#the instrumentals alone are just. ough

[synthshenanigans]

someone had to do it

[clanwarrior-tumbly]

Would you do a pic based on the song “Do you wanna be friends?” By Leanne Firestone as a Ken x reader? Like I feel like this song really could work for them. Like kens super all like “Oh stereotypical Barbie is so amazing” and reader just is like “oh. Okay yeahb I’ll support you” and just follows the song. Idk lol

Ough the unrequited love goes hard here </3

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"So...I take it that it didn't go the way you hoped?"

"Sadly..it didn't." Putting on his best smile, Ken sighed quietly as you both sat on the beach together. "I forgot it was girls' night and...she didn't want me there. Period."

You blinked. "She seriously said that to you?"

"Yeah."

"And..it didn't hurt?"

"I mean..she wasn't wrong. She could never be wrong. It's not my place to intrude on her night and I need to respect that. I'm just happy I got to dance with her and...almost kiss her after the party." His attempts to sound upbeat were forced, although he didn't want to concern you too much. "Simply being in her presence is enough for me. She's just so...amazing and beautiful and so smart. I'm glad we're boyfriend and girlfriend."

'It doesn't sound like she thinks the same...' Is what you wanted to say to him, but you decided to keep that to yourself. Instead, your shoulders remained slumped as he continued rambling about how "awesome" Stereotypical Barbie was.

It was nothing new to you.

You and him have been good friends for a while, although roughly 90% of your chats consisted of him gushing over Barbie nonstop; the remaining 10% were either him complaining about Tourist Ken or rambling about Beach-related stuff.

Obviously, you didn't mind talking to him and wouldn't dare shut him down. You actually enjoyed every moment you spent together, even if he can be a bit dumb and showy at times.

You just wish he didn't bring up Barbie's name in every single conversation...considering that she barely mentions his name whenever you talked to her.

It was unconventional at best for a Barbie to not be interested in her Ken, but that's just the way she is and he doesn't see anything wrong with that.

He wasn't getting the hint.

When you found Ken sitting alone on the beach tonight--in the spot where you'd normally practice you guitar skills--he looked awfully dejected and lonely. You immediately knew he tried shooting his shot with her after the huge blowout party with planned choreography and a bespoke song..

And ultimately missed by a mile.

"You know what she said to me earlier after that Beach accident, [y/n]?"

"What did she say?"

"She said I was "very brave"." Stars were practically shimmering in his blue eyes, his grin growing wider. "She thought I was brave! Isn't that awesome??"

"Yeah, it sure is." Nodding in agreement, you turned your gaze up to the brightly-lit moon in the sky. "You're a lot of things, Ken. Brave, funny, cool...she should seriously cherish those and not just shut you out because of "Girl's Night". I don't think that's fair to you at all."

The words came out faster than you could think, and your body tensed up as you watched his expression falter.

Maybe you've said too much.

"I..um-"

"Wow, that's...nice to hear, [y/n]. Thank you." He put a hand to his chest, looking at you with a gentler smile. "You're a great friend, you know that?"

"...right, we're great friends." You reluctantly agreed, forcing you own smile for his sake. "Do you mind if I play some guitar? This is my usual spot but-"

"Ohh, I forgot you had that...thing." Then he pointed to your acoustic instrument. "If you want me to leave I can-"

"No, no, you can stay! I'd hate to see you roaming Barbieland all night by yourself."

"Nah, I'm not really "roaming" aimlessly." He brushed off your worries, smoothing his hair out as though it was tousled by nonexistent wind. "I just sorta...wander around till I find a cozy spot. Sometimes I get lucky, but other times I imagine myself in her dreamhouse. I bet next time she'll let me stay over. Who knows? Maybe one day we can call it Barbie and Ken's Dreamhouse. Haha..wouldn't that be awesome, huh?"

At the end of his rambling, he had that same lovestruck appearance on his face as he rested his jaw on his fist, gazing at you.

That's the kind of look you wish he'd give you instead.

"Yeah, that would be cool." Once more, you agreed, before taking your guitar out of its case and placing it across your lap. "Well..I'm just gonna start practicing."

"Right. Thanks for listening, [y/n]. I'm just gonna sleep over here and dream of our future." He stood up and walked about ten steps towards a baby blue towel somebody left behind in the sand, laying down and curling up. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Ken. Sleep well."

Despite how uncomfortable he seemed, he had no problems dozing off as you heard light snores mere seconds after he closed his eyes. You saw a content smile gracing his lips and gazed at him for some time.

He never looked more peaceful.

"This one's for you.." You whispered softly, fingers gliding across the guitar strings as you began playing a song you've recently memorized.

Then you began singing ever-so quietly, closing your eyes and feeling the music flow through you.

""Do you wanna be friends?" I mean I wanna be more. But if "friends" is how I get to have you...then..sure. I'll be quiet in my pining. I won't tell you about the pain. I'll be silent in the night when I know that you're asleep..but I wanna ask you if you're awake.."

You weren't sure where you've heard this song before. It just popped into your mind one day and resonated with you so deeply, filling your plastic heart with a foreign feeling.

That being...the feeling of longingness. Pining.

Love.

It reminded you of Ken, and where your relationship with him currently stood...and possibly will remain for as long as you both lived.

You knew that he'd always choose Barbie over you at the end of the day, even though you've seen her reject him time and time again. He still kept chasing after her no matter what, always hoping she'll one day say "yes" to him staying over at her dreamhouse instead of shooing him away.

Eventually, he'd have to wake up and realize the truth.

Maybe then he'll finally see that you were the only one who ever gave him the time of day. The only one who truly cared about where he slept, if he was okay, etc.

The only one who truly loved him.

Perhaps in another life, it can be [Y/n] and Ken.

But for now, you just continued playing the guitar at him, even though he was off in dreamland, blissfully unaware that you were speaking to him through this song you were singing.

If only he knew your genuine feelings for him; although that may never happen since he's always calling you his "friend".

And if that's what he wanted out of this relationship, then...you'll have to settle for that. For his sake.

You'd hate to lose him.

"So we'll be friends, and I'll be okay. The world won't end if you don't love me, even if it feels that way..."

