Music, Mindfulness, & Madness

Dee and Michael talk about remaining unattached and getting your projects done. When to tap your endless well of creativity and when to walk away.  Being a dedicated and constant learner. What do you want to leave behind? And more...

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Dee & Michael:

Michael Hateley
Lotus Mastering
http://lotusmastering.com/

Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star" video
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier)
https://soundcloud.com/baldyloks-1

Dee Madden
https://www.deemadden.com/

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk

Michael Hateley:
Lotus Mastering   
http://lotusmastering.com/

Hello Crow
Hello Crow, Michael's new EP is available now!
       
Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star":
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier):
https://baldyloks.bandcamp.com/

Dee Madden:
https://www.deemadden.com/

Dee's new album Paisley Madrigals is out now!

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video:
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee Madden on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk

Anu Kirk:
https://www.anukirk.com

• Anu on Bandcamp
• Sid Luscious and The Pants on Bandcamp
• Luscious-235 on Bandcamp
• Rêvenir on Bandcamp
• ...

Money. What is it? What is it for? Savings, spending plans, tracking income and expenses, and solvency. Finding enough. Dee and Michael talk about making and managing money for creatives, looking for quality of life, retirement, and more... 
  
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Money management book suggestions:

• https://www.amazon.com/Your-Money-or-Your-Life-audiobook/dp/B07DLBZ5DW/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=your+money+or+your+life&qid=1634482884&s=books&sr=1-1
•  https://www.amazon.com/Earn-What-You-Deserve-Underearning/dp/0553572229
•  https://www.amazon.com/Money-Drunk-Sober-Financial-Freedom/dp/0345432657/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+money+drunk&qid=1634482811&s=books&sr=1-1
•  https://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Thomas-Stanley-William-Danko/dp/B015QN6XUG/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3B4KAF3P4G67N&dchild=1&keywords=the+millionaire+next+door+book&qid=1634482943&s=audible&sprefix=the+millionaire+next+door%2Caudible%2C222&sr=1-2

Dee & Michael:

Michael Hateley
Lotus Mastering
http://lotusmastering.com/

Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star" video
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier)
https://soundcloud.com/baldyloks-1

Dee Madden
https://www.deemadden.com/

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk 

Michael Hateley:
Lotus Mastering   
http://lotusmastering.com/

Hello Crow
Hello Crow, Michael's new EP is available now!
       
Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star":
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier):
https://baldyloks.bandcamp.com/

Dee Madden:
https://www.deemadden.com/

Dee's new album Paisley Madrigals is out now!

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video:
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee Madden on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk

Anu Kirk:
https://www.anukirk.com

• Anu on Bandcamp
• Sid Luscious and The Pants on Bandcamp
• Luscious-235 on Bandcamp
• Rêvenir on Bandcamp
• ...

Dee and Michael talk about finishing what you started, Mellotron moments, common obstacles,  time tracking and product management software, Buckminster Fuller, and more...
 
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Buckminster Fuller
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller

Project management tools:
https://trello.com/en-US
       
Dee & Michael:

Michael Hateley
Lotus Mastering
http://lotusmastering.com/

Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star" video
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier)
https://soundcloud.com/baldyloks-1

Dee Madden
https://www.deemadden.com/

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk 

Michael Hateley:
Lotus Mastering   
http://lotusmastering.com/

Hello Crow
Hello Crow, Michael's new EP is available now!
       
Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star":
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier):
https://baldyloks.bandcamp.com/

Dee Madden:
https://www.deemadden.com/

Dee's new album Paisley Madrigals is out now!

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video:
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee Madden on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk

Anu Kirk:
https://www.anukirk.com

• Anu on Bandcamp
• Sid Luscious and The Pants on Bandcamp
• Luscious-235 on Bandcamp
• Rêvenir on Bandcamp
• ...

Dee and Michael talk about self-sufficiency, self-production and recording, Billie Eilish, finding your drum kit "yard saled" on the front lawn, and a whole lot more.

