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Hotel Echo
I don't know about other New Yorkers, but for me Sept 11th is a day when I just want everyone to shut the hell up about it already, and leave it alone.
Been a while since I posted here. Sorry for the delinquency! I've been busy. I have a new record now with Ben Franklin, the first full-length of my short career. You can get it for free on the ( Read more... ) -
Tonight we rock!
Ben Franklin kicks it tonight in Greenpoint. I'm excited, but I'm also nervous ( Read more... ) -
Team Work
A new demo:
Team Work by billygray
Looking forward to fleshing this out with the other Bens Franklin. I think it's good enough for me to play at the two solo/acoustic gigs I have coming up, but ideally I want way more rocking and electricity and a better chorus. -
Good News These Days
The show the other night totally rocked. There was chanting of "B! F! F!" at the end of our set! I figured it was only a matter of time, but I didn't think it would happen that quickly! The show was also Very Hot. I ended up stripping on stage. Later some big fat old dude actually told me that I had great pecs, but that I should keep my shirt on. ( Read more... ) -
These Are the Most Delicate Songs
Alright, I think we're over the hump, so I'm posting it all over various internets. Apologies if you've seen the announcement already elsewhere. Just covering my bases.
We've got new songs! My band Ben Franklin is releasing a preview of our upcoming record. It's three of our newest songs that our hot off the mixing console. And I mean hot, like ( Read more... ) -
Sore!
Ran 3 miles today on the track, not including distance to and from track, also ran. Gonna feel this one tomorrow. Up from 2 miles and taking it easy on the way to McCarren. Next up is 16 laps on the track (4mi) and then 20. We shall see ( Read more... ) -
Nothing to do but scratch words in the dirt
Tomorrow, Ben Franklin returns to the Hudson County Pigeon Club in Hoboken to start vocal tracking and mixing of our record. I can't wait to show "everyone" [all ten people who sorta care] what we've been working on, and how great I think it is [also a dubious prospect, but we live in hope, yes?] I couldn't be more excited. It's actually a problem ( Read more... ) -
x-post: Ben Franklin - tracking the new record, Optimist
Ben Franklin went into Hudson County Pigeon Club last Saturday to record our new record, Optimist, with Daniel Schlett. We managed to do all the tracking for 12 songs (sans vocals) live in just under 8 hours of recording. We spent about 3 hours setting up drum mics, amp sounds, fucking with pedals and weird old gear. We went home with an hour to ( Read more... ) -
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A query for my nerd/dork/hacker friends.
