Mosaic, first please understand that I was simply concerned for a fellow friend and traveller in this life. I would never be intrusive without what I felt was a good reason. I also see that your first and only comment in almost nine months was this one, and that I feel is reciprocation enough for any communcation!

It's been a wild year, but no more intense than previous I suppose. Songs such as this identify what is going on in a way. As you know, I do not drive, so I walk a lot. I am extending my range pretty drastically, putting on 15-20 miles per week usually. I hope to walk to the state forest in the south of our county eventually.

I think that in a local dank forest (I might even say disturbing) I found the inspiration I need to finally finish and release this album, as well as the cover art. Things are obviously different than I had previously assumed. I am happy to have some sort of breakthrough though.

I have been playing classical guitar more, since getting new strings, and we got some acoustic bass strings for my wife as well... so hopefully something will come from that. I know that it has already made me a better musician.

Looking forward to speaking with you again, all in good time. Have a great day!

Hey friend, it's been a while! It's always a pleasant surprise to see you return to the Loop! What have you been up to?

Been having great fun with instrumental tone and live patching lately, it all gives me a real sense of satisfaction. Propaganda and mind control are also secondary loves of mine. So all in all this sort of song really does it for me, ha ha.

I hope that you are well! I appreciate your comment and the fave! Have a good day!

Hey thanks friend for stopping by once again!

To be honest, a large percentage of my songs lately do not amount to a lot of time spent on composition or recording. When you count the time spent working on instrument builds, modification, and upgrades - then it tips the scales a bit. I have a couple of songs which have been waiting, untouched, for my current build to be finished. I expected it to be done a couple of months ago, but then the gardening season hit, and with it the poison of other people's Glyphosate and other chemicals. Makes it hard for me to get things done when I'm sick and angry... maybe I should make punk music again?

I say it's not much time, since a lot of my instruments or entire songs are recorded live now. If I get a good take, it only takes as long as setup and the length of the song.

I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out though. It has lessened my reliance upon my ipod, since I can access it in my head while walking around.

Thanks for always being there with your support and valuable comments! Have a great day!

Hey thanks buddy! Do you mean that this song is your favorite of the Spivkurl catalog, or that Spivkurl is your favorite music here? Either way, I am very honored and appreciative! Hope you have a great day!

Felix, I have always been able to count on you for artistic support, inspiration, and encouragement - I thank you for that!

A shat into someones ears sound interesting, in a hardcore pornographic sense. I can't really complain about that sort of comment!

My work of late is only peppered with conventional sorts of tunes, and I think of this as one of them, no matter how weird it may be. This is two months ago now, and these two months tend to be the most difficult and strenuous of each year for me. As a result, I have been focusing far from my usual endeavors... an artistic club track collab, a heavy metal remix, and several live DIY tracks.

I think things will be different now. I know that it is possible that I will completely disappear from Looperman and the internet in general at some point, as this lifestyle is killing me softly with it's poisons.

I get the constant urge to start walking south or west, and just keep going. This sort of thing is not consistent with an internet based social network, or music career.

It's hard to think about. I want something better for the earth, and I am simply buying into it with this... this thing that I'm doing.

Thank you for listening to my music!

Hey Brado, thank you for taking a listen to this!

How am I so creative? Well I suppose that, so far, I just simply don't have a choice. Most days, I feel the need to be productive in one way or another. Sometimes it isn't music, but visual art forms, writing, gardening, cooking, graphic design, electronic engineering, or activism. All of these other endeavors tend to inspire my musical work after a certain point, so it keeps coming back to that.

My capabilities when it comes to music seem to have "ups and downs." I've had slow yet engaged times, such as right now - as well as prolific but less dedicated times, such as 2012 when my albums "Glass" and "The Next One" were released. Each album I've finished has a special place in my soul, regardless of it's technical shortcomings or creative weakness. I expect at least this much from my next release.

I really appreciate the comment my friend!

Hey buddy, thanks for stopping by to listen!

