The Face of Human Error

The Face of Human Error is an experimental musician from Dublin, Ireland, and the shadow of Good Night Brain You can visit www.themahoneyfatsgroup.com to find out more and email thefaceofhumanerror@gmail.com to get in touch. Enter your email address: The Interregnum by The Face of Human Error var sc_project=5324922; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=59; var sc_click_stat=1; var sc_security="05bf53c9"; var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-18337742-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); The Face of Human ErrorTumblr (3.0; @thefaceofhumanerror)http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/Come On Stupidity!<p><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41tN8ex106L._SS500_.jpg" alt="cover" height="500" width="500"/></p> <p>My third album “Come On Stupidity!” is available now from iTunes and Amazon</p> <p><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/come-on-stupidity!/id463193889?uo=4"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-93" title="Fad1" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6163/6167898076_d0fd414958.jpg" height="48" width="499"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Come-On-Stupidity/dp/B005L7W5AK/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1319969780&sr=301-2"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-94" title="Fad2" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6173/6167898032_a9e26089eb.jpg" height="48" width="499"/></a></p> <p>(Amazon.co.uk users please click here: <a title="Amazon.co.uk" target="_self" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Come-On-Stupidity/dp/B005L80CC2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316469337&sr=8-1">Amazon.co.uk</a> , Amazon.de users please click here: <a title="Amazon.de" target="_self" href="http://www.amazon.de/Come-On-Stupidity/dp/B005L83O40/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316469393&sr=8-1">Amazon.de</a>)</p> <p>Here are two tracks from the album:</p> <p> <object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F23696094&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=252525"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F23696094&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=252525" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed></object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-face-of-human-error/sweat-virus">Sweat Virus</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-face-of-human-error">The Face of Human Error</a></span></p> <p> <object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F20089751&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=252525"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F20089751&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=252525" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed></object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-face-of-human-error/loner">Loner</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-face-of-human-error">The Face of Human Error</a></span></p> <p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6171/6164509584_e107850b17.jpg"/></p> <p>I won’t be updating this site for a bit while I focus on getting <strong>Good Night Brain</strong> off the ground. Good Night Brain will be my “guitar band” for want of a better term. Songs not sounds. I’m really looking forward to it.</p> <p>Keep an eye on <a href="http://www.goodnightbrain.com">GoodNightBrain.com</a> to hear demos and follow me on Twitter for updates.</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg"/></p> <p class="MsoNormal">FWAP is my a weekly podcast project for 2011. Every episode is (more or less) a demo for… something – you can subscribe here: <span class="blacktext10nb"><a href="http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/feed/"><a href="http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/feed/">http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/feed/</a></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="blacktext10nb">This week we have a dreamy guitar.</span></p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" height="25" align="middle" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/5983gd/FWAP38_Movement.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/5983gd/FWAP38_Movement.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="25" align="middle" width="210"></embed></object><br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="blacktext10nb">(<em>If you’re reading this by email and can’t see any of the above content please visit <a href="http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com">www.thefaceofhumanerror.com</a></em>)<br/></span></p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/10420853210http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/10420853210Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:37:00 -0400Spotify<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/2800153819_73038a731e_m.jpg" height="240" width="240"/></p> <p>My debut album is now available on Spotify - You can find it with this link:</p> <p><a href="http://spotibot.com/album/3Wm4JlFAjY5eIpxKOKHK5H">THE FACE OF HUMAN ERROR ON SPOTIFY</a>.</p> <p>My new album “Come On Stupidity!” can be found there (along with Amazon and iTunes) from next week, in the mean time please enjoy this new video for “Pulp Volume” from that very album.</p> <p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LFe3ZIJesxg?rel=0" frameborder="0" height="345" width="460"></iframe></p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg" height="170" width="499"/></p> <p>This week I’m playing with a Roland brain!!!!</p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" height="25" align="middle" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/6efu84/FWAP37_E.