This week mine was homemade soda. Fermented sodas, citric acid + bicarbonate sodas, different juices and flavors like lime + lemon + cherry and pomegranate or mango peach or cola (homemade knock off)
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The Walloon language! The historical and almost extinct language of the region I’ve been living in for some time but from which I don’t really have ancestry (more from the other region of the country).
The language has a really bad reputation (it’s supposedly rude, so different from city to city that it’s useless to communicate, etc.) Almost nobody is left speaking it and the overwhelming majority thinks its good thing.
It’s fascinating, there’s a small group of people trying to standardize it. There’s some drama because the other promoters of the language are academics who want to preserve the local varieties, the opposite to standardization.
I’m currently trying to learn music theory. Finding it hard to concentrate at work because the pieces have finally just started falling into place in my monke brain and I’m sucking up as much content as I can find.
I’d like to compose stuff at some point for video games that I will eventually develop, but if nothing else I’m dying to be able to know why I like my favorite music other than “that part sounds good.” There are too many “composer reacts” channels on YT and not enough people who truly break down the concepts. My favorites that I have found are 8-bit Music Theory and David Bennett.
Keep it up! A lot of people in music school struggle with Theory as well so doing it on your own and succeeding is quite the achievement.
Thank you for the encouragement! I had attempted this years ago and bounced off, but at this point I have a muse that gives me a huge surge of momentum (plus I’ve grown into a much more patient person when it comes to my own artistic expression). It’s such an incredible feeling
Then you have to ask why does it sound good?
Because it makes you feel a certain way.
Which way does it make you feel?
Happy/Sad/Powerful/Powerless etc
Why does it make you feel that way?
And so on and so forth. Try finding a few examples and compare what they all do similarly to achieve that same effect between them.
It’s so rewarding to track things down on your own, and then you can complete the knowledge by watching videos on the topic.
Does that make sense? I never know if I articulated my thoughts in a way other people can actually understand
Also, check out DaveWaves’ Explained in 2 minutes series
This is the one thing for which I want a concrete answer, and I feel like without the tools I’m currently gaining from these videos I can’t really come to a satisfactory conclusion. Sometimes I’m able to find similarities between songs, like the same chord progression, or key signature, etc. but never the complete answer. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ll have to transcribe my favorite things and grind out the answers myself (I can also just search for the sheet music for some things, but I think I’d be doing my future self a disservice).
I agree though that it’s one of the most fulfilling things to come to the conclusion on my own. I just need the right tools first! I’m no Beethoven after all 😁
Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll definitely check it out!
The difference between a major and minor chord can do so much, add in tritones and you’ve already got quite the toolset to create very specific emotions.
You’ve got the weight of a sound to work with, a good example would be the soundtrack of Interstellar. Contrasting a meaningless and powerless humanity in form of simple melodies on a piano with the absolute might and unfathomable size of space, brought to life with a massive organ.
Soooo much good music. On another note, check out The Good, the Bad and the Ugly played by the Danish National Orchestra, their channel is called DR Koncerthuset. If that one part doesn’t make you feel things, I don’t know what will
Dude that’s sick! Out of curiosity do you also play any instruments? I’m neurotypical but learning bass aswell as trumpet really made a bunch of theory stuff click for me
(Feel free to ignore this if it doesn’t work ADHD wise) Also a quick note on composition- if you hear something in a song and go “oh that’s a good idea” totally steal it, or a bit of it and repurpose it for your own songs. The best songs I’ve ever written were a bunch of cool bits from different songs and my own ideas. For example on a piece I’m just finishing I stole the chord progression from a j rock song I like (changed it a bit to make it better) and I stole a bunch of chord structures from a guitar solo, and stole a bit of the drum pattern for a bunch of different songs all mashed together. Robbery is cool
Hey fellow trumpet player! I played it for 7 years through middle and high school, and I even did jazz band in HS. I was third- then first chair in our top band, yet I still didn’t learn anything deeper than musical notation and major scales… Things like the circle of fifths, modes, even chord progressions? I now know they’re all pretty basic concepts, but back then they were a form of mysticism reserved for the gods of music. Thankfully all the basic stuff has stuck with me as if I never stopped playing, which has provided a priceless foundation. Oh, and very strong relative pitch!
I definitely plan to take ideas from here and there and evolve them, if only as homage to my composer heroes. Just as in game design, nothing is completely original anymore, and everyone “borrows” ideas all the time. Regarding drum patterns, definitely gonna tap into the works of Peart and Portnoy!
Thanks for the inspiration, by the way. It really helps keep the fire going!
I want to recommend Perfecto De Castro’s guitar tutorial too. While he is teaching music theory for guitars, it helped me to understand some basics applicable to music in general as well.
Thanks for the rec! Not sure why someone downvoted you, but I was able to find his playlist with music theory concepts after some digging. I’ll use this to supplement the rest of the material I’ve found.
