Something I recorded last night. Shea Snow and I wrote it together.

https://umdrive.memphis.edu/cjmannng/Soldiers_Eyes.mp3

-CJ

I have my first rehearsal with Grace Askew tonight. Their bass player, who is a good friend of mine, is moving out of town with his fiance. It sounds like some interesting music. Check it out:

http://www.myspace.com/graceaskew

So several years ago Meagan transcribed Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek" and arranged it for 6 voices. A daunting task to be honest. Here, listen to it ( Read more... )

I had a dream early this morning that's kind of stuck in my head. In the dream I was reading Joe a childrens book about a Sultan and his daughter ( Read more... )

So some crazy shit went down at work today. Let me start from the beginning ( Read more... )

I made some killing vindaloo over the weekend. I was going to make it on Saturday, but failed to actually read the recipe through before noon, and realized I needed to marinate my meat for anywhere between 8 and 48 hours. So I started the marinade on Saturday night and made the dish Sunday when I got home from my gig. It turned out fantastic. I ( Read more... )

Meagan and I had a good date night. We started by dropping the B off with Tanya, and then went to see Avatar. Afterwards we were going to go to Owen Brennan's. I've heard that the food there is fantastic. Unfortunately, it's completely out of our price range at this current moment. So, in lieu of spending $120 on a romantic dinner, we went to ( Read more... )

We got snowed in today, and didn't have a whole lot in the house food-wise other than hotdogs and bratwurst. So I threw together this curry, completely improvised. It didn't turn out half bad. It's got lots of vegies, plenty of spices, and it fills the belly. What's to complain ( Read more... )

Meagan and I wrote a tune tonight. It's just kind of a rough sketch - something I kind of wrote on the spot. Meagan wrote the lyrics.

Dat Baby Ain't Mine Blues

Well, it's yet another painfully slow day at work today. While drudging through some record keeping paperwork this morning I got to thinking about my childhood and about the time I spent playing in the Metro Youth Orchestra in Huntsville. There was this cute little viola-player who had the hots for me. I was 15 or 16 and she was a year or two ( Read more... )