THEN said He unto him,

A certain man made a great supper,
and bade many:

And sent his servant at supper time
to say to them that were bidden,

Come;
for all things are now ready.

And they all with one consent
began to make excuse.

The first said unto him
I have bought a piece of ground,
and I must needs go and see it:
I pray thee have me excused.

And another said,
I have bought five yoke of oxen,
and I go to prove them:
I pray thee have me excused.

And another said,
I have married a wife,
and therefore I cannot ...

I am leaving for up north tomorrow.

I just wanted to take a minute,
before leaving,
to thank everyone
who has helped me
during this past year.

That includes a lot of people.

And what a strange and wonderful
bunch of persons it is.

I could not make it
without the help of those of you
who have been so kind to me
during these past years and decades.

I am blessed to have a team
of which I am very proud
in every way imaginable
and I hope that I will be able,
someday,
to repay some of the numerous kindne...

Just a quick note on the way out the door.

What a year it has been!

I will write a more lengthy report,
if I am able,
during this next week
as the new year approaches.

Suffice it to say that it has been:

"The best of times
and the worst of times,"

to quote Charles Dickens.

While much has gone well on the musical front
my personal life is in total tatters and disarray.

This has little or nothing to do with me,
other than that I get very depressed
by all of the evil
and lying
and misrepresentations
and...

I put together five
of the "hypnotic" songs 
into one file
lasting approximately 1 hour and 12 minutes.

That should be long enough
to clean your mind out of all clutter
with little or no problem.

It is almost 2 a.m.
on the night before
the night before Christmas.

Hopefully more blogging coming soon.

w/love, but very tired

vw

12-24-12
Monday
1:42 a.m.
Ventura, California, USA

Five songs,
all written in a row,
each being interconnected
with the one before it
and the one after.

Whether to combine the five into one,
and exactly which to use
or not
was a difficult decision for me,
because while each song can stand
on it's own,
it does not take long to realize
that there is a most definite interconnectedness,
which can only really happen
when the songs are written
one right after the other
while under the influence or spell
 of just whatever it is that is
going on at that ...

The proofs for TAHITI 2012 arrived intact,
as hoped.

They were prepared
for the offset printing press
and then the final proofs
(the ones used for
the printing plates, themselves
= i.e. with registration marks,
and guides, etc)  
were sent to me this morning

After close scrutiny
I gave final approval
just a few minutes ago.

Just for the record,
for me
the album art
is by far
the most difficult part
of the process.

I say this
as one who has been an avid
and serious student
of sound engineering
since...

How did it get past midnight so fast?

Just a quick note
to tell that the album art for
TAHITI 2012
is finally completed.

There are still a few typographical changes
that will be made first thing in the morning,
and then it is on it's way
to be printed
with cds pressed
and placed inside
their shiny, colorful new covers.

I feel like collapsing,
as it has taken nearly an entire year
to get from concept
to where we are tonight.

Much education
and much learning curve
along the way.

But, what an educati...

Well,
I don't seem to be doing
a very good job
of going to bed after all.

I received a phone call
while uploading today's song
to be told that it is time
for me to look at my e-mails
for proofs
which have just been sent to me.

They are the outside
and inside cover
and disc art 
of
TAHITI 2012.

I made a number of modifications
which should be completed
by tomorrow morning,
I am told.

The record pressing plant
is waiting for the cover art,
having received the actual "masters"
of the recordings
many ...

Just when I thought
that I was going to go to bed
at 8:30 p.m.,
because I am tired enough to,
I again decided to sit down
and bang away on the keyboard
before laying down
by my nice warm heater.

I listen to various different "sounds"
which are created
by the truly incredible 
Roland engineers,
in this case,
and then I pick one
and just run with it.

This one
is in the key of "A minor".

It is intended for pure enjoyment
of sound and rhythm.

Relatively mindless listening.

And little more.

The title, by...

Well, it is 5:30 a.m.

I have been working on this song
since 3:30 a.m. when I recorded it.

I woke up at about 3 a.m.
thinking and worrying
about

Sleepless from Issaquah

as I soon enough found myself

Sleepless in Ventura


So, what to do in such an exigent circumstance?

Hmmmmm ---

How about write a song.

So, that's exactly what I decided to do.

And here it is (in the key of A flat minor = 7 flats):

121212a

It is a little bit more
on the electronic side
than much of the work which I do.

But, that is definite...

It is almost 10 p.m.,
and I am ready to call it quits
for the day.

But, before going to bed
I thought I should at least
give a try
at writing something.

I was fooling around
in the key of E minor
for just a few seconds,
before I decided
that this will be the key
we will explore this evening.

In using the same basic set of sounds,
I don't mean to be too redundant,
but when creating material
for a susequent album
containing the best material,
you have to write songs
in order to have songs
to choose...

Have just finished doing
an extraordinary amount
of legal and other business work
during past several days.

Haven't had much time
to do anything
other than work
and quasi-sleep.

Hope to have more to come.


Hope this finds all well with everyone.


w/abundant and strong and abiding love,
vw

Monday
12-10-12
10:23 p.m.
Ventura, California, USA

" --- Like a woman
whose inner sensibilities
are not so much under the sway
of abstract reasoning
but are always subject
to the influence
of a vague emotional longing
for the strength that completes her being,

and who would rather bow
to the strong man
than dominate the weakling --- "






(Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf)

Have been exhuasted
from about 1,000 miles
of driving and stuff
during the last ten days.

Have sat and quietly listened
to last several weeks of output
in order to decide what direction
I want to go next.

My mind was literally blown
all the way out last Friday night.

Something from which I do not expect
soon to recover from,
if ever.

I have been left
in a sort of memerized state
as I have reflected upon
the numerous strange and wonderful events
which have taken place
during the last year.

I hope t...

Posted another nice quiet meditative piece.

This one is in C#minor.

The title is:  120412a.

I put some notes at the site where the song is located explaining what is going on. 

I have more to say, but I will say it in a separate post, coming right up.


vw

12-4-12
Tuesday
11:45 p.m.
Ventura, California, USA

I had a beautiful drive down from up north,
with rain every inch of the way.

Which is a good thing,
where I am concerned.

The normally very heavy
southbound Sunday traffic
was all missing.

One of the few times
you will get a clean shot
from point A to point B.

The past several days
have been more than a little emotional for me,
as I am in a terrible state
of continuous
and very powerful
inner turmoil.

I got back to Ventura
at about 6 p.m.
and was tired
to the point of being
a little bit nauseous.

S...