Friday
Snapeheart EP now on iTunes
iTunes link for Snapeheart: A Wizard Rock Spectacular It’s a “3P”, a three song EP.
The one sheet below was created to send to bloggers for review.
Judging the pop category
Impressed by how many strong songwriters are in the Indie International songwriting contest. I’m judging the pop category again. Lots of good writers. The level is getting higher all the time. So many people know how to write tunes it seems like it’s being taught in grade school. That might even be a good idea.
Sorry Heather Nova
Sorry Heather Nova for stealing ur nu music via rapidshare. It was the 1rst link & ur not on iTunes. The Jasmine Flower is great. Promise 2 pay later. Dwnlding 4 free is too easy
Practice makes perfect
I was practicing again out on the park overlook the ocean. Not too shabby. And I was trying to remember A Credible Threat. I gotta keep practicing or I just forget my own tunes. Anyone else do that? I learn fast, write fairly easily, but remembering…whoa, not too strong in that dept. Practice practice practice. Anyway, I’ve got a show coming up on May 2 in the valley at a pretty cool song circle kind of event. I’ll fill in more details soon.
2 minutes to showtime
I’m doing a 15 minute set as soon as the currently singer finishes his song. Yahoo! Love to play even in coffeehouses. I’m gonna try and record it into i Movie.
….it worked. Here’s a frame grab…
Fun, eh? Tonight’s tunes were Closer To You, Give Me Love, and Candy & Toys. Thanks to Michael for sitting in on drums. Video soon.
Gig
I played a real fun gig a couple of weeks ago at Nocturnal in Santa Monica. I hired a bassist and drummer to back me up with zero rehearsal. It was Anna Rosales on bass and Alexa Brinkschulte on drums. They worked off of mp3’s and charts. We met at the bar before going on stage. It was a crazy little experiment that almost worked. The main problem was that I didn’t really know the lyrics. And the John Keats poem is a bit hard to remember. Alas, I did record some of the show with a MOTU 8Pre. The tracks are clean. I had 6 mics. Kick, snare, mono overhead, bass cab, guitar cab, and my vocal. I’ll finish up a mix and put the best one up here for fun.
Home Studio
Man, I should have been blogging. And it’s all over now. I’ve been agonizing for months about where to have my studio when the lease ran out at Motion City where I’ve been for the last 8 years. There’s been tears and offers, promises and dreams that would have been a great reality show if I hadn’t been too wound up to write about it.
The story ends with my magnificent studio being put into storage. A little workstation at home will keep the music alive until the next studio makes itself known.
Songfight
This website, Songfight puts up a new songtitle every week (I think) and participants each write a song based on that title. Think I’ll give it a try. The new title is up – Just To Be Difficult. Due Fri the 14th. It’ll be a Wednesday’s Song, too. Oh yeah, the winner doesn’t get any prize, just satisfaction. It’s a pretty lively group over there.
Thing A Week
I’ve added a link in my blogroll to Thing A Week. That’s Jonathan Coulton’s blog and website. He’s the guy who inspired me to start this project. Give him a click if you’ve got a minute. He gets a lot of clicks already, but that’s because he’s talented and smart.
I’ve been getting busy with work lately, so that’s a good thing. I’m playing bass in a play this weekend. And I’m arranging some tunes for a session on Monday that will includes legendary bassist Abe Laborial. I’ll meet him at the session. It’s pretty exciting for an old muso like myself.
Looked at a few more possible locations for the studio. Kind of depressing because I like my current place so much. I’ve sent in a proposal to a realtor for me to rent my current space plus some more to be available to sublet. We’ll see what the mgmt co says. Not a musical way to spend one’s time.