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Tip Jar: That Elusive Creative Flow and How to Get ThereBy George Whitty and Ellis Hall, aka WHAT!!!!Ellis and George come to the creative process from two very different angles, but with the same goal in mind: getting the most inspired, unimpeded creative flow going when writing songs, finding a way to get up on the wave rather than slogging away in the trough. Ellis has composed more than 4,000 songs in his lifetime and describes his process as grabbing hold of any fragment in his mind and taking the right instrument in hand and working to flesh it out from there. “My hands will start to tell me where to go be it on guitar or keyboard, and then just like a magical flow of water, it continues as my brain says OK, let’s go here or go there. Sometimes my brain goes way too fast, especially when it comes to the lyric. I love writing at all, but I particularly love writing the lyric.” George describes himself as a classic case of overly-perfectionistic writer’s block; even by age 30 he’d finished only a handful of songs. What changed? He got a gig writing music for As The World Turns, which paid about $60 per minute of music they used on the show. “Go ahead, spend a year writing Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, you’d never make a dime. Volume was the secret to getting cues placed from the show’s library.” So George learned what he calls the “rule of 80%.” Get the cue to where it’s 80% good, then Keep Moving. Do the next section. Put it away and start the next one. Don’t get hung up or stop because it’s not The Perfect Cue To End All Cues. 80%. “The next day? Inevitably I’d start with fresh ears and get it to 90%. And that was often what I’d turn in. Twenty cues later, with this kind of crass pay-by-the-minute formula, my new 80% was where my previous 90% had been. And understanding my own process that way, I wrote 250 cues for that and two other shows. And finishing so many tracks got me to where I write with a great flow and typically don’t spend much more than a few inspired hours on a piece of music. “Die Living” from our new CD is an example; it pretty much sounded like the final cut after just a couple hours of good flow.” Some points to consider as you work to get the maximum positive flow to your writing:1.Ellis points out that to him, writing on the right Instrument helps him get in the groove. “From our new CD, ‘Some Days Were Meant For Rain’ was written on guitar, ‘Itch In Your Ear’ started with a bass idea, ‘Soul Street’ I wrote on a keyboard,” he says.2.“Let each tune be what it is” suggests George. “Trying to shoehorn too much into one track starts an internal competition to make this many-headed hydra work. One focussed hydra head is better, the most direct line to a strong finished product. 3.From Ellis: “Flow with it while it’s flowing, but don’t force it. Once you are in that zone where you can’t sleep because of it, write then.” George adds: “Just get something going. You’ll know where it needs to go from there, and the more you write, the more sure your sense of what needs to come next”4.And on that note, “Learn to get things framed but not necessarily finished, so the ideas can keep flowing without you stopping to ‘perfect’ things; the minute The Perfectionist shows up, half your mind is diverted off of the original inspiration” says George.5.Ellis likes to sit with a guitar or keyboard and get close to figuring the whole tune out before he hits “record.” He writes his lyrics on a Braille typewriter, but has the whole idea mostly composed without engaging any technology first. But George likes to hear a little something to build on, so he sketches into the machine as he goes. “Hearing it back without playing it myself prompts “what comes next,” he says.6.On that note, George advises to “get as fluid as you can using your software to quickly bang in ideas; any ‘mechanical’ impediment diverts resources from your creative side to your logical side. Something as simple as a key command for “Record/Record Repeat” in Logic lets you execute takes as quickly as possible, so you don’t get bogged down in mechanics.”About Ellis Hall and George Whitty: Ellis and George together are WHAT!!!!, a pairing of two master musicians, making a great modern Soul CD for the ages. Ellis’s credits include 4 years singing lead and writing for Tower of Power, performing with The Spinners, Earth, Wind and Fire, Michael McDonald, and the Ray Charles Experience. George is a multiple Grammy-winning, Emmy-winning composer, producer and player who has worked with Carlos Santana, Celine Dion, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Grover Washington and Richard Bona. The debut CD of WHAT!!!!, In The World dropped in January, and the first single, “Die Living,” is already reaching millions of listeners weekly on FM and Internet radio and streaming services. Follow them on Instagram at whittyhallartistteam or at whittyhall.com.The post Tip Jar: That Elusive Creative Flow and How to Get There first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.
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SourceBehringer launches the Phara-o Mini, a synth inspired by “the mystical sounds of ancient Egypt”Behringer really is the brand that never stops, as it’s squeezed in another late 2024 release with the Egyptian-inspired Phara-o Mini synthesiser.
In stock and available for immediate shipping, this new launch offers a “gateway to the mystical sounds of ancient Egypt, embodying the spirit of the pharaohs and the mysteries of the pyramids,” according to Behringer.READ MORE: Behringer channels the classic LinnDrum drum machine with the new LM drum
Given its mini title, this synth is of course portable, and is aptly decorated with hieroglyphs. It is an analogue polyphonic and programmable synth, with a pure analogue signal path based on authentic VCO, VCF, and VCA designs.
At its core, the Phara-o Mini is said to offer a unique filter architecture, inspired by the “complexity and intrigue of Egyptian mythology”, which is capable of crafting “unpredictable and otherworldly” tones. It hosts a trinity of VCOs, each offering saw or square waveforms to shape your sound, and users can also use the multi-mode ring modulator on square waves to unlock metallic effects.
