Website is going crazy!

So I spent a great deal of time yesterday discovering some tools on my website builder that I've never looked at before, and wne tcrazy and added a bunch of new things. Two major updates to the site include the Widgets page which shows my feeds from Twitter, Youtube, Blogger, Reverbnation, and Facebook. The second big updates is a new experimental thing I have going on called "25:17 fans". Signing up is free, and it gives you the benefits of Hear new and rare tracks long before it hits any other site, seeing new videos before they are uploaded to Youtube or a Vlog, getting to view new pictures and ideas for album art before it hits anywhere else, and also a new/rumors portion that has small clippets of things I don't normally tweet or blog about, and sometimes there's some pretty interesting things to be said.

I am thinking of adding more, but it's still a new concept to me, so it will take time. There is also a forum widget on the fan page where you can interact with me and other people. I understand it will probably be empty for a while, but it's okay, it'll build over time. Also, it's only a small page for now, but I do plan on expanding it within the next while, so give me time.

So go on over to www.2517.mfbiz.com and check it out!

Vlog #3 11.24.09

Just basically showing you the minor things I have been up to in this one. Both new msuic and new projects are featured!

I'm back!

Hello everyone.

If you haven't noticed, I've kept myself quiet for a while now, with the passing of my grandmother in mid October made me just want to stay quiet. But I feel as though at this point I'm ready to continue. Although the pain hasn't completely subsided, I feel comfortable enough to start the music up again.

So over the last few days I have been doing a massive clean up on my lap top in hopes of making it run faster, and I am glad to say it has picked it self up enough to help me! Also, I've found ways of getting my houses main computer in on the action, so it makes the process easier.

Now, with the clean up of the lap top, I had to get rid of MANY files, encluding the entire first Cluster, but that's not a problem, things are coming to me and I think that they are sounding fantastic. So as of today I have begun production on the next prject which is the "Cluster: 1" EP. I will continue to work on it through the coming weeks until it is complete!

Also, I have looked back at Reborn, and have seen the formats I have put them in (96, 128, 256, 320), and now to add to that, I will be making Reborn and Cluster 1 also available in WAV format and in 5.1 Surround. I'm still figuring out FLAC, so give me time. So the Reborn in WAV and 5.1 should be done fairly soon, and the Cluster is still in it's birthing phase, so give that time as well.

Big update today! Vlog surely to follow soon to monitor progress, I noticed the last one was made in July, so I'll fix that soon enough.

Taking a break for now.

Over the last week, my family has taken a heavy hit with the passing of my grandmother. I've already mentioned all projects for 25:17 and Naut are being brought to a hault until further notice, well this is just the official notice.

Thank you everyone for your support and kind words.

Reborn 5.1

So incase you haven't seen the little flash update saying that I was announcing some exciting news about Reborn this weekend, well now you know.

I've been playing around with certain things and coming up with some ideas which lead me to what I am about to announce. Reborn is being re-released in 5.1 surround sound! It started off as experimenting to see what it would sound like, and after finishing Amenance through it (not entirely done yet), I realised that it was kind of interesting to hear the music brought through a different dimension of sound via 5.1. So this is something I will be working on over the next month. Yes, it will be a free MP3 download still. I will test it through different programs to make sure it works, and when everything sounds/looks good, then I pass it on to you!

If you don't have surround sound on your comp or anywhere in your house, I guess this doesnt't apply to you unfortionatly, but hopefully it will one day. I'll update as progression is made.

Rarities

Okay, so I know I said 25:17 is keeping quiet for now, but I can't help but make this public. It's nothing new, it's actually old.

Recently I have rediscovered yet ANOTHER site I signed 25:17 up for that I haven't actually been to in 2 years. It's kind of weird because everything was in it's old style, and there was even The original 2 albums on there! I had a good listen to both, and holy shit, talk about shit. Vocals and instruments coming in on really off times, low quality, bad lyrics, terrible vocals.

BUT, this is where it gets fun, I decided NOT to delete the songs off the sit, well, some of them I didn't delete. I took a small handful of songs that I kind of liked minus a few aspects, and compiled it into a small little album called "Rarities". Rarities, as in these songs will NOT be played live, and I probably wont make them too public. Like yes, if you some how do really like them and find yourself wanting to download them, then I will actually make a free MP3 download for it, but for now it's only streaming off of the one site. (http://trig.com/2517/media)

Again, I apologize in advance for how terrible it may be to listen to, but hey, I was young and trying out new things, getting a feel for my equipment and programs, and really trying to find how I wanted 25:17 to sound. So go check it out!

