tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90054462243141684332024-02-02T14:03:43.201-08:00The musings of a semi famous rapper.Some of my favorite thinkings. LOL.Greydon Squarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079289040984167333noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005446224314168433.post-90980353424401541562019-12-30T09:58:00.001-08:002020-01-09T01:46:47.422-08:00Years, Stats, Data, Numbers, and Figures...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<u><b>2019</b></u><br />
I hear numbers are good. In the age of streaming numbers are everything. This month I took a look at my streaming numbers for last year, and it's pretty interesting what I discovered. Knowing that I have nearly 30k monthly listeners changes how I view myself. How I view my art. How I view success as an independent artist. My critiques will cry: "No one knows who you are!" <br />
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That's a lot of Greydon Square. lol. 90K hours? That seems impossible. But so does everything else on this list. My top streaming songs are not what I expected them to be. Let's go through the list shall we...<br />
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"Omniverse" is finally getting it's just due. When i first released Type 3, Omniverse was the first song I released as a single. Initially the response was NOT great. I was accused of stringing complex words together with no method or meaning. To see it among my top streamed songs, is actually quite cool.</div>
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"Stockholm Syndrome" is a usual suspect when it comes to popular songs of mine. There will always be newly de-converted theists so there will always be new people introduced to my music through that subject matter. </div>
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I didn't expect "Dopamine Notes" to still be getting ht spin it's getting, but that's pretty awesome too. I'm a big fan of Type 2, so the fact that there are those who keep it in rotation makes me smile. It also makes me want to make more music similar to the sound of Mandelbrot Set. <br />
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I also think it's interesting that I only have ONE feature song, in that list of top streams. "Broken Symmetry" with myself and <a href="https://tombstonedadeadman.bandcamp.com/album/the-6th-extinction" target="_blank">Tombstone da Deadman</a> is probably my most popular feature song. Good news to those who are interested in more work coming from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/extropyandentropy/" target="_blank">Extropy & Entropy</a>, we are finishing up Issue 0 of the E&E comic and that should be out later this year.</div>
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I would include other numbers from other sites here, but to be honest, you guys(and gals) get the gist. I just wanted to give a little insight as to who is listening and how much they are. Specifically WHERE in the world people listen. </div>
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This is insane to look at. 6.31 MILLION streams since JUST 2015??? Someone wake me up! If you would have told me that I would put up numbers like this 14 years ago, I'd have called you a liar. Or at least crazy....lol. Its as if someone gave me my childhood dream as a consolation for the childhood that incubated it. To see it a reality is another thing entirely.</div>
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From the ages of 18-35 I'm in. I'd like to think it has something to do with not speaking down to my audience, but who knows. 13% Female over the last 28 days is interesting, but I wish a greater period of time was allowed to be scene. Unfortunately, this is all they gave me. </div>
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<b><u>2020</u></b><br />
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A new year is upon us. I guess this is a great time to either start over or begin again. That's what I plan on doing. Beginning again. See, I remember this feeling, this hunger, this drive, to prove myself one of the all time greats to ever pick up a microphone. To ever make music. I remember slaving over rhyme schemes, thinking that this would be the bar all emcees would be judged by. Sadly the future had a much more cynical sense of humor. This wasn't all bad though. In pursuing this notion of "great", I was able to better understand my role and place in the producer-consumer dynamic I've been apart of for nearly 15 years now. <br />
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<b><u>14 Years</u></b><br />
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A lot has happened in 14 years. Creatively I've achieved most of what I set out to achieve. Intellectually I was able to set myself apart from mainstream hip hop while making sure I could actually make a living going my own way. And make no mistake about it, that is exactly what I did. I went my own way from hip hop. If hip hop wasn't going to be a place open to scientific and philosophical discussions, then i would just create my own community where those of like mind CAN have those conversations. This became Grand Unified. The creative collective spanning countries and continents. Systems and galaxies. <br />
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<u><b>2006-2009</b></u><br />
