So I wanted to revisit my track for the Junto this week and tighten it up, like a cherry blossom.
Using an alternate take of the drums, I gated the guitars and added some effects.
naviarhaiku648 – In the sky, the sound
Disquiet Junto 0753 5 Minute Wait
The Junto project this week is to "Write outdoors hold music for a single-lane tunnel entrance delay."
As I had been jamming along to a track that's about the five minutes recommended for this assignment, it was easy to record that part.
Then I came up with a few chords that sorta fit, and recorded bass afterwards.
Saviorcaster
Actually, it makes a lot of cents given the sheer volume (pun intended) of musical gear sold to churches.
One of my favourite account signatures was on a forum while researching PAs that said "Turn it up for Jesus!"
Elsewhere on the internet, I was surprised that Rick Beato went straight for the top and argued that the new CEO should resign from Fender.
My feeling is that Fender has jumped from the pot and into the fire, but that few commentators have realised their existential threat developed from tackling the wave of quality Chinese-made counterfeit instruments.
Racism seems to be the only thing keeping a portion of Fender's fanboys behind the brand.
Nick Cave on pop
No one willingly wants to be indie. The great beauty of pop music is that it is a joy machine.
Disquiet Junto 0751 Gastropod Meter
The Junto assignment this week is "Imagine you’ve been invited to compose music for a nature documentary about slugs."
I decided it needed something squishy and found this video by Michael Verdi on Archive.org
Be off-Fender-ed!
Fender have been a topic of ire here in recent months
When the company won a copyright ruling in the EU earlier this year I thought things looked grim.
The iconic guitar brand is owned by an investment firm and it seems obvious to anyone who has tried a variety of products that they sell over-priced instruments to maximise profits.
So I was shocked when I saw an apology issued by one retailer, as it showed the brand were using their dominance to limit competition.
With the ruling against Chinese copies in Europe they were given an opportunity to further entrench their advantage to monopolise the market.
Stratocasters were patented in 1956 and Leo Fender died in 1991, so it is another example of how copyright law is harming innovation.
Can you imagine what guitars might look like if the market was not dominated with the message that designs from the mid-20th Century are the best available?
Many are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster, yet is it really a design to put on a pedestal and say there is nothing to improve?
(Nashville models with a Strat-style middle pickup say differently, obviously.)
When I had that thought it prompted me to consider ideas about what else could be done, such as adding pickups for individual strings and multiple outputs.
It will be interesting to see if the Fender brand becomes toxic to consumers, because they lost my support last year for less.
Disquiet Junto 0750 Let’s Get Heavy
The Junto prompt this week is to "record something epic," which I took somewhat literally.
I had a cheeky idea to record a bad cover of the song 'Epic' and claim it was something!
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