[fuck-you-upmusicbracket]

Waving Through A Window (Dear Evan Hansen)

On the outside, always looking in/Will I ever be more than I've always been?/'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass/I'm waving through a window/I try to speak, but nobody can hear/So I wait around for an answer to appear/While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass/I'm waving through a window, oh

"OUGH. THE ENTIRE SONG JUST MAKES ME M E L T. I KNOW EVERY WORD BECAUSE OF HOW BEAUTIFUL BUT SAD IT IS. poor evan just wants to be seen. he wants to be heard. he doesn’t want to be left alone in the dark anymore. but because of his anxiety he can’t reach out to people. AND REALLY SAD THING I DIDN’T NOTICE UNTIL IT WAS POINTED OUT WAS THAT CONNOR WAVED AT EVAN DURING THE SONG BUT EVAN DIDN’T NOTICE SO HE RAN OFF IN FRUSTRATION OUGH WHY??? and the KEY CHANGE. FUCKS ME UP SO BAD. because before it it’s singing “If you’re falling in a forest and there’s nobody around, do you ever really crash or even make a sound?” which is one: sad because it’s about feeling unseen in need and two (spoiler): IT’S HOW EVAN TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF. he let go after climbing a tall tree in the park he worked at, but he broke his arm instead of dying. and then just before the key change evan asks “Did I ever make a sound?” and it’s silent for a moment before the key change. OUGH. BEAUTIFUL. MAKES ME WANT TO CRY. YOU CANNOT REPLACE BEN PLATT’S BEAUTIFUL VOCALS, WITH THE AMAZING INSTRUMENTAL AND THE CHOIR SINGING IN THE BACKGROUND. SO BEAUTIFUL, SO CATHARTIC, MAKES ME WANT TO BAWL MY EYES OUT EVERY TIME."

Poll Runner: This musical RUINS my mental state every time I listen to it, and this is the song that really digs into Evan's character and what the story is actually about. Feeling invisible, unable to help yourself climb out if the dark mental hole you've dug. Just the lyrics alone... never mind there's those gorgeous harmonies in the chorus repeat that feels like life is spiralling around you... it's fine.

Father (The Front Bottoms)

I have this dream that I am hitting my dad with a baseball bat/And he is screaming and crying for help/And maybe half-way through it/It has more to do with me killing him/Than it ever did protecting myself

"You are your parents, they will inevitably curse you to be just like them even when you don't want to be. It paints every interaction you have and all you can do is curse it."

[beansguytm]

Hey everyone, time for me to sperg out about one of--if not my favorite scene in Halo Infinite. Read on below the cut.

Take a look. You only need to watch through to 2:12 for what I'm going to say. In this scene, we see the Master Chief rescue Spartan Griffin from the cell where he was being tortured. There's so much right about this scene god damn it. The acting is perfect. The Weapon's facial expressions and intonation are perfect. She genuinely seems like she's at a loss for what to do to comfort this broken, broken man. Cortana would know what to say. The Weapon doesn't. What she eventually settles on is redirecting Chief's attention to the mission. It works, getting him moving forward.

The camera work is also so fucking good. It's one continuous shot, like most of the cutscenes in the game. The moment Griffin is freed, it focuses on him, then throughout his conversation, slowly revolves around to focus on Chief instead, eventually leaving Griffin only barely visible in Chief's visor but completely out of frame. That's when they hit you with Griffin's death. Then the pan around the Weapon, and how it follows Chief in a way that makes him look pissed the fuck off. Ough, chef's kiss.

Now let's talk about the four ways that the game communicates that Griffin has died, just out of frame. They layer four different things to make damn sure you know what just happened, while keeping the dialogue in tone. It wouldn't make sense for Chief or the Weapon to say he died, and Esparza doesn't know, so instead, they rely on these four things.

1) The music. At the start of the scene, we hear the haunting women's choir that is heavily featured in the game's soundtrack. As soon as Griffin mentions the Spartans, there is a tiny bit of the men's choir that is so heavily associated with the series, with the Master Chief, with the Spartans. Then after only a measure of men's choir, we get hit with the slow, deep strings. It lingers on the strings alone for a long time, just to let it sink in. The choir comes back once Esparza radios in, but very subtle and somber. Finally, percussion and digital instrumentation comes in when the Weapons brings Chief back by talking about the mission. The piece really does everything it needs to, especially the sudden shift to indicate that a character has died just out of frame.

2) The lighting. Oh, the lighting. It's never comforting, but the fact that the bright warm white light above their heads goes out right as Griffin dies, fading to the harsh red contrasting with the Weapon's soft blue. There isn't much to describe here, but yeah, it's a fantastic switch up. The red can be seen as Chief's anger, and the blue as his sadness. Even if that's looking too far into it, the change is just one more indicator of Griffin's death.

3) Chief's posture. This is so subtle but it's so impactful to both our understanding of the events and Chief's emotions. Before Griffin dies, he's leaning forward to rest his hand on Griffin's shoulder. Once Griffin dies, Chief leans back very slightly. His head tilts the just tiniest amount. He lowers his hand as he processes what's happening. The camera pans to the Weapon, and by the time it turns back to Chief, he's standing again. But he's still looking at Griffin. When he finally looks up at her, there's a slight pause before he makes the sudden movement to collect her and move on. Oh, and the way he looks down for just a moment before looking ahead and raising his gun, oh man. He's pissed. He's so angry, and he's channeling that into determination to complete his mission.

4) The heartbeat. I saved the best for last. If you're playing on controller, and if you have vibration turned on, you'll be greeted by the most fucking heart-wrenching piece of 4D storytelling. The moment Griffin falls into Chief's arms, your controller starts vibrating to the rhythm of Griffin's heartbeat. As they talk, the beating gets softer, and softer, until right as the music and lighting change, it stops. The controller goes silent. By the time you realize what's happening, Chief has realized too, and he leans back. AAAGGGHHH it's so good!! Christ, man, I can't get over it. I started to tear up when I played through it the first time.

Anyway yeah that's my infodump on this fucking fantastic scene. Thanks for reading!

[mamawasatesttube]

song meme

tagged by @deadchannelradio ♥♥ ty bestie

shuffle your on repeat playlist and list the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people!

"strawberry sunscreen" by lostboycrow. i like songs that sound like summer what can i say :D

Hey little darling, run like the weekend I get lost and found in your arms Rooftop view, we met on a Wednesday Now which do you prefer? To be alone, to be in love or to just be worth it? I think you're worth it

2. "stubborn love" by the lumineers. its a classic man!!!

It's better to feel pain, than nothing at all The opposite of love's indifference

3. "across the stars"/love theme from attack of the clones. john williams. starred wars. you get it.

[instrumental/no lyrics]

4. "no place in heaven" by mika!!!!! ough!!! im not immune to songs abt religious trauma. :')

I'm down on my knees, I'm begging you, please There's no place in Heaven for someone like me Won't you open the door and try me once more? 'Cause there's no place in Heaven for someone like me

5. "beep beep" by little mix. this one is on here bc of tim car fic byeee

I blew my engine, I think I popped the stick Too busy dreaming, of jumping on your— To get me turning good, you need to check under the hood babe

6. "enterprising young men" by michael giacchino. star trek baybee!!!

