Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Set 33 Update - For DJs Only
This blog entry is on a subject that will be, for most, even duller than my usual topics, so unless you're really interested in how I record a DJ set you should skip this. :-D
The set 33 flyer is finished,a bad comedy promo video has been produced, and so at last I can focus on what matters most: the set itself.
The WAV version of Set 33 is too enormous to be saved as a single file in Sony Sound Forge (this happened with Set 32 also); it hits its limit around the 3 hour mark. So, work must be done on two separate files which, after conversion into smaller file-size 320 kbps mp3s, are then joined as one. Since one wants to make all changes to the superior WAV file versions, the clunky process in the final days is: work in WAV, convert to MP3s, join the MP3s, listen to the whole thing, note problems, go back to the WAVs to fix, and repeat.
The process of sound equalization is a bit like sharpening focus on a particularly blurry image. The first adjustments are the most drastic, and subsequent ones get finer with each go. Volume levels are the toughest part of any DJ set, and are particularly tough with long ones because of the tendency for the volume to creep into distortion territory over the set's course (this is because one prefers to err on the side of having a transition come in slightly loud rather than slightly soft, and those slightly loud entries accumulate as the set progresses, nudging the overall volume up more and more).
Some transitions will have to be re-recorded. Re-records usually go quite smoothly, because I know what I have to, in essence, "beat"; and I've been through the experience once already.
A 3.5 hour set obviously is very time-consuming to review, and listening to the set in its entirety on different types of headphones (ranging from great to crappy) is the only way to gauge whether things are flowing right with the levels. During the work week I have time to listen to the set only once per day, and then make adjustments.
This is the price you pay for making epics; the time is never there to get everything perfect.
But as some French guy once said, Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien, and this set will, in the end, be très bien--maybe even chouette. (@v@)
[UPDATE - Bad comedy video deleted, because 1) it was bad, and 2) the release date for the set has now been pushed back, in part due to issues described above--there is not enough time for me to fix everything that needs fixing by Thursday.]
The set 33 flyer is finished,
The WAV version of Set 33 is too enormous to be saved as a single file in Sony Sound Forge (this happened with Set 32 also); it hits its limit around the 3 hour mark. So, work must be done on two separate files which, after conversion into smaller file-size 320 kbps mp3s, are then joined as one. Since one wants to make all changes to the superior WAV file versions, the clunky process in the final days is: work in WAV, convert to MP3s, join the MP3s, listen to the whole thing, note problems, go back to the WAVs to fix, and repeat.
The process of sound equalization is a bit like sharpening focus on a particularly blurry image. The first adjustments are the most drastic, and subsequent ones get finer with each go. Volume levels are the toughest part of any DJ set, and are particularly tough with long ones because of the tendency for the volume to creep into distortion territory over the set's course (this is because one prefers to err on the side of having a transition come in slightly loud rather than slightly soft, and those slightly loud entries accumulate as the set progresses, nudging the overall volume up more and more).
Some transitions will have to be re-recorded. Re-records usually go quite smoothly, because I know what I have to, in essence, "beat"; and I've been through the experience once already.
A 3.5 hour set obviously is very time-consuming to review, and listening to the set in its entirety on different types of headphones (ranging from great to crappy) is the only way to gauge whether things are flowing right with the levels. During the work week I have time to listen to the set only once per day, and then make adjustments.
This is the price you pay for making epics; the time is never there to get everything perfect.
But as some French guy once said, Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien, and this set will, in the end, be très bien--maybe even chouette. (@v@)
[UPDATE - Bad comedy video deleted, because 1) it was bad, and 2) the release date for the set has now been pushed back, in part due to issues described above--there is not enough time for me to fix everything that needs fixing by Thursday.]
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Industrial Music
Industrial music was the girl I dated before I married techno.
Techno and I have both been through many changes ever since, but our relationship remains strong.
Techno and I have both been through many changes ever since, but our relationship remains strong.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Grammar, Language, and Discogs
An old man sort of gripe, but somebody has to do it, or else the Idiocracy would become even more firmly entrenched.
Discogs is awesome; an unsurpassed source of information for music releases. I visit the site multiple times every day.
What is not so awesome are some of the site's editorial policies. I used to enter stuff into the Discogs database, but after an endless fight with one editor over one particular entry, I abandoned that hobby.
The source of our disagreement regarded the capitalization of song titles. The specific entry we fought over was Alizée's "Gourmandises Remixées."
In some languages it is customary for song titles to be written with only the first letter in the title capitalized (proper nouns excepted). To capitalize those uncapitalized letters in, say, French would be as silly as lower-casing their equivalents in English. That's just not the way the French write their song titles.
On the "Gourmandises" single, I insisted that capitalization be followed as it was (correctly) done on the CD itself. Thus: "Loup Y Es-tu?" should be written "Loup y es-tu?"
(Paradoxically, "Les Baisers Dance Remix" is apparently correct. I think the logic was that "Les Baisers" was being used as a proper noun, perhaps as another alias for the remixer, and so it was capitalized. In any event, that's how it was written on the CD, and since the other stuff checks out in the logic department I give the record label the benefit of the doubt.)
But a more senior editor insisted I was wrong. Even after I explained that in French song titles are written differently, he brushed me off saying, "But that is incorrect punctuation," deaf to my point. I finally gave up trying to convince him and never submitted to Discogs again.
So you can see for yourself where things go wrong. Here is the back of the fetching Alizée's second album, with song titles...
...and here is how Discogs writes it out, with rampant capitalization.
This might seem a silly point, but I am tired of seeing the forced Anglicization of other languages. It's strange that Discogs, so (admirably) anal retentive about its listings, would be so very wrong on this point. I hope they soon acknowledge the error of their ways and adjust their editorial policy.
If they do, maybe then I'll go back to submitting information into their database. :-D
Discogs is awesome; an unsurpassed source of information for music releases. I visit the site multiple times every day.
What is not so awesome are some of the site's editorial policies. I used to enter stuff into the Discogs database, but after an endless fight with one editor over one particular entry, I abandoned that hobby.
The source of our disagreement regarded the capitalization of song titles. The specific entry we fought over was Alizée's "Gourmandises Remixées."
In some languages it is customary for song titles to be written with only the first letter in the title capitalized (proper nouns excepted). To capitalize those uncapitalized letters in, say, French would be as silly as lower-casing their equivalents in English. That's just not the way the French write their song titles.
