Wow, I don’t even know where to begin. Is this supposed to be a song I like, but really don’t? Or a song I absolutely hate?

And with that, is it a recent song or a song of the past? I’d like to go with the latter, and say it’s this song:

Crank That (Soulja Boy) – Soulja Boy

This song made me rage so hard, and the fact that the production is so incredibly shitty yet people seemed to just lap it up like it was gold. Apparently it WAS gold, considering that it shot off his career.

It’s shitty music like this that makes me wonder why I even try with my own music. You try to make something that sounds so good, yet you get minimal attention. Someone takes FL Studio demo version and makes an underproduced track like this, and BAM – instant stardom.

Are you there, God? It’s me, Tora.

So today starts the 30-day song meme.

I have many favourite songs, and they collect over the years, so I have to say this is very hard to whittle down to ONE favourite song.

I really, and I mean really had to put a lot of thoughts into this one, but I think I have decided on the one:

See The Lights – StripE (Kosuke “kors k” Saito)

I first heard this song during kors k’s live set at “Bowlmani Fest” back during the summer of 2006. I believe it was one of the first times he had played that song live before it appeared on the Energetic Trance 001 CD. I just remember being mesmerized by the synth works, and the drop. The solo synth’s melody pretty much pierced through me and sent shivers up my spine. It holds special place in my memories, and it gives me so many mixed emotions: a feeling of being lifted, a feeling of abandonment, a feeling of nostalgia. All of this is crammed into this track, it’s amazing. This track also goes to show how Kosuke is able to tug at people’s emotions with his music, and it really stands out from all of his works.

I’d really love to remix this track one day, but I don’t know if I’d be able to really give it the justice it deserves for a remix!

So I haven’t posted on my blog in a while.

Life hasn’t really been that interesting, honestly.

I apologize for not updating though.

So starting tomorrow, Monday 5 July, I’ll start this little meme I’ve seen friends doing called “30-day Music Meme.” So it’ll give me something to do, and let you know more about my musical tastes. :)

Day 1 – Your Favourite Song Coming 5 July

And on a side note, Happy Independence Day!

Just to let you guys know, I’m not dead! I just haven’t had anything really to blog about the past few months.

Keep an eye out on my twitter, tumblr, soundcloud and facebook pages for any new information that may come up! (Links are on the side bar of this site. :) )

So before the New Year, as a b-day gift to myself, I decided to purchase a mic after giving it some thought and discussing it with my friend DJ Rhythmics.

So we both decided that we should purchase the Yeti THX Certified USB Microphone from Blue Microphones. Needless to say, after hearing many tests done with it, we were impressed.

So I got this bad boy in the mail Monday, sitting outside in the sub-freezing temperatures in a box left by UPS. (Don’t get me started about UPS. I paid for 2-day air and it took over 6 days. Good going, there…) I took it out of the box and it was ICE COLD. The first thought that came across my head was “Damn, this thing really is a Yeti.”

Needless to say, this b**** is HUGE! As for the sound quality: despite me having a slight head cold and no pop filter, I uploaded a vocal test on my tumblr, here. I was a bit off in my pitch, but overall audio quality wise, all of my friends were hella impressed. I definately can not wait to start using this to record demos and produce vocals with this amazing piece of equipment.

So stay tuned and be on the look-out of things to come! :D