tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86639394185020915882024-03-13T03:49:11.872+01:00alionsonny's Blog - EnglishUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663939418502091588.post-56224995745675579372014-08-07T12:31:00.000+02:002014-08-07T12:31:10.168+02:00New music video for a classic and more!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, currently I really put the pedal to the metal to make all my old works available on YouTube. And since still images are rather boring, as announced, one or the other real music video is created. For example, for the title "Victory Dub" from <a href="http://www.alionsonny.com/index.php?module=2&album=1" target="_blank">the debut album "Reggae Xperimental WorX"</a>. Yepp, a really old track, which back in the days made the purists go berzerk and also still triggers the WTF? Effect for not just a few. Yes, quite unusual. As <a href="http://www.alionsonny.com/index.php?module=2&album=1" target="_blank">"Xperimental Reggae WorX"</a> is none of the free downloadable albums, I've decided to give this track a real music video instead of a still picture of the cover art. I have been experimenting a lot lately with audio visualization and by a friend was made aware of the fact that I already own a great tool for this: With <a href="http://affiliate.image-line.com/BCBFIIA480" target="_blank">FL Studio</a> ships a plugin with the strange name "ZGame Editor". Yes, some time ago I already came across this thing, have played around with it for a while but then forgot it pretty quickly. Why? It was buggy and that is actually an understatement. Let's rather say it was dysfunctional. Moreover, it swallowed such an amount of CPU time that you could actually only see jerky still pictures... until the thing either froze <a href="http://affiliate.image-line.com/BCBFIIA480" target="_blank">FL Studio</a> or crashed it. So I was somewhat skeptical when my friend told me that he could well imagine, given my love for experimentation, I could get something good out of it. And indeed, although the ZGame editor is still anything but stable, not just sometimes surprises with difficult to understand behavior and is still quite resource hungry, you can actually work with it quite well. One just needs to save often and from time to think outside the box. With that in mind, it is a fantastic visualization tool with almost unlimited creative possibilities. Well, after all these words, here it is: My latest music video! Have fun!</div>
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And since, as I said, I want to get all the old chestnuts up on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/alionmind" target="_blank">the alionmind Youtube channel</a> as quickly as possible, I have also uploaded a still picture video for an absolutely dusted creation today. On that occasion, I also want to clarify something: One or the other asked me if it wouldn't be embarrassing for me to present my early works, which of course do not match my current quality standards. My answer is clearly NO! These are my beginnings. This is how everything started and I think not only I have a wide grin on my face when listening to those old tracks. I'm not ashamed that I had to learn a lot. Everybody who wants to get somewhere has to start at some time and also has to learn a lot. Also, there are not just a few, who remember the "good old days" (eg the original Versionist Reggae community) when listening to these old songs. Yeah, nostalgia. So, now that this is also clarified, have fun with a real beginner part of my works. If you want it, it is available on <a href="http://www.alionsonny.com/index.php?module=2&album=6" target="_blank">the, now free downloadable, Album "Excursions in Time & Space"</a>:
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663939418502091588.post-44467095411186290132014-07-29T14:40:00.000+02:002014-07-29T14:40:13.508+02:002 new video channels and more!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Not much is happening regarding to music recently here and I know that one or the other dislikes this a bit ;). But currently I want to try some stuff I always wanted to try. And since I test whether you really can make money with Youtube lately, currently just about anything circulates around Youtube and videos. But promised: New music will also be created again soon. Look at it this way: Right now I just have a little time off from being a musician. Constant change keeps the brain fit ;).<br />
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<b>Sonny is gaming! My Let's Play Channel AlionLiveLP</b><br />
You do not know what a Let's Play is? You can be helped. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Play_%28video_gaming%29" target="_blank">Just click here!</a> I am with my 46 years certainly the oldest Let's Player of the multiverse and in the way I'm doing the whole probably also otherwise unique. Currently, there is just one video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/alionlivelp" target="_blank">my channel</a>, but that will change very soon when I have time for an extensive gaming session. As the first game I have chosen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/alionlivelp" target="_blank">the old classic "The Elder Scrolls III - Morrowind"</a> extremely modded. Unfortunately, for the people who do not understand German, my first Let's Play is in German. Sorry, but my version of Morrowind is in German language. But I will for sure do some English Let's Plays also, because I also have some English games. In the future you will not read any further information about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/alionlivelp" target="_blank">the Let's Play channel </a>here, as it is part of the AlionLive project. It is therefore advisable to either subscribe to the <a href="http://alionlive.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">AlionLive blog</a>, like the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thealionlive" target="_blank">AlionLive Facebook page</a> or to subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/alionlivelp" target="_blank">the Youtube channel</a> if you want to stay up to date. Here is the first video. And I was indeed as nervous as it seems ;).
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<b>Life long learning ... and teaching! My Tutorial Channel "Multiversity of Alion"</b><br />
I was asked several times if I could make a video tutorial about this or that. Mostly, these questions based on my activities in the area of 3D graphics in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_%28software%29" target="_blank">Blender </a>or making music in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FL_Studio" target="_blank">FL Studio</a>. And so it is not surprising that the currently only video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/alionmultiversity" target="_blank">the new channel</a> is a Blender tutorial. A fairly modest one, but it is also only the introductory part of a series on audio visualization using Blender. More coming soon. And it will not only be Blender tutorials: I will also make tutorials about making music in FL Studio, Web design, programming in various programming languages etc. My repertoire is quite extensive ;). However, news concerning the tutorial channel will be posted for the time being here, because I do not have plans for an independent "web identity" for this project yet. Certainly one day there will be a separate blog and a Facebook page, but currently I have simply no time for that. Have fun with my first tutorial. Nervous? Never! ;)
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<b>The alionmind records video channel</b><br />
This one (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/alionmind" target="_blank">LINK</a>) I introduced already in the last two blog entries in detail. However, also a lot has happened here. 22 pieces of music are now already available and there will be more. Today I have just uploaded an old classic from 2006, which is also on the <a href="http://www.alionsonny.com/index.php?module=2&album=8" target="_blank">free album "The Alion Archives"</a>. You find more information about the track in the video description on Youtube.
