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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)

#webrtc #voip #foss #opensource #music #guitar #musicproduction #metalhead #classicalmusic #orchestral #gamedev #pointandclick #skeletor #linux #fedora #fedi22

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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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"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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"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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"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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"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!

lminiero,
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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!

lminiero,
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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

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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!

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!

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/

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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Just submitted my contribution to , can't wait for you to listen to it 😱 And can't wait to hear what the other fellow musicians have come up with!

lminiero, to random
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There's not many left, apparently, so let's share them while they last...

I recently shared a long rock/orchestral song on Cleopatra as an EP, so I'd love if you listened to it 🎶

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

If you like that, there's more where it came from 😁 Boosts and feedback welcome!

bagder, to random
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My website daniel.haxx.se has now been blocked by Vodafone for 2 years.

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/05/02/considered-18/

lminiero,
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@bagder that's great news! But did they provide any info on what caused this to happen in the first place?

lminiero, to random Italian
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For those interested in the streaming, you can watch the event here
https://www.meetecho.com/events/januscon2024/

lminiero, to random Italian
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It's getting real!

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!

#FairTradeMusic

ambergrey, to guitar
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What are some of your favorite alt guitar tunings?

lminiero,
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@ambergrey to be honest I think I never changed the tuning of my guitar, except maybe the very rare occasion when I went drop D for some specific heavier song. I'm just too used to the standard tuning (with its advantages and its challenges) to feel comfortable learning new fingerings and positions that are pretty much muscular memory for me by now. I've struggled with the ukulele for the same reason 😂

lminiero,
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@ambergrey oh piano is a different beast... I took piano lessons for a while and still couldn't do it! 😅 Too hard for me to have different brains in the two hands, which is something that's much easier to go around on guitar instead. If you can play both I'm really envious!

damianogerli, to random
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Today we give the possibility of customizing our characters in whatever vaguely-RPG influenced title for granted.
In 1984, that possibility was basically absent from non-RPG titles. Skool Daze is an interesting, if rare, exception. The 1984 Spectrum (and C64) title gave players the possibilty of re-naming all the major characters in the game (teachers, the nerd, the bully, etc), thus giving many a first glimpse of immersion...

lminiero,
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@damianogerli as a kid, I remember loving the times I bumped into a game that would apparently give me more freedom than all other games did. On my MSX, for instance, games like Gunfright or Jack the Nipper were basically old school "open world" sandbox games in a handful of bytes!

lminiero, to random
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I've started adding some of the accepted speakers on the website: not a complete list yet (still waiting for confirmation from others and there's more content from ourselves too), but it will give you a taste!

Buy a ticket and join us in Naples!
https://www.januscon.it

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