October 2011
1 post
Tool Sucks
Tool is a band you can safely ignore if you like music that’s tasty to the creative mind.
A Tool fan wearing a TOOL t-shirt pretty much sums it up.
However, this is the BEST song they ever did. Frankly. It just stood out to me as the pinnacle of their creative mettle. Ironic there’s not much of a song but a narrative.
That said, this song is BETTER than that horrid piece by...
May 2011
1 post
“Facebook is no good because people who matter will call you”
– Me
June 2010
11 posts
Games at Twilight (Nothing to do with the current...
There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Twilight Zone.
Prince O+>
Prince is a huge influence. Whoever are his influences I’m grateful to them too. My song Soul on Fire has an extended solo at the end. That solo has a juicy backing groove made with the same enthusiasm as Prince would do. Its more ethnic though. My style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUeDPEEbP0s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOUF1viM7uk
“My music is like a blessing, you don’t have to buy it. Its not a curse...”
– Arjun Kaul
Influences: Favorite Films
I’d like to think that I have a unique and more importantly, UNPREDICTABLE taste in films. I do not enjoy watching most of the movies that come out these days. Fundamentally because of: 1. Bad acting 2. Boring stories 3. Poorly designed sets 4. CGI aplenty - CGI doesn’t look real. I prefer props. 5. Lack of art I like old movies. The last movie that I enjoyed was “The Most...
Influences: Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen: I couldn’t believe what I was hearing when I first saw Ali G in Bling Bling. It was bold and off the wall. I like every single thing he’s done. A lot of my friends hated Bruno. i thought it was brilliant. Extremely funny.
Frank Zappa: I had a similar reaction when I listened to the lyrics of ‘Flakes”. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. It was...
Influences: Some of My Musical Favorites
Jimi Hendrix: The first time I saw Jimi Hendrxi was a music video of Voodoo Child in 1993 or 94. I saw this black man with a moustache in strange ethnic gypsy kind of wear. He was surrounded by these Cats-esque sensual dancers. I never found this video again. He was totally absorbed in his playing. That was the first thing that struck me about him. I had already seen and heard Marty, Steve, Joe,...
Bots want to Fuck Your Credit Card
A girl named Jaimee added me on yahoo. I figured out what she was about. The following transcript illustrates how:
Jamee Reisdorf: Just a small town girl….. myself: yeah me too Jamee Reisdorf: Hello there.. My name is Gina.. Got ur ID through Yahoo Directory myself: oh myself: pleased to meet you myself: My name is arjun Jamee Reisdorf: I love chatting with new people.. Would you like...
“Whenever a transaction is committed, LGWR writes the transaction redo records...”
– Oracle
“I don’t really live on compliments. As a matter of fact, they have a way...”
– Jimi Hendrix
“Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who...”
– Frank Zappa the Great
January 2010
2 posts
“I like my music like I like my food…home made”
– Arjun Kaul 2010
What happens when...
- You take a shopkeeper and let him sell music?
> The Music Business
- You take a chicken farmer and make him a chief of police?
> Heinrich
December 2009
1 post
“Better to be humble and anonymous, than a world famous asshole”
– Arjun Kaul, 7th Dec 2009
November 2009
7 posts
Condenser vs Dynamic Mics
I own both.
Rode NT1A Condenser
Shure SM58 Dynamic
For a crystalline commercially hot sound - Condesner
For that memorable EPIC performance - Dynamic
The SM58 is truly a performer’s microphone.
Remove the windscreen and it becomes an SM57. The best mic for instruments.
Enjoy. Be peaceful.
Very useful video editing, compositing, and... →
Wax is a high performance and flexible video compositing and special effects software. The idea for Wax is to be very general purpose and flexible in video compositing and effects, so that you can compose your dream video sequence with ease everytime.
“If you’re great, most people will hate you. You might even be impaled.
If...”
– Arjun Kaul, Nov 2009
October 2009
23 posts
You wanna fight? Think again.
