30. Premature Ossification
31. Chthonic Cerumen
33. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
34. Absolutely Modern

Chicago Down Tempo
48. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Drum N Bass
49. Secret

:: DJ 8:56 PM [+] ::
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In his journal, Moby stated that he thought electronic artists should sing in their own songs.
Obviously he's never heard my voice.

:: DJ 8:02 PM [+] ::
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Hope to move the site this weekend from my current host to my new host.
Will see how it goes (I guess this has nothing to do with music).
I also picked up Paint Shop Pro so might toy with animated gif's.
Too many little things, not enough time.

:: DJ 8:02 PM [+] ::
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Ranking highlights (since I didn't really do any rankings this weekend):

Worldwide IDM
20. Illumined Pleasures

Worldwide Ambient
595. Placid Abstraction (low is better than nothing at all ;)

Chicago Electronic
52. Illumined Pleasures
83. Placid Abstraction

:: DJ 9:46 PM [+] ::
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A moment of silence for Surrealist Roberto Matta who died today at age 91.

:: DJ 2:24 PM [+] ::
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I see colors in my head.

:: DJ 2:09 PM [+] ::
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Got it centered! I love objects!

:: DJ 2:00 PM [+] ::
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So I've updated the look of this blog. It's pretty nifty if you ask me, but I still need to figure out how to center the Shockwave piece at the top of the page - so back to work...

:: DJ 1:54 PM [+] ::
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BTW, here's how raw42 describes Illumined Pleasures.

Illumined Pleasures Idm
Jazzy, swinging free form IDM. Quirky little blips and bleeps with lightly funky deep bass and fusion styled beats.

:: DJ 9:19 AM [+] ::
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Not sure why, but I also jumped from 31 to 19 on the raw42 charts. I guess maybe some of my songs were put forward for ads or something. That's all I can think of as a reason...

:: DJ 9:17 AM [+] ::
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For those of you scoring at home, Illumined Pleasures is number 28 on the mp3.com World IDM charts today.

:: DJ 9:15 AM [+] ::
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Illumined Pleasures is number 24 on the mp3.com World IDM charts today!

It's funny. I used the same loops in a drum 'n' bass attempt at a song about 6-12 months ago. The song was rejected by raw42 (as it should have been - I listen to the original now, and I think "lame").

I was revisiting some old songs and thought the loop selection was good, but I had failed during "implementation". So I started from scratch, added a couple of loops, messed with some fx's on the loops, cut up some of the loops and re-arranged them, and, eventually, came up with Illumined Pleasures.

It just goes to show that the more you keep at this stuff, the more you learn and the better you become - just like everything else in life, I guess.

:: DJ 7:47 AM [+] ::
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Technique, the latest CD from D R E A M D A Z E, is now available and consists of the following songs:

Serene Anguish
Morphological
Chthonic Cerumen
Understanding The Breakdown Of God
Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
Lugubrious
Absolutely Modern
Premature Ossification
Wretched Bliss
The Monkey's Arm
The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith
Lobster Telephone
Atmosherocephalic
Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
Placid Abstraction
Metaphysical Echo

The songs on Technique ramp up in tempo to climax mid-CD and then wind down to provide an enjoyable journey.

Enjoy!

:: DJ 8:12 PM [+] ::
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Time for rankings (once again).

World IDM
33. Illumined Pleasures

Chicago Electronic
54. Chthonic Cerumen
57. Serene Anguish
58. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
59. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
60. Lugubrious
61. Morphological
79. Illumined Pleasures
81. Absolutely Modern

Chicago IDM
1. Illumined Pleasures

Chicago Trip Hop
3. Chthonic Cerumen
4. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
5. Absolutely Modern
12. Premature Ossification
13. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Down Tempo
4. Chthonic Cerumen
5. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
7. Absolutely Modern
21. Premature Ossification
22. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith
23. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
24. Atmosherocephalic
25. Drink The Fish Up

Chicago Ambient
7. Serene Anguish
8. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
9. Lugubrious
10. Morphological
42. Placid Abstraction

Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
10. Scratchification
11. Face
12. Miles Comes To Visit

Chicago Drum N Bass
14. Curtain
15. Anthracite
16. Bituminous
17. Secret
18. Show
19. Prattle

Chicago Happy Hardcore
15. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Techno
16. Illumined Pleasures
42. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Goa
21. Savitur

:: DJ 8:46 PM [+] ::
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Had a request from a Dutch music magazine for a CD to review.
Will have to make them one up and get it over to them...

I guess one day I'll be HUGE in Holland. Ha.

:: DJ 9:23 PM [+] ::
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Wow. I actually did no work on any song this weekend. Wow. That's a first...

:: DJ 9:26 PM [+] ::
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Illumined Pleasures, the lastest song by D R E A M D A Z E from their upcoming CD Auroral, is now available.

Illumined Pleasures has already been accepted and is published by raw42.

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My CD 'Technique' is pending mp3.com's staff to be finalized.
Finally got all the CD art uploaded for it.
Songs have been done for 2 weeks now.
Oh, well. I'm slow.
That's what I get for working 55 hours per week.

Now, I need to figure out the name for my next CD and get the 2 songs that are already finished uploaded to mp3.com.

More on that later.

:: DJ 8:56 PM [+] ::
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I'm just looking for a way
To tear down these walls.

:: DJ 6:53 PM [+] ::
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If you hesitate, they'll pursue it.

:: DJ 9:39 PM [+] ::
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Placid Abstraction is number 54 on the Chicago Electronic chart and number 5 on the Chicago Ambient chart.

However, it doesn't even rate on the World Ambient chart.

:: DJ 8:05 PM [+] ::
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Wow. I forgot to post last night. Too busy paying bills and buying groceries, I reckon.