The instruments involved in "real time" are like I mentioned in the description. An interesting interface between my modified korg monotribe and my DIY modular synthesizer. Also the bass and guitar were played by me on my Epiphone Precision Bass and my Epiphone Les Paul Studio. There were some samples, and possibly NI polyplex... don't remember what else.

I was fond of a lot of old arcade stuff in my youth. Galaga and Stun Runner were my favorites. Pole Position was also pretty cool. Once NES hit, I was forever stunned by game music... even though I don't play any more. I do have a genesis waiting for some cartridges to play, or failing that a microprocessor to run the sound chips from MIDI.

Thanks for leaving your words!

Hey buddy, thank you for again visiting one of my tracks! It's much appreciated!

Had quite a bit of fun recording this stuff... far more pleasant and painless than my last couple of projects. It's not the music though, it's life in general. Making music always helps bring me back to what is important though. Having others listen makes it even more valuable to me.

Happy you could get into it! Thanks much!

A week ago was too soon to take in a comment like this, but here I am!

The first time I remember hearing the prefix "hella" or even "hecka" was around 1991, when I met someone named Ryan who recently arrived here from North Carolina. Needless to say he changed my life, and then soon moved on with his family to CA. I have to wonder if he helped bring this sort of terminology to CA. Either way, I take it as a compliment!

I love sufficient background music, since I am in love with being super productive, and when I am high or buzzed I tend to talk over whatever I am hearing or watching. In either case, it works out good to have music like that. It's part of why I get into music like Bool or DJ Tsukiyomi... it get's me going or talking depending on the sitch.

The city workers have literally been breaking apart the streets around here, and I may have had to take a break from making this song due to noise and cement dust (they no longer use water to quell the dust around here, shortage maybe?). So, you were right on in what you heard here... though it wasn't my original intention.

"Controlled chaos" is something I've hear in numerous comments over the years (were they all from you? ha ha). I find that the descriptive fits my tunes pretty well, but it also fits life in general fairly accurately.

I will respond to your comment in a few moments, after a shower and shave. Thanks much for listening my friend!

Thank you for again visiting my selection of songs!

My synthesis style is becoming even more spontaneous, if that could be possible. I don't even have most of my gear hooked up at the moment, so I just connect what I want to record, whether midi and/or audio.

There are some reorganizations going on in the home, especially regarding live performance and visual/concrete art. Can't help but feel the changes and the losses. We lost a huge section of our willow tree in a storm this week, a tree which we planted around our wedding time. Hard loss, but we were lucky.. leaning against the house it was!

I am picky about my subsonic frequencies. I'm not one of those mutha-frackers. Happy you liked the sound of it.

Have a good one!

ditto that

Your communication is getting quite good in english, and it's nice to be able to communicate with you. Unfortunately, I am still a weak american and have little to offer in fluency.

Having the same two synths feature in the entire song helped bring things together, I think. As is usual, they were both manipulated as they bounced to audio.

It seems that I tend toward making real bass and guitars sound like synthesizers, as they go unnoticed in an electronic song. I don't really discriminate between electronic and *electric*... so I guess that it works out.

My influences are changing by the moment recently, to the point that I can not even identify them by name. I like this feeling.

Thank you for listening, and leaving a cool comment!

Hey Steve! Happy to see you here at this track!

It is true, this is entirely walking music, at least at the pace I try to keep. I believe that you hear what the music is saying, and I am thankful.

Any white noise in this design is pretty incidental. It was not abused on my modular or monotribe. I don't always remember where my sounds came from though.

My recent patching sessions have been very enjoyable, and more focused than before. Most of my patch bay is largely disconnected since my last rearrangement, so I have been choosing my instruments carefully, and only connecting what I need via midi and audio. Finally got some cable nests untangled this week, so that helps!

I like the swing of the analog parts, which give a weave to walking the straight line. True to life for me lately. Timing has been an utter nightmare since FL studio 12 came out, but I am battling through it, and I think I have learned much in the process. The application could be considered broken at this point, but I think that I am growing used to broken equipment.

