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>Pieces Of Me In Magnetic Form</a
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<h3>Background:</h3>
<p>
I have had a cassette deck for about a year now but only recently
managed to get my hands on actual cassette tapes. A few days of
tinkering with tape saturation went by with nothing really to show for
it - though I did send a few videos of awful bass-saturated tracks to a
couple friends.
</p>
<p>
On <b>30 Aug 2024</b> I was using the connected amplifier to peruse the
FM/AM radiowaves. I decided to sample the static and turned on my PC,
which immediately sent the signal spiralling into absolute chaos.
<em>Perfect</em>.
</p>
<br />
<h2>Let me state my Agenda explicitly:</h2>
<p>
<span class="highlight"
>I am concerned that I, as nnwhen, will fall into a cycle of caring
more about nurturing a mystique than the act of freely creating music
and art.</span
>
This blog-post is about what <b>proactive</b> steps I take to make sure
that never happens. And why I think it's important for you to find your
own methods too.
</p>
<h3>The Why:</h3>
<p>
My previous week had been devoid of any real creative or even mundane
action. It was becoming easy to just let things happen at me. Though it
must be acknowledged that I was quite fatigued and disheartened. I had
taken care of myself well, but the next step was making sure I didn't
remain stagnant once the extended rest was no longer needed.
</p>
<p>
And so: Beyond me wanting to remain authentic and avoid the allure of a
perfect facade, this was a great way to practice not only making an
Album/EP but starting, finishing and uploading one too. I have quite
literally made dozens of Albums that have not yet seen the light of day.
<span class="highlight"
>My problem is: Sticking to my decision to <b>make something</b> and
committing to <b>putting my creations out into the world</b>.</span
>
</p>
<h3>The What:</h3>
<p>
<em>
<a
target="_blank"
aria-label="2024 08 30 Pieces of Me In Magnetic Form"
href="https://soundcloud.com/nnwhen/sets/20240830-piecesofmeinmagneticform"
>'20240830-PiecesOfMeInMagneticForm'</a
>
</em>
was an intentional choice to engage in an intuitive and somewhat manic
act of music creation. The goal being:
<span class="highlight"
>To create a 'completed' piece of art <b>within a day</b>,
<b>pushing past perfectionism</b>, and having <b>full faith</b> in the
process.</span
>
I was to hit record on the cassette deck and tune through the
frequencies on my radio. Then to record from my PC as I dug up and
played media and found-footage of myself and friends. Everything had to
be on my disk already, or from the radio: Easy, Accessible, Ready.
</p>
<h3>The How:</h3>
<p>
I was much too scared to twist the knobs and dials on my receiver as
well as randomly opening video and audio files on my PC at first; it was
a non-scripted performance and anything could have happened. I was
scared of making a mistake, <b>being 'cringe'</b>. I kept this in mind.
I made sure I intentionally usurped that fear.
<span class="highlight">I must be afraid and do it anyway.</span>
</p>
<p>
Instead of letting the dislike of the early stages of garbled static,
distorted voices and contextless media stop me, I held my judgement and
kept experimenting. I listened back to my recordings with a different
ear. Before I was preoccupied with pushing through the anxiety, now I
could listen to what I recorded.
<span class="highlight"
>It wasn't long until the arrangement became something I couldn't help
but find fascinating.</span
>
I am still genuinely surprised at the coherent and beautiful story it
became.
</p>
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<h2>Credits and Contexts:</h2>
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I wrote this blog-post to credit the things that were not recordings of
my friends or ephemeral radio recordings. And more importantly: Point
you toward other media that didn't make it in or I was reminded of.
</p>
<h3>
<a target="_blank" href="https://letterboxd.com/film/neptune-frost/"
>Neptune Frost</a
>
</h3>
<p>
<b>Neptune Frost</b> was what made up the backbone of
<a
target="_blank"
href="https://soundcloud.com/nnwhen/20240830-03?in=nnwhen/sets/20240830-piecesofmeinmagneticform"
>the last track</a
>. I remember watching this with a friend of mine. I really enjoyed it,
they adored it.
</p>
<h3>
<a
target="_blank"
href="https://youtu.be/m8ePxYdY-l8"
aria-label="Dohdohdoh Live at Ground Zero"
>Doddodo live @ Grrrnd Zero</a
>
</h3>
<p>
This didn't actually make it into the EP despite me having sampled it on
my <em>PiecesOfMeInMagneticForm</em> tape. Doddodo has been great
inspiration with regards to making messy and fun music. I first found
her
<a
target="_blank"
href="https://youtu.be/j938Xr38k08"
aria-label="Exercise Of Mouth"
>'口の運動 / exciesise of mouth'</a
>
track, which remains my absolute favourite.
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As it turns out, most of this EP was random static and my friends
chatting shit. Hope you enjoyed it!
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