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Today I'm going to talk about good music. Well, not all of the good music in the world, but a handful of my current favorites.


But before we jump into the topic of music in general, I'm going to shamelessly advertise my music.  Recently, a friend and I have been working on a project. I can't say much about it, but it required music and she heard some of my old music. I was going to retire from my experimenting with music and just call it quits, but apparently people like whatever the noise it is I make. 

So, I present to you "MUSIC FROM DEAD HOSPITAL HALLS"

It's a work in progress, the album gradually updating as I create different tracks. I'm posting them there because, well, I'm picky about my storage on my computer. 

click here to listen

I must warn you though, the music really isn't.. well, musical. It's repetitive, dark, droning ambient... well, whatever it is. There's no flying notes and colors, it's made to make you feel uneasy. I hope this is what I have accomplished. Essentially, it's going to be an OST for a game, but that's all I'm going to reveal to you right now.

Now, moving on to people who /actually have talent./

Daft punk has recently released their album- Random Acess Memories.  These guys have been around for a while, and to be honest, they inspire me... A lot. 

They've always been pioneers in music, exploring and creating new sounds that people have been addicted to countless times now.


They've inspired me to create, not in the musical sense, but in artistic sense. They did what they wanted to do- found out that they liked doing that, and that they were good at it.  I respect it when people have that sort of attitude about music. It's quite inspiring, and I hope that somewhere out there, someone else has been as inspired as I am.

I guess my love for the french-duo-robots goes a little deeper than the artistic sense too. They're pretty adorable, despite their shyness.  Their over all personalities have helped them out in music too, I think.  They're charming, to put it simply.



If electronic isn't quite to your tasting, and you're more of a musical person, well, I suppose you're missing out.. Just kidding, I have something for you too. 

Recently, a friend introduced me to a musical called Razia's Shadow. It's a very interesting tale about a man bringing a great discovery to his people- only to have his talents misused. In the end, he ends up feeling bitter, mistreated and taken for granted. And well, to be honest, he is. So he brings destruction to his land and people, thus splitting the land into two halves- one would be the dark, one would be the light.

There's an intermission, and when you come out of it you're 100 years in the future, the story of his descendant now taking place. He's from the dark half, but realizes that there was a prophecy that someone would re-unite the halves. When he discovers that he is the one who is supposed to do this. I'm too lazy to tell you what happens next, but you can listen to it on youtube. There's creepy doctors, which makes it 100+ better. In fact, I don't think I would have even listened to it if it weren't for the doctor. 

And last, but not least, I would like to introduce you to a band that has shifted my art style for a while now, who's lyrics have inspired me, who's voices have.. well, sounded angelic upon my ears.  

I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not a big fan of "indie" "alternative" or whatever this is classified as.. But The National has been an exception for a while now. Like most fans, I discovered them through the game Portal 2. In one level of the game, there's a hidden area. In this area, there's a radio playing a song that they had especially written for the game, the song "exile vilify."  The song capitvated me, and I immediately ran to youtube to find it.

It wasn't until about a year later when I started listening to the rest of their music. I found out that they'd been around for a long time now, and that, well, their other music was just as good, if not better than their song Exile Vilify. I was thrilled to find a band that I liked so much, so I pumped their music into my head as fast as I could. 


There's quite a few albums out by them, my favorites being High Violet, The Virginia EP,  Boxer, Alligator and Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers. 

But recently, a new favorite has been added to that list. Their newest album (just released yesterday), Trouble Will Find Me has been the only thing I've really been listening to since yesterday.  Every song is a work of art, with captivating sound and lyrics. 



It's late, and I guess I should get to bed.  But for now, I'm going to leave you with my favorite song from each of these albums.

Daft Punk- Get Lucky

The Exit- Razia's Shadow

Sea of Love- The National

I heart serial killers

Especially ones named Dexter Morgan.

Okay, so before you attack me, I'm talking about the fictional show that's showing on showtime called Dexter. No, it's not about a little red-headed boy and his annoying sister who constantly comes into his lab, Well, this Dexter does have a lab, but it's a forensics one. 

Season eight of Dexter is going to be premiering soon and to be honest, I'm sad to say that it's going to be the last season as well.  The show focuses around Dexter Morgan, dad, brother, forensics worker by day, serial killer by night. He targets killers or other criminals that have fallen through the system of justice, thus giving him a reason to justify his killings. He was orphaned at the age of 3, and was adopted by a cop named Harry Morgan. His foster sister, Debra Morgan works with him at the Miami metro. 

I'm not going to spoil anything for you since that's the show's job to stomp all over your heart.

The show's very suspenseful and you'll be surprised to find yourself on Dexter's side, and well, even feeling sorry for him.  

Scratch that, he has no feelings and enjoys what he does so I don't feel sorry for him. Yeah.

In other news, Daft Punk is coming out with a new album soon. If you've been friends with me for a long time, you'd  know of my long-lasting love for those french electronic dance music robots.  So far they've released one song this year after a very long period of silence called Get Lucky.. and I have to say, I like it very, very much.

However, what I don't like is the whiny retards complaining about the style of the music. It's a little bit more traditional, old-school daft punk, that wonderful mixture of electronic and rock. However, there's a small percentage of the DP fandom who expect them to be 'drawpinn da bassss x333' like skrillex or whatever. Grow up already.

Now I'm going to do something a little different. I've been following this musician for a while, around the time he released his album "Soundtrack for a Film that Doesn't Exist". His name is johnny_ripper, or more plainly, Jean.  His music is a very unique style, a crisp, clean sounding kind of music that you can listen to in any mood.

He's very underrated, and his music could be much more recognized. He's inspired my art ever since I discovered him and I'm sure it shows in some pictures. He just recently released his newest album, 'Outsider' and it's free for you to download.

click here for Jean's music.

I'm afraid it's time for me to leave you now, but I'll return soon, I promise.

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