As often happens after a musically prolific autumn, my thoughts turn to self-promotion in the new year. This time round has been a blitz of online venues.
AEJOTZ music now has presence in Awdio, Baboom, Soundclick, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Niconico, Songladder, Mixlr, Tune in, 8tracks and some other online venues I've already forgotten.
Also, since links to "aejotz.com" are scattered all over the cybersphere, I renewed that domain. On my new homepage I explain that my music can be used royalty-free for anything except recordings sold for money. I figure that everything other than recording sales is just good advertising. Anyway, it's far more important to me that my music gets heard than that I get any money from it.
Lately I'm calling my musical style "retro-futurist synth music." I'll probably call it something else pretty soon.
I hope plenty of people download my music so that it will live longer than I do. I don't know why I hope that. Frank Zappa did an interview when he knew he was dying of cancer and when asked how he wanted to be remembered he said it didn't matter. I can dig that. He did what he wanted to do. He did his thing. That's important. One could argue that a true artist isn't just a performer trying to be a star. One could argue that a true artist makes his art because he's an artist. I know my music isn't important. But it would be nice if it made people smile sometimes after I'm gone.
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Sunday, January 3, 2016
BIG SYNTH NEWS! The Complete AEJOTZ on six free albums! Huzzah!
I just published all of my "space age synthesizer music" on six albums.
You can see, hear and download them all at http://aejotz.bandcamp.com
"eleven" features the 11 "best" tunes from 2011.
"twelve" features the 12 "best" tunes from 2012.
You can see, hear and download them all at http://aejotz.bandcamp.com
"eleven" features the 11 "best" tunes from 2011.
"twelve" features the 12 "best" tunes from 2012.
"thirteen" features the 13 "best" tunes from 2013.
"fourteen" features 7 tunes from 2014 and the 7 best "leftovers" from 2011 to 2013.
(I was too busy to be musically prolific in 2014.)
(I was too busy to be musically prolific in 2014.)
"fifteen" features the 15 "best" tunes from 2015. and...
"leftovers" contains the remaining 24 "leftovers" from 1983 to 2015.
I set each album's price as "name your price," so you can download them at no cost.
It's more important to me that people hear my music than that they pay for it.
However, if someone offers to pay I won't insult them by refusing it.
I set each album's price as "name your price," so you can download them at no cost.
It's more important to me that people hear my music than that they pay for it.
However, if someone offers to pay I won't insult them by refusing it.
Saturday, December 26, 2015
On The Air again!
I've been webcasting via mixlr.com.
My page is mixlr.com/aejotz.
When I'm not broadcasting live you can listen to previous shows at mixlr.com/aejotz/showreel.
Usually I just stream a random feed of AEJOTZ tunes.
I don't have a fixed schedule, yet.
UPDATE 1-30-16
Practically no one listens to me on Mixlr but I rebroadcast the recordings of those shows on Awdio and I get a few listeners there.
My page is mixlr.com/aejotz.
When I'm not broadcasting live you can listen to previous shows at mixlr.com/aejotz/showreel.
Usually I just stream a random feed of AEJOTZ tunes.
I don't have a fixed schedule, yet.
UPDATE 1-30-16
Practically no one listens to me on Mixlr but I rebroadcast the recordings of those shows on Awdio and I get a few listeners there.
Sunday, October 18, 2015
electro-music.com
electro-music.com (don't forget the hyphen) is the heart of an international community of electronic music artists. All electronic genres are welcome but there is a distinct leaning toward the experimental. Some of the members assemble their own equipment and a few actually designed that equipment.
My music's all over the place between pop and experimental and I've never built a synthesizer but I've received nothing but recognition, respect and support from this community. I've visited numerous similarly themed forums but nowhere else have I been so warmly welcomed.
The friendliness of electro-music.com is a reflection of the core members who operate and moderate the site. They are genuinely nice people.
And then there is radio.electro-music.com, with five different 24/7 streams! The primary stream features live streaming programs (and re-runs of those programs) while the other four streams showcase melodic, ambient, heavy and experimental music respectively. Members' music uploaded to the "online music" section of the forum is eligible for airplay on the streams. (My music has been played on three of the streams!) Members also have the opportunity to host live streaming shows. Details are available on the forum.
I consider it an honor to be part of the electro-music.com community.
My music's all over the place between pop and experimental and I've never built a synthesizer but I've received nothing but recognition, respect and support from this community. I've visited numerous similarly themed forums but nowhere else have I been so warmly welcomed.