:: DJ 7:32 AM [+] ::
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Just spent a good half hour joining webrings. It's all about networking, isn't it?

:: DJ 9:30 PM [+] ::
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Updated the album section of my mp3 site yesterday. Deleted a duplicate and compiled 4 30-minute CDs into 2 60-minute CDs. Now I just need consumers to purchase them...yeah, that's the ticket...

:: DJ 7:45 PM [+] ::
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Quick Rankings - only the big ones!

World Happy Hardcore
60. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Electronic
39. Wretched Bliss
59. Slough
79. Serene Anguish
83. Morphological

:: DJ 6:02 PM [+] ::
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Did some more "promotion" last night.
Dropping business cards with my URL around the suburbs again.
Will see what happens...

:: DJ 9:16 AM [+] ::
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Wretched Bliss is doing nicely. It's made it into the Top 100 Happy Hardcore songs on the mp3.com World Happy Hardcore chart. That's good to see.

The rest of the rankings follow (as usual on the weekend)...

World Happy Hardcore
61. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Electronic
35. Wretched Bliss
66. Chthonic Cerumen

Chicago Happy Hardcore
1. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Techno
2. Wretched Bliss
45. Lobster Telephone

Chicago Trip Hop
5. Chthonic Cerumen
14. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
15. Absolutely Modern
22. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
35. Premature Ossification

Chicago Down Tempo
7. Chthonic Cerumen
22. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
23. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith
25. Absolutely Modern
35. Understanding The Breakdown Of God

Chicago Goa
18. Savitur

Chicago Ambient
21. Serene Anguish
33. Placid Abstraction
34. Morphological
37. Lugubrious
38. Shaku Shake

Chicago Drum N Bass
29. Anthracite

:: DJ 2:54 PM [+] ::
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Dropping biz cards with the D R E A M D A Z E web address on them around the malls.
Promotion promotion promotion.

:: DJ 8:24 PM [+] ::
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Quick rankings:

World Happy Hardcore
88. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Electronic
83. Frost
97. Wretched Bliss

:: DJ 7:03 PM [+] ::
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When it's dark here
You close your eyes

:: DJ 8:55 PM [+] ::
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Woo hoo! raw42 is getting my promo page for exclusive viewing by record companies and ad exec's. Just proofed it and sent my feedback back. Yippee!

:: DJ 8:08 PM [+] ::
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A thousand colors made of tears.

:: DJ 7:24 PM [+] ::
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Yesterday, I broke 70,000 listens. Thanks again for tuning in.

Full chart listings follow:

World Happy Hardcore
79. Wretched Bliss

World Trip Hop
155. Chthonic Cerumen
180. Understanding The Breakdown Of God

Chicago Electronic
44. Serene Anguish
46. Brevity
47. Anthracite
52. Chthonic Cerumen
56. Wretched Bliss
73. Understanding The Breakdown Of God

Chicago Happy Hardcore
1. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Drum N Bass
1. Anthracite
41. Wetlands

Chicago Down Tempo
2. Chthonic Cerumen
4. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
15. Premature Ossification
16. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith
17. Absolutely Modern

Chicago Trip Hop
2. Chthonic Cerumen
4. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
13. Premature Ossification
14. Absolutely Modern
29. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Techno
5. Wretched Bliss
23. The Monkey's Arm

Chicago Ambient
8. Serene Anguish
9. Brevity
17. Morphological
25. Bayou
26. Placid Abstraction
27. Frost
28. Metaphysical Echo
29. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
30. Lugubrious

Chicago Goa
18. Savitur

Chicago Industrial
29. Flay

Chicago Dance
46. Imbibe

:: DJ 5:42 PM [+] ::
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Ah. Back on the charts with a vengence.

Serene Anguish is 44 on the Chicago Electronic Charts, Brevity is 46, Anthracite is 47, Chthonic Cerumen is 52, Wretched Bliss is 56, and Understanding The Breakdown Of God is 73.

I'll post the links to these and the complete chartings later on tonight.

Time to vote. And if you must vote, vote Libertarian.

:: DJ 6:08 AM [+] ::
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St. Paul
Civic
Center
Eight Dollars
Fifty Cents
I bought a headache
I bought a headache

:: DJ 9:17 PM [+] ::
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Everybody at your party
They all look depressed
Everybody's dressing funny
Color me impressed

:: DJ 6:29 PM [+] ::
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Wow. I'm getting my butt kicked on the mp3.com charts.
Not even any songs on the Chicago Electronic chart at all.
Must be time to do a newsletter again...

:: DJ 12:55 PM [+] ::
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Current songs published by raw42 along with descriptions provided by raw42 when they exist:

Ambient
Simple Non-Linear Melancholic Swirl: Gentle ambience with rolling backing and pensive piano. Stays on one level throughout.

Down Tempo
Atmosherocephalic: no real intro as such with this one, just straight in with lighty jumpy beats, smooth floating underwater styled fx and a deep sub bassline.. very groovy with a definate non-aggressive feel to the whole track
Bog: Slow but interesting mechanical intro with low bassline and ambient pads. Futuristic and methodical with a sense of expectancy.
Brevity: Dark minimal trip hop beats and gentle, subtle synth lines and echoed effects. A belchy and rugged ambient backdrop suitable as background music.
Morphological: Airy echoing chillout with a slow beat and drifting melodies potentially useful as a good atmospheric visual backdrop.
Placid Abstraction: Minimally funky intro slides into slow tempo floating pads and carries on in same vein throughout.
Serene Anguish

Electronica
Chthonic Cerumen: Techno digital intro with minor IDM tendencies sit overtop light experimental melody with small percussive elements.

