The end of Tonal Tuesday

Tonal Tuesday was something that I decided to do when I was going through a creativity drought as a means of making sure that something would always get posted weekly in hopes of inspiring me; although it seems to have failed that, I am getting back into the swing of finding things to write about, so I’m not going to be doing it anymore. Plus it’s a little embarrassing seeing it being the largest category of posts on the site.

Tonal Tuesday: Ronald Jenkees – Stay Crunchy

So Ronald Jenkees is this… rather odd guy who has a couple keyboards and a copy of Fruity Loops to make… really, really good music. Despite having no actual record label, he’s managed to make a name for himself, with tens of millions of views on YouTube, and interviews in various publications and Fox Business Network. He also has two CDs available for download on his website, which I both highly recommend if you like techno/rock. This video is both a good representative sample of his music and his personality; he’s very… quirky, but in a very enthusiastic way.

Tonal Tuesday: Autechre – Gantz Graf

This is another one of those songs where it’s the only song I really listen to from the artist. The imagery here is pretty impressive, especially considering it was released in 2002 and (according to Wikipedia, the font of all knowledge) the synchronization between the music and the video was achieved entirely by hand, with no procedural generation aspects. This is one video I especially recommend you watch in HD on Youtube itself.

Tonal Tuesday: Mika – Lollipop

I swear I’m going to have some actual content up by the end of this week, please don’t shoot me.

Tonal Tuesday: Anberlin – Reclusion

This is another song by Anberlin; it’s not as upbeat as the first one, and the lyrics are even downright emo if you pay attention to them. But I really like the beat of the chorus here, as well as some of the effects on the verses.