Music, Mindfulness, & Madness

Michael talks about current and past projects and how the marriage of production and writing ebbs and flows for him.

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Links to check out related to us and our conversation...

Jason Lowrie:
https://www.jasonlowrie.com

Finneas O’Connell:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finneas_O%27Connell

Ryan Tedder:
https://monthly.com/ryan-tedder-songwriting

Stevie Mackey:
https://monthly.com/stevie-mackey-singing

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:
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
• ...

This episode is a tribute to a fallen friend who spawned Michael and Dee's first music project. Enjoy.

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Links to check out related to us and our conversation...

"Spiritual Lies” by BUNK on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/l-rainwaters-graveyard/spritual-lies-bunk

“Message From The Master” by BUNK on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/l-rainwaters-graveyard/message-from-the-master-bunk

Cover of Marianne Faithful’s “Broken English” by BUNK on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/l-rainwaters-graveyard/broken-english-bunk

Modern bands doing the BUNK thing...

“Typhoons” by Royal Blood:
https://youtu.be/k9SQ2xfHEiM

“Cure For Pain” live by Morphine:
https://youtu.be/BgvBWR0Tr7I

Ruins lIve:
https://youtu.be/cykdVBbhvEA

“Summer Of Soul” on Hulu:
https://www.hulu.com/movie/summer-of-soul-6f2160ed-eaa2-462a-b495-f61f4f31714d

“Tales Of The American” - Al’s Bar documentary on Amazon Prime:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07F3DTNL4

Reddit thread on bass and drum bands:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bass/comments/2hp70k/bands_with_only_bass_and_drums/

Definition of Accretion:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accretion

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Dee & Michael:

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

Hateley on YouTube:
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 tackle machine learning, software architecture and the age of spiritual machines. It might get technical.
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Links to check out related to us and our conversation...

The “Gang Of Four” Design Patterns book:
https://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Object-Oriented/dp/0201633612

“Mastering (audio)” on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastering_(audio)

“Evaluation of MP3 Compression for Different Musical Genres” White Paper on Academia.edu:
https://www.academia.edu/441306/Subjective_Evaluation_of_MP3_Compression_for_Different_Musical_Genres

“Over all pairwise comparisons, participants preferred the higher quality version 68% of times.”

A really good video of Jack White's 3rd Man records on manufacturing vinyl:
https://youtu.be/PF4A4wdnXkU

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Dee & Michael:

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

Hateley on YouTube:
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
• ...

Welcome to another episode of us spinning a yarn or two about some of our career highlights (in long form.) We clearly have a lot to say to each other. We included a few links to check out some of the conversation. We hope you enjoy it. Thanks for listening!

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Links to check out related to us and our conversation...

Dee & Michael:

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

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

Extra Fancy "Sinnerman":
https://youtu.be/2O56WcmwpAs

MTV post about Extra Fancy breaking up:
http://www.mtv.com/news/1428800/extra-fancy-disbands-grillo-goes-solo/

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

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

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

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

Penal Colony “Freemasons Of Enochian Magick” video:
https://youtu.be/FMCTm1ntRUY

Penal Colony demos album on Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/exhibitions-in-survival-demos-1992-1994/1536037747

Penal Colony demos album on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/7xAFQDkyYHosiZL2esVQpS?si=b33c5wIUToqaTP4CARtFfA&dl_branch=1

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

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 introduce ourselves and our podcast. Hello World!

Links to check out related to us and our conversation...
Dee & Michael:

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

Hateley on YouTube:
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
• ...