Release The Unreleased is a bunch of things I've written and recorded over the past few years, including a few commissioned songs, a couple of FuMP releases, a couple of traditional Irish drinking songs... it's an eclectic mix ( Read more... )

So here's the deal ( Read more... )

The current Humble Bundle is a jaw-droppingly cool collection of eBooks by such luminaries as Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean, Cory Doctorow, Randall Munroe, and Wil Wheaton. The deluxe edition of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold....

The Humble Weekly Sale that just started is also superb: There's a famous ( Read more... )

Specifically, a half-dozen live shows from 2011-2013, with more on the way. Working on the track lists as you read this.

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At least until Saturday. Anne and I think it rocks -- good voice acting, fast-moving tight script, good animation, Black Widow's cheekbones -- what else do you want?

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I'm going to update the main web site next week, some new live shows and a few other things. In anticipation of that, you can go here to download a free live show, my MarCon concert for this year. (The file is about 170 MB.) This is good until I wake up on Monday Morning, so have at it.

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Toontrack has released EZdrummer Lite and EZmix 2 Lite for free. (You do have to sign up for a Toontrack account if you don't already have one.) The authorization process is a bit of a pain. Available for both PC and Mac.

And, if you have an iDevice, especially an iPad, you should try Zap Guitar, a free app that lets you "strum" a "guitar". It ( Read more... )

The follow-up project to Divine Intervention has gone live! (Click on the album cover to go to a page with three free MP3s.) And Prometheus Music has extended their pre-order sale -- just scroll down the page for the deals. Clicky clicky, you know you want to!

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No, the pollution hasn't gotten that bad. Air Ignite is a rather amazing program which allows you to put together song ideas in the most natural way I've found yet.

I've found a few interesting attempts at this lately. Stagelight is inexpensive (only $9.99) and surprisingly powerful -- basically a micro-DAW. Its workflow as a sketchpad is good ( Read more... )

I'll post later about ConFusion (short form: excellent!), but I wanted to take the chance to emphasize something I mentioned in the Home Recording panel ( Read more... )