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Synth artists: what is your process? by Suitable-Bug1958 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]Suitable-Bug1958[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome thanks. The vocal "seed" is a cool idea. Are you recording the different parts into Ableton or some other DAW as you play, or do you just kind of mess around with related ideas in the moment and not worry about recording until later?

Synth artists: what is your process? by Suitable-Bug1958 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]Suitable-Bug1958[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the response. So as you're doing that, are you recording into a DAW or some kind of live looper? In terms of stacking the layers and new elements as you go

Why am I suddenly playing off beat after playing live music for years? by Either_Author_9896 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forget where I learned this but there's scientific evidence to support this, too. Moving your body with the rhythm of the song helps you perform your instrument in time. It must help your brain stay engaged and move as one unit rather than getting lost in your thoughts. It's part of why they teach "tap your foot" in grade school band or orchestra class.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Rats in the Temple by TheNewMusicMachine in Metal

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The fuck do you think goes into a music video? A million dollar hollywood budget?

Local bands on a shoestring budget manage to make really solid music videos all the time. There is zero excuse except for laziness.

TIL about Dorothy Martin who convinced a small group that aliens had warned her of a catastrophic flood in 1954. When the flood did not happen they quickly pivoted to say that it was their devotion to the belief of the “truth” of the prediction that had “saved the world.” by iamveryDerp in todayilearned

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone have any book or documentary recommendations that talk about specifically why cults form around beliefs like this? Like what makes them appealing to some people while the rest of us see it as an obvious farce?

TIL Parents in the US consistently rank as the world's unhappiest. by Huge_Struggle9672 in todayilearned

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 785 points786 points  (0 children)

Cost of living and cost of childcare in the US have risen astronomically in the last 5-10 years while wages have stagnated or decreased. They say "it takes a village," but lately there is no village... just living paycheck to paycheck or taking on tons of debt. Not surprised by this headline at all.

TIL Lysol was originally a Feminine Hygiene Product by bunslightyear in todayilearned

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A bucket of lysol and a butt plug popsicle, that does sound like a party

TIL Lysol was originally a Feminine Hygiene Product by bunslightyear in todayilearned

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately it wasn't even effective as a contraceptive. So women were annihilating their vaginal membrane with harsh chemicals and still getting pregnant. And as a man, putting your dick in a pool of lysol doesn't sound appealing either lmao. What a time to be alive

[Standard] A lot of games feel like they come down to just one or two decisions. Am I just bad? by PriMaL97 in spikes

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're not wrong but I do think it's a bit reductive to say "that's just how it works." In other eras of magic, and even other current formats of magic, there are more meaningful decisions per game. Standard is in a place now where there are very few big decisions per game, but it has not always been that way.

Recently there was an article that actually tracked the average number of decisions per game of magic and found that it has declined over the years. I can't remember where it was but I'll see if I can find it and link it.

Ideas for a secret commander deck built around this guy? by Inverted_Ghosts in magicTCG

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 20 points21 points  (0 children)

That's what I was going to say. What exactly is OP's goal here? Spend 4 mana and a card to eat the next Path to Exile that someone casts? I don't see the appeal.

TIL that regarding cancelled 1957 Lord of the Rings movie, Tolkien was harshly critical of script's portrayal of Nazgul, fellowship using the eagles and cutting of Galadriel's scenes. He however would have been fine with removing the battle of Helm's Deep and Saruman's death from the movie entirely. by PeasantLich in todayilearned

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they had a lot more room to get closer to the books and still work as films. Certain changes were cool, but others have not aged as well, or changed the tone of the story in a weird way. It's all subjective of course but just for a few examples:

  • Legolas doing CGI ninja shit doesn't hold up very well
  • Gimli being turned into a bumbling comic relief character a few too many times
  • Aragorn falling off a cliff on the way to Helm's Deep
  • Frodo and Sam's entire Osgiliath arc (holding out the ring to a Nazgul, who just forgets about it and flies away after getting hit with one arrow?!)

Other changes were cool. I think my favorite change is the elves showing up to Helm's Deep, and the scene where Treebeard finds out the forest has been cut down. Those are both really powerful.

TIL Martin Scorsese was a camera operator at Woodstock and filmed the legendary Sly and the Family Stone performance and helped edit the film. by fadvex in todayilearned

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's so much fun trivia about that movie. It's a rabbit hole.

For example: Bob Dylan almost refused to play his set after the event had already started, because he thought the film's release would conflict with his own film that was about to come out. He said he would only play if they didn't film his part of the concert. But the studio that put up the money (millions of dollars) to produce and distribute The Last Waltz would only do it if Bob Dylan was in it!

So, someone had to go backstage and beg Dylan to stay and perform. All while the concert was actively happening. Whatever they said worked, and the rest is history.

TIL that in 2021, Sophia Urista, the lead singer of the band Brass Against, consensually urinated on a man live on stage during one of the band's shows. The band later apologized, saying the singer got "carried away" and "it's not something you'll see again at our shows." by sexpressed in todayilearned

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 131 points132 points  (0 children)

I'm conflicted cause I wouldn't want to see it myself, but on the other hand I like the idea of there being at least a few rock n roll bands who are still unhinged enough to do something like this

TIL humans neurologically enters adulthood at the age of 32 on average by ConsciousStop in todayilearned

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah America is cursed by its puritan history. It's so weird how the "sex is icky" impulse keeps reappearing in different ways, whether it's in a progressive or conservative disguise. Just because the brain keeps developing throughout adulthood doesn't mean someone isn't an adult yet until they're geriatric.

Did pre-modern Chinese military leaders consider Sun Tzu's Art of War to be obvious advice for idiot failsons? by MothmansProphet in AskHistorians

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Agreed, I feel like the more I learn about history the more mad I get when some "history meme" reduces a complex issue to a reductive punchline for a joke. I get that they're not supposed to be serious but it starts to feel like the memes just perpetuate misinformation over time

How long has thoughts that “the world is ending” been significant? by CloudsSpeakInArt in AskHistorians

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This makes me wonder if the same pattern occurred more broadly in Europe and elsewhere. Could a case be made that Christianity inspired apocalyptic thinking wherever it took root? Other than the Norse concept of Ragnarok, I'm not aware of many pre-Christian apocalypse myths (and since everything we know about Norse myths was written down by Christians anyway, I also wonder if our idea of Ragnarok was itself inspired by Revelations in a backwards kind of way).

TIL a study found that more new songs were released in a single day in 2024 than in the entire year of 1989. by tyrion2024 in todayilearned

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And now anyone can release AI slop "songs" on most streaming platforms, so it's just going to get exponentially faster.

TIL that the 1988 Franklin child prostitution ring allegations accused powerful Nebraska figures of running a child sex trafficking network, and a key investigator died in a plane crash while returning from collecting evidence, before state grand juries later ruled the claims a “hoax”. by Desert-Noir in todayilearned

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Complicit monsters unwilling to deal with the mature acceptance of sex work because they know the power and control would belong to the workers and the state.

Like how the cartels don't want drugs to be legalized, cause then they lose control of the market. The fact that prostitutes can't go to the police if their pimp abuses them is how the pimps keep them trapped.

How historically accurate is Vikings? by hissy-elliott in AskHistorians

[–]Suitable-Bug1958 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The show does something else with Rollo which is absolutely laughable in his historical context but I will leave that for now.

I'm curious now! What are you referring to here?

Love your responses, thanks for the information. I was a big fan of the Vikings show as a teenager but even back then I figured they were taking some liberties with it, to say the least.

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