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 No.107596[Reply]

I kinda wonder, how do people discover new music today? There's such a vast expanse of stuff out there and most all of it is hidden in its own corner of the internet. If you know what you're searching for maybe it's easier, but finding completely new stuff that appeals to you seems like an extremely tough endeavor. Are there any good methods /qa/ knows of or is word of mouth the best way still?
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 No.135968

>>123406
Hi Kafuka!

 No.135983

>>123406
Oh I love websites like this, thank you

 No.135985

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please talk to people or creep on their likes instead of relying on algos that poorly mix those recs with paid ads anyway

 No.163455

>>135985
Finding good stuff through algos is special

>>107751
Ah so that was a problem with the "algos bad" people all this time. They always bareback

 No.163456

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>>108159
Don't leave your itunes open next time, idiot.




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 No.159595[Reply]

cleaned my room today because I don't have a meidobot to do it for me
how clean's your room?
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 No.163411

>>163409
This is my ideal.
Protect the precious things. Wash textiles. Apply feather duster to the rest. Vacuum the floor. Throw out remaining things that do NOT spark joy.

 No.163412

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>>159595
A meidobot would be extremely efficient so what would you have yours do when they're done with chores? And what if they find stuff they weren't supposed to while cleaning?

 No.163413

>>163410
NTA, but
>shelves
Feather duster.
>bathroom
Install cabinets for small stuff. Mop the floor. Throw out anything that still feels dirty after this.
I got one of those small cabinets to put underneath the wash basin for small items and it took care of the first part of that problem.

 No.163415

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I don't dust often since my PC fans and AC unit filters do a good job of sucking up dust, but apart from that my room is clean enough I guess. It could stand to be better organized, but it's functional and there's not piles of clothes or anything... at the moment.

 No.163424

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>>163412
>what if they find stuff they weren't supposed to while cleaning?
It would clearly be within the responsibilities of a meidobot to be entrusted with maintaining secrets, particularly those of their master. If that secret is physical, they should either leave it be or put it into a secure location and consult with their master at an appropriate time in a confidential manner.

Which is to say, obviously they should get to work organizing my porn.




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 No.163290[Reply]

How do you find new music/bands that you like?

I ask because, for the longest time, I tried doing it by genre. If I liked a band, I would look up what genre they were in, and then in turn try looking up other bands that were in the same genre. But it rarely worked, and it's because I've found that my tastes don't align cleanly to genre bounds. I like a bunch of different artists, but only about three or four per-genre.
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 No.163362

bargain bin cds dude

 No.163363

>>163290
genres are just labels, they don't mean anything and really good musicians are inspired beyond limited categories so no surprise you didn't find what you were looking for, anyway this is what you do:
-recommendations from friends
-looking through interviews of artists I like and seeing who they endorse and list as inspos.

using an algorithm is the worst way to discover music btw, never use spotify, last.fm, rym, etc. All shit.

 No.163367

>>163363
¥ words are just...
they exist for convenience and they
$1are
convenient, dude
even deleuze wouldn't refute this

 No.163368

>>163363
That's true. But the youtube algorithm sometimes is helpful. Also, for spotify I discovered a lot of songs just by searching other people playlists, and the algorithm that appears when you leave a song on is okish.

 No.163369

>>163363
>>163367
anyway genre labels were useful in how I used them.
typical "ehh this rock track (which is actually math rock djent but I wouldn't know this because it's not labeled in detail) is of genre - rock? guess I'll check most recommended rock tracks (which is typically some prog rock or pop rock or something completely irrelevant)" situations of course will go bad.




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 No.149176[Reply]

now that Mr Pope is dead (god rest his soul), I hope Yui will be the next pope! (god have mercy)
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 No.149579

>>149523
this is so terrible. Thank you

 No.162706

>>149176
no the one on the left is your right and the one on the right is your left you have it setup with my left and my right

 No.162712

>>149176
fyi the Mr Pope died right after I listened to this and tried again to complete EoSD on Lunatic after a long hiatus that tormented me

etsy witches got nothing on me

 No.162714

>>162712
WHY did you kill the pope
WAS it necessary for 2huing

 No.163311

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>>149261
We should nominate our antipope. Suiseiseki!




