This is an idea I want to be careful with.

(The pitch)
I.T. has evolved and so has the consumer. Most argue that listeners do not pay attention to a bloody darn thing in the songs apart from the chorus.
Music as is currently one sided and what you hear is what you get.

Have you every dreamed of improving the quality of music by 100000 fold
or have you ever listened to a song that maybe had a hi-hat that was annoying you ?
How about the possibility of cutting out the drum track completely from any-song ?
How about cutting some of the bass off that guitar ?

The next generation of music encoders will feature raw music files stored on giant memory units allowing consumers to attain the sound they want out of tunes without any compromise.

The power to create an encoding format that runs as a simple and easy to use digital audio workstation is upon us.

Now whos buying stocks ?



(The meat)

I am trying now to develop this idea I had.
Basically music would not be compressed (encoded for you cave-men) any-more and listeners have more options on songs (such as a simple eq or reverb or alternate takes of instrument tracks).

The program running the tracks would have a gui. With a mixer that plays each track and each track would have a few parameters.
But it would be a simple render of the bass and the guitar and the synths and the drums and the vocals and the fx. No- more no less (well there is room for improvements).
Than upon hitting play all the wav files would play at the same time. And these wav files would have to be pre-rendered to fit really well in the mix.
A bunch of special features can be added. Like alternative takes on the instrument and vocal tracks basically you could turn a rock song into an acoustic song.
I think even tempo change could be implemented.


I do not know jack about developing soft-ware. But I am going to start searching high and low to get this project started.
Maybe Microsoft will pick it up and take out itunes with it.

Either way. The work involved in delivering the "decoded" songs will add jobs for studios and also weed out the weak from the strong.

Right now its just an idea eating away at my brain. I hope some-body out there can help.

Cheers.
Alex "Dude" Dragomir.

Commercial words.

Preface: It's sick really what the world has become...But hey anything goes. Reds black today and blacks white today and that falla you gave a cent today will have several chateus :).
Mostly everything we hear or see, or even read about is dull. There's about as much dilute of informative personas and individual taste that really it becomes hard to find affirmative thoughts.

Content:

Love, Day, Inside, Pain ( rain, shame, gain, etc),
Lonely, Tainted, Worried, Doors, Closed, Sun, Stars, Away, Stay, Street, Meet, Kill, Die (fly, cry, why, etc)
Empty, Spaces, Full, Choices, Bad, Fine, Time, Wound, Heal, Hurt, Stride, Pride, Stride, Lesson, Life (wife, knife, etc),
I, Mystery, Together, Clocks, Hold, Word, Mind, Sky, Light, Guilty, Sin, Within, Dazed, Call, Dawn, Drift, Night, Watch, One, Smile, Awhile, Way, Shut-up, Drive, Numbers (1-inf.), Minutes, Want, Wish, Dish, Revenge,
Girlfriend/Boyfriend, anyone every talk about a fiance in a song?
Bullets, really most people don't ever even get in a fight.
Side, Island, Heart, Shine, Minds, Window, Burn, France, Chance, Power, Right, Flight, Kite!, Aight, Yo, Homie, dawg, gun, and the rest of the 'Gang* culture"
Hips, Milkshake, Humps or lumps!, Planes, Wishes, Still, Alive,
Talking about any magazine other person or using shit that's not yours for free publicity. Ie: Cover of Forbes magazine with Operah, if you don't know the people personally, like the editors and Operahs family, don't mention it in a song just to be cool.
Forget, Regret, Let, Best, Hook/Shook/Crook/etc. Ganja, Regge, Dub, Vibe, Tribe, Mild, Taste, Pop, Bliss, Sound, Ground, Town, Highway, Myway.....Ok that's enough.

The template is simple, words a parrot could say don't count as lyrics :)


Of course, these words still get used, it just happens, but the important thing is not to put an emphasis on using these words and actually being a smart person and not some stupid singing monkey.
Some examples of Lyrics that aren't commercial.
"Do you have the time, to listen to mee whine, about everything thing and nothing at all, I am one of those, melodramatic fools, narcotic to the bone no doubt about it."
Or
"Caught here in a fiery blaze I won't loose my will to stay, these eyes won't seee the same after I flip today"
Or better yet,
"You win the argument at the end of every night, I never know the perfect time to hit the bed side light, than we lay awake and watch headlights climb the blinds."
Or
"Fallen for you did you ever see me watching from periphery, I was playing another game hoped you'd catch on all the same."
And let's not forget " Killing in the name of" Killing in the name of what?! WHAT!!!???

