#psychedelicghoststories — Public Fediverse posts

@ashnoodle Interesting. I am not sure there are notes on there regarding PGS. I *did* do a series of extensive threads here on Mastodon that I intend to make into a page over there, but I haven't gotten to it.

The best way to find it is to search the #PsychedelicGhostStories hashtag here and then scroll down until you find the posts also tagged with #ProductionDiary -- sadly, afaik, there's no way to limit the search to posts that have both.

I will make a page at some point, just haven't yet.

It's Thursday, so why not spend some of your boss's time listening to some really fucking weird #music?

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/

#PsychedelicGhostStories #psychedelia #IDM #ElectronicMusic

Progress has been slow, but I am chipping away at it, bit by bit. It's definitely going to be recognizable as a follow-up to #PsychedelicGhostStories but it's going to be a pretty significant departure at the same time -- more exploration and emphasis on harmonic structures, and I'm attempting to use space a little more effectively on my arrangements -- it doesn't have to be so *dense* all the time!

#ProductionDiary #MechanicsOfMysticism #InProgess

If I can convince just one person to blow off their chores, eat an edible, and lie down in the dark with headphones on listening to my album, today will be a great success.

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories

#music #ListenToThis #PsychedelicGhostStories

If you've got 7 minutes and a penchant for trippy musical journeys, have I got a treat for you! It's "The Madman Drowns In the Same Waters In Which the Mystic Swims with Joyful Ease."

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/the-madman-drowns-in-the-same-waters-in-which-the-mystic-swims-with-joyful-ease

Quite a mouthful of title, I know (it's a bastardization of a Joseph Campbell quote), but I think it fits. Give it a listen and let me know what you think.

#Boosts always appreciated!

#PsychedelicGhostStories #music #ListenToThis #psychedelic #Psychedelia #dub #trippy

My music starts in all kinds of places. This one started with the title, "Psychedelic Ghost Story," which was a phrase that popped into my head and got written down in my little ideas book. I loved the way it sounded but didn't know what it meant... Until I remembered rumors from the early days of drug culture that a drug existed that granted or enhanced psychic powers...a drug that allows you to see ghosts? I'm in.

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/psychedelic-ghost-story

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I love #techno, but for whatever reason, I've never really wanted to *make* techno. Occasionally I do sidle up to the general area techno inhabits and explore a bit...like on "New Machine Gods for a New Machine Age" which features techno tempos, intensity and themes...but isn't techno. That said, I think it could be remixed into an honest-to-god techno banger (if anyone wants to try...). Or maybe it's techno for people who don't like techno?

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/new-machine-gods-for-the-new-machine-age

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A cool thing as an older artist is you have a lifetime of cool experiences to draw from for inspiration... This song is not just a celebration of the greatest movie #monster of all time (zombies, of course) but also a direct reference to part of my past, sharing its name with a website I ran for more than a decade that made me internet famous, got me a couple jobs and a spot as an expert in a documentary. And now a cool song!

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/the-inevitable-zombie-apocalypse

#PsychedelicGhostStories #zombies #horror

With the next #BandcampFriday rapidly approaching, let me take a moment to ask any of my followers who haven't yet checked out my music to take a minute and listen to a song or three! Lots of weird sounds and wild rhythms!

Oh, and after you listen, how about a boost?

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories

#music #MusiciansOfMastodon #musodon #PsychedelicGhostStories

Discomfort and unease wrack your body. Weird images flicker on the edge of your vision. Your mind races, beset by alien ideations and uncomfortable imaginations. Don't fret though-- there's nothing to do but relax into it as "Something Strange Struggles to Be Born"

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/something-strange-struggles-to-be-born

Have a listen. Boost this post! Tell your friends!

#PsychedelicGhostStories #psychedelia #trippy #IDM #dub #ElectronicMusic #music #occult

It's Tuesday, so why not spend some of your boss's time listening to some really fucking weird #music

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/

#PsychedelicGhostStories #psychedelia #IDM #ElectronicMusic

Sleeping poorly? Daily concerns, worries and anxieties pushing their way into your dreams? We've all been there, and I wrote some music about it. This track is called "The Waking World Pushes Its Way Into Dreams."