For the time being

I think during the summer, at one point I said that "Summer is the season of music!" meaning I had things in store for 25:17, but obviously that never really fell through. See, I had things lined up, and I have things half done, but thanks to some bull shit tech stuff, I haven't been able to complete anything. Recording has become slower and harder, not to mention frequent laptop crashes and the ever so dreaded BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH... fuck. So I've had to come to a decision on what to do about 25:17 for now. With this lap top pretty much never coming out of recovery, I may just keep 25:17 quiet until I finally get my hands on a mac book. Any kind of production for 25:17 has become a burden with the current situation, and it's something I don't really want to deal with... so 25:17 is going to be inactive for a couple months or so. But with that said, I should mention that my lap top isn't complete belly up. It is able to with stand recording Naut (Acoustic project) becaue how many layers I'm NOT recording as compared to 25:17. So I figure this is a good time to pick that project back up as I already have been. I've written 3 new songs so far and they all sound great. And there is so little to recording it that my laptop barely manages to hang in there. So over the next couple months, I'll be doing lots of Naut work. I'm sorry if that dissapoints some of you, but the 25:17 thing is beyond my control right now.

Feel free to follow along with Naut at
The MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/thisisnaut)
or
The Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Naut/9045829429)

Again sorry for any inconvenience, and I hope you will also enjoy my acoustic stuff.

Ideas

Wow, I realise I haven't updated since like early summer. I apologize. I've just been very busy with things, and not to mention having tremendous problems with the laptop (recording). With a slow laggy lap top, it's hard to do multitrack recordings, so I'm keeping quiet for now, but also for another reason. My acoustic project hasn't been touched in almost a year, and I haven't given it any exposure, so I think I should pick that back up for now seeing as A) It's been neglected, B) I'm getting inspired to do it again, and C) It's easier to record acoustic with a slow lap top (no multitrack).

So what I'm going to do now is merging my Naut blog into this one. (and btw, Naut is the name of my acoustic project)

That way all of the updates can be posted into one account. Obviously I will mention who I'm updating for in the subject title so there is no confusion. So, shameless advertising time!

The Naut Facebook page (or http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Naut/9045829429 to copy and paste).
The Naut Myspace Page ( http://www.myspace.com/thisisnaut)
The first Naut CD, free MP3 download! (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DCUAIYIH)

I've been writing a lot for Naut lately, so expect new things real soon.

As for 25:17, I have to try and get a good recording program onto the main house computer to continue to record again. Hope you enjoy Naut for now!

The website is back up and running!

Okay, so after a couple of down time, I have finally brought back www.2517.mfbiz.com . I changed a few things and a different background, but nothing dramatic. So enjoy!

Merging (part 2)

So ehre are the first two vlogs put together as I said i would post. All the rest of the vlogs to come will be posted here from now on.

Merging

Okay, to those of you who don't know, I have started the 25:17 Vlog, and it can be found here. (http://feeds.feedburner.com/2517Vlog). But since it's main feed comes from a seperate blog from blogger.com, I decided to just merge them, it would be a lot easier to keep track of them. So from now on, all blogs/vlogs will be here in this one, so that way this will still export to many of my main accounts.

I'll post the first 2 vlogs on here within the day so you can catch up.

Vlog up and running!

So I finally have the vlog started! and I posted the first intro video!

Click here for the new vlog! (or if you have no HTML, ( http://twenty57teenvlog.blogspot.com ) click/ copy&paste that link.

New vlog blog...?

Okay, so this is just a small update.

I'm just letting you know that over the next little while, I'm setting up a 25:17 Video Blog. It's not going to really be a news blog like this one (although I may mention updates), it will just be small video updates on things I may be recording, working on, or what ever. I'll post the address when it finally gets up and running!

And also, The first Cluster is nearing completion. More details to follow.

Finally a step forward!

So good news is finally here to be had. Over the weekend, I was able to miraculously resurrect my lap top! I can finally use Cubase again and record! Only problem with resurrection is zombies, and my lap top seems to be moving slower than one right now. Over the next week, I plan on taking advantage of this opportunity to record. I hope to have the first Cluster done by mid to late July, so pay attention to whats going down.