1. You will at some point, lose. Its pure mathematics.
2. Your will to fight indicates an interest in boring things. Such as, ideology, sociology, demography, rationalism, nationalism, and worst of all eCoNoMicS!
3. You could sustain an injury
4. You could sustain WORSE
5. You might lose sustain
6. You’ll need to side up with assholes. Because all wars have TWO sides. And assholes are...
Terrorists are cowards
I’m not going to define what “terrorist” means here as it’ll waste time. And NO I don’t mean the guys who run the radio, Bollywood, Hollywood, TV, or even MTV. They have the same intent and effect but with less balls.
Look it up.
The claim is that terrorists are cowards.
Let’s use cold logic.
1. Fire indiscriminately on unarmed people - CHECK!
2. Bomb blast schools,...
“Le secret des grandes fortunes sans cause apparente est un crime oublié, parce...”
– Honoré de Balzac (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850), French novelist
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac
MTV is shit
Let’s take a moment to thank MTV India for all the wonderful work they’ve done.
Some of their fine achievements are:
Reality shows – Shows so naturally cultured and educational that it would be a goddamned surprise if people who dig them aren’t hapless sluts with IQs of buffaloes
Greatest hits countdowns – Reducing art to a sales chart, this novel device helps you see which group...
Before you go to Bharat, go to Bina
Bharat Music House on the Defense Colony side of Lajpat Nagar is a dishonest turdshop.
Go to Bina Enterprises on the same street and get ready for a fat discount without even asking.
Dig this. I bought a Casio CTK 5000 form him. He sold it to me for 12500. I found out later that Bina was selling it for 11000. I went back to Bharat but the fat owner was home drilling his lardy wife. I called him...
“I love the sound of Jazz and Blues music. Soft music. Swing music. Mostly 50s...”
– Arjun Kaul Oct 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bsmsfSCplc
My Website →
“A lot of you guys are whining about gear. Well let this little quiz help soothe...”
– http://www.recordingreview.com/quiz/signal-chain.php
“Greatest Quotes on Music Production”
– http://forum.recordingreview.com/f16/greatest-quotes-3945/
The Fly
Seth Brundle: My teeth have begun to fall out. The medicine cabinet is now the Brundle Museum of Natural History. You wanna see what else is in it?
Seth Brundle: I think you're making a mistake. I think you really want to talk to me.
Ronnie: Sorry, I have three other interviews to do before this party's over.
Seth Brundle: Yeah, but they're not working on something that'll change the world as we know it.
Ronnie: They say they are.
Seth Brundle: Yeah, but they're lying. I'm not.
Tawny: Are you a body builder, or something?
Seth Brundle: Yeah, I build bodies.
“Think about your favorite song. Do you care how much money was spent recording...”
– Arjun Kaul - Fearless Warrior, Demonslayer, Twice Born, Indomitable
Things You Hate
I asked people to write in with the 20 things they HATED.
Here they are. The people who wrote these wish to stay anonymous as of now.
Person A:
there are very few things that i hate. the philosophy that i believe in does not allow me to hate. not because hating is bad. but simply because if i hate anybody or anything then by the very virtue of hating, i make that thing or person important. and...
Mixes
Over the last couple of years I’ve heard a lot of people talk about mixes. How this mix isn’t that great and how much THAT mix kicks ass.
Well. That’s horseshit.
Mixes are just like your notes.
Just as a piano or guitar is an individualistic mode of self expression, so are a studio and its mix down.
Everyone likes different kinds of recorded music.
When I was in my teens, LOVED the...
You only live twice……….
You start living when you stop caring
Packing and Production
If you take a sick filthy turd….
wrap it up in glittering gold…
praise it to high heavens..
produce it in a million dollar studio…
show it on MTV…
get an oscar for it…and a grammy too..
It’s still a fucking turd
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Listen
Must i listen to the screaming millions
to the teeming zillions
lost and bereft of soul
Must i walk with lost and weary
the desolate and dreary
when i have ‘ready found my soul
