Marshall Kändiß The Pyrate

Monday, March 24, 2014

Stuff I never got around to touching up

Some photo stuffs I never got around to touching up:

Photo-shoot from October 2013
South Weymouth, MA
South Shore of Greater Boston

Marshall Kändiß The Pyrate

90s Underground Hi-NRG Eurodance Techno Mix 02 from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

(My) Costumes That Psyche You Out!

People frequently ask me about my costumes, and make comments about how I shouldn't spend so much money on them since I'm so broke!

First of all, I'm VERY thrifty, and I generally don't buy costumes that much, I make my own from scratch, or make an costume ensemble from old clothes.

See this costume here?

That's 2 old skirts I bought years ago. 1 I bought in New Hope PA, and the other was a bargain I got from MACY*S during the recession. It was a $40+ skirt that I paid like $3 for.

You can clearly see these 2 old skirts. And, EVERYTHING I'm wearing is NOT new except some of the makeup, which by this point was over a year at least old...

Now, are you REALLY ready to be psyched out???

Well, GOOD!

See these 2 skirts I'm wearing here????

Yeah! These skirts!

THEY ARE THE EXACT SAME 2 SKIRTS!!!!!!!

The only difference is that I re-dyed them in the autumn in the washing machine for a few bucks a box at Wal-Mart.

Yes!

For REAL!

Now, what was that you were saying about spending so much of my money on costumes, again???

Free Album Downloads by Beats Antique (limited time)

I can't believe it!

But, 2 of the BEST albums by my teacher's band "Beats Antique" are FREE to download for a Limited time!

So GET THEM NOW WHILE YOU CAN!

The first Album up for FREE DOWNLOAD is the 2009 EP "Contraption Vol I"!

I remember when this came out, I was addicted to it for months! I played it at work on my laptop, and it made many sales for me.

The 2nd, Album up for FREE DOWNLOAD is the following album (2010) "Blind Threshold"!
This was so highly anticipated, and well worth the wait when it FINALLY came out!

I'm GOBSMACKED that it's FREE!!!

To download them for free when it asks you to name your price, type in "0"
...of course you COULD be nice and give them some dollars... I paid for mine, and I'm NOT sad that I did.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

300th Article Post: 90s Underground HI-NRG Eurodance Techno Mixes

My 300th Blog Article Post!

In case you didn't already notice, I absolutely LOVE RAVE Culture & techno!

If not for Tribal Fusion, Yoga, anime, and Chinese Pop... and playing violin when I was a kid... I'd probably ONLY be listening to TECHNO... and maybe some 80s music... (and Disney)

But, as it stands.... Tribal Fusion Belly Dance REALLY opened me up to EVERYTHING. I even have Balkan brass & folk waltzes.

You have no clue just how eclectic my hard drive is. But, lemme keep it real: it's MOSTLY TECHNO! (Got a lot of Tribal Fusion too... like a ton)

Regardless of all the lovely musical stuffs I have.... My deepest LOVE is Hi-NRG Eurodance & Happy Hardcore!

It feels so good! It sounds so good!
I JUST want THAT feeling!

To me, "Heaven" ideally would be that feeling in that moment swept up in the song, in the melody! Those 4/4 beats! Samples, dubs, synthesizers, bass. Like a sound, like a concept, like an emotional euphoria...

I DON'T need drugs to get high. Just the music!

If Heaven is REAL, I don't want to be ANYTHING, I JUST want THAT!
I couldn't care about evolving my soul, or becoming an expansion of whatever...
I'd rather JUST be the expression of the music, AND the listener, the receiver, the bass, the moment & the emotion with bliss of infinity, with no time, no end, no beginning... so meaningful, it's beyond meaning, and doesn't even need it.

A lil' bit of Hardcore Techno:

Euro Hardcore Club Rave 01 from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

90s Underground Hi-NRG Eurodance techno. Lots of RARE stuff:

90s Underground Hi-NRG Eurodance Techno Mix 01 from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

90s Underground Hi-NRG Eurodance Techno Mix 02 from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

90s Underground Hi-NRG Eurodance Techno Mix 03 from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

Monday, March 10, 2014

90s Nostalgia!

Ever since about late January I would find myself with 90s Nostalgia! Frequently!

I found myself listening to everything from "Black Box", to "L.O.F.T.", to "Corona", to "Rockell", to "Lasgo".

Anyways, I kept having an uptick with people "liking" my mixes which began having a trend to old school 4/4 beats techno, like: Hi-NRG, Eurodance, Happy Hardcore, etc.

