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David Wilcock
07-26-2005, 08:54 AM
Hey guys,



Since a bunch of you have now shown interest in the archive, here's the
latest updates. Great stuff:



First of all, let's talk about the fun stuff, which is the content. I've
been digging through my old materials (always a process) and am finding LOTS
of great usable material that can go into the archive. "If it's audio, and
anyone would care to listen to it, then we can stream it" is the motto. I
think there are a total of five nicely-recorded, live-audience lectures or
Sunday services that I gave at the Fellowship between 2000 and 2001, and one
in 2002, each of which is 35+ minutes long - so I may need to break them up
into two-file chunks for easier downloading. These were big audiences and
you really get that feeling of being part of it when you listen back to it -
and that sacred environment really brought out the best in me, and in my Law
of One scholarship and life experience of it all.



The majority of these talks were well-received enough that I got standing
ovations at the end, which is not a "normal" thing at the Fellowship. It is
frustrating, though, that the guy who made the CDs for me had obliterated my
introductions, so it just starts with me talking, AND he faded out the
applause as soon as it starts - so you don't get to hear the fact that it
actually sustained for a good while in each case. But then again, you listen
to it and you KNOW how good it is, so you don't need that confirmation,
really.



I also discovered my "unofficial radio debut" just weeks after the
channeling had started in 1996. I had called in on a local metaphysical
radio program hosted by Eric Francis, who I did some work for as an
assistant at the time. In some ways I cringe at how my own enthusiasm to be
heard caused me to violate all the rules of being a good caller, but Eric's
guest was patient with me, though she did go into some behavior that could
be construed as controlling towards the end, in a New Agey way. Instead of
letting me be OK in my confusion as I was, or drawing a healthy boundary and
saying that if I was going to keep on talking that we needed to end my call,
she basically went into a controlling mother mode. I remember that I felt
very, very awkward that she hit me with such an unexpected twist while live
on the air, but I went with it and did as she asked.



Despite my lack of discretion, it is fascinating to hear me on the radio
talking about this channeling after it had literally just gotten started.
Some part of me knew that it was very important to get documentation of this
whole phase, at that unique moment, on broadcast radio for posterity. You
can really see the progression when you hear how I sounded back then and
compare it to subsequent years on radio. Once Eric's in-studio guest forced
me to meditate on the air and "put more love in," I knocked out the power on
my cordless phone, psychically, and the call spontaneously terminated just
as I was starting to talk from that centered place. All I said was "I just
want everyone to feel" and then it cuts off - but that in and of itself WAS
the important message, it would seem.



I will probably also put in an "early ambient music" section that will
feature more of the work that I did with my friend Jude earlier in my
career. I'll go through and pick the best stuff so that it doesn't drag on
or become tiresome - but I will also put in disclaimers to say, "Hey, we
were really pretty young when we did this stuff, and even though the
keyboards we used were top of the line for the time, the recording gear was
awful, so it's not the highest fidelity stuff."



There are also six months worth of readings that I did in 2001, "global
readings" in this case that everyone can benefit from, and thankfully they
are already in digital format so they can be easily converted to streaming
audio. The main thing is that I have to listen to them all and insure that
there is nothing personal or incriminating in there - and that could take
some time as there's a lot of material - but I will work on it steadily.



In the meantime, Larry Seyer, who I co-produced my upcoming CD series "The
Science of Peace" with, (he's won nine Grammys mostly as a recording
engineer) has got me set up with the best possible tools to get these audio
files processed at the highest level of fidelity for the bandwidth that
we'll be using. So that's also perfectly timed. He also turned me on to
PowWeb.com, which is apparently the "best server deal around" right now. You
can pay 100 bucks, basically, and get 10 gigs a day of bandwidth for a year
and a half. The only problem is that once you exceed the 10 gigs, anyone
going to your site is going to get a message saying that you exceeded your
allotment and to please come back tomorrow.



