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:: Saturday, May 31, 2003 ::

Went to see 'The Italian Job' tonight. Good music in that. Nice mixes. Picked up a new drum riff that I'm going to make with Cubase and turn into a loop. Basically it's a 1-3-1-2-1 rim shot pattern. In the movie there was contant, fast high hats played with it. Sounded cool.

:: DJ 9:04 PM [+] ::
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I'm staying at the Maririott Orlando World Center which has high speed internet access which is cool as hell. On top of that, there's a Starbucks in the lobby (i.e., a ready source of caffeine). Too bad I have to work.

:: DJ 9:03 PM [+] ::
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:: Friday, May 30, 2003 ::
Oh yeah. Spoke with Discmakers yesterday and signed off on my cover art, so my 3-song demo titled "This Is How Flat The World Is" is in production now!

:: DJ 9:01 PM [+] ::
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Ok. I just posted 3 times in the space of 10 minutes (this makes 4 times). I'll be out of town for 5 days. So these postings keep me up to date. Right? Right? Anyone?

:: DJ 8:57 PM [+] ::
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This Belongs Somewhere Else is my latest down tempo song. It features wahwah guitars, funky bass and drums and DJ fx. It's cool. It's groovy. It's on mp3.com. And This Belongs Somewhere Else.

:: DJ 8:56 PM [+] ::
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Here's the Gods Of Music review of Metropolitan. I think the reviewer slams me, but in a nice way. Whatever. Raw42 rejected the song too, so there you go. Back to the laptop.

:: DJ 8:54 PM [+] ::
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No Longer Meditative is the song featured on ZeD currently. No Longer Meditative is a drum'n'bass piece with mellow key boards, perky percussion and powerful basslines.

:: DJ 8:51 PM [+] ::
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:: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 ::
I'm featured on ZeD again.

Someone out there likes me.

:: DJ 9:27 PM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 ::
Luciano Berio died today in Rome. In 1954 he founded the Studio di Fonologia Musicale which, under his direction, became one of the top electronic music centres in Europe. He was a pioneer in the use of electronic and avant-garde techniques of composition.

:: DJ 9:50 PM [+] ::
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Work continues on "The Groovy Song" (as I have dubbed my latest down tempo piece). Messing with the DJ fx now. Didn't like the way they sounded before. I'm currently making them more "groovy".

:: DJ 6:21 PM [+] ::
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:: Monday, May 26, 2003 ::
Got Cubase installed. Playing with it now for the first time.

:: DJ 6:08 AM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, May 25, 2003 ::
Frost, an ambient song I did 2 years ago, is currently #1 on the Chicago Ambient chart, #11 on the Chicago Electronic chart and #184 on the World ambient chart on mp3.com.

:: DJ 12:17 PM [+] ::
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:: Saturday, May 24, 2003 ::
Going to KC today to visit my sister. Almost finished with my "groovy" song. Picking up Cubase while I'm there (happy birthday to me)!

:: DJ 6:11 AM [+] ::
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:: Friday, May 23, 2003 ::
Spoke with Discmakers yesterday. Went over corrections to the packaging. Getting another proof of that. But production has started on the demo CD itself.

:: DJ 6:45 AM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, May 22, 2003 ::
Finally remembered to send off corrections to Discmakers yesterday. Just some slight changes on the packaging. Had it ready to go Monday and left it at the office on my desk until yesterday. I hate that.

:: DJ 5:56 AM [+] ::
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:: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 ::
Have been working too much at work to work much on music. So I simply report rankings instead...

Note: I never did finish off this ranking list. Techno and Trance charts are missing.

World Drum N Bass
61. Metropolitan

Chicago Electronic
3. Metropolitan
7. Bayou
21. Fen
54. Frost
81. Illumined Pleasures

Chicago Drum N Bass
1. Metropolitan
13. Curtain
23. Shameless Abundance
24. Bad Art Damage
25. Meditative Spiritualism
26. Kitty
27. Eleanor
28. Grandpa Ralph

Chicago Ambient
1. Bayou
4. Fen
7. Frost
26. Placid Abstraction
30. Lugubrious
34. Bog
36. Drift
38. Serene Anguish
42. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
43. Morphological
45. The Birth Of Liquid Desire
46. Tranquil Desolation
47. Hermetic
48. Brevity
49. Down
50. Link

Chicago Trip Hop
15. Absolutely Modern
18. Premature Ossification
20. The Vein Flamboyant
21. Chthonic Cerumen
22. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
23. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Down Tempo
25. Absolutely Modern
29. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith
30. Premature Ossification
31. Atmosherocephalic
33. Whimsical Florence
34. The Vein Flamboyant
35. Automobiling Jazz Dancing Nightlifers
36. Chthonic Cerumen
37. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
38. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

:: DJ 6:06 AM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 ::
I now have a site on Zebox...why not?

