Originally posted by rhbMake sure you post your total vote in the 'music comp votes only' thread.
I listened to 8 songs tonight, including the full Computer section (see what I was up against). My vote there goes to Rag for a tune that had me smiling, - Props to all entries in that category though - all hold up well in the listen.
Originally posted by sonhouseI am glad my music could evoke aurora images in you. It was rather unusual for me to try to base an improvisation on something visual. I am a quite non-visual person, and music very, very rarely evokes images in me. I tried to think of the aurora and of sounds which could describe it (coming up with flageolette and tremolo, and dark sounds to describe the night) before I started the improvisation, but while I was improvising I actually didn't think much, if at all, about the aurora.
I was thinking about your tone poem about northern lights,
the techniques you used evoked (at least for people who have
witnessed them personally) the images of the Borealis better than
any other instrument I can think of. It would have to be a bowed
instrument, I think, to get across the idea of the shimmering
ever changing patterns in the sky. I ca ...[text shortened]... rings or something like that, but thats
about all you can do there. Interesting sound you made.
Originally posted by NordlysAnd aurora is Norwegian for... marijuana? 😛
I am glad my music could evoke aurora images in you. It was rather unusual for me to try to base an improvisation on something visual. I am a quite non-visual person, and music very, very rarely evokes images in me. I tried to think of the aurora and of sounds which could describe it (coming up with flageolette and tremolo, and dark sounds to describe the ni ...[text shortened]... isation, but while I was improvising I actually didn't think much, if at all, about the aurora.
Originally posted by Starrmanhmm, it looks like my entry didnt make the list, oh well.
Hi all, so, the competition is now open. We didn't get as many entries as we wanted, but at least we have enough to run the comp. You can hear them all here:
http://www.bobthedog.me.uk/rhpmusic
So, these are the categories you should vote for just your no1 favourite:
Best Band:
Best Singer/Songwriter:
Best Vocal/Instrumental:
Best Cover:
Best ...[text shortened]... allow you to listen numerous times at your leisure and will not make me bankrupt, thank you 🙂
Originally posted by Nordlys🙂
Lol. It's true that the aurora ("nordlys" in Norwegian) can be like a drug... http://home.online.no/~khgott/PLD.html (note IIb) 😉
....but but but;
(a) Tends to steer the conversation round to the aurora within minutes
(b) Is a member of at least three internet forums, chats or mailing lists on the aurora
(c) Owns several books on the aurora and has actually read them; and/or has at least twice as many bookmarks to internet pages on the aurora, magnetometers etc. as on other subjects
(d) Has aurora pictures as wallpaper
(e) Has an own page about the aurora on the internet
(f) Takes at least five times as many pictures of the aurora as of other things
Thats YOU 😵
Do you own a magnetometer...? Bonus answer to qualify you for stage 1 of 5 to be a Polar Light Disease sufferer...
I never.. would have never.. ever ever.. would have guessed that such thing actually exists..
And they say drugs are bad... 🙄
Originally posted by sonhouseActually the prediction is that it will be "up to 50 percent stronger", not twice as strong. http://tinyurl.com/z3uqr
I hear solar models showing this coming solar peak to be
delayed but when it happens to be about twice as strong as normal.
And I have heard that there are other experts who predict that the next maximum will be weaker than normal. Well, we'll see what happens.
(Sorry for hijacking this thread for a moment, I'll give it back now.)
Originally posted by NordlysWell maybe the predictions will cannabalize one another as Xanth
Actually the prediction is that it will be "up to 50 percent stronger", not twice as strong. http://tinyurl.com/z3uqr
And I have heard that there are other experts who predict that the next maximum will be weaker than normal. Well, we'll see what happens.
(Sorry for hijacking this thread for a moment, I'll give it back now.)
says in his math thread and cancel out and we will have a normal one
this time.
BTW on a different note, very high pitched actually, 28,505,000 hertz
to be exact, normally pisspoor long distance skip due to being in
the minimum of the solar cycle, still managed to talk tonight from
my car across the country for about one hour, twilight mode
transmission. Unusual for this part of the cycle.
Originally posted by PeachyMy magnetometer is more sensitive than YOUR magnetometer AND
🙂
....but but but;
(a) Tends to steer the conversation round to the aurora within minutes
(b) Is a member of at least three internet forums, chats or mailing lists on the aurora
(c) Owns several books on the aurora and has actually read them; and/or has at least twice as many bookmarks to internet pages on the aurora, magnetometers etc. as on other ...[text shortened]... ever.. would have guessed that such thing actually exists..
And they say drugs are bad... 🙄
has MANY more windings🙂
Originally posted by PeachyHey peach, you ever see a good aurora? Maybe if you had you would
And aurora is Norwegian for... marijuana? 😛
understand the fascination with them, even if they are just earths
neon light display, knowing what they are in reality actually adds to
the aura as it were. Because in fact the aurora starts as a humungus
proton storm on the sun, hydrogen minus its electron, and comes
flying out of the sun at many KM/second and when this incredible
cloud hits the earth, our magnetic field deflects it to the north and
south poles and I personally think the whole affair awesome to think
about. Course thats just me, a lot of people have lost the gift of
wonder.
Originally posted by mokkoI think Star is giving a couple of weeks. I have been spreading the
How long do we have to vote? I've listened to all the enteries a few times now. I may want to hear a few of them again as I'm teetering over a couple categories. Great job guys. Very well done. Special kudos to shav. 😀
word over PM's so maybe some actual non entrants will vote too!
BTW, I love your middle picture on the site, dazzling smile!