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Barring any unforeseen circumstances, I should meet the RPM Challenge with room to spare. The challenge asks for 35 minutes worth of original music, and I’m already past that. I’m shooting for the full 70 or so minutes that make up a modern cd.
I’m using Band in a Box to compose things, for the most [...]

Another November, another NaNoWriMo novel…this was my second official year, and both novels went smoothly, way ahead of schedule. Last year’s entry, MILK, is undergoing editing and will likely be finished in the reasonably near future. It’s part of my future history arc, and I’ve been working on making that whole series internally consistent. Takes [...]

You might anticipate some small changes to this blog and site-namely, the addition of a book database, courtesy of the Book Collector software, which will be appended to the “sf booknerd” section, and will include all of my titles in due time. Coupled with that, I’ll be doing at least a capsule review of each.
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A recent spate of expenditures has left me the owner of quite a number of stompboxes. I have/had a couple of vintage ones…an Arion Metal Master from ‘82 or so, a Rocktek Distortion and a DOD Stereo Phaser from sometime during that era. My Dunlop wah and Big Muff headed for that great jam in [...]

Well now. My listener account has finally gotten to level 10, which will allow me to “revive” a song if I so wish. I dunno why I would, but I can. I’m getting less points than most folks because of my focus on the “little guys”, artists or bands who don’t get as much notice [...]

Just an update on the progress of the looptronica project at the acid exchange public site:
The track Children of the Atom is well underway. This is an experimental spoken-word/rock-operatic/progrock piece, envisioned as one side of the proposed cd. The action takes place in a postapocalyptic United States as five men travel in search of water [...]

Here are the embedded players for Arson and Aquapocalypse from the 61:

Along with the61, I’ve also ramped up my presence at last.fm-there are a number of good features about that site as well, with one of the best being unlimited user uploads. I’m in the process of arranging some of my better and/or more complete tracks into albums that can be listened to/purchased at moderan@last.fm, including [...]

My artist account is about halfway to level 2. I’m guessing that I’ll need 100 hearts to get there as I stand at 41 at this point (see screenshot below)

 
My listener account is at level 3, about 3/5 of the way to level 4 (1000 points-see screenshot below)
 

Ewww…repugnant pun, but I couldn’t resist. Just hold your nose for a minute or so, and the stench will go away.
My moon6 identity at the 61 is doing well. It’s a ton of fun listening to the work of the artists who upload to the site, so much so that “The Rack” has become my default [...]