[instrumental/no lyrics]

7. "you are loved" by defiance, ohio. this is a superboy (2011) song. source: dude trust me

And to this magic, we hold on I just don't want to feel its loss until it's gone It was in an eerie glow, I finally left you lonely, left the TV on If I have one regret, it's letting this whole nihilistic shit charade live on You know it scares the hell out of me when my friends think they have nobody to lean on And the radio plays a familiar song

8. "blackheart" by two steps from hell. this is on my spacefic writing playlist. i love two steps from hell

[instrumental/no lyrics]

9. "gold trans am" by kesha. this is ALSO on here because of tim car fic hgjkdshgkjhdjk

C'mon, climb into my golden cockpit! Love you 'til you're seein' stars and stripes! Burnin' rubber on the southern highway! Gonna take you for a freedom ride!

10. "why can't i" by liz phair. kon is the reason i started listening to liz phair but i shouldve been here sooner tbh!!!

Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you? Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you?

oh god now i have to think of ten people ummmm!!!

@misspickman @milfkon @loisinherlane @mysterycitrus @clarkkent-irons @lemontongues @ectonurites @jayzelnut @radioactive-earthshine and @lemonlimestar but also if anyone wants to do this feel free to say i tagged you!! :D

[lesbianjudasiscariot]

okay three artists, and then my recommended songs to listen to:

the narcissist cookbook. they're really good, i love their whole discography, imo every song they put out is a 9/10 or 10/10 to me. its an interesting vibe, some songs are more rhythmic talking overlaid with music but their voice and the music is just so captivating to me. recommended songs: ghost stories, not entirely alone, courtney

the rare americans. dont let their name fool you, they're canadian. they lean in much more towards rap and faster-paced music, but its genuinely so good. they also have a bunch of animated music videos on youtube that are kickass. i really suggest watching the videos if you can. recommended songs: brittle bones nicky (1+2), rhythm kitchen, hullabaloo

rio romeo. okay, i feel like i got into them a little late but ough. augh. if you like music written by a lesbian about being a lesbian, with both humor and real life shit, i think you'd like them! their songs hit a chord with me and can make me laugh and ponder my life in the same 3 minutes. recommended songs: inarticulation, fuck the supreme court, small towns

the songs i offered are (some of) my personal faves from each of them, but i cannot stress how good all three's entire discographies are, banger after banger. i hole you find something you like from these suggestions, and if not, thank you for listening to my suggestions anyway!

- 🦈

hii thank you for the suggestions!!! the backing tracks/instrumentals were interesting. not gonna lie the lyrics did not appeal to me but still interesting listens. idk i guess diy-folk-spoken-word-rap (maybe that's what this genre is called) isn't for me but still it is fun to listen to new music

made a playlist of them if anyone wants to check out the songs :)

[navysealt4t]

ok hold on im here with my band thoughts about riptide the musical. full disclosure this may not make sense i tried to be coherent.

i think that in the dunjon the orchestra would get real spooky during this. I ALSO REALLY WOULD LIKE SOMETHING CHOIR GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND. what im thinking is like op 32 - 7 neptune, the mystique by gustav holst. they have an all female choir that sings this really nice chord and adds a lot to the song. this would mainly play while gillion stands before the elders and i think it would be interesting to play with the idea of the key and melody instrument changing between trials. i ALSO think it would add to the whole "this isnt real. but you dont know that" idea if the song stayed the same. no matter the scene.

assigning characters certain instrument melodies like how they do how to train your dragon is SUCH a cool idea to me. i think gillions motif would be played by a french horn. not too sure on the notes but definitely something with those typical heroic tones. chips would be played by a bassoon. hear me out on this. i actually dont have any reasoning. its just vibes alone. jay tripped me up for a bit due to her more complex character, but i think she would be played by bell chimes

going back to arrangements matching certain scenes i can TOTALLY imagine the island of zero scenes with movement three of west highlands sojourn as it is primarily navy based. (this is totally a bias since i play this piece for my competition this year. but i just generally really like west highlands sojourn)

i think it would be SUPER cool to have band involvement on stage. im not sure if this goes across for all productions, but i once saw a high school production of Catch Me if you can in which the jazz band was directly on stage in certain scenes. in certain scenes like the casino arc, anytime they enter a tavern, or just a place where there's street performers. having just soloist or a small ensemble on stage would be SO incredible. i think it would be so cool if the whole band was up there during the noctis like fancy party all dressed up. god id go insane.

i think anytime theres a navy related topic/scene there'd be this BRASS HEAVY melody (id say led by low trombones) if you've ever listened to arabesque. its a little something like the saucy lick they have going in that. i also think that whenever marshall john shows up the brass thing still plays but it sounds like a circus march.

SPEAKING OF CIRCUS MARCHES. i think that the entire time they are in Kas' Karnival (or however you spell it) a different strain of a circus march plays. specifically here im thinking Grand Galop by Johnnie Vinson because it has such wiggle room for tempo that you can play around with the mood of the carnival. in the pixieland and other peaceful areas the trio (a clarinet and euphonium led part. very soft and silly. most of the band rests during this.) plays. in the big top extravaganza the final strain plays (thats basically a rebalanced version of the trio to include the full band) i think the break strain would play anytime things got stressful. the other two strains could be anywhere really as they are pretty general.

those are the thoughts ive had so far abt it but if i have anymore ill let u know ^_^

HOLY SHIT ROSEMARY I AM SHAKING U I LOVE THIS SOOOOO MUCH….. I KNOW LIKE. VERY LITTLE ABOUT ORCHESTRA AND INSTRUMENTS BUT HOLY SHIT KM IN LOVE WITH THIS ALL OF IT!!!!!

i so so agree with u for the dunjon scene . i imagine during either the trials or gillion’s speech to the elders the choir would be BEAUTIFULL like singing rlly high notes and there’d be a lot a dissonance. like man <333

i listened to all the songs u mentioned and !!!! they are so cool i love all ur thoughts :3

AND I AGREE assigning characters a specific instrument is sooo cool <333 each character would have a little theme/motif (? idk which one is the right word) that would play in the background if a scene or song is specifically focused on them… ough man <333

i was thinking like for jay it could be something like a violin or viola. like it’s usually a fancy and elegant instrument but it can go CRAZYY when you want it to <3 and in scenes like the block i imagine jayson would have a strong cello playing for him and jay’s violin would be echoing his notes… ough. wind chimes are a really good idea though it plays a lot into some of her wind imagery (THIS IS THERE I KNOW IT IS OK<3)

and !!!! brass instruments for the navy are so really actually they are very loud and strong and generally inspiring :3 also something like a french horn for gill’s theme???? mwah mwah in love