Slowly, very slowly...

It's been a frustraiting 2 months, but I'm very slowly progressing through the first Cluster. I'm not giving out any info about how many songs or when it will be released, that is to be discussed later. With a near dead lap top, I haven't been able to record now, but I have been working around with Drum Machines and Sequencers. I do hope to have this Cluster wrapped up some time soon, but in the mean time I must work out certain instrumentals until recording is a possibility again.

Also, the website is still down. Things are complicated, but it should be back up soon. I decided not to really do much with it right now seeing as I haven't had to much time. But it does look different... kind of.

Okay, that's about it for now. I'm still working as much as I can, so hopefully you see the results soon.

Summer is the season of MUSIC!

Or... something.

Anyways, I just thought I'd update you on a few things, or a couple... or something, fuckI I don't know.

Okay, so I've been playing around on my computer with some drum amchines and synths thinking up new ideas, and I'm already in the process of making more songs. For now since my ideas are coming in few and scattered, I am officially going to start the 25:17 Clusters!

But Kris, what the hell is a cluster? Is it a new project? Does it come in many shapes in sizes? What flavours is it available in?

Good questions, kind of. To those of you who don't know what I mean by "Clusters", it's something I've been mentioning since late 2007. A "Cluster" will consist of an unset number of songs I do in a certain unplaned time frame. When I get songs done and I run out of ideas at the time, I gift wrap them into neat little MP3 download/Torrent packages and send them out. So for example, right now I'm int he process of working in the first cluster, so it will be "Cluster 1". And the songs will ahve no titles, they will only appear as 1a, 1b, 1c, or 2a, 2b, 2c. (The number being the Cluster number, and the letter representing a song on the cluster). I hope that was explained easy enough, if not, here it is again in a nutshell.

(Random example, not actually number of songs on Clusters)

# = Cluster Number (easier to identify)
Letter = Song on Cluster

Cluster 1:
1. 1A
2. 1B
3. 1C
4. 1D
5. 1E

Cluster 2:

1. 2A
2. 2B
3. 2C

And so on and so forth, okay?

There is no set number of songs on a Cluster, and there will never really be set release dates, they'll just be kind of random surprises that you may hear of maybe 2 or 3 days in advance.

I'm only doing it this way for a little while until i can start doing shows and build up the fan base.

Okay, just thought I'd let you all know. Now, back to experimentation.

Site's gonna change...

So the main site (www.2517.mfbiz.com) is going to be going through some big changes soon. Right now, I have fixed it up a little bit. I changed up the links, re arranged things, and gave Reborn it's own info page.

So the site will remain like this for a while, but then BIG changes. I'm thinkng up better designs, more HTML, and possibly a .com? Who knows?

As for music... I'm trying to play around with some ideas I have, but my laptop is pretty much on it's death bed. It has it's own version of the Swine Flu, I guess. It's okay, I'm getting a Mac Book soon any ways, so I guess I can wait? As can you I guess.

I'll keep you updated on everything, but for now, it's kind of quiet.

Problem solved...now Reborn is a torrent

Okay, so screw the pirate bay who wouldnt let me upload torrents... I uploaded to mininova.

http://www.mininova.org/tor/2491395 (Reborn 128kbps)
http://www.mininova.org/tor/2491401 (Reborn 256kbps)
http://www.mininova.org/tor/2491406 (Reborn 320kbps)

I did upload the 96kbps version, but it was done before I registered so I cant reupload or edit. But you'll know it's mine because it'll have the same info as the other 3.

Enjoy!

Cant think of a heading

So today I figured I'd shed a little more light on Reborn, I attempted turning them into Torrents, but the pirate bay totally disagreed with everything I did... so much to the point where my account all of a sudden went out of exsistance while I was logged in. So I email them telling them to take their hands off their dicks and back onto the keyboard (afetr using hand sanatizer first), and fix this.

So yeah, be patient for those of you who want to downlosd the Rebron CD as a torrent.

Also, still incredibly busy with work, so give me time to work things out, then I will see about shows.

So damn busy

I realised I hadn't written a blog for 25:17 in a little while, so here it is now.

