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( What you see here inspires what you hear in the sea @ torley.com )
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"Maybe Activision is worried that the big indies will team up to make a Voltron-esque supergroup."
Hilarious visual image there. I’m not saying who’s the black lion!
The Escapist : Forums : The News Room : Activision Says Valve and Epic Can’t Make Destiny
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"I am pretty pissed off with that stuff that is that out of time Hip Hop rubbish, a bunch of fake Flying Lotus stuff. It is just fucking annoying, I just don’t get it, I just think it sounds really forced and fake."
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Highly recommended: this man’s writings on effective sound design & music in games. He hits so many high notes (ha) AND even provides example videos of what he means — making it a lot easier for you to understand what he’s getting at.
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"you could easily believe that here is a man who’s paid pretty much no attention to musical, artistic, technological or political changes in the last 15 years"
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"Just building a universe is the most inspiring thing to me— this is my opportunity to present a world to somebody!"
Flying Lotus
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Torley (aka me/us) plays Moog Google Doodle, shows OMG-1, talks inspiration, previews Dream Journal 3 (by Torley)
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GOOD NEWS: After months of painful waiting, my fave Sony MDR-XB700 Extra Bass headphones are back in stock.
BAD NEWS: They now go for US$130 new — it used to be more like $80! Still, look for a refurbished pair at lower. And Amazon has a really great return policy.
(via Amazon.com: Sony MDR-XB700 Extra Bass Headphones: Electronics)
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Contrary to popular belief, a Marxophone isn’t a Marxist dulcimer. But it could be.
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TORLEY DOES DUBSTEP [S01E01]
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Figuring out how these “social tools” connect together is like playing Pipe Dream. Use enough of these tools, at least one a day, and eventually you gel into patterns.
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FTR, I will be sorely disappointed if Cosmos (2013) doesn’t include a prosperous successor to Vangelis’ “Alpha”. http://bit.ly/Lki39b
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My cat, CODENAME: UNI, will join @neiltyson in space. This particular timeline/universe fills me with hybrid dread-awe.
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You can still make great music with no keys. No look but do touch. Clickity-click, thx to http://bit.ly/LkhCvK
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It’s like remembering the first time you breathed air. Can you tell me what that was like?
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[STASIS LOCK PARTIALLY DISENGAGED. RUNTIME TEST PROTOCOL IN EFFECT.]
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