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http://ropeswingcities.com On this EP, the first on Rope Swing Cities, we see Colorado’s Ten & Tracer turning in a new direction, taking a step away from the sort of hopeful melancholy of his previous releases on labels such as u-cover and 8bitpeoples. In the past Ten & Tracer’s sounds have held the feeling that in the end everything will be ok; the morning always comes after a long night. For In Such A Fix To Be So Fertile, we are kept from feeling that daylight will ever come. Fortunately for us, this doesn’t mean that this release is fraught with the angst and depression of a tortured soul. What we have here is a contemplative walk through the city streets of your home after dark. Grey skies and concrete, hands stuffed deep into your pockets against the cold, attempting to find a clarity of mind that will give you answers to questions you have about who you are and what you’re doing with your life. Instead of wallowing in emotion, we find analyzation and exploration, looking to discover things about yourself. In the 26 minutes that comprise this release, Ten & Tracer offers you a moment to stop and reflect on what has come before. joshua. ....... all time. http://ropeswingcities.com http://ropeswingcities.com/josh23 http://spacepiratemusic.com http://acre-c.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

All very well, and nicely poignant, but I can't help feeling that a music review that doesn't describe actual musical content at all, relating only a personal reading of what narratives and emotions are evoked, is lacking. If someone hadn't heard Ten & Tracer's work before, would they have any idea from this if they might like its *sound*? alan --On 10 October 2005 21:04 -0600 joshua twentythree <joshua@ropeswingcities.com> wrote:

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> http://ropeswingcities.com > > On this EP, the first on Rope Swing Cities, we see Colorado’s Ten & Tracer > turning in a new direction, taking a step away from the sort of hopeful > melancholy of his previous releases on labels such as u-cover and > 8bitpeoples. In the past Ten & Tracer’s sounds have held the feeling that > in the end everything will be ok; the morning always comes after a long > night. For In Such A Fix To Be So Fertile, we are kept from feeling that > daylight will ever come. > > Fortunately for us, this doesn’t mean that this release is fraught with > the angst and depression of a tortured soul. What we have here is a > contemplative walk through the city streets of your home after dark. Grey > skies and concrete, hands stuffed deep into your pockets against the cold, > attempting to find a clarity of mind that will give you answers to > questions you have about who you are and what you’re doing with your life. > Instead of wallowing in emotion, we find analyzation and exploration, > looking to discover things about yourself. In the 26 minutes that comprise > this release, Ten & Tracer offers you a moment to stop and reflect on what > has come before. > > joshua. > ....... > all time. > http://ropeswingcities.com > http://ropeswingcities.com/josh23 > http://spacepiratemusic.com > http://acre-c.com > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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oh, i knew we were going to get into this. i wrote it the way that i wanted to. i knew that by not putting specific points as to what style of music it was i might make things a bit obscure as far as what the release sounded like. but... it's how i chose to do it completely aware of what i was leaving out and that's just how it is. part of my concept for this was that the writing that would accompany the releases would compliment the actual music, i wanted to invite people to listen to the sounds without resorting too, "hey, bro, this is straight up electro beats! give it a listen!". although i will concede that it probably wouldn't hurt to include like a "genre:idm" tag or something somewhere with each release. anyway, i see your point and see where i probably could have been a little more descriptive of the music, it's the first one of these i've done, so in the future i'll try to be a little bit more cognizant of the content of what i'm saying instead of just trying to write a pretty little story... ...i just went to a meeting and came back, anyway, you're right, i'll be more mindful of that in the future and maybe update the review on the site to include some information about what it sounds like. joshua. ....... all time. http://ropeswingcities.com http://ropeswingcities.com/josh23 http://spacepiratemusic.com http://acre-c.com

quoted 66 lines All very well, and nicely poignant, but I can't help feeling that a music

> > All very well, and nicely poignant, but I can't help feeling that a music > review that doesn't describe actual musical content at all, relating only > a > personal reading of what narratives and emotions are evoked, is lacking. > If > someone hadn't heard Ten & Tracer's work before, would they have any idea > from this if they might like its *sound*? > > alan > > --On 10 October 2005 21:04 -0600 joshua twentythree > <joshua@ropeswingcities.com> wrote: > >> http://ropeswingcities.com >> >> On this EP, the first on Rope Swing Cities, we see Colorado’s Ten & >> Tracer >> turning in a new direction, taking a step away from the sort of hopeful >> melancholy of his previous releases on labels such as u-cover and >> 8bitpeoples. In the past Ten & Tracer’s sounds have held the feeling >> that >> in the end everything will be ok; the morning always comes after a long >> night. For In Such A Fix To Be So Fertile, we are kept from feeling that >> daylight will ever come. >> >> Fortunately for us, this doesn’t mean that this release is fraught with >> the angst and depression of a tortured soul. What we have here is a >> contemplative walk through the city streets of your home after dark. >> Grey >> skies and concrete, hands stuffed deep into your pockets against the >> cold, >> attempting to find a clarity of mind that will give you answers to >> questions you have about who you are and what you’re doing with your >> life. >> Instead of wallowing in emotion, we find analyzation and exploration, >> looking to discover things about yourself. In the 26 minutes that >> comprise >> this release, Ten & Tracer offers you a moment to stop and reflect on >> what >> has come before. >> >> joshua. >> ....... >> all time. >> http://ropeswingcities.com >> http://ropeswingcities.com/josh23 >> http://spacepiratemusic.com >> http://acre-c.com >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >> > > > > ---------------------- > Alan Lockett (Senior Language Co-ordinator - EFL) > Language Centre, University of Bristol, > 30-32 Tyndall's Park Road, Bristol, BS8 1PY, UK > tel: +44 (0)117 3310914 e-mail: Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk >

