Despite that I got another two years of music (and blog posts and graphics) out of it and believe it or not, though I have its replacement (I’ll write about it later) and intend to retire it, it still works despite being fragile. I wanted to make sure I got as much out of it before it catastrophically died. I have no complaints.

Leave a comment if you are interested in any particular instrument or software I use, and I’ll write about it- look in the links I keep on the right side of the blog for a list of the software I use most.

Sites like this one cannot publicize themselves fairly under the restrictions suggested by the SOPA and PIPA bills. I’ve had a song removed under YouTube’s take-down-first guilty-until-you-swear-you’re-innocent system, and the notion that a Congressman can think that sort of arrangement is constitutionally acceptable is disturbing. I worry that this kind of protesting will continue to fall on deaf ears, but if this does reach an appropriate politician, understand that every day that a non-violent demonstration is ignored is a day closer to the day when our activists decide that we should resort to other measures.

Ask a soldier, protection of the US Constitution is worth dying for.

See you next time.

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The 2009 RPM Challenge gave me my second most popular song by listens and the only song that generates consistent sales for me, a track called “Geocache.”  It began life as a “One-Hour Compo” piece done during that certain February, it was poorly mixed and arranged, and it was appropriately voted 12th best of 14 entries.  When I listened to it, though, I noticed I had some really good chords and melodies, and that given a better mix and arrangement it could be a strong.

Click here to follow my attempt at the 2011 RPM Challenge.

And many thanks to all around the world that have made this song a success.

There was not a corresponding CD created for On a Rainy Day, partly to speed its release, and partly because I don’t believe the demand for a physical copy exists. Feel free to contact me if you think a physical release should be considered.

The music on this site is created for my personal enjoyment of the process of creating it, so it is always wonderful when someone else enjoys the result.  Thank you once again.

I am a supporter of the global reform of copyright law.  It should not be difficult to share work on a worldwide scale.  Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Thank you very much for the feature and recommendation, which can be read here: http://lifeweblog.exblog.jp/10196612/

The BLINK OF MEMORY blog is a nice electronic music blog that features many other netlabel releases from around the world, as well as occasional musings of the author. Its homepage: http://lifeweblog.exblog.jp/

Thank you again, and thanks to everyone that visits and listens.

Release Zero is found here: http://cedtm.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/chunter-release-zero/

Most of the entertainment of the night could not make it, leaving only four of us with myself closing off the night to an audience that exceeded my expectations.  The store made a great venue, the staff were great, and the audience attentive; I would definitely do this again.

There were a lot of lessons that I take from this experience and I hope that this event becomes annual or semi-annual in some form.  Thanks to all that were there.

More details in the post that announced the show in the first place:

http://8bitcollective.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=222390#p222390

Edit 8/18- Ticket presales through the GSU bookstore:

http://www.gsubooks.com/product_info.php?cPath=107&products_id=6844

I got a complaint that there is no one simple way to collect music that I’ve made and posted to the internet.  Odeo.com was supposed to fill that need but people don’t seem to know to go to it anymore, and besides, its interface is a bit dodgy and this Xanga blog is becoming quite a mess with my ramblings, Twitter imports, and other junk messing things up.

I also got an unhub.com titlebar, so if you visit http://unhub.com/chunter you’ll see all my little social engines collected in one more organized place.