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So, that's it so far. Stay tuned, because it will always get more interesting ;)</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663939418502091588.post-90188823297247848402014-07-25T15:33:00.000+02:002014-07-25T15:33:08.587+02:00New music video "alionsonny - Message To Planet Earth"!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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The song "Message To Planet Earth" is somewhat old ... well ... somewhat is a total understatement. In fact, this work is from the year 2004, ie the year of birth of the alionsonny project. And it was one of my first works published. Therefore, the sound is "somewhat" dusted ;). A few days ago I decided that this song deserves its own music video. After all I have <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/alionmind" target="_blank">my new, sparsely attended, Youtube channel</a> on which I want to slowly upload my complete repertoire of about 300 songs. I do not mention the video editing software I used, because without compensation, I do not advertise any commercial products ;). However, I like to mention that a large part of the visual effects were created with the help <a href="http://www.blender.org/" target="_blank">of the free 3D graphics software Blender</a>. The video footage is from my travel reports from 2012 and 2014 about the island of Madeira. The full video footage can be viewed (for those who do not know) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlionLive" target="_blank">on my Youtube channel AlionLive</a>. If you like the music, maybe you should think about purchasing <a href="http://www.alionsonny.com/index.php?module=2&album=1" target="_blank">the album "XperiMental Reggae WorX"</a>, which is available on the following platforms:</div>
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<li><a href="http://www.emusic.com/album/alionsonny/xperimental-reggae-worx/13455934/" target="_blank">eMusic</a></li>
<li><a href="http://routenote.com/r/alionsonny/5051813430930" target="_blank">Routenote </a></li>
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I would be happy. Alternatively, the album is available as <a href="http://open.spotify.com/album/0pSmHwpEqGjNhhrbhs3INQ" target="_blank">a free stream on Spotify</a>:<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663939418502091588.post-57738421275195195562014-07-06T00:31:00.000+02:002014-07-06T00:31:43.930+02:00The end of the alionsonny music video channel!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now you have to be very brave: The alionsonny music video channel with the old SD videos will cease to exist. It was somewhat hard for me to kill this legendary institution. Thank you for 7614 views and the 26 subscribers for almost 7 years of loyalty. Why is that now? The reason is a very good one, and I am sure you will like it: There is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/alionmind" target="_blank">a brand new alionmind records Youtube channel</a>, on which you will from now on find the music videos of the projects <a href="https://www.alionsonny.com/" target="_blank">alionsonny</a>, <a href="http://cimelium.alionmind.com/" target="_blank">Cimelium </a>and <a href="http://willmapoppen.alionmind.com/" target="_blank">Willma Poppen</a>. This is mainly because of "organization reasons". On this channel you will be able to watch all the old videos in one place. But the best is yet to come: I'll try to upload videos for all released tracks of the 3 projects. Is this guy now completely insane? To create elaborate videos for the whole repertoire is a work that takes forever! Yes, absolutely right! And that's why there will not be elaborate videos for <b>all </b>the tracks. Most so-called music videos on Youtube are on the visual side just still images and no one seems to care about that much. For the very old tracks, especially those on the free albums, I'll do exactly that. For the newer ones, I will decide depending on the case, whether I will create a simple visualization or an elaborate video.<br /><br />So, these are the news. Please don't forget to subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/alionmind" target="_blank">the new alionmind records channel</a>, so you are always not up to date. This is especially true for those who had already subscribed to the old channel. See you on Youtube!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663939418502091588.post-29793047491810480522014-06-05T14:39:00.000+02:002014-06-05T14:39:06.851+02:00Oops! I simply forgot to tell you something! New song "Farm Dub" is here and more!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know: It went "a bit quiet" around the alionsonny project since the release of <a href="http://www.alionsonny.com/index.php?module=2&album=9" target="_blank">the "Continuity" album</a>. And that was now a heavy understatement. Almost three months have passed since here since something new has been reported here... and then I simply forget to write an update here if something happens. I'm sorry for that, but as you can read in the monthly news on the <a href="http://alionmind.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">alionmind records blog</a> soon, I was anything but idle.<br />
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And while we are on the topic: Quite a few probably have not noticed that news concerning the other projects are no longer mentioned in this blog. I handle that very strict recently. This means, that there will be no longer news reported regarding the projects <a href="http://willmapoppen.alionmind.com/" target="_blank">"Willma Poppen"</a>, <a href="http://cimelium.alionmind.com/" target="_blank">"Cimelium"</a> and new <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlionLive" target="_blank">"AlionLive" videos on Youtube</a>. So if you have thought these projects would be dead by now: No, they are very much alive and have made great progress. It is just, that news regarding to these project are posted only in the dedicated blogs, and of cause also on <a href="https://twitter.com/alionsonny" target="_blank">Twitter </a>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alionsonny" target="_blank">Facebook </a>since quite a time. I want to use the alionsonny blog solely for news concerning this project. And exactly this is why this blog does not get as much updates as back in the days. If you do not yet know the blogs of the other projects, here they are:<br />
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<a href="http://willma-popp-en.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Willma Poppen Blog</a><br />
<a href="http://cimelium-en.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cimelium Blog</a><br />
<a href="http://alionlive.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">AlionLive Blog</a><br />
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And if you want to monthly (well , more or less ;) ) read my entire activities in the summary, it is recommended that you check the <a href="http://alionmind.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">alionmind records blog</a>.<br />
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Ok, and what he told of a new alionsonny song? Yes, actually the first track after the release of <a href="http://www.alionsonny.com/index.php?module=2&album=9" target="_blank">the "Continuity" album</a> has been completed as a pre-release version. It is a work in the good old traditional way, ie one that will drive the purists crazy ;) . In fact, it is so traditional that one feels transported back to the early years of the alionsonny project. Of course, it is again not really Reggae. There is so much dubbing going on, that many will get vertigo. Also, I once again implemented a funny collection of rhythm changes. Overall it is, so to say, "colorful". After I - believe or not - have followed a more serious approach with the last tracks, I thought it would be time again for a little sillyness ;). Yeah, and there's are actually not more to say about it. Listen to it and judge for yourself. As with everything I upload to <a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a>, this is a so-called pre-release version, ie a version that is good for now, but not really finished. The final version is created when the next alionsonny album is to be released... but that is still very far away. But for now, here is "Farm Dub". Have fun!</div>
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Yeah, who would have thought this? This went quite fast. Big thanks to the <a href="http://routenote.com/" target="_blank">Routenote </a>team, because they managed it to set a new "speed record" for making an album available. For <a href="http://willmapoppen.alionmind.com/index.php?module=2&album=8" target="_blank">"Heroes of the Popp-Culture"</a> and <a href="http://cimelium.alionmind.com/index.php?module=2&album=8" target="_blank">"Mesopotamia"</a> it took a little more than two weeks back then. Now it took just 11 days! That's the way I like it (aha aha) :). I have just <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_srch_drd_B00873AAXO?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=alionsonny&index=digital-music&search-type=ss" target="_blank">checked Amazon</a>. There, the album is not yet to be found, but they always need much longer. I am absolutely ok with that, because from every download sold <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/artist/alionsonny/id529379219" target="_blank">on iTunes</a> I get a bigger share than from Amazon. Additionally, Amazon squanderes, at least the albums by independent musicians, in my opinion, at ridiculously low prices. Also <a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/alionsonny/13866362/" target="_blank">on Emusic</a>, the album is not yet to be found, but who really uses Emusic? If I remember it right, not a single download of my works has been sold there since June 2012. It seems, that this platform is not very popular. I can not say anything about the availability on the streaming platforms Rdio and Deezer, because they do not offer free access and the catalog can be viewed only by paying customers. I will not pay a single cent, just to see if my album is available there. If you, dear reader, are a customer of these platforms, it would be nice if you could have a look and see if the album is available there and let me know about it. Thanks in advance.<br /><br />So, I have yet again written a lot. I did not actually expect that ;) So, here are the links, so you can shop comfortably. Make me rich! ;) :)<br /><br /><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/continuity/id828383995?uo=4" target="_blank">"Continuity" on iTunes</a><br /><a href="http://open.spotify.com/album/00iNNdGgHQ17oBHwTprovn" target="_blank">"Continuity" on Spotify</a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663939418502091588.post-51542301772599782122014-02-15T11:43:00.000+01:002014-02-15T12:40:30.844+01:00Album release! "Continuity" is here!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, it has happened: Today, the album for which you have waited so long has been finally released. However, again I have to disappoint you a bit: Currently, it is only available in my <a href="http://routenote.com/r/alionsonny" target="_blank">Routenote Direct shop</a>. Do not let the awful design of the shop and the fact, that, due to the lack of a playlist, you cannot can not pre-listen the songs, scare you away . Something is not working with the shop currently and the Routenote guys are most probably already on the job to fix it. I have already "complained" about it ;). And don't be puzzled about the fact, that the album is on position 3 of the album list. So if it is not visible on your superduper Smartphone -> please scroll down a little. It is definitely there. I also do not know why this is. <a href="http://routenote.com/r/alionsonny/5051813464928" target="_blank">You can also click here</a> . This takes you directly to the album page. You can pay conveniently via Paypal or credit card. If you can wait, the album will soon be available on iTunes , Amazon, and many other well known shops. How long will that take? On average, 4 to 6 weeks, but for the album releases in fall of 2012 it took only 2 weeks for iTunes. Yes, so much time has passed already since <a href="http://willmapoppen.alionmind.com/index.php?module=2&album=8" target="_blank">"Heroes of the Popp-Culture"</a> and <a href="http://cimelium.alionmind.com/index.php?module=2&album=8" target="_blank">"Mesopotamia"</a>.<br />
