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hi pholks,

the art damage 25th anniversary concert is happening 1 1/2 days from now, i'm trying to relax and get things done but my nerves are nervous...

just put the finishing touches on a new song that has been getting good reviews from people around me. i had some difficulty getting it to sound right, but i'm learning a lot about the software and mastering in general.

there's a bit of buzz about the show, not all due to me... people around me are helping out with promotion, the great poster for the show, drives, and more. this really blows me away because i've been at this alone for a long time... having people come to me wanting to help signifies that i've "made it" in certain ways.

i've heard that i'm sitting on quite a bit of good music, and that it just needs wider exposure to be successful. i hope that's right!


efforts are underway to get my stuff into movies, trailers, tv, and videogames. not sure what the response will be to what i put out there but it sounds exciting.


i've had some great times and really bad times over the years.
this feels, oddly enough, like a starting point. i'm enjoying my studio so much that i feel i could make music forever and be happy no matter what the outside world's response to it was. i know from experience that the one constant is change...

anyway i'm looking forward to the show very much

i will do my best to make it worthwhile...

thanks

art damage

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i like using plug-ins as a form of synthesis, both in audio and photoshop...

back at it!

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hi folks! wasn't doing so well for a while there... hardly did much but stay in bed. i didn't like it.

now, however, things are bloomin' lots going on.

i'm going to be working with someone else at making stuff in the studio hope it goes well...

i'm re-mastering ancient Phycus material for re-release on iTunes. all in all a fun time making them sound even more evil. cool to be talking to that crowd again.

looks like istvan kantor got hurt by someone?! wtf! careful monty, we need you around to show us the way.

also will be checking out brian ov phycus' Unireverse project on vinyl as well-- very cool packaging.

improvements to the studio, new toys, new samples, more HD space. all good.

looking at getting more jobs doing soundtrack work - i find it challenging.

had a promo bit on andrew duke's very long-running radio show where i said something like "this is art damage and you're listening to andrew duke" kindof thing.. nice to know that i'm famous enough that someone would want that from me... i hope i get some tunes up that show for sure. i'll keep trying.

i'm really enjoying twitter as it destroys the world. hehehe. help i think i'm being followed! haha.

me on twitter:




anyway i hope someone somewhere is enjoying this blog...

thanks

art damage

why am i doing this now?

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so i'm enjoying the internet once again, i'm quite active on facebook and love chatting up ex-girlfriends and long lost relatives...


i must admit that for a while i've been reading a lot about marketing and branding and so on. my reasons were many for getting into it. what i've noticed is that some marketers create things you actually want and are adept at sweetening the deal or getting your attention.

i hate it when i've signed up for something free with an email and then i start getting emails from them that have a subject line that starts RE: my latest offer
when i never sent them anything inquiring about that latest offer.

it just seems too manipulative. i would like to put together a nON-Marketing checklist of manipulative things that marketers do to sell something.

i'm going to name this project and tweet requests yahoo answers etc, to build up a library of yukky mean ways people get (or try to get) your money.

so feel free to comment on this and share your experiences!
i will tweet this also to get input there...

look for results (or lack of interest from everyone) here!


i hope you'll join in the discussion

i remain yours
art damage

back to blogging...

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wow! this is an exciting time for me with big highs and big low... intense is how i'd put it...

had to put my step mom's dog to sleep. i want to go like that!
oddly beautiful in its sadness and loss. i petted her up to the very end...
not even a sigh. much respect to the vet and his staff for being totally considerate of
my and the dog's feelings.


on the plus front i'm planning on making more changes around here. i've been a bit scared to make new music now that people are liking it. now i feel like i have a standard or expectations to live up to. i've had a block about composing for too long!
so i'm announcing that in 6 months come hell or high water an album of music will be relased on CD and electronically.

i'm doing internet again full on now that my service is back. watch this space for details...


listening to BOC, and my dad

thanks for reading

art!

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Wow, my new tactic is to write this post in Microsoft Word thus the capitalization will be automatic and easier to read.

