Glancing Over...

Schizotypic · 05-30-2009, 01:34 PM

Dear god, I need to start saving this crap while I'm doing it, this was the third god forsaken time I've written this thing and it's killing my muse. Anyway...

Glancing Over...
Schizotypic's Journey Into Sound

To Find Music

Welcome to my Member Journal. If your here just for the album reviews and compilations feel free to skip down to Part VII, it'll sum it all up. However, if your interested, my Journal is themed around my personal musical enlightenment.

Story, Part I:
A little over six months ago (written at 5/30/09) I was musically retarded. By this I mean the best albums of my entire life were Opiate by Tool and Amputechture by The Mars Volta, and only a few songs. Aside from that was okay music at best and again, I never listened to albums- just mediocre songs and indie-techno.

Part II:
About four months ago I put myself into rehab. While I was there I decided to musically enlighten myself. I used everyone I knew (patients, therapists, counselors) to try and make a list of the very best artists to start myself off with when I left. My three favorite counselors (early 20's college students), lent me their musical tastes to narrow down the list with a 2/3rds vote. Basically only their suggestions survived, ending with about 100 artists. After two months of being there I was finally released.

Part III:
My first few days home I immediately was on Playlist(.)com trying to sample around to see who I would start off with. I was mainly after discographies. Then I found Musicbanter. I was around the poetry forum when Big3's firm attitude gave me an idea of what the forum was actually about, so I decided to look around and got lost fairly quickly.

Part IV:
By the time I hit only 100 posts my itunes had become more of a library then a place for music personal to me. My list had nearly doubled, it was overwhelming. To this day it still is, I think music should be done over a lifetime, but I got so excited I just got all I could by any artists that interested me. I literally have a waiting list for organization, so I don't try and get 100 artists at once. Musicbanter is such amazing exposure, and some of the albums I've heard, after giving it it's time, have moved me in unique ways drugs never could have and has given me feelings I never knew existed.

Part V:
I was loving it all, but I got extremely swept up in life and stopped posting regularly. I still haven't gone a day without hearing a good amount of music since rehab though. After realizing how intimate an album has to be, I made a playlist for albums I've already listened to and want to get to know better. Still, it takes some time (for me anyway). I have about 70, each one I love in a different way, and I'm consistently getting new things from them on each listen.

Part VI:
Speaking of which, yesterday I was listening to the first album I am going to review- The Velvet Underground And Nico. It was on my fourth listen, but this last time it full on slapped me across the face. I think it hit me harder because I had more of an idea of Lou Reed's humor and social realism after listening to The Blue Mask. I was stuck there staring into my wall the entire album, and when it was over, I asked for a member journal. I just had to vent.

Part VII:
So this is how it's going to be Musicbanter- I'm still being beat up by life but when it so happens I come across something that hit me as hard as this last album did, your going to hear about it. And in that way you'll be going with me, through this new journey I'm on, into the ocean of sound, to find what music really is- to me.

Next Album Review: Unknown
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A not from me: I may also do other stuff besides album reviews, too, I just can't think of what.
Map (index)
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico 6/5 ratio: 1/5
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Firstborn Is Dead 6/5 ratio 2/5
The Book Of Knots - Traineater 6/5 ratio: 3/5
Comus - First Utterance 6/5 ratio 4/5
Slint - Spiderland 6/5 ratio: 5/5
Fat Freddy's Drop - Based On A True Story 5/5 no ratio
The Album Leaf - In A Safe Place 5/5/ no ratio
Pink Floyd - The Wall 5/5 no ratio

6/5 Albums and the ratio system:
My rating system is an incredibly hard to judge ratio. This is because a lot of the albums I'll be reviewing, to me, are 6/5 albums (and this rule only applies to albums with a 6/5 rating) If I only have one album review, that album will receive a 1/1 ratio. If I have reviewed three, each album would get a number out of /3. Etc, etc... Will now also be reviewing albums that are not 6/5 rating, as only 3 other albums I own have this rating for me, and two of those three just barely make it.

