errantember

Tonight I pulled out my performance setup and plugged it into the home theater system. I wanted to see and hear it big and live as it will be on stage, and also start working bugs out of the system. Although I've ordered a Rocktron MIDI Mate pedalboard, it hasn't arrived yet, so I'm still using my keyboard for triggering.

The dogs were *very* confused.
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So I'm working on my Kid Beyond wanna-be setup with Ableton Live. Although I'm only using the computer and a set of headphones at the moment, I'm simulating a stage setup where there will only be a MIDI device (probably a keyboard in my case instead of foot pedals) and a microphone. So far it's going pretty well, I just hit a key and it starts recording, then loops that loop until I tell it to stop, then I add more loops on top until I get dizzy.

On the way to Poly First Wednesday this week, my Inner Five-Year-Old Dictator was busily composing a song about how much better he is than everyone else, and how totally unreasonable it is for anyone to waste his time by imagining their own priorities to somehow be relevant. So far I've only gotten a few lines done, but like any project that at least part of me finds really important, it's taken on a life of it's own. The opening line is:

"I don't have time to tell you about all the things I don't have time for."

I look forward to a day when my perfectionistic self will be willing to perform it in public.

Assuming I have time.