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Oh yes: And of course you can, as always, order the album directly from me for 10 Euros. Simply transfer the money via Paypal to alionsonny@alionsonny.com and to be sure, also send an email to the same address. Sending this mail is also a good idea, because otherwise I can not send you the download link. But if you want to transfer me money and get no album, you may also omit the part of sending the mail ;).<br />
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So, now that was a long wait full of ups and downs. I have good reasons to hope, that it will not again take three years until the next alionsonny album will be released. Of course, the work at the other projects will ensure that I cannot release another alionsonny album in just a few months, but I have learned some new strategies. Yeah, next is the <a href="http://willmapoppen.alionmind.com/" target="_blank">"Willma Poppen"</a> album "Willma im Wunderland". And next after this is <a href="http://cimelium.alionmind.com/" target="_blank">Cimelium</a>'s "Madeira" album. But I also have some tracks for the alionsonny project almost done. How will I the next album be titled? Make some suggestions ;).<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663939418502091588.post-54177778813577810382014-02-09T19:15:00.000+01:002014-02-09T19:15:34.829+01:00It is done! alionsonny.de is up to date again and more ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This went reasonably fast, but it was no mammoth project ;). You may still encounter sporadic side effects of the renovation, but generally <a href="http://alionsonny.de/">alionsonny.de</a> should be fully functional again and, much more important, up to date. On this occasion, I also improved some things, which unnecessarily increased the loading time of the page in the past. I have not touched the visual improvements, I mentioned in the past posting, yet, but these are not so important, that I would delay the work on the album any longer.<br /><br /><b>Continuity ?</b><br />Yes, some of you complain about it already. But I really needed that little break, because my ears urgently needed a break. Creating the release versions has really tired them plentiful and at the end I was not sure if I am still able to hear correctly. The musicians amongst you will know what I mean ;). So what's up with the album? It is <b>almost </b>done! I have finished the release versions of the oldest , and therefore most in need of a review, 10 tracks. The three remaining tracks require, in my opinion and the opinion of many listeners, no major overhaul or improvement. Currently I am working, with the involvement of voluntary test listeners, on the playlist, which determines the order of the tracks. This process is also completed, except for the judgment of a particular person, whose opinion is personally very important to me. This will happen this evening. In this respect, although I can not promise anything 100% as always, the album should be, at least in <a href="http://routenote.com/r/alionsonny">my Routenote shop</a>, this week. ITunes, Amazon and Co. always take a while.<br /><br /><b>AlionLive is getting bigger!</b><br />First of all: Yes, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWoO2BV51h26WpG_Sj4k5jhWDWqRLdqLO">"AlionLive Return 2 Madeira"</a> will be continued soon . But the album has priority. Nevertheless, there is good news for the fans of this project. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/alionsonny" target="_blank">My friends on Facebook</a>, as always, already know about it... at least I hope so ;). The most important news, especially for readers of this blog, is, that no news regarding <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlionLive" target="_blank">AlionLive </a>will be posted on this blog anymore from now on. This blog is now <b>exclusively </b>reserved for the music project alionsonny. News about new videos etc. will from now on be posted on <a href="http://alionlive.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">the new AlionLive Blog (CLICK!)</a>. There are also some other things that may be particularly of interest for those, who wish to follow my hikes. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thealionlive" target="_blank">AlionLive now also has its own page on Facebook </a>and I would be extremely happy if everyone of you would "LIKE" it. So no one should ask me questions why nothing about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlionLive" target="_blank">AlionLive </a>is posted here anymore ;).<br /><br />Yes, and that's it for this time. I am back at work!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663939418502091588.post-48379338492401999802014-02-07T14:17:00.000+01:002014-02-07T14:17:04.675+01:00Out of synch...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't know how many of you noticed it, but recently my homepage <a href="http://alionsonny.com/">alionsonny.com</a> is out of synch with this blog. Usually (until the beginning of the year), news which were posted here appeared almost immediately on <a href="http://alionsonny.com/">alionsonny.com</a>, at least to some extent. Also, new videos, music etc. could be found on the homepage with a bit of delay. The reason for this more or less long period of non-synchronicity is now also responsible for the fact that <a href="http://alionsonny.com/">alionsonny.com</a> is "frozen" since January 8th.<br /><br />Why is it? For this I need to get a little bit into the "technical" details. <a href="http://alionsonny.com/">alionsonny.com</a> runs not on one of those well-known <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system">content management system</a>s, which are quite popular amongst those who either have no time or desire to create their own website. And there is nothing to say against that. "Then why are you doing all the work yourself?" An answer to this can be still read in VERY old posts on this blog. I have used such a system for quite a time, namely the well known and very popular <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joomla">Joomla</a>. At this time the website has been hacked so many times that it really was not funny anymore. "And your great system is unhackable?". No, most probably not. Nothing is unhackable. But the well known <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system">CMSs </a>all have one thing in common: They are very well known ;). A hacker or a so-called hacker crew usually has no desire to deal with a self-made <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system">CMS </a>and puzzle out possible vulnerabilities if a so-called exploit for a known <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system">CMS </a>allows the hacking of thousands of websites. This is exactly the same as with the viruses and trojans, which exist mainly for the most widely used operating system in the world. Monocultures are vulnerable. But please: Refrain from any OS flamewar here ;). And the other reason for my homemade <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system">CMS </a>is that it's fun.<br /><br />Ok, and the current version of my <a href="http://alionsonny.com/">homepage </a>has been hastily stitched together in spring 2013. It should work and be just finished. Here I have put the main focus on that the site visitors can visit my website and I have not only somewhat neglected myself, the guy who has to file in all the data. This caused the fact, that the procedure of filing in news, music and videos was quite complicated. I spare you the unnecessary details ;).<br /><br />Earlier this year, this really got on my nerves and I decided to no longer update the homepage for a time and instead to build a convenient so-called admin backend, which makes the whole process a lot easier for me. And that's what I'm doing currently. If you see this text on my home page, at least the updating of plain text news is already done. The filing in of new videos and music will be the next step. So have some patience and maybe subscribe to <a href="http://alionsonny-en.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">the RSS feed of this blog</a>. A simple bookmark is of course also a solution. Soon everything will be up again and a fix for some already reported "imperfections" is already on it's way.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663939418502091588.post-21698561214445942972014-01-17T13:30:00.000+01:002014-01-17T13:30:32.646+01:00AlionLive Return 2 Madeira - From Camara de Lobos to the Lido<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And here it is already: The second part of day 11! This went quite quick this time. Ok, but to achieve that, I had to pause working on the new album during the past days. Don't worry: I'm already back on it, but more on that later.<br />
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The story: As already announced, this video shows a little "hike" from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2mara_de_Lobos">Camara de Lobos</a> to the Lido, filmed using my inimitable "shaky cam technique". This video is especially recommended for those who plan to visit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira">Madeira</a>, because it shows the way from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funchal">Funchal</a>, along the coast to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2mara_de_Lobos">Camara de Lobos</a>... but just in the reverse direction. And almost all newcomers to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira">Madeira </a>make that one mistake, that they think, that down at the beach it does not go further. The secret is the tunnel shown in this video where my camera did it's best to compensate for the bad light conditions , but once again failed miserably ;).</div>
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The video shows also wonderful impressions of a sunny day on the promenade, accompanied by a few songs from the, hopefully soon to be released, album "Continuity". The soundtrack contains this time, except for one song, almost finished album versions (release versions). The soundtrack in detail:<br />
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00:00 - Madeira (Release Version)<br />
04:55 - Bulletproof (Release Version)<br />
9:58 - Green Hills (Release Version)<br />
14:38 - Drunken Joe in Love ( Release Version)<br />
19:03 - Going Bonkers (Release Version)<br />
23:57 - A Sunny Day (Release Version)<br />
