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See the latest idea development page:
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https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/nav/#idea-development
Find: mp3

Agenda Items for Working on the Show-Format

Segments Design
  • Making a show-format that is simple, repeatable, and flexible.
    • There is a spectrum of #keystrokes to begin recording a show, based on where are agenda items maintained (for Show Format, Voice/Mic, the egodeath theory).
  • Specify duration of segments. 6 / 2 hours 120 min / 6 segments = 20.
  • Do a basic show to practice walking through the show format with timed segments.
  • Fewer Segments, More Focus on Egodeath Theory topical segments, more room for music while doing work-items (typing).
Gear
  • Hook up the Big Mixer?

Template for Episodes & Announcement of Download

Motivation of Creating the Page: Reduce the number of keystrokes total, from “I’m going to do a show”, to “Announced at idea development page”.

Show Prep

  1. Copy template from
    Episode Template for Egodeath Mystery Show
    https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/28/episode-template-for-egodeath-mystery-show/, paste into latest Idea Development page, fill-in there.
  2. Prep the audio project file, named same as mp3 (no keywords necessary yet, after show name).

New Format Concepts

State the “header” every half hour: content, voicing, date/time, miking.

repeat idea, not repeat phrase. repeat with: low pitch, fun tone, casual wording.

Names of the Show

  • The Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk
  • The Egodeath Show, with Cybermonk
  • The Egodeath Mystery Show
  • The Egodeath Show

What 1987 me thinks about these show names:

  • It’s a mystery to me.
  • It’s a strange loop.
  • It does nothing but raise questions.

Content Sources to Read From

  • the Egodeath.com site
  • My WordPress site
  • the Egodeath Yahoo Group (site)
  • Cyberdisciple’s site
  • Email
  • my personal library
  • my recordings
  • Amazon
  • Academia.edu
  • Archive.org
  • YouTube

Show Format: Independent Voice Recordings or Voice Takes

  • clips roll-up episode
  • “full” version of an episode
  • “core” version of an episode
  • standalone clip (no header??)
  • proto-show format, with “header” stating 2 content points, 2 vocalzn points, 2 technical points
  • standalone voice recording (similar to standalone clip).

First versions of the Egodeath Mystery Show were one-off DR-05 voice recordings, literally was no concept of “the Egodeath Mystery Show”, but they are branded afterwards that way.

Describe these voice recording files as date-named episodes/ instances/ manifestations/ components of the Egodeath Mystery Show, though no show intro/outro/framing within the mp3. I already dubbed the first, voice recg files later as the Egodeath Mystery Show. “the Egodeath Mystery Show is not a format, but a Mystery.

IT’S NOT ARBITRARY CHAOS – IT’S A *MYSTERY*. IT JUST *LOOKS* LIKE ARBITRARY CHAOS.

Complex Intro Segment Settings Procedure

Initial settings, for canned Intro segment:
1. Music player: track at 0:00. vol 40%. main vol 80%.
2. Mixer deck: arm Rec.
3. Mic deck: Not Rec mod. Select track 2222, Single mode, at 0:00.
4. uMixer: Turn down mic (Ch 1 Gain).
5. Turn down eq level to -10.5 dB for canned announcement from Deck 1.
6. Turn Delay’s FX Level to 1:30 for canned announcement.
___________
1. Press Record on Mixer Deck.
2. Press Play on keyboard to start music.
3. Press Play on Mic Deck to trigger announcement.
4. Ride mixer’s Line level from Noon to 10:30 during announcement.
Return to normal settings, for Mic intro segment:
5. … Turn up eq level to 0 dB for mic signal from Deck 1.
6. … Turn Delay’s FX Level to None.
7. … uMixer: Turn up mic (Ch 1 Gain) to Noon.

Sets of Recordings

  1. Create direct mic recordings.
  2. Process & mix the direct mic recordings.

57’s proximity bass boost complements the bright speakers of mobile devices.

Create lots of voice recordings like orig Classic-era Egodeath Mystery Show before the Mystery was revealed. (but hold the angry midget pls) NO RULES except must be Professional Reference VO; 100% conscious mindfulness of vocalization 100% of the time. No forgetting. THE OPEN BINDER PAGES OF APRIL 1987.

