:: DREAMDAZE ::

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:: Saturday, September 28, 2002 ::

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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:: Thursday, September 26, 2002 ::

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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:: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 ::

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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:: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 ::

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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:: Sunday, September 22, 2002 ::

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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:: Saturday, September 21, 2002 ::

Flex your head.

:: DJ 5:42 PM [+] ::
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:: Friday, September 20, 2002 ::

Chthonic Cerumen was accepted by raw42 today for publication.

:: DJ 8:10 PM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, September 19, 2002 ::

Push, Nevada.
Cool show.
Highly recommended.

:: DJ 8:33 PM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 ::

Hermetic.

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

:: DJ 7:23 PM [+] ::
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:: Monday, September 16, 2002 ::

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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:: Sunday, September 15, 2002 ::

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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:: Saturday, September 14, 2002 ::

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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:: Friday, September 13, 2002 ::

I'm serious.
No, really.

:: DJ 10:50 PM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, September 12, 2002 ::

The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith has been accepted by raw42.

:: DJ 9:23 PM [+] ::
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:: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 ::

The world is two dimensional today.

:: DJ 11:42 AM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 ::

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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:: Sunday, September 08, 2002 ::

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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:: Saturday, September 07, 2002 ::

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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:: Friday, September 06, 2002 ::

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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:: Thursday, September 05, 2002 ::

God, I love The Daily Show.

:: DJ 10:02 PM [+] ::
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:: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 ::

Serene Anguish has been accepted by raw42.

:: DJ 5:03 PM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 ::

Premature ossification.

:: DJ 6:33 PM [+] ::
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:: Monday, September 02, 2002 ::

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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:: Sunday, September 01, 2002 ::

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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