28:55 - Flight of the Butterfly (Pre-Release Version)<br />
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As you can see, the video is once again a little longer, but 33 minutes is not too long, right? While we are at it: What do you think actually about the video lengths? Every now and then, there are people who write to me, that certain videos are too long. What do you think: Should I split such long videos generally into smaller parts? If so, what would be a good length? The good old 15 minutes? But I also want to point at the fact, that there are people who like to see things as a whole and they would complain if I split the videos into parts. Well, again the good old quote from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Busch">Wilhelm Busch</a> nails it perfectly: "To all people fairly done , is an art that no one can" (I don't know if this translation is even remotely correct).<br />
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Finally, I want to tell you of course a bit about the status of the album "Continuity". Slowly but steadily, the whole thing comes to an end. The song <a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/talking-cat">"Talking Cat"</a> was transformed into the most probably final version yesterday and currently I'm working on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/flight-of-the-butterfly">"Flight Of The Butterfly"</a>. Don't worry: I know that the song is almost perfect and will not change too much. I just think that some things get too much presence and others do not ;). When this song is done, there are 4 songs left to work on, but all of these were produced in the period between August 2013 and now and therefore are quite up to date. So I would say very carefully, that there is not much left to do.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663939418502091588.post-66273247782394487152014-01-08T22:27:00.004+01:002014-01-08T22:27:52.198+01:00Finally: A new AlionLine Video! Come with me to Camara de Lobos!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Some of you already thought , I would have given up on the AlionLive channel, but did you <b>really </b>believe that? No, the reason for the fact that nothing went no further lately on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlionLive">AlionLive </a>is much less spectacular. Anyone remembering the album "Continuity"? Yes, it has still not been released. But I can assure you that is not a musical "Duke Nukem 4 Ever". So the album <b>will </b>come and it will come <b>soon</b>. Well, and the work on this album occupied my whole creative energy recently. A little progress report: 5 of 13 songs have been "transformed" into the final release versions. The rest is pretty up to date and therefore it is unlikely to be much work.<br />
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But back to the video: When I decided shortly before the turn of the year to finally continue with the work at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWoO2BV51h26WpG_Sj4k5jhWDWqRLdqLO">"AlionLive Return 2 Madeira"</a>, I noticed that a fresh intro would be quite appropriate. And as you know me, of course I once again went over the top and wanted a real <a href="http://www.blender.org/">Blender 3D</a> intro. The ideas were blooming like a flower meadow and in no time I found myself in a whole lot of work. This then delayed the start of the actual video editing for a few more days.<br />
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The plot: As mentioned in the credits of the <a href="http://youtu.be/GoZPkCdBHL8">last video</a>, on the evening of 10 Day, a little high-proof festivity took place. On the morning of 11 Day I felt absolutely unable to start serious ventures, namely hikes. As the weather was surprisingly sunny, it made sense to insert a day of rest. And to not make things unnecessarily complicated, I decided to spend the day in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2mara_de_Lobos">Camara de Lobos</a>. And this, with just under 15 minutes of run time unusual short video, is about that very stay in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2mara_de_Lobos">Camara de Lobos</a>. It features, aside of the new intro, beautiful views of the picturesque fishing village of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2mara_de_Lobos">Camara de Lobos</a>, the coast, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_Gir%C3%A3o">Cabo Girao</a> and there is a little "Sunday Sermon" - because it was a Sunday - from me also.<br />
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<li>Ganja In the Jar ( Pre-Release Version)</li>
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This nearly 15 minutes of video is by far not everything that was filmed on day 11. I have decided once more to split the video material into two parts, because it fits thematically. The rest of the video material is about the somewhat long walk from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2mara_de_Lobos">Camara de Lobos</a> to back to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funchal">Funchal </a>/ Lido. I have captured large parts of that walk using my incomparable shaky cam technique and want to share this pleasure just do those who really want to view it. So it made sense to separate the more quiet and short part about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2mara_de_Lobos">Camara de Lobos</a> from the shake-o-rama, which will be soon available as part 2.<br />
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Yeah, what else to say? Actually nothing ;) . I am off to work again on the album and because of that, it may take some time until part 2 is ready. But now have fun with part 1.</div>
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Since not all listeners of my music are on Facebook, and some are, but for some reason missed to subscribe to my news, I can not be sure that all interested folks are informed about the progress regarding the "Continuity" album. For this reason, and because it is also useful information for the <a href="http://alionmind.blogspot.de/">monthly alionmind News Blog</a>, I want to describe which 13 tracks will be on the album, and in which state of completion they are. Here we go:<br /><br /><b>Greenhills</b><br />From the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionmind-workinprogress/alionsonny-green-hills-pre">pre-release version of this song</a> is NOTHING left. It is the oldest title destined for the album. The first version was presented in 2010 . Accordingly, I had to improve a lot and it was a pretty intense task to make this old song a worthy part of the new album. But: DONE!<br />Current version : <span style="color: lime;">RELEASE</span><br /><br /><b>Nero d ' Avola</b><br />Despite the fact that, since the last time I worked on this song plenty of time has passed, quite a bit had to be improved here. A little work on mixing and EQing and a few small adjustments to the structure and everything was DONE!<br />Current version: <span style="color: lime;">RELEASE</span><br /><br /><b>Going Bonkers</b><br />On this item I am currently working and have just a few minor improvements to do. Again, MUCH has been changed here and the release version differs significantly from<a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/going-bonkers"> the pre-release</a>.<br />Current Version: <span style="color: red;">pre-release</span><br /><br /><b>Bulletproof</b><br />To do yet. However, I can not hear much that could be improved on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/bulletproof">this song</a>. A little EQing and everything should be done. But let's see.<br />Current Version: <span style="color: red;">pre-release</span><br /><br /><b>Drunken Joe In Love</b><br />THAT is still a real problem child! There is extremely much to improve here and I think in the end of this, there will be not much left of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/drunken-joe-in-love-the">the pre-release version</a> ;) .<br />Current Version: <span style="color: red;">pre-release (awful condition!)</span><br /><br /><b>Madeira</b><br />Do not know what to make of it. Certainly <a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/madeira">a great song</a>, but somehow something is missing ;) .<br />Current Version: <span style="color: red;">pre-release</span><br /><br /><b>Talking Cat</b><br /><a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/talking-cat">Nice song</a>, some improvements possible, but absolutely nothing I have to be worried about.<br />Current Version: <span style="color: red;">pre-release</span><br /><br /><b>A Sunny Day</b><br /><a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/alionsonny-a-sunny-day">The absolutely exceptional track destined for this album</a> in several aspects: There was ZERO suggestions for improvements or even complaints about this track for half a year the first version is now on SoundCloud. On the contrary, I got an incredible amount of positive feedback about this song. And I can not find anything to improve at <a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/alionsonny-a-sunny-day">"A Sunny Day"</a>. So EXCEPTIONALLY the pre-release version was declared to be the release version. DONE!<br />Current version: <span style="color: lime;">RELEASE</span><br /><br /><b>Flight of the Butterfly</b><br /><a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/flight-of-the-butterfly">Okay. Minor improvements are conceivable</a>, but definitely not a big job.<br />Current Version: <span style="color: red;">pre-release</span><br /><br /><b>The Storm</b><br /><a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/alionsonny-the-storm">A few obvious opportunities for improvement, but quite ok</a>. Not much work.<br />Current Version: <span style="color: red;">pre-release</span><br /><br /><b>Pirates of Madeira</b><br />I am tempted to declare the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/alionsonny-pirates-of-madeira">pre-release version</a> to be the release version, but let's wait and see. I think it is perfect!<br />Current Version: <span style="color: red;">pre-release</span><br /><br /><b>Ganja In The Jar</b><br /><a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/ganja-in-the-jar-lord-of-the">Absolutely fine</a>, but I know a few things that can be improved. Not much work to do.<br />Current Version: <span style="color: red;">pre-release</span><br /><br /><b>BrainForest Chapter II</b><br /><a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/brainforest-chapter-iii">Just finished ... and I think it 's perfect</a>. Nevertheless ... let's see... ;)<br />Current Version: <span style="color: red;">pre-release</span><br /><br />Ok, that's it. I am again at work so that you pretty soon get your album :).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663939418502091588.post-80781988322627369642013-11-16T15:17:00.000+01:002013-11-16T15:17:56.803+01:00"Brainforest Chapter III" - The last song for the album "Continuity" is here!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is done! After 3 years, we finally have the, traditionally, 13 alionsonny tracks for a new album. If you now think, the album would be available tomorrow on iTunes & Co., I have to disappoint you. Now comes still a lot of work for me, because by just finishing the songs, only the biggest part of the work is done. What happens next? First I have to get the songs in an order (playlist) of course, so that everything fits together. Then there is the fact that the song versions you can listen to on Soundcloud are just pre-release versions and not really finished. This means that the songs were ok for me at the time they were completed. But as time passes, I hear but more or less minor "imperfections" in them, or listeners tell me about the one or the other thing that sounds not alright. The oldest songs, destined for the "Continuity" album, were completed 3 years ago. You can certainly imagine that one discovers many of such opportunities for improvement during 3 years. In addition, you learn a lot during 3 years and the own standards rise according to that. So I will take each of the 13 items completely under the microscope again and optimize.<br />
