Random Thoughts — Page 315

If I were offered the opportunity to travel back in time to watch any ten movies -- and only ten movies -- I wanted on their original release dates, these would be the ten movies:

The Changeling (1980)

The Empire Strikes Back

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

King Kong (1933)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Psycho (1960)

The Seventh Seal

Stargate

Star Wars

My local wal mart has a chip in pin as well as a standard reader I believe.

I have never had jello, pudding, any kind of cake but birthday cake, any kind of ice cream except straight vanilla or chocolate, or any kind of pie except pizza.  

Whatever happened to VFP?

One of my cats just vomited on the floor. It's thick, chunky, and a gray-orange-pink, but looks completely worm-free (*pleased sigh*). It's on a wood floor, too, so it'll be easy to clean up.

It might make a good stu.

I liked Leslie Nielsen better as a dramatic actor.

Is anybody a fan of instrumental rock/metal music?  I've been working on projects for years where I take a metal song, or any song for that matter, and work it into a metal instrumental.  I actually don't want to make them instrumentals but I can't sing and I don't know anybody talented enough to make the cut.

On that note, does anybody know of any ways I could get this stuff sort of... out there where people will hear it?  I put alot of work into them, and getting 20 likes on facebook seems like underachieving.  I've recorded 30 plus songs, 3 albums worth.  I'd like people to hear it.

By working into an instrumental, I mean melodies are added.  Even though they are metal, they are very melodic.  Often the added melodies are inspired by the melody that singer would ideally be singing.

Also, does anybody know of any internet gatherings of recording musicians?  It'd be super cool to collaborate with somebody and get some vocals in this.

This is the latest song I've recorded if anybody's curious.  All guitars and bass are me.  The synth and drum are programmed midis with the best soundfonts I could fine.  Keep in mind that all recording, mixing, and mastering is done by me as well so don't expect it to be pop radio perfect, but I think it sounds listenable.  It has a reasonable eq pallette, meaning it doesn't sound thin or too bassy as many amateur recordings do.

https://soundcloud.com/jacob-martin-28/day-zero-cover-jacob-martin

Maybe I should make a thread about this, I just didn't want to seem too self involved.  I'm not apart of any other forums so other than facebook I'm not sure where else to share it.

You'd be hard-pressed to find a genre I didn't like, and instrumental rock is no exception. :)

I think that sounds great! Of course it isn't perfect, but I would definitely listen to it (and others like it) without coercion. :D

I'm checking out the rest you have on Soundcloud and am enjoying them equally if not more.

If you want more people to hear your music, for starters do what I do on Flickr: comment on/like other people's work on SoundCloud and follow the ones you really like, in hopes that they will reciprocate. Beyond that, I have no advice, but that's a good way to start.

Keep up the good work. I wouldn't mind hearing more.

Also, Is there a reason there's an option to download some of your covers, but not all of them?

Yes.  The reason is because when you upload it, you have to click a specific button to allow users to download it, and sometimes I forget.  XD

Btw, most of the songs on there have been remixed at some point.  They are essentially the same but the sound quality has changed for most of them.  Also I of course have higher quality (uncompressed) versions on my hard drive.

What were some flaws you noticed?  Not trying to be needy I'm just always looking for ways to improve.  Also the new one has been remixed slightly as well to make the piano blend in more smoothly.

Also I have lots of ones that aren't on soundcloud.  Like I said, 2 albums worth (I said 3, but it was a mistake... lol.  I'm working on a 3rd).  I have made album covers and everything but don't know what to do.  I mail them to my friends that live out of town.

My personal favorites that I've done are "Alteration" and "Hades".

When I used the word perfect, I meant it more subjectively. Now that I think about it, I would probably dislike the same things in the cover and the original (for instance, one song sounded like it had too many tracks layered over top of each other, but that's pretty common in heavy metal and is likely something I just need to adjust my ears to after listening to Beethoven for the past couple weeks). Because I'm only listening on a single earbud (the other side's broken and the speaker system is back in Alberta, out of reach until next year), I can't pick out how well things are balanced, etc.