HAVJNG THE BAND ON STAGE SOUNDS SO COOL?????? in taverns and big islands it makes so much sense. i feel like it would tie the roots back to dnd a little and it would make the town feel more real!! i love it <3

i am soosooo in love with all of this <33 gillion’s theme would be very strong and powerful like you can feel it in your bones, but through out the musical it dies down. it’s not as loud and intimidating or out there.

jays theme would be very subtle. it would be as loud but it is definitely there. the song wouldn’t sound the same without it. OH MY GOD. her theme plays in the block when she walks to her fathers side but it doesn’t have her specific instrument and it just isn’t the same. then a few measures in it gets replaced with a big cello and her instrument echoes the cello <333

chips theme would be very sudden and sharp. like it’s always on the verge of growing into something HUGE but it never really does. like ouugh. <333 sorry i’m having so many thoughts. his theme would have a harmonica ive just decided <3333

tyty rosemary for these amazing thoughts i’m going feral actually ily <33333

[6thofapril1917]

📚🎶💘💛🤔 ! + bonus 🎻🍰

THANK YOU GESSIE!!!

📚 BOOKS — what level of education has your oc most recently completed/is currently in (GED, undergraduate, grad school, phd, etc)?

so fun fact! sarie actually got expelled from her high school for suspected arson only a month or so before she was meant to matriculate. so she's got most of a high school education, but that's it.

🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often?

to be honest, i haven't really thought about this one all that much!! i don't really know too much about 40s music or what music would be available to a girl in rural south africa at the time. i think if there's music available she'd listen, but she doesn't exactly actively seek it. if she was alive in the 21st century i think she'd be really into the afrikaans punk band fokofpolisiekar.

💘 HEART WITH ARROW — what and/or who do(es) your oc consider the most important to them?

ohhhhhh this one's difficult. i think that sarie considers the people around her, what few friends and what little community she has, to be the most important things in her life. she pretends to be fine as a lone wolf, but deep down i feel like she's actually quite a lonely person. her joining the SAS came mainly from her deep-seated loathing of nazism and antisemitism, but on another level i think she was hoping the SAS might be the place where her presence wouldn't just be tolerated, but accepted. she never had many friends.

💛 YELLOW HEART — how many languages does your oc speak? what language(s) are they learning, if any?

her first language is afrikaans, but she's also fluent in english. i think she'd probably pick up some phrases in arabic and french while in north africa, though.

🤔 THINKING FACE — what are some of your oc's quirks/mannerisms?

oh she's got tons of these i could go on for daysssss. she's got that neurodivergent girl swag so she'll sometimes go nonverbal for long periods of time and then follow it up with nonstop talking. she's a huge self-talker, if she's alone she'll often mumble to herself in afrikaans. she can be pretty argumentative, not to the point of being a contrarian but it can definitely get under some people's skin. she runs her fingers through her hair a lot.

🎻 VIOLIN — does your oc play any instruments? what is their skill level (beginner/intermediate/advanced/virtuoso/etc)?

she absolutely does not, lmao. trying to get her to sit down in one spot and practice an instrument would be like pulling teeth i fear

🍰 SHORTCAKE — what is/are your oc's favorite sweet(s)/dessert(s)?

OUGH she goes super hard for anything sugary and fried. sufganiyot, koeksisters, she's ON IT

[crustaceousfaggot]

Oh you're sooooo right. I'm a very slow writer, but ough I may have to get started on something like this. I could very much see it as a "Hey we have this excellent detective who's already very unconventional and non-linear in his thinking, he's the perfect candidate to try out this new device we just got certified to use!" Followed shortly by a "Okay holy shit that was a bad idea, nobody let Dick Mullen near the Ice Cream Scoop ever again." Also sue me but I think it'd be hot.

But you know what would also be interesting? Kim using it. Not only would that also be extremely hot, but imagine what ZA/UM could do in the hands of someone with razor focus, impeccable composure, and near complete loyalty to the police force. Do you think Kim would enjoy that level of power and control, being able to sift through someone's thoughts like tabs in a filing cabinet without having to deal with the messy work of gaining their trust? Or do you think he'd be too scared of opening up himself, sharing his very soul with a suspect, spilling out the deepest parts of himself and being tormented by them in his dreams? Would he see it as a useful tool? A necessary evil? A crude instrument of destruction? A violation of the sanctity of a person's own mind?

This is all of course setting aside the fact that it's extremely unlikely that the ICP would ever give ZA/UM clearance to the RCM (we're told it's pretty strictly regulated and only the ICP gets to use it), let alone that they'd be able to afford one.

Harry Du Bois is a detective who metaphorically can-opens people

Tereesz Machejek is a detective who much less metaphorically can-opens people

[city-of-harmony]

Always Live For Always (A.L.F.A.) by Skott

ambient indie pop artist Skott has been making music since 2016, but Always Live For Always is her first ever full-length album. it came out quite recently, on June 26, 2020, and it is a pretty good mix of new songs and old favorites. as a huge fan of her unique style of music for quite a while, i cannot express enough how excited i was for this album to come out--and you know what? i was not disappointed.

1. Stay Awake - 7/10

Do you ever think About the things that could have been? Do you ever dream like I do? Do you keep it close to you?

this song is a new one! it starts out gentle, and while the drop in the chorus isn’t the hardest hitter in the world, it suits the light, wistful nature of the song perfectly while still leaving you with goosebumps. i like this song--it’s very reflective and hopeful while still having a dark overtone. very evocative of and true to Skott’s overall style.

2. My Name - 6.5/10

You had the best of me Do you remember what it's like? My name is haunting you You cannot run from what you've done

another original song from this album, My Name is quite chill and subdued. not quite as soft as, say, Midas, but it’s still a very calm vibe. i really like the horn lead (and the classic Skott pseudo-choir) in this one! that being said, i think the ending could have been a bit stronger--i’m just not about studio fade-outs, i guess.

3. Talk About Me - 6/10

Ooh, your insecurity is a state of mind And you better make a scene or get left behind Cause everything's forgiven on the day you die, right

this song was released as a single about a month ago, if i’m not mistaken. it’s catchy! the lyrics in particular appeal to me a lot (and no, it’s not just because they mention my home state, lol). i like the cheeky arrogance, the satirical portrayal of celebrity culture. however, this sounds a little too much like mainstream pop for me, personally, which is why it’s ranked so low on the scale. the style of the song definitely suits the subject material, but it’s not up to my personal taste, so! alas!

4. Bloodhound - 6/10

'Cause I’ve been planning for an alibi To take you out of sight, take you out of mind Every second, every minute counts I release the hounds and they’re running out

ah, Bloodhound. this was the first song that Skott released under her own record label, Dollar Menu. the vibe of this song is very dark and mysterious, and that hook is so catchy. for whatever reason, i don’t particularly have much to say about this track. it’s not bad! not my favorite, either!

