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:: Friday, February 28, 2003 ::
Wi-fi in Starbucks.
Laptops.
Schwab.
Starbucks is set to become the old school London Stock Exchange (started in a coffee shop, FYI).
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:: Thursday, February 27, 2003 ::
mp3.com still haven't updated their charts. It's been around 3-4 days now. It's like they don't care...
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:: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 ::
I am feeling incredibly uninspired today.
Worked some on a song last night (what else is new).
Not quite finished yet. Lots of tweaks to do still.
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:: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 ::
Rate D R E A M D A Z E at rateourband.com.
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I am mighty!
Spoon!
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:: Monday, February 24, 2003 ::
Coke adds life
Where there's none
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:: Sunday, February 23, 2003 ::
The Birth Of Liquid Desire, a peaceful ambient song, is now available on mp3.com.
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:: Saturday, February 22, 2003 ::
I get good advice from the advertising world.
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I broke 90,000 listens on mp3.com today. Thanks, everyone!
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:: Friday, February 21, 2003 ::
Oof. I ate way too much.
I hate that.
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:: Thursday, February 20, 2003 ::
Bayou and Grandpa Ralph are at 63 and 69, respectively, on the Chicago Electronic chart on mp3.com.
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:: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 ::
I guess I should post twice today since I missed posting on 2/18. So here you go.
By the way I'm going to Belgium in August.
Looking forward to it.
So there.
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Bad Art Damage is now available on mp3.com. This drum 'n' bass song features jazz breaks, vintage synths and chimes. It clocks in at 160 BPM. Enjoy!
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:: Monday, February 17, 2003 ::
Did lots of promotion this weekend in the form of dropping D R E A M D A Z E business cards at a variety of locations in Chicago and the near north suburbs. Seems to have paid off a bit. As usual, I'll add the links to these songs later.
Chicago Electronic
63. Grandpa Ralph
84. Automobiling Jazz Dancing Nightlifers
92. Hermetic
93. Tranquil Desolation
Chicago Ambient
8. Hermetic
9. Tranquil Desolation
17. Slough
21. Placid Abstraction
37. Morphological
Chicago Down Tempo
7. Automobiling Jazz Dancing Nightlifers
27. The Vein Flamboyant
34. Premature Ossification
35. Atmosherocephalic
44. Chthonic Cerumen
45. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
Chicago Trip Hop
16. The Vein Flamboyant
19. Premature Ossification
24. Chthonic Cerumen
25. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
Chicago Drum N Bass
4. Grandpa Ralph
16. Eleanor
34. Meditative Spiritualism
49. Show
Chicago Happy Hardcore
29. Wretched Bliss
Chicago IDM
2. Illumined Pleasures
Chicago Trance
48. Try
Chicago Goa
21. Savitur
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:: Saturday, February 15, 2003 ::
Just checked webtrends on my site.
I've had on average 111 hits per day for the last 30 days with 16% of those coming from outside of the US and the length of visit averaging around almost 4 minutes.
I get twice as many hits per day on the weekend as I do on weekdays.
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Did a bit of "promoting" last night (i.e., leaving cards around). Will see if anything comes of that.
And will, of course, do more "promoting" tonight as I'm out and about on the town.
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:: Friday, February 14, 2003 ::
Just noticed that some of my songs are up on the charts. Will fill in the links later...[Finished update: 15.02.03 - 09:34 CST]
Chicago Electronic
23. The Vein Flamboyant
34. Meditative Spiritualism
Chicago Drum N Bass
1. Meditative Spiritualism
7. Show
40. Anthracite
49. Grandpa Ralph
Chicago Trip Hop
3. The Vein Flamboyant
9. Premature Ossification
23. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
24. Chthonic Cerumen
Chicago Down Tempo
3. The Vein Flamboyant
10.Atmosherocephalic
11. Premature Ossification
20. Automobiling Jazz Dancing Nightlifers
42. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
43. Chthonic Cerumen
Chicago IDM
8. Illumined Pleasures
Chicago Ambient
10. Serene Anguish
12. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
18. Bayou
22. Placid Abstraction
27. Frost
50. Fen
Chicago Goa
13. Savitur
Chicago Trance
25. The Path
Chicago Happy Hardcore
26. Wretched Bliss
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:: Thursday, February 13, 2003 ::
raw42 is signing a deal with an Asian distributor. I'm excited. More opportunity to sell songs!