05-30-2009, 01:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Schizotypic Souls of Sound Sailors Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Mojave Posts: 759	Glancing Over... Dear god, I need to start saving this crap while I'm doing it, this was the third god forsaken time I've written this thing and it's killing my muse. Anyway... Glancing Over... Schizotypic's Journey Into Sound To Find Music Welcome to my Member Journal. If your here just for the album reviews and compilations feel free to skip down to Part VII, it'll sum it all up. However, if your interested, my Journal is themed around my personal musical enlightenment. Story, Part I: A little over six months ago (written at 5/30/09) I was musically retarded. By this I mean the best albums of my entire life were Opiate by Tool and Amputechture by The Mars Volta, and only a few songs. Aside from that was okay music at best and again, I never listened to albums- just mediocre songs and indie-techno. Part II: About four months ago I put myself into rehab. While I was there I decided to musically enlighten myself. I used everyone I knew (patients, therapists, counselors) to try and make a list of the very best artists to start myself off with when I left. My three favorite counselors (early 20's college students), lent me their musical tastes to narrow down the list with a 2/3rds vote. Basically only their suggestions survived, ending with about 100 artists. After two months of being there I was finally released. Part III: My first few days home I immediately was on Playlist(.)com trying to sample around to see who I would start off with. I was mainly after discographies. Then I found Musicbanter. I was around the poetry forum when Big3's firm attitude gave me an idea of what the forum was actually about, so I decided to look around and got lost fairly quickly. Part IV: By the time I hit only 100 posts my itunes had become more of a library then a place for music personal to me. My list had nearly doubled, it was overwhelming. To this day it still is, I think music should be done over a lifetime, but I got so excited I just got all I could by any artists that interested me. I literally have a waiting list for organization, so I don't try and get 100 artists at once. Musicbanter is such amazing exposure, and some of the albums I've heard, after giving it it's time, have moved me in unique ways drugs never could have and has given me feelings I never knew existed. Part V: I was loving it all, but I got extremely swept up in life and stopped posting regularly. I still haven't gone a day without hearing a good amount of music since rehab though. After realizing how intimate an album has to be, I made a playlist for albums I've already listened to and want to get to know better. Still, it takes some time (for me anyway). I have about 70, each one I love in a different way, and I'm consistently getting new things from them on each listen. Part VI: Speaking of which, yesterday I was listening to the first album I am going to review- The Velvet Underground And Nico. It was on my fourth listen, but this last time it full on slapped me across the face. I think it hit me harder because I had more of an idea of Lou Reed's humor and social realism after listening to The Blue Mask. I was stuck there staring into my wall the entire album, and when it was over, I asked for a member journal. I just had to vent. Part VII: So this is how it's going to be Musicbanter- I'm still being beat up by life but when it so happens I come across something that hit me as hard as this last album did, your going to hear about it. And in that way you'll be going with me, through this new journey I'm on, into the ocean of sound, to find what music really is- to me. Next Album Review: Unknown ---------------------------------------------- A not from me: I may also do other stuff besides album reviews, too, I just can't think of what. Map (index) The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico 6/5 ratio: 1/5 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Firstborn Is Dead 6/5 ratio 2/5 The Book Of Knots - Traineater 6/5 ratio: 3/5 Comus - First Utterance 6/5 ratio 4/5 Slint - Spiderland 6/5 ratio: 5/5 Fat Freddy's Drop - Based On A True Story 5/5 no ratio The Album Leaf - In A Safe Place 5/5/ no ratio Pink Floyd - The Wall 5/5 no ratio 6/5 Albums and the ratio system: My rating system is an incredibly hard to judge ratio. This is because a lot of the albums I'll be reviewing, to me, are 6/5 albums (and this rule only applies to albums with a 6/5 rating) If I only have one album review, that album will receive a 1/1 ratio. If I have reviewed three, each album would get a number out of /3. Etc, etc... Will now also be reviewing albums that are not 6/5 rating, as only 3 other albums I own have this rating for me, and two of those three just barely make it. Last edited by Schizotypic; 11-13-2009 at 04:50 PM.