So, I went to 8tracks, and thought about doing some other mixes... I did another bohemian mix....

Then, I felt like doing 90s stuff....

Moody Bohemian Afternoon from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

So, I made an underground 90s mix of Dance & Hip Hop with quite a bit of UK & Euro types of stuff...

90s Underground Dance & Hip Hop Mix from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

Next thing I knew, I was publishing lots of techno. Especially 90s, and a lil' bit of the early 2000s.

90s Tribal Winds Dance Techno from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

Techno: Für Blümchen Fans from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

Makes me miss Pirate Pebbs & going to Karaoke.

We'd discussed producing her a theme song, and maybe some singles. But, we lack funding. I have no idea what she would do her theme song as... I figure if I helped her produce an E.P. it might sound something like Prince's 80s classic "Purple Rain" album, or just general pop & dance, maybe some nautical fusion.

However, if I were to do a theme song I'd do it as an old school style Hi-NRG Eurodance techno, but ALSO have a Tribal-fusion Folk version, with violins, zills, doumbeks, and maybe some kind of strings like dulcimers, lutes, mandolins, something like that... I dunno, something with Yo-ho-ho, ya-ya-yo... I dunno, Pirate-ish stuffs! That way I could sing in karaoke & clubs, but also preform with a live band at Pirate & Ren' fairs... ;) 'cause some folks are kinda "purist" and snobby. And, id probably make a funny video...

If i produced an album, I'd also have to do the same thing. Do the Techno version, and THEN do the songs in another album in the analog version with real acoustic & hand played interments.

I like the techno theme because of the Eurodance angle & the whole "fusion" and Steam Punk, and futurism... and the "pirate" side of downloading things, stealing intel, covert stuff, or all kinds of futurism themes popular in the 90s in Europe. Sounds like a lot of fund to play with! Zeplins, and Dirigibles, and space ships... Holodecks, Virtual reality... I LOVE Star trek, and Star Wars, and exotic things...

But, I also like the Tribal fusion stuff, and ancient Arabic & Egyptian beats, and Nautical whiles, Celtic & folk music, or New Age, Gypsy, or Revolutionary marching drums. Maybe even Pigeon English, ha!

If I were to produce a techno E.P. It would be a mix of sounding like "La Bouche" and "Blümchen". I would ALSO like to do some songs NOT in English! Thankfully, we live in a time period where people can move beyond the stuck-up attitude of English Only. I'd probably just stick to languages I can deal with, like: German, Mandarin, and maybe Pekingese. But, I think some Arabic fusion could be good. Yella Habibi! :D
Too bad, I don't have the funds for that tho... right now... AND, since I had surgery on my throat I'd need vocal coaching for a while...

So, it's kinda just a dream I/we have... for now... kinda frustrated, because if something had gone through like it was supposed to, I could already be started on any of that. That, and I also have some other creative things/productions including animation/video/publishing also which could've at least started going into beginning fazes of production, which is also why I've been so quiet. But, I can't move forward until THAT stuff does.

But, I'm still broke over hear... It's like being stuck in limbo... I have the money, but I DON'T. It's like being stuck between it. And, I'm running out of food too.

It's really a shame because I have SO many talented friends, associates, but they can't get work either.

Certified Gold: Gypsy Mix via 8Tracks

Internet folks like "Gypsy Music"

There's been an uptick in the amount of people not only listening to my "8Tracks' mixes since I started publishing them nearly 1 ago, but, 1 of my mixes also went Certified Gold.

Gypsy Mix from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

For a while there, some of the people would listen to my Tribal fusion mixes, Dub Step Techno, and when I published my first Trance Techno Mix, it was pretty popular for a while.

Poof! Have Some Trance! from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

But, then, it was mostly just the slow tribal stuff for a while....

Mediterranean Flavor Eurodance from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

Then, I published a Mediterranean flavored old school Eurodance techno, and that mix has been gaining popularity constantly ever since. Then my techno mixes also started to get more plays, and even my Chinese music.

So, I guess 4/4 beats are are just infectious!

Friday, February 21, 2014

My Makeup Using Urban Decay's Naked2 Palette

Disclaimer: For the record, I have NOT been paid [by UD] to do this post. (Yeah, right! I wish.)

I wanted to show some of the darker, extreme looks, like night time looks, (eyes) they you can get using the Naked2 palette by Urban Decay.

I've gotten similar looks with drug store brands, but I've found that Naked2 is of a uniquely excellent quality.