Switched on/off

I really love Wendy Carlos. She manages to make me feel the inventive and intellect-expanding power of her work just by mention of her name alone. I have been obsessed with synthetic music for my entire life; really one of the first pieces of music I embraced was made entirely of non ‘real’ source elements. This fascination with the sound and the narrative abilities of synthesized sound continue within me, unabated many years later. I wish I were a more competent musician, rather than the plodding key stroker that I am. Anyway, mention the name Wendy Carlos to me and I promise you my endorphin levels are soaring. Play her music, I am in the throes of a Muse, I suppose. I’m not really talking about her for any particular reason today. Just a thought that I felt needed expression beyond just the firing of synapses. Mustn’t let even my meager tribute fail to exist beyond my own mind. I’m still in the midst of creating my digital music database. I’m going to attempt ripping every cd I own and storing them all on portable hard drives. I have one at the moment, I assume I’ll need another before I’m done. I’m not sure if the split between should be based on use of the files in question, or if I should keep a well cataloged, data based set of files. I’ll see where I go when I need the second drive. It would be great to put all my DVD’s on one drive as well. Just plug it into the tv and pick a movie to watch. I assume we’ll be there shortly, but I don’t think it’s worth worrying about right now. At the moment I’m listening to Bonnie Tyler, “Faster than the Speed of Night.” Not a really great track, but I’m on a random music odyssey at work today. She does have a wonderful voice, however. Something so distinctive always will impress me. I enjoy singers with character. I’m wondering if this will suddenly jump to a Judas Priest track next. It’s great to have my loves of pop, metal, and synth music all randomly filtered through iTunes. Allows me to remember what it is I love about music to begin with. Ahh, 3 Inches of Blood just came on. Pirates, Orcs, battle swords, metal. Can’t beat that (without getting a bloody nose).