http://www.grimaceworks.com/home 2008-11-18T18:56:10Z Michael Forrest http://www.grimaceworks.com/posts/show/287 2008-11-18T18:56:10Z michaelforrest

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/3040904615_8ba7851227_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /><br /><br />Just thought I'd mention that my new website has been tested on my iPod Touch. I wanted to point out that all the media works - you can listen to any mp3s and watch any videos thanks to the way I've done the Flash fallback content. So if you want to check my stuff out then you don't necessarily have to be at your computer!

<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/3040904615_8ba7851227_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /><br /><br />Just thought I'd mention that my new website has been tested on my iPod Touch. I wanted to point out that all the media works - you can listen to any mp3s and watch any videos thanks to the way I've done the Flash fallback content. So if you want to check my stuff out then you don't necessarily have to be at your computer!</p><br/><br/><a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/post/287_Grimaceworks+com+on+iPod+Touch++iPhone">0 comments</a><br/><br/>Michael Forrest music downloads: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=277733971&forceArtistPage=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Itunes" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/itunes.png" /> iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Michael-Forrest-MP3-Download/11970915.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Emusic" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/emusic.png" /> eMusic</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175IGAI/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1216819554&sr=103-2" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazon" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/amazon.png" /> Amazon MP3</a> http://www.grimaceworks.com/posts/show/286 2008-11-18T17:20:59Z michaelforrest

This is the second track I've done with Geoff Tyson. Geoff has his own Wikipedia entry because he was a student and jamming-buddy of guitar hero Joe Satriani. He also features on one of the Guitar Hero games. He knows how to put a song together too, so it was nice to work on this stuff - I have been able to focus on sonic experimentation instead of boring stuff like pitch and timing correction! This one is pretty intense. Hoping to do something a bit more restrained for our third effort.

<p>This is the second track I&#8217;ve done with Geoff Tyson. Geoff has his own Wikipedia entry because he was a student and jamming-buddy of guitar hero Joe Satriani. He also features on one of the Guitar Hero games. He knows how to put a song together too, so it was nice to work on this stuff &#8211; I have been able to focus on sonic experimentation instead of boring stuff like pitch and timing correction! This one is pretty intense. Hoping to do something a bit more restrained for our third effort.</p> <table class="track"> <tr> <td> <span id="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.box.net%2Frssdownload%2F219669628%2FGeoff%2520Tyson%2520-%2520Here%2520Again" class="miniplayer"> <p style="padding-top:10px"> <a href="http://www.box.net/rssdownload/219669628/Geoff%20Tyson%20-%20Here%20Again" target="_blank"><img alt="Player" src="/images/icons/player.png?1227035987" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://adobe.com/go/getflash" class="get_flash"><img alt="Flash" src="/images/icons/flash.gif?1227035987" /> GET FLASH</a></p> </span> </td> <th> Geoff Tyson - Here Again.mp3 </th> </tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> var swf = new SWFObject("/flash/mini_player/SmallGreyPlayer.swf", "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.box.net%2Frssdownload%2F219669628%2FGeoff%2520Tyson%2520-%2520Here%2520Again", "100", "30", "9",'#F4F2F3'); swf.addVariable("title", "Geoff+Tyson+-+Here+Again.mp3"); swf.addVariable("mp3", "http://www.box.net/rssdownload/219669628/Geoff%20Tyson%20-%20Here%20Again"); swf.write("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.box.net%2Frssdownload%2F219669628%2FGeoff%2520Tyson%2520-%2520Here%2520Again"); </script> <br/><br/><a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/post/286_Geoff+Tyson+-+Here+Again+mp3">0 comments</a><br/><br/>Michael Forrest music downloads: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=277733971&forceArtistPage=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Itunes" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/itunes.png" /> iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Michael-Forrest-MP3-Download/11970915.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Emusic" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/emusic.png" /> eMusic</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175IGAI/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1216819554&sr=103-2" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazon" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/amazon.png" /> Amazon MP3</a> http://www.grimaceworks.com/posts/show/284 2008-11-12T16:25:39Z michaelforrest

Ric Moore of bedroomlab.com just put up <a href="http://bedroomlab.com/boomshine" target="_blank">this game</a> to play online. I gave him the music and sound effects. <br /><br /><a href="http://bedroomlab.com/boomshine" target="_blank"><img src="http://assets.grimaceworks.com/boomshine.png"></a><br /><br />If you get stuck on the higher levels just make your window smaller and reload. Then it will be easier :)<br /><br /><a href="http://bedroomlab.com/boomshine" target="_blank">Play it!</a>

