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5th New GS Interview - Miles
#11
Ha, wasn't expecting this up so soon! And during the weekend I had no internet access, too. :p

Quote:How did you pick your avatar and little dancing siggyline guy?

would you ever consider posting a pic of yourself?

Why do you keep trying to take the win from me?

I found them both browsing an image board (looking for porn, natch). This image board has both nsfw and sfw images. I loved the expression in the avatar and thought the dancing pokemon was too cute to pass up.

I will never post a pic of myself on my profile or on the publicly viewable boards, but I've shown certain people in pm's before.

And I do it because I love you dear Llkiss

Quote:Have you ever felt like crying but didn't find tears?

Yes. That happens more frequently nowadays - I used to cry at the drop of a hat. I think I literally drained my body of its tear reserves :p

Quote:I'd love to know more about your musical talents. When did your interest in writing music develop? Do you find being creative easy, or something you have to discipline yourself in?

I think I've always had an 'ear' for music, but I had no idea what was going on in grade school when we were supposed to read music and play it on recorders (whoever invented the recorder is a very bad person). I picked up guitar pretty much following along what my older brother was doing. Once I started taking guitar lessons I developed a sense for chords, melody, harmony, pitch etc pretty rapidly...Studying theory and jazz really helped with that too, where other guitar players were obsessed with technique and flare I focused more on theory and composition and knowing the 'rules' and how best to break them. These days I just want to make some catchy songs with some monkey wrenches thrown in.

I constantly have ideas for melodies and rhythms and structures floating around in my head. The supply is the easy part. The hard part of being creative for me is judging the aesthetic necessity of the things I do, so I can know what the best things from that mental bank to use for the end I'm trying to accomplish. To borrow from something cartoonist Kris Straub once said, good art has a thesis - it stands for something, it can be challenged. Otherwise it's just ego stroking; ego stroking is fine if you have a good reason for it. The questions I try to ask myself are "what are you trying to say?", "is it worth saying?", and "what's the best way to say it?" These questions aren't easy. 9 times out of 10 I'm not convinced I can answer the second question in the affirmative.

Quote:Miles, are you studying or working currently?

I just graduated from my university with bachelor's in political science - no idea what I'm gonna do with it yet. I'm not working yet, but I've got a few leads. Putting in applications either way.

Quote:Miles, what are your favorite hobbies?

Mainly musical endeavors and video games. I used to do the whole college walk-to-the-party-next-door-and-get-sloshed thing too, but now I have to start being a real person. Big Grin

Quote:Hey Miles. Your profile says you're a mixed group. How many are in the group? Is there someone or someones who post more than others?

Heh...it;s just me. Sorry to be misleading. I'd prefer if you didn't have to pick an option in that dropdown menu but I just went with the vaguest thing available.

Quote:My question for Miles: "When are you going to show up and start answering all these questions?!"

You rang? :p

Quote:Miles, what musicians and bands provide you musical inspiration?

Second question, is there something you like that is big and you cannot lie?

George Clinton with Parliament/Funkadelic for putting together some of the most exciting rhythmic and cosmic approximations of infinity of the 20th century; Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards has made some of the most interesting syntheses of pop, hip-hop, soul and afrobeat styles of the last few years, all using basic Audacity software you can download for free on a laptop; Miles Davis, one of the most prolific sonic explorers and bandleaders of the second half of the twentieth century; Steely Dan for their arcane, Thelonious Monk-esque chord changes and attention to detail; Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, one of the last major guitar innovators whose obsessive pursuit of a sound mirrored another one of my inspirations, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. Brian Eno's work with groups like Talking Heads and his solo work are also an inspiration, especially his ideas about the process being part of the work of art itself. Daniel Lopatin and his electronic music project Oneohtrix Point Never as well as Nick Zammuto's former found-sound project The Books have also had an impact theoretically and aesthetically. Video game music has been ingrained in my brain for so long that I'll make Zelda/Final Fantasy/Mega Man sounding music without even realizing it.

