The Rambles Return

[crankyoldman]

In order not to spam, I generally will just edit this entry. FYI.

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

Comments

[cherrybomb.livejournal.com]

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.

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[irish-ais.livejournal.com]

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.

[angelari.livejournal.com]

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.

[tijuana-pirate.livejournal.com]

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

[astralavator.livejournal.com]

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.