I am happy that you can not associate this with anything, since it means I'm doing my job as an artist. I can't think of anything which directly reminds me of this either, ha ha.

Thanks for the great and enjoyable comment. Hope that you are well. No tornadoes, right?

Hey buddy! I appreciate your listen and your kind words very much!

The synth design was pretty fun on this one... the modular and the monotribe just go together so well, it's hard not to use them on every track, ha ha.

It was enjoyable to play the epiphone bass again. It's one of the few instruments I've ever purchased new, it just happened to be 25 years ago now. We bought a new bass, so that some work could be done on the old one, but I just can't stop playing despite it's condition.

Very happy that you liked what you heard! Thanks!

You comment was extremely entertaining to read! This one, and the other that showed up at the same time, got lost in the booze shuffle last week. I'm sorry about that!

"Cheeky" and "sly" are definitely appropriate words for this song, from my point of view. The monotribe and the modular make a great team, in a pro wrestling sort of fashion.

I've been working hard to bring an RnB/psychedelic edge to some works using guitars and basses, and man is it a challenge. Been having to change the way I think about music. Can that really be a bad thing though?

Your idea of "the whole river flowing" makes me think of the walks I've been taking along the creeks and rivers here. It's sort of a neighborhood watch item for the year, since in recent years the parks department has been assaulting the people and nature with glyphosate and 2-4d. I've been watching and waiting to see if they begin again... but it is already past when they began last year, and nothing. I worked hard to let them know it was not okay, and I'm hoping I was even a small part of the change. So the year has been a bit "sparkling and effervescent."

My wit is there most of the time. :)

Thanks much for the great comment and the listen!

Hello Matt, it has indeed been a while! It's cool to see you stopping in! I seem to remember noticing that you were throwing yourself deeply into hardware stuff recently, can't say where.

I like your term "ectomorphic field." Makes me think of something which might come up during ghost hunting with electronic devices. I have intentions to build just this sort of device, after I finish this, and that, oh and this other thing... Picked up a bunch of vintage integrated circuits which should prove most useful. Probably some ghosts in there already, ha ha.

My songs usually end up being whatever I feel like doing at the time, so "weird" is an appropriate word. Having been raised on classic rock and pop music, "standard" most likely also fits!

Thanks for stopping in to take a listen and leave your words!

Well that is a very interesting comment, to say the least! You are not too far off in describing some recent moments, though there are a few flaws. First, I would never participate in animal testing... at least beyond closing up all of the windows if my cat is acting sick and sniffing the air. In my lab, I am working on a sort of groove box, in a single enclosure, though I don't think that I'd go so far as to say "single cell organic." The "mad scientist is raving his head off" part is pretty accurate most days... seems that I must choose one - ranting or raving. I fully appreciate this honest impression of my song, thank you!

You can't believe how awesome it is to get a comment like this for me! I actually was pretty into Flash back in the eighties... flash ah ahhhh. I was a pretty big geek at times. I used to be a coin collector, now I'm an alcoholic. Goodbye silver dollar.

I would seriously admit to being heavily influenced by some of the most B grade films and television ever made. Repeated watching is the key.

I suppose that most of my drastically favorite groups have a tendency towards very raw and dry sounds. I've always been frustrated with too many effects, especially with different timing.

It's funny, upon re-listening, the introduction does sound very 1950-60's sci-fi. Sweet. I did not see that coming.

I always appreciate hearing from you!

That is quite a friendly thing to say, and I appreciate it! To have others appreciate my music makes it even more worthwhile, and you are definitely one of my "top interactors." Thanks my buddy!

Thank you for stopping by! I am very happy that at least one person noticed the introduction stereo work, you must have well tuned and healthy ears.

In all honesty, there are no 8 bit sounds going on in here. The two instruments in the intro go on in some fashion through most of the track, and both are analog (korg monotribe and my hand built modular synth).