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Here is an interview Rik Agnew actually did just a couple months ago about "All By Myself" specifically:
https://www.negativeinsight.com/niblog/all-by-myself-an-interview-with-rikk-agnew

Sunset Sound interview with one of Prince's Engineers, Peggy McCreary.  She tells some of the same stories Michael told about Prince, how he would kick everybody out of the studio to cut vocals:
https://youtu.be/WCswxx3ewsI

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Dee & Michael:

Michael Hateley
Lotus Mastering
http://lotusmastering.com/

Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star" video
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier)
https://soundcloud.com/baldyloks-1

Dee Madden
https://www.deemadden.com/

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk 

Michael Hateley:
Lotus Mastering   
http://lotusmastering.com/

Hello Crow
Hello Crow, Michael's new EP is available now!
       
Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star":
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier):
https://baldyloks.bandcamp.com/

Dee Madden:
https://www.deemadden.com/

Dee's new album Paisley Madrigals is out now!

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video:
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee Madden on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk

Anu Kirk:
https://www.anukirk.com

• Anu on Bandcamp
• Sid Luscious and The Pants on Bandcamp
• Luscious-235 on Bandcamp
• Rêvenir on Bandcamp
• ...

Dee and Michael talk with Anu Kirk (Rhapsody, Playstation VR, Spatializer) about the past, present, and future of spatial audio, why services are limiting the roll-out of surround mixes, why lossless audio is a waste, how annoying it is when cables actually make a difference, professionals vs. amateurs, John Philip Sousa, and the menace of mechanical music.
     
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John Philip Sousa Article:
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-380-music-and-technology-contemporary-history-and-aesthetics-fall-2009/readings-and-listening/MIT21M_380F09_read02_sousa.pdf

Music Class
Anu worked on an educational CD-ROM in the early 2000s, based on a cut-down and simplified version of his history of 20th century music class. Here are some of the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El17--3UsT4&list=PLLJ9ekDjbxz9lPglIczY0yuQ3dJ9j887E&ab_channel=AnuKir

Excerpts from Anu Kirk's Blog
Some articles and posts Anu wrote for his blog about music and music business issues:

David Byrne Yells "Get Off My Lawn!": 
http://jinsai.blogspot.com/2013/10/david-byrne-tells-streaming-services-to.html

Keith Flint: 
https://jinsai.blogspot.com/2019/04/keith-flint.html

Albums of Influence: Laurie Anderson
https://jinsai.blogspot.com/2018/05/albums-of-influence-united-states-live.html

James Burke and "Connections"

Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_documentary)

James Burke's books are well worth a read, but the "Connections" shows are fantastic:

This YouTuber has uploaded what appears to be all of the first season:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XetplHcM7aQ&ab_channel=DRS_Education

This Netflix show is an obvious homage and captures some of the spirit, if it substitutes modern aesthetics and superficiality for Burke's depth:
 https://www.netflix.com/title/81031737

Michael Hateley:
Lotus Mastering   
http://lotusmastering.com/

Hello Crow
Hello Crow, Michael's new EP is available now!
       
Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star":
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier):
https://baldyloks.bandcamp.com/

Dee Madden:
https://www.deemadden.com/

Dee's new album Paisley Madrigals is out now!

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video:
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee Madden on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk

Anu Kirk:
https://www.anukirk.com

• Anu on Bandcamp
• Sid Luscious and The Pants on Bandcamp
• Luscious-235 on Bandcamp
• Rêvenir on Bandcamp
• ...

Dee and Michael talk with special guest Anu Kirk (Rhapsody, Playstation VR, Spatializer) about the past, present, and future of spatial audio, the time Eddie Van Halen gave Anu a guitar, the pressure to finish and achieve, what it takes to "make your year", why spatial/360 audio doesn't make sense but people are going to try it anyhow, streaming services, the album experience, audio movies, and more...
 