<p>Ric Moore of bedroomlab.com just put up <a href="http://bedroomlab.com/boomshine" target="_blank">this game</a> to play online. I gave him the music and sound effects. <br /><br /><a href="http://bedroomlab.com/boomshine" target="_blank"><img src="http://assets.grimaceworks.com/boomshine.png"></a><br /><br />If you get stuck on the higher levels just make your window smaller and reload. Then it will be easier :)<br /><br /><a href="http://bedroomlab.com/boomshine" target="_blank">Play it!</a></p><br/><br/><a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/post/284_Boomshine">0 comments</a><br/><br/>Michael Forrest music downloads: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=277733971&forceArtistPage=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Itunes" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/itunes.png" /> iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Michael-Forrest-MP3-Download/11970915.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Emusic" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/emusic.png" /> eMusic</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175IGAI/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1216819554&sr=103-2" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazon" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/amazon.png" /> Amazon MP3</a> http://www.grimaceworks.com/posts/show/283 2008-11-12T12:41:21Z michaelforrest

Here's something that I've been working on with <a href="http://myspace.com/fatimaeiras">Fátima Eiras</a> over the Internet. Fátima is supporting the Ting Tings in Madrid next week as "Fatima Meets Kuriaki". So she's gonna be famous very soon.

<p>Here&#8217;s something that I&#8217;ve been working on with <a href="http://myspace.com/fatimaeiras">Fátima Eiras</a> over the Internet. Fátima is supporting the Ting Tings in Madrid next week as &#8220;Fatima Meets Kuriaki&#8221;. So she&#8217;s gonna be famous very soon.</p> <table class="track"> <tr> <td> <span id="http%3A%2F%2Fwww.box.net%2Frssdownload%2F217141406%2FDon%2527t%2520Let%2520Me%2520Down.mp3" class="miniplayer"> <p style="padding-top:10px"> <a href="http://www.box.net/rssdownload/217141406/Don%27t%20Let%20Me%20Down.mp3" target="_blank"><img alt="Player" src="/images/icons/player.png?1227035987" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://adobe.com/go/getflash" class="get_flash"><img alt="Flash" src="/images/icons/flash.gif?1227035987" /> GET FLASH</a></p> </span> </td> <th> Don't Let Me Down.mp3 </th> </tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> var swf = new SWFObject("/flash/mini_player/SmallGreyPlayer.swf", "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.box.net%2Frssdownload%2F217141406%2FDon%2527t%2520Let%2520Me%2520Down.mp3", "100", "30", "9",'#F4F2F3'); swf.addVariable("title", "Don%27t+Let+Me+Down.mp3"); swf.addVariable("mp3", "http://www.box.net/rssdownload/217141406/Don%27t%20Let%20Me%20Down.mp3"); swf.write("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.box.net%2Frssdownload%2F217141406%2FDon%2527t%2520Let%2520Me%2520Down.mp3"); </script> <br/><br/><a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/post/283_Don't+Let+Me+Down+mp3">0 comments</a><br/><br/>Michael Forrest music downloads: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=277733971&forceArtistPage=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Itunes" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/itunes.png" /> iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Michael-Forrest-MP3-Download/11970915.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Emusic" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/emusic.png" /> eMusic</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175IGAI/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1216819554&sr=103-2" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazon" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/amazon.png" /> Amazon MP3</a> http://www.grimaceworks.com/posts/show/282 2008-11-11T14:59:50Z michaelforrest