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Brainforest Chapter III<br />
... is the third part of a song series which was started in 2004 with the <a href="http://www.ampster.net/tracks/1889">first part</a> which can be found on <a href="http://www.alionsonny.de/index.php?module=2&album=1">the first alionsonny album "XperiMental Reggae WorX"</a>. The series was continued with <a href="http://www.ampster.net/tracks/2357">part 2</a>, which was released on <a href="http://www.alionsonny.de/index.php?module=2&album=6">the, now downloadable for free, album "Excursions in Time & Space"</a>. When I worked at the first part, it was already clear to me, that this would become a series of songs. For an album, which claims to be a part of a continuity in it's title, a continuation of Brainforest is just a logical step. Again everything sounds "latin american"-ish and also the somewhat mystical and gloomy jungle feeling is back again. The new part, however, is far more complex than its predecessors. There are also no sample loops used it and, the reggae purists will stone me for this statement: There's far more Reggae in "Brainforest Chapter III". But what do I tell all the time? Hear it for yourself:<br />
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Well, this time he took his time, eh? What? You saw that the video is available for 2 days already? Well, that surprises me ;). The rather very small number of views of my latest videos force me rather to suspect that almost noone visits this video channel anymore ;). In fact, I consider to abandon AlionLive in favor of music production. The channel initially was intended primarily as fun and secondarily as another way to promote my music. But both, however, does not work, if noone is watching the videos. So I probably, after the completion of the ongoing video series, will abandon the whole thing. I'm very sorry for the few people who like Alionlive, but I have to set priorities and keep an eye on what works and what not. Alionlive seems not to work. For this reason I have this time delayed the usual promo for the video waited a little, to see how many of you watch the video, if I just mention it briefly on Facebook... and do nothing else. And, well, the small number under the video says it all ;).<br />
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Never mind: Here is the promised second part of day 10. You remember: After a bus lottery, the choice fell on a bus to Camacha. Then I did a reasonably steep climb (it's Madeira) until I reached the beginning of the Levada. And here I stopped the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt6hWZ7MuH4">first part</a>, because I know not many people would love to watch a more than a quarter hour long shaky camera walk with me talking most of the time. The now avaliable second part is now really hardcore. For a total of 47:05 minutes: Shakycam on the Levada with me as a commentator. On the, quite interesting, trail I meet interesting people, I will tell you about some interesting and less interesting stuff and the technical planning to avoid the Shakycam during my next visit to Madeira. It has something to do with a cat and tape. During the entire path I had secretly suspected to be somehow not quite on the right track. This turns out to be 100% correct at the end of the video. Yes, at the end of this video you will experience good old Sonny absolutely destroyed and really indecisive ;) I indeed was lost and had hiked into the completely wrong direction. But you know: Before I really give up, the end of the world is coming! So there is a short and crisp part 3 of day 10 left in which I solve the problem with some effort. But that's currently still top secret ;).<br />
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The soundtrack of this video is again entirely from <a href="http://www.alionsonny.com/index.php?module=2&album=8">the new, old album "The Alion Archives", which is available for free download on alionsonny.com</a>. The soundtrack in detail:</div>
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<li>A Banquet at Elvenwood Castle</li>
<li>Alion Smoke Signal</li>
<li>Midnight Summerdream Dub</li>
<li>On the Rocks (feat. Scott Durfinger)</li>
<li>Babylon DC (feat. Ital Roots Players)</li>
<li>The Scrolls of Alion - Chapter One - Desert Storm</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663939418502091588.post-21495913376862702912013-10-13T16:59:00.000+02:002013-10-13T16:59:19.014+02:00AlionLive - Bike ride to the Lüneburg Heath - Here we go!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now barely 2 months have passed since this bike ride took place. But you know that there are still other things to do and I'm never really idle. But now finally the first part of the video series is ready for you.<br />
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What do you get to see? First of all: This first part is by far the most boring of the series. At least I think so. It's just only the ride to the destination. I had to get the, because of months of sitting behind a computer, rusted and dusted bodything going again and really wanted to get quickly to Lüneburg. In addition, unexpected problems, caused by the absolutely insane road design near Geesthacht caused some real trouble. You can learn more about it in a, on the AlionLive channel up to now unpreceded and unusual, rant at the end of the video. Yes, I think the next parts of this video series will be by far more interesting. I hope that this introduction part is good entertainment for you still.<br />
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The video starts on the morning of August 25th, even though I already started the night before and rode the first kilometers to a quiet place near Glinde. There I built up my tent and that is where the video begins. After a more or less long opening speech ;) I get on the way, tell you a bit about the kind of food I eat during bike rides, am forced to a considerable detour because of the lack of braincells in the skulls of some road planners in Geesthacht. Nevertheless, I manage it in the end to get to the front gates of Lüneburg... just as planned. However, the video ends already before this in Bardowick where I am celebrating the above-mentioned little rant.<br />
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Now it's been almost 1 1/2 months since I have uploaded the last ALR2M video. For those who follow my activities, I must not say why it was. For the rest I say just: 2 other AlionLive Videos (bike ride Hamburg-Mölln-Ratzeburg) and loads of new music. Also the video footage of day 10 gave me some quite unexpected problems. The uncut footage had a run time of about 1 1/2 hours, and I 've learned that videos with an unusual length like that one scare away some viewers. Not everyone always has tons of time available to watch a full-length video completely. So you mark the video for viewing later on... but I also often simply forget about it later on. A much bigger problem with the video material of day 10, however, was as follows: Inspired by quite a few requests of some viewers regarding to long hiking sequences in which I point the camera to the front, I filmed a sequence of approximately 45 minutes in length, in which I did just that. In addition, of course I talk most of the time. This calls for complaints. So I have both problems solved as follows: The video is divided into 3 parts. Part 1 shows you everything before the "boring" hike, Part 2 is for the diehards and should not be enjoyed without being intoxicated if possible, and Part 3 will show everything after I got lost on the Levada and therefore left it. So everyone is free, to skip part 2... although that of course will ruin the complete AlionLive Experience.<br />
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So now for the first time since a long time, I upload a video with less than a quarter hour run time. The story: It already begins with a beautiful chaos. Actually, I wanted to take the bus to the Parque Ecologico do Funchal that day and walk from there to the Pico Ariero. Unfortunately I forgot some important stuff at the hotel and thus missed my bus. After the well-known buslottery I decided to simply go on good luck to Camacha, where I actually arrived in bright sunshine. Here I discovered a couple of signs that told me that I was close to some Levadas . So I followed the signs and found myself soon, and after a hard one hour climb, at the Levada. I followed the Levada through a surprisingly urban area (THERE ARE BUS STOPS!!!), until it really started... and here is where part 1 ends. Yeah, but look for yourself. Short, crisp and hopefully entertaining ;)</div>
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I know that soon the "Don't give everything away for free"-folks will show up and tell me, that I am too generous ;). But in my opinion the recordings in this package are not suitable for a commercial release. And before the stuff rotts on the hard drive, while not just a few people ask where you can download the old stuff, I prefer to give it away for free. It may be of interest for the "make money from everything"-folks to know, that there were listeners who, when I released the other two free albums, advised me not to do it, as the quality of the old crackers would be bad advertising. You see, so everyone has their own opinion on what is sellable and what is not.<br /><br />So, after I already made <a href="http://www.alionsonny.com/index.php?module=2&album=6">"Excursions in Time & Space"</a> a free album and put the commercial (in my opinion) not usable tracks of the (no longer available) albums "This is not really Reggae" and "Early Experiments in Dub" on <a href="http://www.alionsonny.com/index.php?module=2&album=5">the free album "Free"</a>, I now compiled another 13 old tracks for another free album, titled "The Alion Archives". And this time, you get some, as some would say, legendary pieces of alionsonny history. This blog is really long because I want to tell you a little something about each featured song. After the big break with my "everything free, donate what you want"-strategy in 2009 and the decline of ReggaeDubwise.com some things disappeared completely from the Web, not just a few people would be happy to get their hands on again. Well, clever ones, who downloaded the whole stuff when it was still online. And so requests for certain songs didn't stop coming in. And every time I asked myself, how I would get this sorted. For a few songs the decision was simple: I did not have the original sources and the existing MP3 file was encoded in less than 192 kbps, which made a commercial release on the usual sales portals impossible. In other cases certain plugins for my audio software did no longer work, resulting in that a revamp would have been very complicated. The rest of the songs, from my point of view, would have required a major revamp, which I do not think is advisable because of costs and benefits. And that is good for you because now you get, just before the release of the new commercial album "Continuity", a little gift again. Following, I would like to tell you more or less about each song :<br /><br /><b>01. Fiesta (first published March 18. 