:: DJ 9:05 PM [+] ::
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World Drum N Bass
76. Metropolitan

:: DJ 5:58 AM [+] ::
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:: Monday, May 19, 2003 ::
Looks like some of my old ambient songs are making a comeback. Actually it looks like it was a D R E A M D A Z E oldies weekend for someone. Hell, I'm on the House and Industrial charts, and I haven't produced any songs of those genres since 2000. Even my 20-minute techno Cowfish Opus trilogy and old crap trance songs are getting listens. Go figure!

World Drum N Bass
63. Metropolitan

World Ambient
75. Fen
95. Frost

Chicago Electronic
2. Fen
5. Frost
8. Metropolitan
45. Bog
100. Serene Anguish

Chicago Ambient
1. Fen
2. Frost
10. Bog
17. Serene Anguish
19. Down
20. Link
21. Mist
24. Placid Abstraction
26. Morphological
33. Lugubrious
37. The Birth Of Liquid Desire
43. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl

Chicago Drum N Bass
1. Metropolitan
38. Meditative Spiritualism
39. Kitty
40. Grandpa Ralph

Chicago IDM
5. Illumined Pleasures
10. Lo Fi Picabia
12. Fisches Nachtgesang

Chicago Happy Hardcore
5. Wretched Bliss

Chicago House
8. Revel

Chicago Industrial
10. Fray

Chicago Techno
12. Cowfish Opus To The Five Rings Of Musashi
13. Flurry
14. Opus To Zarathustra And Misc Cowfish
16. Wretched Bliss
17. Zarathustra
32. Illumined Pleasures

Chicago Trip Hop
13. Premature Ossification
14. Absolutely Modern
36. The Vein Flamboyant
41. Chthonic Cerumen
43. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
44. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Down Tempo
15. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith
17. Premature Ossification
18. Absolutely Modern
29. Atmosherocephalic

Chicago Trance
17. Automatic
23. Tumble

:: DJ 5:59 AM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, May 18, 2003 ::
Worked all day yesterday. Only did a little bit of work on my next song. Right now it is promising to be very groovy.

:: DJ 12:29 PM [+] ::
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:: Friday, May 16, 2003 ::
Metropolitan is being featured on the ZeD home page!

Check out the upper right corner in the music section!

:: DJ 2:53 PM [+] ::
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First time I've done rankings in a looong time...

Chicago Electronic
12. Bog
99. Metropolitan

Chicago Ambient
2. Bog
42. Placid Abstraction

Chicago IDM
7. Illumined Pleasures
8. Fisches Nachtgesang

Chicago Happy Hardcore
9. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Trip Hop
25. Premature Ossification
26. Chthonic Cerumen
36. The Vein Flamboyant
42. Absolutely Modern
43. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
44. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Industrial
35. Flay

Chicago Down Tempo
43. Premature Ossification
44. Chthonic Cerumen
45. Atmosherocephalic

:: DJ 5:59 AM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, May 15, 2003 ::
Hot damn, I love Poland! Get me some pierogis! Quick!
Seriously, I almost had more listens in Poland then I did from the US!

Premium Artist Stats for the week beginning 2003-5-6

Listens By Region
Finland 2
France 2
Greece 1
Japan 6
Netherlands 2
Poland 1128
Ukraine 13
United Kingdom 1
United States 1273

Average Age of Listener 32

Listens By Gender
FEMALE 15.62%
MALE 84.37%

:: DJ 9:59 PM [+] ::
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Worked from 6:15 AM until 9:15 PM today. 15 hours. No time for nothin'.

:: DJ 9:44 PM [+] ::
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:: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 ::
Ok, so I get a call from a sound engineer at Discmakers today. He says he's listened to my demo - and I stop him right there, and say, "Let me guess. It needs some parametric eq and some compression." He says, "Yeah, basically." And I respond, "I've been getting a lot of that lately."

