I'm back home in NC right now, even though I wasn't planning to be. I took the train to Richmond this weekend and then went to Charlottesville and South Boston VA to see grandparents. I was planning to pick up my car and head back from there, but came home to Raleigh with my parents instead (which is apparently what they had planned ( Read more... )

Just so you can get a sense of what I'm thinking of.

Chicken Fried Chicken (vocal demo) - MP3

You'll probably have to listen to it twice, since you can't really get a sense of the chord structure until the chorus and second verse, since the first verse isn't super melodic.

So I've had this idea for a California Country Rock / Honky-Hop song for the past few months, but haven't gotten around to working it all out. It's gonna be a twinkling piano keys, Loggins & Messina style thing, I think. Maybe I'll try to sketch out the keyboard part and see if Mel will record it for me. In any case, here are the first two ( Read more... )

Y'all can't stand it
If I step up now
Cuz when I represent
There's more than san ge daibiao

I just posted some Chinese rock for GMS, inspiration for a project he's writing. If you don't have all of these tracks yet, now's your chance. They are all great.

Zi Yue (Master Says) - Meng (Dreams)
http://plays-well.com/meng.mp3

Xu Wei - He Cha Qu (Off to Drink Tea ( Read more... )

Sometimes the real world can be just as frustrating as online forums. Here are two paraphrased conversations I've had in the past two days:

SUNDAY!

Jonathan: So... I know I've only been to 5 improv shows, but I'm increasingly uncomfortable with the reinforcement of limited gender roles that goes on there. Is it just me? Am I imagining all the ( Read more... )

So today, I was checking out the webpage for the Projekt Revolution Tour and was really struck by the video clip from Shut Me Up by the band Mindless Self Indulgence ( Read more... )

NYTimes today had an okay article about Hugo Chavez's current efforts towards land redistribution in Venezuela. China dorks who remember how this went down in China in the 40's and 50's will realize what a violent and emotional time period this must be ( Read more... )

Ming Dynasty special ops, you say? Don't mind if I do.

So, I like all the tracks that Mike has vocals on (despite the fact that his rhymes are still kinda awkward), but the rest... I could take it or leave it. The Chester songs are either too nu-metal or trying to be, like, wacky Incubus-y electronica, I guess.

Favorite track? In Between, I think, where Mike sings. I also really dig the bonus track ( Read more... )