On the "Gourmandises" single, I insisted that capitalization be followed as it was (correctly) done on the CD itself. Thus: "Loup Y Es-tu?" should be written "Loup y es-tu?"
(Paradoxically, "Les Baisers Dance Remix" is apparently correct. I think the logic was that "Les Baisers" was being used as a proper noun, perhaps as another alias for the remixer, and so it was capitalized. In any event, that's how it was written on the CD, and since the other stuff checks out in the logic department I give the record label the benefit of the doubt.)
But a more senior editor insisted I was wrong. Even after I explained that in French song titles are written differently, he brushed me off saying, "But that is incorrect punctuation," deaf to my point. I finally gave up trying to convince him and never submitted to Discogs again.
So you can see for yourself where things go wrong. Here is the back of the fetching Alizée's second album, with song titles...
...and here is how Discogs writes it out, with rampant capitalization.
This might seem a silly point, but I am tired of seeing the forced Anglicization of other languages. It's strange that Discogs, so (admirably) anal retentive about its listings, would be so very wrong on this point. I hope they soon acknowledge the error of their ways and adjust their editorial policy.
If they do, maybe then I'll go back to submitting information into their database. :-D
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Set 33 Progress
Recording a DJ set is like breaking a stallion. It fights, it kicks, it resists, and then it rides like the wind. By the time you hear Set 33 in its final form it should be a disciplined racehorse (but no doubt some wild spirit will remain).
It will likely be about as epic as Set 32 (I recently posted that one to Soundcloud if you missed it the first time around). However, I am hoping that even tighter transitions and crazier amounts of overlap will make for a shorter set while also showcasing more tunes.
I posted a teaser flyer on this page. Yesterday my laptop crashed while I was working on the design for the final flyer in Photoshop, and then it crashed again an hour later while I was recording. The laptop seems OK now. I have been backing up my work regularly on a terabyte external hard drive, which provides a great deal of comfort in light of such woes.
Anyway, after losing an hour of recording time fussing with the unruly laptop, I got back into things--only to become frustrated that one of the tunes was just not working out. I showed it the door. Unfortunately, losing that song also meant losing some much needed momentum, and it also messed up the flow of the set. This disappointing evening/night of work concluded with me failing (after a very long and arduous hour) to get a particular transition to work.
I woke today at 5:30 AM and began thinking about other transition tunes. My particular trouble spot was a disco strings song, so I thought to myself, "Well, I just need to find a few other disco strings songs that are around 138 BPM." I came up with some good ideas, and these proved so tempting that I climbed out of bed at 6:30 AM and tried them out.
They worked beautifully. The set's momentum was actually improved and the flow was salvaged. We usually say "two steps forward, one step back"; but in the bipolar heat of recording a DJ set it feels more often like ten steps back, twenty steps forward.
So what does it sound like? Well, just as one might be reasonably successful predicting tomorrow's weather by guessing that it will probably be much like today's, yes, Set 33 features more of the same multi-national, multi-era, multi-genre spirit "EorE?" visitors are accustomed to, with the usual emotional gamut running from the deeply dumb to the oddly affecting. This is the first set I have mixed using my Pioneer CDJ turntables (after years of working with Numarks), and these have been wonderful tools (I have gotten over my earlier lament about their inability to work with extremely large thumb drives).
The set begins with some quirky "forgotten" classics from the late 80s, showcases some 90s classics alongside newer tunes, and then gallops full-throttle into the newer trash stuff. Finale is a battlefield of beats, with drum 'n' bass slugging it out with various other genres. Who will be left standing? And what will be left of them? :-D
Sunday, December 19, 2010
200+ Songs That I Particularly Enjoyed in 2010
Make a single music recommendation and odds are your audience won't approve, but make a few hundred and the likelihood of success increases dramatically. Just as I enjoy going through other people's lists of songs, perhaps somebody will enjoy going through this one.
The following 200+ tracks received my "green light" rating as I went through my weekly ritual of checking several European music charts every week in 2010. They were selected from what ultimately became a pool of over 5000 songs.
Many (perhaps most) big tunes from 2010 are nowhere to be found on this list (not even club smashes like Duck Sauce's "Barbra Streisand," Swedish House Mafia's "One," or Yolanda Be Cool's "We No Speak Americano," though I enjoyed those, too). There are not many American acts here, either, which should come as no surprise considering, uh, everything I do. These tracks simply stood out, one way or another, on the particular week I happened to encounter them.
