In my opinion, the most audible influence upon Shirkey's oeuvre is that of Dunning & Kruger. On 30/10/2010, Philipp Überbacher <hollunder@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Excerpts from Patrick Shirkey's message of 2010-10-26 08:06:43 +0200: >> Hi, >> >> I have uploaded a new mix I have done last night and this morning inspired >> by Halloween weekend 2010 in Sydney, Australia and in particular Stacey >> Pullen's excellent set. If you listen closely you may hear the influence. >> >> It's a long player - 808 MB - 65mins - flac, 48Khz, stereo >> >> http://djcj.org/audio/kotau/Abundance-Ambient-Psy-Trance-DJ_Kotau_Session_2010-10-26.flac >> >> Recorded on a quad core Intel 3Ghz, 8GB RAM, Fedora 12, using ardour3 for >> multitracking, AMS for the pulsating bassline and Hydrogen for the drum >> sequencing. >> >> Designed to be played loud and immersively, and preferably with a large >> blast of dopamines to the brain. >> >> I think it could be enhanced with a seriously funky bassline. If anyone >> wants to take a stab at it, that would be cool wid me. It's definitely in >> there just about bursting to get out. >> >> >> >> >> Cheers. >> >> -- >> Patrick Shirkey >> Boost Hardware Ltd. >> >> "ZPE is not about creating something from nothing: It is about using the >> zero point of a wave as a means to transform other forms of potential >> energy like magnetic flux, heat, or particle spin into usable energy in >> such a way that entropy appears to be reversed." > > Hi Patrick. > In the spirit of bad press is better than no press, here's my feedback: > I put the song on and after a while felt an urge to sing. Given my less > than stellar reputation as singer I'm not sure whether it's a good sign. > Then I went grocery shopping, came back, and it felt like I hadn't > missed anything. > > In other, more blunt and direct words, even highly repetitive is a > misnomer. To my ears it's just boring, unmusical and annoying. > > Who am I to criticize? Anything I've done is hardly any better, but I > know that the music I am able to and like to create is not the kind of > music people would want to listen to, myself included. This is not > supposed to discourage you, it's just another point of view. > > Regards, > Philipp > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user