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/the-waking-world-pushes-its-way-into-dreams

Have a listen and see if you don't sleep easier afterwards... Then give it a boost, maybe.

#music #listen #PsychedelicGhostStories #industrial #WitchHouse #occult

So I don't suppose five of you reading this have six minutes or so to listen to this track and let me know what you think? It's the climactic track of the album! It's based on a William James quote! It's real weird!

Oh, you could also give me a boost!

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/the-madman-drowns-in-the-same-waters-in-which-the-mystic-swims-with-joyful-ease

#music #feedback #ListenToThis #PsychedelicGhostStories

Recording new material! So how about you listen to this old song (title track of my last album), and let me know what you think?

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/psychedelic-ghost-story

Any feedback, from conception and composition all the way to the mix and mastering is welcome!

Please boost! But listen first 😅

#music #PsychedelicGhostStories #feedback #MusiciansOfMastodon

I'm recording new material so it's time to get feedback on older material! I need five people to listen to this song:

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/the-inscrutable-oracle-of-the-night-cafe

And offer any feedback you have. Practice those #MusicReview skills! Get better at #critique! Just vent for a bit!

I'll take feedback on everything from the conception and composition of the track to the mixing and mastering.

If you can't listen, consider a boost? Or... Both!?!

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New music in progress, so I'm looking for opinions on some of my older music. Here's a track off my recent album:

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/the-inevitable-zombie-apocalypse

I'd love to hear any thoughts or feedback you have on this track. Anything from composition and conception, to the mixing and mastering, it's all fair game. Be as honest as you'd like, tell me what works and what doesn't. I'd love to get five or six people to offer feedback on this.

Boosts are appreciated!

#feedback #music #PsychedelicGhostStories

Looking for a few listeners (one more to get five!) to listen to this track, and give me some feedback.

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/something-strange-struggles-to-be-born

I'm working on a follow up to this album (Psychedelic Ghost Stories) and I'd love to know your opinions on what worked, what didn't, etc. From conception/composition to mix and master, it's all fair game. Be as honest as possible, but don't be mean unless you have to 😅

Boost if you can, too! More opinions!

#feedback #music #PsychedelicGhostStories #WhatDoYouThink

Hey friends! I'm working on my follow up to #PsychedelicGhostStories and I could use some feedback! If you'd like to help, please take a few minutes to listen to this song:

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/the-waking-world-pushes-its-way-into-dreams

And let me know what you think. Anything, good or bad, as specific as you can and as long/thorough as you desire (short and concise is fine, too!) Comments about anything from composition to mixing/master is fair game.

Boosts very appreciated; more opinions=better feedback.

Got a great new review, so had to update the thread!

"a really visual sound ... Wonderful instrumental storytelling!" - stephaniejne

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories

#PsychedelicGhostStories #psychedelia #EBM #Weird #MusiqueConcrete

I'd love to sell a few albums today for #BandcampFriday but even more than that, I'd love to help some other acts sell a few. So here's the deal; if you buy any of the albums I've written about for the past 2 Bandcamp Fridays, I'll send you a free download code for any of my albums, including #PsychedelicGhostStories. Just post a screenshot of the purchase on a response to the write-up and I'll DM you.

Next new listener to this album is going to give me a very special milestone!

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories

#PsychedelicGhostStories #music #Achievements #milestone #JustNumbersTho #StillCool

Finally, the title track of my recent release Psychedelic Ghost Stories. It's a slow burn tension builder that's been my favorite since release.

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/psychedelic-ghost-story

#EtherDiver #Music #WeirdMusic #ElectronicMusic #PsychedelicGhostStories

@LukeAymon Firstly, thanks for checking it out and the kind words!

On PGS, it's something like 60% modular sounds overall, with some tracks being as high as 100% (minus a bit of compression/EQ and other mixing/mastering tricks). I actually did an extensive production diary here, including track-by-track breakdowns. You can find those by searching #PsychedelicGhostStories and #ProductionDiary.