2006 )</b><br />This is my first and only version of the famous "Lalabella"- or "Ghetto People" riddim . This Riddim is my favorite riddim, right after the "Ali Baba" riddim. The version on this album was actually scheduled for one of the infamous "Dubwars" on Versionist.com. However, this did never happen due to the decline of this community. Really a pitty. I would certainly have won again ;).<br /><br /><b>02. Midnight Summer Dream Dub (first published January 20. 2006)</b><br />This is a reggae cover version of my favorite song of the rock band "The Stranglers". It was produced during just one night. The idea was actually to transform ANY song by ANY rock band into a dub reggae version. And since I had the melody of "Midnight Summer Dream" in my head since a New Year's party anyway still, it was clear which song it would be.<br /><br /><b>03. Language of My Reality feat. Colin Mutchler (first published March 18. 2006 )</b><br />Actually, I was just looking for drum samples ... yes , at that time my collection of free samples was not really large. And so one day I was once again on the hunt. An online friend recommended me <a href="http://ccmixter.org/">CCMixter</a>. Why that? Because after some browsing , I noticed that I was at the completely wrong place for collecting drum samples. I was looking for one-shot drum samples, but here I found mostly more or less complete tracks and acapellas for remixing. This was a community for remixers. But while I was there, I looked at what I could find. From the beginning I found the Acapellas very interesting. The possibilities to do voice recordings inside my flat were even more unsuitable than today and I found it a good idea to use something like vocals, at least a rap as an element of a new song. And so I stumbled across the Acapellas by Colin Mutchler, which were superb in both, recording quality and the very appealing topics. After a first contact I have also noted that Colin is a really nice person. Once more a "Versionist.com Dubwar" was on it's way, and the chosen riddim was the Skylarking Riddim. So I created a suitable version of that riddim and Colin's Acapella fit excellent. I don't know whether the aforementioned "Dubwar" ever took place, and if so, what position the song reached... well, who cares? ;).<br /><br /><b>04. Ali Baba's Psychedelic Breakfast (first published: December 31. 2005 )</b><br />A long, long time ago on a long gone website (Versionist.com) with a unique community consisting of more or less crazy Reggae musicians, dubbers and reggae lovers, there was a beautiful tradition: Since the assembled musicians had a certain tendency to verbally go for eachothers throat the ritual of the so-called "Dubwars" came to life. A well-known Riddim was chosen and until a set date all participants could produce versions of that riddim and showcase it on Versionist.com. Then the winner was determined in a democratic vote. At my suggestion my favorite riddim, the Ali Baba Riddim, was selected for the Dubwar at the end of 2005. And it would have been a shame for me if my version would not have won. And I won, despite the fact that I could produce the version on New Years Eve 2005 just shortly before the deadline, due to a severe flu.<br /><br /><b>05. Alion Smoke Signal (first published: July 14. 2006)</b><br />There is actually no particular story behind this. I found the original "Baffling Smoke Signal" by Lee Scratch Perry always funny and I had the idea to craft an instrumental cover version of it for quite a long time already . The choice of an accordion as main instrument had to do with my, at the time, very strong tendency to anger the reggae purists. ;) And so it was done .<br /><br /><b>06. Heart Attack (first published: July 09.2006 )</b><br />As for the 5th title there is only to say that I always liked the original "My heart is gone" by John Holt and because of this wanted to release an instrumental version. Said and done ...<br /><br /><b>07. Dinner Time for the Cats (first published: May 31. 2007)</b><br />Mid 2007, the open verbal war between me and those who wanted "their reggae" free from any alien influence was at the absolute peak. This was due also to the fact of the decay of the Versionist.com community, the process of the creation of the alternative plattform ReggaeDubwise.com and my choice of side. This created some well-deserved hostilities against me. Skilled by the previous Dubwars, and learning the versioning of classic riddims, I directly strove for provocation with the release of "Dinner Time for the Cats". Daring to version the classic Sleng Teng riddim in my own (perceived by the purists as blasphemy) style was actually reason enough for an outrage. However, it was a much greater provocation to do that version using the melody of a well-known children's song. The response was accordingly: FYAH ! ;)<br /><br /><b>08. Babylon DC feat. Ital Roots Players (first published: May 16. 2006)</b><br />The Ital Roots Players and me, during times of Versionist.com and ReggaeDubwise.com, were connected via a kind of "love-hate" relationship. At least the two Ital Roots Players, as well as I did, enjoyed excessive flame wars in the forums. How surprising it must have been for the "bystanders", who always perceived our flame wars as some kind of a total war, that I accepted the offer of the Ital Roots Players to use their Acapella "Babylon DC" in a song. Countless versions using this Acapella were published back then. However, mine was most likely the one which most surprised the audience.<br /><br /><b>09. Everyday Choices feat. Colin Mutchler (first published: May 15. 2006)</b><br />After the unexpected success of "Language of My Reality ", it was no question that I would produce another song with an acapella by Colin. This time I decided to use a genuine own riddim creation instead of a version of a classic riddim.<br /><br /><b>10. A Banquet At Elvenwood Castle (first published : 18.08.2005 )</b><br />Some Versionists really loved my first songs in which I joined a "Dungeons & Dragons" theme with reggae-ish music very much, such as "The Knights of Dubwood Castle" from the album "Xperimental Reggae WorX". The idea behind this, very early, production was to make it more suitable for a movie soundtrack. Whether this was successful, everyone should judge for him/herself ;) .<br /><br /><b>11. On the Rocks feat. Scott Durfinger (first published : March 11. 2005)</b><br />At the height of my experimental phase I encountered a young rock guitarist who presented quite high quality recordings of his art in the forum of SoundClick (not to be confused with SoundCloud ...did not even exist back then). I asked him, if I could use one of his solo recordings for remixing just for fun. He agreed and now I could try to mix rock guitar with reggae. If I succeeded doing this? Well ... judge for yourself<br /><br /><b>12. Astral Travel (first published: July 11. 2010)</b><br />There is not much to say about this: I was in search for public domain video material on Archive.org and stumbled across a spoken meditation instruction. I had just finished an instrumental track... and something was missing. A little bit of work and this is the result.<br /><br /><b>13. Everyday Choices feat. Colin Mutchler - Alternate Version (Previously unreleased)</b><br />This is an alternative version of "Everyday Choices". I can not say anything specific about the origin. The thing was somehow always somewhere on the hard drive and was always ignored until a girlfriend found it and said that this version is better than the other one. Hmm, I do not even think that this is a final version. But, hey, it's free ;).<br /><br />Ok, I hope I did not forget anything. And finally: You can <a href="http://www.alionsonny.com/index.php?module=2&album=8">download the album from my website, FOLLOWING THIS LINK</a>. There simply click on "FREE DOWNLOAD". The album is available in RAR format. Actually, everyone should know how to unzip something, for example using <a href="http://www.7-zip.org/">the free software 7-Zip</a>. ENJOY!</div>
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... and you thought I was joking when I announced on Facebook that I would marry the good old <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleng_Teng">Sleng Teng riddim</a> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_in_the_Jar">THE popular song of Irish folk, "Whiskey in the Jar"</a>. Well, those of you who hear alionsonny not just since yesterday, will actually recall some Irish folk / Reggae experiments I did in the past. To the newer listeners, they are probably unknown because none of the tracks is on any album currently available . This will change very soon, as I plan to release another free album with ancient song releases.<br />
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But back to "Ganja in the Jar" . When I additionally also announced that this piece of music would include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Dance_%28hymn%29">the Christian song "Lord of the Dance"</a> as a "secondary melody", some of the folks thought, this would not be possible. Well, I have truly accomplished already by far more complicated style blends. Both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_in_the_Jar">"Whiskey in the Jar"</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Dance_%28hymn%29">"Lord of the Dance"</a> are not composed in any exotic time signatures. There are truly difficult candidates in the (Irish) folk music for Reggae interpretations. The difficulty in Reggae interpretations of Irish folk music is, that Reggae is played in 4/4-time. Irish folk often uses quite "exotic" signatures . The only flavor of Irish folk songs which are in 4/4-time I know of are Reels. Jigs, for example, are in 6/8, Slides in 12/8. Besides there are plenty of other time signatures such as 3/4 and extremly funny ones like the Slip Jig in 9/8. In the end it is of course all just mathematics. With a little work one can "convert" any signature to a 4/4. However, it is not done with just pure mathematics. Both, Irish Folk and Reggae is very emotional music. A simple mathematical transformation would be like Kraftwerk performing the "Moldau" by Smetana... well... that would be interesting ;). Another not to be underestimated, factor in making Reggae versions of Irish folk tunes is the emphasized offbeat in Reggae. A melody, which fits well to a 4/4 Rock song, can sound extremely different on a offbeat emphasized Reggae rythm. Finally I would say that a healthy mix of mathematics and feeling always leads to the goal.<br />