Clicking through old posts via my 'random posts' widget I saw my entry "<a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/blog/192_Day+1">Day 1</a>", dated 25th February 2008. This was Day One of my attempt to start carving some success as a musician or artist of some sort. <a href="http://grimaceworks.com">This site</a> shows how far I am with that.<br /><br />I thought I'd find out how many days I am into my project now. <code>Date.today - "25 Feb 2008".to_date</code> Today is Day 260. A round number. Not as round as, say, one hundred though. <br /><br /><code><br />&gt;&gt; day1 = "25 Feb 2008".to_date<br />=&gt; Mon, 25 Feb 2008<br />&gt;&gt; day1 + 100<br />=&gt; Wed, 04 Jun 2008</code> <br /><br />4th June 2008: my 30th birthday. I got a surprise party! Just like I always wanted! And this:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelforrest/3021552801/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/3021552801_664eefe7e7.jpg?v=0" /></a><br /><br />Day 101 involved me losing my best friend, most promising musical collaboration and the path I'd decided to take towards achieving musical success without having to be lonely. A laptop was destroyed in the process. I'm still somewhat less-than-chuffed about that whole development. <br /><br />Let's fast-forward to Day 200. Friday 12th September. No - let's go to <a href="http://grimaceworks.com/blog/266_Sad+but+inevitable+realisation">Day 210</a> - that's when I decided I wasn't capable of being in the foreground, artistically, and started pursuing the more pragmatic and realistic aim of focusing on production. More geeky, less fraught. Along I go.<br /><br />Day three hundred will be the 21st December. I thought I was going to have a million pounds by about day three hundred. That would have been three thousand three hundred and thirty three pounds a day. I suppose that's something of a high expectation to have of myself. Suffice to say I'm a long way off. And, well, now I need to get twenty five thousand pounds a day to meet by goal by day three hundred.<br /><br />Anyway, if it wasn't obvious, I spend too much of my time looking inwards. I think I shall step out of my comfort zone and make a phone call.

<p>Clicking through old posts via my 'random posts' widget I saw my entry "<a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/blog/192_Day+1">Day 1</a>", dated 25th February 2008. This was Day One of my attempt to start carving some success as a musician or artist of some sort. <a href="http://grimaceworks.com">This site</a> shows how far I am with that.<br /><br />I thought I'd find out how many days I am into my project now. <code>Date.today - "25 Feb 2008".to_date</code> Today is Day 260. A round number. Not as round as, say, one hundred though. <br /><br /><code><br />&gt;&gt; day1 = "25 Feb 2008".to_date<br />=&gt; Mon, 25 Feb 2008<br />&gt;&gt; day1 + 100<br />=&gt; Wed, 04 Jun 2008</code> <br /><br />4th June 2008: my 30th birthday. I got a surprise party! Just like I always wanted! And this:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelforrest/3021552801/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/3021552801_664eefe7e7.jpg?v=0" /></a><br /><br />Day 101 involved me losing my best friend, most promising musical collaboration and the path I'd decided to take towards achieving musical success without having to be lonely. A laptop was destroyed in the process. I'm still somewhat less-than-chuffed about that whole development. <br /><br />Let's fast-forward to Day 200. Friday 12th September. No - let's go to <a href="http://grimaceworks.com/blog/266_Sad+but+inevitable+realisation">Day 210</a> - that's when I decided I wasn't capable of being in the foreground, artistically, and started pursuing the more pragmatic and realistic aim of focusing on production. More geeky, less fraught. Along I go.<br /><br />Day three hundred will be the 21st December. I thought I was going to have a million pounds by about day three hundred. That would have been three thousand three hundred and thirty three pounds a day. I suppose that's something of a high expectation to have of myself. Suffice to say I'm a long way off. And, well, now I need to get twenty five thousand pounds a day to meet by goal by day three hundred.<br /><br />Anyway, if it wasn't obvious, I spend too much of my time looking inwards. I think I shall step out of my comfort zone and make a phone call.</p><br/><br/><a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/post/282_Days+1++300">2 comments</a><br/><br/>Michael Forrest music downloads: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=277733971&forceArtistPage=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Itunes" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/itunes.png" /> iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Michael-Forrest-MP3-Download/11970915.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Emusic" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/emusic.png" /> eMusic</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175IGAI/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1216819554&sr=103-2" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazon" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/amazon.png" /> Amazon MP3</a> http://www.grimaceworks.com/posts/show/281 2008-11-11T03:34:26Z michaelforrest

It dawned on me that the word 'art' in the primary navigation of my new website was a word put in my mouth by other people. It hasn't been sitting right with me at all, beyond being a conveniently short catch-all word for my creative pursuits.<br /><br />'Experiments' is a term that captures much more precisely the nature of the work I have placed here. Everything you will find is experimental on some level - be it an attempt to push my own boundaries, or the boundaries of music in general. Less obvious are the experiments where I have developed a process - usually geared around creating work extremely rapidly. I get bored if any remotely subjective project takes me longer than a day or two to create. So, while you may have seen the sort of fast cutting and micro-manipulation that is present in a few of my YouTube videos done before by others, I have replaced their painstaking approach with a loose, fast, easy approach of my own, allowing me to throw stuff together very quickly. Where possible I will use the edge features of new software, but to be sure, I often prefer to program my own tools.<br /><br />While a lot of what I have done might perhaps be considered 'art' by others (I'd like to hope so anyway), as far as I'm concerned, these are technical experiments or creative attempts to achieve certain emotinal effects, created quickly by delegating as much monkey-work to the computer as possible.

