Aiden Arata on laziness

Procrastination is actually an ideation process…

I don’t believe in laziness anymore. I just don’t think it’s a thing. You’re tired, or you’re feeling avoidant, or you have a very good reason for not wanting to do something, or you’re just weighed down by how sad the world is…

We live in a very sick society in that way, where anything that isn’t commodifiable is not viable. It brings us back to the conversation of laziness.

Analog purists

Lightbulbs are so 20th Century!
 

naviarhaiku602 – scent of plum

The poem shared by Naviar Records this week mentioned a mountain path.

I considered how one will often reach a plateau when walking up mountains, incorporating a slower section in the key change of this song. 

Manipulated footage via タンタンポッピング - ミルキーウェイ乗組員 - やってみます。 

Gay Frog pedal

Funny to see how many people are saying they weren't quick enough to "jump" on this one! 

When you produce

 

Disquiet Junto 0707 Chain of Practice

The Disquiet Junto project this week has a few steps:

Step 1: Think about your artistic practice. 

Step 2: Write down one sentence that in some manner describes your artistic practice. 

Step 3: Record yourself, or someone else, reading the sentence that resulted from Step 2. 

Step 4: Use the recording made in Step 3 as the sole source material for a new musical/sonic composition.

I recorded myself with an old iPhone saying the line shown to the top-right of my blog, hear below.

When I imported the video into Ableton Live I noticed there was a considerable click at the end, which saved me from having to manipulate a transient to produce a kick sound.

Then I picked a couple of ess-y bits for other percussive sounds, looping them and adding Live's Beatrepeat to gate them. 

I also looped the word "sample," pitching it down and adding a filtered EQ, as well as the word "looping," which was pitched up and also EQ'd. 

I looked for a few extended vowel sounds, to pitch up and create harmonic progression.

These weren't grabbing me, so I added Live's resonator and a Sinevibes' effect that is a great shortcut for this sorta thing.

Me waiting

 

naviarhaiku601 – pulling light

There is something optimistic about the haiku shared by Naviar Records. 

Since I'd been rocking out on drums over the weekend, this song was influenced by a guitar riff.

Then when I went looking for a video to pair with my track, the keyword brought up breakdancing by a Chinchin Milkyway.

So I changed the instruments to be more like something he'd be dancing with and made a few edits to suit the pacing. 

My synths

 

Cute kit

Bought a small drum kit and am enjoying the portability.

I had to put a couple of pillows in the kick and the snare rattles a bit, since it's attached.

The cymbals were mine, but I wasn't using them and am now enjoying the '70s-sounding deeper snare and darker hats.

Love this idea!

Listening can change your relationship with a space, particularly the way recording changes an experience of time.

Then there's the disorienting aspect of microphones and their influence on proximity, which can shift focus.