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The early days of YouTube and my music career. In this period I was very much heavily referencing my newly discovered atheism as well as coming to terms with some of the things I was apart of serving in the second Iraq war. I would later cover growing up in an abusive foster care system as well as the cultural consequences of questioning the prevailing narrative produced by Christianity and Islam. The Compton Effect and The CPT Theorem were released within 2 years of each other. I was performing all over the country and even different parts of the world. The REASON RALLY took place. I met some of the great thinkers, movers, and shakers in the space. Penn Jillette, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali to name a few. I also found myself still getting into trouble during this time. I had a couple of run-ins with the law. Dropped out of college. Was on CBC's The National. Dundas Square. Radio Debates. Youtube series. Life was pretty insane during this period. <br />
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<b><u>2009-2015</u></b><br />
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Though I was dealing with a lot of personal(death of a former fiance) and legal issues (fight in DC), my music was making waves. I started making the podcast rounds. Skeptics Guide to the Universe, The Atheist Experience to name a couple. However the damage had essentially already been done. With the incident in DC, I started to notice a chilling effect. No more emails. No more calls. No more invites. It all dwindled down to a couple of appearances here or there but then, nothing.<br />
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In 2009 I started to consider another approach. If it wasn't going to be about atheism, then I would shift my focus to more science and technology related topics. There were no other emcees going anywhere NEAR those topics because most simply weren't educated enough to talk about them. I started to consider how far out this technological progress could be extrapolated to. I discovered trans-humanism. I discovered Extropianism. I discovered The Kardashev Scale. <br />
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This became my new focus. My new creative purpose. To share this through my creativity. Through my music. The Kardashev Scale album wasn't originally known as "Type 1". I retconned it so that everyone believes it to be so, but originally it was just called The Kardashev Scale. It wasn't until The Mandelbrot Set album I thought about referring to TKS as "Type 1". This is important, because it sets the creative and structural tone of how the albums would be sequentially released from here on out. Type 2 had to surpass Type 1. So it couldn't be just 1 disc. It had to be 2. And then of course, Omniverse/Aum-niverse HAD to be 3 discs, and HAD to be a numerically symmetrical compliment to type 2. <br />
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Type 1 - 18 songs<br />
Type 2 - 22 songs<br />
Type 3 - 30 songs<br />
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<u><b>How to approach Type 4</b></u><br />
If Type 4 was to eclipse Omniverse, there would have to be nearly as many songs on IT, as there had been throughout the entire Kardashev age to date. Nearly. I wont do 70 songs. I wont sit on 70 songs. That's impossible. <br />
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However, what if there was another number that made sense? What if I eclipsed Type 3's song count entirely with Type 4? There's a number I've always flirted with. A number I've always enjoyed exploring. <br />
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Why 64? Because I love chess. <br />
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There are 64 spaces on a standard regulation 8x8 chessboard. <br />
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Type 4 will represent each creatively square on the chessboard. It will traverse the "Knight's Tour".<br />
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<u><b>This is Type 4</b></u><br />
City on the Type of Forever (2020)<br />
Last of the Rhyme Lords (2021)<br />
Tour of the Orphaned Knight (2021)<br />
Iron Star Era (2022)<br />
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Each will have 16 songs. <br />
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Starting every 3 months 1/4th of the album of that sequence will be released. This will be a seasonal release schedule. 4 songs. Quarterly. For the next 4 years. <br />
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This is much more difficult that what I did with Omniverse/Aum-niverse. That was 30 tracks in 3 years.<br />
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I will announce a date for the first 4 songs of City on the Type of Forever on my next blog post.<br />
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<b><u>Continuing the conversation</u></b><br />
If you're interested in continuing this conversation or have any questions about the new projects, join me live on my youtube channel where I stream daily.<br />
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If you could call it that. Actually I'll be honest, you could. You can. You will. I can't say too much at present, but one of the biggest opportunities I've ever been presented with has a good likelihood of passing true provided there are no major issues with funding. And from the network involved, I don't think funding will be an issue. I wish I could say more, but I'll have to wait until something more concrete develops to report. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>A Unified Album</b></u></span><br />