Format:
Artist - Song / Chart I first found the song on (song could appear on several charts) / Date (usually a day from the week I encountered the tune)
2Sunny - Piligrim / Пилигрим / Ukraine / 2010 12 26
69 Danguje - Aš pasirašau / Lithuania / 2010 04 02
A Silent Express - I Never Saw This Coming / Netherlands / 2010 10 24
Adrian Lux - Teenage Crime (Axwell Remix) / France / 2010 07 18
Alanas Chošnau - Radio FM (Su džinglu) / Lithuania / 2009 10 08
Alba Wings - Say Goodbye For Yesterday / Romania / 2010 10 28
Alex Roots - Don't Stop Looking / Bulgaria / 2010 01 24
Alexandra Burke - All Night Long (Cahill Edit) / Bulgaria / 2010 04 02
Alexis Jordan - Happiness / Bulgaria / 2010 07 25
Alistair Griffin - Just Drive / UK / 2010 11 28
Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar / France / 2010 06 07
Alphabeat - DJ / Denmark / 2010 01 24
Alphabeat - Heat Wave / Denmark / 2010 08 16
Alphaville - I Die For You Today / Slovakia / 2010 11 07
Andy White - Stereophony (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 08 06
Angel - Candy Cane (Awesome 3 Remix) / DJ Download / 2010 08 06
Ania Wyszkoni - Wiem, ze jesteś tam / Poland / 2010 10 28
Anna-Maria Zimmermann - Hurra wir leben noch / Germany / 2010 01 24
Atlanta - Mergaitės nori mylėt / Lithuania / 2010 02 21
Baby Alice - Pina Colada Boy / Euro / 2010 07 11
Baron Massilia - Lolita (R2D2 & Chris Di Tenda Remix) / France / 2010 07 04
Basslovers United - Ghetto Supastar / Euro Club / 2010 11 07
Bassmonkeys & Bianca Lindgren - Get Busy / DJ Lorix (Italy) / 2009 12 25 to 2010 05 25
Beatbullyz - Skills / UK Dance / 2010 06 06
Bellamy Brothers & Gölä - Let Your Love Flow / Switzerland / 2010 09 12
Ben Dj - Smile / DJ Lorix (Italy) / 2009 12 25 to 2010 05 25
Berto Mene - Los Brujos (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 08 06
Billy Barman - Cigánska / Slovakia / 2010 11 07
Bonaparte - Boycott Everything / Latvia / 2010 12 12
Boom Jinx & Jaytech - Milano (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 05 09
Branka Delić – Samo Ljubav / Croatia / 2010 08 24
Buddy feat. Meri - Sommer lass mich nicht allein / Germany / 2010 12 12
Bumcello - 3 Bandits / France / 2010 06 13
Buraka Som Sistema - Kalemba (Wegue Wegue) / Portugal / 2010 01 08
Camo and Krooked - September (Remix For Future Prophecies) / DJ Download / 2009 02 23
Carla Belovari – Sretan broj / Croatia / 2010 10 10
Cassius - I <3 U So / France / 2010 11 14
Chase and Status feat. Liam Bailey - Blind Faith / Euro Club / 2010 12 19
Cheek - Jippikayjei / Finland / 2010 08 24
Chicane - Hiding All the Stars / Belgium Flanders / 2010 04 23
Clara Sofie & Rune RK - Når tiden går baglæns / Denmark / 2010 07 18
Clea In Kim - Petek / Slovenia / 2010 05 31
Clokx - Catch Your Fall / Netherlands / 2010 10 17
Daisy Dares You and Chipmunk - Number One Enemy / Denmark / 2010 03 20
Daniel Adams-Ray - Gubben I lådan / Sweden / 2010 10 10
Danny Byrd - Ill Behaviour (feat. I-Kay) / UK Dance / 2010 10 10
David Guetta feat. Makeba - If We Ever / Bulgaria / 2010 01 24
De Hobbyisten - Wij gaan door! / Netherlands / 2010 06 07
Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey / Netherlands / 2010 01 24
Deolinda - Um contra o outro / Portugal / 2010 06 20
Dezil' - Danser sur la plage / France / 2010 07 11
Dido - Everything To Lose / France / 2010 08 16
Die Jungen Zillertaler - So a schöner tag (Fliegerlied) / Austria / 2010 01 15
Diggy Dex feat. Wudstik, Big2 & Skiggy Rapz - Links, rechts / Netherlands / 2010 10 24
Dj Defkline / Red Polo - Oh Why (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 05 09
Dj Defkline / Red Polo vs. Dustin Hulton - Cars That Go Boom (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 05 09
Dj Fresh - Gold Dust / UK Dance / 2010 08 16
Dover - Dannayá / Euro / 2010 10 03
Dred & Doris - Soha ne félj / Hungarian Dance / 2010 12 05
Due Di Picche - Fare a meno di te / Euro / 2010 09 26
Ed Drewett - Champagne Lemonade / Euro Club / 2010 09 26
Edalam - Helicopta / France / 2010 01 01
Editors - Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool / Latvia / 2010 11 07
Erick Morillo / Harry Romero / Jose Nunez / Jessica Eve - Dancin (Manufactured Superstars vs. Dj Franke 2010 Re-Edit) / DJ Download / 2010 09 26
Erik Hassle - Hurtful / Euro 100 / 2009 05 21
Eteson vs. Octagen - We Are Alone (Octagen Remix) / DJ Download - Trance / 2010 11 18
Fabienne Louves - Samschtig / Switzerland / 2010 07 04
Faithless - Not Going Home / Netherlands / 2010 05 08
Faithless - Tweak Your Nipple / UK / 2010 06 27
Fat Les - Vindaloo / UK / 2010 06 20
Féfé - VPC (Vilain Petit Canard) / France / 2010 06 27
Ferhat Gocer / Ferhat Göçer - Üzüm / Euro / 2010 05 31
Fettes Brot - Jein / Germany / 2010 02 28
Fred Worx - Softly (Rudy Rudy Dog Remix) / DJ Download / 2010 01 01
Frida Gold - Zeig mir wie Du tanzt / Austria / 2010 12 05
Gabriella Cilmi - Hearts Don't Lie / Slovenia / 2010 06 13
Gabriella Cilmi - On A Mission / Slovakia / 2010 03 13
Getter Jaani - Parim päev / Estonia / 2010 06
Getter Jaani - Saladus / Estonia / 2010 06
Goin’ Through feat. Isoropistis - Boro Ki Ego / Μπορώ Κι Eγώ / Euro / 2010 07 04
Gorillaz Feat Bobby Womack and Mos Def - Stylo / Netherlands / 2010 02 07
Graffiti6 - Annie You Save Me / Netherlands / 2010 09 05
Groove Armada - Paper Romance (Urchins Remix) / DJ Download / 2009 02 23
Gurrumul - Wukun (Loverush UK! Radio Edit) / Euro Club / 2010 10 10
Handsome Poets - Blinded / Netherlands / 2010 08 16
