Big Mistake

I've made a big mistake.

KANASHIBARI radio is a podcast, and it is distributed via SoundCloud. In other words, when you upload files for distribution to your SoundCloud account, they are automatically distributed through the various podcasts.

Among the various podcast services, we've started distributing from "Apple Podcast," "Spotify Podcast," and "Google Podcast," but you can't listen to "Spotify Podcast" now because it says "distributing music is not allowed" among them.

So I've been streaming from Apple Podcast and Google Podcast, and I've been uploading my podcasts to SoundCloud every day, but to my surprise, I've used up all the space available on my free SoundCloud plan.

Of course we knew that the free plan had a capacity limit. But I don't know how I misunderstood the requirement of "up to 3 hours of file length" and thought it was "up to a total of 3 hours of file length per month". 3 hours per month means 348 seconds per day in a month with 31 days, which means that if you keep the average length of a file under 5 minutes and 48 seconds, you'll be able to use it. Even if it looks like it's going to go over, just work on the length of the file a little bit and you'll be fine.

No, no, no, "up to 3 hours total" was "all the time", not "a month". Of course, you can use the unlimited if you go to a paid plan ($144/year), but honestly, I'm not sure how much sense this podcast subscription makes now that I'm not sure how much sense it makes, but I'm not comfortable switching to a paid plan.

The only way to keep it running is to delete the old files every time I add a new one... but I don't want to do that.

Basically, the most important thing in the "meaning of continuity" is "accumulation". If you want to make the same thing, you have to spend the same amount of time to make it, so the more time you spend on it, the more valuable it is. So, I'm not comfortable with the idea of adding new things while deleting old things (or deleting the accumulation).

There are four choices: "switch to a paid SoundCloud plan and continue as is", "find another server with unlimited use", "stop distributing podcasts", or "add new ones while deleting old ones (while deleting my accumulation)", I guess. What should I do?

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Appalachian Mountains

When I say banjo, I mean "Mexico!" for now. I thought. But after I wrote yesterday's article, I found out that the origin of the banjo was in America.

It seems to have originated in the southern part of the United States and Appalachia, where Africans who were forced to become slaves made the first banjos after the instruments they were familiar with in Africa (from Wikipedia, of course).

Appalachia...I heard "Appalachian Mountains!" in my ear a long time ago. Appalachians! When I looked it up, I found out that it's "a hill or mountain range located in Canada and the northeastern part of the United States, extending from northeast to southwest for about 2,600 km". I remember when I was in elementary school (or was it?) I feel like that part of the map has been painted over. The Appalachian Mountains" is a perfect word for it, isn't it?

Anyway, I heard that the origin of the banjo is the United States. Banjo music is mainly associated with "country" and "bluegrass". To be honest, I don't really listen to either of them. But the banjo is a major instrument in both rock and pop music, isn't it? I can't think of any songs with a banjo in them other than "Silver Missiles And Nightingales," which I wrote about yesterday. No, no, no, I'm sure there are quite a few. I don't like banjos that sound light, I like the ones that sound a little melancholy and dead. Seriously, I can't remember a single song. Hmmm... I don't know how to look up that kind of music.

Also, I heard that banjo is written "班卓琴" or "班祖琴" in Chinese characters.

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Banjo

I was just unexpectedly reminded of HANOI ROCKS and Andy McCoy yesterday from a Yahoo News article by Prince Axel, and I hadn't pulled this stuff out and listened to it in a while.

This is "Silver Missiles And Nightingales" by The Suicide Twins, an acoustic unit made up of two HANOI ROCKS guitarists, Andy McCoy and Nasty Suicide! You'll love it, won't you? I'm sure you'll love it too. By the way, in the credits of this album, Nasty is "Nasty Supersar", not "Nasty Sucide". Nasty Supersar. Nasty Sucide is a big deal, though. Who the hell are you, Nasty.

And the sixth track on this album, "Silver Missiles And Nightingales," which is also the title of the album, is a fucking favorite of mine. Of course you love it, right?

By the way, it's just a banjo that comes out in the middle of this (starting at about 1:41), right? I always thought it was a banjo, but I've never heard or played a banjo in person, so I'm not sure if it's a banjo. The sustain seems to be very short for a banjo, but I'm not so sure.

By the way, speaking of banjo, there was this one.

This is a banjo cover of Slipknot's "Psychosocial". When you listen to this, the sound that comes out at about 1:41 of "Silver Missiles And Nightingales" sounds like a banjo.

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Malibu Beach Nightmare

I was looking at Yahoo News and saw that "Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses once buzzed off a gun and got rid of a bug! The news was published.

The title of the article was "Things have happened! As it says, "In 1993, Axel, returning home between tours, fired his rifle at a moth in his room, and although he was able to kill the moth, it left a large hole in the ceiling..." and that's what happened when Prince Axel's actions in 1993 were still in 2020. The fact that it has news value is amazing. That's Prince.

By the way, I heard that Axel's home at that time was in Malibu, but this is what Malibu is all about, isn't it?

This is "Malibu Beach Nightmare" by HANOI ROCKS. This video is from HANOI ROCKS' legendary live video "All Those Wasted Years: Live At The Marquee". By the way, the Japanese title of "All Those Wasted Years: Live At The Marquee" is "Burning London Night". It should be established as part of Japanese culture to give Japanese titles to foreign music and movies.

This live video is of course really cool, but the first time I saw it, I sat back and watched Andy McCoy (the guy on the right side playing guitar) dutifully put the chin strap of his hat on his chin. As expected of Andy, there's always room for error.

And speaking of Andy McCoy, he released a new song a little while ago, didn't he?

I don't think there's anyone better than him when it comes to songs like this. By the way, I didn't realize there are only 1,040 subscribers to the "Andy McCoy Band Official Channel" on YouTube...

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Drowsiness

I wonder how many people say that listening to loud music makes them sleepy. A live music club is the perfect place to listen to loud music, and it can make me extremely sleepy.

But that doesn't mean that I'm always sleepy at live music venues. As I recall, one of the characteristics of the music is that it's very loud for a live music venue, and the volume is constant. With music that has a high or low volume, it doesn't matter how loud it is, it doesn't matter how loud it is, it won't make you sleepy. That's why the performers and the live music club (PA) are always thinking "I'm going to do my best to make it loud! I'm pretty sure I get sleepy when I keep making loud noises like "I'm a musician".

When I tell this to people in the music business or to my clients, they say that I have this problem, but I did a quick google search and found no information that I could find. I thought it was a common thing in the world, but is that not true?

I've been using headphones to check out Moro Moro for a long time now, and I've been feeling fiercely sleepy. Of course, it's not loud because I'm checking. I'm not "sleepy", I'm just at the point where I suddenly fall asleep. I hadn't been to a live music club recently, so I forgot about it, but I wondered if it was the same as that phenomenon.

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