Myself, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4ZB6SmxjaVFqfqZiXJKEcS?si=X_urOCL7RUex1Jf_jZj3Pg" target="_blank">Tombstone da Deadman</a>, and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7p0X6StLjxr9BTmMlHVan5?si=NW_h69PjTmiAsigljA6GwA" target="_blank">Sai Phi</a> are just starting to work on the official GU album starting with a Unified Federation Star Citizen theme song. We figured instead of doing a Star Citizen themed album, we would just roll the Star Citizen songs we were working on over to the GU main album. There will be many familiar faces. From Syqnys, to Gifted Anomaly. Many familiar topics. From atheism to politics. I've always wanted to do a GU album, and I'm glad I didn't do one back then because I'm sure all of the references and material would have seemed extremely dated by now. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Spotify Playlists</b></u></span><br />
I've discovered I really enjoy making music playlists on spotify. For instance, check this out:<br />
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I took songs from GU artist all over spotify and threw them into <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4ew79B4SqevHGtYGR9bY0t" target="_blank">one mass playlist</a>. I'm going to create others as well. Other genres. Hell, I've already started my <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4s2FyY1LL1RcjQcsujW87e?si=gbHaF3pLSFefY0QkXEFsNw" target="_blank">country western bluegrass playlist</a>, so best believe others are coming. Why is this important? Because you can show people what your musical tastes are across genres. I love all different types of music. This is my ability to show them by creating playlists of different lengths and themes. I'll work on getting more GU artists Spotify, for now hopefully this playlist allows Spotify users have something a little official. <br />
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<b><u>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare</u></b><br />
A side note here, the new COD game is pretty legit. I really enjoy it. I haven't even thought about Battlefield since I got it. That's a bad sign for BF games at the moment. To me COD:MW is what BF should have been. Sure there's the occasional kill-streak you hate, but honestly if that's the worst of it, this is one of the best COD games I've ever played. Here's something that really insane, IT'S CROSS COMPATIBLE! Like, shit! That's hella dope. So now I get to play against people across consoles. From Xbox, to PlayStation. It's actually works quite well. Keyboard and mouse people are separated from gamepad users, and those who don't wish to participle in cross-platform gaming can just turn it off while still being able to choose between mouse/keyboard and gamepad. It's pretty sick.<br />
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If you want to game with me on there, my gamer tag to add me is<br />
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Progress is being made on issue #0. We needed to add a couple of pages in order to fit more of the story in, but it wont be an issue. I would think that we'd have something ready for you guys right before summer. At least that's the plan. The album? We don't plan on releasing the E&E album without the comic issue 0 being finished, so once that's finished, or near completed, you'll see us move into the mixing and mastering stages of the E&E album. </div>
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More great things developing in the Unified Federation Star Citizen Exploration Fleet. We've finally started to round out as a crew. We've a got a full security department with an extremely competent Chief of Security. We've got an engineering department that's coming into it's own and a tactical bridge crew that's second to none. I'm not just blowing smoke either. In the past 2 weeks my guys once engaged in THREE simultaneous missions involving ship to ship combat operations, FPS CQC bunker clearing tasks on a completely different planet, while supporting a mining expedition headed by my engineering department on an adjacent moon. Literally doing these 3 missions at the same time. The following week, they simulated ground to ship boarding procedures successfully. These guys are the real deal and I'm extremely honored and privileged to lead this group in to the stars. </div>
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<u><b>Star Trek</b></u><br />
Star Trek alums had a pretty rough week. Rene Auberjoois famously known as Security Chief Odo on Deep Space Nine <a href="https://www.startrek.com/news/rene-auberjonois-1940-2019" target="_blank">passed away last week</a> along with the husband of Marina Sirtis. His name was Michael Lamper and he was apparently a guest actor on TNG when they met. I'm incredibly saddened to hear about both and my thoughts and condolences go out to each of their families.<br />
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Turns out <a href="https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-trek-picard-renewed-season-two-patrick-stewart-cbs-all-access-1202809964/" target="_blank">we're getting a second season of Star Trek: Picard</a> before we've even gotten a first one. I mean, seriously though, is there any doubt that this show is playing with house money? CBS would have to screw this up so monumentally bad in order to not get at least 5 seasons out of ST:P. I heard something about Michael Dorn turning down a role reprisal because the show-runners offered him too little salary. I hope this isn't true. This would be dumber than the OKC Thunder trading James Harden to the Rockets because they didn't want to "pay him". Pay the man! It's probably for one episode anyway, so why not pay him what he wants and give the fans what they want. If we're not going to get a <a href="http://www.treknews.net/2019/08/27/michael-dorn-captain-worf-star-trek-universe/" target="_blank">Captain Worf</a> show, then at least give us closure to the post DS9 Worf story line. <br />
