Good article, and not too biased in terms of an anti-M$ stance.
Microsoft-Free Home Part 4: The Linux HTPC--ExtremeTech Build It: "Getting a Linux-based HTPC has probably never been easier"
Now I want one!
T
Friday, July 22, 2005
Microsoft-Free Home - The Linux Home Theatre PC
Monday, July 18, 2005
First mix of the "Shell of Solitude" EP
[SCENE THREE]
(Last week's mix tape is seen flying out the window, with an eerie bass sound resonating in the background)
(Two deranged alchoholics come forth from the darkened cave with bloodshot eyes, bleeding fingers and bloated egos)
After another full weekend of no sleep or food, lots of beer, and music, we've come through the weekend with a 5-song EP. This, of course, is only our first mix, but it turned out surprisingly well. The MP3s are available at http://brandner.hopto.org/dui. You may or may not need a username/password, so if you do send me an email request at kit@serebra.com. I look forward to hearing any constructive criticism, good or bad, that anyone has (after listening to the music, of course).
In a shell of solitude, thoughtless and unprovoked, one can achieve perfect unison between music and emotion, whereby a truism through music is derived.
(Last week's mix tape is seen flying out the window, with an eerie bass sound resonating in the background)
(Two deranged alchoholics come forth from the darkened cave with bloodshot eyes, bleeding fingers and bloated egos)
After another full weekend of no sleep or food, lots of beer, and music, we've come through the weekend with a 5-song EP. This, of course, is only our first mix, but it turned out surprisingly well. The MP3s are available at http://brandner.hopto.org/dui. You may or may not need a username/password, so if you do send me an email request at kit@serebra.com. I look forward to hearing any constructive criticism, good or bad, that anyone has (after listening to the music, of course).
In a shell of solitude, thoughtless and unprovoked, one can achieve perfect unison between music and emotion, whereby a truism through music is derived.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
The Weekend Recording Sessions
[SCENE TWO]
(The theme music from JAWS playing quietly in the background, gradually getting louder in anticipation of a bludgeoning force lurking in the shadows)
(Enter dark, ghoulish figure with bald, scaled head and excessive amounts of hair pertruding from it's chin)
The recording sessions took all weekend, with one simple goal in mind: we were going to have our five most solid tracks recorded, mastered, and burnt to a CD by the end of Sunday. So we started on Friday after work, and went all weekend until about 5:30 on Monday morning. We didn't quite reach the goal of having a CD burnt, but we did manage to engineer drum beats, come up with some real track titles and record all five songs by the end of it all.
All being well, look for some actual music availble by next week. All that's left now is mixing, equalizing, any additional mastering and then burning it all onto a CD. It's taken 5 years to get to this point, and if the natural evolution of the music is fabricated in any way all this work is almost pointless, so it seems we'll be playing the waiting game again.
A road less travelled is a road with fewer limitations, and it makes it easier for you to drive with your head in the clouds.
(The theme music from JAWS playing quietly in the background, gradually getting louder in anticipation of a bludgeoning force lurking in the shadows)
(Enter dark, ghoulish figure with bald, scaled head and excessive amounts of hair pertruding from it's chin)
The recording sessions took all weekend, with one simple goal in mind: we were going to have our five most solid tracks recorded, mastered, and burnt to a CD by the end of Sunday. So we started on Friday after work, and went all weekend until about 5:30 on Monday morning. We didn't quite reach the goal of having a CD burnt, but we did manage to engineer drum beats, come up with some real track titles and record all five songs by the end of it all.
All being well, look for some actual music availble by next week. All that's left now is mixing, equalizing, any additional mastering and then burning it all onto a CD. It's taken 5 years to get to this point, and if the natural evolution of the music is fabricated in any way all this work is almost pointless, so it seems we'll be playing the waiting game again.
A road less travelled is a road with fewer limitations, and it makes it easier for you to drive with your head in the clouds.
Monday, July 04, 2005
Another chapter comes to an end, and music flourishes
After years of aiming towards a THRASH or some other form of token death metal project, I've recently found that the line between music and noise is much more well-defined than I once thought. The newest project - in the works for about 4/5 years now - is nothing at all what I thought would become of my musical persona and expectations. With the bass, it seems that my strengths are accented - jazzy, funky bass lines mixed with psychadelic guitar riffs and a blend of vocular arrangements that, altogether, construct a discliplined and innovative sound.
The project is simply titled "DUI", but the meaning and depth behind the concept is more along the lines of "Disestablishmentarianism for the Underprivelaged and the Isolated" - hence "DUI". The fact that both of us are alcoholics is purely coincidental. Coming straight from the forest, half-cut and sanity lost, we've (the band, as it currently stands is only myself on bass and vocals, and j.c. on vocals and guitar) matured and evolved so quickly and so perfectly that the end result is nothing short of amazing. This, of course, comes with so many other major life changes. With hair on my head for the first time in years, my license returned after waiting for 4 years, and an oppurtunity to make things right finally, this may prove to be the most productive year musically, creatively, mentally and just otherwise beneficial.
We fully plan to record and master some of our better songs, without any drum tracks at this point, and posting some of the material on the net somewhere (possibly even here).
On a closing note, I would just like to say cheers to all the people that still remain in my twisted realm of existence and my monolithic scope of reality - I appreciate you and anyone else that has endured and/or continues to endure my relentless pursuit of newfound ideals and dreams. I have finally become everything that I ever wanted to be, and the foundation continues to grow.
The project is simply titled "DUI", but the meaning and depth behind the concept is more along the lines of "Disestablishmentarianism for the Underprivelaged and the Isolated" - hence "DUI". The fact that both of us are alcoholics is purely coincidental. Coming straight from the forest, half-cut and sanity lost, we've (the band, as it currently stands is only myself on bass and vocals, and j.c. on vocals and guitar) matured and evolved so quickly and so perfectly that the end result is nothing short of amazing. This, of course, comes with so many other major life changes. With hair on my head for the first time in years, my license returned after waiting for 4 years, and an oppurtunity to make things right finally, this may prove to be the most productive year musically, creatively, mentally and just otherwise beneficial.
We fully plan to record and master some of our better songs, without any drum tracks at this point, and posting some of the material on the net somewhere (possibly even here).
On a closing note, I would just like to say cheers to all the people that still remain in my twisted realm of existence and my monolithic scope of reality - I appreciate you and anyone else that has endured and/or continues to endure my relentless pursuit of newfound ideals and dreams. I have finally become everything that I ever wanted to be, and the foundation continues to grow.
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