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:: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 ::
sick kids suck
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:: Monday, February 10, 2003 ::
no sleep = no fun
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:: Sunday, February 09, 2003 ::
Wow. Something weird is going on. Bayou is the number 1 Chicago Electronic song and the number 76 Worldwide Ambient song on mp3.com. I have no frigging idea what is going on there. It's an old song. It was declined for publication by raw42 a LONG time ago. There's been no promotion. I simply don't understand. Not only that, but I have 6 of the Top 25 Chicago Ambient songs. Weird. Weird. Weird.
Here's the complete rankings (with links this time):
Worldwide Ambient
76. Bayou
Chicago Electronic
1. Bayou
Chicago Ambient
1. Bayou
20. Serene Anguish
21. Hermetic
22. Tranquil Desolation
24. Drift
25. Freeze
26. Envisage
Chicago IDM
2. Illumined Pleasures
Chicago Goa
3. Savitur
Chicago Drum N Bass
10. Meditative Spiritualism
21. Curtain
32. Kitty
46. Grandpa Ralph
Chicago Down Tempo
12. Atmosherocephalic
20. Automobiling Jazz Dancing Night Lifers
21. The Vein Flamboyant
28. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
Chicago Trip Hop
15. The Vein Flamboyant
19. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
24. Absolutely Modern
26. Premature Ossification
27. Chthonic Cerumen
28. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
Chicago Happy Hardcore
23. Wretched Bliss
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You're so cool.
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Ten years later, True Romance is still a great movie.
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It's better to have a gun and not need it then not have a gun and need it.
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Gods of the Modern World...
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The hoax of the bourgeois ethic.
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Three kung fu movies.
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Everytime I watch a piece about an artist on TV I get inspired.
Time to fire up Acid and work on some songs!
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Watch their crumbling empires fall...
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:: Saturday, February 08, 2003 ::
Well, it was only down for a little bit. Here's the rest...
Chicago Trip Hop
3. The Vein Flamboyant
15. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
21. Absolutely Modern
24. Premature Ossification
25. Chthonic Cerumen
26. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
Chicago Drum N Bass
3. Meditative Spiritualism
7. Kitty
Chicago Techno
40. Lobster Telephone
Chicago Happy Hardcore
22. Wretched Bliss
Chicago IDM
5. Illumined Pleasures
Chicago Goa
2. Savitur
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I started doing these rankings. First time in a long time. What else was I going to do, right?
Well, I get down to Chicago Down Tempo and start to drill down into Chicago Trip Hop and ranking section of mp3.com goes down.
What the hell?
Here's a partial list anyway, and I'll update the rest later...
Chicago Electronic
33. Meditative Spiritualism
38. The Vein Flamboyant
Chicago Ambient
29. Frost
43. Hermetic
44. Tranquil Desolation
Chicago Down Tempo
5. The Vein Flamboyant
10. Automobiling Jazz Dancing Nightlifers
25. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
39. Absolutely Modern
49. Atmosherocephalic
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:: Friday, February 07, 2003 ::
I want to be an assassination enthusiast.
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:: Thursday, February 06, 2003 ::
Slough was number 64 on the Chicago Electronic Chart on mp3.com yesterday. That song must be on a couple of radio stations or something.
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:: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 ::
While I was out, Tranquil Desolation was accepted by raw42.
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:: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 ::
So I'm back from Aruba. And the weather is much better there, I've got to tell you.
I finished 2 songs while I was there and will compile them and upload them shortly.
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