Welcome to the ~50 or so new followers from the last week or so! And any older followers who I haven't interacted with, yet! If you haven't taken a minute to check out some of my music, please, *please* take an opportunity to do so. I'm a 100% independent, Bandcamp-exclusive musician trying to get the word out with no marketing budget. Every sale and every stream comes directly or indirectly from a post like this. Have a listen?

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories

#music #Bandcamp #PsychedelicGhostStories

Didn't all fit, here's the remainder:

"reaches into the 'ether' and grabs that special something" - Dry Eyes

"Unhinged...Weird in all the good ways" - FoxPuppy

"incredibly immersive ... easy to lose track of time and become fully enveloped by it" - Mykie Frankenstein

Thanks for checking it out (if you do)!

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories

#BandcampFriday #PsychedelicGhostStories #psychedelia #EBM #Weird #MusiqueConcrete

Here's what the fans are saying about my recent album:

"Synthesizes the vocabulary of electro-industrial and dub into a vibrant, hallucinatory sea to swim or drown in" - Nikki

"Sounds like the best scifi videogame the Amiga 2000 could ever hope to muster" - Groove M.D.

"Techno apocalypse vibes" - slaughtersongsfan

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories

#BandcampFriday #PsychedelicGhostStories #psychedelia #music #EBM #Weird

Otherwise, I think that is it. As always I could have used a few more days/weeks/months in any phase to do just a bit more, but I am happy with it as a document of where I am at as a creator at this point in time. I'm still happy to promote it as representative of my best efforts for the moment...and ready to start on something new. This time I think I might try to do some #ProductionDiary stuff as it happens. Until then!

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories

#PsychedelicGhostStories #PostMortem

My favorite song? Well, like picking a favorite child but unlike that situation, no one's feelings are gonna be hurt so... I'd say "Psychedelic Ghost Story" overall but it's close! "The Mystic Swims..." is very close for me and there's nothing I don't like.

But I guess "Dream Vessels on the River of Time" works the least well for me in hindsight.

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And the #MPC of course... 85% of the effects on the album are from the MPC. I used a bunch of its plugin synths. Its #workflow and capabilities shaped the album from beginning to end. And unlike #Ableton, which is an incredible program, I am able to get into true #flowstates with the MPC.

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The #MicroFreak was both a driver of the album's sound ("New Machine Gods" wouldn't be remotely the same without it) and a shockingly flexible chameleon when needed (it's everywhere -- bass, drums, leads, pads, fx, frigging VOCALS!). Wouldn't trade it for the world. Love that thing.

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So, in the way of TV crews who want to push their narrative of a star quarterback leading the team to victory while acknowledging the boring old defense kept the other team from scoring *probably* had something to do with it, I am naming the #MicroFreak and #MPC co-MVPs.

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#Synth #MakingMusic

#MusicProduction #Workflow

Real quick, here's a couple last things and I am done. I was thinking of what the #MVP of the process was and my first instinct was to say the #MicroFreak since that little synth is on nearly every track but then it occurred to me that the #MPCOne that the whole thing was created within was probably the real answer. ...

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In terms of #production process, I really feel like I made a breakthrough with the #MPC platform as a whole, and I am looking to building on that with my next release. On the other hand, there were a LOT of things I didn't get to try that I had on my wishlist this time around -- using more of my external effects, reamping, more use of guitar/bass, deeper layering/more nuanced productions... the list goes on, but that is why we keep making albums.

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My explicit goals of integrating my weird stuff (an ongoing goal, always LMAO) and improving my rhythm programming skills both went well... but maybe at the expense of some of the progress I had made melodically and harmonically on the last one. (It's a thing several people have mentioned.) I'm good with that, but it's definitely something I will look to address in the next one.

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I think the #songwriting on the album is overall good, but a mixed bag in terms of "progress" (such an elusive thing to pin down). I achieved a lot of my goals -- improving and formalizing my production process, continued effort and progress toward mastering the #MPC platform, making it sound better than the last one, learning to mix at least a bit, etc.