Hans Zimmer - Time / Switzerland / 2010 08 16
Hex - Nekonečný príbeh / Slovakia / 2010 06 13
Hey - Faza Delta / Poland / 2010 07 11
Holdviola - Bánat utca / Hungarian Dance / 2010 07 04
How To Destroy Angels - A Drowning / Latvia / 2010 07 25
HU? & Kare Kauks - Miks mõni asi on nii hea / Estonia / 2010 05 08
Hudson Mohawke - Fuse / France / 2010 06 07
Hydro Aquatic and Vir2l Vision - Vigor (Cold Blue Remix) / DJ Download - Trance / 2010 12
Illitheas - Perfect Day (Original Mix) / DJ Download - Trance / 2010 12 18
Jaa9 & Onklp - Partysvenske / Norway / 2010 11 07
Jamie Matrix - Gold Rush (Original) / DJ Download / 2009 02 23
Jana Hermann - Saules grieži ("Sun Times") / Latvia / 2010 12 12
Jana Kirschner - Keby si bol môj / Slovakia / 2010 05 31
Jay C/Felix Baumgartner - Souk (Original Mix) / DJ Download / 2010 08 06
Jedward Feat Vanilla Ice - Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) / Armenia / 2010 02 28
Jenifer - Je danse / France / 2010 09 26
Jenni Vartiainen - En haluu kuolla tänä yönä / Finland / 2010 03 06
Jeremy Hills - Friday Night / French / 2010 11 07
Jitka Charvátová (aka "JI") - Real Life / Czech Republic / 2010 01 24
John Dahlback feat. Elodie - Bingo (Extended Original Mix) / DJ Download / 2010 04 20
Johnossi - Dead End / Sweden / 2010 10 24
JoJo - In the Dark / UK - NME / 2010 09 11
Josefine - Allt jag vill ha / Sweden (not on chart) / 2010 10 17
Josh Gabriel Presents Winter Kills - Deep Down (Original Mix) / DJ Download / 2010 03 09
Jurk! - Zou zo graag / Netherlands / 2010 01 15
Kamon - Brunyetka / Камон – Брюнетка / Estonia Russian / 2010 08 01
Kasia Kowalska - Baby Blues / Poland / 2010 04 16
Katerine (Avgoustaki) - Enjoy the Day / Belgium Flanders / 2010 02 28
Katka Knechtová - Slovensko na nohy / Slovakia / 2010 06 20
Keen'v - Le son qui bam bam / France / 2010 04
Kelis - Acapella / Slovakia / 2010 04 17
Kelly Kelekidou - Teleutaia Fora / Κελλυ Κελεκιδου - Τελευταια Φορα / Κέλλυ Κελεκίδου - Τελευταία Φορά / Greece / 2010 12 19
Kid Kenobi - Breakers Revenge 2010 (Drumattic Twins Remix) / DJ Download / 2010 07 11
Kite - Jonny Boy / Sweden / 2010 10 03
K-Liber 4 Life feat. Nikita - Drop Die Beat / Netherlands / 2010 06 27
Kontrust - Bomba / Netherlands / 2010 02 07
La Fuente feat. Rosenberg Trio - Guitarra / Netherlands / 2010 07 11
Lady Gaga - Alejandro / Croatia / 2010 04
Lady Gaga - Dance In the Dark / France / 2010 08 29
Las Balkanieras - Moje plave oči / Croatia / 2010
Lenna Kuurmaa - Rapunzel / Estonia / 2010 02 21
Les Jumo feat. Willy William - C Show / France / 2010 06 07
Lindstrøm & Christabelle - Lovesick / Netherlands / 2010 03 13
Lisa Miskovsky - Lover / Sweden / 2010 10 10
Lolita - Joli Garçon / Euro Club / 2010 10 28
Maciej Maleńczuk - Jak to dziewczyna / Poland / 2010 01 24
Magnetic Man - I Need Air (feat. Angela Hunte) / UK Dance / 2010 08 08
Maïka - Embrasse-moi / France / 2010 02 14
Maïka - Sensualité / France / 2010 05 01
Marc De Simon Feat Antonia B - Rainbow Sky (2009 Remix) / DJ Download / 2010 01 01
Marco V - Inconsistent Talk (Extended) / DJ Download / 2010 01 01
Marina and the Diamonds - Hollywood / Croatia / 2010 03 13
Mark Ronson & the Business Intl feat. Q-Tip - Bang Bang Bang / Netherlands / 2010 07 11
Mark Ronson & the Business Intl feat. Ghostface Killah - Lose It (In the End) / France / 2010 06 13
Markus Becker | Mallorca Cowboys - Das rote Pferd / Germany / 2010 01 15
Massive Attack - Atlas Air / UK Dance / 2010 12 05
Minilogue - Leloo (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 01 01
Ministry Of Funk - Sax Life (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 09 26
Misha - Ako dlho sa to dá / Slovakia / 2010 10 24
Missing Andy - Sing For the Deaf / UK / 2010 09 26
Molella Feat Alessia D'Andrea - Paradise / DJ Lorix - Italian Dance / 2010 07 02
Moonbootica - Men Of the Future (Kris Menace Remix) / DJ Download / 2009 02 23
Morgan & Bland - Bongo Congo / DJ Lorix (Italy) / 2009 12 25 to 2010 05 25
MVSEVM - French Jeans (Dada Life Remix) / DJ Download / 2009 02 23
My Chemical Romance - Nanana / Sweden / 2010 10 10
N.E.R.D. feat. Nelly Furtado - Hot N Fun / France / 2010 06 07
Nice7 - Elisa (Pirupa Remix) / DJ Download / 2010 01 01
Nick Rowland - Galactica (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 03 09
N-Trance - Is This Love / Euro Club / 2010 10 28
Nyusha - Chudo / Нюша - Чудо / Niusha - Chudo (Miracle) / Euro / 2010 09 19
One Night Only - Say You Don't Want It / UK / 2010 08 29
Ozan Doğulu feat. Sıla - Alain Delon / Ozan Dogulu feat. Sila - Alain Delon / Turkey / 2010 07 04
Petri Nygard & Mokoma - Sarvet Esiin / Finland / 2010 11 28
Petter - En tuff brud i lyxförpackning / Sweden / 2010 11 28
Potap and Vera Brezhneva - Потап И Вера Брежнева – Пронто / Estonia Russian / 2010 10 10
Professor Green - I Need You Tonight / Czech Republic / 2010 04 06
Renaud - Incendie / France / 2010 06 07
RlP and Barbara Tucker - R.E.S.P.E.C.T / France / 2010 12 05
Rob Ronalds - Hela hola! (Tut hola) / Netherlands / 2010 01 24
Robert Plant - Angel Dance / Poland / 2010 10 03
Ruda Z Ostravy feat. Pártlová Martina - Ostrava / Czech Republic / 2010 06 20
Sakis Rouvas - Parafora / Σακης Ρουβας - Παραφορa / Greece / 2010 12 19
Sel - Parašyk man laišką iš paryžiaus (Remix) / Lithuania / 2010 01 01
September- Kärlekens tunga / Sweden / 2010 12 12
Sertab Erener - Rengarenk / Turkey / 2010 08 24
Shout For England - Shout (feat. Dizzee & James Corden) / UK / 2010 06 20
