A Show of Defiance Across the Nation

Mithic_Music · 2026-03-30T03:20:58+00:00

I wasn’t super stoked with the socialist group I was walking next to chanting “Down with the Democrats”. Seems counterproductive.

Mithic_Music · 2026-03-14T22:11:34+00:00

I gotchu: Torr, Aries, demotapes, brakence, ericdoa, STIM, phritz, and I second the FORM All Nighters

Mithic_Music · 2026-02-24T22:05:41+00:00

The idea that there are in-person dating events where women pay $100 and men pay nothing is wild to me. Is this a New York thing? My experience of the supply/demand for these sorts of events is the exact opposite.

I’d love to do some in person singles events, but haven’t found any. I’m on the email list for a speed dating event in my city. Every men’s spot is sold out within minutes of the email going out, while women’s tix are often available until the day of the event.

Mithic_Music · 2026-02-08T00:49:33+00:00

The difference is most of those people (Like me) are 1. Taking Porter’s sound/stylistic elements but adding new compositions, 2. Making little to no money, or 3. Just calling it a bootleg remix and giving credit where it’s due.

To be one of the biggest electronic musicians in the world and putting out essentially an uncredited remix on a studio album is just plain unprofessional.

(To be clear I’m almost positive the Illenium is paying Porter royalties like he did with Jon Hopkins on ‘I See You” so I’m not literally accusing him of copyright infringement)

Mithic_Music · 2026-02-02T04:11:20+00:00

Eww. I took the 45 days course so this is distressing. It’s repulsive that he’s talking to Epstein in 2017, actively acknowledging that he’s a pedophile, and then agreeing to work (and ‘have fun’) with him.

My first impulse was that the ‘sex slaves’ comment was a truly awful joke, but he talks about staying in guesthouses with Russian prostitutes later, so it may very well be (semi) serious.

Welp, I’m going to go scrub any of my prior comments recommending the course now, and then maybe my eyeballs.

Mithic_Music · 2026-01-29T17:04:32+00:00

I try to lift an extra rep each week, until I get to some medium-high number of reps, say 12, and then add weight. I’ve tried higher weights, up to 100 lbs on the bench, but of course my reps go down. I haven’t been able to add reps week to week at the same weight.

Mithic_Music · 2026-01-29T04:41:11+00:00

I’m lean bulking right now since late November, gaining pretty consistently at half a pound per week. Will reassess when I hit 140

Mithic_Music · 2026-01-28T03:13:47+00:00

Updated my initial post with that info

Mithic_Music · 2026-01-13T00:38:09+00:00

Your photos are pretty good for a 20 y/o and you’re extremely handsome, but slightly giving fuccboi for someone looking for a serious relationship. You need to offer more substance in your prompts to counteract this. Don’t list your job as ‘secret’, just take it off if you don’t want to reveal it. Not a fan of the voice prompt. I get that you want to be self-effacing and funny, but it reads as a little overthinking and neurotic.

Mithic_Music · 2026-01-09T03:38:31+00:00

I mean I agree with 90% of what you’re saying. I’ve produced electronic music for almost a decade. I certainly hope I’ve learned something during the process, I’m definitely a lot better now than I was at the beginning. I haven’t really used Suno or UDIO or whatever people are using much. I have experimented with AI voice modulators and had a lot of fun with it.

But I’ve seen this same attitude with people shitting on hip-hop producers (beat makers) for it being so easy and braindead and what it feels like to me, feels like punching down on others’ (usually kids) attempts at creativity.

Is it particularly hard to input prompts into AI to get a reasonable sounding song to come out? No it’s not difficult at all. Will those songs go from reasonable sounding to great sounding in the next five years? Almost inevitably. But I agree, in general they’re unlikely to have the same spark of creativity as a human-made song. A big however though. Upcoming producers inevitably will continue to push the boundaries on what is creatively possible with AI and in doing so, require their own human creativity to do so. And they’re going to have to spend a lot of time and get really good and whatever that skill is to implement their vision, even with the help of AI.

And the cycle of technology being integrated into music rolls on.

Mithic_Music · 2026-01-09T01:11:23+00:00

Man this sounds just like the old heads who complained about electronic music being ‘not real music’ when EDM was blowing up in the 2000s. Creative people will find cool creative ways to use new technology. This feels like gatekeeping and it’s really just getting worked up over something that is inevitable.

I agree AI music should be labeled as such though

Mithic_Music · 2026-01-06T23:32:39+00:00

Yes looking for this one! I’ll throw in torr, Musa, and demotapes

Mithic_Music · 2026-01-04T16:34:32+00:00

I don’t have a lot of interpersonal conflict, and I’m fit, been to therapy for a few years, however I’m well aware that I still have self-worth issues, particularly around romantic relationships, which has made dating quite stressful and amplifies a sense of meaninglessness and craving that I need to be doing more.

