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lminiero

@lminiero@fosstodon.org

I'm getting older but, unlike whisky, I'm not getting any better.
Author of the Janus WebRTC Server, and a VERY amateur musician (and an even more amateur game developer)

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dgar, (edited ) to random
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is participating in the Fedivision Song Contest 2024.

I will be representing the fictional faction known as Dizzy Corp. My four-letter vote code is DIZZ.

My entry is a new song called “All Zombies Go To Heaven”.

You can listen to all 72 entries here:
https://fedivision.party

Instructions on how you can cast your three (3) votes can be found here:
https://fedivision.party/vote/

Follow the and hashtags, and the @announce and @vote accounts for updates and voting!

lminiero,
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@dgar thanks for the "extra tasty"! 😄

lminiero, to random
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I've finally managed to get through the whole playlist (72 songs, pant pant...). I was quite impressed with the quality, since I was expecting something more amateur-ish on average (like my crummy contribution).

Eventually, I took some notes and came up with a list of 11 tracks in particular that I liked more than the others, and so candidates for my three votes this week (I won't vote for myself).

So, without further ado... 🧵

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"Federation" by @Synchro [TCRE]

https://fedivision.party/#TCRE

I love the atmosphere of the track: especially at the beginning it has some middle eastern vibes that are exactly my cup of tea! I'm also impressed by the quality of the Synth V generated voice: I used it myself for a track, some time ago, and this is much more realistic (initially I thought it was a real singer).

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"Landwaves" by @toroidalcore [TDRC]

https://fedivision.party/#TDRC

This is a fantastic light jazz piece. The beginning reminded me a bit of some tracks from Pat Metheny's "Still life (talking)" and "Secret Story" (which seems to be in line with the "driving around the country" mood set by the author). The bass solo is quite cool too!

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"Misaligned Aardvarks" by @keefmarshall [NOTH]

https://fedivision.party/#NOTH

The synth/samples intro is quite amazing, and very atmospheric. The song itself is a fantastic homage to 70s/80s: it reminded me a lot of Aviary, one of my favourite bands ever. Definitely another serious candidate for my vote!

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"GeoGuessr Song" by @Wolfseule and @ScottHuehnerkrisp [EAPO]

https://fedivision.party/#EAPO

There's a vintage vibe to the song and vocals that I can't place exactly, but I like it a lot. Maybe a bit of Supertramp? Whatever it is, it works for me!

lminiero,
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That's all! If you contributed something to and I didn't mention you, don't feel discouraged: there's good chances I did like your song! But I had to make a shortlist of those I liked the most, as I'll have to come up with those 3 codes by the end of the week 😂

As a shameless plug for myself, you can listen to my song here:

https://fedivision.party/#DEEP

Make music, not war!

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"The funniest thing" by @MyLoFy and @convolution [FOSS]

https://fedivision.party/#FOSS

I'm a sucker for 80's music, I liked this pretty much immediately, since it has exactly the right sounds. It's also one of the very few tracks with a guitar solo, so I had to give them a shout-out, since they made me feel less alone!

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"In the wind" by @bittersweetdb [ODTH]

https://fedivision.party/#ODTH

Another song with a vaguely middle eastern vibe to it, so me likey! I like the repetitiveness of the song, and how it builds up to something more drone/industrial as it progresses

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"Crimson tide" by @brindy [THRO]

https://fedivision.party/#THRO

Definitely one of my favourites, this year. I absolutely love the folk/pagan/medieval mood of the song, and the fact it ships some traditional instruments (a mandolin in this case) is a plus (it was my criteria for Eurovision as well... go Norway, Greece, Armenia and Estonia!)

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"Oasis" by @whoosh [EATW]

https://fedivision.party/#EATW

A really cool mix of ethereal singing, beautiful arpeggios and gothic influences. It reminds me a lot of gothic bands with female vocalists from the 90's, and that's great.