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It's just as important that people like it and find it progress since the last and that's harder to measure... but I'll just say that a few friends and people who matter have basically told me what I need to hear, so I feel good about that too. The #Bandcamp reviews have been great, and overall people say things I like to hear, so that's great. Haven't got any blog/print/podcast coverage yet, but maybe soon.

#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary #PostMortem

By both those measure, #PsychedelicGhostStories has been a rousing success. IN the two months since its release, it has equalled the number of streams and listeners of my previous album, and slightly outpaced it in terms of sales. To make it explicit: the album beat a year of its predecessor in every regard in just two months. So, yeah, mission accomplished there.

#ProductionDiary #PostMortem

Here it is, my final #PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary! Time for the post mortem, where I look back over the whole thing. This should be quick, I think? Guess we will see.

I spent five months on the album, more or less, including all the pre and post production. That was about a month or so longer than planned but it was worth the extra time.

LINK: https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories

#Songwriting #MakingMusic

#MusicProduction #Workflow #HomeRecording #HowItsMade
#EtherDiver #MyAlbum #PostMortem

And that is it, the tale of making the album! One more thread incoming, a post mortem looking back at everything two months (ish) after release... then it's time to start on the next album!

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#MusicProduction #Workflow #HomeRecording #HowItsMade

#EtherDiver #MyAlbum

And I actually kept my first mastering pas! It wasn't perfect but I was frankly exhausted and more than ready to be done. I was concerned I was going to start making things worse if I kept at it, so I released it! (Art is never finished, merely abandoned.)

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Once I had some mixes I was more or less comfortable with (and I definitely have things on every track I would go back and tweak... but it was time to let them go) I transitioned to #mastering. And if #mixing felt like occult science, mastering was the purest of dark arts, just complete black magic.

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Side note: Jesus did I realize what I mess I am when composing while trying to mix! I am going to try to be more organized in the future (like, for example, not putting a bunch of foley into a drum track just because I have some open pads on the drum program) to save myself some trouble...

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I finished up my mixes around Jan 23-24, somewhere in there. It was basically two full drafts. Did a mix of everything, did some test listens, then a round of edits and revisions, then more test listens. Then I was ready to master!

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Point 2 was a reminder not to get distracted trying to figure out a bunch of whizbang shiny bullshit that may or may not actually help. On the #MPC platform (all mixed and #mastered inside the #MPCOne) there's less of this than on a proper DAW, but there's still a bunch of different stuff -- exciters, limiters, different EQs, etc -- that ostensibly *could* help...if you knew WTF it was.

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Seems obvious... hell, it *is* obvious, but it hadn't occurred to me until I heard it in one of my half ignored mixing tutorials and then it was like OH DUH. Anyway, that was the main key to me getting this done. Just knowing where to start and a rough plan to follow was like, 90% of the battle.

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1) determine the most important element(s) of the song; mix to those. 2) Stick to tools and processes you understand* 3) always trust what your ears are telling you, even if it contradicts what you've heard as the "right way" to do something.

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I almost forgot I have to do a #PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary entry for...#mixing and #mastering! Not the sexiest or most exciting part of putting out an album, but a pretty gods damned important one.

Here's the link, judge my mix and master: https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories

#MakingMusic

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#EtherDiver #MyAlbum

Soundwise it's just #Benjolin and #reverb (possibly some delay but I honestly do not recall for sure; would have been #Morphagene). Reverb was #DesmodusVersio from #NoiseEngineering. I don't think I even did much self patching of the Benjolin, I was just playing the knobs and having fun. I love that thing.

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#improv #modular #music
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Soundwise it's just #Benjolin and #reverb (possibly some delay but I honestly do not recall for sure; would have been #Morphagene). Reverb was #DesmodusVersio from #NoiseEngineering. I don't think I even did much self patching of the Benjolin, I was just playing the knobs and having fun. I love that thing.

#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary
#improv #modular #music
#MusicProduction #Workflow #HomeRecording #HowItsMade