I made a new song.  I gave myself a challenge (no synthesizers) so the result is all guitar, vocals, and lots and lots and lots of effects.

Also, I've been listening to a lot of ambient music lately.  Don't know if that's evident by the sounds of this one. ;)

Anyhoo, it's called Euphio, and you can find it here:

http://www.myspace.com/ringtrickmusic

I am growing convinced that years of education and schooling have led to only two life lessons that I'll be able to apply to my normal day-to-day:  effectively dealing with mountains of bureaucratic bullshit without going insane, and time management ( Read more... )

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I'm in the process of finishing an EP.

Hopefully it will be finished and distributed to all who want it sooner rather than later.

In the meantime, I posted a new song (the last track from the EP) on my Myspace account.  It's a remake of an older song I made a year or so ago called "All The Good".

You can find it here:

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"You don't want to go to Westmorland.  That's a bad part of town!  Go to West END -- there's a mall there!"  This is the response I got when I asked a random bar-goer where to go in Dallas ( Read more... )

...because it's been awhile and I'm not in the mood for monologue ( Read more... )

This Is Your Brain On Video Games...

from Cnet.  Check out the ginormous head on the second page of pictures.

• Host an impromptu gathering at the 543 House.
• Work a few hours on my Composer Reel. 
  
• Re-watch Little Children and get excited for Watchmen.
• Buy Adam Rich's Ant Farm at the Borders downtown and finish it only a few hours later.  Too short.  Want more.
• Visit Oakland to see the elder Sis and Husband.  Eat glorious sushi.

I’ll skip the obligatory “I haven’t updated this thing in awhile” triviality and get right to the meat and potatoes of this, my first genuine blog post in many days, weeks, etc.

I’m moving out of my apartment in the Richmond at the end of the month into a much better house on Hayes and Fillmore.  While my room is definitely smaller, my new ( Read more... )

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