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<u><b>Our Discord Community</b></u><br />
Trans-Intellectualism burns strong. Our discord is growing, and yet the
temperament is still very upbeat and positive. I appreciate all of the
interaction and activity within the server. I hope to also bring other
GU members like <a href="https://www.instagram.com/syqnys/" target="_blank">Syqnys</a> over to discord. So if you see him online, tell him to drop in and say what's up! <br />
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I want to wish everyone a happy Christmas Holiday, and an even greater
New Year. I'll probably be back online around New Years eve, but if
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<br />Greydon Squarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079289040984167333noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005446224314168433.post-28229934103321792552019-11-29T09:56:00.000-08:002019-11-29T10:01:09.620-08:00A new year approaching, new material, and NEW music videoIt's interesting how much time passes in such a short observational period. See, I should have been kept this blog if for nothing else, as a log for my inner thoughts. 2020 is approaching. So many things have changed in the last 5 years. I wont go into specifics just yet, but I dealt with a great depressive period right around the time I released <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4vGl41pbnCVOc5CgSUEEaM" target="_blank">Compton Scattering</a>. This blog wont be about that, but we will revisit those years between 2013 - 2019 in future blogs and <a href="https://greydonsquare.bandcamp.com/album/subscription-exclusive-podcast" target="_blank">podcasts</a>.<br />
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Things are looking up. Today I'm working on a new album. Its called City on the Type of Forever. It will be the first of 4 albums based in the Iron Star Era known as Type 4. I wont lie to you, I'm not as far along on it as I'd like to be. Originally I planned on there being 64 songs on Type 4. After Omniverse however, I was burnt out. Imagining doing another 64 songs after just doing 30 was not even considerable. I changed the number to 10. My mind was fried. And to be honest, hip hop was changing. <br />
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Someone recently told me on a YouTube video of mine that they had been listening to me since they were in the 6th grade. He's now entering into his sophomore year of university. Back in 2012 when we all thought "Hope and Change" actually MEANT hope and change, I still hadn't quite "made it". Sure I was known in a small, niche community, but most people had no clue. Unfortunately for my visibility I actually preferred it this way. I liked NOT being known. Being able to say what I want without feeling like I couldn't walk outside, or get online was liberating. I had my 15 minutes of fame, trust me, it aint all that. Being famous is NOT actually what most creatives want. What we actually want, is the ability to be creative absent the pressure of external stressors. <br />
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I am now 38 years old. When I was coming up, my favorite emcees were already on the fringes of hip hop because of the anti intellectual nature of the culture at the time. NOW? LMAO<br />
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So I had to accept that I would always be on that fringe, if not for content and subject matter, for style and delivery. <br />
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I can rap to anything. And I mean that. But sometimes it isn't about the actual "rap". Sometimes its about accessibility. For a long time, I had taken pride in being somewhat intellectually inaccessible to the average hip hop listener. I didn't want to be an easy listen. Intellectually, or emotionally. These days I've soften on that stance slightly. I can never NOT talk about science and technology. But what I can do is modernize the music to appeal to a more wider demographic without sacrificing quality of sound or content. What I can do is go back to the drawing board for new schemes and new stanzas to flip lyrically. What I can do is search high and low for the greatest thought provoking subjects and write entertaining songs about them. There's much cover and not nearly enough life to cover it in.<br />
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The Unified Federation<br />
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Oh shit. We did it gentlemen. We did it <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reaper_legion_network/" target="_blank">Tombstone</a>! We did it <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dabbydreads/" target="_blank">Dabz</a>! <a href="https://robertsspaceindustries.com/orgs/UFAE" target="_blank">We actually built a digital space fleet complete with an efficient hierarchical command structure and a compartmentalized department focus from the ground up using nothing but pre-established science fiction lore and our wits!</a> Think of us as Star Trek's Starfleet in a scarce dystopian hyper capitalistic 2050 galaxy complete with FTL travel and jump points. But don't don't listen to me, take it from this pretty commercial for the fleet's flagship "The Carrack":<br />
