December 17, 2001
Loch Arklet and other places
Its getting to that time when I need a holiday - and by lucky hap tomorrow is my last day at work until next year. The weekend was very pleasant indeed - on Saturday we didn't even leave the house - just read and watched TV (including half of the hobbit and 3 episodes of the X-Files). On Sunday we went up to Loch Katrine and Loch Arklet (see the picture). Loch Katrine is one of those places that I keep forgetting how nice it is.
I've got too much to do today to make this a long entry - look out for some more relaxed ones over christmas (depending on where I am and web access of course). Also coming soon is a new tech section of the web site with information on my studio and some of the programs and patches. I may even get around to finishing the CGI code for the new picture pages...
There are three new tracks on the recent music page - I finally got round to mixing them down off of my hard disk recorder:
Cracks in the Pavement (mp3 , 2,861KB , 3:03 )
Not really sure about this - its not my usual style. It came about from playing with a sample CD I recently got called American Heart. Full of pump organs, dobros, violas and the like.
Improv - December 2001 - for Michael Karoli (mp3 , 6,135KB , 6:32 )
More playing with the same sample CD. This is flawed in my belief but there are some moments that really work. This is all played as is using an set of infinite loop devices and done in one take. I do quite a lot of these improvs usually as exploratory devices - more often than not I forget to record them and even when I do they are often not worth listening to. It reminds me of early Can in places hence the dedication to the late (and very very great) Michael Karoli.
Riverfall ( mp3 , 8,821KB , 9:24 )
This is mixed down out of a half hour improv using the same setup as above. This section really works for me - my only worry is that it is a bit "nice".
Posted by Mark at December 17, 2001 01:40 PM