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/6efu84/FWAP37_E.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="25" align="middle" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p> <p>(Fwap is a weekly podcast of demos, sound tests, loose ideas and the like - subscribe here: <a href="http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/feed/"><a href="http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/feed/">http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/feed/</a></a> )</p> <p>[If you’re reading this by email and you can’t see any of the above content please visit <a href="http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/"><a href="http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com">www.thefaceofhumanerror.com</a></a>]</p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/10135432315http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/10135432315Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:38:00 -0400Finished.My next album - “Come On Stupidity!” - took...<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr2qntchsV1qzgsyto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Finished.<br/><br/>My next album - “Come On Stupidity!” - took on many different shapes as I kicked it around.<br/><br/>My original intention was to make a very focused record - eight tracks, something cool (I had a list of super-cool album titles picked out and everything!) but as I worked towards that kind of album; the record told me it wanted to be something different. Something looser.<br/><br/>I hoped to make an album for “everyone” but in the end I made an album for me. <br/><br/>I hope you will consider purchasing it. Then I hope to God you like it.</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg"/></p> <p>This weeks FWAP falls deep into demo/”failed track” territory :-)</p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/jfb6dk/FWAP36_ClaytonHill.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/jfb6dk/FWAP36_ClaytonHill.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p> <p>(If you’re reading this by email and you can’t see any of the above content please visit <a href="http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com">www.thefaceofhumanerror.com</a>)</p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/9856569237http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/9856569237Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:59:00 -0400DEAF<p>I think I have just over a weeks worth of work on my next record “Come On Stupidity!” before it’s done, dusted and off to iTunes/Amazon etc.</p> <p>It’s been a funny album to work on, an album that isn’t going to be what I set out to make. It’s an album where I put my youth to bed in a way. An album where I’m aware that this is my last chance to play.</p> <p>This is a track that didn’t make the cut:</p> <p> <object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F22199741"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F22199741" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed></object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-face-of-human-error/d-e-a-f">D.E.A.F.</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-face-of-human-error">The Face of Human Error</a></span></p> <p>An idea from my late-teens. The notes are D E A F (spelling the word “deaf”, clearly) and the rhythm is Morse Code for D E A F (again, spelling deaf.) I wrote that idea down on a scrap of paper (probably while high) when I was around 18, found it a while ago and thought I’d go ahead and make it.</p> <p>It was going to go on my next record “Come On Stupidity!” but there isn’t really a place for it.</p> <p>Speaking of “Come On Stupidity!”, here’s a video for a track from the middle of the album - enjoy!</p> <p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cZd_77YhTfI?rel=0" frameborder="0" height="345" width="420"></iframe></p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg"/></p> <p>FWAP (my weekly podcast of musical bits and pieces) has continued broadcasting while I haven’t been updating this site. Past episodes can still be found on iTunes under The Face of Human Error.</p> <p>Here’s this weeks FWAP</p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/2q5azh/FWAP35_Miced.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/2q5azh/FWAP35_Miced.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p> <p>Someday I’ll do an album of acoustic guitar pieces like this - except worked on and refined - not improvised like this.</p> <p>( If you can’t see any of the above content please visit <a href="http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com">www.thefaceofhumanerror.com</a> )</p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/9583099957http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/9583099957Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:40:00 -0400The Facebook of Human Error<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Face-of-Human-Error/163328973739270"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/6003128949_88f5009fd7.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Click it if you like me. Please like me. (I had to Facebook. I had to.)