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     I like to mull over my music for a long time.  This piece I could have
released about a year ago, but I though I'd keep it around and see if I
could take it anywhere.  Well, I guess I've hoarded it long enough, so here
it is.  I have some other short thingies that I've written but haven't
released, but maybe I'll start putting out all of my old stuff.  My newer
stuff is all done in UltraTracker .ULT format.  At the moment, the only
players for them are iPLAY v1.1 (which does a really decent job, except for
large .ULT's), and METAL v0.25 (which is GUS only, and sounds good, but
doesn't do everything right.  Headed in the right direction, though).
.ULT's can have up to 32 channels, each in 15 position stereo, and also
supports 16-bit samples and bi-directional looping.  (Sounds really cool)

     People ask me why I only write techno-dance music.  Well, basically
because that's what trackers are best suited for.  It's dificult to write
something expressionful on a grid, though I've seen some REALLY good stuff
by people like Dr. Awesome and U4ia (*AndrewM* Hey there.).  And, for a
while, all I really was into was beat music.  I pretty well like anything,
though.  I have grade 8 Piano, 4 years playing Oboe (just a wailing
instrument, too.  Bleh.), and 2 months guitar.  So, I'm still searching for
my music "neiche".  I don't feel totally comfortable sticking to one or two
genre's.
     Hopefully, if this demo tape thing gets in the air, I'll be able to buy
a MIDI keyboard.  Whenver I get down to one of those, I spend hours.  Also a
CD-ROM drive for samples.  I have about 7 CD-ROM's that were given to me,
and they're packed with .MOD files.  But I can't access them, though.  :(
Hey, if anyone in the Toronto area has a REALLY cheaply priced CD-ROM drive
(like, $70), get in contact with me.  Or, if ANYONE has a CD-ROM drive that
they want to unload, contact me.


     I think I'll spew a bit here.

     I'm happy.  I've never really been happy just being by myself before.
Whenver I was happy, I was always going out with someone.  But, now I've been
single for 2 moths, and I'm actually happy.  Sometimes a little down when I
look at someone I had been lusting over, or one of those "could have been"
relationships, but for the most part, I'm happy.  Just happy.  It's a funny
feeling to wake up one day and be filled with this really wierd, light
energy.  You're whole personality changes.

     Hope this stays.  I kinda like it.


                         Andrew McCallum/Mental Floss (Toronto)

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