Of course inspiration comes from sources beyond music. I've been trying to do what Daniel Lopatin does - he thinks of music not necessarily in terms of 'songs' (though some of it is distinctly song-like) but in terms of architecture, which is an idea I always liked.

As for the last question...yes, I do love big butts. Always been an ass man, there is no lie :biggrin:
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#12
I have two questions which you may choose not to answer.

1. What state do you live in?

2. Do you dance like your pet rat? That thing has imprinted in my brain.
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#13
East Wrote:If love is the answer...what is the question?

What is the mysterious cosmic force of the universe that allows people not only to withstand each other's weird smells and boogers and things forever, but to become drawn to those weird smells and boogers and things

Quote:Why is it when we talk to God it is said we are praying but when God talks to use we are schizophrenic?

God only talks to schizophrenics, it's in the Bible or something

Quote:Do you ever worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else?

I'm not worried, George Owen Squier died 80 years ago :p

Quote:What would be your dream concert? (past/present or future?)

Tough one...offhand maybe some kind of Talking Heads/Funkadelic/Miles Davis hybrid, but I'd have to think about it

Quote:Who do you never want to turn out like?

My mother.

Quote:PS...I stole the first three questions from Lily Tomlin...I always wanted to ask someone these questions Biglaugh

Twas my pleasure Smile
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#14
memechose Wrote:I have two questions which you may choose not to answer.

1. What state do you live in?

2. Do you dance like your pet rat? That thing has imprinted in my brain.

1. South Carolina. ("Cola" being the popular nickname for Columbia, the capital)

2. If you put enough booze in me.
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#15
What's up with your signature? Do the gif and the pic have any deeper meaning?

What's your love life like?

Why will you not put up any pictures of yourself?
Bernd

Being gay is not for Sissies.
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#16
What's your favorite alcoholic beverage? or non-alcoholic beverage if your not a drinker?
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#17
Miles Wrote:What is the mysterious cosmic force of the universe that allows people not only to withstand each other's weird smells and boogers and things forever, but to become drawn to those weird smells and boogers and things



God only talks to schizophrenics, it's in the Bible or something



I'm not worried, George Owen Squier died 80 years ago :p



Tough one...offhand maybe some kind of Talking Heads/Funkadelic/Miles Davis hybrid, but I'd have to think about it



My mother.



Twas my pleasure Smile

Ahhh....masterclass answers...and thank you for taking the time to indulge me (and LilyWinknudge )
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#18
Quote:What's up with your signature? Do the gif and the pic have any deeper meaning?

What's your love life like?

Why will you not put up any pictures of yourself?

The gif: for some reason someone drew and animated the gif of a pokemon (Nidorina) for some reason, anthropomorphized for some reason and dancing for some reason and wearing clothes for some reason. I don't know why but I'm glad they did, because it's adorable and hypnotic. The poop: another member posted the poop and it so tickled me that I put it in my signature. No deeper meanings, just poop. Cute poop, happy poop

Love life...never had a love life. But in the past year I've developed my first crush ever and as far as I know the feelings are reciprocated, so we'll see where that goes.

As for no photos...call me paranoid, but I like to have a degree of control over who knows what the person associated with this account looks like. I'm already relinquishing some control over that to the people I've shown my picture in private messages.

Quote:What's your favorite alcoholic beverage? or non-alcoholic beverage if your not a drinker?

Easy answer: whatever gets me drunk most efficiently. That usually means whiskey or rum or vodka. I'm not terribly picky or refined in palette. Wine only if I have no liquor and liquor stores are closed. If it's beer, I like it dark and bitter. Stouts, porters. And I like me some IPAs. I don't go to beer to get drunk, too much bloat for that
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#19
how much would could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? also do you have any samples of your music we could listen to?
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#20
ceez Wrote:how much would could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? also do you have any samples of your music we could listen to?

The answer to both of those questions is "yes"

The stuff I've done in collaboration with my brother can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/lucyferjones

Some odds and ends I've thrown together over the past few years on my own can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/lucidlucille

Now that we have a drum set and superior software and hardware for recording, we're going to be making some much higher quality recordings than anything found above.
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