PS: New Remix
Posted on October 24th, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 1:52 am
mc chris vs. ultraklystron – stop time (petit cassette mix)
gratuitous reference in remix name.
tada.
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So I have tomarrow off.
Posted on October 3rd, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 7:02 pm
Should I:
1. Work out my issues with Java (namely Arrays of constructs from a custom class.)
2. Watch the live action Gundam movie my friends Dave and Justin lent me.
3. Write a review for Planetes volume 1 and 2 because the show is so darn great.
4. Watch Planetes episodes 7, 9 and 10 again because those episodes are so darn great.
5. Make the needed alternations to the new nerdcore CD that I can do with out my collaboratory artists.
Maybe I’ll try to do all those things.
BTW, speaking of my CD, Dave has come up with some out right awesome cover art for my new CD that I will be paying him for because that way he’s officially got a commission for his resume. But seriously, he made me look insanely cool.
Coin-figure-shuriken-in-one-hand-microphone-in-the-other-hand cool.
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again?
Posted on October 1st, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 6:31 pm
more mc chris – variety remix action here
A little more rough and tumble and simple on this one. 8-Bit-ish yet smooth though.
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Bandwidth Murder
Posted on September 23rd, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 1:12 am
Atleast with all these pesky remixes popping up. BTW, the linked remix is in yet another style and is of an entirely different mc chris song, so if you were getting tired of me messing with illy oi, you’ve got something different and outright strange in that mix.
Meanwhile, I went crazy trying to get around Seattle trying to drop stuff off to my mom. However, made me realize a few things about the city:
1. It’s very pretty. It’s got an overwhelming urban aesthetic that for the most part has a lovely gloss and cleanness to it that just looks cool.
2. It’s laid out horribly. Those one ways make me want to scream.
3. No way I’d want to live there. I’m a suburban kid, I like trees and I hate traffic that dense.
Also, mapquest sucks. Atleast in this case.
Atleast making remixes can chill me out pretty nicely. That and 7-11s with Big Gulps and Fresh Brownies. Ah, that made it all peachy and worth while.
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rolled the counter/more mc chris remix already?
Posted on September 22nd, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:46 am
Haha, rolled the counter at the .com over the 2000 mark. Not bad for keeping track since June.
Since I’m not talented enough nor driven enough to post celebratory 2000th post art, and since, I’m apparently not done wrecking up mc chris’ stuff, here’s something to celebrate my 2000th post:
mc chris vs. ultraklystron – illy oi (everyday life mix)
Now me need get sleep now. 😀
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MC Chris Posts Acapellas
Posted on September 21st, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:38 am
Then I have to go and wreck them up over some generic jump up drum n’ bass beats.
BTW, the above mix isn’t my submission to the related contest, I’m just getting my usual MC remix out of the way. Besides, know it’s at 170/85bpm, so I can start thinking about different styles that work in that tempo. One of these days I should mega mix them together. Not today though. 😀
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A gift for everyone coming in through 1up
Posted on September 17th, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 12:15 pm
Another preview track:
Pertinent notes on this track: I was going for a mix of old-school rap sound, the “screwed & chopped” sound and a bit of game music still too. Lyrically, I was trying to tell a story, and I’m fairly confident in the result, but it’s not really my forte. I’m trying to get into that kind of lyrical content more because it’s got more potential I think.
Lyrics are up on the album page. 😀
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“Everybody to the Limit” – Strong Bad
Posted on September 11th, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 7:11 pm
And by everybody, I mean my processor. Figures, I get stuff settled down in one arena, and then I create a song so loaded with post production effects that even after knocking out every last redundant piece of virtual hardware in the track (might be able to weedle it down a bit more, but I risk losing what I want in the mix by doing so,) my processor can’t even properly render it out let alone play it back in real time. Now, I might be able to cheat that for now by breaking up my big vocal files into a series of smaller pieces, therefore negating the noticible latency issues in Reason that exist when rendering processor intensive songs out of the software, but I really need, as Tim Taylor of Home Improvement aptly put it back in the early 90’s, “more power!” I’ve got a plan for this involving swap outs of processors from the main family machine to my machine, and from newegg.com to the main family machine, but this means that even though I should be able to lay down the rest of my vocals this week, I may not be able to render the finalized product out until whenever I get a new processor.
If I were superstitious, I’d take these headaches as a sign that maybe I shouldn’t release my CD. OTOH, the traffic to my site keeps escalating, people are waiting for the reprints of my old disc, people are waiting for the release of my new disc and frankly, I want this new CD to get out there cause I think I’ve brought my skills up a level or two, and I want people to hear it. Besides, I’d rather think of this as a test of my perseverance, if it’s anything at all.