Torrent, mp3, etc.

Watching Julie and Julia and deciding to download the movie to see it with my soulmate makes an interesting perspective to get sued on.
1. Set end user of 'modern agreement' 'I' have the right to see the movie as of the current subscription to HBO comedy.
2. The screening of the presentation should be allowed to be postponed for another time, as HBO means Home Box office.
3. The message the movie wishes to communicate to the world is one of the beautiful freedoms we have available to us. Considering that some 'Pirates' also including information about the movie like how much it cost and how much it made.....ETC.

Now, with that set aside. Let's consider "the greed sin has spread".
Most companies create a product, a song, a book, etc. Whatever it is, it's just another investment.
Most people worry about the money they put in and the money they get out. Everyone will say. "hey man its' the message, or this is such a beautiful p.o.s." and so much other crap. But in the end everyone cares about making money. It's called economy and it rules all our lives.

Everyone now turns into a hypocrite. After a product has made it's money it should be liberated (given away for free) or hey, the rest of the profits given to charity. But most people just stuff their pockets. So Viva la revolution...keep torrenting.

Setting this aside, politics have done a good job of screwing over the ignorant, as they call us.
Consider why a drivers license from one country isn't good in another country, or why it's only good for 3 months. It's not because what you learn in one country isn't good in another.
If you don't have a license you have to take a cab, or hire someone (obviously someone local), get your paperwork fixed, translated whatever. Anything you do equals the fact that you're putting money into the economy of the country your now in.
Simple. Where-ever you are, you pay. If you are in a home country you pay less.

What else is their to talk about? School and institutions. How a clown can put on a doctors suite, learn to tell the difference between a vein and an artery and all of sudden he's a doctor (and let's not forget that medicine is an art).

Lasagna in 30 minutes.

Readers digest has released an awful little book of recipes. I kinda got sick over the idea of making (home made) lasagna with the use of a microwave. So I'm just gonna post my little secret.
To make lasagna in 30 minutes, lets say a 3 level one with stacks of 2. You need the obvious. The cheese you wish to eat, hopefully some beef (you can use chicken too, or pork, even fish). Than an assortment of veggies (onions, garlic, maybe some dull peppers, and tomatoe paste to make a sauce). Of course your gonna need some vegetable/olive oil too.
Now than to make this happen in 30 minutes you need 2 pots, one small enough to hold you lasagna foils even after they go soft. And the other big enough to hold your lasagna (round enough to hold a rectangle).
In one you boil water (just fill the pot halfway), than cool down the flame allowing the water to gentle steam your foils into a warm moist, that they need to be. After which you gently place the softened foils onto a plate (they will stick together if you don't use a little oil).
Good in the other pot, you will put in all of you'r tomatoe "juice" adding garlic, onion, and meat, and whatever condiments you wish (like pepper oregano, and paprika?). Make sure your meat gets cooked well enough. Add water and oil if it dries up. More water than oil of course.
So now you have the 2 main pieces of lasagna. It's time to construct.
This is really the easiest part. You empty out you meat + sauce into another dish, place 2 foils of lasagna into the bigger pot, place your cheese (lots of it, try too think of the cheese as melting and holding the foils in place). Than another 2 foils on top, rotated at 90 degrees, place your meat and sauce, another 2 foils rotated at 90 degrees etc.
After which, whatever cheese and meat + sauce is left you can just pour on top, adding Dill to the very very top of the construction as a "flower". And water around the base, put a top on and when the pot steams again. It's done. Wait with the top on for the food to chill :).
The next step is just to put some more passion into the cooking.
You take your pot, you open your oven and you place the preparation with-in. (Usually in the middle, to much heat from below will burn the bottom foils, just a little....maybe you like that.)
Add how much heat you think is good (don't read this !!! 150c is more than enough). And you let it sit until you think its done....just to add a little 'burnt' to the cheese.