Rosano / Journal

229 entries for 2022

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Sunday, February 20, 2022

DUCKWRTH: I’M DEAD

From I’M UUGLY (2016). Time feel for instant body shaking, decorated and supported with seventh chords, bass patterns that repeat with variation, and effects to create contrast between sections. Lyrics slot into the drumming like Lego.

Friday, February 18, 2022

Zventa Sventana: Мужа дома нету

From Мужа дома нету (2019). Combines electronic sounds with folk singing. Lots of cool percussion and odd production details throughout to keep things dynamic (several only occurring once in the whole song). Touches elements of techno music without being too formulaic, might be the combination with various vocal timbres that keeps it feeling alive.

Let's talk about why countries don't follow the manual....

[It's not the side who can dish out the most that wins, but the side who can take the most.]

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Creating Community Wherever You Go with Digital Nomad Alex Salinsky

[A couple of people are having dinner at this place (which isn't true the first few times, but later on it is), would you like to join us?]

[Give people something to say yes to; they may even be relieved if they were looking to have plans for the evening.]

The 2nd Winter Moon Cycle: Thoughts on Covid-19, Vaccination, VAERS, and Related Topics

[What kills people from COVID is the overreaction of their immune system to a pathogen.]

[A 'strong' immune system is bad language.]

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Monday, February 14, 2022

[Don't ask what's their favourite X or most important Y.]

I love you today.

[The accountant is accountable and therefore can get emotional about numbers not lining up.]

Tagged: relate.

Sunday, February 13, 2022

How Caetano Veloso Revolutionized Brazil’s Sound and Spirit

He is soft-spoken, even shy. As a boy, he once wrote, “I was timid and extravagant.” He can seem suspiciously modest for a world-famous musician. Many of his contemporaries are technically superior, he’ll say. “But there is this more mysterious aspect” to his talent, he told me: “The atmosphere that comes with my voice.” He described it as “my presence, my personality,” which echoed an old song of his, called “Minha Voz, Minha Vida,” or “My Voice, My Life.” His liquid tenor, melodic and trance-like, is one of the most distinctive voices in music. Away from the microphone, he listens intently, and goes into languorous digressions full of references to books and films.

Tagged: music.

posted to Ephemerata

#029: hyperspeed · musical note-taking · technology as parent

Saturday, February 12, 2022

Have You Ever Had A Dream

Charles Cornell created complex jazz piano arrangements for a whole compilation of various memes with people speaking—this one is my favourite. If I listen to the original audio, I can’t help but hear this music.

Friday, February 11, 2022

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Sunday, February 6, 2022

Thursday, February 3, 2022

The roads to funding your community network projects....

[Make goals that are quantifiable, and achievable: big enough to matter and small enough to win. You want to overshoot your goal every single time. Set it up so that you win every single time.]

[In pre-advertising: announce what you're going to do and how people can get involved.]

[Naming your benefactors might create a burden of association when you are perceived as divisive. Maybe don't tell them or mention them until its done.]

[Remind people of the cause but don't focus on the negative aspect so that people walk away feeling positive. If they feel bad, they won't return.]

[Don't guess what they need: ask them.]

[Delivering on the goal means not failing: if you're short, cover out of pocket.]

[Document the delivery so that the people involved can see it after and feel good about making it happen.]

Making people feel they're participation made the difference isn't just for humility, it's to help them feel their impact.

Tagged: contribute.

“Michelin Guide” Marketing

[When Michelin started, the car market was small, so they published guides as a way to encourage more driving. Ogilvy had under twenty clients before writing Confessions of an Advertising Man. Content is king.]

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Money - Simple English Wikipedia

[Through bartering, more value accrued to objects that were easier to carry around.]

[The first country to create a coin was Lydia, spreading to Greece and the Mediterranean, and eventually the rest of the world.]

[Money was favourable because it was interchangeable (fungible), could be easily divided or carried around, and lasted longer.]