look who joined the party

i could not be happier to have a wavestation
its been the holy grail of gear for me for years
ive watched them on ebay for the last two years
and finally picked one up

and can i just say
that NOTHING sounds as good as the real thing
the plugin is fair
but weak in comparison to how this thing sounds

and
i can run the thumb piano through it
which means that now all 10 of my inputs on the back of my delta 1010 are occupied

can i just say
omg look at the thing i have to use to edit and send patches back and forth to the wavestation….

1998 called and wants UI back….

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things to consider

so
now that proem is officially ten years old
I’ve been thinking a great deal about where to go next

those of you that read this regularly will note
I’ve been a little a more than unsatisfied with music in general… wanting to claw my way out of the box I’ve put myself in over the years and not being even able to get off the couch or away from work long enough to do anything about it

which brings me to the conclusion that perhaps I should extend proem to a branding device for all of my creative output…

there is a quote that has floated around my subconscious for more than I care to admit

“when marriage is illegal only outlaws will have inlaws”

in this case when the world goes intangible the rebels go tangible to an extreme…

I have never been one for conventions despite what my musical output may say otherwise. I intend to become an outlaw and marry my loves together under one roof

worst case
I put them in the same room and they kill each other until one is left standing alone in that room to eventually wither and die

what does all this mean for those loyal consumers of proem music…

more tangible artifacts of my time alive on this slowly boiling ball of dirt we call earth

mostly,…

art.
real
hang on the wall
match your couch
one of a kind works,
or in the form of limited prints and posters

in the time between
expect to see a few things change around here as I soak in this stew and try to coalesce and mold a defined plan of attack and roll out schedule

of which I think will include a redesign of placeguntohead to match proemland.com a bit more

on a related note
anyone currently using zazzle.com for anything?
i’m curious about the quality
i’ve gone so far as to examine their pricing structure and even dive a bit into their api

with hope
I take the risk that I’m too self involved to realize my own bad ideas

thoughts on the subject are appreciated

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there is something to be said...

… about an instrument that is made to be played in open air.

and that is…
yes can I have more of them please?

our little family recently came into posession of an upright piano. the girls love to bang on it and nod their heads to an imaginary beat that only they seem to understand. which is fascinating to say the least. I almost don’t want to teach them how to play it just let them figure out their own scales and methodology over time…

_{its terribly out of tune but its nice to play}

so every night since we’ve had it the three of us sit down together and pound out some notes for about 15 minutes before they get bored and I actually start phrasing notes together…

and can I just say
how odd it is to go from playing simulated piano / synth in a vaccum (through speakers and headphones) to a open air resonating instrument… especially the piano which if I had to pick my favorite instrument ever it would be piano every time.
it has a timbre that I cannot shake.
so fortunate for us that there was a neglected one in the extended family

looks like I’ll get to put my contact mics to good use afterall…
who knows the next things you hear from me may just be a series of piano improvs…

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and.... record done and released

judging by the responses to “beatless” “dark ambient” “record” and “proem” being used in the same sentence

which is usually

“are there plans for a proem record with beats and lushy melodies this year as well?”

plans for a record with beats later this year
sure! why not? (jerks.)

for get the lushy pretty melodies though
I’m throwing those out the window
I’m so tired of the electronic lite music thats out there
but thats another rant for another time…

as i was saying
this record might not appeal to some
but
i make what i like
and i like the dark
I like it more when I can creep around in it
the shadows
the near silence

I’ve played splintercell 3 like a million times
dont even get me started on the chronicles of riddick game or bioshock (YUM)

and with that…

Till there’s no breath went on sale on tuesday the 12th

its now available
for ordering (nonresponse | n5mailorder )

listening pleasure ( last.fm )

or even sleeping uncomfortably
like im about to do as soon as i wrap this up…

it will make an excellent soundtrack to any number of spooky slow paced creep around in the dark and kill people games

play it loud
and with the lights off

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