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Stephen Desper (Beach Boys engineer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Desper

Spatializer Pro
https://reverb.com/item/1424197-desper-spatializer

Spatializer Retro
https://reverb.com/item/18093688-desper-sr-1-spatializer-retro-white

Spatial Audio Remix cost (Anu quote):  "Cost per song is somewhere between $1,500-$2,000.  For a 10 song album on the low-end that would be $15k"

 RPM Challenge
 https://www.rpmchallenge.com/

Releases doing this spoken word / soundtrack thing he was talking about:
https://hyperdub.bandcamp.com/album/on-vanishing-land
https://johnfoxx.bandcamp.com/album/the-quiet-man

This is what got me thinking about it: https://willburnshannahpeel.bandcamp.com/album/chalk-hill-blue

Joe Frank:
https://www.joefrank.com/

Oblique Strategies app:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/oblique-productive-strategies/id902143877

Oblique Strategies Deck on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Oblique-strategies-hundred-worthwhile-dilemmas/dp/B0000EEZG9

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Dee & Michael:

Michael Hateley
Lotus Mastering
http://lotusmastering.com/

Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star" video
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier)
https://soundcloud.com/baldyloks-1

Dee Madden
https://www.deemadden.com/

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk 

Michael Hateley:
Lotus Mastering   
http://lotusmastering.com/

Hello Crow
Hello Crow, Michael's new EP is available now!
       
Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star":
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier):
https://baldyloks.bandcamp.com/

Dee Madden:
https://www.deemadden.com/

Dee's new album Paisley Madrigals is out now!

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video:
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee Madden on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk

Anu Kirk:
https://www.anukirk.com

• Anu on Bandcamp
• Sid Luscious and The Pants on Bandcamp
• Luscious-235 on Bandcamp
• Rêvenir on Bandcamp
• ...

Dee talks with storied Los Angeles singer-songwriter and childhood friend Jason Luckett.  Jason talks about his process for the perfect live performance and spins some yarns about his travels and performing abroad,  Dee and Jason talk about growing up in L.A., life behind the Orange Curtain, their mutual love for the Jackson 5, and Bill Withers. Michael is out this week.
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Jason Luckett links:
https://www.jasonluckett.com/

Jason on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6TXC9GYtKhuNgoyRX1MoYm?si=NvacRb65StupTcBbdEZuHQ

Jason on Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jason-luckett/16014864

Jason performs "Reimagine" live at the Grand Annex in San Pedro, CA
https://youtu.be/fSLRyyus-po

Jason performs "I'm Glad You Stick Around" on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/fSLRyyus-po

Jason performs "Miracle" live from The Lounge in Hermosa Beach:
https://youtu.be/MtSa2a_IuL4
   
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Oblique Strategies app:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/oblique-productive-strategies/id902143877

Oblique Strategies Deck on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Oblique-strategies-hundred-worthwhile-dilemmas/dp/B0000EEZG9

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Dee & Michael:

Michael Hateley
Lotus Mastering
http://lotusmastering.com/

Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star" video
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier)
https://soundcloud.com/baldyloks-1

Dee Madden
https://www.deemadden.com/

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk 

Michael Hateley:
Lotus Mastering   
http://lotusmastering.com/

Hello Crow
Hello Crow, Michael's new EP is available now!
       
Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star":
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier):
https://baldyloks.bandcamp.com/

Dee Madden:
https://www.deemadden.com/

Dee's new album Paisley Madrigals is out now!

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video:
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee Madden on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk

Anu Kirk:
https://www.anukirk.com

• Anu on Bandcamp
• Sid Luscious and The Pants on Bandcamp
• Luscious-235 on Bandcamp
• Rêvenir on Bandcamp
• ...

We discuss mindfulness, and how to use it to get past creative breakdowns, creative blocks, and life’s challenges.

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George Mumford:
https://georgemumford.com/

Mindfulness:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/mindfulness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness

Oblique Strategies app:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/oblique-productive-strategies/id902143877

Oblique Strategies Deck on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Oblique-strategies-hundred-worthwhile-dilemmas/dp/B0000EEZG9

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Dee & Michael:

Michael Hateley
Lotus Mastering
http://lotusmastering.com/

Hateley on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier)
https://soundcloud.com/baldyloks-1

Dee Madden
https://www.deemadden.com/

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk 

Michael Hateley:
Lotus Mastering   
http://lotusmastering.com/

Hello Crow
Hello Crow, Michael's new EP is available now!
       
Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star":
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier):
https://baldyloks.bandcamp.com/

Dee Madden:
https://www.deemadden.com/

Dee's new album Paisley Madrigals is out now!

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video:
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee Madden on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk

Anu Kirk:
https://www.anukirk.com

• Anu on Bandcamp
• Sid Luscious and The Pants on Bandcamp
• Luscious-235 on Bandcamp
• Rêvenir on Bandcamp
• ...

This week, we start by talking recording tools and applications of plugins for simplifying and coloring in the sonic field, before wandering off to parts unknown!

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"The Age Of Spiritual Machines" by Ray Kurzweil
https://www.amazon.com/Age-Spiritual-Machines-Computers-Intelligence/dp/0140282025

“Transcendent Man” - Ray Kurzweil Documentary
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1117394/

Kurzweil on Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil

FXpansion BFD3 Drums:
https://www.fxpansion.com/news/bfd-migration-inmusic/

Universal Audio’s Lexicon 224 Reverb Plugin:
https://www.uaudio.com/uad-plugins/reverbs/lexicon-224.html

Universal Audio’s AMS RMX16 Reverb Plugin:
https://www.uaudio.com/uad-plugins/reverbs/rmx-16-expanded.html

Valhalla Reverb:
https://valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-vintage-verb/

“A Dialog On Personal Identity And Immortality” by John Perry:
https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Dialogue_on_Personal_Identity_and_Immo.html?id=m8tgDwAAQBAJ

“Meaning And Free Will” by John Hospers:
https://consequent2017.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/hospers-ph-ph-r-1950.pdf

Oblique Strategies app:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/oblique-productive-strategies/id902143877

Oblique Strategies Deck on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Oblique-strategies-hundred-worthwhile-dilemmas/dp/B0000EEZG9

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Dee & Michael:

Michael Hateley
Lotus Mastering
http://lotusmastering.com/
 
Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star" video
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier)
https://soundcloud.com/baldyloks-1

Dee Madden
https://www.deemadden.com/

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk 

Michael Hateley:
Lotus Mastering   
http://lotusmastering.com/

Hello Crow
Hello Crow, Michael's new EP is available now!
       
Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star":
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier):
https://baldyloks.bandcamp.com/

Dee Madden:
https://www.deemadden.com/

Dee's new album Paisley Madrigals is out now!

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video:
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee Madden on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk

Anu Kirk:
https://www.anukirk.com

• Anu on Bandcamp
• Sid Luscious and The Pants on Bandcamp
• Luscious-235 on Bandcamp
• Rêvenir on Bandcamp
• ...

Dee talks about current and past projects, and how the marriage of production and writing ebbs and flows for him.
 
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Oblique Strategies app:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/oblique-productive-strategies/id902143877

Oblique Strategies Deck on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Oblique-strategies-hundred-worthwhile-dilemmas/dp/B0000EEZG9

Dee & Michael:

Michael Hateley
Lotus Mastering
http://lotusmastering.com/

Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star" video
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier)
https://soundcloud.com/baldyloks-1

Dee Madden
https://www.deemadden.com/

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk 

Michael Hateley:
Lotus Mastering   
http://lotusmastering.com/

Hello Crow
Hello Crow, Michael's new EP is available now!
       
Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star":
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier):
https://baldyloks.bandcamp.com/

Dee Madden:
https://www.deemadden.com/

Dee's new album Paisley Madrigals is out now!

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video:
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee Madden on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk

Anu Kirk:
https://www.anukirk.com

• Anu on Bandcamp
• Sid Luscious and The Pants on Bandcamp
• Luscious-235 on Bandcamp
• Rêvenir on Bandcamp
• ...