I've had to cut back on rehersal time due to the fact that I now have a job. It's a PT job, but so far over the last 2 weeks, they've given me 40 hours. So it has made me lazy and tired to continue at the moment. They're only giving me these hours I assume because of "training", well after that is out of the way, I go back down to regular PT hours (I think). I really would like to get back to rehersing, so hopefully things go better soon.

There isn't really a whole lot to update since nothing much has been happening since my new job, but I will try get more active in the coming months. I STILL need to play some shows.

Last bit of news, although I mentioned it already, incase you missed, you can now follow me on twitter. Just search for "twenty57teen".

Take it easy.

Any one have anything nice to say?

Okay so for 25:17, if you didn't know I have a Reverbnation profile, and they have a "Press Section" basically I can post any positive comments or critical reviews. If you wanna have your name and your review posted up on the page, please feel free to email me at twenty5.7teen@gmail.com

it has to be under 300 characters. And I'm not telling you what to write, but it'd be cool if it was more in depth then just "You rule!"

So if you take part, thank you :) I look forward to read some comments

4am wake up call.

Updating live from my iPod at 4 in the morning, cause I can't sleep. Anyways, I've been tossing and turning for about 3 hours, and I've been thinking of some cool instrumentals I want to record. Remember that idea I mentioned about those song clusters? I think the first one will appear shortly, even though I should be rehearsing reborn. I need more patch cords!

Okay, I'm going to attempt sleep again.

Twit

Just thought I'd let you all know, I'm on Twitter now (for what ever reason).

You can add me... or... follow me, what ever dumba ss terms they use.

My Twitter

Crisis Averted

Okay, disregard that last blog I made, things are fine now.

Back to my regular scheduled practice.

Oh shit...

Have you ever had one of those days where you're cleaning out your computer, then you realise you just deleted a lot of important things?

I don't feel to good now, I'm gonna go lay down and figure this out.

Guess I should start practicing...

Okay, so I have my 2 keyboards, two microphones (one which is used for effects), my Kaoss pad, my vox box, 2 amps, my mixer, my fast tracker, my lap top, a distortion pedal, and a shit load of wires.

Yep, I would say it's time to practice.

Without further delay...

Here it is at 96kbps(http://www.mediafire.com/?qnczqinxd3o), Here it is at 128kbps (http://www.mediafire.com/?dmm1nnmjzzn), Here it is at 256kbps (http://www.mediafire.com/?jbjmidjzqgz), and finally... Here at 320kbps (http://www.mediafire.com/?ym2rzrz3wjz).

That's right, Reborn is finally here! In 4 different formats (if you don't know what any of those numbers mean, just stick to either 128 or 256).

Holy shit. I didn't think it would actually make it, I was starting to be plagued by technical errors again, and I freaked and paniced and swore and punched holes, but I finally got it done. I guess next time I wont set a release date until the cd is DONE.

But yes, anyways, there it is, take your pick of download. The songs will also be appearing on different websites over the next few days. So go out and enjoy! Tell friends, family, babies, animals, or even Dom Deluise!

Now that it's finally out for you to here, over the next while I will practice the set list and arrange things for the shows... but for now, please enjoy!

P.S.

Again, I'm very sorry for the delay. It wont happen again.

1 More day... unfortionatly

Okay, first off, I'm really sorry for this unexpected change in events. I'm trying to fix out one last problem with Reborn, and unfortionatly I wont have it ready until tomorrow, or early wednesday at the VERY latest. I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused, I am working on this as fast as I can.

Again, I'm very sorry for the delay, I am working on it fast and hard, and it WILL be out within the next 24 - 48 hours, I promise.

3 Posts in one day.

I know, 3 posts is a little much, but today seems to be a day of activity I guess.

Anyways, I just over heard a broadcast on indie link radio that talked about Reborn coming out. To any one else who may have heard it, let me just make something clear...

A) There is NOT a CD Release party on the 23rd... I don;t know where he got that idea from, I had only said I am releasing a CD on the 23rd for free on the internet.

B) Of course by now you know the website is www.2517.mfbiz.com not www.2517mfbiz.com

C) He said "these guys" (or something), but of course you know it's just me on this act.

Just thought I'd mention that.

Some how, I knew this would happen...

