Seven Years and computers.

Last weekend, we recorded "Seven Years". Do check it out. Words by Alap and Amrit, Music by Amrit, Alap. I did some of the music but mostly the mixing and production. It is a lot of fun, even a somewhat obsessive process, doing these compositions. One of my favourite quotes, that make me feel like my head is going to explode is by Andrew Koenig: "Abstraction is selective ignorance". I feel there is something of that in the composition process too.

In the movie "school of rock", Jack Black says that Rock music is all about "sticking it to the man". You need to be angry. Or in love. You need to feel strongly about something. Can't just sit back and be harmonious and complete. Can there be a music of completion and contentment? That wouldn't be music. . .that would sound like. . .cows mooing in a meadow and birds chirping on a sunny day. When a melody hits you, you can't think its antithesis. . .that causes destructive interference and silence.

Ok. That's enough pseudo-intellectualism for one day. I am also reminded of this line from Cactus flower (which can be adapted to read): "A tune struck me. I struck back."

Anyway. I am going to try to be ticked off about something. There is plenty in the world that I am ticked off about. Work up a frenzy. Write some music. Hmmmm. (All of this is really me, looking at the water and not jumping in.)

Not to lose my techie touch, it's time to talk about what is cool in the computer world. This guy has built a computer with just fans. It's fairly ugly, but cool. Apparently it does not cool PC's any better than the one/two fan conventional towers. It must be making a lot of noise though, the whirr of all those fans together.

The other cool thing is this computer desk from Lian Li Industrial. It is truly made with computers in mind. With power sockets, wire holders, multimedia ports, all built into the main desk unit. It's the desk of the future. But then, I think it costs as much as all the furniture we bought from Ikea to furnish Anyesha's appartment. So one needs a hi-tech salary to lead the hi-tech life.