For the past two weeks it’s been Legos. I always wanted to build big kits as a kid, but they’re way way too expensive, even for me today now that I’m making decent money. Well lo and behold, there are tons of knockoff Lego manufacturers, many of whom will just sell you 100% ripped off sets for dirt cheap. I just put the final piece on the new Rivendell set today, and I’m going to start the millennium falcon UCS here soon. Unfortunately, it’ll have to wait until my thumbs heal up from all the damage - placing tons of bricks really chews up the tips of your thumbs and index fingers
The damage to your digits might be due to the knockoffs. They are cheap and look like Lego, but Lego is still way ahead of them. Worth the extra money is debatable, but try grabbing even a cheaper Lego set to compare. The knockoffs haven’t figured out the tolerances and possibly also haven’t figured out the materials themselves, so pieces might take more force to place and still not sit as well.
You’d be surprised! I have a few smaller Lego sets (and I have tons of spare from childhood), and the quality of some knockoffs is basically identical to the real deal. Trust me when I say the knockoffs have figured it out in 2023. The real differentiator comes in packaging and quality control. It’s not uncommon for a set to have a few missing or incorrect bricks, which you need to order or replace from your own collection. In the end ABS is ABS and this molding tech is literally 50+ years old; there’s nothing holy about Legos process.
If you do a quick search you’ll also find tons of people complaining about sore thumbs and fingers, particularly after putting together large sets. There’s plenty to flame the knockoffs about, but this ain’t it
Not at expert myself - but according to my sources including the German youtuber “Held der Steine” Lego is not the top quality brand. Sure the very cheap ones are likely worse, but e.g. the polish brand “cobi” has as far as I heard better quality (I mostly heard about the difference in colouring though).
Oh there’s an online auction like eBay just for Lego bricks. Edit to say you’ve probably figured that out by now lol my bad
Have you made Sima yet?
https://scandicuisine.com/finnish-mead/
It’s a spring drink, but it is very tasty.
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Control system design at work and workshop build at home. It’s been a great week. Tell you what isn’t hyperfocal, cooking, cleaning and taxes.
What kind of workshop are you building?
It’s a former stable repurposed to be a flexible workspace. There is one large workbench on casters. Tool boxes, pillar drill, welder, etc, are all on casters. That way I can bring large objects into the room. I’m mostly making things from wood, steel and aluminium. Lately I made a loftbed from scaffold poles, pallets and road signs.
My current hyperfocus is managing ADHD
Geology. I found a professor on youtube (Nick Zentner) who puts up lecture series and seminars. There are so many mysteries and amazing things to learn.
I just moved and won’t have home internet until tuesday, so I downloaded his entire geology 101 to watch while unpacking.
that rocks
lately I’ve been hoping between programming in Haskell and playing pathfinder with some friends. I also got into one piece a while ago and just a few days ago finished the Netflix series. I’m also procrastinating playing persona 5 the royale, even tho it may as well be one of my favorite videogames.
I have some many software projects and videogames pending (looking at you Disco Elysium). I’ve postponed so many activities from udemy courses (paid for by the company)
Motorsport Manager. Incited a hyperfocus in me a lot like Paradox games always have.
do not read the comments in this thread if you want any hope of achieving anything today
Too late. What’s yours?
Fountain pens and the band Talking Heads.
Yay fountain pens! Watch out for their close friend, watches, though.
I think I’m safer from that one being a woman. I love my Apple Watch - it helps me find my phone 😂
Haha I am too and still got sucked in
Whats your favorite one currently? I think mine is a new one, from Motor City Pens
I just got into them so I’m using Lamy Safari and China pens from AliExpress right now. Want to see if this lasts or passes before I sink some serious money into a good pen haha
Lamy safari is great! If you wanna try out bottle ink, look at the twsbi eco too. Same price range, real great writer
You can also buy a converter for your Safari that will let you use bottled ink. I have like 7 Safaris. Love them.
This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody) may well be my favourite love song of all time.
Same 😍
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Job search. Wish me luck!
I wish I could force internship applications as my hyperfocus right now. If I could pick what becomes hyperfocus (to a more specific degree) that would be a superpower.
Edit: good luck in your job search!
Damn I wish I could get this one.
This week I decided I was going to re-create the shared spreadsheet to my investment club portfolio, which quickly turned into writing a Python investment tracker
I’ve lost several nights to writing it so far, but it feels a little at the brink of disinterest now. There’s only like a 5% chance I finish either the spreadsheet or the tracker at this point
–UPDATE–
I’m moved on to researching how car infotainment systems work and if it’s possible to make your own. Guess it’s just one of those weeks.
It is possible to make your own! You can use an old tablet, or even better a raspberry pi and touch screen. Then you add a hat with a better dac and send the audio to an amp. It’s really cool, but I’m pretty sure just buying an actual aftermarket unit will get me a better unit for less money and much less work…
Those are a massive security problem if you connect them to the internet though because they never get updated and we tend to use them for much longer than any phone.
True, I was never going to do that though so it didn’t matter for me. I just want a receiver for Android Auto and my phone will do all the connecting and thinking.
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