Practice Session #13 was recorded the day after I was gifted with a set of Sennheiser HD 25-1 II monitor headphones. The placebo effect would tell me that this practice session was tighter than most of the previous sessions (all of which used a set of Sony MDR-V700 headphones I bought back in May 2001). It actually was when things got easier to hear and to do so with less ear fatigue. By comparison, the MDR-700s felt like unpleasantly flat pancakes afterwards.
The music selection had nothing to do with headphones. Except for “Valley Girl”. IDK.
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Depeche Mode :: “Personal Jesus”
Tears for Fears :: “The Way You Are”
Scritti Politti :: “The Word Girl”
The Art of Noise :: “Moments in Love”
10cc :: “I’m Not In Love (Rework of Art)”
The Reels :: “Bad Moon Rising” ②Ⓐ
Vangelis :: “Titles”
Spandau Ballet :: “Gold”
Propellerheads with Miss Shirley Bassey :: “History Repeating”
Frank and Moon Zappa :: “Valley Girl”
Killing Joke :: “Eighties”
The B-52s :: “Bushfire”
Bill Pritchard :: “Invisible State”
The Go-Betweens :: “Was There Anything I Could Do?” ②Ⓐ
Europeans :: “The Animal Song”
Peter Schilling :: “Major Tom (Coming Home)”
Men Without Hats :: “Where Do the Boys Go?” ①Ⓜ
The Cure :: “A Forest”
Martha + The Muffins :: “Echo Beach” ①Ⓣ
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark :: “Electricity”
Rational Youth :: “Saturdays in Silesia ’85” ①Ⓜ
Lene Lovich :: “Lucky Number”
Monsoon :: “Ever So Lonely”
The Other Ones :: “We Are What We Are”
Moodswings with Chrissie Hynde :: “Spiritual High (State of Independence) (Part II)”
Ryuichi Sakamoto :: “Tibetan Dance”
Nik Kershaw :: “Wouldn’t It Be Good”
Rock and Hyde :: “Dirty Water” ①Ⓥ
Tears for Fears :: “Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Ultimate Mix)”
NOTES: All ① markers denote MAPL/Canadian content. Ⓣ reps a Toronto artist; Ⓜ reps Montréal; Ⓥ reps Vancouver; Ⓒ reps Calgary; Ⓞ reps Ottawa. All ② markers denote Antipodean content. Ⓐ reps Australia; Ⓩ reps New Zealand. The ◉ marker denotes one of my own studio remixes.
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