The Songwriting Storm

Since July 17th, I’ve been recording for probably about 10 hours a day [when I'm not sitting in some doctor's office, that is]. The CPAP therapy is working — my sleep apnea problem is under control. I know this; I am back to my old self.

How else to explain the fact that not only is my next Jamendo album underway, but my Python module pcsets is about ready for its official 2.0.0 release. Not only did I write it — I’m actively using it. At least four of the songs I’ve written so far used concepts I developed through musical set theory, using my module to turn Python into a sort of music calculator.

I do not mean computer generated music — I mean computer facilitated harmony and chord progressions. The music, I play myself . . . once I have a basic idea.

One of the issues facing pcsets-2.0.0 is documentation. I’m still deciding on a format. In the past, I used LaTeX, but there’s something new I was considering trying . . . reStructured text (docutils). It creates very clean looking web pages, which is one of my pet peeves about reading things on the internet.

Which reminds me: I’ve been compiling a list of “Things I Never Want to Hear or Read Again.” It’s pretty much self-explanatory. Here goes–

Things I Never Want to Hear or Read Again

Postage Required.  The Post Office will not deliver without proper postage.

Do you think?  What happened to the good old fashioned “PLACE STAMP HERE”?  Never use 3 words when 11 will do, huh?

You’re Pre-Approved

And you’re pre-stuffed-into-the-shredder.

This site looks best at 800 x 600

Most sites look best when they have someone who knows something about web design creating them . . . this basically says, “Help, we can’t figure out how to design a page, and we’re offloading the responsibility of making it not look like crap to you.”

Can I speak to Mr. Mc . . . Mc . . . Mc Cosker?

No, you can’t, silly telemarketer.  Can I speak to your first grade teacher?  You know, the one who should have taught you about phonics?

See, I am back to normal!