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That beautiful piece of engineering will henceforth known as The Unified Federation Starship Carl Sagan. A deep space exploration vessel. The command and control center for our fleet. Since 2013 I along with all of my other nerd and geek friends (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/saiphi/" target="_blank">Sai Phi</a> I'm looking at you! lol) waited for the game itself to become playable. A long road for sure. Lots of bugs and missed deadlines. Genuine concern over the fate of the project. I never lost faith in the project, because I never lost faith in the man. We have to remember that this is one man's dream. One man's vision. He ultimately will be judged on the success and failure this project. So it with him my faiths and confidences are placed. When it wavers, it will be because there is something in the man that is wavering. I don't think Chris Roberts will waver. <br />
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If you would like more information about joining us in the Star Citizen universe BE WARNED:<br />
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a) You need a pretty powerful computer to run this game. You'll know if you can run it or not, if you don't know, you probably can't.<br />
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b) Use the fleet's referral code: STAR-FXL5-J7SB as it helps the very fleet your joining gain armor, vehicles and weapons. <a href="https://robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen/fly-now" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD GAME HERE.</a><br />
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c) We are not a casual org. We are a hardcore role-playing rank structured organization with departments and focuses. If you are uninterested in referring to people by their rank, or in game character name while playing? This probably wouldn't be the organization to play with it. I mean you should by all means play the game, but we wouldn't be a good fit with us. Due to our size, we don't have much flexibility in this area. <br />
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I was checking twitter and a user by the name of @coffeenmusic sent me
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Our discord community.<br />
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So I want to take this time to thank the wonderful Grand Unified discord server. The conversation has been very respectful and trolls have quickly been called out and removed. The topics range from gaming to science. Music to futurism. Thank you those of you who are active in this community and continue to spread TxI across the globe. <br />
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If you are interested in JOINING the GU discord<br />
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I'm out of here guys. Next stream will be Sunday. Have a fantastic holiday and I will talk to you guys soon. <br />
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Peace peace,<br />
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Yea, so I had no idea what that song was about. Even worse, after seeing the video I'm even MORE confused about it now than before I started.<br />
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Hope you guys are having a fantastic new year. The residents of Colorado are having an especially great time seeing as how they are finally being treated like adults. You see, Colorado became the first state in America to fully decriminalize and regulate the sale of marijuana. The state is even taxing it at an insane rate. Now, like I said on my podcast this past week, the media has been entertaining at covering the entire ordeal. From hosts acting like it was the end of American civilization, to anchors challenging prohibition outright, the response has been for the most part balanced. Fox news try to demonize it, other than them though, every one else seemed to be pretty reasonable. So this looks like the beginning of the end. Of marijuana prohibition. And that will probably be limited too, seeing as how Kentucky and Arkansas would be the last legalize. Either way, the cat's out the bag. We know now. Weed isn't going to bring down society, but that was never really a possibility. I think what those who were against it were so afraid of, is the perspective altering effect this would have on a larger scale. Not only would people NOT support blindly invading countries on sketchy and misrepresented premises, but they would also realize pretty quickly, that once again the government's official position to keep marijuana as a schedule 1 class narcotic is and always was complete bullshit not intended to do anything but tag political distention and use petty laws to target the poor and disenfranchised.<br />
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Yes I have crazy fans. Not crazy in a bad way, but damn I remember when i would hesitate to call them fans. I thought it was disrespectful or something. Now, fan is the ultimate respect. When someone says they are a fan of mine today, I don't cringe in my heart like I used to. Ok, back to the tattoo. This was pretty shocking. Amazing. Dope. Sick. Rubber helmet. I've run out of words to describe my surprise.<br /><br />Until next time...<br /><br />Captain Grey of the UFAE Carl SaganGreydon Squarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079289040984167333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005446224314168433.post-15856469738273642902013-12-23T22:44:00.000-08:002013-12-23T22:45:02.419-08:00Type 3, Duck Dynasty and a NEW desk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I think i'm coming down with the flu (Or some other bug), so since I can't broadcast, I'll just have to settle for a good old fashion blog post.<br />
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<b>My body aches. </b>Solutions?<br />