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As mentioned, I have already "married" Irish Folk to Reggae a couple of times in the past. I even messed before with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleng_Teng">the well-known Sleng Teng riddim</a>. In 2007 I published "Dinner Time for the Cats", a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleng_Teng">Sleng Teng riddim</a> version with the melody of the famous nursery rhyme "Three Blind Mice". Somehow many well-known tunes fit with he Sleng Teng Riddim... well, at least if you mangle it properly. On that cold, gray September morning, I had not really planned to produce music . The plan was actually working on the long overdue videos. And so I announced it on Facebook: Dear people ! No music today. Now I'm working at the videos. I do not remember exactly how I got the idea to do a new version of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleng_Teng">Sleng Teng</a>, but somehow I was suddenly in the middle of the production of a new track. After some time I had a standard Sleng Teng, but with more "punch" and some (still) small modifications. As so often, I sat down at the keyboard and just improvised along. I have no idea how exactly the melody of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_in_the_Jar">"Whiskey in the Jar"</a> sneaked into my mind. I have not heard that song in ages, but it fit quite well. As I noted before, there were some who, after I announced on Facebook, that I would make a Sleng Teng version of "Whiskey in the Jar", thought that now I would finally become permanently insane. They had no idea, what was about to come ;). After <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_in_the_Jar">"Whiskey in the Jar"</a> fit perfectly, I improvised a bit further and found that the old melody of "Lord of the Dance" also, maybe even better, worked with my version of the riddim. At least one Facebook friend stated that this would NEVER fit . "Well, Sonny, you've already done a lot of crazy stuff, but a Reggae version of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_in_the_Jar">'Whiskey in the Jar'</a> ... and then also a Christian hymn as a second melody? That doesn't work!". Doesn't work? Works! ...as you can hear... ;). Do I need to explain the song title ?<br />
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<b>Questionable</b><br />
In the case of this song, I am a lot more sure that the final album version will sound a lot different than the, now available pre-release version, than for any other song destined for the "Continuity" album. Meanwhile, I have heard some details, I would like to change somehow. At the beginning of the song, the harmonica resonates far too long. I'm not sure if the bass and snare drum should sound that much "in the face" or rather a bit softer. On one side the track has a hell of a punch, but somehow it seems a bit too much for my taste. Maybe I will make two versions: The "In the face version" and the "laid back version". We will see...<br />
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<b>Almost there</b><br />
This is now track 12 of 13 for the album "Continuity". Almost there! And the long announced track number 13, "Brain Forest - Chapter III" is almost finished. This means that I will soon start transforming all 13 tracks into the final album versions. In this step, I will also ensure that the whole album sounds coherent in itself. This will take some time, but I guess that it can be done in one to two weeks.<br />
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Ok, that was a lot of text again . But if I write less, some complain I could tell some more . So now: MUSIC !</div>
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Yeah, the fifth and final part of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWoO2BV51h24QIwdRrzhr9QKk3DKbnda-">video series</a> is now available for viewing. What awaits you? Of course, we catch up where we left off last time, just before <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratzeburg">Ratzeburg</a> on the western side of the lake. Then we ride to the center of <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratzeburg">Ratzeburg</a>, where, to my disappointment, I saw historic buildings than I expected. Maybe it was simply due to the roaring heat of the day, that I overlooked something. This heat "inspired" me then to pay <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratzeburger_Dom">the cathedral</a> a visit. You know : In this old stone buildings, it is always nicely cold. Here is a little message to my atheist and agnostic friends : NO, the reason that I'm filming churches , is not that I am a religious guy, but that I like old and interesting buildings. And churches are (unfortunately) usually the only well-preserved historic buildings. After I left <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratzeburger_Dom">the cathedral</a>, and the burning sun hit my skull directly, I had even less desire than before to wander the city streets sweating with a camera and a well-filled backpack filming. So I went slowly on the way home. Just before I left <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratzeburg">Ratzeburg</a>, I enjoyed a quite price intensive, but delicious, ice cream. After refilling the beverage stocks (no AlionLive without beer), I appear on screen for the first time after about 14 minutes. I think that's a record! It never took that long in an AlionLive video, until I appeared live on the screen. The spoken message then falls quite short, because the location, where it was recorded, was a very unpleasant one: A lawn between a McDonalds and a gas station. Next on the way home was an annoying "How to get across the canal"-game, which forced me to a rather long detour. So it is no wonder that at the end even arson fantasies took shape inside my wrinkled skull. Nevertheless, I managed as planned, to reach the home base around 21:00 o clock and tooke the long awaited bath. Of the latter event. there are no video recordings because of minors and aesthetic reasons.<br />
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After excessive cutting work, the video is crisp 30 minutes short. It is suitable for the extended coffee break ;). Yeah, I was actually made aware of the fact- that so many view my videos in the work break. We live in funny times ;). This time I played around with a new video coding </div>
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<li>to reduce the upload time (processing by Youtube also)</li>
<li>to optimize the image quality , especially at very fast camera moves</li>
<li>To minimize conflicts with the Youtube encoder (you know the enemy ;))</li>
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So, if you should notice a change in video quality negative or positive, please inform me about it. More than two eyes are always good. Personally, I think the improvements are achieved. At least I have reduced the size of the video file by about 50%.<br />
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The soundtrack this time is by <a href="http://www.alionsonny.com/">alionsonny </a>and <a href="http://cimelium.alionmind.com/">Cimelium</a>. All songs are destined for the upcoming albums of both projects. In case of <a href="http://cimelium.alionmind.com/">Cimelium</a> it is the Album "Madeira". I start the video with rather calm tracks of this album, because I wanted to place the very "churchy" sound of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/cimelium/nossa-senhora-do-monte">"Nossa Senhora do Monte"</a> during the visit to the <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratzeburger_Dom">Cathedral of Ratzeburg</a>. After that, I had a hard time to create a somewhat reasonable transition to the "<a href="http://www.alionsonny.com/">alionsonny </a>part" by using <a href="https://soundcloud.com/cimelium/cimelium-cais-do-sardinha">"Cais do Sardinha"</a>. However, this is only approximately achieved. A transition from the <a href="http://cimelium.alionmind.com/">Cimelium </a>sound to the brand new <a href="http://www.alionsonny.com/">alionsonny </a>track <a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/alionsonny-pirates-of-madeira">"Pirates of Madeira"</a> is very difficult because of the characteristics of the track. Still, I wanted to showcase <a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/alionsonny-pirates-of-madeira">"Pirates of Madeira"</a> urgently in this video. And after all the "organ tooting", I also thought it would be quite appropriate to put the pedal to the metal just a little bit ;).<br />
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Here is the complete soundtrack :</div>
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<li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/cimelium/ribeiro-frio">Cimelium - Ribeiro Frio</a></li>
<li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/cimelium/nossa-senhora-do-monte">Cimelium - Nossa Senhora do Monte</a></li>
<li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/cimelium/cimelium-parque-do-lido-6-30">Cimelium - Parque do Lido 6:30 am</a></li>
<li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/cimelium/cimelium-cais-do-sardinha">Cimelium - Cais do Sardinha</a></li>
<li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/alionsonny-pirates-of-madeira">alionsonny - Pirates of Madeira</a></li>
<li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/flight-of-the-butterfly">alionsonny - Flight of the Butterfly</a></li>
<li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/alionsonny/alionsonny-the-storm">alionsonny - The Storm</a></li>
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So, after all the words, here's the video !</div>
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Oh, that's complicated to explain ... or not? Well, let's sinply get started: I guess quite a few of you will think " Oh no, not the island again", when they see the term "Madeira" in the song title, or maybe "will that EVER end?". "No!" is the correct answer to the latter question. However, it doesn't matter very much, how a song is titled. What matters is the sound.<br />
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And especially our beloved "genre fascists" will once more break out in weeping , gnash their teeth or will break out in open contempt for my person. I already know that from absolutely sufficient experience. Should I do it? Should I say the song "Pirates of Madeira" has just a minimal similarity or even IS some kind of REGGAE? Should I? No, I do not want to be responsible for deaths. And precisely for this reason, you, dear reader, dear listener, should follow my example and refrain from a more thorough discussion of the subject of genre localization of this musical piece, if possible . Since "there is no blessing in this" , as a very wise old lady often used to say . And do not think you would escape the judgment of the genre fascists if you simply choose a different genre to locate this musical piece. Well, for example the techno fans (Goa / Trance) will not threaten you with "Fire & Brimstone" because of the genre blasphemy, but you will not make yourself popular either.<br />
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With this kind of a piece of music it is like with so many typical foods of different regions : Do not ask what's in it as long as it tastes ;). The song has, during it's extremely long development from a simple loop to the now available prerelease version, undergone some rather turbulent conversions . If you, like a friend of mine , are of the opinion, that this song would have suited the <a href="http://willmapoppen.alionmind.com/">Willma Poppen project</a> more than the alionsonny project, then I can tell you, for the general amusement, that the song was at least once temporarily destined for each of my 3 major projects. Fact is: The song started as a typical alionsonny song idea. One of those "bouncy, funny reggae-ish" thingies, which make the Reggae purists freak out. Then the song transformed so much into the direction of pop techno, that I had to call it a 100% <a href="http://willmapoppen.alionmind.com/">Willma Poppen Project</a> track. In between, albeit in questionable mental constitution on my part, the song was once also a candidate for <a href="http://cimelium.alionmind.com/">Cimeliums </a>"Madeira" album.<br />
