<div dir="ltr"><div>Hey folks!</div><div><br></div><div>Unfortunately, today I noticed that most LAU and LAD emails were in my spam folder and so I saw these replies just now!</div><div><br></div><div>Hank, great stuff, thank you!</div><div><br></div><div>Brandon, I would say it was simply a matter of conceptualizing my releases. Instead of arranging them into albums, I came up with a long list. Also, I wanted each track to be creating its own world - and that was the concept.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Recently, I began noticing that the concept limits me more than it helps and that I got tired of writing really long soundscapes that maintain a single mood. And some of the stuff I am exploring these days are either a bit more variable or employ percussion or is something I want to put into a more classic album, a collection of several tracks, united by a theme. Hence, the idea to complete the project at the round number of 300.</div><div><br></div><div>And actually the <a href="https://louigi.bandcamp.com/album/mystic-waters">album</a> I completed it with has what could have been droning301 :)<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Huge thanks for your comments, guys!<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Louigi Verona<br><a href="https://louigiverona.com/" target="_blank">https://louigiverona.com/</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 3:09 PM Brandon Hale <<a href="mailto:bthaleproductions@gmail.com">bthaleproductions@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Hey Louigi,</p>
<p>I would be interested in hearing about how you were able to
continue working on this project for 10 years. That takes some
serious dedication! Do you have any tips or good reads for staying
motivated on such a long project?</p>
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<div>In 2011 I announced <a href="https://louigiverona.com/?page=projects&s=music&t=droning" target="_blank">project "droning"</a>, a project
dedicated to longform ambient music. You folks were the first
people to listen to it, since the majority of it was written
using Linux Audio tools and shared on this very mailing list.<br>
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<div>Today I have reached a milestone of 300 tracks, a nice
round number. This is also 10 years later! So seems like the
right moment to finish the project.</div>
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<div>I will, of course, continue producing ambient music, but
simply in the more usual form of albums on my <a href="https://louigi.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>.
And project "droning" can be a nice completed collection of
longform ambient tunes, almost utilitarian in nature.<br>
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<div>The story I tell about project "droning" is that some of
the authors of the software I used to make it with were
listening to the tunes while working on that same software 😂</div>
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<div>While I used most major Linux Audio apps for the project,
including Hydrogen and Ardour, the bulk of work was done with
Rakarrack, Kluppe, Qtractor, Din and several other soft
synths.<br>
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<div>Recent tunes were made with FL Studio, which is why I no
longer promoted them on this mailing list. The last tune made
completely with Linux Audio was droning280, "Twilight
Connection".<br>
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<div>Huge thanks for being my audience for the past 10 years,
your support meant a lot to me, and each time I finished a
tune, I would rush to post it here, knowing that some of you
might enjoy it.</div>
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<div>Cheers!<br>
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