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So you want something serious? Here goes. Why am I so surprised that a society made up of mostly conformists would have no problem with being monitored by unseen agencies with little to no oversight who seek to extend the range of its intrusion through the very secrecy they deny the citizens who put them in those positions of power and security in the first place?<br />
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Because I expected Type 1 sooner rather than later. Sigh.<br />
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I'm starting to realize that governments seemed to be either created or mostly used for the suppression of our attempt to reach a Type I planetary status. For those who aren't aware of what that means, see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale" target="_blank">wikipedia</a> or my <a href="http://greydonsquare.bandcamp.com/album/type-i-the-kardashev-scale" target="_blank">3rd album</a>.<br />
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Speaking of albums, I wrote my first dedicated song for <b>Omniverse : Type 3 : Aum niverse</b>. It's called "<b>Interdimensional Council of Greys" and I fucking love it</b>. I can't wait to let you all hear it. Writing it was so easy when I was finished I still felt like I should keep writing to it. Type 3 will have 30+ songs and will be 3 discs. Or come in 3 parts. I havent decided yet. People who follow me on <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/greydonsquare" target="_blank">reddit</a> will get exclusive preview material so don't be that guy (or sexy gal) that misses out on the dopeness.<br />
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<li> Gripp's Ansible album is complete, nearing launch, and has a track on it feature myself called "We should be so lucky". Make sure you go support #GU's Gripp on his latest release.</li>
<li> Ryuken Vs album will have at least 3 more songs on it to make up for the fact that it's past due. I'm still pretty excited about releasing it though. Especially since we've planned a couple of videos for it. </li>
<li>The #GU album is quietly being put together. Shhhhh.</li>
<li> I released a previously unreleased track from my Apocalypse days called "Talkin' in Circles pt 2" You can check it out <a href="https://soundcloud.com/greydonsquare/talkin-in-circles-pt-ii" target="_blank">here</a> if you are interested.</li>
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<b>Completely random.</b> I started doing one of those video exercise training programs; (T25 since you asked) aaannnnnddd I am official old. Maybe not old, but definitely not young anymore. But to be honest, those video training regimens are pretty awesome. It's got very little to do with age and more to do with overall conditioning and discipline. I hadn't felt that good in a long time and I'm fairly active.<br />
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Not bad eh?<br />
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Here's my opinion on the Duck Dynasty controversy.<br />
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Anyway, as the New Year approaches expect me to start releasing information about show locations and performances. Remember, if you can get 10 of your friends to come out to a Greydon Square show and there's 5 people who can do that, then we can do a show anywhere in the country. <br />
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I plan on definitely performing in these locations in 2014:<br />
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Los Angeles, CA<br />
Seattle, WA<br />
Denver, CO<br />
Washington DC<br />
Phoenix, AZ<br />
Boston, MA<br />
Vancouver, BC<br />
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If I don't hear from you or see you until after the New Year, be safe! Have a happy and healthy New Year. Do something fun, that's an order!<br />
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Peace peace.Greydon Squarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079289040984167333noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005446224314168433.post-52868157523057394522013-10-21T14:47:00.000-07:002013-10-21T16:53:51.325-07:00Summer's Ending Video Shoot, Game of Thrones, & Reddit<div style="text-align: center;">
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So yea, I have a new addiction. You know it as <a href="http://reddit.com/" target="_blank">reddit.com</a>. I know it as the most addictive place on the internet. Between <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned" target="_blank">TIL</a> and <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/" target="_blank">wtf</a> I can't get enough of that site. I find myself looking for the most obscure subreddits now that I have a good collection of common ones. I had known of reddit for quite some time though. I myself have made it onto the front page of atheism subreddit a few times in the form of my lyrics being attached to memes. Now its to the point where ive not only set reddit as my homepage, but i've set it up to where reddit.com/random is the subreddit that comes up. Which means every time I load my browser it randomly loads a subreddit i've probably never seen before. Awesomeness dipped in crack. My name on there is <a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/greydonsquare/" target="_blank">GreydonSquare</a> however i now have several sock accounts, now that I understand why you would need one. For those who are unaware, a "sock" account is a fake account that you've built up over time to appear as real as any other profile. This is great when you want to communicate consistently anonymous, you can do so and no one will be the wiser. Some times its good NOT leaving a digital footprint as Greydon Square.<br />