This is ONLY an emergency backup, but we will keep it in place. We ran the
numbers and by comparison, even the half-T1 that I will be ordering can do
almost 65 gigs a day, and the full T could do 130 gigs a day.



So most likely, I will originate the archive on PowWeb, but leave that as a
freebie for the people who sign up for a year since it could die
intermittently. We've got the T1 order in process and that should come to
fruition by about the third week of August. However I'm inclined to build up
the archive rapidly on PowWeb before then, so it won't be a downgraded or
limited archive - only in the sense that if more than 1000 people download
or stream 10MB or more a day, then we're going to hit a brick wall. That's
not likely to happen, quite honestly, so we'll probably be fine.



As for actually having the Pay Pal link up and running with an archive so
you can get this started if you're interested, we're still working on that.
It's not quite at the point where I can give a definitive estimate, but I
would certainly think that we'll be up and running by the end of the week.
We've had a glitch in that my business partner's second hard drive has just
crashed, but everything he was doing relative to our site was being stored
on the server's own hard drive. So that really shouldn't be a problem.



Anyway, gotta run, but thought I'd let you all in on the good news. In case
you're new to this thread or are interested but have not yet signed up, the
normal one-year subscription rate for the archive is going to be 84 dollars,
but if you sign up now we're doing it for 72, and you'll also get a free
month while we host the site on PowWeb - which will probably work fine
because as we're in the early stages we're not likely to ever exceed 10 gigs
a day of bandwidth, especially because it's going to be streaming audio up
there, not very many downloads.



So, if you are interested and want to get access as soon as we have it
ready, you can mail us a check for 72 at:



David Wilcock

PO Box 315

Madison, IN 47025



My dreams, incidentally, have been EXTREMELY supportive of what is going on
here. I had a dream this morning where I did an amazing job of dispelling
negative spirits from a basement that had become contaminated with people
who were in fear and didn't realize that the fear was actually the problem
itself. The fear was what was causing all these bad things to happen. I had
some amazing Ascended abilities in this dream, let me tell you - levitation,
light coming out of my hands, the whole bit.



Peace be with you -



- David



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Chuck
07-26-2005, 09:55 AM
Hi all - I know this is a bit off the subject, and I apologize, but
David's post hit a nerve and I wanted to see if anyone had a response.
At the very bottom, David mentions that in his dream he had some
"amazing Ascended abilities". This struck me, because I often dream
about having such things as well. The one I have by far the most is
psychokinesis.

I used to have them almost nightly, and it got to the point where I
would find myself looking at things while awake, and wanting them, or
"willing them" to move. And it would all get so frustrating that I would
be so totally unable to do anything, when I my dreams it was so "easy"
to make things move around with my mind.

Is this an example of Ascended abilities? Is there further reading I can
go to regarding this?

Thanks to all!

Chuck

>> My dreams, incidentally, have been EXTREMELY supportive of what is
going on
here. I had a dream this morning where I did an amazing job of
dispelling
negative spirits from a basement that had become contaminated with
people
who were in fear and didn't realize that the fear was actually the
problem
itself. The fear was what was causing all these bad things to happen. I
had
some amazing Ascended abilities in this dream, let me tell you -
levitation,
light coming out of my hands, the whole bit. <<<





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Mary
07-26-2005, 11:23 AM
ROTFL!!!

I saw this post had come through when I was walking through the room and I
wondered if the Paypal link was up. Then I thought of how much $$ I've been
spending lately and wondered if I really have the cash for this. Then I
though that I will come up with it, cause this is soooooo cool. I turned
and looked at the clock - 11:11.

I am soooo glad I can post this here. I've discovered that some people
think it's strange that I am always noticing the numbers on the clock. I
always did before, too, but more so now.

Mary

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Subject: [asc2k] Archive Update July 26th - Still Working...

As for actually having the Pay Pal link up and running with an archive so
you can get this started if you're interested, we're still working on that.
It's not quite at the point where I can give a definitive estimate, but I
would certainly think that we'll be up and running by the end of the week.
We've had a glitch in that my business partner's second hard drive has just
crashed, but everything he was doing relative to our site was being stored
on the server's own hard drive. So that really shouldn't be a problem.