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 No.162977[Reply]

I had some lifesaver gummies and bananas in my room. But there was a rat squeaking and knocking around loudly all night every night. So yesterday, I reached for gummies and noticed most of them were gone, and the other pack which I hadn't opened was ripped open and also mostly gone, and there was a missing banana. So I cleaned out my closet and noticed there was a stockpile of gummies in the corner and a hollowed out banana peel. That rat probably thought that by taking all night moving all those gummies, it was set for life. Honestly, if the rat was more quiet about it, I wouldn't have checked.
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 No.163040

Felt the rat run over me while I was in bed and it started nuzzling my armpit. This is getting ridiculous.

 No.163043

>>163040
set a rat to catch a rat

 No.163055

>>163040
I think it sounds cute, you should try making it your pet officially.

 No.163144

Rat's stealing soap now. Must be hard going from lifesaver gummies to soap.

 No.163147

>>163144
Please feed him properly.




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 No.153744[Reply][Last50 Posts]

Didn't hear back from the other anon, so making this thread here since /jp/ is fast. Post your otaku related original artwork, music, videos, game development, and writings. New touhou 20 hu.
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 No.163288

>>159831
>>159867
Very late response but these are really nice. I especially like the Nekone, she's very cute.

 No.163365

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Kiene-sensei! >>>/megu/2832

 No.163615

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OC halloween costume for fun

 No.163671

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>>163615
There is a new OC thread up >>163294

 No.163685

>>163671
thank you, I will move over there now~




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 No.162934[Reply]

I would've thought that the concept of rarity being used to exploit money from people in the form of NFTs, gacha, counter strike skins etc. in recent memory would have soured the concept of rare items
And yet I still find something being called rare as being very tantalizing, even when it's completely worthless
Do you you collect or hold onto items because they are rare? (trading cards, shiny pokemon, four leafed clovers etc.)
Do you ever worry that sort of thing is a big waste on your time/even money?
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 No.163127

>>162934
i dont know if it really counts as a rare item, but it tecnically is unique, what i am talking about is the 1st thing you get, this being a pokemon, a certain gacha character, a kind of vehicle, etc. objects or characters which start the adventure with you. i personally hold these things dearly and will avoid getting rid of them, keeping them with me and using them as much as i can

 No.163128

>>162934
I keep starter clothes even when everyone else sells them off. Sometimes you can't buy them again. I know in Oblivion, wrist irons don't weigh anything and are thus valuable when enchanted.

 No.163131

>>163127
I get it and this pisses me off in Persona games where you're meant to throw your cool design starter away before the first boss, unless you throw in extra time, effort, and autism to beef up (which you can reliably do only by getting far head enough in the first place). The starter is usually the only one with a design unique to the character/game anyway.

 No.163134

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Somewhat unrelated I guess but I like the cliché of your starting weapon being an ingredient for the game's ultimate weapon, everything comes full circle
>>163131
Shame that the cool late game redesigns of the starting persona are either DLC or just very hard to acquire in a normal playthrough

 No.163135

>>163134
>Somewhat unrelated I guess but I like the cliché of your starting weapon being an ingredient for the game's ultimate weapon, everything comes full circle
Summon Night Swordcraft Story handles this in the best manner in the sense that your starter weapon is a weak indestructible smith hammer that's always with you as last resort weapon, but all the inherently breakable weapons are crafted with it, from newbie slime cutters to whatever is final post-story abomination you can get into your hands.
That's also where you stick to rarity hard, but not as hard as Riviera where almost everything is an expendable durability resource you can't even repair.