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Well, I'm re-thinking slightly myself now, since I realise that this isn't essentially a 'review' but more like a 'press blurb' accompanying the release, so its rhetorical function is different, i.e. primary function is to accompany the music textually, rather than *appraise* it. However, that said, you might draw website visitors in a bit more by supplementing the 'poetics' of personal narrative with some objective indicators, meaning some musical/sonic reference points would be useful *before they listen*, however generic or 'shorthand' they might be. Anyway, this ain't no Masterclass in Music Appreciation, it's only the sodding IDM list, I hear you say ;-) alan --On 11 October 2005 09:29 -0600 joshua twentythree <joshua@ropeswingcities.com> wrote:

quoted 106 lines oh, i knew we were going to get into this. i wrote it the way that i

> oh, i knew we were going to get into this. i wrote it the way that i > wanted to. i knew that by not putting specific points as to what style of > music it was i might make things a bit obscure as far as what the release > sounded like. > > but... > > it's how i chose to do it completely aware of what i was leaving out and > that's just how it is. part of my concept for this was that the writing > that would accompany the releases would compliment the actual music, i > wanted to invite people to listen to the sounds without resorting too, > "hey, bro, this is straight up electro beats! give it a listen!". although > i will concede that it probably wouldn't hurt to include like a > "genre:idm" tag or something somewhere with each release. > > anyway, i see your point and see where i probably could have been a little > more descriptive of the music, it's the first one of these i've done, so > in the future i'll try to be a little bit more cognizant of the content of > what i'm saying instead of just trying to write a pretty little story... > > ...i just went to a meeting and came back, anyway, you're right, i'll be > more mindful of that in the future and maybe update the review on the site > to include some information about what it sounds like. > > > joshua. > ....... > all time. > http://ropeswingcities.com > http://ropeswingcities.com/josh23 > http://spacepiratemusic.com > http://acre-c.com > >> >> All very well, and nicely poignant, but I can't help feeling that a music >> review that doesn't describe actual musical content at all, relating only >> a >> personal reading of what narratives and emotions are evoked, is lacking. >> If >> someone hadn't heard Ten & Tracer's work before, would they have any idea >> from this if they might like its *sound*? >> >> alan >> >> --On 10 October 2005 21:04 -0600 joshua twentythree >> <joshua@ropeswingcities.com> wrote: >> >>> http://ropeswingcities.com >>> >>> On this EP, the first on Rope Swing Cities, we see Colorado’s Ten & >>> Tracer >>> turning in a new direction, taking a step away from the sort of hopeful >>> melancholy of his previous releases on labels such as u-cover and >>> 8bitpeoples. In the past Ten & Tracer’s sounds have held the feeling >>> that >>> in the end everything will be ok; the morning always comes after a long >>> night. For In Such A Fix To Be So Fertile, we are kept from feeling that >>> daylight will ever come. >>> >>> Fortunately for us, this doesn’t mean that this release is fraught with >>> the angst and depression of a tortured soul. What we have here is a >>> contemplative walk through the city streets of your home after dark. >>> Grey >>> skies and concrete, hands stuffed deep into your pockets against the >>> cold, >>> attempting to find a clarity of mind that will give you answers to >>> questions you have about who you are and what you’re doing with your >>> life. >>> Instead of wallowing in emotion, we find analyzation and exploration, >>> looking to discover things about yourself. In the 26 minutes that >>> comprise >>> this release, Ten & Tracer offers you a moment to stop and reflect on >>> what >>> has come before. >>> >>> joshua. >>> ....... >>> all time. >>> http://ropeswingcities.com >>> http://ropeswingcities.com/josh23 >>> http://spacepiratemusic.com >>> http://acre-c.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >>> >> >> >> >> ---------------------- >> Alan Lockett (Senior Language Co-ordinator - EFL) >> Language Centre, University of Bristol, >> 30-32 Tyndall's Park Road, Bristol, BS8 1PY, UK >> tel: +44 (0)117 3310914 e-mail: Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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