Experimental
Premature Ossification: snappy hats combine with deep bass and mysterious pads
The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith

IDM
Understanding The Breakdown Of God: laidback yet tense beats with world music influenced vocals

Trip Hop
Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang: A low-key blippy scientific illbient affair with unusual sounds and plodding underlying percussion combined with eerie/avant-gard effects and synth lines. Subtle, unusual, somewhat experimental.

:: DJ 10:40 PM [+] ::
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Just updated my radio station on the site. Follow the 'Radio Station' link and look towards the bottom for new songs I've added by The Knotts, Aerial2012, ean | productions and Gilles Vittecoq - all fine mp3.com artists.

On a side note, I've jumped up to number 19 on the raw42 charts. I guess that's what happens when you have a song accepted, have a song put forward for a commercial and submit a song - all in the space of a couple of days.

:: DJ 9:33 PM [+] ::
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Uploaded a new song to raw42 today for consideration for publiciation. Song is titled 'Illumined Pleasures' and should be available on mp3.com this weekend or soon after (still have to finish up new CD art)...

:: DJ 6:24 PM [+] ::
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Old Junk, the "latest" CD by D R E A M D A Z E is now available on mp3.com. In addition, all prices on CDs have been reduced to $7.99 (cheap!).

Old Junk consists of a bunch of outtakes from previously released CDs. Tracks include:
Automatic
Chill
Down
Escape
Flurry
Lash
Link
Mist
Noodling
Sordid
Subjective Flautist
Swallow

:: DJ 8:31 PM [+] ::
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Placid Abstraction is currently 46 on the Chicago Electronic chart and number 10 on the Chicago Ambient chart.

:: DJ 5:53 AM [+] ::
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I'm surprised by some of the song appearances in the latest rankings. A couple of techno and trance songs from my Swamp CD have hit the charts. Swamp was a fairly interesting experiment for me. It was a transition CD. I had just begun experimenting in the ambient realm on Glacial and decided that it would be interesting to mix it up a bit. On Swamp I begin with an ambient song in the key of A (Bog), and then using one or two of the loops from the first song, I shift keys to B and morph into a techno song (Marsh). I continue in the same vein of moving some loops forward to the next song and alternating keys and styles for the entire CD. Of course, each song is named by a synonym for Swamp in order to maintain the "theme". So without further delay...

The Latest Rankings:

Chicago Electronic
59. Placid Abstraction

Chicago Ambient
15. Placid Abstraction
20. Serene Anguish
21. Morphological
22. Bayou
30. Slough
31. Bog

Chicago Techno
17. Mire
18. Marsh

Chicago Trip Hop
20. Premature Ossification
21. Chthonic Cerumen
22. Absolutely Modern
23. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
24. Bansuri Summer Sturm Und Drang
43. Atmosherocephalic

Chicago Trance
26. Morass

Chicago Down Tempo
37. Premature Ossification
38. Chthonic Cerumen
39. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith
40. Absolutely Modern
41. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
42. Bansuri Summer Sturm Und Drang
43. Atmosherocephalic

:: DJ 5:50 AM [+] ::
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All right, so nothing gets done when you have guests in for the weekend...but I did at least work on my 'Hermetic' song long enough to realize I'm probably going to trash it. I might be able to salvage the weird ambient dissonance I have going on, but I definitely need to replace the bass lines I'm using, and if I do that, then the drums are in question too. Damn.

:: DJ 5:42 AM [+] ::
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I think tonight is going to be one of those nights when I stay up with a pot of tea after everyone else has gone to bed and work on CD art for Technique and maybe add some new songs to my radio station. If the urge takes me, I'll work on the song I started in August on a lake in rural Maine.

The song is titled 'Hermetic' for now. I started working on it at about 5 AM one morning. The sun was just beginning to come up, but it was still dark when I started. It was about 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and I was in the living room of an old cabin with a sleeping bag wrapped around me, looking out over the foggy, foggy lake. My laptop was running off batteries since there were no 3-prong outlets in the cabin. As the sun rose and the song developed, the fog became more whispy and wraithe-like.

It's been in an unfinished state since that morning when my low power alert on the laptop advised me to save what I was working on and shut down. Maybe it's time to finish it up...

:: DJ 7:04 AM [+] ::
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Well, not a lot of promotion and/or creation going on these days. Morphological is going to be put forward for a UK commercial, but that's about it. Not holding my breath, but at least it's a shot. I REALLY need to have 24 hours without distraction so that I can finish up 2 songs that are in process, finalize my CD art for Technique, and go through my voluminous email and add people to my radio station (and maybe have them add me to theirs in return).

:: DJ 6:04 AM [+] ::
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Bayou is hanging on in the Chicago Electronic Chart at number 93. It's also number 13 on the Chicago Ambient Chart.

On another note raw42 has a cool new look and tons of new features for artists. Will spend the next couple of night exploring the new site and catching up on articles about music publishing that I've missed.

:: DJ 5:58 AM [+] ::
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Bayou has jumped up to number 44 on the Chicago Electronic Chart and number 8 on the Chicago Ambient Chart. Bayou is an ambient song composed of several different ambient tones and percussion bits mixed in with heavily fx-ed guitars and bass fx's.

:: DJ 5:42 AM [+] ::
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Hey! Ho! Chthonic Cerumen is number 87 on the Chicago Electronic Chart, number 3 on the Chicago Down Tempo Chart and number 2 on the Chicago Trip Hop Chart!

:: DJ 6:46 PM [+] ::
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A couple of old trance songs off the Glacial Tumult CD have garnered a few listens (enough to get them into the top 50 of the highly competitive Chicago Trance charts anyway). I always get a kick out of old songs getting listens out of the blue!