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I'm not sure if I told you this, but a couple of weeks ago I had a chance to try the Oculus Rift. Man that thing was cool, however, it would've been a MUCH better experience had it NOT been at <a href="http://www.indiecade.com/" target="_blank">indiecade</a> outside. It seemed the people working the display booth were so impersonal and disconnected with the whole thing. THEN, the demo i got was this wack ass dumbo-elephant-swing-your-trunk-around-and-hit-things game. Terrible. I'd give the game itself a 1/10 if i had to rate what I tried. I didn't even have the earphones on, so i had to listen to people who couldn't control their screaming while i was demoing the rift. In concept it was an excellent piece of tech. 1:1 movement ratio, as well as 1080p resolution. I just wish I could've demoed something else some<i>where</i> else.<br />
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Yes, yes, Game of Thrones. This isn't going to be what you think it is. I'm not going to oversell this series the way it was sold to me. Coming off of the great series that was Spartacus, hearing all of the hype behind this show, I knew it was only a matter of time before I checked it out. And while it hasn't reached the level of great, so far, it is relatively good. I'd say this show has as many primary characters as Star Trek Deep Space Nine and just as many secondary characters. I kind of like it, but, I kind of prefer a tighter story circle. Either way, so far, it's done an fairly decent job at balancing the progression of the characters but, because there are so many, i find myself wondering about other characters, and certain unexplained expects of their history. No matter, the show is VERY watchable, and enjoyable if you see it through the eyes of certain charming characters. Right now i'm in the middle of season 2, so ill wait to withhold final judgement, but so far, i'm giving it a B-. Check it out if your into to slow dialogued fantasy sword fighting shows.<br />
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What if I told you that I shot Summer's Ending in 4K? What would you think that looked like? Let me answer that by saying this, I've never seen myself on such a camera or in such a resolution. I had a chance to live as a homeless man with <a href="https://twitter.com/jakobowens" target="_blank">Jakob Owens of the Buff Nerds</a> at the production helm. With his cameraman <a href="http://instagram.com/tom_taugher" target="_blank">Tom Taughter </a>we started shooting as early as 5:30am in North Hollywood. We didn't stop shooting until sunset in the LA river. One of my guys <a href="https://twitter.com/flylanecase" target="_blank">Flylane Case</a> told me if you wanted a video done right you get Jakob Owens. So that's what I did, and damn, Case was spot on. I promise you will not believe what it looks like. A very special thanks to Jakob, Tom, and the city of Los Angeles for allowing such a creative backdrop and landscape to shoot in.<br />
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So thats my update. A special shoutout to my friends Devin and Cathryn for tying the knot over the weekend. Congrats and I wish you guys the very best in the future. Im sorry I could not be there to attend the big event.<br />
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Be on the lookout for C-Gats upcoming project as well. It's called Gatzilla. And I have a song on there called Drone Cypher. Should be hitting bandcamp and itunes in a month. Ryuken Vs is still coming, but artwork is really coming along slowly. May have to take some drastic steps.<br />
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Until next time, Peace peace.<br />
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First let me say, balls on your chin. Now that that's out of the way. I hope you had a great last 2 weeks, because I sure as hell did. The site I told you about last post is doing great. Growing fast, and drawing visitors. Which is good.<br />
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During the long dog days of late summer, without basketball, or longboarding, I spend a LOT more time gaming. Something I am very passionate about. See, I'm a console gamer. Been one since NES. However, after the years of console driven sports titles, and the occasional Final Fantasy 7, I've always known there was something missing in my gaming world. Enter Star Citizen. Now I know i cant just jump from talking about consoles to one of the most anticipated PC games of all time without a little introduction and history first.<br />
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Star Citizen has no real comparison to anything in my gaming history because honestly, I've never heard of a game quite like it. Now, it's not out yet. It's scheduled to be release Q4 '2014, but check this video out and tell me you aren't as excited as I am.<br />
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I mean, infinite space, customizable ships, vast economy, flexible game system, passionate development team, AND a ravenous modding community, makes this the must own title of the decade in my opinion. Plus did you check the last item on the list? The Oculus Rift support?!<br />
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Let's talk about the Oculus Rift for a second, because if you haven't heard about this due to living under a rock or so, then, you might not have been blown away by all of the first time user video compilations on youtube. Here's the pitch video from Kickstarter.<br />
