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And now for something a bit different, this post is not about music.In a discussion about natural evil, in response to a statement I made that the original world was created very good, and has since been cursed by sin (as the Bible teaches), a good friend of mine asked:Caleb, do you think T-Rex was a vegetarian before the fall?That's a good question, and it isn't a simple yes or no answer. Since

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This song was written for Spintunes 1 Round 2, "John Hancock Time" where the challenge was to write a song where the verse and chorus had different time signatures. Aside from that (and a minimum length) the song could be about anything. The song I wrote was Insomniac Lullaby.<a href="http://calebhines.bandcamp.com/track/insomniac-lullaby">Insomniac Lullaby

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ConceptThe core idea for The Memoirs of Clockwork Man actually predates the first SpinTunes challenge by over a year. When I entered my very first Song Fu (Song Fu #4, in the spring of 2009), I was pretty nervous. I hadn't written very many songs, and I had never written, much less recorded one in a week. In the time between being accepted and the drop of the first challenge, I decided to

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IntroductionIn this series of blog articles, I'm going to talk about MIDI, especially how I use it -- which may or may not be how others use it. This is mostly just stuff that I've figured out on my own, on the cheap. I'm by no means an expert, and I have no training that says "this is how you should use MIDI" (if such a thing even exists) so feel free to correct me in the comments if I say

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Song Fu 6 signup is over and the contestants and the first challenge will be announced Monday. I even received an e-mail tonight stating that I had indeed made it in (I still have to retro-blog about my Song Fu 5 entries!).In the past, I've found myself constantly refreshing the Song Fu page, waiting for a new contest to drop. With other websites, I've started using RSS feeds so that the page

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The final Song Fu challenge was a showdown between Molly and Berg & Jerry. Unfortunately, Molly did not submit a song by the deadline, so Berg & Jerry won by default. All other competitors (including those from previous rounds of Song Fu) were welcome to submit a "shadow" entry which would be posted, but could not receive votes. There were only three of us who did. The challenge was to write a

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Another retroactive post...The third Song Fu challenge has long been over, but I want to describe my entry anyway. The challenge was to write a "standard" song exactly one minute in length. By "standard", the implication was that it had to have a more-or-less verse/chorus structure, where the chorus has to be repeated at least once (so you hear it at least twice).I had two conflicting ideas for

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The second Song Fu challenge is open for voting until a minute before midnight EST on Sunday night (June 14th). The challenge was to write a march. There were fewer entries this time than in the previous round, and several pieces had no lyrics. This round also produced some rather diverse entries.My last song had ended up being too somber, and in a minor key, so before the challenge, I had

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I'm posting this retroactively because I haven't finished building my time machine yet. But as soon as I do, I'll go post this when it actually happened. I've written and recorded my first Song Fu entry, and voting has closed. I collected a whole 35 votes, placing me in 20th place (out of 30) -- which really isn't all that bad for some random hack who has no followers, who has never publicly

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I have entered an online songwriting competition called Masters of Song Fu (this is the 4th such competition). It's a fun little outlet for amateur (and professional) musicians, many of whom have a geek streak like myself. My aim is to increase my experience writing songs and have a fun time doing it. The contest is broken into a number of rounds, and voting is open to the general public. While I

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If a post drops on a blog and there's no one around to read it, did it really make a sound?Well, actually, I'm not sure that blogs make sounds, but this is my blog nonetheless. I'm not really sure why I have but it, but apparently everybody has one these days, in order to legitimize their existence, or something. I'm a Christian, a Software Engineer by trade, a Master's student in Computer

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