Submitted by Bright Star Cat via our twitter feed @catsynth.
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CatSynth 6th Anniversary
Today marks our 6th anniversary! It’s amazing to think that we have been going on with this for 6 years. The past year has been a good one, in terms of quality of the post and engagement with readers here on the blog as well as via Facebook and Twitter, and we’re looking forward to an even better year ahead.
And we are celebrating as we always do, with statistics.
1933 posts.
10714 comments.
463,958 visitors.
258 reviews of art, music and technology.
621 catsynth pics and videos.
57% of posts feature cats
19% of posts feature Luna
Most frequently-cited synthesizer brands:
Korg (100)
Moog (72)
Roland (70)
Via Google Analytics, a map of where people are visiting from:
Top countries:
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
India
Germany
Australia
France
Italy
Poland
Netherlands
The non-anglophone country that sent the most visitors to CatSynth is Germany.
Our top commenters for July 2011-July 2012:
| Kitty | 141 |
| Tillie and Georgia | 135 |
| meowmeowmans | 132 |
| Gattina | 77 |
| Snowcatcher | 61 |
| AVCr8teur | 55 |
| Beth F | 50 |
| Sue St Clair | 46 |
| Marg | 45 |
| Beth @ 990 Square | 44 |
| Daisy the Curly Cat | 39 |
| SandyCarlson (USA) | 39 |
| Cafe au lait | 37 |
| Judi | 33 |
| Louis la Vache | 33 |
| Mitch | 32 |
| Maria @ LSS | 32 |
| The Chair Speaks | 31 |
| caite@a lovely shore breeze | 29 |
| Indrani | 29 |
| Robin from Israel | 27 |
| Sweet Purrfections | 26 |
| Carol @ There’s Always Thyme to Cook | 24 |
| Sukhmandir Kaur | 24 |
| Katz (And Other) Tales | 21 |
| Li | 19 |
| Cats of Wildcat Woods | 18 |
| Daisy Deadhead | 15 |
| Fuzzy Tales | 12 |
Our most commented articles this past year:
And finally, the posts most “liked” by Facebook users.
It is quite interesting how the set of posts receiving the most blog comments and those receiving the most Facebook likes are completely disjoint. The former tends towards Wordless Wednesday and Luna, while the latter tends towards cat-and-synth pics and art/music reviews. Certainly something to reflect on as we move forward into this next year.
CatSynth pic: Cat and Moog Little Phatty
A cat takes a snooze on a Moog Little Phatty.
Submitted by Alex Morris via our Twitter feed. You can follow us on Twitter @catsynth.
CatSynth video: Luna and Eurorack Modular
Today, we at CatSynth have our very own “CatSynth video”. Luna looks on from her favorite beanbag chair as I attempt to operate the newly installed Eurorack modular synth.
This particular improvisation features the Metasonix R53, Make Noise Echophon, MOTM E350 Morphing Terrarium, and Circuit Abbey ADSRjr.
Our video was also posted yesterday by matrixsynth 🙂
Carnival of the Cats #435
We at CatSynth happy to be hosting Carnival of the Cats #435. For those who aren’t familiar with the carnival, it is a weekly round-up of cat blog posts from around the Internet, submitted by authors. If you would like to participate, leave us a comment – the usual “handy BlogCarnival submission form” is (yet again) not working today. But we still hope that we’ll get some people joining in today.
First up, we have Luna’s fellow house panther Diamond of Diamond’s Lair explaining the impressive feline olfactory system. This is of course an important part of cats’ world in ways that humans cannot understand.
Elivra celebrated her 2nd Gotcha Day this past week! You can visit Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat to wish her well.
Also from Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat this week, we have a survey of cat-themed art from Laguna Beach.
Next, we have a tale of two men, two lounger rooms and two cats, courtesy of the site Mrs. Banks has kittens. You can visit and judge for yourself (and check out the kitten pictures while you are there).
From strangerranger, we have photos of Maddie encountering her new collar. They also have photos of a mysterious feline visitor to their yard.
Animal Shelter Volunteer shares photos of cats Kosmo and Kramer from PAWS. We at CatSynth are fans of Seinfeld, we love the names! Animal Shelter Volunteer is also a finalist for a Pettie Award (awards for the best of pet/animal blogging). You can help them out with the voting by following this link.
At iInfidel, Ritzi likes to pull the curtains open to look out the window. She occasionally likes to stretch her claws on the curtains as well, but this is frowned upon.
If you would like to participate, we will leave the Carnival open through the end of Sunday. Please leave a comment below with your link.
Weekend Cat Blogging #370
Cats are smart. They set aside time to do nothing. I suspect Luna will be resting like this a bit during the weekend. As for me, however, I will be quite busy as usual. Today we are working on our final track for the upcoming Reconnaissance Fly album. Tomorrow I will be at Touch the Gear for the Outsound Music Summit.
And somewhere in between we will be hosting Carnival of the Cats. If you would like to participate, follow the link or use the handy BlogCarnival submission form. Alternatively, you can leave us a comment below and we’ll add you to the carnival tomorrow.
Weekend Cat Blogging 370 is hosted by Samantha, Clementine and Maverick.
The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted by us!
And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.
CatSynth pic: Stevesteve on Wurlitzer
CatSynth video: 070212 Modular
070212 Modular from 2D P30PLE on Vimeo.
Via matrixsynth.
Watch for the cat peeking out from behind the modular 🙂
Weekend Cat Blogging: Light and shadow
This week, we have an exercise in light and shadow with this Instagram photo of Luna on the window sill. It was taking around 1pm on a Sunday, not the best time of day for photos. But with cats, you can to take the shot when it happens using the tools at hand. The lighting places much of Luna in shadow, which makes her dark fur even darker. But there is also a patch of light on her fur.
Luna is happy to be home after I was out of town for a few days on my desert trip, which was full of quiet stark landscape, intense heat, and “self discovery.” I already shared one photo for the most recent Wordless Wednesday. I am sure I will be sharing more soon.
By coincidence Jules is also showing off light and shadow contrast on his black fur this weekend as he hosts Weekend Cat Blogging at Judi’s Mind Over Matter.
The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted this Sunday by Kashim, Othello and Salome.
And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.
CatSynth pic: Styrenes
Submitted by Louisa Hufstader via our Facebook page.
“Francisco Silverado Léon at Styrene Studios West, Napa, Calif., home of The Styrenes.”
If you would like to submit your own cat-and-music pictures, you do so via Facebook, by tweeting us @catsynth, or contacting us.