Sound versus sound

A big part of the reason I haven't recorded often in the past is that microphones irritate me — on so many levels. But instead of complaining ad nauseum, I'll talk about the problem of sound in a more general sense.

I had a great conversation about this once...

The sound of a live instrument carries so much more with it than something reproduced by speakers. That's why I prefer acoustic, and why recording is an exercise in frustration: I can NEVER get the sound I put into it out at the other end. Some people will read this and think I'm nuts, and others will be upset that I'm not using the correct scientific term for this aural phenomenon.

"The message sent is NEVER the message received"

A professor used to say this, and I think that applies here as well. We can come really close. A good microphone setup can sound so similar when played through good speakers or earphones. But it doesn't FEEL the same.

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Good News, Bad News

That should probably be the name of a really great song — "Good News, Bad News" — but I haven't written it. Sorry. Perhaps I will someday, but it's too soon.

I didn't plan for any of this.

I can't take credit for this website existing in its current form. And I certainly didn't plan on writing any blog posts. Two weeks ago there was little here. It was a relic of the past. Yet today I'm looking at a string of posts that I couldn't have imagined in before. I'll try to keep it up this music-related, but no promises. But I'm definitely going to keep it up.

TL;DR

Good news: I'm going to keep posting music.

Bad news: I'm not posting any today.

I had hoped to announce an exciting collaboration. That isn't happening now. But this works for me, so I'm going to keep doing it, posting more music here on my own as often as I can find something to play, if not original, then at least in an original way.

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Original song: "Casualty"

Uploaded by toromei on 2016-07-24.

I've been playing around with part of this in my head for a while, but there wasn't much of a song there before.

I feel like the first few notes are a sing-songy thing we used to do as kids. I don't know if this is common, or specific to my own childhood. Sort of a "Nyah nyah-nyah nyah-nyah nyahhh" teasing or taunting sound. So I've always thought it might be interesting to make an actual song out of it. At least, I think so. It's hard to know for sure at this point. But I'm pretty sure I'm not making that up... XD

Original song: "New first song"

Just made it up. I'll work out the details later. 😂

Made up a song by accident, so I figured I should make a record of its existence so I don't forget it. XD

It's happened before. Once. I actually woke up after dreaming an entire song years ago, and immediately recorded it. That was weird...

This was different, as I just picked up the guitar after waking up and...well, I guess we had something to say today. :)