correction: 3-hour meetings are evil

yes! the picking pattern is so fun because of that and the different tonalities on the same note really add to the emotion of the song

now what if I slowed it down by 20 bpm, tuned it to B, and added way too much distortion? (it sounds like shit)

I learned blink-182's Stay Together for the Kids yesterday and I cannot stop playing it, that main riff is so satisfying

scheduling a 3-hour meeting for noon is evil

I fundamentally don't understand how so many people live their lives without any artistic outlets

hell yeah

paypal screenshot: "Money is waiting for you $43.34"

i'm rich

I just don't know if I have the ability to make a sludgy blink-182 cover anything but a gimmick

every once in a while I think "I should do a Thou-esque album of heavy as fuck covers of music I grew up with" and abandon the idea shortly thereafter. maybe this will be the time I actually try to follow through on it

absolutely not calling for an end to this, I just think it's a funny quirk of our little corner of music

a fun part of the metal scene is the way people describe your music exclusively with negative adjectives ("unsettling" "abrasive" "debilitating" "uncomfortable" etc) in a glowing review

idk what makes this stuff sound physically wet but it fuckin rules

god I love when death metal sounds gross

hell yeah, this rules

there's no better time than a shitty Monday afternoon for 30 minutes of misery and catharsis

it's the concept of getting paid in exposure taken to its logical extreme, paying for the concept of potential exposure

actually, I've made closer to -$100 than 0 because I have to pay them for the privilege of not getting paid

I have made effectively $0 from streaming, despite having over 10k lifetime plays on spotify alone because of the horrific way they handle payouts

navigating multiple releases has me thinking about how much of a scam streaming services are for artists again

same, there's just no point listening to their later stuff when Portal of I does it all better

I like the rest of their stuff fine, none of it is bad by any stretch, but it all lives in the shadow of such an incredible debut

god Portal of I is such an incredible album, it really sucks that NeO were never able to hit those heights afterward

it really sucks that that's the song the band is most known for now when they made Dreams and Linger, which are both miles better in every way and were way bigger at the time

there's legitimately no greater feeling than seeing people enjoy and engage with your art

honestly, the coolest part of Still getting some time in the spotlight this weekend is that people are actually downloading my older stuff, too

thank you!!

1. Happy Together 2. Fallen Angels 3. In the Mood for Love 4. Days of Being Wild 5. 2046 6. Chungking Express 7. The Grandmaster 8. Ashes of Time 9. As Tears Go By 10. My Blueberry Nights

just finished watching the last of Wong Kar-wai’s filmography. what an incredible list of movies, even his worst is worth watching and more than half of his movies are complete masterpieces

here’s my gut ranking:

for those who are curious about how much money people have to spend to make an album top the Bandcamp drone metal charts, the answer is even smaller than you think

Favorite Game: Final Fantasy X Best Story: 1000xRESIST Favorite Art Style: Hollow Knight: Silksong Biggest Personal Impact: Final Fantasy X Best Combat: Bloodborne Overhated: Dark Souls II Underrated: Mass Effect 3 Overrated: Red Dead Redemption II Needs a Remake: Banjo-Tooie Criminally Overlooked: Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance Favorite Protagonist: Resident Evil 4 (Leon) Favorite Antagonist: Devil May Cry 3 (Vergil) Best Soundtrack: Nier Automata Best Multiplayer: Rock Band 2 Not Usually My Thing, But...: 1000xRESIST Turn My Brain Off: Dark Souls Best With Friends: Rock Band 2 Best Retro Game: Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nostalgic Childhood Game: Diddy Kong Racing Game Everyone Should Play: Metroid Prime

anyway here's one of those video game chart things people have been doing