<p>It dawned on me that the word 'art' in the primary navigation of my new website was a word put in my mouth by other people. It hasn't been sitting right with me at all, beyond being a conveniently short catch-all word for my creative pursuits.<br /><br />'Experiments' is a term that captures much more precisely the nature of the work I have placed here. Everything you will find is experimental on some level - be it an attempt to push my own boundaries, or the boundaries of music in general. Less obvious are the experiments where I have developed a process - usually geared around creating work extremely rapidly. I get bored if any remotely subjective project takes me longer than a day or two to create. So, while you may have seen the sort of fast cutting and micro-manipulation that is present in a few of my YouTube videos done before by others, I have replaced their painstaking approach with a loose, fast, easy approach of my own, allowing me to throw stuff together very quickly. Where possible I will use the edge features of new software, but to be sure, I often prefer to program my own tools.<br /><br />While a lot of what I have done might perhaps be considered 'art' by others (I'd like to hope so anyway), as far as I'm concerned, these are technical experiments or creative attempts to achieve certain emotinal effects, created quickly by delegating as much monkey-work to the computer as possible.</p><br/><br/><a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/post/281_Not+'art':+experiments+">0 comments</a><br/><br/>Michael Forrest music downloads: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=277733971&forceArtistPage=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Itunes" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/itunes.png" /> iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Michael-Forrest-MP3-Download/11970915.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Emusic" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/emusic.png" /> eMusic</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175IGAI/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1216819554&sr=103-2" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazon" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/amazon.png" /> Amazon MP3</a> http://www.grimaceworks.com/posts/show/279 2008-11-10T20:07:48Z michaelforrest

I have revamped my website! It's less of a blog and more of a fully-formed showcase site now. <br /><br /><a href="http://grimaceworks.com"><img src="http://assets.grimaceworks.com/new_site.png" /></a><br /><br />There's a feedback widget to the left you can use to control where I focus my efforts from now on.. Hope you like it!

<p>I have revamped my website! It's less of a blog and more of a fully-formed showcase site now. <br /><br /><a href="http://grimaceworks.com"><img src="http://assets.grimaceworks.com/new_site.png" /></a><br /><br />There's a feedback widget to the left you can use to control where I focus my efforts from now on.. Hope you like it!</p><br/><br/><a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/post/279_New+Website">0 comments</a><br/><br/>Michael Forrest music downloads: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=277733971&forceArtistPage=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Itunes" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/itunes.png" /> iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Michael-Forrest-MP3-Download/11970915.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Emusic" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/emusic.png" /> eMusic</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175IGAI/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1216819554&sr=103-2" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazon" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/amazon.png" /> Amazon MP3</a> http://www.grimaceworks.com/posts/show/278 2008-11-01T11:31:22Z michaelforrest

<a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/michael_forrest/pic/0000c6k9/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/michael_forrest/pic/0000c6k9/s320x240" width="285" height="240" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I'll be retiring on these royalties then.

<p><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/michael_forrest/pic/0000c6k9/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/michael_forrest/pic/0000c6k9/s320x240" width="285" height="240" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I'll be retiring on these royalties then.</p><br/><br/><a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/post/278_Uh+yeah+thanks+Last+fm">3 comments</a><br/><br/>Michael Forrest music downloads: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=277733971&forceArtistPage=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Itunes" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/itunes.png" /> iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Michael-Forrest-MP3-Download/11970915.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Emusic" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/emusic.png" /> eMusic</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175IGAI/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1216819554&sr=103-2" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazon" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/amazon.png" /> Amazon MP3</a> http://www.grimaceworks.com/posts/show/277 2008-10-20T23:04:44Z michaelforrest

Okay, here's a showcase of some of my best stuff in an attempt to bring it all together in a place a busy person can check it out...<br /><br /><a href="http://grimaceworks.com/mf/production">grimaceworks.com/mf/production</a>

<p>Okay, here's a showcase of some of my best stuff in an attempt to bring it all together in a place a busy person can check it out...<br /><br /><a href="http://grimaceworks.com/mf/production">grimaceworks.com/mf/production</a></p><br/><br/><a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/post/277_Production+page">0 comments</a><br/><br/>Michael Forrest music downloads: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=277733971&forceArtistPage=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Itunes" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/itunes.png" /> iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Michael-Forrest-MP3-Download/11970915.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Emusic" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/emusic.png" /> eMusic</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175IGAI/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1216819554&sr=103-2" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazon" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/amazon.png" /> Amazon MP3</a> http://www.grimaceworks.com/posts/show/273 2008-10-10T16:29:39Z michaelforrest