I tend to pride myself on making crazy sounds. I will spend months or even years building an instrument, just in order to find that perfect sound... even if that instrument only ends up on one song.

Boundaries are for the northern minnesota waters, and have little place in music for me any more. Any resemblance to a self limitation is in truth laziness on my part, ha ha.

Thanks again for your listen and comment!

I appreciate your comment so much, and it is a very rare thing indeed when I receive a comment primarily in a language besides English. I will be replying in English (US English by default these days), but I will send a personal message of a french translation by Google translate (the best I can do).

The number of listens you specify makes me respect your attention to the track even more so. The electric and electronic instruments involved help with the richness in many ways, as does the authentic and little processed performance of the bass part.

The bass is shared by two parts, the Epiphone P-Bass which was largely unedited, and the monotribe which was MIDI controlled aside from the intro (which was live performance). Both of these instruments are not overly ultra low frequency oriented, and the intentions were more along the lines of an 8 track recording or eighties new wave sort of feel, neither of which were very "sub" oriented.

I have been working extremely hard on mixing in the terms of a soundscape, and timing down to the millisecond. This is partly due to the particular limitations of FL Studio in it's current incarnation (12.4.2 build 33). Things having gotten far more difficult for me, due to recent changes.

Your mention of "modern art" as a music genre is interesting, as I have been working with musique concrete, avant garde, and generative music lately. All of these things are ones which I was brought up as being "modern art." What is modern has obviously changed though, so I'm happy that I can keep up, even if it is mostly on this site.

You can be assured that this piece would be far more appropriate in uncompressed format, on compact disc and a high fidelity stereo system. My music is always meant to be heard this way, as a complete album. This fifteenth lengthy release of mine should be available soon.

I thank you so much for your comment, and I will return the favor soon. Hopefully tomorrow I will easily remember this experience and arrive at your profile. Have a great day!

Thank you Ed for stopping by to hear this one! I suppose with the lack of freedom available in society in general, I have been wondering why I would limit myself in art (since there is still very little THEY can touch in art). At the same time, aspects of this song are very much in my comfort zone in the technical sense, so I was definitely tied to my structure and habits for the most part.

I have been having great fun with the Pod v2, and it has opened up some creative avenues on guitar for me. In fact the "swell" effect setting in it's various setups has been quite enjoyable, like on this song. I like it enough that I have added a pedal build to my "to do" list which will incorporate this sort of function. I pretty much have the building blocks in my head... so as long as the feature creep doesn't show up like usual, maybe it will be finished before the apocalypse!

Very much appreciate your listens and reading your words! Thank you!

As one who likes to respond to comments in the order they appeared, it was difficult to wait for this one. It was a very entertaining and interesting read!

Your words made me feel entirely confident that my artistic goals were achieved in this song, and that you also have excellent ears for detail. It is exhilarating to read the response to my "message," and one which fits the bill nicely for my intentions.

The panic which you felt is probably a fitting response as well, since panic can often lead one to examine themselves deeply and initiate evolution. I do apologise if it was disconcerting though.

I have definitely realised that this song is intended for headphone listening, though I think it translates acceptably to a system... I have not heard it uncompressed on my hi fi though.

I always appreciate hearing you response to my songs, so thank you very much for this, and for the favorite! Have a good day!

Thank you for listening! What would not be weird about 101 voices speaking together along with two analog synths played live via a ribbon controller? They are in fact the same two synths which play throughout most of the song. I appreciate your comment.

Hey Wayne, thank for stopping in!

Yes, I think that this song is probably best in headphones. I tried pretty hard to sculpt an interesting, and slightly disorienting stereo field with this mix.

Happy that you enjoyed hearing the bass and guitar in there. I've been trying to force myself to practice and pick up my axes more. Repairing the six string helps... it's been repeatedly customized since I got it around '93 in a slightly smashed and enamel painted state.

I thank you for always being there to inspire with your comments. Have a fine day!