Your last upload is my favourite, followed by "The Trooper" and "Every Time I Die", then "Alteration", but they're all pretty good. I don't suppose you can make the non-downloadable ones downloadable?

Yes I can,  I will do that when I get home tonight.  I need to re upload Every Time I Die, because parts of it have been re-recorded for better melody.  The guitars were slightly out of tune in the original.

And yes, listening to only one earbud will definitely skew your experience.  Each song usually has 4 guitar tracks.  The tracks with the lower pitched notes (that play the chords and riffs) are tracked 100% to the left and right, one track on the left and one on the right.  The melody tracks are toward the middle.  Listening with one speaker means you miss only get 2 and a half of the four tracks at a certain time.  This will make it sound unbalanced, because the side of things you are missing is likely going to cancel out the sounds which sound overdone on the side you are hearing, and vice versa, if that makes sense.  Meaning if a certain sound on the left speaker seems too loud when heard by itself, when you play the sounds of the right speaker along with it the sounds on it will dampen the sounds from the left that sound unbalanced.

Do you plan to upload all the rest of your covers to soundcloud eventually? If so, be sure to repost the link here.

I'm not sure... I guess I could make separate playlists to divide albums?  The reason I do this is because each album I make has a different tone and style of songs.

I agree about the newest one I've made being the best.  It's a change in style somewhat.  A little more melodic, somber, heartfelt.  The older ones are a little more aggressive and violent.

I need to get a pro account so that I can update the tracks to have the final mixes without having to reset my play count.

Also, just a plug for any audiophiles out there, if anybody is interested I do have these tracks in higher quality, going up to 96 K lossless files that sound pretty great if anybody is interested in them.  44 K lossless is available too.  (that would be CD quality. the 96 K files have a higher resolution than CD's)

When I get my next paycheck from work I'll consider getting a soundcloud pro account and then organizing my tracks into playlists and having a complete collection.

Warbler said:

