Joseph Rhodes's blog

so, after some bizarre computer issues i think i am finally back on track. so we'll be seeing new smashcut content very soon. the only hurdle left is to recreate all the bumpers, etc...but it can be done. stay tuned!!!

it feels good to get back on track. for the holidays i let myself spiral out of the contracts and schedules i had set for myself. that's ok, everyone needs some breathing room (especially when creativity is at hand) as not to burn out. sometimes though, it's hard to remember that you had a schedule before you got so...lazy. finding that again is like a great big gift to yourself. it's a budget...for your time. want to do something? put it in the budget. write it down (fans of david allen's book getting things done will know what i am talking about here.) things that once seemed daunting turn into one step here, one step there, nothing to worry about.

some things you're going to hear from me soon... click read more for the details

it sucks having a cold
it sucks having a cold and you cough and it gives you insomnia
even more that everything you have tried to take won't fix it

it also sucks that while in the throws of insomnia you happen to remember this band in the 90s who you thought was so awesome and saw them live twice. only you can't remember the name of the band, or the name of any of the songs.

they might have played with the meices once, around 94, 95 and maybe played with dink 95, 96.

they had a song about the creator of the shopping mall, and quite possible someone in the band wore traditional native american garb? (maybe the drummer? )

that last bit sounds odd so it may or may not be true.

but damnit for some reason i want to hear that song about shopping malls, even though i have no idea what it sounded like.

if anyone knows of this band and can decipher all of this and tell me who it is...thank you!

please, i need help...

hey guys just figured i'd let you know i am doing a regular trance night at the cave. it's a tapas bar out in kennesaw. syntronik and i are going to be spinning from 8 to midnight.

1619 collins rd
kennesaw ga 30152

you should come out, hang out with me. it will be fun. the more people we get there the longer they will extend tuesdays out to us so please...support my MAD magazine addiction!

so the korg ds 10 cartridge for the nintendo ds has been pushed back until october 14th. i'm seriously thinking about getting a homebrew cart so i can play with this now...

still have my preorder.

this is a very serious tool, and not just a tool. watch the below video and see if you can't imagine having a few people together, one on bass, one on leads, a couple on drums, and a lead. this is amazing stuff (if i did it right, the below link should be high quality.)

so yeah, i'm totally stoked.

Two patchable dual-oscillator analog synth simulator, -part drum machine that uses sounds created with the analog synth simulator? check.

Six-track (analog synth x 2, drum machine x 4) /16-step sequencer, Delay, chorus, and flanger sound effects available from the mixing board? check.

Three different note-entry modes: Touch Screen control, keyboard screen, and matrix screen? check.

Real-time sound control mode via Touch Screen control,Exchange sounds and songs and play with up to eight units simultaneously through a wireless communications link? check?

39.99? i'm definitely there.

i can't believe this is an actual nintendo ds production cartridge, and not some hack. this is great.

so as promised i posted the first of what i hope to be a few sets this month to make up for the dry summer. what you get is a really dark as hell set of cutting edge DnB. i stuck with a small crate for this, just because it made sense for the feeling i was trying to get across.

friends, this is some heavy heavy shit...

Empty promises? Broken dreams? Quiet podcast? Hotel towels?

None of the above sir/madam.

It's been one crazy summer. I got married (woohoo) and went to Aruba for 7 days (double woohoo) and now I'm helping DigiTribe film this little movie, the 1k feature (working title withheld.)

So...i've neglected the cocoon. And i have to apologize deeply for that. I had big plans for the podcast this summer, but the other big plans got in the way.

No worries though, i'm still working on music, and i'm still dj'ing out and about. I almost had a regular thing at slice, but they had to close up suddenly and i terribly miss the pizza and the monthly gig.

i'll be dj'ing utrecht's 10 year anniversary/back to school party on august 19th. They're changing the prices in the whole store to those of the year of 1998. freakin crazy. goto http://www.utrechtart.com/stores/dsp_viewstore.cfm?storeID=92 for directions.

Anyway i'm going to be spinning a marathon 6 hours there, 6pm-midnight. All kinds of stuff. You should come by and say hi. For real. Then you can go next door, buy me some tater tots, and then across the street and get me a venti soy ice mocha. ;-) Seriously though, stop by, show some support and say hey. I'd love to see you all out there...

In other news the 1k feature we're doing is shaping up to be a very cool film. I won't lie, the actual filming process is hard. And i sort of loathe it. But the sweat put in hopefully yields good results.

In watching the shots come together, I can hear a very interesting score come together in my head. That's the part i am most excited about.

I've got some other things going on that i can't talk about right now, but some projects are shaping up quite nicely.

that's about it. i'll catch you kids later...

p.s. I plan on putting up some podcasts real soon, to make up for the dry spell this summer has yielded. so look for those here.

wanted:

experimental musicians to jam, record, potentially self release, and potentially play live.

what i have to bring to the table:

home made instruments, custom home sample sets, kaossilator, several modded and unmodded zounds, various DS music software...

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i'm interested in recording live, and swapping music files, in an effort to patch together my own unique vision of experimental music with other like and slightly like minded individuals. i want to create something groundbreaking, something that transcends boundaries, something that ties together the analog and the digital, the organic and the modified. i'm interested in re-creating the idea of a "band" with modular instruments, where microcosm music stations build together to create something out of this world. i'm interested in heavy jam sessions, recording everything, mixing and remixing everything from the onset through to the very end of post production. i'm interested in releasing this music, and inviting others to listen to this in live sets, where everyone invited has the chance to participate, even if just creating a mood. i've taken the idea of the drum circle and expanded that to the digital drum circle, and now, over a decade later, after a long and unnecessary hiatus, i'm ready to go the next step and create a sonic music circle.

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i'm looking for all types of musicians, button pushers, DJs, mashup destroyers and audio tweakers.

i want to experiment.

i want open minds.

if this sounds intriguing, hit me up. the mad scientist awaits...

woohoo! more drunken electro house for your dancing pleasure. play loud or not at all...

01. all about house music
02. eat me
03. slip and slide
04. evil tribe
05. put the record back on
06. let's take drugs
07. bleep
08. blitzkrieg
09. chopper
10. alone with you
11. streetgirls
12. shingaling
13. believe
14. put your hands up for detroit
15. i am not drunk