</p> <p>Also - new track:</p> <p> <object width="100%" height="81"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F20089751&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=e20000"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F20089751&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=e20000" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%" height="81"></embed></object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-face-of-human-error/loner">Loner</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-face-of-human-error">The Face of Human Error</a></span></p> <p><br/>(If you’re reading this via email and can’t see any of the above content please visit <a href="http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com">www.thefaceofhumanerror.com</a>)</p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/8403820143http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/8403820143Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:32:47 -0400 The album’s starting to come together - I don’t know, there’s a lot of tracks...<p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4MA7MWd9fvk?rel=0" frameborder="0" height="314" width="499"></iframe></p> <p>The album’s starting to come together - I don’t know, there’s a lot of tracks that almost work at the moment and they need more than a simple polish to get them over the line. Closer… warmer…</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg" height="170" width="499"/></p> <p>FWAP 28: All Play and No Work</p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/fa3rq/FWAP28_AllPlayandNoWork.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/fa3rq/FWAP28_AllPlayandNoWork.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p> <p>(Fwap is a weekly podcast of demos, sound tests, loose ideas and the like - subscribe here: <a href="http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/feed/"><a href="http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/feed/">http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/feed/</a> )</a></p> <p>[If you’re reading this by email and you can’t see any of the above content please visit <a href="http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com"><a href="http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com">www.thefaceofhumanerror.com</a></a>]</p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/7548155863http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/7548155863Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:10:45 -0400On The Agenda<p><img src="http://a1.l3-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/149/2edf44098cd84aae8ead693d4f311cfc/l.jpg" width="500" height="500"/></p> <p>A new album in the works! I’m aiming for August but I listened to the demo again today and it’s miles away from where it needs to be so….. hmmmmmmm.</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg"/></p> <p>I was going to explain this one but I think it’s funnier if I don’t.</p> <h2>FWAP 27: Blueberry Scones</h2> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" width="210" height="25" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/j6q85z/FWAP27_BlueberryScones.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/j6q85z/FWAP27_BlueberryScones.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="210" height="25" align="middle"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p> <p>And here’s a couple of Fwaps you may have missed</p> <h2>FWAP 26: CERN Knows Best</h2> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" width="210" height="25" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/m5cji5/FWAP26_CERNKnowsBest.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/m5cji5/FWAP26_CERNKnowsBest.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="210" height="25" align="middle"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" width="210" height="25" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/rt79t/FWAP25_ThatFeelingofUhhh.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/rt79t/FWAP25_ThatFeelingofUhhh.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="210" height="25" align="middle"></embed></object> </p> <h2>FWAP 25: That Feeling of Uhhh</h2> <p><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p> <h2>FWAP 24: Unloved ABC’s</h2> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" width="210" height="25" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/j278g/FWAP24_UnlovedABCs.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/j278g/FWAP24_UnlovedABCs.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="210" height="25" align="middle"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/7204801666http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/7204801666Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:04:00 -0400Now Then...<p>Hello All,<br/><br/> I won’t be updating this site as frequently as I have been (at least for a another little while.) This is so I can get another project going and hopefully finish recording the next album.<br/><br/> In the mean time my weekly podcast “FWAP” continues to broadcast.<br/><br/> At the moment FWAP is a one year project that lets me do something constructive with demos and other bits that are rotting up my harddrive.</p> <p>I find them interesting, others may not. I hope you are one of the former.<br/><br/> Here are the last five weeks worth -</p> <p>FWAP 23: Backpacker Skateboard <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/6grgfk/FWAP23_BackpackerSkateboard.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/6grgfk/FWAP23_BackpackerSkateboard.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" 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codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/rsgsuj/FWAP20_YoorNo.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/rsgsuj/FWAP20_YoorNo.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p> <p>FWAP 19: “Jim’s Not In” <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/98srre/FWAP19_JimsNotIn.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/98srre/FWAP19_JimsNotIn.