January 8ths

1/8/1998            

The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony has that type of sound that evokes images of a particular place as many songs will do. I should strive to achieve that sound.            

[1/8/2025: That sound is a “cinematic” sound, the scoring for emotionally-charged imagery in your mind, which also evokes places. There are Pink Floyd songs that evoke a particular street in the town I grew up in].

1/8/2000

Out to see film, American Beauty. One of the best films of the year. Love the fantasy scenes with the rose petals. Films are more interesting when designers have a greater contribution. Films should have longer edits, scenes that set the mood.

Excerpt Library (Cinema) “Discuss production design”

1/8/2001

Chicago story documentary on Studs Terkel. Passion for life, passion for “common” people and a zest for interesting things. (Will subsequent generations produce a rival?) He called himself a “gold prospector” while sifting through all his recorded interviews. This is what I try to do with music ideas, lyric ideas, and this diary.

[1/8/2025: The “gold” is now the extraction of lyrics from these diaries[.

1/8/2017

Grays of Shade (Angle of January sun) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/8/2022

Question on Quora: If you could change anything about the music industry, what would it be and why?

I always wonder why I answer these questions, but then I realize that it’s a reason to think about things, then use the writing somewhere else. This is also why I wonder if people are just texting now, how will that add up to anything in the future? Zero historical value?

In a practical sense, we can become involved in exploring how artists can monetize intellectual property. This is partly the idea of using the Blockchain, and in some ways has the same revolutionary spirit of Napster as a form of restoring ideas of democracy and equality. But I wonder if it’s simply a paradox in which compromise is the only viable solution. 

1/8/2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music idea based on "The text is always wet on the internet":

1/8/2026 

If you really want to know my art and music background I'd say look at my roots in the avant-garde in the 80s--at least at the academic level, also with interest in the bands on the edges of that like 80s-era King Crimson, Talking Heads, and Brian Eno. I wasn't a stuffy classical musician by no means.  

Studio: Video for Curio 53. Is the Lynchian noir vibe going to work? What kind of art "works" now. What makes art "work"?  Footage I used: "An Andalusian Dog" (Bunuel), A Maya Deren clip, clip from "Kansas City Confidential".

1/8/2048

(Anthony Townes Diary) 

Jon sent me a story about the future of music being more microtonal and raga-based and wants to start using it as an AJ. We’ve never thought that ethnological history going back centuries could be “algorithmic”, but it is in fact, as it has existed in cryptoculture since the 2020s.

Poe: How are people affected by algorithms in the 2040s?

"Similarly, the rise of "Music by Algorithm" has shifted the role of musicians, who are now more akin to "database administrators" or "algorithm jockeys," selecting and manipulating pre-existing musical sequences and samples [1]. This has led to a continuous pushback from those who value the traditional, human-centric approach to music creation." [More]