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David Wilcock
07-26-2005, 07:42 PM
From: asc2k@yahoogroups.com (/group/asc2k/post?postID=YKWl88bOcupgpqP9hBZlLDJkLYpRbTavoB97ji OCoLI5EF6p1SaOVb1B0fJLtAmr9xgkeur0OM3gGsyA7y7g) [mailto:asc2k@yahoogroups.com (/group/asc2k/post?postID=YKWl88bOcupgpqP9hBZlLDJkLYpRbTavoB97ji OCoLI5EF6p1SaOVb1B0fJLtAmr9xgkeur0OM3gGsyA7y7g)] On Behalf Of Mary


>ROTFL!!!

>I saw this post had come through when I was walking through the room and I
wondered if the Paypal link was up. Then I thought of how much $$ I've been
spending lately and wondered if I really have the cash for this. Then I
though that I will come up with it, cause this is soooooo cool. I turned
and looked at the clock - 11:11.

DW: Brilliant! I LOVE numericals and I have been getting them since I was in
high school. Some people do think I'm nuts and that I 'read too much into
things,' but if you TELL the Universe that you're going to allow them to
mean something for you, then lo and behold they will show up at the most
auspicious times.

In every case, numericals seem to flag whatever you were just thinking or
saying as being something positive and beneficial for your spiritual path.
That's how I've always interpreted them and this has been going on for over
15 years now. It WORKS. I don't even document most of them anymore because
there are so many. They are miraculous and unexpected, like the exact times
I send an email, without ever looking at the clock, for example (see now
that I'm thinking about it, it won't work here) but there are many other
examples. You sit there reading a book, you haven't looked at the clock in
hours, and suddenly you look and bang - there it is. 11:11.

Anyway, Mary, I'd say you have some great surprises in store for the
archive! So many people say they want a reading, but this is like having
access to the whole encyclopedia, not just one particular entry that is
distilled into one reading. No one reading, or even a series of them,
contains the full spectrum of what is being taught. This way you can get it
all in some form or another.

Larry Seyer gave me a whole class on Podcasting tonight - it's a brand new
field that offers a lot more exposure for the type of thing that I'm doing
here. There's still only about nine Podcasts in the entire New Age section
on the Apple ITunes player, so I can get our own in there, and give out some
"teasers" with nice music and everything that will lead back to the audio
archive. We will put out little five-minute files, like the "cdemo.mp3" file
you can download and listen to in our Files section here in the
groups.yahoo.com asc2k website.

I've gotten Larry's permission to use audio clips from the music that we did
for "The Science of Peace" CD series as background for anything else I do;
and that also is an awesome turn of events. I didn't want to ask myself,
more just let him think of it; and he did. All my Podcast material will need
cool synths and music in the background to really make it stand out from the
pack as the body of New Age / Spiritual content keeps growing. And we've
learned the trick about putting single-quotation marks around the beginning
of your song title so it stays up at the top of the list - at least until
Apple does something about this situation.

Right now there are so few "spiritual" podcasts, and even FEWER "New Age"
ones, that this is an incredible time to get the archive going and bring in
people who still hadn't heard about it any other way except through ITunes.
(If you don't already know this, ITunes loads automatically with the latest
QuickTime download from apple.com. You can look under "Podcasts" and then
the subheadings of Religious/Spiritual- New Age or Spiritual.)

I'm also happy to report that "cyberfina" (one of our participants here) and
I have started collaborating on a total website overhaul for
Ascension2000/Divine Cosmos. Her own site is www.cyberfina.com and I think
you'll find her rates are quite reasonable given the level of quality that
she is producing, if you are interested. This is stuff that I COULD do
myself, but she can do it far faster than I can and it's nice to bring in
someone else's perspective on things like design.