1. ST. Peter   30 - 64
2. ST. Linus   67 - 76
3. ST. Anacletus   79 - 92
4. ST. Clement I   92 - 99
5. ST. Evaristus   99 - 107
6. ST. Alexander I   106 - 115
7. ST. Sixtus I   114 or 119 - 124 or 128
8. ST. Telesphorus   126 - 137
9. ST. Hyginus   136 or 138 - 140 or 142
10. ST. Pius I   140 - 154
11. ST. Anicetus   154 - April 20, 167
12. ST. Soter   166 - 174
13. ST. Eleuterus   174 - 189
14. ST. Victor   189 - 199
15. ST. Zephyrinus   199 - December 20, 217
16. ST. Callixtus I   217 - 222
17. ST. Urban I   222 - 230
18. ST. Pontian   July 21, 230 - September 28, 235
19. ST. Anterus   November 21, 235 - January 3, 236
20. ST. Fabian   January 10, 236 - January 20, 250
21. ST. Cornelius   March 6, 251 or March 13, 251 - June 253
22. ST. Lucius   June 25, 253 - March 5, 254
23. ST. Stephen I   May 12, 254 - August 2, 257
24. ST. Sixtus II   August 30, 257 - August 6, 258
25. ST. Dionsysius   July 22, 259 - December 26, 268
26. ST. Felix I   January 5, 269 - December 30, 274
27. ST. Eutychian   January 4, 275 - December 7, 283
28. ST. Caius   December 17, 283 - April 22, 296
29. ST. Marcellinus   June 30, 296 - April 1, 304?
30. ST. Marcellus I   May 308 - 309
31. ST. Eusebius   April 18, 309 or April 18, 310 - August 17, 309 or August 17,  310
32. ST. Miltiades   July 3, 311 - January 10, 314  
33. ST. Sylvester I   January 31, 314 - December 31, 335
34. ST. Mark   January 18, 336 - October 7, 336
35. ST. Julius I   February 6, 337 - April 12, 352
36. Liberius   May 17, 352 - September 24, 366
37. ST. Damasus I   366 - 384
38. ST. Siricius   December 384 - November 26, 399
39. ST. Anastasius I   November 27, 399 - December 19, 401
40. ST. Innocent I   401 - March 12, 417
41. ST. Zosimus   March 21, 417 - December 26, 418
42. ST. Boniface I   December 28, 418 - September 4, 422
43. ST. Celestine I   422 - April 6, 432
44. ST. Sixtus III   July 31, 432 - August 18, 440
45. ST. Leo I   September 29, 440 - November 10, 461
46. ST. Hilarius   November 17(?), 461 - February 28(?), 468
47. ST. Simplicius   468 - March 10, 483
48. ST. Felix III   March 13, 483 - January 3, 492
49. ST. Gelasius I   492 - November 21, 496
50. Anastasius II   November 24, 496 - November 16, 498 
51. ST. Symmachus   November 22, 498 - July 19, 514
52. ST. Hormisdas   July 20, 514 - 523
53. ST. John I   523 - 526
54. ST. Felix IV   526 - 530  
55. Boniface II   530 - 532
56. John II   January 2, 533 - May 8, 535
57. ST. Agapetus I   535 - April 22, 536
58. ST. Silverius   June 8, 536 - March 537
59. Vigilius   March 29, 537 - 555
60. Pelagius I   556 - March 4, 561
61. John III   561 - July 13, 574
62. Benedict I   June 2, 575 - July 30, 579
63. Pelagius II   579 - 590
64. ST. Gregory I   September 3, 590 - March 12, 604
65. Sabinian   September 13, 604 - February 22, 606
66. Boniface III   February 19, 607 - November 12, 607
67. ST. Boniface IV   September 25, 608 - May 8, 615
68. ST. Adeodatus I   November 13, 615 - November 8, 618 
69. Boniface V   December 23, 619 - October 25, 625
70. Honorius I   October 27, 625 - October 12, 638
71. Severinus   May 28, 640 - August 2, 640
72. John IV   December 24, 640 - October 12, 642
73. Theodore I   November 24, 642 - May 14, 649
74. ST. Martin I   July 5, 649 - 653
75. ST. Eugene I   August 10, 654 - June 1, 657
76. ST. Vitalian   July 30, 657 - January 27, 672
77. Adeodatus II   April 11, 672 - June 17, 676
78. Donus   November 2, 676 - April 11, 678
79. ST. Agatho   June 27, 678 - January 10, 681
80. ST. Leo II   August 17, 682 - June 28, 683
81. ST. Benedict II   June 26, 684 - May 8, 685
82. John V   July 12, 685 - August 2, 686
83. Conon   October 21, 686 - September 21, 687
84. ST. Sergius I   December 15, 687 - September 8, 701
85. John VI   October 30, 701 - January 11, 705
86. John VII   March 1, 705 - October 18, 707
87. Sisinnius   January 15, 708 - February 4, 708
88. Constantine   March 25, 708 - April 9, 715
89. ST. Gregory II   May 19, 715 - February 11, 731
90. ST. Gregory III   February 11, 731 - November 28, 741
91. ST. Zachary   December 10, 741 - March 22, 752
92. Stephen II   March 26, 752 - April 26, 757
93. ST. Paul I   May 29, 757 - June 28, 767
94. Stephen III   August 1, 768 - February 1, 772
95. Adrian I   February 1, 772 - December 25, 795
96. ST. Leo III   December 27, 795 - June 12, 816