Latest rankings:

Chicago Electronic
71. Slough

Chicago Ambient
12. Slough
18. Fen
27. Serene Anguish
38. Subjective Flautist

Chicago Trip Hop
13. Chthonic Cerumen
25. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
26. Absolutely Modern
27. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
28. Premature Ossification

Chicago Drum N Bass
15. Secret

Chicago Down Tempo
16. Chthonic Cerumen

Chicago Trance
26. Murky Girl
41. Apparition

:: DJ 4:33 PM [+] ::
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If you're gonna make a move
Then you better commit

:: DJ 5:32 PM [+] ::
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My latest CD Miscellaneous is now available on the site.

Songs are trance and techno and include:
Try
Shifty
The Path
Snowy Day
Interrupt
Savitur
Vapours
Simian
Flinch
Electrogratification

:: DJ 7:22 PM [+] ::
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There seems to be a spike in demand for 20-minute techno songs. 6 Apparitions Of Lenin In A Cowfish Opus, Opus To Zarathustra And Misc Cowfish and Cowfish Opus To The 5 Rings Of Musashi rank 10, 11 and 12, respectively, on the highly competitive Chicago techno charts. These songs represent my "toe-dipping" into the processes of "automatic music". I developed a 10 minute structure that repeats twice in each song then used the same structure with different (though similar) loops to generate the three songs.

On another note, Serene Anguish is number 76 on the Chicago Electronic charts.

:: DJ 11:56 AM [+] ::
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Testing. Testing. 1 2 3.
Have an error going on here, I think.

:: DJ 7:08 PM [+] ::
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We've got no war to name us.

:: DJ 9:45 PM [+] ::
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Putting the finishing touches on my Miscellaneous CD finally. It will be ready sooner than later hopefully. The CD includes my last attempts at trance and techno before I found my down tempo calling.

:: DJ 8:46 PM [+] ::
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3 songs in the Chicago Electronic Top 100 - not a bad performance. Looks like some of my local promotion has paid off a little. I had some business cards printed up a while back, and now wherever I go, I leave some behind. Yesterday I distributed quite a few. I left some at a fencing tournament at Northwestern University in the morning - and then I distributed a few more at a restaurant in Chicago last night. What follows are the results...

Chicago Electronic
32. Placid Abstraction
57. Bog
81. Serene Anguish

Chicago Goa
4. Savitur

Chicago Ambient
7. Placid Abstraction
15. Bog
20. Serene Anguish
24. Mist

Chicago Trip Hop
11. Premature Ossification
13. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
14. Absolutely Modern
15. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
18. Chthonic Cerumen

Chicago Down Tempo
15. Premature Ossification
20. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
22. Absolutely Modern
23. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
24. Atmosherocephalic
25. Drink The Fish Up
34. Chthonic Cerumen
36. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith

Chicago Drum N Bass
29. Curtain
37. Anthracite
38. Bituminous
39. Secret
40. Show

:: DJ 9:11 AM [+] ::
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Illumined Pleasures...

:: DJ 4:07 PM [+] ::
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Going to a charity event on 'The Spirit Of Chicago' tomorrow evening. Burning a CD of my raw42 accepted tracks right now. Will talk to the Event Planner (brother of a co-worker) about possibly using me as a down tempo DJ at some of his events. Will give him a copy of the CD I'm burning now as a set sample. Use my usual trick of ramping up from 70 BPM to a climax of 112 BPM then back down to 80 BPM to finish over 52 minutes. Not a bad sample set. Will see what happens.

And after 3 more songs are accepted by raw42, I will have about 60 minutes of music, and it will be time to start shopping for a CD deal...

:: DJ 10:18 PM [+] ::
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Premature Ossification, a trip hop song featuring lots of organs and really crisp drums, was accepted by raw42 today.

:: DJ 10:49 PM [+] ::
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On another note, Atmosherocephalic and Morphological have received some attention from raw42 customers (listens anyhow).

:: DJ 9:04 PM [+] ::
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Premature Ossification is number 66 on the Chicago Electronic chart and number 5 on the Chicago Down Tempo chart.

:: DJ 9:00 PM [+] ::
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Rankings. Rankings. Rankings.

Frost has moved up the charts - old ambient song with elements of Pink Floyd.

Also someone has been banging on my drum 'n' bass. First time I've seen any of that stuff chart in a while - specifically, Anthracite, Secret, Show, Wetlands, Curtain and Bituminous.

Chicago Electronic
44. Frost

Chicago Goa
3. Savitur

Chicago Ambient
5. Frost
15. Placid Abstraction
37. Link

Chicago Happy Hardcore
15. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Trip Hop
18. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
21. Absolutely Modern
22. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
25. Premature Ossification
31. Chthonic Cerumen

Chicago Drum N Bass
32. Anthracite
33. Secret
34. Show
36. Wetlands
48. Curtain
49. Bituminous

Chicago Down Tempo
42. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
47. Absolutely Modern
48. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Techno
44. Flinch

:: DJ 7:02 PM [+] ::
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Tommy Lee is my inner rockstar according to emode.com.

:: DJ 4:43 PM [+] ::
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We grew up way too fast
Now there's nothing to believe

:: DJ 12:17 PM [+] ::
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We are the tabloid generation.

:: DJ 12:17 PM [+] ::
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Loaded up Acid 4.0 on my latest Dell laptop. Haven't got it onto the old one yet (the one I'm typing now). Will try to get that going tomorrow and maybe finish off the song I'm working on plus finally finalize Miscellaneous (CD) and Technique (CD). Who knows what will happen?

:: DJ 11:17 PM [+] ::
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Les jeux sont faits.

:: DJ 9:02 PM [+] ::
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Nach dem Spiel ist vor dem Spiel.

:: DJ 8:49 PM [+] ::
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Premature Ossification, a trip hop song featuring organs, whacko synths and some pretty crisp drums, is now available on mp3.com.

