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The Rambles Return

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Alright, enough silliness. Time to abuse the cut function like the craziness.

First. Oh. My. Fucking. God. I never wanted to be in an MMO before, the whole format just doesn't appeal to my gaming nature. BUT IT'S NEXT GEN ERA STAR TREK OMGOMGOMG.

*coughs* Ahem. I hope it doesn't come out until I'm out of school. Else I'm doomed. All I'm saying.

Ahahaha, my boss just geeked too. I'm glad that when I yell, "OH MY GOD" at my computer, people come over to see what news I have. NERD COMPANY FTW.

So, a few of you may not know this, but I'm an avid fansoundtracker. Part of the fact of this being hidden is that

fst is a locked community. The other is that I partially feel silly about it. Especially considering that my biggest reason for starting it is I watched High Fidelity one too many times. To the point that I want to resurrect my old disc-to-tape recorder and actually make a MIX TAPE just to hear it all warbly like it used to be... or maybe I've been listening to Visioneers too much lately.

There's actually a fair bit of drama starting up in the communities regarding what is and isn't a fan soundtrack (hereafter referred to as "FST"). Which I think is a fair bit ridiculous. There's also a certain degree of music snobbery going on (not that I don't have my own music snobberies, the likes of New Emo Movement sort of make me want to tear my hair out). I mean, sure, the same Evanescence song can feel meaningful to a lot of people and thus be used in five billion FSTs.

But since I like a couple music fandoms (Canadian Idol), part of me thinks that's just the enduring power that some artists have. Each of us has at least one musical artist that may or may not be "cool" that we think speaks to us (mine's David Bowie. I could make an entire FST from his music. I've been tempted to a couple times).

It makes me sad, mostly, to see that the participation has gone done in

fst in particular, because they have themes. I've found even myself making FSTs (or what some people might qualify as "mixes", honestly, I don't like splitting hairs that much) that I didn't post!

So, since I really do like this sort of thing, I'm probably going to start posting FSTs here, under an f-lock. Because I like making them and particularly like finding new music (Urbanology has been getting me back into hip-hop, because it's not the "bitches and hos" sort. I freaking adore spinners).

Also, I'm having this WEIRD urge to make a mix for Canadians. I don't know why.

~Cendri

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I love making fsts. A few people on my friends list are in

fst, but I guess I'm not interested in joining just to see what's going on. That, and I make them for the subjects I'm interested in, and mull over my soundtracks for months, because music to me is important and I want it to portray exactly the right thing, and I get really anal over track order because if it doesnt flow right it bothers me, and...

I dont know. I post mine publically, in my journal -- they're essentially the only things I dont lock. I've got plenty of bandwidth at my site, so my only concern is sites who're going to leech, so I simply password-protect my music folders and give the password out freely in the posts.

I cant believe there are arguments going on over what qualifies a "fan soundtrack". Seriously, though. What the fuck? I can understand some music snobbery -- I cant begin to count the number of fsts I've seen that use "Iris", seriously -- but I'm also notorious for using the most ridiculous shit (Avril Lavigne for some insane reason is terribly inspiring for me).

That said, I need to hurry the hell up with the two Axel/Roxas ones I'm working on. The 4th one in particular is depressing as hell, because I'm playing off the Japanese connection between 4 and death. It was totally a coincidence that the title track is "To Die For" by the Birthday Massacre. I'm just not as satisfied with the track list as I would've liked to have been, considering the direction I was going with from the beginning, which has changed a little.

To take the edge off that, and because I've got some pretty crack-tacular songs I wanted to throw on a mix, I'm putting together a crack ep to be "4 1/2". And... I've kinda got a Vash fst I've been working on for over a year that I need to hurry the hell up with. I think the list is settled, I just need to buckle down and work on the liner notes.

</fst talk>

Well, I mull over mine too. I mean, my last FST? I decided to use all jazz/blues (it's for the three people in my header currently, since the show is set in the 60s, yeah).

I think the only reason I feel like f-locking is that I'm going to be going back to Real School, and they're like BIG BROTHER about any sort of music sharing. And I like that you can sendspace or mediafire or whatever music and not get bothered. *shrugs*

Crack music is fun. Which is why I want to make one for Canadians (I have a lot of Canadians on my f-list, and I'm a fan of them... I THINK THAT COUNTS. XD)

And yeah, it does get annoying when you see like, a rotation of say ten songs that everyone uses.