Show Format Version 2: freeform but keep log. delete all structure; ROLLING STRUCTURE. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND RESUME THE NORMAL FLOW, PERPETUAL ROLLING MEETING, TAKING NOTES, CHOPPING REUSL T INTO ARB HARD-CUT 2-HOUR PIECES (AT NEAREST SEGMENT BREAK) – WHICH EVER SEGEMENT TOPIC CHANGE IS BEOFE FORE THE 2:00. HARD-CUT EPISODES AT THE CLOSEST TOPIC BREAK LESS THAAN 2:00:00.

*MUCH* more freeform, get rid of concept of “start” of “show” and “end” of “show”. It’s an on-going thing, no start or stop. GOT TO ELIM OVERHEAD. TOO HEAVY STRUCTURE. lightweight! just only work on logging. ZERO OVERHEAD *NOW*! BUT, DO LOGGING only – nothing else!! put all focus on loggin instead of any other overhead.

Misc

todo: clip “My followers…”, pitch it down, play it in the show– wav file:
It’s the start of a track in “2-Level Egodeath Model.aup”
see also:
The Egodeath Mystery Show (2021-01-20) 2-Level Egodeath Model

Purpose and Rules

  • The “2 hour limit” must *never* impede producing hours of copious solid content – when on a roll, keep on a roll. new major rule for the show. never let it break the momentum.
    • Use 2-part episode.
      • mp3 #1 has intro, voc’zn, topical segment 1
      • mp3 #2 (part 2 of ep) has topical segmenet 2, 3, 4, & Outro.

Prep Agenda and Audio Project File

Note: always delete bad takes immediately when possible; *must* save space and reduce noise on drives.

Mic Closet

TASCAM – DR-05 stereo field recorder, R or L – omni, small dia cond. Handheld, or desk stand clip mount. No pop filter needed.

Shure – SM57 – cardioid dynamic. 4″ gives not too much bass boost proximity effect, and enables more on-axis without pop filter required, such as 30 degrees.

CAD – M39 – servo large dia cond – standard LDC tone. quiet except when whine decides to manifest; unreliable re: whine. Remarkably same curve as SM57. Variable polar pattern.

Phone bottom mic – hi-fi, omni, probably comparable response to DR-05.

earbud mic, usually dangling. Were I to do lifted (thus using an arm), I’d instead Pause, unplug earbuds, resume recording, then use bottom mic instead of earbud mic. up-ramp response. Used for some Morning Vocal Warmup recordings.

Computer built-in mic – 12″ distance, usually, to see the screen

CAD – M100 – servo large dia cond. Supercardioid (so, dark). Equivalent EQ to e609.

Sennheiser – e609 – less treble than e906; midrangy.

Recording Log

Types of Recording-Files to Track

  • .wav tracking files
  • .mp3 delivered files
  • .m4a tracking files
  • .aup audio project files

Info needed about a recording-file:

  • what miking (mic, position, eq)
  • description of content / topic
  • stereo/mono
  • date (auto-included in some cases, both in filename & timestamp)

Miking Approaches

  1. hand-held, all-in-one recorder <- first voice recordings of 2021
  2. mic-stand-mounted, all-in-one recorder <- this episode
  3. separate mic, preamp, recorder <- first used for Feb 2 reading of M Hoffman article https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/03/idea-development-page-11/#Egodeath-Show-2021-02-02b
  4. separate mic, preamp, mixer, multiple sound sources, recorder(s)
  5. separate mic, preamp, mic-recorder, mixer, multiple sound sources, mixer-recorder

Types of Voice Recordings

1-5 minute voice notes made in isolation. Nice to state which mic.

core version of Egodeath Mystery Show episode – omit non-core segments/passages; keep intro/outro

master tape of an episode – playing freeform exploring

handy to have existing outline of timestamp.

voice recording with structured header

An intermediate type of voice recording that’s becoming an episode, is when I started adding a structured header to voice recordings. eg Jan 26b opens by defining what the structure of a recording header will be:

  • 2 points about the content plan
  • 2 points about vocalization
  • 2 points about technical

https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/01/15/idea-development-page-10/#Voice-Recording-2-for-Jan-26

clips (or voice recordings) rollup episode

a special type of new episode – intro, clips from multiple previous older episodes, outro.

full episode

full version of Egodeath Mystery Show episode

full episode – intro, prelim/warmup segments, topical segments, outro. A normal, sprawling episode like (in spirit at least) a 4-hour episode.

core episode

Contains an intro, the main egodeath core theory topical clips from that episode, and an outro. 1-hour or at most, a 2-hour condensation of a 4-hour sprawling, “full” episode.

voice recording without header

“2021-02-06b Egodeath Mystery Show – Caress of Steel.mp3” at 1:23:00 says “2-Level Egodeath Model.mp3” is the first episode of the Egodeath Mystery Show ”, but actually, that’s a “voice recording without a header”.
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/01/15/idea-development-page-10/#Voice-Recording-1-2021-01-20
“2-Level Egodeath Model.mp3” lacks intro or header, lacks outro, and lacks a miking statement. Therefore it’s a (standalone-created) voice recording, not an episode of the Egodeath Mystery Show.

A “voice recording” (without header) can be included within any episode of the Egodeath Mystery Show.

article-reading voice recording with header

Has a header. It’s not framed as an episode.

clip

Can contain only talking.

A new, standalone “voice recording” – with or without a structured recording header – is equivalent to a clip.

An extracted clip taken from longer context in which the clip was created. eg a portion of quietly reading Hanegraaff’s 2021 article Entheogenic Esotericism over the song I Robot, with effects.

A new standalone voice recording without a header is the same thing — derived/ generated in a different context — as an extracted voice-only clip.

A clip could be stereo and have music or previous voice-generation mixed.

A clip has no “show” wrapper/intro/outro.

A clip can be included within any episode of the Egodeath Mystery Show.
eg the 5-minute “Eleusis” piece

standalone mic voice recording

eg “Veil metaphor CAD M39.mp3”

mono

reamped standalone mic voice recording

eg “Veil metaphor CAD M39 fx.mp3”

stereo

Re-construction of the “Review of Vocalization” Section Feb. 15, 2021

Frozen Backup; Legacy; Do Not Change: Feb 15 2021 snapshot of Review of Vocalization

Legacy Vocalization Section, February 15, 2021; Preserve As-Is.

Vintage Golden-Era Traditional High-Point Copy / Reconstruction of This Section Just Before I Moved It To the Ambitious New Page “Voice & Mic Techniques” (but note it was *constantly* changing)

The following was from the final read-alouds of this section/segment in episodes of the Egodeath Mystery Show, just on the cusp of creating the page “Voice & Mic Technique”, where I moved these items out to become, mostly, the section “Standard Voice Practice” in that new page.

Review of Vocalization

This is the start of the Vocalization Review segment.