Sia - You've Changed / Netherlands / 2010 09 12
Sigma - Baltimore (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 08 06
Sivert Høyem - Prisoner of the Road / Norway / 2010 10 17
Spankers - Chupa Rico (Nicola Fasano & Steve Forest Remix) / Czech Republic / 2010 07 11
Stas Michailov - Zhdi / Стас Михайлов - Ты Только Жди / Lithuania / 2010 10 28
Stereo Palma - Andale (Nicola Fasano & Steve Forest Mix) / Hungary / 2010 05 31
Stromae - Silence / Belgium Wallonia / 2010 06 27
Stunt - Fade Like the Sun / Bulgaria / 2010 05 24
Style - Love Killer / Sweden / 2010 07 18
Sunloverz / Rosette - Fire (Vocal Extended Mix) / DJ Download / 2010 12 18
Supershake - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (Alex Twister 2010 Extended Mix) / DJ Download / 2010 01 01
Superstars Feat the Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On / Norway / 2010 01 15
Tā Tā Tā - Domino / Latvia / 2010 11 07
Tempered Djs - the Greenhouse (Original Mix) / DJ Download / 2010 08 06
Tensnake - Coma Cat / UK Dance / 2010 09 12
The Dee feat. Shugga - Tick Tock 2 D Beat / France / 2010 10 28
The Gift - Facil De Entender / Portugal / 2010 01 15
The Pretty Reckless - Miss Nothing / UK / 2010 09 05
Tim Berg - Bromance (Avicii's Arena Mix) / Netherlands / 2010 06 13
Tim Berg - Seek Bromance / Euro Club / 2010 10 24
Tim Davison - Patrol (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 11 18
Timoteij - Högt över ängarna / Sweden / 2010 07 11
Tinchy Stryder feat. Taio Cruz - Second Chance / Euro Club / 2010 11 07
Tom Pulse - Cuando (Floresca El Chuno) / Sweden / 2010 02 07
Tommy Vee Feat Mr V - Bang Bang / DJ Lorix - Italian Dance / 2010 10 08
Traffic - Elekter / Estonia / 2010 08 16
Tydi / Tania Zygar - Half Light (Max Graham Remix) / DJ Download / 2010 11 18
Uffie - Difficult / France / 2010 12 19
Uffie - MCs Can Kiss / France / 2010 02 28
UNKLE feat. the Black Angel - Natural Selection / Latvia / 2010 05 17
VanVelzen - Take Me In / Netherlands / 2010 12 12
Venke Knutson - Jealous 'Cause I Love You / Norway / 2010 02 07
Venuto - Love (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 08 06
Vicky Devine - Starfire (Sean Tyas Remix) / DJ Download - Trance / 2010 07 11
Vinni & the Vagabonds feat. Timbuktu - Let the Monkey Out / Norway / 2010 10 03
Voe (Emilie "Voe" Nereng) - Don't Talk To Me / Norway / 2010 06 27
Waldeck - Get Up Carmen / Austria / 2010 04
Willem Barth - Bella bella signorina / Netherlands / 2010 01 15
Wilson, Smallwood and Ingram - Perfect Sunrise (Vocal Club Mix) / DJ Download / 2009 02 23
Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica (Extended Mix) / DJ Download / 2010 11 18
Yann Solo / Just 1 Side - the India Girl (Original) / DJ Download / 2009 02 23
Yer Man - Talk Dirty 2 Me (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 12 18
Zlatko - Recejisa / Slovenia / 2010 12 26
The following 200+ tracks received my "green light" rating as I went through my weekly ritual of checking several European music charts every week in 2010. They were selected from what ultimately became a pool of over 5000 songs.
Many (perhaps most) big tunes from 2010 are nowhere to be found on this list (not even club smashes like Duck Sauce's "Barbra Streisand," Swedish House Mafia's "One," or Yolanda Be Cool's "We No Speak Americano," though I enjoyed those, too). There are not many American acts here, either, which should come as no surprise considering, uh, everything I do. These tracks simply stood out, one way or another, on the particular week I happened to encounter them.
Format:
Artist - Song / Chart I first found the song on (song could appear on several charts) / Date (usually a day from the week I encountered the tune)
2Sunny - Piligrim / Пилигрим / Ukraine / 2010 12 26
69 Danguje - Aš pasirašau / Lithuania / 2010 04 02
A Silent Express - I Never Saw This Coming / Netherlands / 2010 10 24
Adrian Lux - Teenage Crime (Axwell Remix) / France / 2010 07 18
Alanas Chošnau - Radio FM (Su džinglu) / Lithuania / 2009 10 08
Alba Wings - Say Goodbye For Yesterday / Romania / 2010 10 28
Alex Roots - Don't Stop Looking / Bulgaria / 2010 01 24
Alexandra Burke - All Night Long (Cahill Edit) / Bulgaria / 2010 04 02
Alexis Jordan - Happiness / Bulgaria / 2010 07 25
Alistair Griffin - Just Drive / UK / 2010 11 28
Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar / France / 2010 06 07
Alphabeat - DJ / Denmark / 2010 01 24
Alphabeat - Heat Wave / Denmark / 2010 08 16
Alphaville - I Die For You Today / Slovakia / 2010 11 07
Andy White - Stereophony (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 08 06
Angel - Candy Cane (Awesome 3 Remix) / DJ Download / 2010 08 06
Ania Wyszkoni - Wiem, ze jesteś tam / Poland / 2010 10 28
Anna-Maria Zimmermann - Hurra wir leben noch / Germany / 2010 01 24
Atlanta - Mergaitės nori mylėt / Lithuania / 2010 02 21
Baby Alice - Pina Colada Boy / Euro / 2010 07 11
Baron Massilia - Lolita (R2D2 & Chris Di Tenda Remix) / France / 2010 07 04
Basslovers United - Ghetto Supastar / Euro Club / 2010 11 07
Bassmonkeys & Bianca Lindgren - Get Busy / DJ Lorix (Italy) / 2009 12 25 to 2010 05 25
Beatbullyz - Skills / UK Dance / 2010 06 06
Bellamy Brothers & Gölä - Let Your Love Flow / Switzerland / 2010 09 12
Ben Dj - Smile / DJ Lorix (Italy) / 2009 12 25 to 2010 05 25
Berto Mene - Los Brujos (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 08 06
Billy Barman - Cigánska / Slovakia / 2010 11 07
