mark.nine » Music http://blog.marknine.com artificial memory archive Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:53:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Business Cards ‘n Stickers http://blog.marknine.com/2010/07/business-cards-n-stickers/ http://blog.marknine.com/2010/07/business-cards-n-stickers/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:15:59 +0000 Mark http://blog.marknine.com/?p=543

Wasted a shit ton of expensive ink, but the results came out impressive. These cards are for my small little computer service business. Next time, i’ll go have Staples or Office Depot do them for me.

These are for handing out at the venues that I’m playing at. My alias, name, e-mail and URL to download my music are on the card.


The stickers are for passing out. :)

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I will be accompanied with Tom (Five Step Path) & friends for all of the gigs.

Click the venue name to see the venue’s website. Click the address for a Google Maps location. The list below will continue to be updated as information is received.

Confirmed dates:

Venue: Location: When:
Carousel Lounge 1110 E. 52nd St. – Austin, TX Aug 3rd – 9pm
Nightrocker 605 San Pedro St – San Antonio, TX Aug 4th – 9pm
Khon’s Bar 2808 Milam St. – Houston, TX Aug 8th – 8pm
The Mink 3718 Main Street -  Houston, TX Aug 10th – 9pm
BoneShakers 116 West Mitchell Street – San Antonio, TX Aug 12th – 8pm
]]> http://blog.marknine.com/2010/07/august-2010-performances/feed/ 1 Music update http://blog.marknine.com/2010/06/music-update/ http://blog.marknine.com/2010/06/music-update/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:32:20 +0000 Mark http://blog.marknine.com/?p=475 I’ve integrated my website with Bandcamp to host all of my music streaming and downloads. Currently, there are only two albums featured on the music section: Artificial Horizon and In Memories. At the moment, i’m working on getting my older catalogue onto the system but is taking longer than previously thought. The upside is that my older music, which was previously released as 128kbps MP3, will now be available in delicious lossless FLAC and AAC formats for the first time.

Also, be sure to watch for possible live performances in Texas and Chicago. My new album will also be released by Winter this year (First full length release since 2007). It’ll be available in regular stereo mix and 5.1 surround mix, if there is interest for it.

]]> http://blog.marknine.com/2010/06/music-update/feed/ 0 Artificial Horizon http://blog.marknine.com/2010/04/artificial-horizon/ http://blog.marknine.com/2010/04/artificial-horizon/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:49:21 +0000 Mark http://blog.marknine.com/?p=439 Happy birthday, Artificial Horizon.

Hard to believe it’s been three years.

]]> http://blog.marknine.com/2010/04/artificial-horizon/feed/ 1 The music industry (IM conversations part II) http://blog.marknine.com/2010/03/im-conversations-part-ii/ http://blog.marknine.com/2010/03/im-conversations-part-ii/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:13:21 +0000 Mark http://blog.marknine.com/?p=419 mark Tom> i have 1 hour left to submit my essay on the website Tom> i need to write 1 more page Tom> 1 success i’ve had Mark> triple space action GO Tom> i cant think of anything other then playing my first GIG Mark> I/O? Mark> Unnamed Label? Tom> but i gotta tell [...]]]> Tom> mark
Tom> i have 1 hour left to submit my essay on the website
Tom> i need to write 1 more page
Tom> 1 success i’ve had
Mark> triple space action GO
Tom> i cant think of anything other then playing my first GIG
Mark> I/O?
Mark> Unnamed Label?
Tom> but i gotta tell a story
Tom> “then my non-RL friend over the interwebs bought the domain and we where excited, cant wait to start coding PHP into the web pages”
Tom> lol
Mark> Be like “i single-handedly fixed the entire music industry using nothing but duct tape, a hair pin, and an HP laptop with a 3D screen defect.”
Tom> LOL

]]> http://blog.marknine.com/2010/03/im-conversations-part-ii/feed/ 1 icom I http://blog.marknine.com/2010/03/icom-i/ http://blog.marknine.com/2010/03/icom-i/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:37:48 +0000 Mark http://blog.marknine.com/?p=417 Iron Chef of Music (ICOM) is an event that takes place every 1st and 3rd Sunday of a month in a location in Chicago or online. You’re given a secret sample (WAV or MP3) of a random recording. In the past, this has ranged from a recording of a game of table tennis, an 8-bit game, a clip from a movie or a kitchen environment. From that sample, you must create a song in under two hours. No other external sounds or forms of synthesis can be used. At the end, all tracks are uploaded and are played back to back to everyone. Visit the FAQ for a little more information.

The sample for the latest one (March 7, 2010) was a recording of someone messing with Styrofoam. You can listen to it here.
From that sample, i have made this song in under two hours:
Until the end by the chief of thieves

If you have FL Studio 9 and would like to see how it was done, you can download the project i made. The .zip file contains the samples cut from the original source file, Glitch VST (Effect) and the project file itself. Just double click on it and it should open everything just fine.

Download FL Studio Project

]]> http://blog.marknine.com/2010/03/icom-i/feed/ 1 in case you haven’t noticed.. http://blog.marknine.com/2010/03/in-case-you-havent-noticed/ http://blog.marknine.com/2010/03/in-case-you-havent-noticed/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:19:17 +0000 Mark http://blog.marknine.com/?p=415 on the right hand side, you’ll notice the text “get this album now:” and an album cover right underneath it.

What i’m telling you is to GET TO THE ALBUM NOW. If you can stream it, stream it. If you love it, buy it.

The one i currently have up is an album by Home Video and I can not fucking stop playing this entire fucking album.

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