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“Don’t ask for it; go win it on your own. Do that you’ll succeed.” – Renton, Eureka 7, Ep. 2
Posted on September 10th, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:45 am
There are lot of changes I’m facing recently, and more in the pipe line.
My computer’s beginning to really show signs of wear and tear. New HD’s aside, it’s just sorta getting tired. Maybe a new PS will save it, maybe it’ll take that and a new mobo and proc, but I’ve got a feeling that’ll I’ll be lucky if I get my album done on it as it is. I’ve already made major changes to the machine thrice while getting it done. Maybe more than that now that I think about it. The thrice is just in the vocal recording stage (2HDs and a video card swap out.) I may have to seriously change things up, and that’s sort of a sad thing to deal with. It’s time consuming, and it’s almost like losing an old friend.
“When you’re as good a mechanic as me, you come to realize that even machines have hearts to them.” – Renton, Eureka 7, Ep. 1
The local anime store (Anime Kingdom) as a hang out has basically come to the end it probably should have come to a long time ago, and I guess I’ll say that it finished pretty spectactularly, given the impromptu sushi and thai get-togethers. Heck, just tonight, even without the core uniting force of Lea, I ended up with a bunch of friends from from AK over here, and it was a darn fun evening of playing Atari emulators and fanmade games on my Xbox. Shoot, Zoe even hung out a little extra while after Dave, Justin and Jason cleared out, so Zoe and I read some “Welcome to the NHK” and some Habanero-tan manga on my computer. It’s almost as good as the AK socialization was at its peak. However, the era where we just meet up there is over I think. Lea got a job that actually supports her, and now she can really move forward with her life since she’s getting payed a living wage now. However, I really hope, nay pray, that everyone (well, more or less to be honest, and I’d rather be honest than duplicitious, atleast in this scenario) who I met there can atleast sorta stay in contact with each other. The memories I made with those people are like unto precious gems, and I hope we can have more fun times in the future. Just like Tuna House sushi last Friday, just like Thai food earlier this week, like Gossip bubble tea a while back, just like the Otaku Sewing Circle back in 2004, just like the Xbox emulation and listen to Karl’s Sealab Commentary night tonight. I really hope we can all keep in contact. Sure, I didn’t even know about a lot of those places before I came into Anime Kingdom, but I also know that it wouldn’t be any fun to go to those places by myself. It’d be lonely and hollow.
“Just because you believe in something, doesn’t mean it’ll come true.” – Eureka, Eureka 7, Ep. 1
I’ve got get much more serious about school, even over the 3.785 GPA I pulled last year. I’ve gotta talk to my advisor and get the graduation process underway and I’ve got to make sure I’m clear on my classes for transfer. Then I’ve got to get the transfer process underway. I’ve got to apply to some schools. I’ve got some ideas, but I could use with more. I need to get ready to make some sacrifices. I need to get ready to leave some dreams by the wayside, or atleast be acclimatized to the reality that as much as I enjoy watching anime, reading manga and making music, that’s not a life I can hope to turn a dime on, atleast if things stay the same. I’ve got learn how to move both my education and hobbies forward at the same time. I’ve got to think about maybe opening up my world view beyond just the Everett-Seattle-Tacoma area when it comes to my education, maybe even think about looking beyond the state of Washington. I can’t let memories, or even friendship, be a deterrent in my utilizing my full intectual capacity.
“I can fly.” – Renton, Eureka 7, Ep. 2
I’ve gotten another 2 and 1/4 tracks with vocals recorded for them. I think I should be able to get the last two and 3/4 done next week, atleast my parts. I’ve still got the Nurse Hella collab (which is sorta out there indefinitely until she can either get her own studio-grade outboard sound card for her machine, or get down to Spellah to record vocals,) and I’ve still got to figure out how to contact Tycho from PA about his interest in doing vocal work. I’ve got to get replication sorted for re-pressing my older CD. I’ve got to hope that enough people want to buy it (I’m figuring I’ll need about 30-40 more people interested just to break even, depending on replication and how much I price the new run at.)
And the only who can make all of this happen, is me (more or less.) I am undoubtedly afraid of the challenges and changes ahead, as I’m almost assuredly going to face some that will force me to increase my skills to do accomplish them at all. I’m also ready to take it on, and excited by all the possibilities that may be stretched out before me if I can rise to the occaision.
“Don’t ask for it; go win it on your own. Do that you’ll succeed.” – Renton, Eureka 7, Ep. 2
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Crappy Preview Encode!
Posted on September 3rd, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 3:28 am
Hopefully that holds over people waiting for my next CD and waiting for reprints of my old CD for little while. Lyrics here.