:: DJ 6:15 PM [+] ::
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Long time. No rankings. So now time for rankings.

Someone's been checking out my trance stuff. Not my speciality really. Haven't played with it in a long time. Haven't promoted it at all. But Savitur, Electrogratification (which really isn't trance - it's techno) and Writhe all made the charts.

Chicago Electronic
53. Placid Abstraction
57. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith

Chicago Goa
2. Savitur

Chicago Ambient
7. Placid Abstraction
17. Shaku Shake
26. Serene Anguish

Chicago Down Tempo
8. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith

Chicago Happy Hardcore
24. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Trance
27. Savitur
28. Electrogratification
31. Writhe

Chicago Trip Hop
28. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
40. Chthonic Cerumen

:: DJ 9:19 PM [+] ::
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Had a great punk rock weekend (last weekend). Went to see the Suicide Machines at the Metro; they were there with Gob and Guttermouth. Of course, my friend and I were the oldest one's there, but we had a great time.

The Suicide Machines have 4 "major label" (Hollywood Records) releases - I guess it would be more accurately stated that they have 4 CDs that get distribution. The first album is their best, mixing ska, hardcore and metal (usually all in the same song) very well. Their 2nd is pretty good, being mostly hardcore. Their 3rd (done around the time they were touring with No Doubt) is an ill-advised trip into pop-dom (in other words, it stinks). Their latest is back on par with the quaility and style of their 2nd CD.

During the show, they played mostly songs from their 1st and 2nd albums with a few new songs and hardly anything from their 3rd CD. Great show. Lots of energy.

Gob are the clown princes of punk rock. Each song featured an ironic metal pose by some member (or multiple members) of the band. Lyrically they're like NOFX. Awesome and entertaining.

Guttermouth proved they were lovers, not fighters. It was lady's night on stage with various female members of the audience and entourage making appearances. Also very entertaining and they worked the crowd well. I, of course, enjoyed the fact that the bass player wore a Bollweevil's T-shirt - which was a great example of synchronicity (plate of shrimp), since my friend and I were discussing the fact the crowd in the mosh pit were much more polite than in the late 80s/early 90s when we were frequenting more shows - which led to talk of the infamous Bollweevil's show when the band, the crowd and Metro security were in an all out brawl over stagediving. I believe as a result of that show the Metro banned stagediving. Hell, Metro security is giving the crowd near the front of the stage water these days...

:: DJ 5:39 PM [+] ::
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Instead of an open mind
I close my fist.

:: DJ 6:23 AM [+] ::
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I have two songs that are near completion that I just can't pull the trigger on yet.
Have been working on both for several weeks.
I keep tweaking but haven't had 4 solid hours where I've had the will to work on them.

In other news, Acid 4.0 and Sound Forge 6.5 came in.
That will offer a welcome distraction that I can use as an excuse not to work on the 2 incomplete songs...

:: DJ 8:33 AM [+] ::
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On October 3, I'll be participating in the Walk For Hope To Cure Breast Cancer.
It's a great cause, and it's tax deductible.

If you care to show your support with a donation, please click here.

By the way, the company I work for, HighTower, is matching pledges $ for $.
So in effect, your donation counts twice.

Thanks!

:: DJ 6:55 PM [+] ::
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D R E A M D A Z E has now risen to 20 on the raw42 charts.
That's the highest yet (again)...

:: DJ 6:54 PM [+] ::
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D R E A M D A Z E has risen to 21 on the raw42 charts.
That's the highest yet...

:: DJ 6:49 PM [+] ::
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Even though it's more Breakbeat than House (yes, it's another song with a genre that I need to change), Revel (my first song ever) is number 10 on the Chicago House charts. Gotta love it when an old song shows some life!

It looks like someone has been listening to my mediocre Techno too, judging by the chart positions of Zarathustra and Vapours.

And for a guy who can't do Trance (though I've tried), it's refreshing to see a few Trance songs (Snowy Day, Electrogratification, Chill and Savitur) on the charts.

And now for the charts...

Worldwide Ambient
93. Bog

Chicago Electronic
17. Bog

Chicago Goa
1. Savitur

Chicago Ambient
2. Bog
13. Fen
14. Serene Anguish
30. Placid Abstraction
31. Subjective Flautist
32. Down

Chicago House
10. Revel

Chicago Techno
20. Zarathustra
21. Vapours

Chicago Down Tempo
26. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith
49. Understanding The Breakdown Of God

Chicago Trip Hop
35. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
38. Chthonic Cerumen
40. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
38. Face

Chicago Trance
39. Snowy Day
43. Electrogratification
48. Chill
50. Savitur

:: DJ 7:26 AM [+] ::
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Flex your head.

:: DJ 5:42 PM [+] ::
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Chthonic Cerumen was accepted by raw42 today for publication.

:: DJ 8:10 PM [+] ::
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Push, Nevada.
Cool show.
Highly recommended.

:: DJ 8:33 PM [+] ::
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Hermetic.

:: DJ 7:24 PM [+] ::
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Metropolitan.

:: DJ 7:23 PM [+] ::
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More rankings, for lack of anything to say:

Chicago Electronic
7. Fen
48. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith

Chicago Ambient
1. Fen
8. Placid Abstraction
9. Bog
32. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
43. Metaphysical Echo
44. Morphological
47. Lugubrious
48. Shaku Shake
49. Shag Lawrence
50. Brevity

Chicago Down Tempo
4. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith
32. Chthonic Cerumen
33. Absolutely Modern
34. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
35. Atmosherocephalic
36. Drink The Fish Up
37. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Happy Hardcore
14. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Trip Hop
19. Chthonic Cerumen
20. Absolutely Modern
21. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
22. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Drum N Bass
24. Curtain
25. Show
26. Anthracite
27. Bituminous
28. Secret

Chicago Techno
50. Lobster Telephone

:: DJ 5:47 PM [+] ::
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The Soiled Fork.

