life changing moments seem minor in pictures

life changing moments seem minor in pictures
Release date	2010-08-12
Genre	Ambient, Breakbeat, Drum & Bass, Electronica, House
Running time	1:17:51
Bandcamp	Name your price

This article is still a work in progress. Technically all of them are, but this one might not be completely ready for public viewing.

life changing moments seem minor in pictures

Official descriptions

The funniest thing a friend said about that album title was, "Huh. That's actually smart".

I'm not sure if it is, but I think the title describes the album perfectly to me.

The thought to release this album came in Summer 2010 when I was in Berlin, meeting a lot of old friends. At the last couple of days my mother called me saying that the german government sent me a mail, declining my beg to delay the conscription every healthy german male person had to endure. Because if they would force me to do conscription, I'd lose a stable job and had to do 6 months of work that would have low payments and lead me to nothing at all.

So I was in Berlin, meeting good friends, and Germany just screwed up my holidays.

Paul Veer gifted me this polaroid he did, featuring me, Increpare and a guy that likes to be called Esq.

Looking at the picture I realized how boring this sudden change in my life seemed to be. And thinking more about it I actually thought that if anything, Germany finally went ahead and did the thing I was too scared to do. Getting rid of my boring job as a guy that screwed bolts for some rich monopoly company.

This chapter of my life felt to big to just leave it there, so I decided to collect the music I produced the previous 6 months and put it in a big music album.

At first I released this album for free on Bandcamp, but thanks to Notch of Minecraft fame it got downloaded so often that it probably made quite some terrabytes of traffic on the Bandcamp servers. After that Bandcamp introduced their relatively good payment system, but that also meant I had to put a price tag onto that album.

So with the amount of music in it (about 80 minutes), it's probably the cheapest album I am selling.

Probably too cheap. But I love you, so it'll stay one dollar fooooreeveeeer.

—C418, c418.org (old website)

life changing moments seem minor in pictures is an album I created when I just quit my job and the German military decided they really needed me to still work, just after I went with the mindset of “I can be independent.”

I mean, ultimately it was just six months of extra work I had to do for the country. It wasn’t even military work. I was allowed to do social work instead. Still though, I was forced to do work JUST when I decided that maybe I can try things on my own. I still dream of this feeling of having to do work, even though I just decided to be free.

…feels like I just wrote the same sentence five times. Well, yeah, it was a strong emotion, haha.

This album is a collection of stuff I did for several things. Most of them originate from my time with the TIGSource community

—C418, c418.org

Tracks

After you hear this you are older

After you hear this you are older
Length	0:13
Bandcamp	$1 or more

You are.

—C418, Bandcamp

I lack an emotion

I lack an emotion
Length	5:06
Bandcamp	$1 or more

You may reply "no" by which I would reply "yes"

—C418, Bandcamp

“I lack an emotion” was made for a friend’s game

—C418, c418.org

Trivia

• Nominated by C418 himself as /r/C418's fourth Song of the Week. This is currently the only track that has been featured by Daniel rather than a fan.
• Also chosen by /u/Dozyjones for the twentieth Song of the Week as she didn't realise it had already been nominated. This means that I lack an emotion is also currently the only track to have been featured more than once.

This song is not good

This song is not good
Length	1:54
Bandcamp	$1 or more

You may reply "no" by which I would reply "yes"

—C418, Bandcamp

I can't afford mastering

I can't afford mastering
Length	3:50
Bandcamp	$1 or more

It is rather expensive

—C418, Bandcamp

Words you will never understand

Words you will never understand
Length	2:01
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Or do you?

—C418, Bandcamp

Kitchens are best for making sound effects

Kitchens are best for making sound effects
Length	1:54
Bandcamp	$1 or more

They have everything

—C418, Bandcamp

Minecraft is acid

Minecraft is acid
Length	5:39
Bandcamp	$1 or more

I will replace all Minecraft music with this

—C418, Bandcamp

I will perhaps never meet you in person

I will perhaps never meet you in person
Length	3:22
Bandcamp	$1 or more

But we can try

—C418, Bandcamp

In Berlin people act differently

In Berlin people act differently
Length	4:11
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It's weird

—C418, Bandcamp

One second is enough to die for

One second is enough to die for
Length	2:07
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one

—C418, Bandcamp

I can't afford mixing

I can't afford mixing
Length	2:20
Bandcamp	$1 or more

It's rather expensive

—C418, Bandcamp

Droopy likes ricochet

Droopy likes ricochet
Length	1:36
Bandcamp	$1 or more (life changing moments seem minor in pictures) $0.99 or more (Minecraft - Volume Alpha)

Droopy is in charge

—C418, Bandcamp

Featured in the video on minecraft.net

—C418, Bandcamp

“Droopy Likes Ricochet” and “Droopy Likes your Face” are both songs from “life changing moments seem minor in pictures”. It’s a song I haven’t created for anything in particular, but the first Droopy song ended up in the first official Minecraft game trailer. I get a lot of questions on what Droopy says. To be fair, I don’t know. It’s a sample library that you receive if you buy Kontakt. As far as I know, it’s a toy you could buy in the 80’s or 90’s which says random phrases about itself.

