James B. Pollack · 2017

Sentence Older Than Its Language

110 BPMD# major0:41Ableton Live 9.2.12 samplesLean Arrangement

Listen to "Sentence Older Than Its Language" by James B. Pollack. 110 BPM, D# major, Ableton Live 9.2.1, 2 Ableton sample references. "Sentence Older Than Its Language" 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, D# major, 0:41.
  • Ableton source: project "jan9jam1_classic_line", Ableton Live 9.2.1, 4/4 time.
  • Tempo source: Ableton project tempo.
  • Session shape: 2 audio tracks, 3 MIDI tracks, 2 return tracks, 104 MIDI notes.
  • Arrangement read: Lean Arrangement, score 24.
  • Ableton scan found 2 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
  • Instrument tags: Drums, Piano / Keys, Loops.
  • Arrangement tags: Lean Arrangement.
  • Highlighted plugins: Effectrix, Sausage Fattener x64.
  • Listener mood tags: Intense, Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Uplifting.
Ableton Session Data
BPM
110 BPM
BPM source
ableton_project
Detected BPM
110.0
Key
D# major
Duration
0:41
Ableton project
jan9jam1_classic_line
Ableton version
Ableton Live 9.2.1
Time signature
4/4
Sample references
2
Plugins
Effectrix, Sausage Fattener x64
Complexity
Lean Arrangement 24
Samples and Sources
  • Ableton scan found 2 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
Crowleyverse Title Connection

"Sentence Older Than Its Language" 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: Sentence Older Than Its Language, James B. Pollack, John Crowley, Crowleyverse, Little, Big, John Crowley's fiction, Intense, Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Uplifting, Drums, Piano / Keys, Loops, Lean Arrangement, Effectrix, Sausage Fattener x64, Ableton Live 9.2.1, 110 BPM.

January 9 in history
  • 1992 The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.Wikipedia: Aleksander Wolszczan
  • 1962 Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn", to carry human beings to the Moon.Wikipedia: Apollo program

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