:: DJ 3:11 PM [+] ::
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Time to run...

:: DJ 7:39 AM [+] ::
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Guess it's time to do rankings. First time in a long time.

Fen is doing well. Old ambient song. Features some classical bits along with some Chinese instruments and Latin rhythms (slowed way down). Weird little song.

Worldwide Ambient
95. Fen

Chicago Electronic
6. Fen

Chicago Ambient
1. Fen
10. Placid Abstraction
19. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl

Chicago Goa
14. Savitur

Chicago Happy Hardcore
20. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Trip Hop
23. Chthonic Cerumen
24. Absolutely Modern
25. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
31. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Down Tempo
31. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith
39. Chthonic Cerumen
40. Absolutely Modern
41. Understanding The Breakdown Of God

Chicago Techno
40. Lobster Telephone

:: DJ 7:30 AM [+] ::
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Death is whimsical today.

:: DJ 3:39 PM [+] ::
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Hmmm....the boards have disappeared. No great loss there, I guess. Not like they were active.
Maybe I'll replace them with photos...

:: DJ 9:54 AM [+] ::
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I'm serious.
No, really.

:: DJ 10:50 PM [+] ::
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The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith has been accepted by raw42.

:: DJ 9:23 PM [+] ::
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The world is two dimensional today.

:: DJ 11:42 AM [+] ::
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How come there are never any feuds between electronic artists where one of them ends up dead?
I guess a bunch of geeks hanging out in the bedroom with their laptop don't have much opportunity to piss anyone off...

:: DJ 9:16 PM [+] ::
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Hermaphroditic bovines.

:: DJ 5:46 AM [+] ::
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On September 7, I broke 60,000 plays on mp3.com. Thanks for listening!

:: DJ 2:59 PM [+] ::
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I should note that Electrogratification is really a techno song.

I guess I should change the catagory on mp3.com...

:: DJ 8:52 AM [+] ::
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Electrogratification is number 22 on the Chicago Trance chart and number 94 on the Chicago Electronic chart. This is another surprise, since as far as I know, this song doesn't show up on anyone's radio station...

Someone's listening - with no prompting from me.

Kinda cool.

:: DJ 4:13 PM [+] ::
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The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith mixes arpeggios, synth bass and a variety of synth lead lines at a down tempo pace and is now available on mp3.com.

:: DJ 8:22 PM [+] ::
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God, I love The Daily Show.

:: DJ 10:02 PM [+] ::
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Serene Anguish has been accepted by raw42.

:: DJ 5:03 PM [+] ::
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Premature ossification.

:: DJ 6:33 PM [+] ::
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Serene Anguish is now available online on mp3.com. Serene Anguish mixes ambient swells with techno percussion and a cool keyboard line.

:: DJ 10:12 AM [+] ::
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The ambient stuff is starting to take off again. Right now, Slough is number 3 on the Chicago Electronic chart with Placid Abstraction coming in at 8, Subjective Flautist at 59 and Metaphysical Echo at 80.

:: DJ 7:01 AM [+] ::
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I've gotta tell you, Montreal has some of the best used and new CD/music stores ever. Just walking up and down St. Laurent and St. Denis was incredible. They had DJ stores selling vinyl with turntables set up for customer use - awesome selection everywhere I went. And they had the greatest punk rock music store of all time - check out www.underworld-shop.com .

:: DJ 3:50 PM [+] ::
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Slough is number 75 on the world ambient chart and number 1 on the Chicago Electronic chart. I don't know why (it's an old song) but I'll take what I can get.

More understandably, Placid Abstraction is number 24 on the Chicago Electronic chart and Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang is number 77.

:: DJ 8:15 PM [+] ::
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Placid Abstraction has been accepted by raw42.

I'll get all the info for the song filled out on their site tonight. Hopefully it will make it on to the next CD they send to MTV. MTV just licensed an entire CD of songs from various raw42 artists within the last week for use in their reality shows. Then they requested 3 more CDs. I certainly hope one of my songs makes the cut...

:: DJ 5:32 PM [+] ::
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Subjective Flautist was rejected by raw42. Oh, well, back to the drawing board.

:: DJ 8:19 PM [+] ::
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Subjective Flautist - a song featuring ambient pads, techno beats and a flute - all at an ambient pace - is now available on mp3.com.

:: DJ 5:19 PM [+] ::
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I'm back from Montreal. Was there for the first day of the Montreal Electronic Music Festival by coincidence. Mainly raining. Saw one DJ play (forgot his name already) then headed to shelter.

I'm well rested and currently uploading 30- and 60-second 320k mp3's to raw42 for my 7 songs they've accepted. They're pushing the songs to MTV now, so I want to make sure my selections are complete so MTV actually has the opportunity to consider them.

:: DJ 3:52 PM [+] ::
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In 10 minutes I'm on my way to Montreal.
Didn't have time to finish up the song that is about 90% done.
Will have to wait until I get back since I'm bringing my other laptop on the trip with me.

:: DJ 6:51 AM [+] ::
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Keep watch! Pay attention! Be aware!

I'm having the bassist formerly of The Bollweevils and currently of Callaghan over to my place around Labor Day, and we're going to rip his old Bollweevils' songs from CD and post them on mp3.com.

Punk is dead!
Long live Punk!

:: DJ 8:38 PM [+] ::
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Saturday I head off to Montreal. Should be a good trip.
I'll be enjoying the Canadian peso - that's for sure.
Have a ton of places to visit and things I want to see and do there.
Not sure on net connectivity, though I'll have my laptop with me.
I should be available to finish off a song or two if all goes well.