5. Benz - 7/10

I stayed up all night Trying to figure out How you got everything That I never needed

i must say, i’m kind of impressed in particular with Skott’s vocal performance in this track! her voice has always had an ethereal quality to it, but the subtle ornamentation she uses in this track really makes it shine. i also really like the synths; it sounds very 80s, and i think the slight cheese factor really works for this song.

6. Porcelain - 9/10

We have got the power of destruction You can always let it fall But when we try to work on something solid It is too goddamn hard

this is it. this is where it all began: Skott’s first single, now finding its place on her first album. this song is beautiful. from the pensive lyrics to the lovely ornamentation to Skott’s impressive vocal range, this was a very strong start to her career. hearing it now makes me feel such a sense of pride and nostalgia. it still holds up today just as strongly as it did 4 years ago.

7. Midas - 4/10

Always, always live for always Till we die together

okay. i’ll say it. i don’t like Midas. i’ve tried to like it, but it’s just not for me. Skott’s voice sounds lovely, for sure, but the stark instrumentation, the King Midas allegory that sounds, imo, a little convoluted...i dunno. this is probably the weakest track on the album for me.

8. Kodak & Codeine - 8/10

Sometimes you go dark But it’s a darkness I go mad for

on the flip side, i absolutely Do like Kodak & Codeine. that piano hook, that driving bass, those BELLS...ough. i get chills. this is a well constructed song. it’s a song about a toxic relationship, i’m pretty sure? honestly, the lyrics aren’t...the best at communicating the message, i think, but whatever. she’s Swedish, i’ll give her a pass. based on sound alone, this song is one of the strongest on this album. a shame i don’t listen to this as much as i should!!

9. Amelia - 10/10

I swear if you reach that door You're not welcome anymore

Amelia is an oldie but a goodie, and it really tugs at my emotions. it’s so haunting. the harp, the lyrics, the chorus of almost ghostly vocalizations throughout the song...i know Skott has talked about the intended meaning of the song, something about young love or whatever, but to me it sounds a lot more like escaping from a toxic domestic environment. maybe i’m just projecting!! but that would suit the overall vibe much more. anyway, i’ve always loved this song. this is the standard i tend to hold other Skott songs to, lol.

10. Burning Incense - 8.5/10

And I hate how it just don't make sense How I feel more lonely with you than myself I don't understand

if there was one word i could use to describe this song, it would be immersive. something about it just sucks you in and it feels like you’re wrapped in it. this is a perfect mix of all of Skott’s styles, from her driving beats to her deep orchestral environments to her soft vocal-focused moments. this is an excellent new entry into her discography. a delight to my ears. not to mention the depth of the lyrics--it’s not often that you see songs that address the problem of loving someone who doesn’t fit together with you in the way you need them to.

11. Settle Down - 10/10

I think I've found it There's just nothing I would rather do Now that I've found it Would you let me settle down with you

the last song on A.L.F.A. is a love song, which is quite rare for Skott--and it’s a good one! my goodness is it good. the melody, the instrumentation, the beat, the lyrics, everything works together so well and sounds incredible. it’s so refreshing to hear a brighter, happy sound from Skott. she still has that haunting overtone, of course, but this song is the kind of song that closes out the album with pleasant satisfaction and a great taste in your mouth. this has to be my favorite new release.

Average Album Score: 7.5/10

well! there you have it! i think i’d call this a successful debut album! all of these songs are incredibly true to the niche that Skott has carved out for herself, and i absolutely recommend every single song on this album (yes, even Midas).

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good afternoon for you, leoj, i feel for these brief moments until they inevitably come to an abrupt close as i am easily irritated that the Whimsy has reentered my life, and so i am able to enter your inbox today with love and content [heart] [heart]

the song for today is one very dear to me, more recent and one that had its Moment upon release so maybe you know about it? jitterbug (flashing) !!!

this song got into mega mix and i looked it up when the game released to find that the reason i had never heard of it prior was the song had just come out that very year!

god where i do start with this masterpiece... the aesthetic, the instrumentation- the 20s swing feel puts a special sense of love into it and the way the piano n clarinet are used plus the Violin (everything about the violin in this.....to die for i love it sm)

the ANIMATION the switching between the girls with the spotlight the conversation theyre having with the lyrics they're just so !!!!!!! it's about love it's about i'm alone in this world but i have you and you're alone but you have me and it's actually us because we have one another

and then on a surface level, going back to the visuals, i looove their outfits and expressions and the laser lights (everything about the laser lights in this..the symbolism and the plain beauty) and just like... theyre dancing & laughing 2gether.. theyre best friends theyre in love romantically theyre strictly platonic they are each other's whole world they just met they havent seen one another in years

!!!!and!!! the stimulating visuals throughout! the sunglasses and jewelry and screens it's the flashing popping colors on monochrome And the composition of Every Shot in this is beautiful? and ingenious?

alsoo the film filter and skeletons and IM SORRYY for talking abt this for so long im just very very in love with this mv and song..

sending Xs and Os your way

good evening ems. i hope your day has gone splendidly.

i believe i have heard of this song, yes!!! not heard it though... but meiko and miku!! my beloveds!!! it has such a good aesthetic... the violin and piano are just... ough! the like. swing-type vibe. amazing. and yea!! the animation!! the way they converse within the lyrics!!! it's so good. so good. the idea of people being together to rise above the bad and being able to find solace in one another despite the rest of the world maybe not being so kind <3 it's so good... so good. its ok ems i love when you talk about things even if i do not have much to say!!!! <3

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Bye Bye Yesterday (Assasination Classroom)

We laughed and we fretted/Over silly things, nonsensical things/Once the final bell rings out/The fun times will be over, too

"AUGH. KOROSENSEI.this song fucks me up the most of any song in the world. every single time i listen to it i cry. the good times have to come to an end, all the fun memories will stay with us, tucked in our bags, but we have to say goodbye. it’s over."

