Er Um Wibble
posted: 19 Mar 2006 11:13 AM
Firstly I need some headspace, 'cause this going to work malarkey is getting me down. Then secondly I need to make some damn desicions about which samples to use. Sheesh I've got Gigabytes now, and, like a kid in a sweetshop I don't know where to start... It's all too much for such a little brain. Therapy beckons: "You're from Tapegerm?" "Yes." "Hmm. I'm seeing a lot of people from there at the moment." "Really?" "Yes, and frankly it's not suprising. It's a new syndrome I'm calling 'Heuristically Cystematic Mental Anguish'. Unfortunately, like Loopitis, there's no cure. " "Damn."

So. Where was I? Ah yes. Blogging
posted: 26 Feb 2006 11:37 AM
I could spend all day playing here. However the real world Kamakura is trying to take off, and the other half, Mick Dorey (Mick Dorey and the Sirens-'Paranoia Station' Illegal Records) gets angsty when I tell him I'm off doing Tapegerm stuff. It's odd. When I began (as a drummer) I was totally in Mick's shadow. Now I'm not, which is good, though I still find it hard to believe him when he tells me so. I want to write a musical, and another part to the Buzzy Tales muse permitting. Oh and now I have a HUGE quantity of drum loops (Omnitechnomatrix) and more Mental Anguish Loops and... Never enough hours in the day!

MA5 New York
posted: 18 Feb 2006 07:28 AM
I uploaded a re-mixed version of this today. The vocal beds better, it's smother, and it's probably as it should have been if I wasn't so impatient!

6000 + Somebody's
posted: 18 Jan 2006 07:20 PM
Thanks for listening.

4000+ Somebody's
posted: 11 Dec 2005 06:51 AM
Thanks a lot for listening... Though I fervently wish some of you would leave a comment.

3000+ somebody's
posted: 20 Nov 2005 05:50 AM
Thanks a lot for listening, whoever you are.

2000 somebody's
posted: 07 Oct 2005 04:54 PM
I looked at stats today (as you do) and was blown away to find that over 2000 people have listened to my stuff. So thank you to each and every one of you. Who are these people I wonder That download or stream my stuff Do they know who they're listening too? If they do then I'm really chuffed Though I'm probably wrong I'll choose to surmise They're very nice people, incredibly wise; Who shop at versace and smell of channel And love Kamakura 'cause he's cute and he's swell... Oh hell. I just wish I damn well knew who they were Total strangers abound question marks all around And when they listen what on earth do they think Do they laugh? do they feel? do they get what I mean? Or do they think SHIT! And move on to new tracks If I don’t find out soon I think I might crack. And there is the rub. I'll never know!

G-Day! And fun was had by all.
posted: 06 Oct 2005 09:50 AM
G-Day was big fun. I was amazed that so many good loops were created in such a short period of time, and as always I found it really hard to decide what to do. As it started band on midnight UK time I played my cards cannily and went to bed instead. Waking up after a refreshing eight hours I immediately went back to bed. Finally I got up and booted up the mac to find it didn't recognise its keyboard. A royal pain. So downloaded all the loops on the pc and started to play with Fruity loops. Nada. Dumped the loops and thought again. Muse said 'Balloons' and so it started...

A Buzzy Tale
posted: 14 Sep 2005 03:49 PM
This was odd, and I don't mean he arrived at the opera wearing a pink tu-tu rather than a dinner jacket odd: I mean I wasn't sure if it would only be amusing to me. Luckily others seem to have been mildly entertained as well, which is, I have to say, good! Cystem suggested I carry on, and though I had thought in a rather abstract way about a serial, it wasn't serious. Now? who knows. I can see Buzzy doing a lot of rather wonderful and weird things, but first of all he has to escape the revolution in Mexico..

Don Campau loops 'n' all
posted: 07 Sep 2005 04:50 AM
So far I've used Don's loops and the poetry of Wallace Stevens on two tracks:' World', and 'Zen Variations'. 'World' streched me in that it started out as an experiment to see if I could put together a five part harmony that worked. It seemed to, and it just kept going. However I wish I had spent more time on it. The mix needs... something. 'Zen Variations' was my idea of a walk on a busy yet empty beach. You're deep in thought, but extraneous sounds keep bleeding in from places you pass. This is the only piece I haven't added to vocally.

Hmm. A point to ponder
posted: 27 Aug 2005 07:08 PM
You can change the order of the songs that appear on your web page. This is a useful thing, but makes me wonder if it's better to leave well alone with the newest track being added at the bottom, or have the newest track at the top... Does it really matter? Note to self: Get a therapist.

Mental Anguish
posted: 25 Aug 2005 07:01 PM
This is the fifth song I've created/written at Tapegerm and It's short one coming in at 2.20. I was going to carry on working it, but I think it's got to where it's going... and I have to stop using the word 'Pandemic' in lyrics. This is an amazing place really when you think about it, and I'm thoroughly enjoying the experience of using loops. Mental Anguish's loops ROCK... Then so have all the ones I've used. Cystem's made 'Zimbabwe' what it is and it couldn't have been written without them. The only ones that have stumped me to date have been the Rootsy Records Djembe set. Still, I live in hope. So many loops, so little time!

My first message
posted: 05 Aug 2005 03:33 AM
This is really a test to see what 'create a message' does, and, rather like 'my first Doctors kit', I'm not entirely sure what to do with the stethoscope.