matthewh806

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by matthewh806 5y ago
I think people just like to make this kind of comment to sound deliberately contrarian. And smarter than they really are, also. Can you elaborate on what is "out of date" or "not all that relevant" about the books? What
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by matthewh806 5y ago
wow, such good writing advice here that you've been greyed out...!
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by matthewh806 6y ago
Yeah, Radiohead are a great example indeed of bringing these two worlds together. Kid A is another amazing one from them. When you say "traditional music forms" what do you mean specifically? I'm trying to avoid going down a
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by matthewh806 6y ago
There are some older books like: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Machine-Patterns-Leonard-Publishing... which is just tabulating lots of common rhythm patterns from a wide number of genres. and some more modern ones like: https:&
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by matthewh806 6y ago
yeah, fair point about the Miller Puckette book - that is indeed a full on textbook. Check some of the Ableton chapters a bit more closely though - https://learningmusic.ableton.com/make-basslines/good-life.h... is thi
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by matthewh806 6y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFaRIW-wZlw He doesn't really understand electronic music in my opinion. I find these sweeping statements about how "x ruined y" to be extremely lazy. Especially when it comes
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by matthewh806 6y ago
Also if you like having a person with an inflated ego stuff his awful opinions down your throat you should check out Rick Beato on YT
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by matthewh806 6y ago
There is a book called "The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music" written by Miller Puckette (creator of Max / Pure Data visual programming languages). That is quite heavy on the mathematical side though - really is more
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by matthewh806 6y ago
Yes, exactly this. Plus at least they're being up front an honest about where they place value in their life. At the end of the day a lot of us are working as "brains for hire" I don't know why I'm supposed to inven
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by matthewh806 6y ago
I would say its not a very popular comment because its deliberately contrarian and not the full story. Yes, Feynman was a showman (amongst many other things) but he was also a truly gifted physicist. You can be both those things at the same
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by matthewh806 6y ago
Thanks for this! I had no idea this existed and am quite intrigued by it :) I quickly run into a segmentation fault of macOS though when trying to choose a sample...
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by matthewh806 6y ago
This is a great comment that really hits the nail on the head for me about how I feel when I see articles like this. I'm not going to deny that reading more effectively & efficiently can be desirable in certain technical reading wh
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by matthewh806 6y ago
I don't really hate digital nomads, it was a deliberately flippant response to your comment in which I felt you expected the whole world to be your personal playground. I don't think it's really useful to put the blame square
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by matthewh806 6y ago
Yeah, of course it comes with some benefits of added convenience & simplicity. But this is a narrow minded point of view in my opinion. Digital nomads building some pointless SaaS products with inflated egos working remotely in far flun
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by matthewh806 6y ago
I agree with your comment and find it a shame you're being downvoted for expressing that opinion. I think people can't bear to have a mirror held up which exposes the naked & ugly truth. We all have individual stories about th
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by matthewh806 6y ago
> Agree. Your time in life is finite, so one should read only the good stuff (and yes, objectively, some books are better than others). Wow, what a way to look at things... if life is finite why waste all of your time reading books someo
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by matthewh806 6y ago
I don't really understand this perspective at all. I've done a few of the previous AoCs to various levels of completion. I don't think I've ever been quick enough to figure on the leaderboard. I'm not a competitive
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by matthewh806 6y ago
I've come to the conclusion that maybe us computer people are not truly smart. And we just like the comfort of thinking that we are. Yes, we're good at logical thinking, implementing systems, reasoning about problems etc This just
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by matthewh806 6y ago
I would rather that outcome than having to wake up at 6am multiple times a week for a meeting. There is no way I wouldn't hate my job anyway if it was forcing me into ridiculous schedules like that...
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by matthewh806 6y ago
I could write this exact sentence out and it still be true :D Seriously, a great collection of notes. These were easily the most well written, thought out, understandable & digestible notes I ever came across during my studies. Blows mo
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by matthewh806 6y ago
You should probably add good server to that list...
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by matthewh806 6y ago
I don't think the "sin" is not knowing who Eno is, but rather, an unwillingness to explore and educate yourself. "He must be before my time" "I know I’ve heard of him" So, you make some research and the b
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by matthewh806 6y ago
Interesting article, I don't really know if this is what Sedaris is getting at, but recently I came across the term "non-place": Non-place or nonplace is a neologism coined by the French anthropologist Marc Augé to refer to a
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by matthewh806 6y ago
I don't really see how the example you've given of being downvoted can be equated to cancel culture. You had and clearly still have the ability to express your views on this website so in what sense are you "cancelled"?