—C418, c418.org

Life changing moments is also the album where Droopy, a song people know from Minecraft, originally came from. I think the reason I added it to Minecraft Alpha is because at the time, the official Minecraft trailer used this song.

—C418, c418.org

Connections

• Appeared in an identical form on Minecraft - Volume Alpha.
• Was combined with Droopy likes your face and remixed on 148 as Droopy Remembers.

Trivia

• The only song to appear on two C418 albums with no changes.

Droopy likes your face

Droopy likes your face
Length	2:07 (life changing moments seem minor in pictures) 1:56 (Minecraft - Volume Alpha)
Bandcamp	$1 or more (life changing moments seem minor in pictures) $0.99 or more (Minecraft - Volume Alpha)

Not featured in the video on minecraft.net but nontheless [sic.] completes the song

—C418, Bandcamp

Droopy is enormous

—C418, Bandcamp

Connections

• Despite the gap between the two, this is the second part of Droopy likes ricochet.
• Also appeared on Minecraft - Volume Alpha, albeit as a slightly shorter "solus" version that ended normally instead of fading into I don't need to know you to be in love.
• Was combined with Droopy likes ricochet and remixed on 148 as Droopy Remembers.

Trivia

• Despite both tracks being named "Droopy", only this one contains the iconic vocal effects.

I don't need to know you to be in love

I don't need to know you to be in love
Length	2:36
Bandcamp	$1 or more

I love you anyway

—C418, Bandcamp

Sometimes I make video game music

Sometimes I make video game music
Length	1:44
Bandcamp	$1 or more

But only sometimes

—C418, Bandcamp

One second

One second
Length	2:59
Bandcamp	$1 or more

Just one

—C418, Bandcamp

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short
Length	0:17
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Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short

—C418, Bandcamp

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short
Length	0:31
Bandcamp	$1 or more

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short

—C418, Bandcamp

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short
Length	0:35
Bandcamp	$1 or more

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short

—C418, Bandcamp

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short
Length	0:35
Bandcamp	$1 or more

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short

—C418, Bandcamp

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short
Length	1:54
Bandcamp	$1 or more

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short

—C418, Bandcamp

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short
Length	1:14
Bandcamp	$1 or more

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short

—C418, Bandcamp

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short
Length	0:27
Bandcamp	$1 or more

Long songs are for people who don't have time to make them short

—C418, Bandcamp

If you don't know what to do just steal the amen break

If you don't know what to do just steal the amen break
Length	5:06
Bandcamp	$1 or more

It's the quickest solution

—C418, Bandcamp

Please do

Please do
Length	2:50
Bandcamp	$1 or more

Because I care

—C418, Bandcamp

26

26
Length	4:14
Bandcamp	$1 or more

1248*1284

—C418, Bandcamp

Who cares but me

Who cares but me
Length	1:34
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I do

—C418, Bandcamp

I don't sing

I don't sing
Length	1:35
Bandcamp	$1 or more

I do?

—C418, Bandcamp

I jate my hob

I jate my hob
Length	1:40
Bandcamp	$1 or more

Oh yes.

—C418, Bandcamp

Trivia

• I jate my hob is an anagram of the sentence I hate my job.
• There's also a song with the similar anagram-like name called I jike my lob from 72 minutes of fame

Lack of creativity is dangerous in Berlin

Lack of creativity is dangerous in Berlin
Length	2:20
Bandcamp	$1 or more

It may kill you.

—C418, Bandcamp

Life changing moments seem minor in pictures

Life changing moments seem minor in pictures
Length	3:22
Bandcamp	$1 or more

It may kill you.

—C418, Bandcamp

What now?

What now?
Length	5:44

"What now?" is notable for being a hidden track on Bandcamp, only appearing once the album has been downloaded.

It primarily features the sound of rain, with portions of various songs from life changing moments seem minor in pictures occasionally being heard in the background. Additionally, a person working and setting objects down can be heard throughout the track.

Gallery

• 

  Image used for background of the page header on c418.org

• 

  The same polaroid photo from the album cover