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Discussion on: Dear Santa, I really want a Chase Bliss Generation Loss MKII effects pedal!

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Ben Sinclair

A long time ago I had a plan to make an app that did this to your music:

  • add radio-tuning-like distortion, with settings for MW/LW, etc.
  • paste in random bits of adverts and news reports from different decades between tracks
  • add decade-specific DJ banter over fade-outs
  • add tape flutter or record crackle
  • stop playing at 2AM

and a few other things. I was going to call it Instant Gramophone.

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Michael Tharrington #music discussions

That's freaking awesome! I particularly love your idea of interspersing random bits of adverts & DJ banter from different decades into the music, but really all the bullet point features sound great to me!

If you decide to pick that project back up, I will be happy to test it for you.

You also reminded me of an idea I had... it'd be cool to have a music service that read your location via GPS and offered you music that is local to that area. I know I know... the radio kinda does that to some extent, but really radio isn't playing purely local music, it often just plays the top hits of the day...

I'm imagining being on a road trip and wanting to hear music from folks local to that area. Maybe you could define the style of music or era you're after and you could broaden or narrow the focus area to pick up artists in a very small local area or that are from the whole state/region/etc.