:: DJ 8:32 PM [+] ::
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I want one of my ambient songs to be used in a Skittles commercial.
Then I will truly have success.

:: DJ 8:29 PM [+] ::
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Well, I'm still doing well on the mp3.com Chicago Electronic Chart with 9 of the Top 100 songs there.

But Placid Abstraction, after spending about a week at number 1 on the mp3.com Worldwide Ambient Chart, has dropped out of the Top 100.

My only worldwide chart ranking currently is Wretched Bliss at number 72 on the Worldwide Happy Hardcore Chart.

Rankings on the Chicago Electronic chart follow:

Chicago Electronic
1. Placid Abstraction
25. Absolutely Modern
36. Chthonic Cerumen
42. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
50. Metaphysical Echo
57. Morphological
65. Wretched Bliss
73. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
74. Lobster Telephone

:: DJ 6:58 PM [+] ::
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I also noticed that I was on the Top 40 list for raw42 - currently number 38.

:: DJ 7:17 PM [+] ::
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Understanding The Breakdown Of God was accepted by raw42 yesterday. That makes 7 songs accepted...

:: DJ 7:15 PM [+] ::
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It unfolded in the icy silence of a pitiless inward gaze, in a state between dreaming and waking.

:: DJ 7:05 PM [+] ::
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I am concerned with modernity and the problem of evil.

:: DJ 4:13 PM [+] ::
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The discussion board is up on the site.

I will be updating the format (style) of it over the next couple of days.

:: DJ 9:35 AM [+] ::
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Chaos.

:: DJ 9:19 AM [+] ::
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Had a friend over last night and played through most of my set with good feedback.
I still need to pick up a vocoder for my microphone so I can start adding vocals to my set.

In the meantime, Placid Abstraction has dropped from number 1 to number 2 to (now) number 4 on the worldwide ambient chart on mp3.com.

Rankings follow...

Worldwide Ambient
4. Placid Abstraction

Worlwide Happy Hardcore
42. Wretched Bliss

Worldwide Trip Hop
43. Chthonic Cerumen
61. Understanding The Breakdown Of God

Worldwide Electronic
55. Placid Abstraction

:: DJ 10:48 AM [+] ::
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A new newsletter is available here.
Contains a long list of ways to promote your music on the web.

:: DJ 6:20 AM [+] ::
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Current Rankings (links now included):

Worldwide Electronic
28. Placid Abstraction

Worldwide Ambient
1. Placid Abstraction

Worldwide Trip Hop
33. Chthonic Cerumen
46. Understanding The Breakdown Of God

Worldwide Happy Hardcore
45. Wretched Bliss

Worldwide Down Tempo
74. Chthonic Cerumen

USA Electronic
7. Placid Abstraction

USA Ambient
1. Placid Abstraction

USA Happy Hardcore
20. Wretched Bliss

USA Goa
25. Savitur

USA Trip Hop
25. Chthonic Cerumen
33. Understanding The Breakdown Of God

USA Down Tempo
44. Chthonic Cerumen
67. Understanding The Breakdown Of God

USA Techno
92. Lobster Telephone

Chicago All Genres
1. Placid Abstraction

Chicago Electronic
1. Placid Abstraction
12. Chthonic Cerumen
16. Metaphysical Echo
22. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
23. Morphological
26. Lobster Telephone
36. Bayou
45. Lugubrious
46. Wretched Bliss
57. Winter
70. The Path
74. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
78. Brevity
82. Snowy Day
93. Try
99. Absolutely Modern

Chicago Ambient
1. Placid Abstraction
2. Metaphysical Echo
3. Morphological
4. Bayou
5. Lugubrious
6. Winter
7. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
8. Brevity
13. Shaku Shake
14. Down
15. Freeze
38. Shag Lawrence

Chicago Goa
1. Savitur

Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
2. Scratchification
4. Miles Comes To Visit
5. Face

Chicago Down Tempo
3. Chthonic Cerumen
5. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
13. Absolutely Modern
14. Atmosherocephalic
18. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
25. Drink The Fish Up

Chicago Trip Hop
3. Chthonic Cerumen
5. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
13. Absolutely Modern
15. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Drum N Bass
3. Secret
5. Anthracite
13. Bituminous
14. Show
22. Prattle
25. Curtain

Chicago Techno
3. Lobster Telephone
6. Wretched Bliss
11. Simian
14. Vapours
15. Flinch
21. Zarathustra
26. The Monkey's Arm

Chicago Happy Hardcore
3. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Trance
19. The Path
20. Snowy Day
24. Try
28. Murky Girl
33. Savitur

Chicago Rhythm N Blues
31. Sordid

Chicago Dance
45. Imbibe

:: DJ 8:00 AM [+] ::
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Placid Abstraction has some legs! It's back up to number 1 on mp3.com's worldwide ambient chart!

:: DJ 7:00 AM [+] ::
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Did I mention that I planned to work on 3 songs this weekend plus received 2 CDs of loops but did absolutely nothing aural. Instead I went the visual route and added some new gear to the gear page on the site.

Did a cool new poster and added a black baseball cap and a bunch of "luggage" (i.e. various forms of back packs).

:: DJ 9:14 PM [+] ::
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On another note, another song I haven't been watching (Wretched Bliss) is number 22 on the world wide happy hardcore (techno) chart.

:: DJ 6:20 PM [+] ::
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Placid Abstraction is number 2 on the worldwide ambient chart on mp3.com, as well as, number 15 on the worldwide electronic chart and number 90 for all genres worldwide.

