James B. Pollack · 2017

Scholars Who Mistook the Map for Ground

110 BPMG# minor0:34Ableton Live 9.2.13 samplesMinimal Sketch

Listen to "Scholars Who Mistook the Map for Ground" by James B. Pollack. 110 BPM, G# minor, Ableton Live 9.2.1, 3 Ableton sample references, samples including panda bear - surfers hymn acapella_1FQHJw__0L0_youtube.mp3. "Scholars Who Mistook the Map for Ground" is part of James B. Pollack's Crowleyverse naming system rather than a literal one-to-one citation on this page. The connection is to the way Crowley's fiction handles world-building, layered time, memory, houses, thresholds, and hidden structure. Crowley was Pollack's writing advisor at Yale, so these titles also mark a personal artistic lineage, not only a literary reference.

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Production Notes
  • Core DJ metadata: 110 BPM, G# minor, 0:34.
  • Ableton source: project "JAN14JAM2_WIZARDS", Ableton Live 9.2.1, 4/4 time.
  • Tempo source: Ableton project tempo.
  • Session shape: 2 audio tracks, 2 MIDI tracks, 2 return tracks, 40 MIDI notes.
  • Arrangement read: Minimal Sketch, score 16.
  • Ableton scan found 3 sample references.
  • Named vocal/sample source: panda bear - surfers hymn acapella_1FQHJw__0L0_youtube.mp3.
  • Instrument tags: Vocal / Vox.
  • Arrangement tags: Minimal Sketch.
  • Plugin count: 0.
  • Listener mood tags: Intense, Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Melancholic.
Ableton Session Data
BPM
110 BPM
BPM source
ableton_project
Detected BPM
110.0
Key
G# minor
Duration
0:34
Ableton project
JAN14JAM2_WIZARDS
Ableton version
Ableton Live 9.2.1
Time signature
4/4
Sample references
3
Vocal samples
panda bear - surfers hymn acapella_1FQHJw__0L0_youtube.mp3
Complexity
Minimal Sketch 16
Samples and Sources
  • Ableton scan found 3 sample references.
  • Named vocal/sample source: panda bear - surfers hymn acapella_1FQHJw__0L0_youtube.mp3.
Crowleyverse Title Connection

"Scholars Who Mistook the Map for Ground" is part of James B. Pollack's Crowleyverse naming system rather than a literal one-to-one citation on this page. The connection is to the way Crowley's fiction handles world-building, layered time, memory, houses, thresholds, and hidden structure. Crowley was Pollack's writing advisor at Yale, so these titles also mark a personal artistic lineage, not only a literary reference.

Archive-level title systemJohn Crowley's fiction
Research source: Hachette: Little, BigResearch source: Yale English: Endless Things / AegyptResearch source: John Crowley author site: Ka
Search Context

Keywords: Scholars Who Mistook the Map for Ground, James B. Pollack, John Crowley, Crowleyverse, Little, Big, John Crowley's fiction, Intense, Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Melancholic, Vocal / Vox, Minimal Sketch, Ableton Live 9.2.1, 110 BPM.

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