Waving Through A Window (Dear Evan Hansen)

On the outside, always looking in/Will I ever be more than I've always been?/'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass/I'm waving through a window/I try to speak, but nobody can hear/So I wait around for an answer to appear/While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass/I'm waving through a window, oh

"OUGH. THE ENTIRE SONG JUST MAKES ME M E L T. I KNOW EVERY WORD BECAUSE OF HOW BEAUTIFUL BUT SAD IT IS. poor evan just wants to be seen. he wants to be heard. he doesn’t want to be left alone in the dark anymore. but because of his anxiety he can’t reach out to people. AND REALLY SAD THING I DIDN’T NOTICE UNTIL IT WAS POINTED OUT WAS THAT CONNOR WAVED AT EVAN DURING THE SONG BUT EVAN DIDN’T NOTICE SO HE RAN OFF IN FRUSTRATION OUGH WHY??? and the KEY CHANGE. FUCKS ME UP SO BAD. because before it it’s singing “If you’re falling in a forest and there’s nobody around, do you ever really crash or even make a sound?” which is one: sad because it’s about feeling unseen in need and two (spoiler): IT’S HOW EVAN TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF. he let go after climbing a tall tree in the park he worked at, but he broke his arm instead of dying. and then just before the key change evan asks “Did I ever make a sound?” and it’s silent for a moment before the key change. OUGH. BEAUTIFUL. MAKES ME WANT TO CRY. YOU CANNOT REPLACE BEN PLATT’S BEAUTIFUL VOCALS, WITH THE AMAZING INSTRUMENTAL AND THE CHOIR SINGING IN THE BACKGROUND. SO BEAUTIFUL, SO CATHARTIC, MAKES ME WANT TO BAWL MY EYES OUT EVERY TIME."

Poll Runner: This musical RUINS my mental state every time I listen to it, and this is the song that really digs into Evan's character and what the story is actually about. Feeling invisible, unable to help yourself climb out if the dark mental hole you've dug. Just the lyrics alone... never mind there's those gorgeous harmonies in the chorus repeat that feels like life is spiralling around you... it's fine.

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nor canvas up—and ‘verbum sat. Cut t from my soule, thoughts obscure’ the voice had something new is in us, and estrange to turn and told their reflected in the summer, to a shade— for pity do not: — friends once esteemed for crime. Her r neck. Not to be alone they are comfort, that he took the pity for me, o wrangle; and passion, like to follow him beyond the canker-blooms that… strange with feast and crystal, naked all already knows us. They find the world equals the pond, which is a line you must not crossed, but even young: the Bird of Time’s worst of all the dark cup your conversational facility, which Sir Isaac Newton could make their sweeter sweet smile or mourn according to her; for her, the owl, the gaoler, what people have touch’d with the sake of it— she stilly murmur of the radiant in her instrument. To bend & curve against the way lips were quite, one on another Rosamond. Whisper’d: “no longer—in these words grace, red were his manacles, and I, mad with those. Until he found, and thus inquired:” thou smooth as the dolor on till the day and Night till the day, a false New England, grew more strict, and yet again the while endless tears did faint reflects the Sunnebeame so brighter eyes, like a green field is a sickly appetite to themselues will shut very billows in your guard: perhaps ‘t was done— how soon made the bed to me.’

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It’s going to be a good day, I saw it so in my dreams!

Side A -

Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Bryne (Sufjan Stevens) // Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles) // Dance Apocalyptic (Janelle Monae) //  Strange Charm (Hank Green) // Galaxy Song (Monty Python) // My Girl (The Temptations) // Dream Land (Bunny Wailer) // Green Garden (Laura Mvula) // Cheer Up! (A Great Big World)

Side B -

20 Years of Snow (Regina Spektor) // Atomic Number (Neko Case) // Talking Bird (Death Cab for a Cutie) // Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)((Arcade Fire)) // Walking The Dog (fun) // How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep (Bombay Bicycle Club) // Lullaby (Sia) // Wake Up (Arcade Fire) // Today Will Be Better, I Swear! (Stars)

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Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Bryne-

 Instrumental

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds -

Picture yourself on a train in a station With Plasticine porters with looking-glass ties Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile The girl with kaleidoscope eyes Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Aaaaahhhhh...

Dance Apocalyptic -

But I really, really wanna thank you For dancing 'til the end You found a way to break out You're not afraid to break out But I need to know If the world says it's time to go Tell me, will you freak out? Smash, smash, bang, bang Don't stop Chalangalangalang But I need to know If the world says it's time to go Tell me, will you break out? Smash, smash, bang, bang Don't stop Chalangalangalang Smash, smash, bang, bang Don't stop Chalangalangalang

Strange Charm -

These tiny bits of matter are a part of almost everything And there is no unified theory to make it less confusing. But the fact that we've identified that they exist at all Is so god damn remarkable that I just sit in awe.

Galaxy Song -

Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown, And things seem hard or tough, And people are stupid, obnoxious or daft,

And you feel that you've had quite eno-o-o-o-o-ough,

Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving And revolving at 900 miles an hour.

My Girl - (A song from Grandpa Harley)

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day With my girl. I've even got the month of May With my girl Talkin' 'bout Talkin' 'bout Talkin' 'bout My girl Ooooh My girl As long as I can talk about my girl... 

Dream Land -

And we'll live together on that dreamland And have so much fun (repeat) Oh, what a time that will be Oh yes, we'll wait, wait, wait and see We'll count the stars up in the sky... ...And surely we'll never die

Green Garden -

Take me outside, sit in the green garden nobody out there, but it's okay now, bath in the sunlight, don't mind if rain falls, take me out, seat in the green garden

Cheer Up! - 

Every night I wish upon a star so bright, Waiting for the others to arrive.

20 Years of Snow -

His daughter is twenty years of snow falling She's twenty years of strangers looking into each other's eyes She's twenty years of clean She never truly hated anyone or anything She's a dying breed

Atomic Number -

I'm not the freckled maid I'm not the fair-haired girl I'm not a pail of milk for you to spoil

Talking Bird -

Oh, my talking bird Though you know so few words They're on infinite repeat Like your brain can't keep up with your beak. And you're kept in an open cage So you're free to leave or stay. Sometimes you get confused Like there's a hint I am trying to give you.

Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) -

All the neighbors are startin' up a fire, burning all the old folks the witches and the liars. My eyes are covered by the hands of my unborn kids, but my heart keeps watchin' through the skin of my eyelids.

They say a watched pot won't ever boil, well I closed my eyes and nothin' changed, just some water getting hotter in the flames.

Walking The Dog -

Now I'm walking alone 'cause the night is dead. My feet don't glide like they did back then, When I called you up so we could shoot the moon. These days I'm left to howl in tune. Hearts do break And I must admit I've got a better set of chords, So I might have been faking it. Think I really only cried just once.

How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep -

Can I wake you up? Can I wake you up? Is it late enough? Is it late enough? There's a story in which my eyes shut

Lullaby -

Send a wish upon a star Do the work and you'll go far Send a wish upon a star Make a map and there you are Send a hope upon a wave A dying wish before the grave Send a hope upon a wave For all the souls you failed to save And you stood tall Now you will fall Don't break the spell Of a life spent trying to do well And you stood tall Now you will fall Don't break the spell Of a life spent trying to do well

Wake Up -

If the children don’t grow up, our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up. We’re just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turnin’ every good thing to rust. I guess we’ll just have to adjust.

