Looking at my traffic stats, I reckon I’ve got 24 hours before my hosts close down this website until the end of the month. This is because I have exceeded my 20Gb traffic limit for June. It turns out that something downloaded a rather large file on my server (my video podcast) a whopping 460 times in one day. I get the feeling that this was a bot of some description because large volume traffic tends to happen over a longer period of time rather than concentrated on one day and one file.
And so this website will disappear for a while, which is a shame because I’d gotten a heck of a lot of traffic thanks to a link to my recent Robert Fripp reviews courtesy of Sid Smith at DGM Live. My traffic almost doubled thanks to Sid and considering that I get three times the traffic compared to a certain cult rock band site that I supposedly run, this is ain’t bad going at all. However, I have emailed my webhost asking if there’s a cheap way to upgrade my service without the site going down. I await their reply. If the site isn’t here the next time you visit, it’s not my fault and will return on 1 July 2006 (fingers crossed).
Seeing as I have been in a loopy kind of mood, here is a gentle piece for your consideration. It’s working title is Digital Sunset 1, but this could change. It’s nothing radical just soothing washes of sound. It ain’t gonna change the world but it made me feel relaxed as I recorded it live. With this track, I have been experimenting with my pedals and all though this starts with me dubbing up on the RC-20XL at the beginning, I kick in a 23-second panned stereo delay midway through courtesy of my DD-20 and so you get this spacy kind of loopy thing going. OK – it’s not a twin Eventide, but I think it sounds good. Still wishing I had the cash for an RC-50…sob…
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Today, I got an email from CDJAPAN saying that the payment for the recent Exposure CD that I bought from them has been denied by my credit card company. This all goes back to my card being cloned. This whole incident has turned into a rather expensive nightmare. I also got a nice email from Scott Stephen from Norfolk who also attended the recent Norwich Cathedral appearance by Robert Fripp. He found the concert by accident on the day of the event and enjoyed himself immensely. He also owns a Boss RC-20XL and likes noodling with loops. You see, all this looping stuff is catching…