My dog Ivy was put to sleep today. She was 17 years old ( Read more... )

Download the new Convicted demo I recorded: http://www.mediafire.com/?znthm5vzbovRead more... )

I still don't get Twitter. And I have totally been trying to. Todd's made me laugh though. That seems to be about the only reason for me to join at this point ( Read more... )

I had a fear when 2*Sweet started getting attention that if someday I were making a living off the band, it would feel more like a job than a... well, a band. It didn't take making a living off the band for me to get to that point (since we never even came close to making a living ( Read more... )

There is something very therapeutic about cleaning my room. Everything in it's place, clean floor rug, clothes put away, listening to You'd Prefer An Astronaut... It's very soothing ( Read more... )

Finished up tracking Kamikaze Eyes tonight. Vocals went very smoothly and I'm very pumped to mix this (after I finish Black September and Sister Cities). Next weekend I start The Night Brigade and then Weekend Nachos. I'm getting way over my head, but careful time management should allow me to finish everything in a relatively timely manner ( Read more... )

So fucking busy. It's good though. I keep saying I'd rather be too busy than not busy enough ( Read more... )

A week ago I ordered Seymour Duncan Blackouts for my 7 string, and yesterday I received them. I've never installed pickups before, but it seemed pretty easy from the instructions. I got to the studio after work and upon opening my guitar up, nothing exactly matched what was going on in the diagram ( Read more... )

A couple weeks ago, I recorded a band called Brighten Up. It was a cool experience for me as they have a much different setup than I'm used to working with. 2 synths, drumpads, floor tom, snare, cymbal, guitar, lots of looping and lots of effects. It turned out really well and I'm stoked on the band. Very droney "experimental" electronic stuff ( Read more... )

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