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 No.66481[Reply][Last50 Posts]

i've seen dedicated drawthreads and writethreads here, but never once saw a music creation thread. considering you can post sound files here i wonder why it happens, because i did see several posters here said they made music. is it because many consider the stuffs they make have no merit to be posted? or because many have some musician profiles that they want no connection to this place...?
anyway, post some musics you made!
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 No.162842

>>162770
not a bad start, excellent for a beginner

imagine what kind of track you want to make - what genre, what kind of feeling you want your listeners to have, what setting you evoke, whether it should sit in the foreground or background, tempo, what kind of instruments are focal points, complex vs spare instrumentation, etc

have this in mind and you will spend more time chasing good sound instead of faffing about not knowing what to make

you will get better at this with practice

doing genre studies or trying to make a coherent album with a specific purpose may help you

 No.162879

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>>162802
Not directly, as in I haven't been comparing on and off during processing. I should probably give that a try next, though I get the feeling I'm also still missing some fundamental knowledge when it comes to frequencies.

>>162807
Thank you, trying to work on that! I sadly haven't found a place like that yet, it's still just the individual sites in that post. If googling doesn't work for me, my current method is to just ask AI on the deepest setting while nudging it in the direction I assume to be the most likely. So for early 2000s VGM for example, I'd ask something like "What MIDI modules were most likely used for Flyff's soundtrack and what gear does soundTeMP typically use in general?", which at the very least often results in info I can use to do further research on my own.

>>162842
Thank you as well, I appreciate it a lot! I currently still have this tunnel vision issue where I'm trying to shove in most of the elements I like, mostly because I primarily care for dancey groovey stuff and don't mind stepping outside of genre rules so long as everything fits, but I'm not sure that's the best idea. This started out with that noir sax because I like 80s Pop ballades, then I got taken away with drum machines because I like Stock Aitken Waterman and then I put in funky trumpets and a farty bass because I like those, too. It's a bit chaotic.
I'm still trying to find good production-focused YouTubers that make accurate 80s Discoey stuff (and not Synthwave or similar), my current source is doing something completely different that I don't like at all, but he's good at explaining cross-genre ideas.

 No.163023

>>162879
i feel like you're falling into the trap of adding more and more stuff until you can't possibly add anymore. it's the drums that start at 0:10 in particular that don't fit so good with the sax on first listen

i know i still do this sometimes. the more you listen to something the more complexity your ear tolerates because you already know the other parts. usually the solution is to split things up over time so you get a free sense of progression without drowning out your groove

plan for the first time listener. introduce complexity slowly and one or two elements at a time. it helps to take a break and come back in a few days with fresh ears.

 No.163024

>>163023
Maybe it's my ears being used to STEAKA earrape but I didn't find anon's track to be overdone right until 0:25

 No.163031

>>162770
>I have nothing coherent in my mind that I want to bring to the canvas
it's likely you have nothing usable in mind
you should critically analyze the music you like, breaking them down into pieces, and remember them so that they can be the elements you can use
memorization (not just external reference) is important for ideas, you can just take one piece each from 100 songs you like and combine the elements together with your personal touch and it will be a new work
it's easy for me to make full music completely in my head since i can fully recall hundreds of songs that i've listened to multiple times
>>163024
the issue is more like spacial and frequency placement: too much going on in the mid and too much at the center
you can have lots of things and still be coherent if you separate these




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 No.161861[Reply][Last50 Posts]

Hi /qa/, was wondering if you wanted to add to an imageboard collab happening on wplace.
Wapchan made a big banner in Lum, Michigan, and now Hikari3 and 39chan are adding their own little banners, so maybe kissu can make a banner too? There's a lot of free space below.
https://wplace.live/?lat=43.09655499416948&lng=-83.16079134697266&zoom=13.085049949212253&zoom=12.5
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 No.162683

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Finished. It was fun lads.

 No.162684

>>162683
yoroshiindeed

 No.162685

>>162683
I agree, thank you for the great work! I will remove the "Shitaba embassy" text later, it was just supposed to be a little joke.

Always up to continue if anons come up with some more ideas.

 No.162686

>>162683
I didn't help but yeah, it looks great

 No.162739

I'm thinking we should do something else. Maybe...