Seems my Facebook app has been quietly gaining users. <br /><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/michael_forrest/pic/0000br05/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/michael_forrest/pic/0000br05/s320x240" width="303" height="240" border="0" /></a><br />From people all over the place. <span style="size:70%">The last mark is zero because the data doesn't get changed until midnight. I couldn't work out how to narrow the range - the flash kept freezing!</span><br />I'm staying with my family today, and somebody reminded me I know celebrity psychologist Paul Britton, and that perhaps I should be talking to him and other people about this application. And perhaps I could somehow monetise it. <br />I have no idea how I would monetise it.

<p>Seems my Facebook app has been quietly gaining users. <br /><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/michael_forrest/pic/0000br05/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/michael_forrest/pic/0000br05/s320x240" width="303" height="240" border="0" /></a><br />From people all over the place. <span style="size:70%">The last mark is zero because the data doesn't get changed until midnight. I couldn't work out how to narrow the range - the flash kept freezing!</span><br />I'm staying with my family today, and somebody reminded me I know celebrity psychologist Paul Britton, and that perhaps I should be talking to him and other people about this application. And perhaps I could somehow monetise it. <br />I have no idea how I would monetise it.</p><br/><br/><a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/post/273_Mood+Tracker+again">0 comments</a><br/><br/>Michael Forrest music downloads: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=277733971&forceArtistPage=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Itunes" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/itunes.png" /> iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Michael-Forrest-MP3-Download/11970915.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Emusic" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/emusic.png" /> eMusic</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175IGAI/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1216819554&sr=103-2" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazon" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/amazon.png" /> Amazon MP3</a> http://www.grimaceworks.com/posts/show/272 2008-10-07T20:00:06Z michaelforrest

So I spent this afternoon surrounded by a circle of gear, recording this remix, after Dave kindly donated the 'stems' (they must always be referred to as 'stems', with the quote marks). <br /><br />I didn't want to go too electronic on it - I decided I wanted to do something that wouldn't be <em>too</em> out of place on a Radiohead record. It was nice sitting inside a circle formed by my drum kit, rack units, microphone assembly, moog prodigy, cello, trumpet, clarinet, controller keyboard and laptop. The only bad thing is it meant I was listening to my speakers at the wrong angle, meaning I was mixing it slightly wrong as I was going along - hopefully it's not TOO bad, now that I've tweaked it. <br /><br />There was a lot of music spilling into the vocal track, so I ended up incorporating this into a fill, bringing in the 'big' music. Oh anyway. Have a listen.<br /><br /><lj-embed id="6" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.radioheadremix.com/remix/?id=868">Listen here and vote for it: http://www.radioheadremix.com/remix/?id=868</a>

<p>So I spent this afternoon surrounded by a circle of gear, recording this remix, after Dave kindly donated the 'stems' (they must always be referred to as 'stems', with the quote marks). <br /><br />I didn't want to go too electronic on it - I decided I wanted to do something that wouldn't be <em>too</em> out of place on a Radiohead record. It was nice sitting inside a circle formed by my drum kit, rack units, microphone assembly, moog prodigy, cello, trumpet, clarinet, controller keyboard and laptop. The only bad thing is it meant I was listening to my speakers at the wrong angle, meaning I was mixing it slightly wrong as I was going along - hopefully it's not TOO bad, now that I've tweaked it. <br /><br />There was a lot of music spilling into the vocal track, so I ended up incorporating this into a fill, bringing in the 'big' music. Oh anyway. Have a listen.<br /><br /><lj-embed id="6" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.radioheadremix.com/remix/?id=868">Listen here and vote for it: http://www.radioheadremix.com/remix/?id=868</a></p><br/><br/><a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/post/272_Radiohead+Reckoner+Remix">0 comments</a><br/><br/>Michael Forrest music downloads: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=277733971&forceArtistPage=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Itunes" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/itunes.png" /> iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Michael-Forrest-MP3-Download/11970915.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Emusic" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/emusic.png" /> eMusic</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175IGAI/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1216819554&sr=103-2" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazon" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/amazon.png" /> Amazon MP3</a> http://www.grimaceworks.com/posts/show/271 2008-10-06T00:44:45Z michaelforrest

