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SELF PROMOTION / Re: My music-a-day project - SIGHUPyear

« on: February 02, 2011, 03:44:35 pm »

fantastic steve.

i love that i'm seeing more thing a day project blogs popping up.  the year that i spent on doing my dust breeding projects every day still is one of the most productive and important years i've ever had. 
can't wait to see how your projects progress.

marcus

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: the Strymon El Capistan tape looper pedal

« on: December 16, 2010, 11:50:55 pm »

i'm all for old junky reel to reels, i have two!
but holy shit they are heavy... not so easy to carry them around for shows.

a pedal will never be the same (nor would i want it to be) but it is pretty damn cool.

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: the Strymon El Capistan tape looper pedal

« on: December 16, 2010, 02:40:32 pm »

i got mine and i love it.

i haven't loved a pedal this much since i got my 2880

el Cap + timefactor + 2880 = friends forever

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: December 16, 2010, 01:38:06 pm »

pillowdiver - sleeping pills

a beautiful + perfectly paced album

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: December 12, 2010, 11:03:42 pm »

beach house - teen dream

really stripped down super simple melancholy pop songs.  makes me feel like it is summer even though it's gray and rainy outside.

this is a fantastic album.  been listening to it since it leaked.  then I bought it.  still listening.  easy best of 2010.

yes, it is in my best list for sure.  it is a really such a refined album. leaps and bounds above their first two records just from the pure reductionist approach alone.

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: December 12, 2010, 06:23:07 pm »

beach house - teen dream

really stripped down super simple melancholy pop songs.  makes me feel like it is summer even though it's gray and rainy outside.

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ART / Re: http://www.nolayout.com/

« on: December 12, 2010, 06:18:23 pm »

nice.  thanks.

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: the Strymon El Capistan tape looper pedal

« on: December 09, 2010, 02:44:03 pm »

i ordered one yesterday!  can't wait.

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: December 07, 2010, 08:14:14 pm »

it is very different.  they stand alone as separate but related releases in my mind. 
care to weigh in Taylor?

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: December 07, 2010, 11:18:48 am »

t.deupree - northern (original version)
 
it's been a long time since i listened back to this one... i'd been loving the reissue since it came out and never really looked back until this morning.  nice.

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: 2010 top-ten lists

« on: December 07, 2010, 01:31:27 am »

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: December 06, 2010, 11:05:21 pm »

lync - these are not fall colours

one of my all time favorite albums.  i keep hoping for a reunion.

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: November 29, 2010, 12:49:13 pm »

Two Lakes!

what a seriously brilliant album.

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THE FUTURE OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS / Re: CDs are dead (almost)

« on: November 10, 2010, 03:56:51 pm »

on a serious note, i think that the future of physical music sales will really move toward the product becoming more of an art object. 

more limited quantities with some kind of enhanced packaging.  if you pair that with the instant download while you wait for your order to ship (great idea taylor) i think you could be on to something.

i am a sucker for good design and nice packaging... i think a lot of other people out there are too.  that mixed with a well curated label is a recipe for building a loyal following.  people will take a chance buying something that they might not have picked up otherwise because of this level of trust that has developed.

as for formats, i still buy CDs and vinyl and the occasional cassette but something that i've seen a few people do and that i find interesting are well packaged 7"s with maybe 2 tracks but then come with a download code for those two + additional tracks.  in theory making an album out of a single. 

i think that the trick really will be figuring out the right balance of what people want and what is financially viable.
in the next few years i think we will see a lot of labels trying a bunch of different things. 
interesting times.

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THE FUTURE OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS / Re: CDs are dead (almost)

« on: November 10, 2010, 03:41:28 pm »

my CD isn't even out yet and it's almost dead?!? 

this sucks