>>162685
Keep it, it's funny




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 No.162358[Reply]

I was thinking recently about the fact that submarine interiors are painted in sea foam green due to it being perceived as a relaxing and unstimulating color
They do this to promote calmness and mental stability in the sailors
Do you believe in this sort of concept?
If kissu had much more red in the site's color scheme, do you think the users would act differently?
If your most used website (whatever it is) used a lot of sea foam green in their color scheme, do you think you'd be a different sort of person?
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 No.162490

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>>162488
They hadn't found a cure for meat-o-vison before the 80's, hence the extensive use of green in home decor.

 No.162494

>>162490
Utawarerumono ears hair

 No.162681

>>162358
>Do you believe in this sort of concept?
sort of but on this speaks also memory how once this was told to us in school when that the reason why walls are green or brown in schools and unis is because before it was believed during time these were build or renovated it calms down students.
> used a lot of sea foam green in their color scheme, do you think you'd be a different sort of person?
no i would feel a bit dull because that's for what these pellets are often. So you wont get frustrated from constant eye punching colour

 No.162707

>>162681
Public schools are painted the same color as prisons because they train you to either do factory work or to go to prison/jail.

 No.162716

>>162358
I remember seeing something about how Cold War Soviet aircraft were painted in a blue-green color because it was calming, presumably so they could make better decisions.

>>162361
It's not just the color of the furniture. A lot of furniture used to be made from wood, or at least looked like it on the surface. And carpet was very common. Nowadays everyone uses laminated flooring. Light bulbs used to be incandescent.
I think all these little details had big effects on the feeling of places.
The thing is "modern" design does not look modern at all. For example, the 2000s era Playstation consoles look much more modern and futuristic than anything released in the past 5 years.

>>162707
Everything about public schools is intentionally designed to mindbreak talented people and turn the rest into cattle. But that can be left for another thread.




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 No.162688[Reply]

Do you masturbate because you don't have sex?
Or do you not have sex because you masturbate?
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 No.162697

i edged for 3 months then masturbated with a new sex toy yesterday and now my hernia and back hurt and i think im dying but it was worth it

 No.162698

>>162696
I just meant like if you don't finish. Like if you notice you don't get much of a reaction from it and decide to just stop and do it another time. Or does those still count as doing it?

 No.162699

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>>162698
I NEVER take half steps, at least not frequently enough to take note of them.

 No.162700

>>162697
Just spew your goo my dude, don't waste time edging

 No.162701

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>>162697
Edging is very fun, but please don't die!
>>162699
Sounds nice... I mean, i don't really mean to either, but i think i might be a bit on the low end, so i can sometimes try doing it sooner than my body is ready for it seems... so better to just try again another time than waste time not getting anywhere.




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 No.113881[Reply][Last50 Posts]

Finally started my "buyfag" life; albeit not anywhere near the level I've dreamt of, with only second hand stuff so far.
What anime goods have you bought /qa/?
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 No.162422

>>162421
you better have gotten it

 No.162424

>>162422
Thankfully! >>152705
Now I just need to find a collection of imported Touhou games.

 No.162544

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Ah, a fine addition to my shab collection.

 No.162545

>>162544
tard tidders

 No.162546

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 No.156041[Reply]

Post some funny/interesting/out of context visual novel screenshots.
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 No.156154

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Got me good. This guy was so extreme for no reason.

 No.156160

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>>156154
I love how much of an unabashed pervert he could be at times.

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 No.159393

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Well, if you put it like that...

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 No.161442[Reply]

I feel like I lose social competence after roughly just 9 days of not interacting with any people IRL.
Now, wait a second.
Isn't partaking in society technically addictive? You compare between your "consumption" rates and notice effects of withdrawal, first of all including anxiety and the belief you can't deal with life without dosing again. "Oh God, I just need to get my fix, then everything will be back to normal! Things will go bad if I'm not maintaining my hit bliss! How am I ever supposed to function otherwise!?" Oversocialization is rampant and is never a vice, only a virtue. Much like with drinking and smoking, you're seen as a weirdo if you appear to be doing close to nothing of the sort and/or are not interested to do it with the people passing the vapid judgement, as if addiction breeds entitlement. Druggies and alcoholics at least emerged with folk solutions of managing withdrawal. Socialization addicts' management is only ever never hopping off the needle or getting back onto the needle as soon as possible. But you know what's never seriously being thought like it is for "bad habits" and "bad substances"?
¥ ...it's okay, I can stop anytime!