Bonaparte - Boycott Everything / Latvia / 2010 12 12
Boom Jinx & Jaytech - Milano (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 05 09
Branka Delić – Samo Ljubav / Croatia / 2010 08 24
Buddy feat. Meri - Sommer lass mich nicht allein / Germany / 2010 12 12
Bumcello - 3 Bandits / France / 2010 06 13
Buraka Som Sistema - Kalemba (Wegue Wegue) / Portugal / 2010 01 08
Camo and Krooked - September (Remix For Future Prophecies) / DJ Download / 2009 02 23
Carla Belovari – Sretan broj / Croatia / 2010 10 10
Cassius - I <3 U So / France / 2010 11 14
Chase and Status feat. Liam Bailey - Blind Faith / Euro Club / 2010 12 19
Cheek - Jippikayjei / Finland / 2010 08 24
Chicane - Hiding All the Stars / Belgium Flanders / 2010 04 23
Clara Sofie & Rune RK - Når tiden går baglæns / Denmark / 2010 07 18
Clea In Kim - Petek / Slovenia / 2010 05 31
Clokx - Catch Your Fall / Netherlands / 2010 10 17
Daisy Dares You and Chipmunk - Number One Enemy / Denmark / 2010 03 20
Daniel Adams-Ray - Gubben I lådan / Sweden / 2010 10 10
Danny Byrd - Ill Behaviour (feat. I-Kay) / UK Dance / 2010 10 10
David Guetta feat. Makeba - If We Ever / Bulgaria / 2010 01 24
De Hobbyisten - Wij gaan door! / Netherlands / 2010 06 07
Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey / Netherlands / 2010 01 24
Deolinda - Um contra o outro / Portugal / 2010 06 20
Dezil' - Danser sur la plage / France / 2010 07 11
Dido - Everything To Lose / France / 2010 08 16
Die Jungen Zillertaler - So a schöner tag (Fliegerlied) / Austria / 2010 01 15
Diggy Dex feat. Wudstik, Big2 & Skiggy Rapz - Links, rechts / Netherlands / 2010 10 24
Dj Defkline / Red Polo - Oh Why (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 05 09
Dj Defkline / Red Polo vs. Dustin Hulton - Cars That Go Boom (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 05 09
Dj Fresh - Gold Dust / UK Dance / 2010 08 16
Dover - Dannayá / Euro / 2010 10 03
Dred & Doris - Soha ne félj / Hungarian Dance / 2010 12 05
Due Di Picche - Fare a meno di te / Euro / 2010 09 26
Ed Drewett - Champagne Lemonade / Euro Club / 2010 09 26
Edalam - Helicopta / France / 2010 01 01
Editors - Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool / Latvia / 2010 11 07
Erick Morillo / Harry Romero / Jose Nunez / Jessica Eve - Dancin (Manufactured Superstars vs. Dj Franke 2010 Re-Edit) / DJ Download / 2010 09 26
Erik Hassle - Hurtful / Euro 100 / 2009 05 21
Eteson vs. Octagen - We Are Alone (Octagen Remix) / DJ Download - Trance / 2010 11 18
Fabienne Louves - Samschtig / Switzerland / 2010 07 04
Faithless - Not Going Home / Netherlands / 2010 05 08
Faithless - Tweak Your Nipple / UK / 2010 06 27
Fat Les - Vindaloo / UK / 2010 06 20
Féfé - VPC (Vilain Petit Canard) / France / 2010 06 27
Ferhat Gocer / Ferhat Göçer - Üzüm / Euro / 2010 05 31
Fettes Brot - Jein / Germany / 2010 02 28
Fred Worx - Softly (Rudy Rudy Dog Remix) / DJ Download / 2010 01 01
Frida Gold - Zeig mir wie Du tanzt / Austria / 2010 12 05
Gabriella Cilmi - Hearts Don't Lie / Slovenia / 2010 06 13
Gabriella Cilmi - On A Mission / Slovakia / 2010 03 13
Getter Jaani - Parim päev / Estonia / 2010 06
Getter Jaani - Saladus / Estonia / 2010 06
Goin’ Through feat. Isoropistis - Boro Ki Ego / Μπορώ Κι Eγώ / Euro / 2010 07 04
Gorillaz Feat Bobby Womack and Mos Def - Stylo / Netherlands / 2010 02 07
Graffiti6 - Annie You Save Me / Netherlands / 2010 09 05
Groove Armada - Paper Romance (Urchins Remix) / DJ Download / 2009 02 23
Gurrumul - Wukun (Loverush UK! Radio Edit) / Euro Club / 2010 10 10
Handsome Poets - Blinded / Netherlands / 2010 08 16
Hans Zimmer - Time / Switzerland / 2010 08 16
Hex - Nekonečný príbeh / Slovakia / 2010 06 13
Hey - Faza Delta / Poland / 2010 07 11
Holdviola - Bánat utca / Hungarian Dance / 2010 07 04
How To Destroy Angels - A Drowning / Latvia / 2010 07 25
HU? & Kare Kauks - Miks mõni asi on nii hea / Estonia / 2010 05 08
Hudson Mohawke - Fuse / France / 2010 06 07
Hydro Aquatic and Vir2l Vision - Vigor (Cold Blue Remix) / DJ Download - Trance / 2010 12
Illitheas - Perfect Day (Original Mix) / DJ Download - Trance / 2010 12 18
Jaa9 & Onklp - Partysvenske / Norway / 2010 11 07
Jamie Matrix - Gold Rush (Original) / DJ Download / 2009 02 23
Jana Hermann - Saules grieži ("Sun Times") / Latvia / 2010 12 12
Jana Kirschner - Keby si bol môj / Slovakia / 2010 05 31
Jay C/Felix Baumgartner - Souk (Original Mix) / DJ Download / 2010 08 06
Jedward Feat Vanilla Ice - Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) / Armenia / 2010 02 28
Jenifer - Je danse / France / 2010 09 26
Jenni Vartiainen - En haluu kuolla tänä yönä / Finland / 2010 03 06
Jeremy Hills - Friday Night / French / 2010 11 07
Jitka Charvátová (aka "JI") - Real Life / Czech Republic / 2010 01 24
John Dahlback feat. Elodie - Bingo (Extended Original Mix) / DJ Download / 2010 04 20
Johnossi - Dead End / Sweden / 2010 10 24
JoJo - In the Dark / UK - NME / 2010 09 11
Josefine - Allt jag vill ha / Sweden (not on chart) / 2010 10 17
Josh Gabriel Presents Winter Kills - Deep Down (Original Mix) / DJ Download / 2010 03 09
Jurk! - Zou zo graag / Netherlands / 2010 01 15
Kamon - Brunyetka / Камон – Брюнетка / Estonia Russian / 2010 08 01
Kasia Kowalska - Baby Blues / Poland / 2010 04 16
Katerine (Avgoustaki) - Enjoy the Day / Belgium Flanders / 2010 02 28
Katka Knechtová - Slovensko na nohy / Slovakia / 2010 06 20
Keen'v - Le son qui bam bam / France / 2010 04
Kelis - Acapella / Slovakia / 2010 04 17
