July 27, 2008
Welcome, new visitor! My name is Ari, the man behind Aries9. Here I share my thoughts on music and life, so you can get to know me and my music. Thanks for visiting!I submitted this blog to an event called Blog-To-Show. Well, I made a silly mistake of omitting some required information in [...]
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July 21, 2008
I just discovered a new mp3 search site — Mix Turtle.
It uses Ajax to find songs you’re looking for, load it and play it for you. You can make play lists of the songs you found.
I just did a search on Tool — I could find the entire Latelarus album, create a play [...]
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July 17, 2008
Underoath: Define the Great Line
I saw this CD in a local library. I had heard their name before, but I had no idea who they were, what genre of music they play.
But you know what? I could guess. I could guess from that cover, that they were artsy metal or heavy rock band [...]
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July 15, 2008
This morning I was listening to System of a Down — and was tapping into the feelings of music. It was a great outlet. Serj Tankian has such an articulate voice. It’s so sharply focused — it’s like a heavy hammer, but it’s engineered and balanced so perfectly, that anyone can use it to hit [...]
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July 13, 2008
This week, I had a chance to reconnect with one of my close friends from high school, Fred, on the phone.
Since graduation, we had spoken once over the phone during college. Considering that, we enjoyed a great conversation — it was amazing how we still related to each other after all these years. It appeared [...]
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July 8, 2008
It’s one of my pet peeves. It used to be worse in the 80’s but it still happens often enough in pop music.
Fading out a song at the end.
There are millions of ways to begin a song. The most common way is to play a riff or the main chord progression — sometimes [...]
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July 7, 2008
I don’t know if I call it a hit, but I knew that Half Step was a special song.
All the songs on my album are special, but Half Step goes one “step” (ha ha!) further in its “specialness” in my mind.
Why? I’m not quite sure if I can put a finger on it. [...]
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July 6, 2008
I was on a vacation this last week, and had an occasion for a 3-hour drive by myself. Now that I’m a family man, a road trip by myself is quite a treat — driving being one of the favorite way for me to listen to music. There’s something about road trips that make them [...]
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