i remember what the other new album i liked was! the new wilco album! i've been a wilco fan for many years now (does six count as many?), and i especially love their album summerteeth. BUT, i felt like their two albums before this new one were totally weak. i thought they were done and turned to the boring side. but then they come out with this new ( Read more... )

not much going on the past couple weeks except lots of working. on my days off, i've been working on some new musics and going to spookies practice. and generally loafing, which is really fun when you only have maybe one day a week to do it ( Read more... )

another work week finished. i'm definitely getting more into the swing of things, and several times in the past week, i opened and/or closed totally by myself. not that it's quantum computing or anything, but it's kinda cool to be trusted with that so soon after starting ( Read more... )

it's been a productive two days off! i've recorded three demos AND had spookies practice today. it's weird getting back to only having two days a week to myself. it makes me want to actually make progress with musical things...although, i think it's also that i'm just recently entering the creative stage where i really want to start writing again. ( Read more... )

not much going on the past week, just more werkin. spookies recording, and the first two songs ("ruby is real" and "sleepaway camp 3") are almost done. they are going to turn out rad. they're recorded completely on a four track and sound thick and lovely. i think the vocals just need to be finished now. they're going to be half of a split cassingle ( Read more... )

here is an email i just send to 94.7 FM (or KNRK or whatever the shit they call themselves these days):

Hey there ( Read more... )

man it's been a while. i was busy with jesus christ superstar, then i was busy with mciver and a pugs show and a new jobbb. and you know...once you stop updating a blog, it's hard to start again because you feel like you gotta make up for lost time. but i won't worry about that. i'll just hit the main points ( Read more... )

been a super busy past 10 days. lots of JCS practice, as usual. it's getting to the home stretch now, but it's getting good. the band is starting to kick ass consistently, although there are still some trouble spots (like weird 5/8 sections that come out of nowhere). i've been mostly driving instead of carpooling with everyone. it just makes the ( Read more... )

i recorded a demo for a new pugs song called "be under me." i now have ten songs for the next album, entitled warm evidence. my aim is to have 10 songs on it. that makes me develop the songs more than i normally would. normally my songs tend to be about 2:30, but if i have 10 (mayyybe 11) songs, then the average running time for each song would ( Read more... )

the last ten days then! not that much to speak of, just lots of jesus christ superstar practices. now that we're nearing opening night, we've been having more and more of them. still having fun with it. the band is starting to get tight. i can do most of the first act without having to even look at the sheet music. the second act is insane though. ( Read more... )