97. Stephen IV   June 22, 816 - January 24, 817
98. ST. Paschal I   January 25, 817 - February 11, 824
99. Eugene II   May 11, 824 - August 27, 827
100. Valentine   August 31, 827 - October 10, 827
101. Gregory IV   October 827 - January 25, 844
102. Sergius II   January 844 - January 24, 847
103. ST. Leo IV   April 10, 847 - July 17, 855
104. Benedict III   September 29, 855 - April 17, 858
105. ST. Nicholas I   April 24, 858 - November 13, 867
106. Adrian II   December 14, 867 - December 14, 872
107. John VIII   December 14, 872 - December 16, 882
108. Marinus I   December 16, 882 - May 15, 884
109. ST. Adrian III   May 17, 884 - July 885
110. Stephen V   September 885 - September 14, 891 
111. Formosus   October 6, 891 - April 4, 896
112. Boniface VI   April 896 - April 896
113. Stephen VI   May 22, 896 - August 897
114. Romanus   August 897 - November 897
115. Theodore II   December 897 - December 897
116. John IX   January 898 - January 900
117. Benedict IV   February 1, 900 - July 903
118. Leo V   late July 903 - mid September 903
119. Sergius III   January 29, 904 - April 14, 911
120. Anastasius III   April 911 - June 913
121. Lando   July 913 or August 913 - February 914 or March 914
122. John X   March 914 - May 928
123. Leo VI   June 928 - February 929
124. Stephen VII   February 929 - March 15, 931
125. John XI   March 931 - December 935
126. Leo VII   January 3, 936 - July 13, 939
127. Stephen VIII   July 14, 939 - October 942
128. Marinus II   October 30, 942 - May 946
129. Agapetus II   May 10, 946 - November 8, 955
130. John XII   December 16, 955 - May 14, 964
131. Benedict V   May 22, 964 - June 23, 964
132. Leo VIII   June 23, 964 - March 1, 965
133. John XIII   October 1, 965 - September 6, 972
134. Benedict VI   January 19, 973 - June 974
135. Benedict VII   October 974 - July 10, 983
136. John XIV   December 983 - August 20, 984
137. John XV   August 985 - March 996
138. Gregory V   May 3, 996 - February 18, 999
139. Sylvester II   April 2, 999 - May 12, 1003
140. John XVII   May 16, 1003 - December 6, 1003
141. John XVIII   January 1004 - July 1009
142. Sergius IV   July 31, 1009 - May 12, 1012
143. Benedict VIII   May 16, 1012 - April 9, 1024
144. John XIX   May 1024 - October 1032
145. Benedict IX   October 1032 - September 1044
146. Sylvester III   January 20, 1045 - February 10, 1045
147. Benedict IX   April 1045 - May 1045
148. Gregory VI   May 5 1045 - December 20, 1046
149. Clement II   December 25, 1046 - October 1047
150. Benedict IX   November 1047 - July 1048
151. Damasus II   July 17, 1048 - August 9, 1048
152. ST. Leo IX   February 12, 1049 - April 19, 1054
153. Victor II   April 13, 1055 - July 28, 1057
154. Stephen IX   August 3, 1057 - March 29, 1058
155. Nicholas II   January 24, 1059 - July 27, 1061
156. Alexander II   September 30, 1061 - April 21, 1073
157. ST. Gregory VII   April 22, 1073 - May 25, 1085
158. Bl. Victor III   May 24, 1086 - September 16, 1087
159. Bl. Urban II   March 12, 1088 - July 29, 1099
160. Paschal II   August 13, 1099 - January 21, 1118
161. Gelasius II   January 24, 1118 - January 29, 1119
162. Bl. Callixtus II   February 1, 1119 - December 13, 1124
163. Honorius II   December 21, 1124 - February 13, 1130
164. Innocent II   February 14, 1130 - September 24, 1143
165. Celestine II   September 25, 1143 - March 8, 1144
166. Lucius II   March 9, 1144 - February 15, 1145
167. Bl. Eugene III   February 15, 1145 - July 8, 1153
168. Anastasius IV   July 9, 1153 - December 3, 1154
169. Adrian IV   December 4, 1154 - September 1, 1159
170. Alexander III   September 7, 1159 - August 30, 1181
171. Lucius III   September 1, 1181 - November 25, 1185
172. Urban III   November 25, 1185 - October 20, 1187
173. Gregory VIII   October 25, 1187 - December 17, 1187
174. Clement III   December 19, 1187 - March 20, 1191
175. Celestine III   March 21, 1191 - January 8, 1198
176. Innocent III   January 8, 1198 - July 16, 1216
177. Honorius III   July 18, 1216 - March 18, 1227
178. Gregory IX   March 19, 1227 - August 22, 1241
179. Clestine IV   October 25, 1241 - November 10, 1241
180. Innocent IV   June 25, 1243 - December 7, 1254
181. Alexander IV   December 12, 1254 - May 25, 1261
182. Urban IV   August 29, 1261 - October 2, 1264
183. Clement IV   February 5, 1265 - November 29, 1268
184. Bl. Gregory X   September 1, 1271 - January 10, 1276
