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- Hey hey,
I’m dropping this Bossa remix of my recent single “Crashing Down” exclusively on Lens.
Collectors will receive:
A notated chart from yours truly so you can play along too:)
A 1hr session walking through the chord progression, answering general music questions, and just hanging out.
Here is the Web2 drop of the original song: https://open.spotify.com/track/6HHoK5o3PKOYrpWdrDlH8U?si=IXhduQmfRliDkGC4FBEQpw
Here is the stream that this remix was created on: https://www.youtube.com/live/2DX_tSbgeuM?si=0aoXR0qHIAOby22e
- Keyboard Soliloquy
This is an excerpt from my middle-of-the-night stream “Diamond Time” (see? Not “Demon Time” ?). I was just having a little fun!
Collectors will receive a Chord Chart of the fun plus a MIDI file of said chart (in 4/4 time, so none of the freedormness but all of the structure).
Enjoy!
- Hey hey if yall feel so compelled, check out my ig post of the cover. Like for an algy boost, I’d really appreciate it:)
Cover-less lens version coming soon 😍
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6XPcg8PTUG/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- Introducing my first IG fake page by…an anonymous fan? This is the beginning of my big-time-ness and I’m very excited.
(Report the page if you can, but most importantly) I’m commemorating this moment with a mint!! 5 editions available. Be a part of this historic moment!!
- Here’s a 1 of 1:)
- Check out this 1 of 1 :)
- Ahh, so you post it like this. This is how you make the post visible. Lol
- https://orb.club/p/0x01c779-0x31
Check out this 1/1 and repost if you can:)
- https://orb.club/p/0x01c779-0x31
Check out this 1/1 and repost if you can:)
- “Sun Shines Anyway” Music Video
1/1 for 125,000 $BONSAI
This is an excerpt of the 2021 Film “Body Hi” directed by Alexander Gebert and featuring dancers Jahanna Blunt and Kosi Williams
(Music Produced by me, of course)
My goal for a long time is has been to create another film, complete with supplementary meditation content. As I journey though the steps of what it takes to realize that goal, I’m excited to share with you guys here on Lens the steps to that, the good, rough, ugly and whatnot. Anyway, enjoy:)
- Rant:
Everybody got a Central.
Waves Central. Softube Central. Auto-Tune Central. Arturia “Software Center” (Central).
And all of them deactivate the plugin unless the app opened *every* time you turn on your computer.
Wtf is up with that!? 🤬
- Hey folks,
What’s the word on covers , or interpolations? No sampling, just like, inspo. Is it cool to mint stuff like that or no?
- Meanwhile, the market seems extremely weak. I have the feeling that people don't know which narrative to latch onto. The halving is done, we already have BTC ETFs, and the ETH ETFs will likely be denied in May. Solana & Base meme mania has already squeezed out the dumb money. There's nothing to speculate on right now. One single bad news could nuke BTC to 58-60k. Only some kind of weird hopium keeps it above 62k right now.
We'll see in the next few days. #BTC
- I actually really love the idea of hi-dollar mints being a cameo
- My song of the day:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6vIMrduIYxfdyFgTyaOX5k?si=8530986830994786
- Enjoy it :)
(No, really)
- Is this a safe space?
This may have been “inspired” by some kind of multi-country brigade…..I also made most of it on my stream yesterday. But I don’t have time to re-record it with my good mic and make a fancy video for it for TikTok so I’m posting it here:) please enjoy
- https://www.youtube.com/live/8GcwWt-Uw3c?si=ANAzYFOrzAzIpBK3
Check out the recap from my weekly streams 😍
- https://mailchi.mp/4d33bc608a95/upper-reality-email-list
Hey folks, join my mailing list and stay up on em:)
- Seeing myself in my best light (red)
- Planet 42069
- I’m gonna be posting some of my favorite audio here that didn’t make it to an EP or a wrapped up project; enjoy!
- The Electromagnetic Underground Railroad. Mark it. I said it here first.
- Check this promo video for Somatic Sessions in LA May 11th!
https://orb.club/p/0x01c779-0x21
- This is a promo I made for the Somatic Sessions Jam coming up here in LA on May 11th! I wanted to post it to the home team before launching it on Web2…what do y’all think?
- Audiovisual !
https://orb.club/p/0x01c779-0x20
- This one is one of my softer interpolations.
- Drop is at :25 . Lmk what y'all think!!
- In the spirit of a/v here’s a vibe :)
https://orb.club/p/0x01c779-0x1c
- This is an oldie but goodie, an interpolation from 4 big ol years ago 😩lead with consciousness on this one.
- Word of the day: incentivizing
- Thanks for the mint friends! Followed you all
- Iiiiits halving day, and also a couple days after I dropped my single, crashing down , on web2. I posted this content over there complete with original self-made music— but for the folks onchain, here’s a subtitle-free, monochrome version 😏
Ooh also, guess the cover!!
- My goal is to post the weekly recaps of what I created on my Twitch streams on here and maybe versions of that on other platforms. My compisability is trash and I’m really on that mysterious pensive artist thing so it’s a work in progress but yeah enjoy this peep. Produced by me during my 2 hr stream 3.28.24
- Huh!
- Wow so I'm late lol.
