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.: All Ears 008 :. Cut The Crap
In searching for the “perfect” length of an album, is 60 minutes too long?
.: All Ears 006 :. The Making of Opaque Glitter
How Leonardo Rosado is getting the netlabel community to help him make his new album, Opaque Glitter.
Kinetoscope .: 033 :. Music Why? Future? Labels?
A friend on the Relaxed Machinery community posted a request to answer a series of questions for a paper he’s writing for his English class regarding “Underground” vs. “Mainstream” music artists. I answered in a “first thing off the top of my head” way. He asks some very good questions – and I answered in [...]
Kinetoscope .: 032 :. GetGlue Who?
I’ve been using GetGlue for about a month now. I discovered it through one of my twitter friends. I’ll just start with what I really like about it… I can “check in” to what I’m listening to or watching or the game I’m playing. Anyone who’s known me for more than a day knows I [...]
Kinetoscope .: 031 :. Music Monday 2010.09.20
On twitter Mondays are “Music Monday” (#mm or #musicmonday) – where you post something about music. Either great albums now listening to (#np or #nowplaying), or new albums (#newrelease) that came out you want to call attention to, or some bit of music philosophy (#pretentiousmusicsnobbery), whatever makes people happy. For me, I tend to do [...]
All Ears .: 005 :. Mystified
Review of two releases by Mystified: “EarthWaves” (Earth Mantra) and “Tropical Depression” (Bump Foot).
All Ears .: 004 :. Bandcamp is Dead
Bandcamp gives the Netlabel Community the cold shoulder and begins charging for “free” downloads.
All Ears .: 003 :. Closer Contact + Meteer
Review of Closer Contact + Meteer’s “Geography” on BFW Recordings.
All Ears .: 002 :. Carl Sagan’s Ghost
A review of Carl Sagan’s Ghost’s “Music for Home Offices: Volume One” and “Music for Home Offices: Volume Two”
Kinetoscope .: 030 :. A Bit of Red Light Paralysis
I have to admit, it’s daunting to go into my studio and flip everything on and record. If you go back to an earlier Kinetoscope blog titled “Six Years” you’ll find that for various reasons, I haven’t really recorded since 2004. Am I still good? Can I still do this? Will I relearn the tricks [...]
All Ears .:001:. Specta Ciera
A review of Specta Ciera’s “Accumulation Section” on the Earth Mantra netlabel.
Kinetoscope .: 029 :. An Interview with Emmalee Crane
Emmalee Crane is a drone musician that has caught my ear recently. She uses an array of woodwinds, analog synths, circuit-bent gadgets, and found sounds to create her ambient, orchestral drone music. Her debut album, Crux, was released in 2009 on the Streetlight Farm label and she’ll soon be releasing her second album, Formantine. Emmalee [...]
Kinetoscope .: 028 :. Running a Label 101
Over the course of a few days on Twitter earlier in the month I tweeted a series of random thoughts about running a label. I run a label called Relaxed Machinery which is a cross between a commercial label and artist collective. I don’t make money off of any of the other artists releases, but [...]
Kinetoscope .: 027 :. An Interview with Steve Brand
In today’s Kinetoscope Blog I want to feature an interview I’ve been working on with ambient artist Steve Brand. He just recently released a double album called Coniunctio on my label, Relaxed Machinery, which features two longform ambient works. I would like to thank Steve for working with me the last few weeks and answering [...]
Kinetoscope .: 026 :. Recent Listening
I decided to do a quick rundown of some albums that have really hit me right recently. Some of these are truly “new” and others are simply “new to me”. These are all at least vaguely under the term “ambient”, although a couple don’t quite fit the ambient definition so well. Oh – my personal [...]
Kinetoscope .: 025 :. A Great Day!
Wow, what a crazy few weeks it’s been at Relaxed Machinery (rM for short) and for me in general. Let’s just divide this blog up in a few pieces… a) Steve Brand – Coniunctio b) New rM artists: I’ve Lost, Nettless, Beed and Fascia c) rM compilation – Sleep Mode d) Upcoming rM releases e) [...]
Kinetoscope .: 024 :. Netlabels Download All
A couple weeks ago I posted about netlabels and asked for owners to answer some questions. I got quite a few answers – thank you to everyone that answered! If you haven’t yet and would like to – please do! What triggered my question was a very basic thing – I was getting frustrated with [...]
Kinetoscope .: 023 :. New rM Release
I’m very excited about the 3rd Relaxed Machinery album release: Chris Russell – Frozen. It’s a wonderful ambient album recalling the deep freeze of winter emerging into the first moments of spring. Tonight we’ll be celebrating the release with a world premiere listening party on StillStream.com. It’ll be played in its entirety during Darrell Burgan’s [...]
Kinetoscope .: 022 :. Why Nook?
Some personal reasons why I bought a Barnes & Noble Nook eReader, why I truly appreciate eBooks, and how much I love “real” books. One thing that’s recently made my life a bit nicer is my wife bought me a Nook. I’d almost totally stopped reading the last 3 or 4 years. I should mention [...]
Kinetoscope .: 021 :. rM World View
Today I thought I’d talk about what tools and sites my small label, Relaxed Machinery (rM for short), uses or plans to use. Maybe one of these ideas will help a new label owner or artist – and maybe you’ll share with me a tool that I’m totally missing out on. Let’s share some tips [...]
Kinetoscope .: 020 :. Six Years
It’s not really easy to admit that it’s been six years since I hit the “record” button. But it’s true. Should I talk about why? I’m not sure – I guess I’ll cut it down to a quick summary. Back in January of 2004 my father-in-law was given 3 more months to live. He chose [...]
Kinetoscope .: 019 :. Netlabel Survey – Call for Participants
I download a lot of music off of netlabels. Especially ambient and minimal techno, although my tastes do go fairly wide. One thing I’ve noticed is some labels have a link to download the whole album and some labels make me download track by track by track. I prefer whole albums, but I’m sure some [...]
Kinetoscope .: 018 :. A New Thread
I’ve been asked by PublicSpaces Lab to begin posting my blog to their site. Going forward, I’ll be cross-posting to Relaxed Machinery and PublicSpaces Lab. I’m truly honored they asked and I hope everyone enjoys my posts and my slightly off kilter sense of humor. For everyone that’s read my blog before – I’m combining [...]