How addicted anon is?
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 No.161797

>>161442
i havent talked to another person irl in 4~ years
internet talking definitely feels addictive however

 No.161798

>>161797
amazeballs
how do you handle your logistics? just order groceries?

 No.161799

>>161798
yeah i order everything i can online and sustain on neetbux, if i need to go outside its easy enough to just walk to the store and use self checkout without interacting with anyone
i still talk to my cat so luckily i havent lost my voice or anything

 No.161804

>>161799
pic him

 No.162498

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feeling like I'm getting close to something. this is a good place for the informed schizopost

the bible forbids non reproductive sex
casual sex is just pandering to communication addiction, merely a social co-validation

the bible calls out 7 mortal sins
social media is psychological torture that plays on 7 mortal sins of users and also their anxiety and fear
people are driven to use social media mostly by the communication addiction basically. FOMO is exactly this
the bible provides social co-validation through God and optimally maybe through community practices
this is the point where I'm feeling like there's convergence to be had

now, that's a human nature topic. this means we can look at anthropology. what do we see in ancient religions? ancestral worship, communal practices. shamans and chiefs don't get to isolate on their terms for long. if you isolated, it's either because you're under others' ritual, or you're to bring big spiritual gifts (if things fail, you're sacrificed. if things succeed, you're likely to be sacrificed anyway, but maybe later). ancient cities grew from such familial worships. isolated practice is self-ostracization, even if you're the last in the family, you're to blend in and formalize your stuff with other families, or else you're a walking taboo.
now, christianity. christianity was one of the big breakaways even before it was started to be called christianity. "we all have a common ancestor that still is and you wouldn't be able to pray on his burial grounds because that's fundamentally absurd on infinite levels". but what's the REAL selling point to people as they are in their human natures? "you can contact Him anywhere, anytime!"
definitely seems like the roman church canonization made a degenerate push to socialize the teachings and not allow "heresies" to exist. all is to be monitored.
even worse, "canon" nodes and "split" nodes all serve as defacto idols, ancestors. forest gets missed for the tree and you go to hell, do not pass, do not collect 20$. as if bible being an idol isn't enough. so much that people think if Jesus used medicine and alchemy instead of physics-bending miracles and didn't actually literally resurrect then this invalidates anything he said or anything of God. filth of no faith get the fuck out of here
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 No.162249[Reply]

is there anything you like to do or watch before sleeping? do you do nothing in particular?
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 No.162342

i breath in for eight seconds
then i hold it in for eight seconds
then i let it out after eight seconds
i sleep at my sides, but after breathing it all in, it just works. i go to sleep way, way, too quickly right after

 No.162440

>>162249
I lay down, try to fall asleep, fail, start watching random stuff, try to fall asleep, fail, continue random reading-
But this evening I'm going to try a pro-gamer move by getting my phone outta the bedroom, replacing it with traditional drawing supplies and paper sheets by my bed. Sacrificing getting refs from internet is quite acceptable in this case, compared to just getting the worst sleep possible in the most unfun way possible with nothing being done

 No.162441

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>>162303
>it's much easier to peek into a short of a few seconds and quickly get hooked on the condensed information. I started getting recommended more editing-focused shorts and videos after I looked up tutorials while doing stuff and subscribed to every single channel that I felt taught in a nice way. Now I get notified about new random shorts from those every day, consume those while procrastinating and sometimes end up being so interested that I go on to their full-length videos and watch those until I get bored, pretty much leading my procrastination into a beneficial activity.
>The very best and most useful part of this is that you get to learn about tiny tricks and details that you can't really directly search for (unless perhaps with AI) and usually only encounter during a lengthy video about an entirely different technique.
This guy here knows how to Pavlov dog himself

 No.162475

ASMR :3 My favorites are by a vtuber called Chroniko on youtube

 No.162486

sometimes I put this on and I fall asleep instantly.
>>162301
Oh I love that channel




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