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