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"Maudit" by @faustivache [WCFA]

https://fedivision.party/#WCFA

This is probably the "weirdest" in the bunch of songs I highlighted so far, but it's exactly the quirkiness of it that I liked. It has a very oblique structure and vocals, and there's some chord changes that work great in the refrain when framed that way!

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"Mare" by @stephan and @MyLoFy [RAIL]

https://fedivision.party/#RAIL

The tracks starts sounding a bit like a Blackfield song (which is excellent), and I like it a lot when piano and cello come in to paint the scenario. The build-up is really cool as well, and shout-out to one of the other few guitar solos in this Fedivision, and a great one at that!

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"The Optically Pumped Rubidium Maser" by @robcorp55 [TPSB]

https://fedivision.party/#TPSB

A song with a title like that pretty much had to be a progressive rock song, and I think as a definitio it's quite appropriate! A beautiful chord progression, with a simple yet tasteful guitar melody painting the picture

lminiero, to random
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I got a medal just for staying alive

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lminiero, to random
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After a too long music hiatus (I'm lazy!), I found some energy to work on a new instrumental EP:

https://lminiero.bandcamp.com/album/axiom

Heavily inspired by 70s/80s music, with several homages to bands/artists I love. The title is a bit of a pun: my axiom is guitars, and it has "axe" in the title (got it? 🪓 =🎸 😂)

All recorded using @pipewire's JACK shim, rather than native JACK, and @ardour 7.2 (both absolutely amazing!) +other FOSS as usual.

I hope you'll give it a chance, feedback and boosts appreciated!

lminiero, to random
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Every time the timer notification sound starts on my phone, I hear in my head an orchestra that never arrives. So I added it myself in this (very little serious) music video! I had to pass these summer vacations somehow, after all...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EnJlcf3VpE

lminiero, to random
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Despite his very young age, Matteo Mancuso is one of the most promising (if not best) guitar players on the music scene. Waiting for his new album to come out (July!), he just released a single, and as a fun challenge he asked his fans to play a solo on it. I'm 1/1000000th the player he is, but I tried my best, and this is the result: I hope it didn't come out too bad 😂

Me playing a solo on the backing track Matteo Mancuso provided as a challenge

lminiero, to random
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@stux is the peertube.tv contact form working? I used it a couple of months ago for a video that I uploaded that was autoblocked pending moderation (and is still in the same situation), but never got a response. Thanks!

lminiero, to InitialD
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If you missed my "Become a rockstar using FOSS!" talk in yesterday, the team is amazing and made a video recording available already!

https://ftp.fau.de/fosdem/2023/K.3.401/om_music.mp4

This is a direct link to the video since it's not in the talk page yet, but eventually it will be added there too. Now get your guitar out of that closet, dust it off, and make some noise 😁

lminiero, to random
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20 years after the first themes came to me, I finally did it... My 27 minutes rock opera song on Cleopatra is now done! It's an appetizer to my upcoming "Musae" album, where it will be one of the tracks: in this EP I decided to split it in different parts for easier listening.

Bandcamp: https://lminiero.bandcamp.com/album/cleopatra
Mirlo: https://mirlo.space/lminiero/release/cleopatra-(ep)
Faircamp: https://music.lminiero.it/cleopatra/

Will soon be on Spotify/Apple Music/iTunes/etc. too.

I'd love to hear what you think, boosts welcome!

lminiero, to random Italian
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It's getting real!

lminiero, to random
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I'll be making a presentation on Real-Time Text in SIP and WebRTC at Kamailio World in a couple of hours: there will be a Dangerous Demo shortly, if you're curious about how that works!

https://www.kamailioworld.com/k2023/

lminiero, to random
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Just gave my three votes for . As anticipated I didn't vote for myself (I don't have chances anyway). Curious to see who'll win!

lminiero, to random
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While I'm listening to the whole #Fedivision2024 playlist (more thoughts on that later!) I uploaded my "BBB (Big Boomer Bænd)" song (code [DEEP] on the #Fedivision website) on my #Faircamp instance. It's free to download in all its FLAC glory 😁

https://music.lminiero.it/

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