185. Bl. Innocent V   January 21, 1276 - June 22, 1276
186. Adrian V   July 11, 1276 - August 18, 1276
187. John XXI   September 13, 1276 - May 20, 1277
188. Nicholas III   November 25, 1277 - August 22, 1280
189. Martin IV   February 21, 1281 - March 28, 1285
190. Honorius IV   April 2, 1285 - April 3, 1287
191. Nicholas IV   February 22, 1288 - April 4, 1292
192. ST. Celestine V   July 5, 1294 - December 13, 1294
193. Boniface VIII   December 24, 1294 - October 11, 1303
194. Benedict XI   October 22, 1303 - July 7, 1304
195. Clement V   June 5, 1305 - April 20, 1314
196. John XXII   August 7, 1316 - December 4, 1334
197. Benedict XII   December 20, 1334 - April 25, 1342
198. Clement VI   May 7, 1342 - December 6, 1352
199. Innocent VI   December 18, 1352 - September 12, 1362
200. Bl. Urban V   September 28, 1362 - December 19, 1370
201. Gregory XI   December 30, 1370 - March 27, 1378
202. Urban VI   April 8, 1378 - October 15, 1389
203. Boniface IX   November 2, 1389 - October 1, 1404
204. Innocent VII   October 17, 1404 - November 6, 1406
205. Gregory XII   November 30, 1406 - July 4, 1415
206. Martin V   November 11, 1417 - February 20, 1431
207. Eugene IV   March 3, 1431 - February 23, 1447
208. Nicholas V   March 6, 1447 - March 24, 1455
209. Callixtus III   April 8, 1455 - August 6, 1458
210. Pius II   August 19, 1458 - August 14, 1464
211. Paul II   August 30, 1464 - July 26, 1471
212. Sixtus IV   August 9, 1471 - August 12, 1484
213. Innocent VIII   August 29, 1484 - July 25, 1492
214. Alexander VI   August 11, 1492 - August 8, 1503  
215. Pius III   September 22, 1503 - October 18, 1503
216. Julius II   November 1, 1503 - February 21, 1513
217. Leo X   March 9, 1513(elected) March 11, 1513(proclaimed) - December 1, 1521
218. Adrian VI   January 9, 1522 - September 14, 1523
219. Clement VII   November 19, 1523 - September 25, 1534
220. Paul III   October 13, 1534 - November 10, 1549
221. Julius III   February 7, 1550 - March 23, 1555
222. Marcellus II   April 9, 1555(elected) April 10, 1555(proclaimed) - May 1, 1555
223. Paul IV   May 23, 1555 - August 18, 1559
224. Pius IV   December 25, 1559 - December 9, 1565
225. ST. Pius V   January 7, 1566 - May 1, 1572
226. Gregory XIII   May 13, 1572 - April 10, 1585
227. Sixtus V   April 24, 1585 - August 27, 1590
228. Urban VII   September 15, 1590 - September 27, 1590
229. Gregory XIV   December 5, 1590 - October 16, 1591
230. Innocent IX   October 29, 1591 - December 30, 1591
231. Clement VIII   January 30, 1592 - March 3, 1605
232. Leo XI   April 1, 1605 - April 27, 1605
233. Paul V   May 16, 1605 - January 28, 1621
234. Gregory XV   February 9, 1621 - July 8 1623
235. Urban VIII   August 6, 1623 - July 29, 1644
236. Innocent X   September 15, 1644 - January 7, 1655
237. Alexander VII   April 7, 1655 - May 22, 1667
238. Clement IX   June 20, 1667 - December 9, 1669
239. Clement X   April 29, 1670 - July 22, 1676
240. Bl. Innocent XI   September 21, 1676 - August 12, 1689
241. Alexander VIII   October 6, 1689 - February 1, 1691  
242. Innocent XII   July 12, 1691 - September 27, 1700
243. Clement XI   November 23, 1700 - March 19, 1721
244. Innocent XIII   May 8, 1721 - March 7, 1724
245. Benedect XIII   May 29, 1724 - February 21, 1730
246. Clement XII   July 12, 1730 - February 6, 1740
247. Benedict XIV   August 17, 1740 - May 3, 1758
248. Clement XIII   July 16, 1758 - February 2, 1769  
249. Clement XIV   May 19, 1769 - September 22, 1774
250. Pius VI   February 15, 1775 - August 29, 1799
251. Pius VII   March 14, 1800 - August 20, 1823
252. Leo XII   September 28, 1823 - February 10, 1829  
253. Pius VIII   March 31, 1829 - November 30, 1830
254. Gregory XVI   February 2, 1831 - June 1, 1846
255. Pius IX   June 16, 1846 - February 7, 1878
256. Leo XIII   February 20, 1878 - July 20, 1903
257. ST. Pius X   August 4, 1903 - August 20, 1914
258. Benedict XV   September 3, 1914 - January 22, 1922
259. Pius XI   February 6, 1922 - February 10, 1939
260. Pius XII   March 2, 1939 - October 9, 1958
261. ST. John XXIII   October 28, 1958 - June 3, 1963
262. Paul VI   June 21, 1963 - August 6, 1978
263. John Paul I   August 26, 1978 - September 28, 1978
264. ST. John Paul II   October 16, 1978 - April 2, 2005
265. Benedict XVI   April 19, 2005 - February 28, 2013
266. Francis   March 13, 2013 - ?