The friendliness of electro-music.com is a reflection of the core members who operate and moderate the site. They are genuinely nice people.
And then there is radio.electro-music.com, with five different 24/7 streams! The primary stream features live streaming programs (and re-runs of those programs) while the other four streams showcase melodic, ambient, heavy and experimental music respectively. Members' music uploaded to the "online music" section of the forum is eligible for airplay on the streams. (My music has been played on three of the streams!) Members also have the opportunity to host live streaming shows. Details are available on the forum.
I consider it an honor to be part of the electro-music.com community.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
AEJOTZ rides again... um... again?
Yes, kids, it's that time again. Autumn! And once again, as in most years since I returned to synth music in 2011, autumn means I'm vigorously synthesizing!
Last year (2014) was an exception, because of the imminent move to Oregon. I was too busy preparing, worrying, etc. to make much new 'Jotz music.
We'll just call 2014 the EP year, shall we? But this year I've already recorded an LP worth of new music and I'm still hot as a synthetic pepper.
This autumn I've been experimenting with the Microkorg arpeggiator and the Microbrute step sequencer. Next I want to play with CZWIGOUT, a patch randomizer I bought for my CZ-101.
aejotz.com closed today, but who needs it? All my synth music is archived at electro-music.com. Just click HERE. There. That was easy.
Stay tuned!
Last year (2014) was an exception, because of the imminent move to Oregon. I was too busy preparing, worrying, etc. to make much new 'Jotz music.
We'll just call 2014 the EP year, shall we? But this year I've already recorded an LP worth of new music and I'm still hot as a synthetic pepper.
This autumn I've been experimenting with the Microkorg arpeggiator and the Microbrute step sequencer. Next I want to play with CZWIGOUT, a patch randomizer I bought for my CZ-101.
aejotz.com closed today, but who needs it? All my synth music is archived at electro-music.com. Just click HERE. There. That was easy.
Stay tuned!
Saturday, August 29, 2015
I caught my girlfriend with my best friend!
Holly on the left and Henry on the right, caught paw-handed.
The Mighty MACROkorg!
Below is a photo of my current synth rig. Click on the image for a bigger image.
It's all set up so that I can play any combination of boards simultaneously from the Microkorg keyboard. I can also run the other boards' sounds through the MK, including the sweet analog sounds of the Microbrute, the boingy digital sounds of the "Cosmo" CZ-101 and any of the Mellotron or other vintage sounds I have loaded in the Microsampler.
The Microsampler does double-duty as a "track tightener." If I improvise a line that's difficult for me to play, I can quantize it to rhythmic perfection with the MS pattern sequencer and MIDI it to the instrument of my choice.
All sounds, including my PC's audio, go to the Xenyx 1202 mixer, so that everything is always ready to go and all I have to do is twist a knob to bring up a sound.
Last stop is my BOSS BR-600 recorder. It has its own bag of tricks including copy and paste, effects, a drum machine, endless bouncing and "undo."
That's a whole lot of sonic power in a very small space. My new apartment is smaller than my old studio (or, you could say, my new studio has a kitchen, a bed and a bathroom)!
The recorder and keyboards are secondhand. The whole rig, including cables, keyboard stand, MIDI-splitters, shelf boards, etc.cost me about $1K USD.
It's all set up so that I can play any combination of boards simultaneously from the Microkorg keyboard. I can also run the other boards' sounds through the MK, including the sweet analog sounds of the Microbrute, the boingy digital sounds of the "Cosmo" CZ-101 and any of the Mellotron or other vintage sounds I have loaded in the Microsampler.
The Microsampler does double-duty as a "track tightener." If I improvise a line that's difficult for me to play, I can quantize it to rhythmic perfection with the MS pattern sequencer and MIDI it to the instrument of my choice.
All sounds, including my PC's audio, go to the Xenyx 1202 mixer, so that everything is always ready to go and all I have to do is twist a knob to bring up a sound.
Last stop is my BOSS BR-600 recorder. It has its own bag of tricks including copy and paste, effects, a drum machine, endless bouncing and "undo."
That's a whole lot of sonic power in a very small space. My new apartment is smaller than my old studio (or, you could say, my new studio has a kitchen, a bed and a bathroom)!
The recorder and keyboards are secondhand. The whole rig, including cables, keyboard stand, MIDI-splitters, shelf boards, etc.cost me about $1K USD.
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