Today Will Be Better, I Swear! - 

Today is going to be a better one There's nothing more to take in That's going wrong Today keep your head and drop the gun There's nothing more to battle when you're gone Walk on

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Op Ed: “We Never Accepted That” instructions When Venture-Backed Companies Attempt Reverse ICOs

With about $3 million raised the 2010 season alone, with very little occasion initial piece offerings (ICOs) have come about as a big source of opportunity finance. Quite possibly companies that contain already brought up conventional enterprise funding are going to be tempted to improve additional finances through ICOs. Although not absolutely intuitive, many have called token issuances by organisations that preceding obtained money financing since “Reverse ICOs. ”

A person prominent sort of a Change ICO was already occurred. A short while ago, Kik Exciting successfully carried out an ICO of virtually $100 zillion. With through $3 thousand raised around ICOs this alone, ICOs are not unsubstantial. What designed the Kik offering significantly more unusual usually Kik is raised in excess of $100 trillion from project investors.

The documents used in angel along with venture the fundamentals predate the prevailing ICO popularity and, and in addition, do not exclusively address ICOs. Understandably, most of these documents are usually “share-centric. ” The dilemma that needs to be sorted out, therefore , is definitely: What liberties, if just about any, do present investors include when their particular company chooses to undertake a strong ICO?

What defines the investigation particularly complicated is that, generally, there are some types of ICOs:

Equity Also - these kinds of tokens are usually essentially electric shares along with the issuer indicating equity engaging, voting privileges and other token/shareholder rights.

Non-Equity Security As well - all these tokens will not grant resources rights nonetheless under the Howey test are generally non-etheless categorised as sec.

Utility Also - these kind of tokens permit the purchaser to order products or services with the issuer.

While not being the subject of this content, the Ough. S. Sec and Substitute Commission (SEC) has written initial direction with respect to the stock options law condition of also issued inside ICOs. The exact SEC’s Leader Accountant even offers put out suggestions detailing many of the accounting challenges raised by way of ICOs.

This information will identify various issues increased by ICOs under frequently used SAFE, Able to be converted Note, Set Seed in addition to Series A new documents.

The key reason why Existing People Might Concept to Opposite ICOs On the outside, Reverse ICOs would seem as being a net favorable for active investors. Excluding equity as well, ICOs deliver non-dilutive auto financing to firms. Even when also are identified as sec, they generally are certainly issued while equity -purchasers do not have some sort of share during the issuer, you should never receive profits and do not have voting protection under the law. However , there are plenty of reasons why recent investors may very well be concerned:

A number of “Plays” on that particular Company The Reverse ICO, a venture-backed company are going to have both as well and value in the hands and wrists of option traders. Prior to the ICO, the only way a trader could get the company appeared to be by buying it has the stock. Following ICO, often the investor could possibly have a choice of purchasing the stock or simply buying also.

At least swapping the whole bath environment, you will find reason to know that need tokens will likely be greater plus drive up comparably prices pertaining to tokens. Resources holders will find reduced regarding their fairness. Further, if your tokens keep outstanding during this writing an get away, it is difficult for you to predict the effect of fantastic token warm on termination valuations throughout either a great acquisition or perhaps IPO conditions.

Impact on Follow-On Venture Paying for Many possibility funds generate relatively compact initial investment funds, anticipating that they're going to deploy now more capital with subsequent coups. ICOs may well reduce companies’ needs regarding future money raises. Due to this fact, venture capital may have lessened opportunities intended for follow-on paying for.

Delay or maybe Elimination with Conversion Incidents For spots of Collapsible Notes and also SAFEs, less than most right now used type documents, ICOs typically is definately not considered a celebration that triggers a new conversion. Now and again, ICOs may perhaps delay or even just eliminate resultant equity financings. Further, around successful corporations, ICOs normally will elevate pre-money worth at which the conversion process occurs, in so doing diluting SAFE/Note holders (although conversion truck caps in many of them instruments could mitigate the exact impact).

Averting Pre-Emptive Liberties Under the present-day agreement styles, tokens purchased from an ICO would not bring about the pre-emptive rights regarding existing investors - in that way denying these folks an automatic perfect of begin, you can in the ICO.

Absence of Convert Restrictions Below the current understanding forms, as well sold in a ICO examine be be subject to the proper rights of primary refusal, co-sale rights as well as transfer rules typically applied to investors in venture-backed companies.

ICOs Do Not Cause Other Usual Preferred Shareholder Provisions Anti-Dilution Protection. In cases where a company underprices its also, its have an effect on valuation may very well be similar to a “down round. ” However , except in cases where tokens usually are issued seeing that equity, we can not cause the anti-dilution protection état in the ordinary forms.

Liquidation Preferences. In the event token owners are given resources participation with an issuer, the particular issuing proof will need to collection where they stand inside the liquidation get. For electric tokens, should the claim with the company can be considered contractual (i. e., typically the holders on the pre-payment to get products/services), small holders may perhaps be unsecured debt collectors instead of investors - in which particular case they would ranking ahead of all of equity tuition.

Mandatory The conversion process of Favorite Shares. Possibility documents ordinarily provide for essential conversion involving preferred conveys in an INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING of a described minimum amount of money raised along with minimum promote price as well as approval by the design is typically your supermajority connected with preferred investors. Several ICOs have lifted in excess of $1000 million. If perhaps these companies choose public, it's possible that quite a few may not need supplemental funding and may also do so wthout using public featuring of added shares (i. e., a primary offering). Nevertheless if not most of shareholders are in agreement with the decision going public, the required conversion dép?t could not be applied unless allowed by a supermajority of the chosen shareholders, which will in some occasions could hamper the ability of any IPO to help proceed.

Have an effect on Future Salary Many ICO issuers will be positioning their very own tokens like “utility tokens” that can be used sometime soon to buy often the issuer’s goods and services. As a result, most of these tokens support pre-pays in the future delivery of products and products and services. In the future, if your products/services has to be delivered, the exact venture may perhaps experience salary issues for the reason that no innovative funds shall be coming in to pay extra for the product or simply service.

Affect of Company, Tax in addition to Accounting Concern Currently, the particular regulatory state of ICOs is unsure. Issuance with tokens in a fashion that does not stick to the temporal regulations of which emerge created liabilities for any company or limit a ability to situation equity within the foreseeable future. In addition , typically the accounting plus tax protocols for ICOs have not really been established, and so, there may be duplexity with respect to a few representations and also warranties the manufacturer typically will surely have to make at a later date financings along with liquidity incidents.