I finally got around to adding "ST." to all the Popes that are Saints and "Bl." to all the Popes that are Blessed according to this post by RicOlie_2:

RicOlie_2 said:

Actually, all the popes before Liberius (number 36) were canonized, as were the 37th through to the 49th popes. To make it simpler, the following popes, by number, rather than name, and including the ones you have already, are considered saints:

1-35
37-49
51-54
57-58
64
67-68
74-76
79-81
84
89-91
93
96
98
103
105
109
152
157
192
225
257
and of course, 261 and 264, whom you just added.

The following popes have been beautified and have the title "Blessed" (Bl.):

158-159
167
184-185
200
240

I do not know that by memory--I have a list of popes (it isn't as good as yours is, however, since it doesn't have the exact dates of their reigns).

Have fun changing them all (if you care to do so), and...sorry. ;)

 Interestingly, there was one Pope that is Blessed that RicOlie_2 didn't put in his list.  Pope Calixtus II.   Atleast his is according to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Calixtus_II.   I had already listed him as Blessed and noticed it wasn't on RicOlie_2's list, and looked it up on wikipedia to be sure.

When I saw that you had reposted that list, I was worried for a moment that Pope Francis might have just died. I'm glad that you just sainted and beatified some of the popes instead. :D

Possessed said:

Yes I can,  I will do that when I get home tonight.

 Fibber. ;)

Haha.  It's done now.  But keep the following in mind:

"Everytime I Die" has been rerecorded and the guitars are in better tune now.  And the melodies are played alot smoother, and the mix is better.

"The Trooper" has been rerecorded as well and sounds a bit cleaner.

"Mortal Share" has been rerecorded.

Several songs on there (Hades, Alteration, The Trooper, Mortal Share, to name a few) have midi bass, those have been replaced with a real bass.  (Didn't have a bass when I first made those)

Every song up there has been remixed, if not re-recorded.  When I get my pro plan I'll update them all.  You might want to hold off on the downloading, as the difference is noticeable.

Alright, I will. I won't be able to tell the difference very well now, but it'll definitely make a difference when I'm back in Alberta, with 9.1 surround sound. :)

RicOlie_2 said:

Whatever happened to VFP?

 Disappeared, he did.

yeah so has C3PS : (