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p> <p><br/><br/> If you’d like a minute of strange music worming it’s way into your<br/> life you can subscribe at <a title="http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/feed/" href="http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/feed/"><a href="http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/feed/">http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/feed/</a></a> or search for The Face of Human Error on iTunes</p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/6313723581http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/6313723581Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:23:00 -0400Travelogue: Buying a CD<p class="MsoNormal">This week…</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I buy a CD</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I feel summery</p> <p class="MsoNormal">…we begin.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5364354175_fce1f0593c.jpg"/></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It’s been a while since I purchased a CD in a shop with a person behind a till. <span> </span>I recently did such a thing and chose to give my money to the only music shop within walking distance of my house – a HMV.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">It was a new experience.<span> </span>Firstly new CD’s are difficult to find.<span> </span>Cross the threshold of my local HMV and the first thing you’ll see are bargain DVD box sets with crude marker signage.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">To my immediate right are CD’s of “old” releases on offer – 3 for 2 – grouped by the back catalogue of the individual artist.<span> </span>If there was something here that appealed to me I already had it.<span> </span>I moved on.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I walked the aisles passing posters, mugs, games, DVD’s, “old” CD’s, gadgets and headphones.<span> </span>Just as I felt lost I spotted the new music section – a lonely shelf in the middle of the far wall four CD’s wide.<span> </span>I made a move, grabbed what I wanted and went to the exit.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">This is when I found the most telling thing of all about the current state of HMV</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-81_YJVonwHc/TTPePik8ktI/AAAAAAAACH0/cOA9Ml9ePtg/s1600/Decibel_meter_diagonal.jpg" height="512" width="524"/> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">There was a decibel meter above the door so that they can’t play their music to loud.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Hardcopy media sales are down but surely if HMV are to survive what they sell and the space they sell it in has to embody the spirit of Rock n Roll?<span> </span>Youth, noise – cool shit?<span> </span>Decibel meter.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>Hmmmmmmm.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg"/></p> <p class="MsoNormal">To me summer sounds like an acoustic guitar.</p> <p> <object 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height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p> <p>(Thanks for reading - you can’t read any of the above content please visit <a title="www.thefaceofhumanerror.com" href="http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com"><a href="http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com">www.thefaceofhumanerror.com</a></a>)</p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/5171119059http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/5171119059Tue, 03 May 2011 18:09:00 -0400Archeology<p>This week…</p> <p>A resurrection!</p> <p>Another idea attempted.</p> <p>…we begin</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5364354175_fce1f0593c.jpg"/></p> <p>While finishing my spring cleaning I dug out a box of cassettes where-in I discovered a recording I made when I was, I don’t know - twelve (?) probably.</p> <p>It’s music made using the Modern Music Maker that came packaged with the Terminator 2 cartridge for the Commodore 64. This is where the idea, the intention, for my <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/C-64Ep/C-64Ep_vbr_mp3.zip">Commodore 64 Ep</a> came from.</p> <p><img src="http://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000006640010-n9bzpc-crop.jpg?9a96590" height="300" width="400"/></p> <p>I still had a sense from the results which I placed on this tape (and from how difficult the programme was to use) that I couldn’t quite get it to make music in a way that I wanted to.</p> <p> <object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F14067463"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F14067463" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="100%"></embed></object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-face-of-human-error/c64-modern-music-maker">C64 Modern Music Maker - Childhod tape</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-face-of-human-error">The Face of Human Error</a></span></p> <p>What you’ll hear are mostly samples and noise but God help me if I don’t hear a lot of exactly how I make music on it.</p> <p>I’m very happy to have found it.</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg"/></p> <p>I was considering doing an album like this but this demo of the idea proved to be enough for me.</p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/5eb5mx/FWAP17_NoCitySleeps.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/5eb5mx/FWAP17_NoCitySleeps.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p> <p>(If you can’t see any of the above content please visit <a href="http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com">www.thefaceofhumanerror.com</a>)</p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/4926611188http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/4926611188Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:00:00 -0400The Flashing Lights of Reason<p>This week…</p> <p>I reminisce</p> <p>I Fwap a whimsy</p> <p>…we begin</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5364354175_fce1f0593c.jpg"/></p>   <p class="MsoNormal">I started making music with a guitar.