Anyway, I guess that's it for now. I've been working all day on the archive
and progress IS being made. It's slow and somewhat frustrating but we are
getting through it. Bit by bit we're putting all the pieces in place, and
we're doing it carefully and methodically so that there are no unexpected
snags. I do think this is going to be a wonderful thing once we really get
it going - potentially a real source of inspiration for many people while
also giving us the funding we need to get the film made and really get this
out there. It's going to influence me to do a lot more "trip music" with my
keyboards than I have thus far.

Peace be with you -

- David

Jake Almond
07-27-2005, 01:29 AM
DW: "All my Podcast material will need
cool synths and music in the background to really make it stand out
from the pack as the body of New Age / Spiritual content keeps
growing."

Hi David,

I'm not sure whether you wanted to strictly stick to your own
material here, but I am capable of creating many different styles of
music. If you give me an idea of the sound you are after I will
happily create some stuff for you. I need good projects to get my ass
in gear anyway. And I can think of no better cause!

I have done a wide variety of 'electronica' in my time; ambient,
techno, house, drum&bass, industrial, trip hop, hip hop etc. Also
weird hybrid styles of my own.

At the moment my music is purely recreational, however its always
been a dream of mine to take it much further.

Celebrities in the media have a powerful voice. It's just a shame
they dont always use them for the better of mankind!
I know it sounds a bit grandiose, but I guess this is kind of my
dream - to 'penetrate' the media and share all this wonderful new
science and spiritual thought with the masses.

The project you are doing is *exactly* the kind of thing that
resonates with me. I can always tell because I get kid-like
excitement!

So in essence; I'd be more than happy to create new/give you existing
stuff if its any good for you. I would of course do so for free.

Many thanks

Jake

David Wilcock
07-28-2005, 12:22 PM
From: asc2k@yahoogroups.com (/group/asc2k/post?postID=UJslQ44EBKA42jrUXp5uEVcAmsiVSZDhMR6DkI X0hODxKU8Ao-xM3_9pziQCmP6cE5qkfMkLnXlnOho) [mailto:asc2k@yahoogroups.com (/group/asc2k/post?postID=UJslQ44EBKA42jrUXp5uEVcAmsiVSZDhMR6DkI X0hODxKU8Ao-xM3_9pziQCmP6cE5qkfMkLnXlnOho)] On Behalf Of Jake
Almond

DW: "All my Podcast material will need
cool synths and music in the background to really make it stand out
from the pack as the body of New Age / Spiritual content keeps
growing."

>Hi David,

>I'm not sure whether you wanted to strictly stick to your own
material here, but I am capable of creating many different styles of
music. If you give me an idea of the sound you are after I will
happily create some stuff for you. I need good projects to get my ass
in gear anyway. And I can think of no better cause!

>I have done a wide variety of 'electronica' in my time; ambient,
techno, house, drum&bass, industrial, trip hop, hip hop etc. Also
weird hybrid styles of my own.

DW: I am certainly open to submissions - and this goes for anyone here who
might want to add something. Since I have really good-quality MP3 creation
software, it would probably be best to send them by mail either on a CD or
DVD, and at least in 44.1Khz, 24-bit format. (16's distort way too much in
the process of being converted to MP3.)

Credit would come primarily in the form of being listed as a contributor to
"bumper music" or "soundtrack" as the case may be on the new website.

>Celebrities in the media have a powerful voice. It's just a shame
they dont always use them for the better of mankind!
I know it sounds a bit grandiose, but I guess this is kind of my
dream - to 'penetrate' the media and share all this wonderful new
science and spiritual thought with the masses.

DW: Well, I wouldn't exactly call myself a celebrity at this point, but I do
feel that the amount of exposure is rising, and a difference can be made.
I'm opening up more and more to "delegation" and not just thinking that I
have to do everything myself, which is a good thing. People who don't do
this end up never achieving as much as someone like Deepak Chopra, who has
divided the load amongst a wide body of people.

>The project you are doing is *exactly* the kind of thing that
resonates with me. I can always tell because I get kid-like
excitement!

