Vivien’s 5th Birthday
Vivien is our Yorkshire Terrier who is loved 100% Today she got a brand new sweater. Yorkie’s have hair, not fur, so Vivi gets cold like a person. This winter she’ll be warm.
Happy Birthday Vivien
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Happy Holidays
It’s a holiday song. Snow and misteltoe. There’s some ukelele and sleigh bells in there, too. Oh yeah, I also play a trombone solo. It’s the real thing. My mama bought me that horn when I went off the college to get the music knowledge. I wrote that song from my own lonesome heart. It’s also podsafe for you podcasters out there.
photo by Natasha Blasick
All I Want From Santa
I’ve been living on memories
Of how it used to be
I’d hold you in my arms so tight
On the cold December nights
All this work just to pay the bills
From so far across the hills
I’m stuck inside by the year’s first snow
With nowhere I can go
Hey, hey, hey Santa Clause
Whatcha got in that sleigh
Ho, Ho, Ho I wish it was
Someone that I know
All I want from Santa
All I need from Santa
All I want from Santa is you
When I get home we’ll decorate the tree
We’ll stoke the fire until it’s warm inside
On Christmas Eve I’ll get down on one knee
I’ll open my heart so wide
This love I cannot hide
Hey, hey, hey Santa Clause
Whatcha got in that sleigh
Ho, Ho, Ho I wish it was
Someone that I know
All I want from Santa
All I need from Santa
All I want from Santa is you
CD Pressing
My buddy Robert Oriol and I have a side project called Gymrattz where we create cardio workout CD’s. It’s an entreprenuerial endeavor. So we got volume 2 delivered. Clicks and pops in a few spaces. Arghh. Even worse after investigating, it’s my own stinking fault because it was on the duplication master that I made. If I’d listened on headphones as I’m supposed to I would have caught it. I’ll tell ya. There’s never been a smooth pressing on any release I’ve been involved with. It’s a musician’s quagmire. Anyway, this one hurts cause if I’d spent an hour on headphones it would have save precious time and money.
Lesson: always preview your duplication master before sending it out to pressing.
Studio Coma
It’s a good feeling knowing the next song is in the can. Last night I stayed up pretty late and finished a couple of days early. Yay!
House concerts are on my mind. I wanna play ’em. I listened to the cdbaby podcast about them and thought that sounds really fun. Maybe I’ll start making some acoustic Wednesday’s Songs so it sounds a little closer to that vibe. Idle thoughts. That’s what happens when you spend too much time in a room with no windows. I call it the studio coma.
Jake Coco
I want to plug singer/songwriter Jake Coco. He’s a super talented artist who I had the pleasure of producing back in August. His upcoming album is called Re-Defining Love. Jake was so easy going and positive in the studio; spontaneous even though the songs were already written. His method of working is what got me to write It’s Already Started. Musicmaking should be fun right? Some people are known to say there’s no good music anymore. Well, Jake’s CD will provide evidence to the contrary. btw If I sound like a commercial in this post it’s OK because this old dog learned a few tricks from this much younger artist.
Remix Baby
“And What Is Love” gets a new life having been remixed by my buddy Josh Christofferson. He’s a screenwriter who rocks it up with some roughed up electric guitars. It’s a gas to hear it. Find it on the From You page.
If you’re looking to invest a few million in a movie, contact Josh.
Depression Wins
I couldn’t in good conscience put up a holiday song before it’s actually December. The early Santas kinda bug me. So that’s why I’m putting “It’s Already Started” up this week. It’s really not depressing. Metaphysical. Depak Chopra’s new video has been replaying in my head. Metaphysics are a new way of looking at the same thing, at least for me. The thing that stuck in my brain is the idea that success should be natural and easy. The water always flows downhill following the simplist path moving with, rather than against, nature. Next week’s holiday fun should be posted in time because it’s already started. Get it? It’s Already Started.
It’s Already Started
I couldn’t let go
I can’t seem to hold on
The light turned green
Six or seven times the horns are blowings
I say to myself
Things are going to pick up real soon
I say to myself
Tomorrow’s gonna bring an end to this gloom
It’s already started
The game is in play
It’s already started
Tomorrow’s been set by yesterday
I try to break free
I keep going in circles
Each time around
I see the ways I misinterpret
I cast the first die
Set this train in motion in the rain
I look for the blame because I don’t
Want to hear my own name
Sometimes I get crazy
Sometimes I want to break everything I own
Sometimes I’ve got to fake my way
Just to make it through an ordinary day
It’s already started
The game is in play
It’s already started
Tomorrow’s been set by yesterday
Christmas vrs. Depression
I’m torn. I’ve got a metaphysical song almost done. But I wrote a note to the cdbaby podcast thanking them for their great shows. They wrote back and asked if I’ve got a holiday tune beacuse it might make it into their next podcast. The stuff of dreams. Podcast glory. So do I crank out the holiday number tonight and push the metaphysics back a week? Or do I stay the course and do the holiday song next week and risk missing out on my chance at rubbing shoulders with the intelligentsia of cdbaby?
Stay tuned to As The Hard Drive Spins….
Finally Uploaded Electric Car
So I’ll take the wet noodle award for posting so slow. It’s hot off the press. The preview is a couple of posts back. Or go to the Listening Station and find it there.
House Concert
My buddy Chris Cruz had his CD release party today at his house. It was just like a house concert. I mastered it but I think he used someone’s mastering. Go figure.
Anyway, I’ve heard about house concerts and thought ‘what a neat concept’. It sounds like a great way to play, meet people and have a good time.
That’s Chris Cruz in the middle and my buddy Curt Sauter on bass on the right and another Chris on guitar on the left. It’s kind of a hard to see details because I took it on my cel. I do love technology. This was in Anahiem in the shadows of Disneyland.