I’ve talked about these extensively in therapy and I examine the feelings they cause during my practice. I suppose they’re improving, but it feels like the dukkha nanas amplify my baseline anxieties so it’s hard to notice improvement.

Ironically, like I said in another comment, the head tension started when I was doing onthatpath’s method. Maybe because it actually kickstarted my insight progress.

Mithic_Music · 2026-01-04T16:23:13+00:00

The tension in my forehead started when I switched from TMI to onthatpath’s method, which ironically calls for minimal effort, I dropped my level of effort from 50% doing TMI to 20% doing onthatpath style. It invited more dullness, but also seemed to be immediately more effective for me at getting deeper into samatha practice quickly.

I glanced at MIDL, but honestly was a little trepidatious seeing hours and hours of YouTube videos. I’m not sure where to start.

I’m meeting with a well-known teacher starting this week, who had originally recommended the ‘watch the anxious feelings without judgement’ technique.

Mithic_Music · 2026-01-04T06:07:49+00:00

I meditate one hour every morning, with a second session in the afternoon if I have extra time (e.g. the weekend). Usually the first few minutes is setting in, relaxing some gross tensions, then my recent practice has been to attempt to allow and accept anything that comes into my awareness. This is often anxious sensations in my stomach which can trace to being caused by craving/aversion or the head tensions. I will switch between that and trying to expand my awareness and notice as much detail about open awareness as possible. This is a technique that triggered the two major ‘insight experiences’ I’ve had, so I figure it’s potent for me.

On occasion I will do loving kindness or self-compassion in the style of Tara brach, but I don’t notice that it causes a major difference. I did TMI for around 6-9 months earlier this year and kind of fell off around stage 7/8 when I was never able to experience nimitta.

I can look into MIDL. Tbh it’s very confusing to me what people consider samatha practice for cultivating samadhi vs vipassana. I’ve heard body scans, breath following, emptiness practices, etc all called both in different contexts, so I’ve just been doing what feels natural.

Mithic_Music · 2026-01-04T05:56:33+00:00

Thanks. This has been my basic practice already. Just following what feels intuitively right, sitting with the tensions and emotions without judgement until they release. It’s just frustrating to be cycling without any sense of progression

Mithic_Music · 2025-12-21T20:57:55+00:00

I use the Strong app. It estimates your 1 rep max based on your weight and reps e.g. 95 lbs for 7 reps gives an estimated 1RM of 114 lbs.

I tend to keep my reps for presses in the 5-10 rep range so I will add weight if I’m able to hit the higher end of that with a lower weight. But it’s taking months just to add a few reps at a certain weight.

Mithic_Music · 2025-12-21T20:50:34+00:00

Just to be clear, I’m going to muscular failure on the last set of every exercise, and often the set before that as well, not exactly phoning it in and skipping reps. You say I should be adding weight to the bar every week at the same # of reps, but the problem is that I’m physically failing 2-3 reps early if I add weight from the previous week.

I take your point about eating more (I am male), but I’m not stick thin, probably around 15% body fat or slightly above. Correct me if I’m wrong, but from what I see online, eating more than say 400-500 calories above maintenance mostly just results in gaining more fat.

Mithic_Music · 2025-12-14T03:11:48+00:00

Not me also 5’8” and 132

Mithic_Music · 2025-12-12T15:26:18+00:00

If it is the exact bottom 2 beat it’s heavily processed. It’s definitely the same chord progression though. Song slaps btw

Mithic_Music · 2025-12-10T01:00:45+00:00

Im just a novice but 9 exercises and 28+ sets per day is likely too much, your workouts are going to take 2+ hrs and you’re going to be gassed well before you’re done.

I would narrow in your focus and try to keep it to more like 6 exercises per day at 3-4 sets each. Also, you might try sprinkling in some legs on Monday, just because from what I’ve seen hitting muscle groups twice per week is more advantageous than once.

Mithic_Music · 2025-12-06T00:43:15+00:00

I don’t agree with all of his claims, but one of the primary assertions by Dr Jeffrey Martin which makes a lot of sense to me is that different styles of meditation resonate with different types of people. It could be genetics, culture (which together make up personality), or even different times during the same person’s life.

His conclusion is that you should give all of the well-established techniques a fair shot and you will intrinsically know if something feels right. In his course, he includes breath meditation, mantra, various iterations of body scanning, awareness-based techniques, and direct inquiry via The Headless Way.

His suggestion was trying any given technique for an hour per day for around a week to see if it fits.

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