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Here I collect music stuff. I listen to a lot of music and I also make music. I usually start my day with a song that I've listened to a lot recently or I recently discovered. That's what the song of the day is. I also share my thoughts about music. And if you go on Music Projects, you'll find music I've made.

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One of the best if not the best song by Nirvana in my eyes. Very simple riffs but so good, so iconic and so much of a dynamic range in that song. It's so satisfying to me when Curt starts yelling and you feel like he's letting go of years of tension.

There's a entertainer/comedian I absolutely love called Reggie Watts. I was watching an interview with him one day and in it he was asked what song he listened to today, and he said "Might find it cheap" by Blitzen Trapper. I had never heard of the band, but I think it's a great song actually.

One of Zappa's genius creations. I don't think there are many (if any) bands that would be able to play this piece and still make it sound like music rather than like a formula. The way that a few motifs move through the instruments and through the meter is so fascinating. I listened to this song a lot as a child but it was only as an adult that I discovered an appreciation for the complexity and delivery of the music.

Listened to this album I don't know how many times growing up. This is another song that's on a phenomenal album. But this one kinda stands out to me. Don't know why but it's always spoke to me. Feels more intimate in a way. Kinda takes you on a journey and it feels like a conversation with yourself going from calm and reflecting to kinda aggressive but very relatable I think.

This artist is the singer and guitarist from the Belgium band Balthazar. I've seen them live 5 times or so and always loved their shows. At some point I discovered this solo album of his and I think there some really nice tracks on it. This one is more of a recent discovery for me. But again, I think this is an extremely good sounding song with super high production value.

Another one that I revisit once a year or so. I think this album is one of his best, although he does have some really good solo albums. I think he's one of the artists who made really good music in a band but then went on to have a solo career that artistically is on the same level. I also think he's one of the few artists that experimented with so many different sounds and styles but it just works every time.

One of my favorite Radiohead albums. Listened to the whole thing on the train yesterday. Also realized how insanely good the production value of the entire album is. But especially of this song I think. The drums sound so crisp and I also really love how the bass comes in and out. The bass is very minimal at times and then when it comes in these faster riffs it fills up the space so nicely. And aside from all of that it's also just a really great song with a great vocal line.

I discovered Karate in about 2014 when I was working in a carpentry in Berlin as part of an internship for my engineering studies. Absolutely loved the work. But the people working there also had a fantastic music taste and I discovered quite a few bands that I grew to love there. And Karate is one of them. I don't know how many times I've listened to this album but I think the interplay of the guitar and bass and also the drums but yeah just the slowness in a way but it's just so so melodic and so satisfying how gradually they move from one mood to another. I think this whole album is a vastly underappreciated masterpiece. And the opening track really sets the mood for it.

One of those songs you here in the background over years but never really know who is singing it. Then when I found it I grew a new appreciation for it.

It's so repetitive but it doesn't matter cause it sounds great. Really good drum and guitar sounds and that synth riff even though it's so simple it's just so satisfying listening to it over and over again.

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David Gilmour about how technical advancement in music impacts creativity

I've been watching a lot of Rick Beato's interviews with famous musicians. Especially recently. And it's so fascinating listening to these people that have created some of the records I listed to for hours and hours throughout my life. And one things that of course is always part of the conversation is the change of music technology. Rick is a producer himself and so has extensive knowledge about what technology came out when, what this microphone is good for, what guitar pedal was commonly used in this genre etc. But that makes it all the more interesting listening to him talking to some of the greats and how they produced some of the music that was so iconic.

The Wall by Pink Floyd is one of those albums that I have listed to so many times. And I know every song inside out and so hearing David Gilmour speak about the process of creating that album and the lengths they had to go do to include these subtle sounds is absolutely fascinating to me. I think this minute here summarizes it quite well.