Kelly Kelekidou - Teleutaia Fora / Κελλυ Κελεκιδου - Τελευταια Φορα / Κέλλυ Κελεκίδου - Τελευταία Φορά / Greece / 2010 12 19
Kid Kenobi - Breakers Revenge 2010 (Drumattic Twins Remix) / DJ Download / 2010 07 11
Kite - Jonny Boy / Sweden / 2010 10 03
K-Liber 4 Life feat. Nikita - Drop Die Beat / Netherlands / 2010 06 27
Kontrust - Bomba / Netherlands / 2010 02 07
La Fuente feat. Rosenberg Trio - Guitarra / Netherlands / 2010 07 11
Lady Gaga - Alejandro / Croatia / 2010 04
Lady Gaga - Dance In the Dark / France / 2010 08 29
Las Balkanieras - Moje plave oči / Croatia / 2010
Lenna Kuurmaa - Rapunzel / Estonia / 2010 02 21
Les Jumo feat. Willy William - C Show / France / 2010 06 07
Lindstrøm & Christabelle - Lovesick / Netherlands / 2010 03 13
Lisa Miskovsky - Lover / Sweden / 2010 10 10
Lolita - Joli Garçon / Euro Club / 2010 10 28
Maciej Maleńczuk - Jak to dziewczyna / Poland / 2010 01 24
Magnetic Man - I Need Air (feat. Angela Hunte) / UK Dance / 2010 08 08
Maïka - Embrasse-moi / France / 2010 02 14
Maïka - Sensualité / France / 2010 05 01
Marc De Simon Feat Antonia B - Rainbow Sky (2009 Remix) / DJ Download / 2010 01 01
Marco V - Inconsistent Talk (Extended) / DJ Download / 2010 01 01
Marina and the Diamonds - Hollywood / Croatia / 2010 03 13
Mark Ronson & the Business Intl feat. Q-Tip - Bang Bang Bang / Netherlands / 2010 07 11
Mark Ronson & the Business Intl feat. Ghostface Killah - Lose It (In the End) / France / 2010 06 13
Markus Becker | Mallorca Cowboys - Das rote Pferd / Germany / 2010 01 15
Massive Attack - Atlas Air / UK Dance / 2010 12 05
Minilogue - Leloo (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 01 01
Ministry Of Funk - Sax Life (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 09 26
Misha - Ako dlho sa to dá / Slovakia / 2010 10 24
Missing Andy - Sing For the Deaf / UK / 2010 09 26
Molella Feat Alessia D'Andrea - Paradise / DJ Lorix - Italian Dance / 2010 07 02
Moonbootica - Men Of the Future (Kris Menace Remix) / DJ Download / 2009 02 23
Morgan & Bland - Bongo Congo / DJ Lorix (Italy) / 2009 12 25 to 2010 05 25
MVSEVM - French Jeans (Dada Life Remix) / DJ Download / 2009 02 23
My Chemical Romance - Nanana / Sweden / 2010 10 10
N.E.R.D. feat. Nelly Furtado - Hot N Fun / France / 2010 06 07
Nice7 - Elisa (Pirupa Remix) / DJ Download / 2010 01 01
Nick Rowland - Galactica (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 03 09
N-Trance - Is This Love / Euro Club / 2010 10 28
Nyusha - Chudo / Нюша - Чудо / Niusha - Chudo (Miracle) / Euro / 2010 09 19
One Night Only - Say You Don't Want It / UK / 2010 08 29
Ozan Doğulu feat. Sıla - Alain Delon / Ozan Dogulu feat. Sila - Alain Delon / Turkey / 2010 07 04
Petri Nygard & Mokoma - Sarvet Esiin / Finland / 2010 11 28
Petter - En tuff brud i lyxförpackning / Sweden / 2010 11 28
Potap and Vera Brezhneva - Потап И Вера Брежнева – Пронто / Estonia Russian / 2010 10 10
Professor Green - I Need You Tonight / Czech Republic / 2010 04 06
Renaud - Incendie / France / 2010 06 07
RlP and Barbara Tucker - R.E.S.P.E.C.T / France / 2010 12 05
Rob Ronalds - Hela hola! (Tut hola) / Netherlands / 2010 01 24
Robert Plant - Angel Dance / Poland / 2010 10 03
Ruda Z Ostravy feat. Pártlová Martina - Ostrava / Czech Republic / 2010 06 20
Sakis Rouvas - Parafora / Σακης Ρουβας - Παραφορa / Greece / 2010 12 19
Sel - Parašyk man laišką iš paryžiaus (Remix) / Lithuania / 2010 01 01
September- Kärlekens tunga / Sweden / 2010 12 12
Sertab Erener - Rengarenk / Turkey / 2010 08 24
Shout For England - Shout (feat. Dizzee & James Corden) / UK / 2010 06 20
Sia - You've Changed / Netherlands / 2010 09 12
Sigma - Baltimore (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 08 06
Sivert Høyem - Prisoner of the Road / Norway / 2010 10 17
Spankers - Chupa Rico (Nicola Fasano & Steve Forest Remix) / Czech Republic / 2010 07 11
Stas Michailov - Zhdi / Стас Михайлов - Ты Только Жди / Lithuania / 2010 10 28
Stereo Palma - Andale (Nicola Fasano & Steve Forest Mix) / Hungary / 2010 05 31
Stromae - Silence / Belgium Wallonia / 2010 06 27
Stunt - Fade Like the Sun / Bulgaria / 2010 05 24
Style - Love Killer / Sweden / 2010 07 18
Sunloverz / Rosette - Fire (Vocal Extended Mix) / DJ Download / 2010 12 18
Supershake - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (Alex Twister 2010 Extended Mix) / DJ Download / 2010 01 01
Superstars Feat the Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On / Norway / 2010 01 15
Tā Tā Tā - Domino / Latvia / 2010 11 07
Tempered Djs - the Greenhouse (Original Mix) / DJ Download / 2010 08 06
Tensnake - Coma Cat / UK Dance / 2010 09 12
The Dee feat. Shugga - Tick Tock 2 D Beat / France / 2010 10 28
The Gift - Facil De Entender / Portugal / 2010 01 15
The Pretty Reckless - Miss Nothing / UK / 2010 09 05
Tim Berg - Bromance (Avicii's Arena Mix) / Netherlands / 2010 06 13
Tim Berg - Seek Bromance / Euro Club / 2010 10 24
Tim Davison - Patrol (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 11 18
Timoteij - Högt över ängarna / Sweden / 2010 07 11
Tinchy Stryder feat. Taio Cruz - Second Chance / Euro Club / 2010 11 07
Tom Pulse - Cuando (Floresca El Chuno) / Sweden / 2010 02 07
Tommy Vee Feat Mr V - Bang Bang / DJ Lorix - Italian Dance / 2010 10 08
Traffic - Elekter / Estonia / 2010 08 16
Tydi / Tania Zygar - Half Light (Max Graham Remix) / DJ Download / 2010 11 18
Uffie - Difficult / France / 2010 12 19
Uffie - MCs Can Kiss / France / 2010 02 28