#11 tho let's get it
- Drop is at :25 . Lmk what y'all think!!
- Been working with Fadr for 3 hours and...
Let's just say I'm the wrong hands they've been talking about
- This is my very first AI work and I'm very excited for the type of art I'm going to be able to show you all from here on in. I believe it's only up from here and so whatever state this particular piece is in in the sensibilities of the listener, I invite you to see the broader significance of this! Thanks so much.
- Applying the competing “Developmental theory vs dependency theory” schools of thought from Economics, to the creative industry, shows how there’s 2 different ways of seeing artist success. 1 is “developed vs developing” & the other is “core vs periphery.” Many ppl conflate being at the center with being developed.
If you see an artist that’s been constantly coerced into the periphery & say “guess you’re just developing,” that shows a fundamental unappreciation of various growth models that exist. Some ppl are pressed into the margins while their gifts are sucked out and handed to the core.
And others may think they’ve developed more, but really they’re at the center, and been funneled resources at the expense of the periphery.
As the seats of power in the music industry change before our eyes, we’ll start to see a different story than we ever thought possible.
It’s already happening. After years of telling us that social media suppression is our fault for not doing enough, famous label execs & managers are now going “guess it’s [insert famous artist here] vs the algorithm.” Like, lol, welcome??
As the structure crumbles, now the periphery has the chance to show that, no, they were never “underdeveloped,” they were exploited. And the “developed” will see that they simply were once at the core.
Anyway, onward and upward!
- Here’s to stepping into your own power and becoming untouchable 🥂
- gm 🌸
We are excited to announce that @lenster.lens has integrated with @livepeer.lens for video transcoding and faster delivery. Livepeer is a decentralized video infrastructure that enables high-quality video processing and delivery at scale 🚀
With Livepeer, we can now offer our users a more reliable and efficient video transcoding solution and faster delivery to the viewers. This means your videos will load faster and play more smoothly, even with slower internet connections.
Also, we now have an enhanced video uploader where you can choose your desired thumbnail 🖼️ or upload your own 💃
We also want to give a special shoutout to @sasicodes.lens for his invaluable help with the integration 🙏
- Sometimes I feel that expecting the utmost thorough-ness in engaging/researching a topic is a weaponization and traumatization attempt.
I remember when Kevin Samuels was still alive and his misogy-minions would leverage his words as a greenlight to abuse Black women and queerfolk--when called out, the response was "well have you ACTUALLY LISTENED to him? You haven't even watched his content."
Guys, right before this man died, he was doing 3.5 hour live shows every other day. The gentlemen who got supply on the stuff of course could watch it all day, but the rest of us--we couldn't weigh in on the harm he was inciting if we hadn't sat through all of it? It was madness!!
All that is to say--skim the article. Read the first and last page of the book. Listen to the top tracks on the album-- and *leave halfway through the Twitter space*. It's okay not to digest entire pieces of work when there's so much out there to take in.
Thanks!!
- I did a live spin of my music at the house this weekend, and wanted to share a snippet of it with you!! Beats by me, mixes by me, etc. etc. etc. Please enjoy!
- In response to what @christina.lens posted regarding the pros of a community based, decentralized internet,
I wanted to mention a disclaimer that people may be interested to consider.
I feel that, especially in the age of the throttling and devaluing of Twitter, that without a public forum, it is a lot harder for people to temperature gauge the world at large, as well as the market at large.
Personally, I don't mind a "silo," or an "echo chamber," and I don't believe in beating everybody over the head with "dialogue," just to make them feel less safe to show up as themselves, so in that mind, safe spaces are definitely necessary,
However, big ad companies aren't the only ones who lose out on data to carry out their biddings: everyday people like you and me do, too. I can't analyze market trends or predict where the value hotspots are going to be when they've all disappeared into servers and protocols. Is it worth the price though? Wellp, that remains to be seen.
But all in all, we have one word: Bullish!!
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/technology/personaltech/tiktok-twitter-facebook-social.html
P.S. Can someone tell me how to turn off paid follows? lol
- *“It’s **not about choosing one network to rule them all** — that is crazy Silicon Valley logic,”....*
*"The future is that you’re a member of dozens of different communities, because as human beings, that’s how we are.”*
Topical read on the trend back to smaller internet spaces: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/technology/personaltech/tiktok-twitter-facebook-social.html
If you're building a community-oriented app on Lens pls reach out or comment below!
- *“It’s **not about choosing one network to rule them all** — that is crazy Silicon Valley logic,”....*
*"The future is that you’re a member of dozens of different communities, because as human beings, that’s how we are.”*
Topical read on the trend back to smaller internet spaces: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/technology/personaltech/tiktok-twitter-facebook-social.html
If you're building a community-oriented app on Lens pls reach out or comment below!
- Hello everyone, and welcome to my genesis post!!
I'm Upper Reality, producer, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, etc. and I'm so excited to be on Lens, where like-minded folks like us can build out our own sense of culture & community under the ethos of decentralization!
I'll be posting all sorts of different things on here, but I wanted to start off with something smooth and acoustic for you all to bite.
If you like what you hear, check out my Linktree for more of my music and content on Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Spotify, Instagram and more!
https://linktr.ee/upperreality