Magic is happening in the studio. I’m finding my Korg OASYS PCI is one of the best sounding synths I’ve ever heard! This is mainly because the PC is in the shoppe being fixed…

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/oasys-pci/files/

is a page where you can find the art damage bundle, a collection of patches for the OASYS PCI freely available for download.

Of course you have to have the hardware to use any of it…


• My buddy from ??? just put up his first myspace site,
I would love it if you checked it out IF you happen to like interesting noise ambient sounds. This guy knows his stuff and just one listening is not enough for his stuff. I have stuff he hasn’t released and I’ll tell you it’s good! He may send some stuff for me to “master” which I would love, but in the meantime definitely go to:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=376832805

Well, I hope that you enjoy that!

Reading: the four-hour workweek
http://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307353133/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231657953&sr=1-2
It has lots of good advice.

Listening: Stereolab, Autechre, We love you

And more!

Gonna go for now, stay cool: it’s winter.

Pleased,
Art Damage

a test!

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well the dust has settled from my last perfomance, not great but i am appreciative that a guy came up to me after the show and told me he really liked my stuff. that counts for a lot!

i guess every small victory like that is what keeps me going


talked to one of my recording buddies last night (new year's eve) and i think a joint musical attempt is in order...

also an old release of mine (from the 80's) is getting a new life... as a split-side cassette release along with "the abusive step-dads" it's pretty heavy/silly/noisey/sampled stuff but the guy who's putting it out feels that it's some of his favorite art damage recordings! so thanks guys... i have more... i will try to post a link if that sort of thing will become available.


listening to - meat beat manifesto, skylab, drome, severed heads, venetian snares, squarepusher, amon tobin and others.

also i've joined some new sites,
as always they will be listed at the art damage clearinghouse ASAP.


take care until next time,
arthur q damage

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well i don't do this often but here you go: i'm promoting something else besides me!

I'm evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they're letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.

It covers:

• The best blogging techniques.
• How to get traffic to your blog.
• How to turn your blog into money.

I'll let you know what I think once I've had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it's still free.

also i have new toys for the studio.. crazy inexpensive!

new projects:

i have a new video ready to upload

i might be doing mixing/mastering of a metal band

i have a new jingle composed

and more is on the way!

so glad you read this,

art

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Written for you!

Art damage here, reporting from the cold hard night. S. has hopped down to TDOT.

Just got some new toys in the studio… ahh these group buys at kvraudio just blow me away… SFX machine RT

http://www.kvraudio.com

there’s a video of mine that’s done quite well on YouTube, if you’re into repetitive techno this is the song for you! the video is repetitive too.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=4RYW0Q9r4Qc

this not having internet is driving me crazy!!!

I need to get that looked after.

Friends of mine (recording dudes) are preparing to edge out into the virtual world. I will pump their shite once it’s live.

Busy doing projects for people. I designed a bunch of new t-shirts that get laughs when I show them to people. Give me time and I will have the new designs both at cafepress and Zazzle whichever you prefer.


More “live” shows are in the works, more documentary soundtracks in the making and all the while learning new techniques in Reason 4.0 among others.


Since sales of my Disabled Controls CD have topped out at 2 I will remind people that you can listen to the whole thing for free at isound. If you really are a stickler for sound quality CD’s are available.

http://www.isound.com/art_damage

http://www.cdbaby.com/artdamage


tripping the vistalites fantastic


art damage nov 08

my latest video

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here's my latest video,
i'm quite proud of it...

finished a documentary soundtrack,
busy on other things

oh yeah!

oh my frig!