Dude, you'd actually like

fst, when there are good ones, they're great. You missed the big huge KH influx for a while (and some of those were fantastic, the one about the Disney villains in KH was cracky and wonderful). Then again, that's why they started

fst_redux, for people that missed them the first time around. I got the last disc of my favorite FST ever ("Music for a Lonely Time Traveler"... what, it was beautiful).

I just wish people weren't so self-conscious now. I LOVED it when there were TONS of FSTs coming in through that comm.

~Cendri

I've actually flipped through the channels once to see that show on, so when you first started posting about it I went "OH. OKAY, I'VE SEEN LIKE TWO MINUTES OF THAT." XD

I may think about joining.

Are people being that harsh that people are self-conscious now? I never figured fsts were a big thing -- I picked up the habit from

bigbigtruck, because she's been doing them in some form for as long as I can remember... seven or eight years-ish? But she's an artsy fartsy type, and I basically stumbled into it after realizing "no, I cant do a music video for every single song that inspires me for ____". (That, and my amv program went to shit).

I download soundtracks now and then, but for the most part with downloaded music... it takes me several months before I get around to listening to anything, and by then I've mostly forgotten where I got it. I will say I've gone through a couple just to hunt for songs I can use on something else (somebody put Death Cab's "I'll Follow You Into the Dark" on a Larsa/Penelo fst. that was nabbed.) but I dont listen as much to mixes other people have put together. I'm so lazy. :/

If you do one for Canadians? You should pick up "O Canada" by Five Iron Frenzy. Especially if you're leaning towards the crack. I'd throw in some Celine Dion for good measure, but only as a joke. >_>; XD

Well, back during the summer there was a HUGE amount of FSTs, now it's kind of a slow trickle. The commentary isn't usually IN the comm, more like outside it?

I got curious and surfed around.

It used to be pretty cool, at least. I mean, no one leaves bitchy comments on anyone's FSTs (they're really good about that), but usually the lack of any commenting on some and then TONS of commenting one another might do it for some people.

Really, I'm fond of the monthly themes more than anything. I wonder if there are any other FST comms. I might have to go shopping around.

~Cendri

I'm sure there are other fst comms around. I'm morbidly curious about the "side comms" that people are being elitest in, though. I guess it's true, every fandom's got 'em.

The only fst comm I'm in is

ddd_fst. Lolz. Nobody's really taken advantage of it, though. My usual source of fsts is my f-list, honestly. That, and the occasional one on

ff_press, and... I'm terrible, but I mostly just lol at the liner notes people throw together. :/ I'm a horrible person. Likely a bit of an elitest, sekritly. But mostly because it seems fandom at large tends to approach the subject by just throwing together 15 songs in a matter of an hour, and piecing together some piece of shit artwork in half that time.

XD yeah, some liner notes can in fact be rather humorous.

Actually,

fst got me into a couple new fandoms (Fables, which I am still hunting down comics for being a notable example). Hence why I kind of like the huge ones.

Which is why I'm all, "people start posting again! I like reading even if I don't like listening all the time!"

dot_fst_snark is probably the worst. But I'm not a fan of "snark" comms in general, because my head translates it as, "excuse to be a complete asshole".

My general response when people say, "there's too much of __" or "I want more of __" is "JUST MAKE IT YOURSELF".

Then again, I'm used to just making something if I don't see any. I like being a creator type as opposed to a "sit around and complain" type. Not that I don't complain, but you know?

I also didn't realize I HAD any FSTers on my f-list. Well, besides you, I remembered that much at least. ~~Even if I listen to it all once and if there are songs that grate me, I lose them later. Avril and I do not get along, but I don't think you're TEH DUMB because of it.~~

I also have RIDICULOUSLY broad music tastes, so I'm forgiving of a lot of things. Except maybe stuff

drakonlily listens to (HA HA, mostly kidding, I just wish she'd get over the Maroon 5 thing).