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So that solves that. Well, the being visually immersed thing. I'm not sure how people are going to work out controller-less movements, but it's safe to say, that this, is here to stay. Ill be heading to Indiecade 2013 in Culver City Ca on Oct 3rd to check one out. I can't wait. If anyone wants to donate $300 dollars for me to get a dev kit, I'm not going to stop you.<br />
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So this brings me to my future gaming computer. After AMD's announcement yesterday regarding the R9 290X GPU that they are dropping soon, I think im going to build a monster from scratch. Specifically to run Star Citizen at MAX settings. This is my rough idea right now...<br />
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<b>Motherboard:</b> Rampage IV Extreme<br />
<b>GPU:</b> AMD R9 290X<br />
<b>CPU: </b>Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz<br />
<b>Memory:</b> CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3<br />
<b>PSU:</b> Corsair Professional Series 760 Watt<br />
<b>Case: </b>Bitfenix Prodigy M<br />
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More to come, but I think that'll be MORE than enough to get me out into the verse. Star Citizen baby. I see it in my gaming future.<br />
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Oh yea, and my birthday is in 2 days. See you in a week or so.<br />
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GreyGreydon Squarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079289040984167333noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005446224314168433.post-34779162749994355182013-08-31T18:27:00.000-07:002013-08-31T18:28:33.160-07:00Return of the blog.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><u>The Return</u></b><br />
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Since deciding to take a break from facebook's social mediasphere(indefinitely), I thought I might go back and give the old blog another try. This wont be like the last one. This blog will be about my whole life and the things that are actively going on in it. For instance, I built a website recently with a brother of mine. What an amazing experience. Building something from the ground up to become something that was just an idea is always amazing to be apart of. So the site I built is a personals site. A place where people can casually meet people for free. Stripped down. Simple. Yet effective. I am also starting another mobile app in the near future. Almost immediately. Time waits for no man.<br />
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Recently I did a show in Seattle. August 24th at the Hyatt House in Redmond Washington. A lot of my guys showed up. Syqnys, Tombstone, Adekwit, and RE GU. Though some weren't able to make it, it ended up being a lot of fun and interaction with some hardcore GU fans. If you ever get a chance to come to a GU party, don't miss it. This week i'll be finishing up the Ryuken VS album that I have coming with C-Gats. If you haven't checked out the new material, I suggest you check out our <a href="http://www.ryukenvs.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">bandcamp</a> page or our <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/ryukenvs" target="_blank">soundcloud</a> page. Hope you like what you hear.<br />
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This Edward Snowden/Bradley Manning thing is crazy as well. Those who know me know that I am a US Army combat vet, but I cannot condone what the US Govt has done in the name of security. Sounds like some straight 1984 bullshit. I feel like Snowden should NOT be criminally pursued. I also believe that Manning's sentence should be either reduced or pardoned completely. I have never believed that revealing the crimes of superiors is a crime within itself.<br />
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Obama, what the fuck are you doing??? Not just Obama, but seriously, is there anyone at the wheel? Now all of a sudden the US Department of Justice wants to cut back on MJ dispensary raids. Even though this dude PROMISED he would NOT use federal resources to do such things. One of the many promises Obama went back on. All that we learned from this presidency is that the people in office do not represent the people that elect them. This should probably change if we are to have any real future as a species.<br />
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Most Americans don't want to intervene into Syria. I don't. I'm not saying I condone chemical attacks, but obviously bombing a country that's basically in a civil war already is probably going to do more harm than good at this point. I mean they are ALREADY using chemical weapons. What makes the US think they are going to stop, simply because they are getting attacked from someone other than rebel forces or being condemned by the international community?<br />
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So this is my return to the blog. These days I have a lot on my mind about a lot of things that cant be fit in a facebook status update or a tweet. So for the foreseeable future I will be relying on my blog to voice such thoughts.<br />
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See you next week. Where I discuss my discovery of love for longboarding.</div>
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Peace peace.</div>
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<br />Greydon Squarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079289040984167333noreply@blogger.com2Ocean Park, Santa Monica, CA, USA33.995678998796 -118.4810256958007833.989096998796 -118.49111069580078 34.002260998796004 -118.47094069580078