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zee_werp said:
Maybe it was just that all of the chaos of the universe to date had led to that moment happening?
Maybe the universe is ultimatley a particle of pure experience, and life has arisen within that experience to actualise and perceive the thing from which it arose. Each human striving to experience more of the overall fractal, mannnnnnn :P








Hell yeah.  That's getting close to the truth of music.  Music is supremely cosmic. 
At 'peak moments' I can relate the idea that I was not doing all the creating, just a peice of the puzzle.  But it's not because I'm operating withing a patterned framework that dirrects me towards certain choices, or because the phsysics involved are doing so much.  No..Its more that one can channle a higher intelligence through ones self...the physics aren't doing work for you, you become the physics involved. 
Your mind can merge with all that is happening in an outward expansion, and the more it embodies the more it can process, giving a greater and greater capability of awerness and self affirming expression to justify this awareness.  This can spin out until you don't see a difference between yourself and whatever it was that appeared seperate from you. 
'You' wont even be in the picture any more..the ancestors that created the physics that you are taking advantage of will be playing through you, and they know they are one with the math.  They designed it like it is for a reason, to come back at that moment to enjoy it.  Once you hit that point you are riding the crest of evolution, of the very purpose of the universe, you will have reclaimed your status as an active god.
Rock the fuck on.

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Swami said:
I notice nobody tackled my piercing question: what if one only has two options (instead of a trillion) and chooses one - is that creative?

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psyka said:

fg: how did you get the drum synths? Excellent job, btw

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I programmed them out myself with Guitar Pro, which is what I used for everything. Tusen takk!


Peace.

Swami said:

Now I feel puny and insignificant.

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Sounds like someone's ego has a glitch in it, then.

jux said:

I'm not quite sure I understand what you are saying, so let me try and paraphrase it.
Are you saying that we do not create music because we are merely the means in which our pasts travel through us??? Because, you lost me.

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And what's with this "importance of the individual perspective is crap"?

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I firmly state that I create the percussion and the bass. I write and perform the guitar, piano, and trumpet. I sing the vocals. I position the mics, create the FX. I edit, mix, and master the entire creation. How, with all these millions of choices, is my own unique choice not creating. Hell, even when I do remixes, I am creating something new, even if it is a derivative work.

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You state, no matter how firmly, nothing. You are nothing but awareness, the observer. Everything else comes and goes, and cannot be identified with. The only constant is the awareness.

Sorry if this reply doesn't get into detail my position, but I'm really tired... I'll be back later.


Peace.

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Swami said:
Thanks for sharing your creations.  Nice sketches and quite intriguing and energetic, but they sound as if a musical element is missing. The guitar work seems to be doing the job of both rhythm and lead. A synth or guitar lead track or perhaps a background pad or organ would fill them out, tie them together and give them more depth.

My tracks tend to be too busy, so I maybe biased towards minimalism. 

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Well, I have two guitar tracks, bass, drums, and one or sometimes two synth tracks, and sometimes (like Damn or parts of Sweden, and, actually, parts of Bravery as well) two lead tracks. 

Of course, some parts have more focus on rhythm, especially since I am not the best with leads... It could be your MIDI driver might not be playing them as intended, but since it is you, I would surmise that you have a pretty good MIDI setup... But, then again, that could be it as well, I don't use my soundcard's MIDI because it just doesn't sound good with my stuff, although it is excellent... XP's is a little more raw and the different instruments blend together better...

So I'm not sure what it is.. but I blame MIDI. It won't be too long before I will be able to record these things, and once I have a guitar, I will be more skilled at songwriting in general. I'll be able to get everything sounding exactly how I want it then, as far as balances between instruments and everything, so I promise they will be heavy, hard, fast, melodic, symphonic, and trippy.


Peace.