<span> </span>Then I started picking up instruments here and there; drums, tin whistle, idiophone.<span> </span>Physical things, things you hit ‘till your arms give up on you.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then I was introduced to Reason.<span> </span>My first sequencer.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The first thing that struck me about it was it’s blinking light rhythms.<span> </span>You didn’t have to realise where the beat was going – to hear it before it is heard – because the programme had a flashing light to count it for you.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I marvelled at its simplicity.<span> </span>Granted – it’s not a radical idea, in fact it’s the only way the thing would work and I suppose that’s what I marvelled at – how it worked, how gave anyone the opportunity to “get it” immediately.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">With this you could do no wrong.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sound is applied to a spot of light which shines in perfect time so you always see it coming.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">It is a process I continue to appreciate greatly.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg"/></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I like this one. Don’t know why.</p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/rcacay/FWAP16_Constipation.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/rcacay/FWAP16_Constipation.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/4729849702http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/4729849702Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:47:18 -0400Green Eyes for Thirlwell<p>This week…</p> <p>I’m envious</p> <p>I hit a guitar really hard</p> <p>…we begin</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5364354175_fce1f0593c.jpg"/></p> <p>None of you should be listening to me - check out JG Thirlwell (Steroid Maximus) leading an orchestra to musical victory <a title="here" href="http://foetus.org/content/audio-video/steroid-maximus-live">here</a></p> <p>Sofa king cool? Yes. Yes he is.</p> <p>I’m even jealous of his suit and footwork action.</p> <p>The exact inspiration I need as I tidy up a busy couple of months.</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg"/></p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/bfakhx/FWAP15_Stomp.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/bfakhx/FWAP15_Stomp.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p> <p>(Thanks for subscribing - if your email provider won’t display any of the above content please visit <a href="http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com">www.thefaceofhumanerror.com</a>)</p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/4537224528http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/4537224528Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:16:55 -0400Day Trips and Spooky Sounds<p>This week…</p> <p>I visit an exhibition</p> <p>I make a failed soundtrack</p> <p>… we begin</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5364354175_fce1f0593c.jpg"/></p>    <p class="MsoNormal">Yesterday I went to the Phil Lynott Exhibition in Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre in Dublin.</p> <p><img src="http://wordpress.hotpress.com/philiplynottexhibition/files/2011/03/exhibition-150x150.jpg" align="middle" height="150" width="150"/></p>    <p class="MsoNormal">Yesterday I went to the Phil Lynott Exhibition in Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre in Dublin.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The ticket price is a little expensive (€12 at weekends) but it must be the sweetest exhibition I have ever seen as it hits the perfect balance between adorable family photographs, cranky rock star letters, gold records, platinum records, tour jackets, custom instruments and the ins and outs of album cover art.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The reason why it works (and it works well) is it’s simple in its presentation.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">It doesn’t exalt; it shows.<span> </span>The quotes from top bill rock stars are placed next to quotes from Irish “stars” who – observe my use of quotation marks there – are not in the same league as Lemmy, Slash or James Hetfield. <span> </span>Some of the ephemera are ink jet print copies of material.<span> </span>Information cards are screwed into the wall.<span> </span>Power cables are on show.<span> </span>It doesn’t try, it simply is.<span> </span>In short:<span> </span>it’s cool.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I was informed by a very enthusiastic member of staff that the exhibition has been extended another month.<span> </span>‘tis worth a look!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg"/></p>   <p class="MsoNormal">Fwap is my weekly podcast of me musically messing – subscribe on iTunes or listen here.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">This is a piece I did for the opening titles of a space-horror film that will never exist.<span> </span>It was fun.</p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/azhyw2/FWAP14_Grozy.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/azhyw2/FWAP14_Grozy.