Special Focus for Vocalizing in This [2021-02-15a/b/c] Episode
  • Open the back-of-mouth chambers and top of throat.
    • Exercises. Pull up and back. Experiment from tight to pressed open and upward.
  • Push pitch down consistently, continuously.
    • Pitch Grounding technique while off-the-cuff speaking, as an exercise.
  • Staying mindful of vocalization techniques while doing off-the-cuff commentary in the main segments. No particular focus but just trying to stay cognizant overall.
  • Off-the-cuff mindfulness: controlled vocalizing while doing off-the-cuff speaking.
  • Standard voice; transcendent voice.
Read-Aloud Techniques
  • Read each heading twice.
  • Read each sentence twice, defined as 3 lines.
  • Read each paragraph twice, defined as 7 lines.
  • Read a complete paragraph before commenting.
  • Separate the reading of a paragraph from the commenting on a paragraph.
  • Contiguous unbroken long stretches of reading.
  • State my commentary at end of paragraph.
  • Turn any text into standard vocalization.
  • Double-reading.
  • Read-aloud each sentence twice.
  • Don’t read footnote numbers in mid-sentence.
  • Don’t read author citations that are in mid-sentence.
Standard Reference Speaking and Tone
  • Exaggerate the bass, treble, and pitch swing.
  • Practice standard reference vocalizing.
  • Speak low pitch with a neutral-positive tone.
  • Speak low pitch with a smile, or neutral at least.
  • How to speak low-pitch without sounding forceful, but rather, neutral; nor soft.
  • No particular character or inflection of feeling.
  • No odd resonance.
  • No character or attitude skew.
  • Generic reference speech.
  • Standard voice.
  • Straight-up standard pronunciation.
  • Neutral-medium pace as mid-point.
  • Not lax, not edgy.
  • Neutral non-emphasis.
  • Neither soft tone nor aggressive.
  • Neutral in tone.
  • Functional & plain.
  • Regular matter-of-fact speech.
  • No attitude or tone skew.
Vocal Apparatus
  • Back top of throat.
  • Lower chest.
  • Tip of tongue.
Pitch
  • Force pitch downward hard.
  • Vary the pitch from low to very low.
Pronunciation & Enunciation
  • Enunciation: Consistently hype the letters: ‘c d s t w x z’.
  • Never slur; always pronounce the ‘s’.
  • Separate each word.
  • Pronounce every letter of every word.
Speed
  • Nuetral fast low-pitch.
  • Vary the speed from slow to fast (fast & smooth).
  • Separate each word.
  • Pronounce every letter of every word.
  • Repeat botched statement correctly.
Conversation Technique
  • Start a sentence, then finish it.
  • Don’t interrupt myself.
  • Talk about “we, us , community, conversation”.
  • Skip straight to the point.
  • Think of key words, then construct statement around them.
  • What are the 5 key words you need to say?
  • Speak simply, with only 1st-order detail.
  • Stay on a topic more, without jumping among topics.
  • Use segments to stay on-topic and separate the topics.
Mic Technique
  • Ride the mic gain.
  • Move aside/back from the mic slightly, to inhale.
  • Ride the music gain.
  • Fade-up guitar leads.

/ end of Preserve/Legacy section

Re-Constructing the Development of the “Standard Voice Practice” Section in Early February 2021

I have now painstakingly reconstructed the 2021-02-15c snapshot of the Vocalization Review segment just prior to moving that section to the present section. At the moment, that’s in the Egodeath Mystery Show

Feb10a has a very short, probably too early version. Find an ideal classic version of this section, after Feb10. o2-11 “Vocal Warmup Reminders”.

Feb 11 is still short.

02-12a: does it have “Vocal Warmup Reminders” segment? timestamp? how long is it? skipped “vocalization warmup”.

Feb 13 is pretty good representation (and, represents the ever-changing wording). 02-13a: smoking complicated ruin does it have “Vocal Warmup Reminders” segment? timestamp? how long is it? “I’m going to playing a clip of commentary on Hane 1995, “criticized negatively” (Merkur). And take 1 of Hanegraaff 1995 reaction. Then ‘my followers’ clip. Then alternative approaches to making clips/shows. sm57 no eq.” 2:45 MTCDT passage, Tim Held. 3:15 Review of Vocalization. Special focuses for voczn in this ep. Exercises: “as usual, never slur, (4:18) learn how to turn any text… Pron & Enun: consis hype czstwxz. Alphabet recital (w/ voc apparatus note). pitch forced downward hard. vary the pitch from medium to very low. vary the speed from slow to fast. speak with a neutral positive tone. speak w/ a smile . Repeat Botched statement coorrect.ly . bass treb pitch swing. etc etc. conversation technique: don’t interrupt myself . start a sentence then finish it. skip straight to the point. speak simply. (pause, to type out: with only first-order detail. what are the five keywords you need to say?) Segments. stay on a topic more. read a complete para before commenting. separate the reading of a paragraph from the commenting on the paragraph. Contiguous unbroken long stretches of reading. talk about we, us, community, conv. mic tech: ride the mic gain (added “when adjust mic stand). move aside from the mic slightly, to inahl. rid the music gain. fade up gtr leads. Fin, 9:00.

