Making SHORTs Of Interest

 

Still haven't found what I'm looking for, but maybe this is closer to THE  music + comics style where the speech balloons aren't animated, but other parts of the frame are. Removes the frustration of having to wait too long or the speech balloons pass by too quickly to read.

Guitar started very STATUS QUO, but it mostly went elsewhere. Been using the same, or very similar ZebraHZ bass, lead and other sounds last few musical things as I just love them.  The melodic guitar has the Valhalla DSP Space Modulator Super Resonant Flanger on it that gives this just on the edge sound to me.  Love sequenced synths, metal power chords and melody, so this seems to be maybe SynthRockPop as far to melodic to be metal, and there is no shredding. 

Just joking, but not really 😅, did this comic too:

Other Things

THE RAT IN A CAGE guy, Billy Corgan seems to have taken over from Rick Beato as the guy with the really interesting interviews worth watching to me.  And it was Rick Beato's interview with Billy that brought him to my attention.

I had heard of Smashing Pumpkins, but  hadn't heard any of their music till Rick talked with Billy about tracks like Jelly Belly a couple of years ago.  I then got a few of their albums, and even bought the Smashing Pumpkins BIG MUFF PEDAL.   

Billy's latest interview with Patrick Mata and his Kommunity FK and the founding of GOTH music was all new to me. Hadn't heard of the US bands they mentioned during this, but did know of most of the UK bands mentioned.  Being in Australia, then Uni and working at Fairlight Instruments meant the music media I had time for was limited and I had more important things to do.  I had never read any of the music magazines or newspapers either, so gossip and trends local and overseas were not even on my radar.

Billy, unlike Rick, has the annoying habit of interrupting his guests, but he was also a very successful alt musician, guitarist, singer, song writer and was in the world they talk about and really lived it. He is very well spoken and philosophical. Rick is more a failed jazz musician that became a producer, even though that did mean he played a lot on his artists records. 

Last year I went to the SHIROW MASAMUNE Exhibition in Tokyo on his manga that includes APPLESEED and GHOST IN THE SHELL. A week after I went to Tokyo and attended the exhibition, it was announced it would open next in Osaka.  An Exhibition on the making of the Animated Film GHOST IN THE SHELL has  just opened in Tokyo.  It has much of the artwork found in these books I have had for many years:

I expect this one will also make it to Osaka sometime, but will not be disappointed if it doesn't. I have already seen many of the original film's background paintings.  It is all very cool, but it is the manga artwork that interests me most, and I have now seen that.  So if it comes to these parts I will attend, but it isn't worth the effort to go to Tokyo for it to me. 

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