~Cendri

...Oh my god. Why the fuck would someone feel the need to make that community? And I love how the maintainer is left unlisted. T_T I suppose places like that bother me the most inherently because, as much artistic integrity as I'd like to think that I have, I'm also a fangirl at heart, and bitching that someone is completely incapable of putting something together that's of a high quality because they're a fangirl? Makes me want to punch babies.

Ah well. I'm also of the "make it yourself" opinion, even if I complain about things from time to time.

There's occasionally an fst that pops up on one of the comms I'm in. I have a few friends who do fsts like I do, though, but those are a bit few and far between when they do pop up.

Though I did have someone just friend me like a month ago, and every single one of their fucking posts is about fsts, or asking someone to do liner notes for one of hers because cant make them. And it's grating on my nerves, because I'm thinking "there's no way there could possibly be enough love going into each and every one of those mixes if you're already on your 4th Axel/Roxas fst and your first one just came out three weeks ago T_T". Though the mix (and I use that INTERCHANGEABLY as a synonym and not some kind of dividing line in the sand from an fst omg!!!1) of hers I checked out was actually pretty damn good. I guess I worry most about seeing people just repost songs I've used on mine. :/ Actually, I worry about that a lot.

It's one thing if it's for another fandom, but rehashing my mix? I'm a little possessive of my fsts, artistically, and I likely shouldnt be as much as I am, considering a lot of my songs are picked up from others' inspiration, but... it bothers me.

Though, apparently she actually is a member of

fst.

Eh, I'll probably leave

fst eventually, the more that I think about it. I'm just waiting for things to pick back up. If they don't, no skin off my nose.

And yeah. Fangirlism is fun, not stupidity. Get over yourself.

~Cendri

The biggest thing I've noticed about the stuck-up elitests in any fandom is that they've generally forgotten how to fangirl. I can think of maybe one who actually pulls off fangirl and elitest. What's the point in being in a fandom if it's no damn fun? Seriously. T_T

Oh, I've been meaning to up this, you reminded me: Here's like, a dance remix of "Heroes" (http://www.sendspace.com/file/74208s)

~Cendri

I very rarely have themes to my FSTs. Maybe it'll be a certain blend of sounds, maybe it'll be an entire Angels and Airwaves FST (oh, god, it speaks to me. I need to steal more from

thekels.) I refuse to join

fst on principle though. Music snobbery annoys me.

They didn't used to be bad. In fact, they never make bad comments to the individual FSTs... but I ran into a couple side comms, and that was what got me annoyed.

Maybe I just didn't notice it until lately. *shrugs*

I don't often theme mine in specific genres... just lately it's been fun.

~Cendri

Not to be a big dork or anything. XD I watch a couple music blogs, and well, I was a band nerd. So, I'm always looking for new stuff of any genre that is interesting.

One of these days I'm going to ask

drakonlily to put up my winamp generated playlist to show JUST HOW BIG A MUSIC DORK I AM.

I mean, I even still listen to my marching band's recorded "Channel One Suite" on occasion.

Maybe I should re-install last.fm. I took it off my old comp because it was a resource hog, but this new comp has like, super special dual core processing and is thus uber.

Hmm.

But I'm glad to know someone else is an FSTer! I might actually finish that Seifer one that's been sitting on my playlist sidebar since forever.

~Cendri

I totally love making FSTs, and so does J. I belonged to

fst for a while, but I left because I got tired of people using the same five J-pop and Evanescence songs. When they're good, they're very, very good, and when they're bad they're terrible. Maybe we should put together a little comm of our own, invite-only, and share our FSTs.

That'd be kind of awesome. Drak's been wanting to try it, but she's afraid I'll jab her too much for her music taste (it's not THAT bad, I'm just an evil person, really).

I'd be up for it. FSTing is one of the few things I can do regardless of how busy I am, because, hey, I'm ALWAYS listening to music.

~Cendri

Mwahaha, don't stop making fanmixes. I get awesome-cool music from you when you make them. Therefore: if you stop making fanmixes, I suffer. I do not approuve of this plan at all. :p

*enjoys occaisionally being blatantly self-interested*

Also, I'm having their WEIRD urge to make a mix for Canadians. I don't know why.

Clearly because we're awesome.

-T. pirate

I’ve enjoyed the few FST you’ve posted so far. It’s neat getting to listen to different sorts of music.

The Star Trek game sounds neat but I’m not social enough for online games.

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