02-13b: does it have “Vocal Warmup Reminders” segment? timestamp? how long is it? practice reading Hane 2012 chapter. Music to Come Down To. skipped his first section, coverd in 13a. No voc review.

This could be ideal. 02-14a Ironic Distancing Through Sound. Added Limiter (1:51). 2:17 fin’d Intro. 2:45 – Next, a review of Vocalization. start of the Vocalization Review Segment. 3:00. 3:25 “I’ll read some points twice. Short items/lines.” 4:20+, blah blah blah blah, voice professor’s instructions. Added nw section “Standard Reference speaking”, and “vocal apparatus”. 4:50: “pronunciation and enunciation.”

2-15a vocn review – 2:15. open the back of mouth chambers and top of throat. exercises. to pull up and back, as opposed to letting clamp. push the pitch down consistently, continuously. exercise. the origin of the article (example of off the cuff with downward pitch/ open throat). 5:00: read-aloud techniques: read a complete paragraph beffore commentimng. 5:30 doulbe: Special focus for vocalizing in this jpisode. Open the back of mouh chambers and top of throad. Exercises. x2. / read-aloud techniques. read each heading twice. read a complete paragraph before commenting. 6:20. adding: read each sentence twice, defined as 3 lines. then read each paragraph twice, defeined as 7 lines. separate the reading of a paragraph from the commening on a paragraph. contiguous long unbroken. std ref’c speaking and tone: exagerate the bass, treb & pitch string. practice std ref voc’g. speak low pitch with a neutral positive tone. …. no particular character or inflection of feeling. no odd resonance. no character or attitude skew. generic reference speech. striaght up std pronunciation. neutral medium pace as midpoint. not lax, not edgy; neutral non-emphasis. neither soft tone, nor agreessive. neutral in tone. functional and plain. regular mattter-of-=fact speech. no attitude or tone skew. vocal apparatus: back top of throat. lower chest. tip of tongue. reading techqnieque: 10:08. (moving that gruop up read-aloud technique). Pitch: force pitchdownward hard and vary the pitch from low to very low. Pronunciation & Enunciation: consistently hype the letters cdstwxz. never slur; always pronounce the s. sep each word, pronounce every letter of every word. Speed: 13:09. (I need more items). vary the speed from slow to fast; fast and smooth. sep each word; pronounce eveyr letter of every word. low pitch, neutral tone slowly. repeat bot hed statement correcly. concersation technique: start a sen t then fin it. dont interrupt myslef. talk about us, we community, conversation. think of key words, then construct senetnece around them. …. Mic technique: Ride the mic gain. 16:30. Move aside back from the mic. (getting rid of aside; changing to “move back” from mic). move back from the mic slightly to inhale. ride .. gain. fade up leads… [good example: double saying each item].

What date was final inline form, before moved to sep page an d moved all around?

02-15b pipe organ. Double Critique. The secret conspiracy exo/eso standoff. Cyberdisciple’s latest post, Hesiod. sm57 no eq, with limiter. 15b 1:30 fin’d Intro. (probably still had red text to say exactly what to say aloud). “Next a review of vocn. Voczn Reveiw segment. 15b 2:30 – staying mindful of voczn techniques while doing off cuff cmtry in main segs. Read-Aloud Techniques: 15b 4:20 blah blah blah. off the cuff mindfulness = special focus in this episode. Read-Aloud Techniques: Turn any text into std voczn. Double reading. reading aloud any sent twice. read each sent twice… skip rest. Std Ref .. NEW SECTION . practice std ref’c voczn. Exaggerate the bass, treble, & pitch swing. low pitch w/ n-pos tone. low pitch smile. w/ o . no particular character or inflection of feeling. No odd resonance. No character or attitude skew. Generic ref’c speech. Straight-up std pronunciation. neutral medium pace as midpoint. not lax, not edgy. neutral non-emphasis. Neither soft tone nor aggressive. neutral-positive tone. … … … No attitude or tone skew. Regular matter of fact speech. functional and plain. soft/aggressive. Vocal Apparatus: tip of tongue. Pitch: force pitch downward hard.