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Now playing: Fridge - Version
via FoxyTunes

ok here is a new gadget that i will use to coerce email and other info from you. this information will not be shared or sold.



i'm not sure how this will work but i'm diving in to the best of my ability

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space magic is getting ready to hit the interstreet!
details about this ambient album by art damage will follow with a link to CDBaby!

good news: got my first cheque from Squidoo. i love seth godin.

read a book called predictably irrational, pretty interesting stuff about
humans and our strange decisions...
http://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Hidden-Forces-Decisions/dp/006135323X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218518320&sr=8-1



i'm happy to report that i will be composing music for 2 different documentaries!

i've also applied to play gobblefest 15, a huge show of indie bands that goes on for 3 days. i'm hoping i get to play...

a cassette label has asked to release a cassette of art damage vs. another cape breton experimental musician. i love the idea and look forward to putting out some cool weird tracks!

well i can't think of anything else to report

art damage

quick update

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hi folks,

things are starting to pick up in the world of art damage!

glad to be in contact with Todd in Toronto his music is quite brilliant
and hopefully he'll let me link to it when it's released...

oh yeah and here's something else:


hopefully that will work

i'm still blown away that seth godin wrote about my site in his e-book (the joy of squidoo)

also stewart home of neoism fame called one of my videos "groovy"
he doesn't get along well with istvan kantor, my buddy...
great to hear from him tho'

well good morning to all
art damage

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well here's a playlist of music i like...
you might enjoy it

oh my god!

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well i'm shocked! i was reading an ebook about squidoo, one of my favorite places on the web, and i did a double take when i saw myself in the book. i thought for a moment that i was looking at my page not the book... holy crap! seth godin included my art damage page in his book as an example of what is possible with squidoo! the book is called the joy of squidoo if you want to search for it. it's a great intro to the squidoo world. this was a few hours ago and i'm still in shock...

other than that i'm busy uploading my work to various websites and making videos...
over 15,000 views of my videos at cbc exposure!

http://exposure.cbc.ca/user/artdamage00

so things are good for the moment

i hope you're good too!

thanks
art damage

shameless!

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something wonderful is happening

i'm being compelled by mysterious forces

to tell you about a very interesting RSS service

rsshugger.com

if you happen to own a blog you should check it out and register your
own blog

wow.

i promise to post again soon~

art damage

the feed of all feeds

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hello and good morning

if you want to keep up with art damage but want the features of RSS

you can put the following feed in your RSS viewer!

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=4CgUB4RG3RGa_G8cy51_DQ&_render=rss

pretty cool huh, i made it using yahoo pipes,
if you don't know what that is check it out.

cheers to monty cantsin aka istvan kantor for his kind words in his last email plus the cool picture he sent

i'm also updating a lot of my sites to keep everything fresh. the RSS feed above will help you keep track of it all.

post a comment if you like it

thanks
art damage

yep i'm back

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well i'm back in action. illness and weird circumstances had me on the run.

but i survived mostly intact

really getting into the internet these days, i like twitter and squidoo!

if you click on the title of this post you will be brought to the master list of all the art damage sites. there's quite a few, enough to keep the casual observer busy for a bit!

just came out with a new video: modest misfortune

it was refused for copyright infringement on one video site?! what the?
i wrote them back and assured them i'm the author and copyright holder... we'll see.

shout outs to my good friend todd up t-dot
and gary flannigan
who runs the nightwaves website -- devoted to all things 80's and synthetic, music wise. he manages to score great interviews with interesting players from all over. you might find him more articulate than I am. i just struggle through this.
anyway nightwaves!


well thanks for paying attention i'm going to get back to other things.

later
art damage

birth of a mac

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well it looks like i'm gonna get a new computer. looking forward to os10.5!

had a nice visit with my ex-

and i'm making new music!

i won't be able to make any videos until i get the new puter.


so life awaits...

art damage

death of a mac

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well i was just getting used to my titanium g4 and then i was all set to do a badly needed backup and WHAM

it dies

i think i have lost a lot of my videos a business plan and all sorts of things.

mostly i feel stupid for not backing up sooner.

so things are underway to get a working computer back

________

also i attended a showing of the high-school movie project i did a scene's soundtrack for. i was quite pleased to hear my music played on my local cinema's huge soundsystem! i made it go twinkle and boom and my relief was palatable.
cheers to maynard for letting me be involved!


in the meantime i'm experimenting a bit with new sounds and reading and listening to music as always. Hidden Forms' radio show has a lot of good industrial music archived on their site so i'm into that.