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p>  <p class="MsoNormal">If you’re reading this by email and can’t see any of the content please visit <a href="http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com">www.thefaceofhumanerror.com</a></p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/4337770417http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/4337770417Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:17:06 -0400In Your Ear and Out the Other<p>This week…</p> <p>I listen to other peoples music</p> <p>I re-hear to an old demo.</p> <p>…we begin</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5364354175_fce1f0593c.jpg"/></p>   <p class="MsoNormal">Stuck on public transport holding an iPod with a flat battery – what shall I listen to?<span> </span>The over spill of your music of course!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://www.clker.com/cliparts/9/f/f/a/11954378031476067679headphone_01__patricia_f_01.svg.med.png" height="298" width="267"/></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Techno to the left of me, Eminem to the right; oh – OH! - What fine musical adventure awaits me?!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Actually; eavesdropping other peoples music gets old real quick when you realise that you’ve zoned your ear in on something you’d never listen to and they’re listening to an entire album of this stuff and that traffic light’s never going green…</p> <p class="MsoNormal">But now you realise that the guy wearing a hoodie is rapping in his throat and breathing aggressively.<span> </span>The techno chick is text typing in four four time.<span> </span>Business suit guy is doing some sneaky shoulder action while continually stopping himself, embarrassed.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Not all at once mind – but each doing something, lost in their own world of music , often enough that it’s a whole different experience.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg"/></p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/vygz4/FWAP13_ThatSex.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/vygz4/FWAP13_ThatSex.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/4168596665http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/4168596665Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:21:16 -0400Price Tag feat. Friday<p>This week…</p> <p>I listen to some crap songs</p> <p>I play with my sample bank</p> <p>…we begin</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5364354175_fce1f0593c.jpg"/></p> <p>The problem with formulas is that anyone can learn them.<br/><br/> I discovered two songs this week in quick succession – Friday by Rebecca Black (you can find it burning up YouTube <a title="here" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0">here</a>) and Price Tag by Jessie J featuring B.o.B. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMxX-QOV9tI">(here</a>)</p> <p>These songs have both been written to the same metric with (approximately) the same tools. It was nice to hear them near on top of each other. They may as well be the same.</p> <p>Now; Friday is awful, I mean Jesus - but it was a present to a little girl from her parents. </p> <p>Kid wanted a pop song, kid got a pop song. As far as I’m concerned it’s a lovely gift for a parent to give a kid and the production house Ark Music Factory did a fine job of giving her a by-the-numbers - professional standard - track.</p> <p>I think the problem (and the cause for such upset) is they did such a good job they hit to close to home. Stupid lyrics performed with strict sincerity? Check. Auto tune? Check. Rapper on the bridge? Check. (etc.)</p> <p>Friday’s on iTunes now. I hope it sells a million copies because the more it sells the funnier it is.</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg"/></p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/6wdy7j/FWAP12_WorthWaitingFor.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/6wdy7j/FWAP12_WorthWaitingFor.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/4013988529http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/4013988529Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:13:00 -0400Fwap 11: Postgate Nightmares<p>This week…</p> <p>… a Fwap</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg"/></p> <p>I started FWAP: 1 with “Postgate Dreams” - just me playing with a sound I found in the audio bank that reminded me of the Oliver Postgate animations I used to watch as a kid. I continue this reminiscence here.</p> <p>Postgate was a great home industrialist. His television shows were essentially hand made - stop motion cardboard with a homemade film clicker.</p> <p>I used to watch them in syndication on The Children’s Channel. I only found out recently how few episodes of his various shows were produced so what I watched I must have seen many many times. I think I appreciate them now more than I did then but they still managed to carve out their own bit of space inside my head.</p> <p>The music of Postgate’s “Smallfilms” was chiefly performed by Vernon Elliot. A great little rendition of his work can be seen here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_9hGevp71s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_9hGevp71s</a></p> <p>FWAP 11: Postgate Nightmares</p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/gv8w7/FWAP11_PostgateNightmares.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/gv8w7/FWAP11_PostgateNightmares.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/3866758002http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/3866758002Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:57:59 -0400Happy Major Power Chords!<p>This week…<br/> I feel young again!<br/> …we begin!</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5364354175_fce1f0593c.jpg"/></p> <p><br/> As a teen I really enjoyed the Foo Fighters.