02-15c https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/03/idea-development-page-11/#2021-02-15c-Egodeath-Mystery-Show is part 2 of an episode w/ 15b. 1:15 “it’s time for me to review the vocalization standards’, voczn review segment. special for this episode: ….
open the back of mouth chambers and top of thrat. exercises. push pitch down, consistently. off-the-cuff mindfulness. controlled vocalizaing. Standard Voice (new addition now). transcendent voice (new addition now). My default voice is egoic and I’m trying to transcend it.

  • push pitch down consistently, continuously.
  • read-aloud techniques. std ref’c speaking and tone: exagerrate… speak low pitch w…. smile. no odd res…. no char/att skew. generic ref’c speech. “I need to add in this section, standard voice.” straight-up std pron. neut. not lax. nor aggressive. func’l & plain. no atttone skew.
  • voc apparatus: force ppitch dward hard.
  • P&E: consisten cdstwxz. never slur. always pron s.
  • Speed: vary the .. separate.
  • Conv techniue… to point.
  • Mic Technique: 5:00
    -blah blah. 57 working well. …. 5:47. 3 simple tricks to using this low-profile slip mic. podium. nice mellow tone. i like to not even eq it. not flat spks. bright spks. why eq? this mic is muddy if you’re listening to perfect flat spks. 7:30 blah blah. 8:00 boost treble demo OW harsh. 10:20 I’m actually reading text off the screen right now. Entheogens, Myth, and Human Consciousness. 12:30 Ruck’s book, crossed with Metzner’s book, purely to try to off-cuff controlled casual standard voice. JESUS DO I EVER FINISH TEH VOCZN SEGMENT WTF.

the above is the final reading of the section when it was inline

02-16a morning edition

02-16b Repeat Phrase for Standard Voice – sm57 no eq, with limiter. Kicks by Paul Rev, Shape of Things, Prunes x2. 1:25. REview of Std Voice seg. 144. Repeat Phras. During off the cuff spekaing, during idea dev, repeat phrase in std voice. finished. 2:14. [skipped]

02-17a Morning vocal warmup wo. Outlining 15b-15c Episode. No std segs.

02-17b – https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/03/idea-development-page-11/#2021-02-17b-Egodeath-Mystery-Show 108 review of std voice segment, 1:08. SKIPPED. 1:27.

02-17c – https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/03/idea-development-page-11/#2021-02-17c-Egodeath-Mystery-Show — NOTEs imply skipped pretty much. “2021-02-17c Egodeath Mystery Show – Never Repeat Phrase.mp3” 142 fin’d Intro seg. Review of Std Voice: 1:53. Repeat Phrase: during off-the-cuff during idea development, … Breathing. skipped.

02-17d – ??

02-18a – morning show

02-19a – i had moved vocal review to separate page. Volume 4. 1997 Core Theory reading. new WordPress page, Casual Standard Voice. sm57, 4″, no eq, with limiter. Review of Std voice segment. from new page casual standard voice. bad is Uncontrolled Sloppinness, good is… bad is… gentrl lush soft drawl. bad is serious, sloppy comical. Defining the Chaacter of Casusal Std Voice. This page is an early draft. Speak low pitch with a smile, no 3:27. Not lax, not edgy. Neutral in tone. functional and plain. No attitude or tone skew. General purpose, not any partic. [I lost something charming, from Voczn segment, when I moved to expansive casual standard voice page. in some way, restore access to the inline longest inline version b4 it got moved to amibitious new page. Take a backup frozen snapshot of the section right before it got moved from the Egodeath Mystery Show / template page. ]

02-21a https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/idea-development-page-12/#2021-02-21a-Egodeath-Mystery-Show “2021-02-21a Egodeath Mystery Show – Plastic Master Tape.mp3” seems unlikely to have the segment.

https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/idea-development-page-12/#2021-02-22a-Egodeath-Mystery-Show. 5:45 “I better do a vocal warmup”. but I seem to skip it. 8:08 I’m reading Bibliog of main article.

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