u/GTProductor

Listening to BoC for the first time. My immediate thought was the remarkable resemblance to Adam's other side projects namely Port Blue. I consider Voyager 1 to be Port Blue in everything but its name.

If you listen to Neptune you can see the similarities in the synth bass in the intro in it's timbre. Secondly, the kick drum has a fullness compared to the rather light snare and sampled elements.

I think the biggest elements I see him taking heavy inspiration from is the sampled vocals, resembling thr wave racer sound bites.

The dreamy and somewhat whimsicle synths and heavy delay create a spacious and open atmosphere.

My analysis is nothing to write home about without researching the specific synthesizers used in each group's production, but I wanted to bring this up to see if there are more BoC fans that can chime in.

EDIT: I forgot to clarify that I am discussing the similarities of Adam's "Neptune" to BoC's "Roygbiv"

P.S. I am a fan of Tycho, and see how BoC influenced them as well.

I posted a few months back (Link to post here)

In January, I called my former band teacher/coworker to tell them I intended to resign. He was very supportive of prioritizing my health and he understands where I am coming from. After our call, he texted later, saying he would be willing to cover my classes if I wanted to consider FMLA. After talking with my therapist about it, who was also supportive of whatever I chose to do, but offered to give me the paperwork to file for FMLA. After some time, I decided to do this instead of outright resigning.

I went on to call my principal about my situation, how I intended to quit. (She was supportive and told me my health should be the priority) But she encouraged me to try some other resources before resigning outright. I am glad I took the month off instead.

I returned for the 1st day of school, I was feeling anxiously sick and already at the cusp of losing my mind. Throughout that day i was essentially notifying my HR and setting up the logistics for my former director (and retired coworker) to cover for me while I was on leave.

That month was extremely helpful for me to recenter myself. During that time I found a psychiatrist to address my anxiety and potential ADHD. Amongst many other doctor's appointments I was long overdue for.

During that month I started Lexapro for depression (and other things not relevant to this post). I was finally able to breathe and think about where I am at in my life and what I wanted to do.

Upon my return, I knew I would be turning in my resignation (finishing the school year).

The kind of shitty thing though was that shortly after my return, my principal and assistant principal came to my classroom after the last class to tell me that they decided to non-relect me for the next school year because my evaluations haven't improved (which was bs, because they've only done a few, and they nitpicked me on things totally irrelevant to my live instruction despite my band growing and taking on more challenging music) and that I had until the end of the week to turn in my letter of resignation to avoid the non-reelect on my record. This is what I get for confiding with my principal, and it seems like they wanted to get ahead of it. When they told me, I didn't really feel angry, at this point I figured there's not any point arguing about the circumstances because I intended to resign anyways, but it felt like a slap in the face because I have been here for 6 years, and they just NOW want to fire me once I told them I was at my limit.

Fast forward to now, they posted my position, and it was reopened until filled. They only had one applicant, and they turned the job down. So who knows if they will find a successor (they tried asking my former director to return as the high school teacher for a THIRD TIME, but he said absolutely not).

Thankfully I will still get paid over the summer, but in the mean time I will be applying for jobs and finishing my research to apply for graduate school for urban design or transportation planning (in that field one way or another).

When I heard they couldn't find anyone yet, I was really concerned about the program because I love my kids and they deserve to have the music program. (I have some extremely talented middle schoolers who will be in high school next year, and I have several students who want to go study to be a music teacher. One of them wants to go to Julliard, and I think they have what it takes, seeing as they have become proficient in at least 4-5 instruments (including piano) and counting. They have already surpassed my senior clarinetists and saxophonists.

I offered to return part time to cover the high school position until filled, but I am not committing to it if another opportunity arises.

I am pretty much checked out, I love my high school players, but for the elementary portion, I am completely apathetic at this point and am just going through the motions, I don't care about any scheduling or institutional issues anymore, they've made their bed, so they will lie in it.

I have no idea what I will do for work, but I have savings to cover a little over half a year of expenses while I find out.

The truth is that I still care deeply for my program, but I have just given up on my district to make the changes necessary for sustainability for me and for the program. And so, it is time for me to leave. Maybe one day I will visit to see how they are doing. Bittersweet.