Sic Semper Tyrannis

An Early Christmas Gift

Apparently, the onset of winter gets the creative juices flowing for me. A little involuntary cooped-up-ness gets me thinking about making music.

So, I offer you this mp3--Be Still I oughta give you a couple warnings up front. First of all, it's a rather large file. The tune lasts over twenty minutes, so be patient with the download. (I'm not sure how this is going to work. You may have to right-click on the link and choose "Download Linked File.")

Another warning: the music contained therein has some very minimal, drone elements, which could prove challenging for certain personality or lifestyle types. I'd be lying if I said that wasn't on purpose.

What is this music? Mostly up to you to decide.

But for me it's as close as I get to an audible prayer. It could be useful for meditation, yoga, or balancing the checkbook. Also useful for ignoring.

If you're like me and like to listen to the sound within music, there are some pretty weird oscillations going on within single pitches which aren't easily identifiable until you've given the note some time to "sink in."

I really just wanted to create some music that encourages the listener to
S-L-O-W--D-O-W-N.

Let me know if you have technical issues and I'll hem-haw around until you forget about this post.

Hopefully you'll get something out of it.

posted by Mike @ 8:12 PM