This is my first ever comic. I think it explains a few things anyway.<br /><br /><a href="http://grimaceworks.com/comics/what_art_is_to_me"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3100/2916286621_dd50dce175.jpg?v=0" /><br />What Art Is, To Me</a>

<p>This is my first ever comic. I think it explains a few things anyway.<br /><br /><a href="http://grimaceworks.com/comics/what_art_is_to_me"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3100/2916286621_dd50dce175.jpg?v=0" /><br />What Art Is, To Me</a></p><br/><br/><a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/post/271_What+Art+Is+To+Me">0 comments</a><br/><br/>Michael Forrest music downloads: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=277733971&forceArtistPage=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Itunes" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/itunes.png" /> iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Michael-Forrest-MP3-Download/11970915.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Emusic" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/emusic.png" /> eMusic</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175IGAI/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1216819554&sr=103-2" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazon" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/amazon.png" /> Amazon MP3</a> http://www.grimaceworks.com/posts/show/270 2008-10-02T11:28:31Z michaelforrest

<img src='http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/1uAuAzURIjw/default.jpg' border='0' align='right' height='90' vspace='4' hspace='4' width='120'/> <p> Geoff sent me the vocals to do some music under. When I think polyrhythmic, this is what I imagine. </p> <p> Author: <a href='http://youtube.com/profile?user=michaelforrest'>michaelforrest</a><br/> Keywords: <a href='/results?search_query=beats'>beats</a> <a href='/results?search_query=cutup'>cutup</a> <a href='/results?search_query=electronica'>electronica</a> <a href='/results?search_query=forrest'>forrest</a> <a href='/results?search_query=geoff'>geoff</a> <a href='/results?search_query=michael'>michael</a> <a href='/results?search_query=strings'>strings</a> <a href='/results?search_query=tyson'>tyson</a><br/> Added: October 2, 2008<br/> </p>

<div class='video'> <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1uAuAzURIjw"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1uAuAzURIjw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> </div> <br/> <p><br/> Geoff sent me the vocals to do some music under. When I think polyrhythmic, this is what I imagine.<br/> </p><br/><br/><a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/post/270_Geoff+Tyson+-+Polyrhythms+-+Michael+Forrest+Remix">1 comment</a><br/><br/>Michael Forrest music downloads: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=277733971&forceArtistPage=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Itunes" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/itunes.png" /> iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Michael-Forrest-MP3-Download/11970915.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Emusic" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/emusic.png" /> eMusic</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175IGAI/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1216819554&sr=103-2" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazon" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/amazon.png" /> Amazon MP3</a> http://www.grimaceworks.com/posts/show/269 2008-09-29T11:32:54Z michaelforrest

I've been tracking the number of listeners reported by Last.fm (see <a href="http://last.fm/music/L1NA">last.fm/music/L1NA</a>). Here's how it's been looking.<br /><br /><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/michael_forrest/pic/0000aeb8/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/michael_forrest/pic/0000aeb8" border="0" /></a><br /><br />MF is Michael Forrest on Last.fm.<br /><br />(L1NA is the project I was doing with Halina that we sadly had to abandon)<br /><br />I suspect hope subsequent collaborations will perform similarly. Well - should be better really - this, I think, is just bubbling viral spreading without any marketing.

<p>I've been tracking the number of listeners reported by Last.fm (see <a href="http://last.fm/music/L1NA">last.fm/music/L1NA</a>). Here's how it's been looking.<br /><br /><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/michael_forrest/pic/0000aeb8/"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/michael_forrest/pic/0000aeb8" border="0" /></a><br /><br />MF is Michael Forrest on Last.fm.<br /><br />(L1NA is the project I was doing with Halina that we sadly had to abandon)<br /><br />I suspect hope subsequent collaborations will perform similarly. Well - should be better really - this, I think, is just bubbling viral spreading without any marketing.</p><br/><br/><a href="http://mf.grimaceworks.com/post/269_L1NA+Listeners">0 comments</a><br/><br/>Michael Forrest music downloads: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=277733971&forceArtistPage=1" target="_blank"><img alt="Itunes" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/itunes.png" /> iTunes</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Michael-Forrest-MP3-Download/11970915.html" target="_blank"><img alt="Emusic" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/emusic.png" /> eMusic</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00175IGAI/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1216819554&sr=103-2" target="_blank"><img alt="Amazon" src="http://grimaceworks.com/images/icons/amazon.png" /> Amazon MP3</a>