i also talked to brian damage by email and also cafe cryo who is ready to put out new music.

merritt the cat says meow
and i say see ya!

art damage

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i've been busy with improving some of my websites.
i'm more wired than ever!
figured out how to do a live show with just one laptop
and a midi percussion controller. if you don't know what that is
don't worry about it. it's just like a compact set of drum pads.

over on the right of this page you should see the nice
amazon.com widget of my music...

i can't tell you what it would mean if you would check it out.
don't take my word for it...
just go to
http://www.cdbaby.com/artdamage
to read what people have said.

i'd like to gain financial independence within my lifetime
so if you're into wierd eletronica then you should chek it out.
eclectronic is more like it.

well thanks to those who're paying attention to all this

i hope to post more frequently.
thanks
art damage

bloggeroooo

after a period of convanlecense i'm back into the computer world...

did a soundtrack (just one scene) for my local high-school's annual
movie... some of my best work yet! i was just glad to be involved

also i hit over 10,000 views at CBC exposure...

http://exposure.cbc.ca/user/artdamage00

if you want to see what the buzz is about!

i'm hoping to add new videos soon

thanks to all those paying attention!

art damage

wow blogging can be fun

bloggeroooo

here is a cool video (vaudio)

with music by the ever-present art damage

foiled by compression schemes,

Click here to watch 'CB-Electronic-House-Party'

there is talk of a live show here in Sydney nova scotia canada (canaba)

my second audio -CD release is scheduled for very soon,

i cut all the album covers myself.

one thing is for sure,
a home burned CD from the master recording actually sounds better than a manufactured CD as they have to go
through many steps to get to the final product. so when you buy an art damage CD, untlil further notice, it will sound amazing!
i'm not sure where i read that fact but it really made sense to me at the time.

well for now play safe and have fun

bloggeroooo

well here is a recent video:





so i played a benefit just djing inbetween bands. a nice time was had
and for a good cause.

last minute preparations are in place for the release of art damage's space magic album, an ambient album meant to be listened to in bed.

avoid using heavy machinery while driving under the influence of this album.

i'll post when they receive them and are put up for sale.
i'm also experimenting with new video and music

well enjoy
that's all i can do for now
art damage
2008 feb.

bloggeroooo

hi folks and happy new year. 2007 was an exciting time for art damage and related projects...
2008 could be the year i blow up real good!

i'm still listening to more music than i'm making, unusual for me but an education.

i have more soundtracks coming up
and also i've caught wind of a neat project that i might be doing the mixing and mastering for.

i've been offered a live gig if i want it and i think i've recovered from the last one so i just might do it!
i'd do an all-ages gig for sure. not so hot on the bar shows...

i'm no further ahead on my new album
but in the mean time i should be ready to release my space magic ambient album on CDBaby.com using the profits from sellling the two CD's.

my myspace page has new songs on it as they now allow 6 songs per profile!
check it out:
http://www.myspace.com/artdamage000

the song from my disabled controls cd that people went nuts for is KLAXPLANET 2.0.
you can hear the whole thing for free at myspace.

well i survived the holidaze and got some nice music-related books as well as a MIDI cable. thanks, satan!

play safe and have fun,
art damage

aimless typing oh yeah x-mas!

hi folks,

well it's holidayze time of year. i'm still learning things and doing side project work...

always reading, always listening to new and old music.

murcof is one of my favorite listens these days.

sigur ros too!

my videos have been doing well at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporations'
exposure site --- getting exposed a lot.

http://exposure.cbc.ca/user/artdamage00

remember to keep your eyes warm this winter
play safe and have fun
art damage

bloggeroooo

if you find yourself needing more art damage check out :

http://www.squidoo.com/art_damage

there's a list of all my sites there's lots !




a;sp tjos vodep

a rescued video

bloggeroooo!





check out my snocap store!!
i'm so happy this is up and running
i'm trying to get another release ready
my ambient album: space magic

still working on the documentary
i'm continually learning things
it's a challenge...

later,
art