Okay, so things are a little tense now. With only 3 days set until release, some of the final tests are starting to fail. Things aren't being encoded properly, and some songs are crackling after encoding. I'm working on this problem as fast as I can. Just know that if it can't be released monday, it WILL be released within 48 hours after that.

Fuck, this happened the last time I tried making a CD, why does it happen again? *sigh*... I'll keep trying to get things going.

My apologies.

New site... or just fixed.

I decided that I hated having multi pages up on the web site (www.2517.mfbiz.com) having to click one page to the next, so I decided to fix it up a bit. Now everything is conveniently located on the home page (after the entrance screen). There's a link to this blog, and also pictures, multimedia, and links to other 25:17 pages on the internet. It seems a little crowded, but I personally like this better than page to page navigation, especially seeing as I don't have a whole lot on the web site anyways.

So go on and check that out, hopefully you like it. I'll also be putting up a contact forum shortly.

AND don't forget, Reborn comes out in 3 days! Remember it's being released for free as Mp3s in several formats... so if you have low quality sound and minimal space on your computer, or high quality sound and gigs to spare, there will be something for you. On the day of the release with the formats , I will also tell you how much space the entire download will take.

See you on monday.

6 Days = Final Testing

That's right. We're less than a week away from the release of Reborn. I've been excited about this for a long time, and the time is nearly here. At this exact moment, I am temporarily resting from a day of mixing/testing, and preparing every thing for monday. Since all the songs are practically done at this point, I am currently going over an idea for the set list and setting things up, and possibly doing a cover(?) (I haven't really decided on that yet).

Also, keep an ear out on Indie Link Radio, because they will be playing Amenance, Haunted, and Run as well as briefly talking about 25:17 and the upcoming release. Also, for all of you curious to what some of my old scrapped material sounds like, I suppose I'm nice enough to let you in on a hint... Rizing Bandz Radio still tends to play a song called "Interruption" off of "Infinity". So if you wanna hear that, go check out that site. It might not be there too much longer, but I guess we'll see.

It's Getting Closer

Yes, yes. Can you feel it? "Reborn" is merely 18 days away... that's 2 and a half weeks. as of this week I'm finishing up any last minute add ons (which aren't many), then I spend a while making sure everything has been mixed and mastered properly (or the best to my ability), then FINAL testing, and then it's all yours. It'll be in real low def to real hi def... So what ever fits for your computer/listening device, you'll have it.

AND THEN...

After the who-ha of releasing, I will be sorting shit out to figure out what I can do live and what needs to be done by the laptop live, and I'm also currently trying to learn how to use "Ableton". After I figured out what songs I wanna to play live, and sorting things out so I can do more than just sing live, I start rehearsing until I have it all down and good. Then after THAT... I try and get me some shows. Now I know it would probably be boring to stand there and watch one guy doing stuff on a lap top, and a bunch of instruments on his own. But I am trying to think of some interesting things to do to make it more good to watch, and possibly more interactive... like, have you ever heard of a Kaoss Pad? Ever wanted to try one out? I'll leve it at that for now.

Anyways, just remember... 18 days, February 23rd.

Gettin' There...

So I found a new place to spread 25:17, and conveniently enough it is an indie internet radio station. If you go to here, then you're bound to hear "Haunted" or "Amenance" eventually.

Just thought I'd let you know incase you wanted to hear.

It's Certainly That Time Again

Go hunting across the internet (aka the Links page on the 25:17 site to find the BRAND NEW SONG! It's only 12:06 right now, so it's not up/processed every where yet, but by the time you read this, it probably will be.

It can be found at Facebook, MySpace, Reverbnation, Purevolume, Unsigned, iLike, and Sound Click. Or hell, even here which leads to a Hi Def MP3 download!

So yes, enjoy, for that is all until February 23rd. Tell every one!

Friday Is Usually A Good Night, Right?

So I have decided on a song and a time. What the hell do I mean? Well if you read the blogs you'll know I planned on releasing one more song before releasing the entire Reborn CD on February 23rd.

The song: just wait and listen I suppose...
The time: Friday, January 23rd.

So yes, new song on the way for your listening pleasure. I'm liking the new shit a lot, and hopefully you will to. Also, shows will be announced soon, and by soon, I mean within the next month to month and a half (hopefully).

Okay, so now you know of the new song, and I will be reminding you as the time comes. Be ready!

