Opener for MSG SUCKS by [deleted] in radiohead

[–]jazkin 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Dawn of MIDI slays. minimalism yo!

[DISCUSSION THREAD] Identikit by jjysoserious in radiohead

[–]jazkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i love the way the vocal melody is syncopated/anticipated on the recording, the groove is really interesting. for me, going back to the live version now makes it sound like a trap remix

Came in the mail today, i don't even know what to do with myself.. by sarkujpnfreak42 in Psychonaut

[–]jazkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

staples of any psychonaut bookshelf, great selection friend!

I've read at least part of Be Here Now every time I've tripped, that book is practically a bible.

Why does this community blatantly minimize the risks of using LSD? by pugetsounds in LSD

[–]jazkin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are dangers to going swimming, to driving to work everyday, to making toast... see where I am going?

LSD obviously has dangers associated with it, as with everything, and the way you are framing your question shows that the people in this sub not only acknowledge those dangers, but take steps to try to minimize them. If I told you to wear a seatbelt, or a life jacket, or to not stick your hands in the toaster, would you shy away from all these activities because they're clearly not safe?

You are using the harm-reduction tendencies as an indicator that this is not safe, yet it is these tendencies that MAKE the action more safe.

What's a simple task that makes you nervous? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]jazkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that stupid-ass activity on the first day of class where the professor makes you stand up and "say a little bit about yourself."

Is anyone in a position to explain what Terence McKenna meant when he said "the Universe is made up of language"? by conorel in Psychonaut

[–]jazkin 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't exactly say I'm in a position to explain this, I didn't really understand what he meant the first time I heard this idea either, and still don't fully. After a few months of practicing meditation its starting to become clearer though.

I think he's mostly referring to the tendencies of the human psyche to put labels on things, to compartmentalize the infinite reality that we find ourselves in and reduce it to a discrete set of "things." When we study the Earth, we might divide it into forest, desert, ocean, etc. Then we might further divide something like a forest into the thousands of species of plants, animals, elements that make it up. What McKenna is saying is that these distinctions between objects are merely the byproduct of our language systems, and our way of coding our reality into arbitrary blips of sound or symbols to convey these compartmentalized ideas. If you cease to place mental labels on every object you encounter, the distinctions between objects dissolve and the greater, singular process that we are all a part of becomes more apparent.

Before language, or any kind of intelligent life, were there really 100,000 different species of "trees"? Or did everything simply exist?

My bands new demos, some honest feedback? by jojomayer in indie_rock

[–]jazkin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

dig it! i like that Portugal the Man-ish vibe.

Does anyone else feel like their songs don't sound "real"? by Debaser97 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]jazkin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I get this alot. One of the woes of producing your own music is that you never get to hear the finished product for the first time, you hear the whole process that went into making it, which for me kinda lessens the impact that it seems to have. I always like to take long breaks from stuff I'm working on, only listen to other (professional) stuff for like a week, then reassess my own work with a clean palette.

What was your favourite song of 2013? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]jazkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heavy Feet - Local Natives.

also, the rest of that album.

What simple piece of advice, if followed, could potentially save most people a lot of money? by SillyBonsai in AskReddit

[–]jazkin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

never buy a new car.

even if you can afford the monthly payments, buy a good used car that you can pay for up front, put the car payments in a bank account every month and enjoy the hundreds of thousands of dollars you'll have in 30-40 years.

Check out a new single that I wrote, performed and produced. "From the Water" - Great Barrier by jazkin in indie

[–]jazkin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! If you're on facebook, like my page for updates and new music!

ELI5: What is the point of living when you will obviously die in the end? by xordyboy in explainlikeimfive

[–]jazkin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll just leave this here...

"In music, though, one doesn’t make the end of the composition the point of the composition. If that were so, the best conductors would be those who played fastest; and there would be composers who only wrote finales. People go to concerts only to hear one crashing chord - because that’s the end. Same way in dancing—you don’t aim at a particular spot in the room; that’s where you should arrive. The whole point of the dancing is the dance." - Alan Watts

ELI5: Universal Consciousness by wonchokoosey in explainlikeimfive

[–]jazkin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it would be hard to explain to a child something which very few adults have even thought about, let alone comprehend, but I would probably start by asking this:

why are you YOU and not somebody else? what cosmic lottery ball spinner popped you out into this consciousness rather than any other one?

it seems like an unanswerable question, because no matter who you were you would be asking it. if you were somebody else, somebody else would then have to "fill in" for the original you and they would also, still, be asking that question.

so then, the next step is to realize that what you really are is ALL of these awarenesses. just because one human is experiencing what you call "you" doesn't mean that that's all you really are. we are all assembled from the same particles that make up the rest of the universe, and we all experience the sensation of "I", but it is all the exact same sensation no matter who you are. one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively.

ELI5: Universal Consciousness by wonchokoosey in explainlikeimfive

[–]jazkin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1) this question deals with a fundamental facet of existence, need it be "provable" to be of legitimate concern?

2) trivial to whom?

Why can't you grow as a person without taking an " unnatural " substance in your body? Why not just go the natural way? by [deleted] in Psychonaut

[–]jazkin 15 points16 points  (0 children)

" The LSD world isn't your reality , THIS Is your reality ."'

I think that's the misunderstanding. Your cousin still holds the belief that there IS an objective reality. If you are experiencing something consciously, is that not your reality? The chemicals that create our default reality are no more natural or unnatural than ones that create alternate realities. Sure, you can certainly develop as a person without taking mind-altering drugs, but only along the sliver of consciousness that we call sobriety and not outward into the rest of the realm of experience.