I don't go out anymore on new year's eve, probably since 2000. New year's eve is about a cosy family dinner with mum and my bro, who has caught covid (but he is vaccinated so it is like a annoying flue, he is much better now after a week but still positive), so he is confined in what was my bedroom , and was with us at the table through Visio (amazing times, lol).
Two days earlier, we went to see "Pixel" a modern dance show mixing modern dance and hip hop.. amazing show, amazing music (lots of granular synthesis), so great to see all those people from many origins mixed together and conveying emotions. A breath, an elevation of the mind in current times, in this France which seems more and more fascinated by fascist ideas and where people are less and less able or willing to live together (as it is the case in many countries), afraid of everything, the present, the future, the others, the 'differents'. Depressing because this is likely to get worse this year, "you got to keep them seperated" is ringing in my mind for days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Hu57QTqqE (does not convey 1% of what it is in reality).
The next day I woke up early as usual, worked on a synth for scope that i've been working on on for months, then got depressed by the shitty sound that probably doesn't interest anyone because it is the same old modules that have been used and over-used and it is difficult to get out of the sound we know without tons of aliasing and distortion, then went back to watching 'trailer park boys" in the bed, and passed most of the day half awake and cosy. Perfect if you ask me (in the past i used to go in the alps and wake up early to go skiing when everyone was still sleeping. It always snowed, which is less likely to happen in the future). We had a bright sun and blue sky , it's still quite warm.
I am waiting for next week to get a new headphone , keyboard and a couple of chinese guitar pedals to replace the one that die after a couple of years (quality is shiot but the price is so low that you could buy a new one every year for 10 years and still not reach the price of a boutique pedal). A friend sent me a reggae track to work on, so it's cool. I will probably do more music next year. I am still working on that scope synth a little b it everyday, trying stuff but still not getting anywhere special, got a small contract to work on a ambitious streaming service (but I think the customer is stingy, still waiting for the down payment to begin the work), so i continue sending resumes, reconnected with some friends that still prefer telephone to SMS and social networks, try to setup an app to let users make their own overlays for midi controllers (difficult work, not in a hurry though), noticed that we don't have news from DAwMan Jimmy V for several months (tried to message him but no reply yet) , and so decided to share my depressive comments with you so we can have fun all together
unless I delete it after second though just like I killed my facebook account....
tomorrow is another day. I'll see if that new headphone, keystep 37 and arican Joyo/Harley benton pedal will make me happier
well, the usual
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