DW: Great - then you're feeling the same way I do about it! ;)

>So in essence; I'd be more than happy to create new/give you existing
stuff if its any good for you. I would of course do so for free.

DW: I appreciate that. People can help in their own ways, and creative
contributions are always appreciated.

As for what it should sound like, as I see it there are two types of music:

1. Bumper music - for the "Radio Show" style podcasts I will be doing, there
will be relatively frequent intervals that give people time to think and
reflect on what was said. Most of the styles you mentioned wouldn't work in
that category - the key is that for this type of music it has to be
uplifting while also not sounding like a boilerplate major-scale
composition. Hence for the up-tempo stuff, we tend towards an "acid jazz"
style that incorporates:

- Jazz/hip-hop beats that are energetic and have good kinetic movement;
- Syncopated "funk" basslines that trend more towards organic bass
instrument voices and less processed/electronic basses, with chord
modulations in the basslines for contrast at times - or entirely different
changes of chord, bassline and mood at certain points to liven it up;
- Classic chordal comping (lots of 4ths in syncopated rhythms) over the
bassline with classic instrument emulations such as the Wurlitzer, the
Fender Rhodes, the Hammond B3 & Leslie, (I can get these out of the Triton
and the Motif myself)
- Ambient pad textures, used tastefully, to give it more of a hypnotic edge;

- At times, good instrumental solo work to lay on top of this foundation.

2. There is also a need for sparse, uncluttered ambient soundscapes for the
readings. A good rule is to not use the same pads, programs or voices more
than 2-3 minutes at a time - you want to make sure that it keeps evolving
and growing as it goes. Probably never more than 3 tracks sounding at once -
it shouldn't interfere with the voice very much. It should be uplifting,
inspirational, awe-inspiring and have certain crescendos where your eyes
really open and the breath catches in your lungs.

At some points there should be no bassline at all, but I do REALLY like the
mid-to-late 1970's Tangerine Dream sound. For this type of sound, I am a BIG
fan of analog triangle-wave and square-wave arpeggiated eighth-note
basslines, with very steady eighth-note rhythms, perhaps about 80 beats per
minute, tweaking cutoff and perhaps frequency at times as you go. To really
emulate the Tangerine Dream style each bassline has to have the top and
bottom of an octave range reflected in it - like two adjacent G's, for
example. You can also do portamento suboscillator bass drops at times to
give that feeling of sliding down the rapids.

Then you can layer in whatever neat, trippy, quirky patches you have over
that - generally not more than 3 additional layers of tonality at a time, as
well as some percussion, but sparingly and not like you're about to shake
your @$$ on the dance floor - just subtle and hypnotic. I am also a BIG fan
of working in tasty, understated oboe or flute solos (or Mellotron strings)
into the mix, again like the 70's TD sound. If you really want to know
EXACTLY what I like the most, listen to their album "Rubycon."

That's about how my thought process works as I'm developing this stuff. Not
all submissions will be used, but they will definitely be considered
thoroughly.

Things are going well. I'm working on enhancing my CG animation skills today
to try to get some more 3D into the graphic work and to help cyberfina along
in her process, if it becomes necessary. It might not, but I think it's good
for me to know more about CG, since I've already invested a LOT of time into
learning it, but really haven't gotten that far in actually creating
anything. I'm now at a point where I can start digging in and have things
"click".

It's pretty crazy to be trying to do so many things at once - but Podcasting
is a really hip thing and all of this seems to be coming together at just
the right moment in time.

Peace be with you -

- David

Petrus
07-30-2005, 05:59 PM
>DW: Well, I wouldn't exactly call myself a celebrity at this point, but I do
>feel that the amount of exposure is rising, and a difference can be made.

I think you're a celebrity. ;-) However, in all seriousness, I'm also aware that
you probably feel that considering yourself to be one would be highly
dangerous...and so I will thus combat any impulses towards hero worship with the
utmost vigilance.

"No, officer. I have no recollection of seeing a large red S on his chest at
all. I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about." ;-)


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