<br/><br/> I remember hearing “Everlong” and “Monkey Wrench”; “My Hero” and<br/> “Walking After You” on MTV and liking each of the songs individually unaware of who performed them. When I decided to see who each of the artists were (with the handy caption on the bottom of the TV screen) - I was delighted to discover these songs were all from one band and one album: The Colour and the Shape.</p> <p>It was bought and listened to a lot. Happy Major Power Chords. My core personality can be summed up by Happy Major Power Chords. Happy Major Power Chords resonate with my soul and tell me all is right with the world!<br/><br/> A friend spotted the Colour and the Shape next to my CD player and said “oh you like Foo Fighters – have you heard their first record?” My response: “There’s another record?!?!”<br/><br/> Then the Dave Grould mystique was laid out for me in the good old fashioned pre-internet way. Drummer from Nirvana – played all the instruments but gave his friends credit via photos, other drummer was no good…<br/><br/> I got one more good album out of them before they turned into Nickleback clones and got quite boring. Or maybe I just grew up and out grew them.</p> <p>Either way - this week I saw the video to the their new track <a title="Whtie limo" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebJ2brErERQ">WHITE LIMO</a> and it rekindled a spark of youth. It’s fun, bounchy and has an energy I can feed on!<br/> Yes! I am awake for I have listened to White Limo and am now ready to<br/> move very fast and do things! I am fifteen again!<br/><br/> HAPPY MAJOR POWER CHORDS!<br/><br/> Don’t be surprised to find an adolescent rock track on the next album.</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg"/></p> <p>Actually, speaking of adolescent rock…</p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/pbm5ub/FWAP10_FakePretendYouth.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/pbm5ub/FWAP10_FakePretendYouth.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p> <p>(Thank you for reading. 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This isn’t a criticism - maybe if I was a United States Marine playing<br/> Call of Duty it would make me want to get up off the sofa and just go<br/> off to war.<br/><br/> I find the ideology of the people who developed Guitar Hero to be incredibly interesting</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj2QoLhfwew&feature=share">Tod Machover & Dan Ellsey: Releasing the music in your head</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector">TEDtalksDirector</a>)</p> <p>There was a nonsense debate - brought on solely by Guitar Hero’s mega sales - suggesting that the Guitar Hero Generation would be unable to play real instruments and be real musicians when really anyone who wanted to play something would simply learn to play it and that would be that.<br/><br/> The thing I loved about the Guitar Hero Generation was this: their<br/> ability to pull the separate audio from tracks and put them on YouTube<br/> for all the world to hear.<br/><br/> I think <a title="This" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrBsKQJYNtk&playnext=1&list=PLE25C22647B948AF1">this</a> is great -</p> <p>…anyway</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg" height="170" width="499"/></p> <p>Fwap 8: Radio Head</p> <p>This was made using samples from Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” LP. I found a half finished remix of Nude from that album that I gave up on but which I think I’ll finish and place on Soundcloud (or here). Soon.</p> <p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" height="25" width="210"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/uu845f/FWAP8_RadioHead.mp3&autoStart=no"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thefaceofhumanerror.podbean.com/mf/play/uu845f/FWAP8_RadioHead.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="25" width="210"></embed></object> <br/><a href="http://www.podbean.com">Podcast Powered By Podbean</a></p> <p>If you can’t view any of this content please visit <a href="http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com">www.thefaceofhumanerror.com</a></p>http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/3436387817http://www.thefaceofhumanerror.com/post/3436387817Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:25:00 -0500This week… - I’m pleasently surprised - I share the sound of another failure …we...<p>This week…</p> <p>- I’m pleasently surprised</p> <p>- I share the sound of another failure</p> <p>…we begin</p> <p><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5364354175_fce1f0593c.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5364354175_fce1f0593c.jpg" height="170" width="499"/></a></p> <p>I got a very nice surprise the other day when filmmaker Adam Sammons emailed to let me know he made a video for “Blackbox” from my album “Kage No Narimono”</p> <p> <object height="265" width="400"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=19815457&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=19815457&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="265" width="400"></embed></object> </p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/19815457">Blackbox</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/adamsammons">Adam Sammons</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> <p>I hope you like it as much as I do. If you have a Vimeo account please give it some love.</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5333421359_3646758f99.jpg" height="170" width="499"/></p> <p>FWAP 7: Waiting Room</p> <p>This is a demo for a sound for an album that I never made.</p> <p>It was going to be light, fun - songs not sounds really - but with this sound, these drums, that guitar.</p> <p>I did a couple of trial tracks with this set up but I could never really connect with it. 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