It also has a 16-step motion sequencer to record knob movements and weave melodies, and you can experiment with a range of play modes, including poly, unison, octaves, fifths, ring unison, and ring poly.View this post on Instagram
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As Behringer often releases emulations of other classic gear items, some have questioned if it’s inspired by Korg’s Volca Keys, though Behringer does not state that this item is an emulation of any kind, and responding to a user on Facebook who suggested the Phara-o Mini is a clone, the brand simply replied “na”.
Certainly a release that nobody had on their bingo cards for 2024, reactions so far to the news have been mixed. One user on YouTube has referred to it as a “meme synth”, while others have pointed out that the launch video (which is the only video from the brand on the Phara-O Mini at the time of writing) doesn’t exactly give much detail, and is seemingly AI generated.
Take a look below:The Phara-o Mini is available now for $99. Head over to Behringer for more information.
The post Behringer launches the Phara-o Mini, a synth inspired by “the mystical sounds of ancient Egypt” appeared first on MusicTech.Jorge Brea: Trends that will shape the Music Business in 2025We begin a year end series today featuring forward thinking execs sharing what they see lies ahead for music and the music business in 2025. First up is Symphonic CEO Jorge Brea.
The post Jorge Brea: Trends that will shape the Music Business in 2025 appeared first on Hypebot.AI Detection of Artists: YouTube and CAA partnerYouTube is joining forces with mega-agency CAA to create tools for AI detection of artists that protect their likenesses and identities.
The post AI Detection of Artists: YouTube and CAA partner appeared first on Hypebot.Universal Music Group and Amazon Music ink new deal, including exclusive content… and with ‘Streaming 2.0’ at its heartUniversal Music Group (UMG) and Amazon Music have jointly announced a renewed worldwide licensing agreement today (December 23). According to a press release, the deal encompasses an “expanded global relationship that will enable further innovation, exclusive content with UMG artists, and advancement of artist-centric principles including increased fraud protection“. The PR claims that the deal … Continued
SourceTracktion BioTek 3 now available BioTek 3 introduces a whole host of new features and functions, and benefits from extensive upgrades to both its user interface and underlying audio engine.
AllMusic Loves 2024 ReissuesDeluxe anniversary editions, limited-edition pressings, comprehensive boxed sets, globe-trotting compilations, unearthed demo and live recordings -- all of these and much more fill our editors' personal lists of favorite archival releases from 2024.
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3D Printed Forklift Is A Cute Desk ToyMany of us grew up with dreams of piloting a forklift one day. Sadly, most warehouses take a dim view of horseplay with these machines, so few of us get to live out those fantasies. Playing with this desk-sized RC model from [ProfessorBoots] is probably a safer way to get those kicks instead. You can check it out in the video below.
The 3D-printed body of the forklift is the first thing you see. It’s great quality, and it instantly puts you in mind of the real thing. The build is true to the dynamics of a real forklift, too, with proper rear steering. Inside, there’s a custom circuit board hosting an ESP32 that serves as the brain of the operation. Its onboard wireless hardware allows remote control of the forklift via a smartphone app, PS4 controller, or many other options. It controls the drive motors and steering servo, along with another motor driving a threaded rod to move the forks up and down. The whole thing is powered by two Fenix 16340 batteries—small lithium-ion cells that can be recharged with an integral micro USB port.
The project video is very thorough about the design and build. It’s worth watching just to understand the specifics of how forklifts actually raise their forks up and down. It’s good stuff.
This forklift is just the latest RC build from [ProfessorBoots]. He’s done great work in this space before, like this charming skid steer and incredibly complex crane.Optimizing Your Linux Shell ExperienceAre you familiar with huffman encoding? That’s where you pick shorter codes for more frequent letters. Morse code is the same way. Shorter characters are the ones you are most likely to use. [Matheus Richard] had the same idea for optimizing your workflow in the Linux shell. The idea is to measure what commands you use the most and make them shorter.
If you use zsh, it is easy to find out what commands you are using the most. If you use bash, [Matheus] helpfully offers a command to give you a similar result (the original post limits the list to the last entry which we are sure is a typo):
history | awk '{CMD[$2]++;count++;}END { for (a in CMD)print CMD[a] " " CMD[a]/count*100 "% " a;}' | grep -v "./" | column -c3 -s " " -t | sort -nr | nl | head -n10
Once you know the commands you use the most, you can use your shell’s aliasing or scripts to shorten them up. For example, in [Matheus’] case, git was a very common command. This led to aliases:
alias gc="git commit --verbose"
alias gp="git push"
alias gprom="git pull --rebase origin main"
Not only does this save typing, but you lessen your chance for typos (git comit, for example). Another idea is to alias your common errors, for example setting an alias for git as gti.
Small things, but definitely time savers. Be sure to read the rest of the post, as there are a number of other optimization ideas. [Matheus] definitely has a thing for zsh, but there are many other shells out there. Some of them are even evolving towards more modern programming languages.Erica Synths launch the Megarack S Erica Synths' latest Eurorack enclosure offers a packed-down version of their flagship Megacase.
