A wise man once told me that most of the higher people of academia are under the old "Publish or Perish" regime.  What this means is that if University professors do not do research and use the students to do their work for them, they will end up going the way of the dodo, since they are not bringing research grants into the University itself.  ( Read more... )

Yeah, that's right, I'm pimpin ( Read more... )

Tuesday night went well, albeit the lack of attendees was to be expected, since, well, it was a TUESDAY night! LOL  We rocked Dirty Jack's once again, and through my incredibly biased eyes, I thought we even blew away the headliner, Loving the Lie ( Read more... )

That's right, the CDs are here, and I actually have them in my hands ( Read more... )

Yup, had to consolidate the next couple of days, since there really wasn't any playing, just sound manipulation going on.  The mixing of the tracks and the mastering is really a fascinating process - you can manipulate the sound down to the wave-level.  Pretty unbelievable - especially when I got a mastered copy last night and listened to the CD ( Read more... )

Ok, this is seriously kicking my ass.  LOL ( Read more... )

This is kinda like the play-by-play of what I'm doing, but not all like "Twitter-like".  Until I get a decent cell phone and plan, the Twitter thing ain't gonna happen ( Read more... )

Yup, Day 2 finished.  We plowed (and I mean plowed) through all 10 songs twice, and a couple of them three times to get the tightness and sound we needed on some type of digital media.  So, listening to it, without any EQ, any compression, or any effects (and a really lame vocal click track) it sounded pretty damn good.  LOL  I'm anxious to get ( Read more... )

Yup, after the pretty good show we put on for the Brodie Hayes benefit on Saturday night, and really kind of plodding through setup and sound checks from the studio (and the almost unbearable 95+ degree temps in the place), we got a pretty darn good sound.  Tonight, we go to work - laying down some good music tracks.  Right on target where we ( Read more... )

No, you slackers, I didn't quit WAR (yet).  LOL

More band news!!

X-Crazed Maniacs first self-titled CD will be released on July 10th.

If you would like a copy of the limited first run (and yeah, I mean limited), find me, send me or mail me $10 for the CD , and we'll even sign it for you.  Can you say collector's item?  LOLOLOLOL

But, in all seriousness ( Read more... )