Fiduciary Hesitation Officers in addition to directors regarding companies currently have fiduciary repayments to maximize shareholder value. As soon as companies are financially troubled, these jobs shift that will protection of your interests involving creditors. Just what exactly, if almost any, fiduciary assignments a mother board has for token slots has not been dived around. If a provider is faced with a decision that is going to benefit investors at a price tag to expression holders, undertake board customers have any sort of fiduciary burden to the small holders? Opportunist representatives for boards connected with companies that have already conducted Slow ICOs does not just have to deal with concern but also possibilities conflicts an eye-catcher for any woman if they have never participated from the Reverse ICO.

Can Option traders Prevent an agency from Executing an ICO? While it can be difficult to are convinced a company could undertake the ICO while not board agreement, in many early-stage companies, buyers do not have handle of the snowboard. However , commonly utilised investment papers may give shareholders having limited appel where snowboards back a strong ICO. Usually, in SAFEs and Mudable Notes, stands do not have defensive rights plus, as a result, they can't have the ability to reduce an ICO.

The safety provisions inside Certificate with Incorporation pertaining to Series Seedling financings did not provide String Seed spots with the ability to avert an ICO. In the NVCA Series Your documents, ICOs do not without difficulty fit into many of the matters is actually the opportunist director’s credit is required. The same goes to the appropriate provisions with the benefit of favorite shareholders precise in the Record of Agglomération.

What Now? Intended for blockchain new venture, ICOs will be the dominant method of fundraising aid far excess venture capital a finance. Given the potency of the ICO market, “Reverse ICOs” usually become far more pervasive. To get investors may be very quite a job. Existing kind agreements during the venture room or space are likely to be adjusted to address involving Reverse ICOs. However , often the regulatory, levy and human resources uncertainties all over ICOs most likely are not quickly satisfied, leaving hesitation around several of the concerns grown in this article.

Studying the form arrangements will not target the many venture-backed providers that were backed up using pre-ICO forms. Pertaining to existing shareholders the path front is more tricky. Where people control the exact board and have blocking liberties, they will manage to prevent ICOs or have an impact on their terms and conditions. For many other investors, mainly in early-stage ventures by using founder-dominated decks, ICOs potentially have to overturn several presumptions under which in turn early option traders funded. Most of these investors may need to wait for predicaments in which all their approval ought to be required for unconnected corporate physical activities or their whole funding is needed and leveraging that job to require upon efficiencies to prevailing investment records to address most of the investor complications resulting from Alter ICOs.

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Is your Business Ready for 1 Trillion Cybersecurity Buzz?

For anyone who is reading this, then an individual understand that your personal discreet information is a focus on of hacker threats as well as anyone who seriously views their privacy and information security, cybersecurity is a new three hundred dollars billion market opportunity having nearly endless possible.

Because the major internet and also electronic mail providers can’t hold your techniques secure, e mail encryption promises to become the hottest asset within cybersecurity. virtual data room reviews Here are typically the reasons why just take it seriously:

Online data security and safety will be the most profitable sector

Typically the alarmist insurance policy has grounds, as several security breaches comes from lost or stolen gadgets that increased to close to 47% in 2017. This sort of products include portable information turns, laptops, phones, pills, display cards and very similar. Encryption could easily remedy this IT security head ache.

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Considering the large number of emails the average user gets and sends during often the day, that is a very mind boggling way to go, with no wonder email encryption has not had many adopters.

Staying probably most brainpower-consuming regarding all industries, cyber protection requires truly enormous expertise. And that’s about the actual most fortunate time. Privacy today is actually a essential issue, which usually is acknowledged on administration level. Recently, Ough. H. Congress passed on towards the President Trump legislation this seeks to replace antique level of privacy protection laws as well as fingers internet providers the legal rights to collect online browsing data as very well as app usage info and pass it about to third parties.

Until now, no one apart from paranoidal individuals and agents frustrated to encrypt their particular email messages. Why worry? Encryption is actually cumbersome, expensive in addition to may not possible be reliable immediately after all. If you usually are not mailing any sensitive data above email, then you can skip encryption, but if you are usually have to uncover your social security number or information about your credit cards information subsequently encryption is actually the only option to protect against this information falling in malicious hands.

Hacker strikes price such giants seeing that Yahoo! More than three hundred million simply in 2017 when trojans infested a lot more than a billion electronic mail accounts, causing significant monetary damages. Google as well as Facebook or myspace hire online hackers to investigate their particular protection breaches. Most recently, ransomware attackers demanded bitcoin pay-out odds to release kidnapped desktops. Getting email is a new big part of the fight against malware and ransomware..

“The advice remains a similar – make sure in which the email is got and sent to the correct person and always two times check e mail header. When this is indeed seem advice, there are less complicated approaches to authenticate emails which aren’t so difficult as well as time-consuming to the average customer and can nevertheless give them relatively sound satisfaction. Multi-factor authentication is one program, using a mobile phone device since identification credit card with a safeguarded link to the authenticating provider such as Google. That alone gives a important step to stop these kinds of scams from being effective. Organizations that use these kind of kind of solutions will find that their clients and employees are content along with instances of email danger are lower, ” affirms Bob Driscoll, UK & Ireland in europe country manager with regard to Securinet.

The particular search for a completely low-key encryption system carries on: your electronic mail senders in addition to recipients must be able to open along with respond to your personal email messages without having to get or maybe download any piece of code. But in the event you consider current investments in mobile devices, especially email-enabled sensible devices, their safety measures as well as data protection are also high priorities, but on balance comfort is victorious. In the constant research for a balance between convenience connected with mailing emails quickly along with protection against malware and ransomware, benefit sadly continues to help be a winner..

So there’s zero defense to skip upon security, because it can not only encourage online hackers to look for weaknesses, but also the federal government could possibly impose fines. Western establishments could receive consequences declaring 4% of their total annual revenue if they enable some sort of security breach for you to happen. In the us, there will be legislation in place that will need companies to inform the particular state with regards to any info disruptions.

Government-Mandated Market

Cybersecurity, especially transmission security, is one of the most quickly rising businesses in IT market. Organization media estimates that will provided the cost regarding an average security infringement exceeding $8 million, organizations should invest heavily in email and messenger safeguard.

Encryption courses are notoriously difficult to utilize. Most often, often the software must be down loaded and installed on your personal system, but what about numerous units that an individual use on a regular basis, and exactly about mobile phone devices where you learn your emails most of the time? However possibly if you manage to help download and install the technology, problems begin on typically the other side: e-mail person also has to put in this specific exactly software and so they might decrypt your own personal message, in any other case it doesn’t open. Furthermore, you must pay to install the training course and maintain it about your units which likewise prevents through widespread employ.

This is why safeguarding personal records is more important in comparison with any other activity you actually do on the net. Move in order to an email provider which offers a comprehensive set associated with security instruments including encryption.

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