yeah, I haven't exactly been active on here for a while. I have a lot of random nonsense to post about and I'll do it eventually! in the meantime, CDs I got in the last two months or so:


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cloudscapes_bloody_fingers_wip.mp3..a work-in-progress, or proof-of-concept, or whatever. One thing is clear though, this is my guitar song. My drums song. My LOUD song ( Read more... )

What an interesting couple of weeks these have been!

h2t studio stuffAugust 15/16th, spent some time after work at the hotel2tango studio learning how to operate analog recording equipement, identifying and placing different mics how and where for what instruments, how to best set up a recording space (sound traps), working with a very nice mixer ( Read more... )

A couple shows I taped from last sunday. They all played at the same venue and I got permission to tape all of them, so enjoy:

http://nearworlds.org/shows.htmlElika - Shoegazy glitch pop with vocals. Wasn't bad at all! From NYC ( Read more... )

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Five new CDs and two mini-CDs


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Want to waste 3 minutes of your life and lose a few braincells?

"Mmmmmm... mmmmmmmm... BUUUURRP.... huuuuh? Huuuuuuh? BUUUUUUURP! Lahk THANGS.... lahk THANGS.... huuuuuuh? Huuuuuuuhh?"

Was she deprived of oxygen at birth, or did she just inherit the stupid gene? When she isn't grunting in a redneckish dialect, she's announcing that time travel is

Will be taking a two-day course on analog audio engineering in a few weeks at Thee Mighty Hotel2Tango! First day will be theory and tech, and second day we're actually gonna be recording stuff, yey! There will only be 12 people too, so it will be intimate-ish ( Read more... )

I am a boy with far too many effects and sources of noise in his hands. Something from today:

cloudscapes_boy.mp3Played live and improvized. Used nothing more than my guitar, various pedals/effects/mixer/loopers/ebay/bow and cable noise. :D The original recording is over 25 minutes long, I shortened it to a bit over 11 by cutting the more boring ( Read more... )

cloudscapes_rust_salad.mp3

Aside from the beats (which took about a minute of prep before I hit record) it's completelly live and completelly improv. I'm happy with the overall idea and sound, but there are lots of things that bother me. Gonna try and record another take tomorrow.