<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698440249408845100</id><updated>2008-08-20T21:19:38.751-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Musical Excursions</title><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/atom.xml'/><author><name>The Reverend</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698440249408845100.post-8728858333226096284</id><published>2008-01-01T01:56:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T21:19:38.776-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Ticino River</title><summary type='text'>"I am back to listening to a lot of ambient chillout again, so this mix sort of took shape over the last few months."

Ticino River (release date: 2008-01-01)



[Download album] slow
[Mirror #1] fast

FILE INFO: mp3 / 192 kbps / 109.2 mb / 72:03 min / 14 tracks / cd cover

STYLE: Chillout

01 Ingo Pickhan - Bali chill
02 Rank 1 - Airwave (sunset mix) (RobDiesel edit)
03 Cequenza - Breathe (</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/2007/12/ticino-river.html' title='Ticino River'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8698440249408845100&amp;postID=8728858333226096284' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/8728858333226096284'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/8728858333226096284'/><author><name>The Reverend</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698440249408845100.post-6346562264489919082</id><published>2007-11-16T14:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T14:57:20.332-06:00</updated><title type='text'>X-Dream - live mix</title><summary type='text'>"I found a program called Virtual DJ and decided to play with it. Having no experience with live mixing, I decided to just go with BPM matching and record it just for fun. The result is this mix, completed September 23rd this year. I hadn't planned on releasing it until a co-worker started looping it on his computer and said how great it was, so now you can enjoy it too, thanks to Travis."

</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/2007/11/x-dream-live-mix.html' title='X-Dream - live mix'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8698440249408845100&amp;postID=6346562264489919082' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/6346562264489919082'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/6346562264489919082'/><author><name>The Reverend</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698440249408845100.post-8544858043949843755</id><published>2007-11-03T04:19:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-11-16T15:16:51.220-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Added FileCrunch mirrors</title><summary type='text'>I've added mirrors to the files to speed up downloading.
I settled on FileCrunch.com as they allow files up to 250MB and only have a 20 second wait time and no pop-up ads. Speeds are also very good, with over 1MB/sec transfer speeds during my testing.
That means that you'll get most of the files in about a minute from them, vs 10 minutes from my server.

Enjoy!</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/2007/11/filecrunch-mirrors-to-files.html' title='Added FileCrunch mirrors'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8698440249408845100&amp;postID=8544858043949843755' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/8544858043949843755'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/8544858043949843755'/><author><name>The Reverend</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698440249408845100.post-6412168021176348641</id><published>2007-09-02T09:04:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T14:58:32.532-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Vox Foemina</title><summary type='text'>"I heard the song La Primavera and thought that a part of it would make a great intro. After having been in a 'vocal' mood for a bit, I just sort of drifted towards this type of song, with its haunting female vocals along with an ambient electronic sound. I didn't think about it much but sat down and played with a few of these songs back in March and spent an hour here and there putting stuff </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/2007/09/vox-foemina.html' title='Vox Foemina'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8698440249408845100&amp;postID=6412168021176348641' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/6412168021176348641'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/6412168021176348641'/><author><name>The Reverend</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698440249408845100.post-9221375503519078387</id><published>2007-08-27T00:18:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2007-08-27T00:25:33.440-06:00</updated><title type='text'>It's on its way!</title><summary type='text'>I am putting the finishing touches on the new album called "Vox Foemina", which I think will be my favorite this far. The mixing is better and smoother and the mix flows nicely. Well, atleast it does to me in the mood I was when I decided on the track list. ;)

I am still using Sony Vegas, though I am tempted to play with a competitor or two. Besides my lack of real talent, I think these mixes </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/2007/08/its-on-its-way.html' title='It&apos;s on its way!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8698440249408845100&amp;postID=9221375503519078387' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/9221375503519078387'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/9221375503519078387'/><author><name>The Reverend</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698440249408845100.post-9130107365047849012</id><published>2007-04-05T20:38:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T14:59:23.618-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Rebecca's song</title><summary type='text'>"Rebecca and I had discussed music at length and impressed eachother with our varied musical tastes. One night I got my paws on her playlist and decided to mix it up a bit. It wasn't originally my cup of tea, but this mix really grew on me."

Rebecca's Song (release date: 2007-4-06)



[Download album] slow
[Mirror #1] fast

FILE INFO: mp3 / 192 kbps / 83 mb / 59:15 min / 15 tracks / cd cover

</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/2007/04/rebeccas-song.html' title='Rebecca&apos;s song'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8698440249408845100&amp;postID=9130107365047849012' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/9130107365047849012'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/9130107365047849012'/><author><name>The Reverend</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698440249408845100.post-5071170138328956261</id><published>2007-03-12T23:17:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T15:00:11.571-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Tryptamine</title><summary type='text'>"I've always liked to explore different musical genres and happened to stumble onto a compilation with various PsyTrance and was immediately hooked. An extensive search for albums by X-dream, Hallucinogen and Miraculix brought a variety of other artists in my record collection and this mix was a result of wanting an hour of uninterrupted music consisting of my favorites at the time."

Tryptamine </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/2007/03/tryptamine.html' title='Tryptamine'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8698440249408845100&amp;postID=5071170138328956261' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/5071170138328956261'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/5071170138328956261'/><author><name>The Reverend</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698440249408845100.post-2796998713552484354</id><published>2007-03-03T23:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T15:02:21.029-06:00</updated><title type='text'>From Abydos to Bwindi</title><summary type='text'>"A friend of mine asked me if I had heard a song by Jo Bogaert, and that started me listening to some of his songs. After getting real hung up on 'rainforest' for a while, I started going through my collection for tribal-inspired music and ended up with these songs in my playlist and that resulted in this mix below."

From Abydos to Bwindi (release date: 2007-3-03)



[Download album] slow
[</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/2007/03/from-abydos-to-bwindi.html' title='From Abydos to Bwindi'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8698440249408845100&amp;postID=2796998713552484354' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/2796998713552484354'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/2796998713552484354'/><author><name>The Reverend</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698440249408845100.post-4337369846950820437</id><published>2007-02-25T23:58:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T15:01:20.951-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Journey through the Underworld</title><summary type='text'>"This was my first mix, using my favorite software, Sony Vegas, to piece it together. It actually started as a fun project to get all my favorite ambient songs into an hourlong 'lay-in-bed-and-read-a-book-until-I-fall-asleep' mix. Basically, it was my nightly playlist spliced into a non-stop, soothing track. Being a novice at audio mixing, it took me a couple of weeks to get it all done, which </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/2007/02/journey-to-underworld-released.html' title='Journey through the Underworld'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8698440249408845100&amp;postID=4337369846950820437' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.robdiesel.com/blogs/music/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/4337369846950820437'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8698440249408845100/posts/default/4337369846950820437'/><author><name>The Reverend</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry></feed>