KydiaMusic

KydiaMusic, 17 days ago

Not the most flattering picture, but probably the coolest selfie I’ll ever take.

#aurora #AuroraBorealis #SolarStorm #Seattle

KydiaMusic, 17 days ago

All of these are not retouched and taken from the backyard with an iPhone 14 Pro with a 3 second exposure. These colors were not nearly so visible to the naked eye.

#aurora #AuroraBorealis #SolarStorm #Seattle #NorthernLights

Aurora Borealis emulating an exotic fairy alien abduction of radiating light in purple, pink, and green hues. The dark silhouette of fir trees occupy the sides and bottom of the photo.
Aurora Borealis descending like a curtain of light in purple, pink, and green hues. The dark silhouette of fir trees occupy the upper left and right-hand corners. The Big Dipper is visible just below and to the right of the center of the photograph.
Aurora Borealis descending like a curtain of light in purple, pink, and mint and neon green hues. The dark silhouette of fir trees and the roofline of an house occupy the lower third of the photo. A street light is shining near the bottom right.

KydiaMusic, 19 days ago

@ahimsa_pdx

His floof was quite the handful last night 😩

https://mastodon.social/@KydiaMusic/112409985149118269

KydiaMusic, 19 days ago

@screwtape @mxtthxw

Nah, I’m not weird or experimental enough. I get the impression most fedi musicians have a distaste for mainstream-wannabe singer-songwriter-y earnest pop music.

KydiaMusic, 19 days ago

@mxtthxw
“Ruining the vibe since 1974” is such a good tag line, tho

KydiaMusic, 18 days ago

@zdl @katanova @damonism

People are already using ChatGPT to write Suno prompts (and lyrics) for them, so they don’t have to use their brain at all.

KydiaMusic, 18 days ago

@damonism @zdl @katanova
“Compared to skeptics, AI power users have reoriented their workdays in fundamental ways, reimagining business processes and saving over 30 minutes per day,” says Spataro.“
Wow, reorienting your day to save a whole 30 minutes! 😂 Will they get to leave work early? Will they be allowed to take a longer lunch break? Will they inadvertently work more slowly on other tasks? Will they spend more time crying in the bathroom?

KydiaMusic, 22 days ago

@mentallyalex

“Why are you so far away?” she said Why won’t you ever know
that I’m in love with you
That I’m in love with you

KydiaMusic, 28 days ago

But there I go again being all educational instead of telling my story about RECEIPTS.
So I checked out the music of this fellow artist who had criticized my music, and… well, I personally think he could have done with more vocal takes, more expression, and YES, some TUNING.
Also his mixing was not great; he could’ve used more compression and EQ (5k boost) on his vocals, his timing of his drums were kind of sloppy, and his vocals did not sound particularly expressive, imho. 13/

KydiaMusic, 28 days ago

But whatever! He’s creating a different style of music from me, too, and obviously mainstream, hi-fi professional level pop music is not his goal like it is mine. Do I hit that goal? Eh…not quite, but it IS what I’m aiming for, at least.

And I suspect what he thinks is AutoTune is mostly all the other effects that are more prominent in mainstream music—tightly compressed vocals, EQ, a bit of distortion or reverb sidechain, etc, that allow the vocals to come forward more in the mix. 14/

KydiaMusic, 28 days ago

As for my drums sounding “dead,” yes they’re MIDI-controlled samples, and I had to tone down the velocity after I played them on my weighted keyboard, which I use as my MIDI controller. And I compress them a lot.
But I don’t see the need to make the timing sound less precise or make the dynamics fluctuate more to sound real when they’re not. That’s not important in synth pop.
In addition to my brother, my spouse is also a drummer and heck yes I get his approval on how my drums sound. 15/

KydiaMusic, 28 days ago

So yeah, this guy probably meant well, but he didn’t consider that perhaps different genres have different standards, and PERHAPS I do know what vocal comping is, and PERHAPS I’m related to two drummers who had no issue with my drum production.

And PERHAPS being so critical in private messages (when I explicitly state NO DMs in my bio) is a bad idea and will invite judgement in kind.

I really struggled with how to respond. I invited the feedback, and it WAS informative, but kind of rude. 16/

KydiaMusic, 28 days ago

Before I could figure out how to thank him for his feedback but also defend myself, he deleted his messages!

I have no idea if he thought better of what he said & hoped I hadn’t seen them, or if he only saw the “NO DMs” in my bio after the fact & thought oops, better get rid of this evidence that I did the thing she said not to do! Or what, but THIS IS WHY I TAKE SCREENSHOTS.
And why I say No DMs. I think it makes ppl think more carefully about how they write if they know others can read it. 17

KydiaMusic, 28 days ago

Anyway, don’t DM me unless we’re already in a conversation and you want to reveal something private about YOURSELF like personal identifying info. I will keep your secrets (b/c I have ADHD and will probably forget).

Also, I DO welcome feedback, but it will be better received if it’s concrete and helpful rather than patronizing and presumptive. 18/18

KydiaMusic, 28 days ago

Addendum: He also unfollowed me. I only unfollowed him because he unfollowed me. Otherwise I was just going to ignore the incident as if it didn’t happen, since that’s what him deleting the messages seemed to indicate he wanted to have happen.

But maybe he just got so enraged by how horrible my music was that he wanted nothing more to do with me.

I guess I’ll never know ¯_(ツ)_/¯

19/18

KydiaMusic, 28 days ago

@mxtthxw
Oh yeah I had heard that T-Pain was actually a great singer as well! I didn’t know how hard he worked to sing OUT of tune so he could achieve that cool AutoTune effect, tho!

Nothing but respect for T-Pain. 🙏

KydiaMusic, 27 days ago

Apt.