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That the song then still developed to what it is today, is due to the fact, that I once again enjoyed a delicious Madeira wine 3-4 nights ago. And while doing that, I watched <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6YAuxRKhmA">the video of the day on the Santa Maria de Colombo in 2011</a>, aswell as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o08f_rqwHAA">the video from 2012</a>. I constantly had this accordion melody and the next day it was clear to me that:</div>
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<li>why not this one?</li>
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Said and done ! And so I worked the last 3 days almost non-stop to get done what you can listen to now . By the way, is the track 11 of 13 for the new alionsonny album "Continuity". The next song is already pretty much ready for pre release. Especially my "old time fans" will love to read what it will be: Chapter 3 of the the popular "BrainForest" series! Continuity ;)<br />
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And now have fun with the Pirates of Madeira!</div>
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Here is the fourth part of this video series! We start exactly up where we left off in part three: On a very cold morning on the Himmelswiese at the Ratzeburg Lake. After the morning sun had warmed the weary bones somewhat, we make our quite long way around the lake of Ratzeburg and stop just before Ratzeburg. On the way we experience a lot of finest nature, beautiful views of the lake and island view Ratzeburg, but also a supernatural encounter and my first teleportation experiments.<br />
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The soundtrack is entirely by Willma Poppen. All tracks, except "Strandspaziergang" and "Holy Arpeggiatorus" are destined for the soon (Fall/Winter 2013) released album "Willma im Wunderland". "Strandspaziergang" and "Holy Arpeggiatorus", are from the previously released album "Heroes of the Popp-Culture".</div>
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The Soundtrack:</div>
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<li>Strandspaziergang</li>
<li>Holy Arpeggiatorus</li>
<li>RaumZeit</li>
<li>RaumReise</li>
<li>Karussell</li>
<li>Apocalypso</li>
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And here's the video:<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663939418502091588.post-65801939009336243872013-08-18T15:22:00.000+02:002013-08-18T15:22:25.870+02:00AlionLive - Return 2 Madeira - Day 9 - Santana<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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...and on we go! I have now spent exactly one month, enjoying the rare beautiful summer weather, but still was not completely idle. The delay of the release of this video was mainly caused by some problems with the 3D intro. Therefore, a new, simpler intro sequence was used in this video.<br />
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The Plot: On the ninth day of my trip to Madeira, I decided after the weather looked promising to make the long bus ride to Santana on the north coast of the island. Do not worry: I have not filmed the entire bus ride, but only 6 minutes ;). When I arrived in Santana, I explored the area a bit, got to know the local weather phenomena and decided to hike a little further west along the coast. Here, I got lost a bit and was allmost convinced to follow a rather desperate "backup plan". However, this was not carried out because I reached a saving bus stop just in time.<br />
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The soundtrack is completely from the soon to be released album "Continuity". Yes, exactly: The new alionsonny album has a name and will be published soon. But that's another topic ;).</div>
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<li>Flight of the Butterfly</li>
<li>Nero d' Avola</li>
<li>Talking Cat</li>
<li>Green Hills</li>
<li>The Storm</li>
<li>Bulletproof</li>
<li>A Sunny Day</li>
<li>Madeira</li>
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And here's the video:<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663939418502091588.post-62387823935325357552013-07-17T13:09:00.000+02:002013-07-17T13:09:40.918+02:00AlionLive - Bikeride Hamburg -> Mölln -> Ratzeburg part 3 is online!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Because of the extensive musical activities of the past few weeks I hardly got to work on the videos. Yes, day 9 of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWoO2BV51h26WpG_Sj4k5jhWDWqRLdqLO">"AlionLive - Return 2 Madeira"</a> is already in the works too. And now that we really have plenty enough new music, it's video time. But this new music is not used in the third part of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWoO2BV51h24QIwdRrzhr9QKk3DKbnda-">report on the bike ride from Hamburg to Mölln, Ratzeburg back</a>. I found simply that a visit to the historic city center of Mölln is suitable for a rather more serious form of music than a Pop-Techno and funny Reggae-ish stuff. And that's why I this time used once more music mainly from <a href="http://alionsonny.de/index.php?module=2&album=3">the album "Alion - The Original Soundtrack"</a>. This, plus a fitting track from <a href="http://alionsonny.de/index.php?module=2&album=7">the album "Reggae?"</a> and one quite old chestnut and the soundtrack was perfect. The new music will be used somewhere else then.<br />
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Thematically, we start where we left off at the end of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwaKVJxvrCI">Part 2</a>: On reaching the city sign of Mölln. We visit the picturesque historic city center of Mölln first for a time, and to then go on a little alcohol influenced Odyssey northeast. Here we have some quite humorous moments. At the end, and just minutes before nightfall, we end up at a peaceful place at the Ratzeburger See called "heavens meadow" to successfully end the first day of the tour.<br />
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The video is not completely free of shaky shots directly from the bike but this time these are extremely rare. But this time I was very communicative and am therefore quite often to see and hear. And now, end of the preface -> Here's the video!</div>
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Exactly, the song was actually released already 2 days ago, but I had to do something else meanwhile and no time to write the blog. Yes, that happens too. On the topic: Yes, for the second time within a week a new track for the new alionsonny album was completed. No one would have expected this, after the project has paused for quite a long time, in favor of Willma and Cimelium. Thus we have 10 of the 13 tracks for the album now and this puts the release date of the album into a timespan one can call "foreseeable future". Although I do not suppose that the album will be released before my birthday on July 19th, but at least I can say with certainty that it will be relesed still in 2013.<br />
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The current song, titled "The Storm" is, is as "Flight of the Butterfly" was, on the one hand a flashback to the early days of the alionsonny project, on the other hand a big step forward. The sound might remind many of you of the time around 2007, when songs such as "Photosynthesis", "Revolution Now" or "Individuality" shaped the alionsonny sound significantly. I currently enjoy working with old concepts in new "clothing". A few new tricks in conjunction with traditional tastes and favorites can certainly provide a quite nice result. And I think that "The Storm" is a good example. The idea may well come from 2007. It also deals quite rude with the underlying musical genres Reggae and Ska, as it was the case in the days of "This is not really reggae". Parts of the song have rythm patterns fitting the played genre quite well which quickly change to patterns from totally different styles of music. Does this remind any one of the days of Polka- or Waltz-Reggae-Mashups? Well, some things do not change..<br />
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Conclusion: "The Storm" is absolutely nothing for Reggae or Ska purists, especially if they understand a mashup of their beloved genres as a sacrilege. Friends of varying experimental musical experiences with a preference for psychotic sound episodes should be served well.</div>
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Some thought again, the alionsonny project would be dead and buried, although the release of the last song "A Sunny Day" took place about just 3 months ago. Yes, some of my listeners are still living in those days in which pretty much I everything I created was released as an alionsonny release. And since I do no longer publish information about the releases of the projects Cimelium and Willma Poppen at this Blog (as announced by the way) since quite a time, some even said I do no longer produce music at all anymore. Updates to the releases of these projects are recently announced in the <a href="http://cimelium-en.blogspot.com/">Cimelium Blog</a> and the <a href="http://willma-popp-en.blogspot.com/">Willma Poppen Blog</a>. The ultimate source for news about all alionmind records releases will be the, recently not very well served, <a href="http://alionmind.blogspot.com/">alionmind records Blog</a> in the future. It is also recommended for Facebook users to "like" the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/alionsonny/139594889403570">alionsonny</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/willmapoppenproject">Willma Poppen</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Cimelium">Cimelium </a>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alionmind-Records/175562712574695">alionmind records</a> Facebook pages to immediately get news about the projects.<br />
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So much for the long preface. Yes, the alionsonny project is alive and there are already several songs in progress to complete the long-awaited new alionsonny album. The reception of the last alionsonny release "A Sunny Day" was absolutely stunning. So many listeners wrote me that they like the song, and even more stunned me, that some amongst those people were not really lovers of my music before. Longtime listeners even believed, as a Facebook friend nailed it, that the alionsonny sound "finally grew up". What a slap in the face must the latest release "Flight of the Butterfly" be for those who thought so? This song once more is a very experimental creation, which certainly allows comparisons with the early early days of the project. Why does he do that? Well, I just was in the mood for a experimenting again. And since I had just completed a rather experimental piece for Willma Poppen shortly before beginning work on "Flight of the Butterfly", I was still in the ultra creative mode, so everything went not just a bit experimental again.<br />
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As I said more alionsonny releases and the completion of the new album (still without a name) are planned for the near future. But for now, here is the new song:</div>
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