{"id":541,"date":"2007-05-03T08:02:06","date_gmt":"2007-05-03T12:02:06","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-12-15T16:31:31","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T16:31:31","slug":"hear-factor-don-t-fear-the-digits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/hear-factor-don-t-fear-the-digits\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Factor: Don’t Fear the Digits!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The afternoon I received my Hear\/Factor<\/strong> CD was a jubilant one. The envelope had a business address on it, and I routinely (and sometimes randomly) get CDs in the mail from friends, so there was still the suspense of who<\/em> this one could be from. When I opened it up, there was only a CD inside, a cut out paper listing prog-rock bands like Mahavishnu Orchestra,<\/em> (put in to up the suspense<\/em> was my third guess) and a white CD envelope, with the title on the blank CD being “DON’T FEAR THE DIGITS!”<\/strong> scrawled across it – ‘Oh God, a chain letter in CD form!’<\/em> were the first thoughts that popped into my head!<\/p>\n

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It wasn’t until further scrutinizing the CD that I noticed the writing on the back with the actual tracklisting and Hear Factor<\/strong> written on it; I was immediately intrigued. I had no clue<\/em> who any of these bands were, let alone why there were only 10 tracks appearing on a full CD, 3 of them by different artists, and one a full album (I was guessing).<\/p>\n

What had I gotten myself into (click)?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

NEW!<\/ins> Here are two more tracks to see where I’m at: this one<\/strong><\/a> and this one<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n

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I popped the CD into my player, with the express intention of letting the first listen hit my buds as a background piece so I could take it in slowly. Was I in for techno, house, some crazy hybrid of industrial and trance maybe?<\/em> With a Germanic song title like “Fizheuer Zieheuer”<\/em> guesses were thrown out the window that this wasn’t The Scissor Sisters,<\/em> and all that I could think of were highschool days of hearing bands like Tack>>Head, Einst\u00fcrzende Neubauten, 808 State, NIN, The Orb, Ministry<\/em> and Front 242<\/em> blaring out of my little brothers’ bedrooms. <\/p>\n

I’m not completely<\/em> against electronic music, but I do find that a bulk lot of it just tends to leave me cold, although there are exceptions to this rule, and I’m willing to give anything a chance (I hope). The image of “the naked guy”<\/em> in the sitcom Friends<\/strong> waving flashlights everywhere and having a rave party with himself and Ross popped into my head. I’ll admit it.<\/p>\n

I already know I’m in deep here… Deep, deep, deep; in electronic beats.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"detroit Where are the bands?<\/strong> Hello? Is anyone out there?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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