Aaron Parecki

#music

• 100 Days of Music

  100 Days of Music is a project to write a short 30-90 second song every day for 100 days. My goal is to create something that's "finished" enough to be able to use it as a podcast or video intro song. It doesn't have to be long, but has to sound decent.

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  Wed, Dec 28, 2016 10:05am -08:00 #100daysofmusic #music

• 24/192 Music Downloads are Very Silly Indeed (people.xiph.org)

  

  Thu, Jan 19, 2017 5:12pm -08:00 #music #audio
• 

  Uhoh, Facebook is on to me...

  

  Portland, Oregon, USA

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  Tue, Dec 27, 2016 2:33pm -08:00 #music #facebook #ad
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  Currently debating between #100DaysOfMusic or #100DaysOfIndieWeb for my #100Days project.
  
  #100DaysOfMusic - The goal would be to write a short 10-20 second song every day. The goal would be to write something that's "finished" enough to be able to use it as a podcast or video intro song, so it doesn't have to be long, but has to sound decent. I want to get back into writing music, since I've only done a tiny bit over the last couple years, and it helps to have a more concrete goal. The only way to get better is with practice, so forcing myself to limit myself to 1 day for each "song" means I won't be able to get stuck down a path of trying to make something sound "perfect", and will just focus on trying out new things all the time.
  
  #100DaysOfIndieWeb - The goal would be to make a visible improvement to any of my IndieWeb projects every day. Some of these projects are things like the interface I'm using to write this post, or the IndieWeb chat client, or the validators for some of the specs. The motivation for this is that I was just looking through the GitHub issues on some projects and realized there are some issues that have been open for over a year. I never regret making progress on these projects and would benefit from an excuse to do so regularly.
  
  Crazy idea... maybe I can do both?

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  8 likes 6 replies

  Wed, Dec 21, 2016 9:07am -08:00 #indieweb #music #100days
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  Another ✔︎ off the bucket list! Finally got one of my songs on the radio, the intro music to @anomalily's @ohmydollar show on @xrayfm!

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  9 likes 1 repost 1 reply 1 mention

  Wed, Nov 2, 2016 9:37am -07:00 #music #ohmydollar
• Music General Acceptance and Sales Tips For Musicians by Musicians – Help Center (help.market.envato.com)

  

  Thu, Oct 13, 2016 9:01pm -07:00 #music
• Karl Martin Sandberg, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen and Other Songwriters Behind the Hits of Katy Perry and Taylor Swift - The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)

  

  Mon, Oct 3, 2016 3:55pm -07:00 #music #maxmartin #p
• Apple's relationship with pro music needs some mending - CDM Create Digital Music (cdm.link)

  

  Tue, Sep 27, 2016 6:13pm -07:00 #apple #ios #music #technology
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  My #TPAC2016 breakout sessions:
  
  • 10: #webauthn
  • 11: #social
  • 14: #music
  • 15:30 #vocabs
  
  https://www.w3.org/wiki/TPAC2016#Breakout_Schedule_.28session_grid.29

  Lisboa, Lisboa, PRT

  Wed, Sep 21, 2016 5:28pm +01:00 #w3c #tpac2016 #webauthn #social #music #vocabs
• The Internet of Stings

  Portland, Oregon

  Sun, Apr 3, 2016 11:09am +00:00 (liked on Wed, Jun 1, 2016 3:16pm -07:00) #ebay #fitbit #firesheep #healthkit #alexa #steam #location #airbnb #grindr #blockchain #siri #surveillance #internet of things #hacking #quantified self #humour #music #sting
• MIDI Tutorial - learn.sparkfun.com (learn.sparkfun.com)

  Mon, Oct 12, 2015 9:45am -07:00 #midi #tutorial #audio #music
• A Fabulously Minimalistic Music Video Featuring a Gorgeous White Cat Sitting Inside a Pulsating Speaker (laughingsquid.com)

  Mon, Oct 12, 2015 8:53am -07:00 #music #musicvideo #cats
• Minor scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (en.wikipedia.org)

  Wed, Sep 30, 2015 11:11pm -07:00 #music
• Chord structure in medieval music (www.medieval.org)

  Wed, Sep 30, 2015 11:11pm -07:00 #music
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  Have you ever wondered what other songs used the same chord progression? This is kind of an amazing site that will tell you: http://www.hooktheory.com/trends

  Portland, Oregon, USA

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  Tue, Sep 29, 2015 9:59pm -07:00 #music
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  Thinking about ways to ease myself back in to writing music and avoiding the creative blocks I was hitting before.
  
  Current thought is to write a series called "bad *" where each song focuses on only one attribute, and I just do the bare minimum on everything else. Possible titles include "bad choir", "bad horns", "bad swing", "bad dubstep", "bad movie trailer".
  
  I call it "bad *" because if it has "bad" in the name I won't worry about making it good and will be more likely to actually finish it.

  Mon, Sep 28, 2015 9:17pm -07:00 #music
• The Ether Bunny by Eyes Closed Audio (soundcloud.com)

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 6:25pm -07:00 #music #resources #creativecommons
• Monochroma by Van der Waal (soundcloud.com)

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 6:25pm -07:00 #music #resources #creativecommons
• Rosy Fingers by Ben Fawkes | Free Listening on SoundCloud (soundcloud.com)

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 6:25pm -07:00 #music #resources #creativecommons
• Spotify Introduces Video Clips, Podcasts, And Activity-Based Playlists | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

  Spotify is also creating a new format of music, wherein the composition actually changes and rearranges based on your pace.

  Wed, May 20, 2015 9:20am -07:00 #spotify #music
• Sonic Pi (sonic-pi.net)

  A free sound synthesiser for live coding designed to support computing and music lessons within schools. Use code to compose and perform in classical and contemporary styles ranging from Canons to Dubstep.

  Fri, Mar 13, 2015 7:02am -07:00 #music #synth