From the Machine

<p>Part 3/5 of our conversation about singing/songwriting with Aaron Bard (Thus Spoke) and Jane Ferry (LittleXFerry / Ferryopolis)</p> <p>Alcohol & anxiety † sobriety as an altered state † psychedelics † embrace the...

<p>Part 2/5 of our conversation about singing/songwriting with Aaron Bard (Thus Spoke) and Jane Ferry (LittleXFerry / Ferryopolis)</p> <p>Comfort zone † Aaron's technique † pain † live vs recording † children...

<p>Part 1 of our conversation about singing/songwriting with Aaron Bard (Thus Spoke) and Jane Ferry (LittleXFerry / Ferryopolis)</p> <p>Songwriting as therapy † what does authenticity really mean? † research methods</p>...

<p>Skill appeal in popular metal † timbre & attack † humanity & blood</p> <p>Words by Michael Hopkins, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson <br> Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris</p>

<p>Theorizing pop & rock † descriptive rules † language shapes perception</p> <p>Words by Michael Hopkins, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson <br> Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris</p>

<p>Part 3/3 of our conversation about artistic creation and altered consciousness</p> <p>Experiences in the pain cave † quitting † osu & limit experience † panic † mind/body dissolution</p> <p>Words by Michael Hopkins...

<p>Part 2/3 of our conversation about artistic creation and altered consciousness</p> <p>Mindset toward content/expression † Neurochemical minmaxing</p> <p>Words by Michael Hopkins, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson <br>...

<p>Part 1/3 of our conversation about artistic creation and altered consciousness</p> <p>Developing ideas † dark places † contrast † cliche</p> <p>Words by Michael Hopkins, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson <br> Music by...

<p>Novelty & recognition † the concept of authorship † suggestions † kairotic moments</p> <p>Words by Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson <br> Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris</p>

<p>Care † ethos † quality vs quantity time † obsession</p> <p>Words by Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson <br> Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris</p>

<p>(un)Cancelability † seriousness † response † justification</p> <p>Words by Matt Stretz, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson<br> Music by Under the Catacombs of Paris</p>

<p>Outtake from our conversation about music taste</p> <p>Sonic metaphors for flavor † embodied cognition † the world of sound</p> <p>Words by Ethan Bowen, Douglas Stephens, Zac Strum, & Conner Tomlinson<br> Music by...

<p>Part 3/3 of our conversation about dream mechanism & analysis</p> <p>Dream work † self-interpretation † elaboration & memory † the ego(s)</p> <p>Words by Conner Tomlinson, Alli Winters, & Joshua Zamarron <br> Music...

<p>Part 2/3 of our conversation about dream mechanism & analysis</p> <p>Weighting & continuity † AI & dream logic † dreams, science, & occultism</p> <p>Words by Conner Tomlinson, Alli Winters, & Joshua Zamarron <br>...

<p>Part 1/3 of our conversation about dream mechanism & analysis</p> <p>Meaning † lucid dreaming † abstraction † solipsism † unconscious agency † theories on dreaming</p> <p>Words by Conner Tomlinson, Alli Winters, &...