Chthonic Cerumen is number 30 on the worldwide trip hop chart followed by Understanding The Breakdown Of God at number 42, Absolutely Modern at number 68 and Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang at number 93.

So ALL my trip hop songs are in the top 100. Pretty cool.

:: DJ 6:13 PM [+] ::
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I broke 50,000 plays today!
Thanks for tuning in!

:: DJ 6:05 PM [+] ::
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Chthonic Cerumen is number 30 on the worldwide mp3.com trip hop chart.

:: DJ 8:22 PM [+] ::
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I've been watching Placid Abstraction so much that I haven't even been paying attention to my other songs lately.

Chthonic Cerumen is number 79 on the worldwide mp3.com trip hop chart.

It might have had a higher ranking earlier. I'll have to go back and check my stats.

:: DJ 12:43 PM [+] ::
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Popcorn for breakfast.

:: DJ 9:10 AM [+] ::
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Just finished practicing for my August Wisconsin date (assuming it happens which I doubt that it will but who knows).

I must say that I have an awesome set (if you like ambient down tempo trip hop).

If you don't then my set would suck and I suggest you come over to my place and we'll hang out listening to old punk. Of course, if you don't like the whole punk/hard core thing and you don't like ambient down tempo trip hop then we can hang and enjoy some classic jazz. By classic jazz I mean Miles or Bird or Coltrane. And we'll play some backgammon too. And if you don't like that then maybe we can just listen to some classical although if we aren't playing chess at the same time then we might be bored. And, hey, there's always reggae or ska (but we'll be in the back yard for this playing bocci ball and grilling previously living things).

If none of this sounds good to you, then why are you bothering me?

:: DJ 7:05 PM [+] ::
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More score keeping:
Placid Abstraction dropped to 826 listens on 8/2/2, but it is still number 1 on the mp3.com worldwide ambient charts but has moved down to number 67 for all genres on mp3.com.

Alas, the slow fade to obscurity begins.

There is no love in this world anymore.

:: DJ 3:54 PM [+] ::
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Thirsty.

:: DJ 2:27 PM [+] ::
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More score keeping: Placid Abstraction had around 1000 listens on 7/31/2 and around 1400 listens on 8/1/2. Also, Placid Abstraction is still number 1 on the mp3.com worldwide ambient charts and has moved up to number 46 for all genres on mp3.com.

:: DJ 10:15 PM [+] ::
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Quick rankings (with links that are finally updated):

Worldwide Ambient
1. Placid Abstraction
42. Bayou
245. Metaphysical Echo
446. Morphological

Worldwide Electronic
15. Placid Abstraction
388. Bayou

Worldwide All Genres
100. Placid Abstraction

Chicago All Genres
1. Placid Abstraction
22. Bayou

Chicago Electronic:
1. Placid Abstraction
3. Bayou
41. Metaphysical Echo
93. Morphological
97. Chthonic Cerumen

Chicago Ambient
1. Placid Abstraction
2. Bayou
3. Metaphysical Echo
4. Morphological
14. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
16. Lugubrious

Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
8. Scratchification
12. Face
20. Miles Comes To Visit

Chicago Trip Hop
11. Chthonic Cerumen
13. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
15. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
21. Absolutely Modern

Chicago Down Tempo
11. Chthonic Cerumen
13. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
15. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
33. Absolutely Modern
34. Atmosherocephalic
43. Drink The Fish Up

Chicago Techno
18. Lobster Telephone
19. The Monkey's Arm
28. Mire

Chicago Happy Hardcore
23. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Trance
44. Writhe

Chicago Rhythm N Blues
50. Sordid

:: DJ 6:09 AM [+] ::
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Wow! I'm excited.

My latest ambient song Placid Abstraction is NUMBER 1 on the mp3.com WORLDWIDE Ambient chart and NUMBER 101 on the mp3.com WORLDWIDE ALL GENRE Chart!

The Number 1 Ambient position is impressive enough, but being Number 101 OVERALL (that's for ALL songs including heavy metal, pop, hard core, dance, spoken word, comedy, country, etc etc etc) is really exciting!

The song had 1047 Total Plays (993 Qualified Plays) yesterday! WITH NO PROMOTION FROM ME!

I can't wait for the upload utility to start working on raw42...

:: DJ 7:14 PM [+] ::
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D R E A M D A Z E is featured on the tweak this web site.

:: DJ 6:24 PM [+] ::
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Quick Rankings:

Worldwide Trip Hop
222. Understanding The Breakdown Of God (#11 on the Chicago Trip Hop chart!)
504. Chthonic Cerumen (#17 on the Chicago Trip Hop chart!)

Worldwide Ambient
364. Bayou (#1 on the Chicago Ambient chart and #73 on the Chicago Electronic chart!)

:: DJ 7:01 AM [+] ::
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Placid Abstraction, an ambient tune featuring drifting sonic beds punctuated with techno bass, drums, synths, and fx's, is now available on mp3.com.

:: DJ 5:56 AM [+] ::
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New and updated rankings:

Worldwide Ambient
293. Bayou

Worldwide Alternative Hip Hop
449. Face

Chicago Electronic
62. Bayou

Chicago Ambient
1. Bayou
13. Shag Lawrence
44. Lugubrius
45. Shaku Shake
46. Brevity

Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
3. Face
9. Scratchification
11. Miles Comes To Visit

Chicago Drum N Bass
11. Curtain
15. Show
16. Prattle
34. Secret
35. Anthracite
36. Bituminous

Chicago Down Tempo
16. Drink The Fish Up
26. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
34. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
35. Absolutely Modern
36. Atmosherocephalic
40. Chthonic Cerumen

Chicago Trip Hop
16. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
20. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
21. Absolutely Modern
23. Chthonic Cerumen

Chicago Happy Hardcore
24. Wretched Bliss

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