UNKLE feat. the Black Angel - Natural Selection / Latvia / 2010 05 17
VanVelzen - Take Me In / Netherlands / 2010 12 12
Venke Knutson - Jealous 'Cause I Love You / Norway / 2010 02 07
Venuto - Love (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 08 06
Vicky Devine - Starfire (Sean Tyas Remix) / DJ Download - Trance / 2010 07 11
Vinni & the Vagabonds feat. Timbuktu - Let the Monkey Out / Norway / 2010 10 03
Voe (Emilie "Voe" Nereng) - Don't Talk To Me / Norway / 2010 06 27
Waldeck - Get Up Carmen / Austria / 2010 04
Willem Barth - Bella bella signorina / Netherlands / 2010 01 15
Wilson, Smallwood and Ingram - Perfect Sunrise (Vocal Club Mix) / DJ Download / 2009 02 23
Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica (Extended Mix) / DJ Download / 2010 11 18
Yann Solo / Just 1 Side - the India Girl (Original) / DJ Download / 2009 02 23
Yer Man - Talk Dirty 2 Me (Original) / DJ Download / 2010 12 18
Zlatko - Recejisa / Slovenia / 2010 12 26
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Slow Change, Sudden Change, Art, Passion, Vocation
There is a very good quote about John James Audubon by his granddaughter Maria:
"Waiting times are long, longest to those who do not understand the silent, inner growth which goes on and on, yet makes no outward sign for months and even years, as in the case of Audubon."
Audubon trudged into his 30s doing stuff he wasn't all that interested in (mismanaging a few businesses, which landed him in jail for debt [he had a wife and two kids on the outside at the time--hardcore]). But in the back of his mind an idea was forming, which ultimately manifested itself in an ambition to capture in vibrant colors, fluid lines, and at life-size the likenesses of all the birds in the United States. When he announced his intention to realize this he must have seemed to others suddenly mad, but in fact the idea had long been in development. And fortunately for Audubon, not to mention all who enjoy his wonderful art, it all worked out.
His story reminds me of evolutionary theory, where you have gradualism (the slow change of organisms over time), and punctuated equilibrium (wherein we see a rapid rate of morphological change over a short period of time). Punctuated equilibrium is often associated with cataclysms--a meteor hits the earth, kills the dinosaurs, and suddenly a whole bunch of niches (think of them as job positions) open up, which are rapidly filled by other critters (giant birds, giant sloths, giant mammoths, other giants) that rise to the occasion.
So for years Audubon was a gradualist, and as such his mind was slowly evolving towards his goal. But after spending time in jail I suspect he entered his period of punctuated equilibrium (i.e., "I've got to make some changes fast"). Gradualistic thinking had prepared him to seize the opportunity that punctuated equilibrium thrust upon him.
One Audubon biography I read stated (and I have to paraphrase, since the book is not accessible to me in my motel room ;-D) that Audubon was not certain what he would do after his release from jail--but the one thing he knew was that he was through with business. As he returned penniless to a wife and two children, everything we know and love Audubon for today lay ahead of the then-34-year-old man.
"Waiting times are long, longest to those who do not understand the silent, inner growth which goes on and on, yet makes no outward sign for months and even years, as in the case of Audubon."
Audubon trudged into his 30s doing stuff he wasn't all that interested in (mismanaging a few businesses, which landed him in jail for debt [he had a wife and two kids on the outside at the time--hardcore]). But in the back of his mind an idea was forming, which ultimately manifested itself in an ambition to capture in vibrant colors, fluid lines, and at life-size the likenesses of all the birds in the United States. When he announced his intention to realize this he must have seemed to others suddenly mad, but in fact the idea had long been in development. And fortunately for Audubon, not to mention all who enjoy his wonderful art, it all worked out.
His story reminds me of evolutionary theory, where you have gradualism (the slow change of organisms over time), and punctuated equilibrium (wherein we see a rapid rate of morphological change over a short period of time). Punctuated equilibrium is often associated with cataclysms--a meteor hits the earth, kills the dinosaurs, and suddenly a whole bunch of niches (think of them as job positions) open up, which are rapidly filled by other critters (giant birds, giant sloths, giant mammoths, other giants) that rise to the occasion.
So for years Audubon was a gradualist, and as such his mind was slowly evolving towards his goal. But after spending time in jail I suspect he entered his period of punctuated equilibrium (i.e., "I've got to make some changes fast"). Gradualistic thinking had prepared him to seize the opportunity that punctuated equilibrium thrust upon him.
One Audubon biography I read stated (and I have to paraphrase, since the book is not accessible to me in my motel room ;-D) that Audubon was not certain what he would do after his release from jail--but the one thing he knew was that he was through with business. As he returned penniless to a wife and two children, everything we know and love Audubon for today lay ahead of the then-34-year-old man.
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