Something is going to happen

For the last few days I feel like I'm slacking in music, when really I'm not. I think it's something inside of me telling me to write more, I feel like I want to. So I have a feeling I'm going to have an onslaught of music within the next few months. It might not all be 25:17, but chances are some of it will.

As for Reborn, things are coming nicely. I'll probably post up a new song within the next 10 days or so. Then remember 2.23.09.

Okay, that's all I felt I needed to say. Now go back to what ever it was you were doing.

For something to do I suppose

Okay, so I went ahead and made a 25:17 youtube page. Feel free to visit Any time/subscribe/subscribe/subscribe.

http://www.youtube.com/user/twenty57teen

I really haven't added anything yet, but Some shit will start popping up soon. Anything really, like me recording, goofing off, performing, and miscellaneous.

Subscribe! And...yeah. Keep an eye out for new stuff.

Mark your calendarsm kiddies. Also, a special request.

So I have now reached an official date to have "Reborn" out on the interwebbingnet.

Monday, February 23rd, 2009.

I could release at any point during the day, so keep checking back, or keep an eye out for a new blog post (if you're subscribed to them like good girls and boys...
*COUGH*http://twenty57teen.blogspot.com*COUGH*...) Oh, I'm sorry, must be getting that cold that's going around.

But yes, Reborn will finally be finished up by then and on your computer. It will all be released in High Definition audio (I'm trying to work on something better than 320kbps, but without any money, it's hard to pay for such privilages). I'm also trying my hand at FLAC encoding to those of you who are really into hi def audio and know what FLAC even is.

So again, 2.23.09, Feb 23rd, 2009, Monday February 23rd, 2009... how ever you mark it, MARK IT!

Okay, so now that the Reborn part is out of the way, I must get onto part two of this blog.

So, you may have realised that I'm not all that good with graphics and art for music and stuff. I'm looking for someone who might want to help out in the art direction for 25:17 (It's a non paying job, but it's the creativity that matters). I would like someone that is good with art (and/or) digital art and photo shop to help me on upcoming projects and other fun little things I can attempt. It would also be a bonus if you're good with web design, if not, I can find some one else for that matter. AND ALSO, is any one interested in some possible photo shoot help? Not all professional stuff and what not, but more just shots I can use to put on the site and 25:17 facebook and myspace. My idea for the photography kind of follows the style of Rob Sheridan (http://www.rob-sheridan.com/). I know, I know... Rob is the art director for NIN, I know. But hey, I love his style of photography, and I'm looking for some one with some what of the same eye (again, it's not a paying job, and I'd want to work with someone who wants to do it for the sake of creativity and passion rather than money).

So to sum up what I just said in a short couple of sentences:
WANTED:
- 1 Assistant Art Director (Good at digital art/photo shop)
- 1 Photographer (Kind of Rob Sheridan style)
- 1 Web Page Designer

Think you fit any of this? Email me at twenty5.7teen@hotmail.com or twenty5.7teen@gmail.com about it. Again, THIS IS NOT A PAYING JOB, I want some one who just loves the creativity in it, cause I have some fairly exciting ideas up my sleeve for the future, and an art director and digital artist would be awsome to have.

OKAY, now I'm done. Now if you'll excuse me, I must go work on Reborn some more.

Sure, why not

So I've done some thinking about the enw stuff. It's still roughly a month away from it's release date (with a date I still haven't determined), so I decided "sure, why not". Some time in the next couple of weeks, I will release one more track before releasing the entire CD onto the net. I know which song it will be, but I'm not all of sure when I will release it. Some time before the 22nd for sure though. Because after I am done doing the final mixing/mastering for the song, that's when I will post a date for posting the song on the net. And speaking of mixing/mastering, after this song, I only have 1 song left to finish recording/mixing/mastering for, then it's ALL DONE!

That's the beauty of digital download... with physical cd release, you have to wait like a while after finishing the CD to release, with digital, I could finish it the day before release and all would be well, bwahahaha. But I wont leave it last minute. After I've done everything, I will give the master copy one final go through for any missed errors, and then off to your ipods/itunes/mp3's/cds/what ever you decide to listen to it on it goes!

Well, I was just taking a small break from mixing to write this since the idea popped into my head. So I guess it's back to work.