Cracked me up since every A+R rejection I've had from Raw42 this past month says the same thing.

At least now I know how to fix it!

:: DJ 8:08 PM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 ::
Metropolitan, a 200 BPM drum'n'bass piece featuring jazz bass, drums and guitar, is now available on mp3.com.

:: DJ 8:19 PM [+] ::
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:: Monday, May 12, 2003 ::
Wow. I just figured out EQ and Compression. Check out this article. Handy.

:: DJ 9:40 PM [+] ::
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The 3-song demo was FedEx-ed to Discmakers today.

:: DJ 9:00 PM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, May 11, 2003 ::
Someday mp3.com will get off their ass and update their damn site and the song I submitted 4 days ago will be available.

(Ok, apparently I didn't click "Finish" after uploading - I'm an idiot.)

:: DJ 8:27 PM [+] ::
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:: Saturday, May 10, 2003 ::
It's more like it is now than it has ever been.

:: DJ 1:48 PM [+] ::
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:: Friday, May 09, 2003 ::
Playing with ambient drum'n'bass.
Whaddya say to that?!

:: DJ 10:50 PM [+] ::
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Went out. Now business cards. Therefore, no promoting. Oh, well.
Going out tomorrow night. Will bring business cards. Will promote.

:: DJ 6:38 PM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, May 08, 2003 ::
Missed posting yesterday. Oh, well. Too busy anyhow.

Just finished up a new song called 'Metropolitan'. It's a little drum 'n' bass piece. Lot of jazz influence in that one.

Though it's at 200 BPM.

:: DJ 8:15 PM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 ::
Got the finished layout of my CD. Have the songs picked (3-songs for the demo). Will be sending it off to discmakers shortly.

:: DJ 8:07 PM [+] ::
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:: Monday, May 05, 2003 ::
I'm going to change my DJ name from DJ Stumpy to DJ Dazed.

:: DJ 8:27 PM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, May 04, 2003 ::
Actually worked a lot this weekend (on work work, not fun music-related work). However, I did get an 800# and a PO Box to list on the demo I'll be sending out, and I was able to squeeze in about an hour on a new jazz-influenced drum 'n' bass piece I'm working on - so the weekend wasn't a total waste musically.

:: DJ 8:47 PM [+] ::
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:: Saturday, May 03, 2003 ::
Getting a PO Box and an 800 number today to list as contact info on my demo CD.

:: DJ 11:52 AM [+] ::
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:: Friday, May 02, 2003 ::
Chicago Electronic
11. Shameless Abundance
36. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith
43. Premature Ossification
64. Lo Fi Picabia
81. Brevity
90. Illumined Pleasures
91. Grandpa Ralph
92. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl

Chicago Drum N Bass
1. Shameless Abundance
2. Grandpa Ralph
17. Prattle
18. Wetland
24. Show
30. Meditative Spiritualism
31. Bad Art Damage
32. Kitty
33. Eleanor
34. Anthracite
35. Bituminous
36. Secret

Chicago IDM
2. Lo Fi Picabia
3. Illumined Pleasures
5. Fisches Nachtgesang

Chicago Down Tempo
4. The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith
7. Premature Ossification
16. The Vein Flamboyant
19. Atmosherocephalic
20. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
21. Automobiling Jazz Dancing Nightlifers
31. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
32. Drink The Fish Up
41. Chthonic Cerumen
42. Whimsical Florence
43. Absolutely Modern

Chicago Techno
5. Lo Fi Picabia
10. Illumined Pleasures
12. Wretched Bliss
31. Fisches Nachtgesang
32. Flurry
38. Vapours
39. Simian
40. Torrent
47. Lobster Telephone

Chicago Trip Hop
5. Premature Ossification
13. The Vein Flamboyant
15. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
20. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
25. Chthonic Cerumen
26. Absolutely Modern

Chicago Happy Hardcore
5. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Ambient
8. Brevity
9. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
18. Bog
32. The Birth Of Liquid Desire
33. Placid Abstraction
34. Serene Anguish
35. Metaphysical Echo
38. Frost
39. Down
40. Link
41. Drift
42. Polar
43. Winter
44. Freeze

:: DJ 8:24 PM [+] ::
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Got the proofs for my CD demo. Look good. Slight changes only. The demo will be titled 'This Is How Flat The World Is'.

:: DJ 6:50 AM [+] ::
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