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... )

Pay-what-you-want, complete with cover, CD label, and tray graphics. Most notable for Toyboat backing me up on "Rocket Ride", a preview of the no-really-it's-coming Tomboat album. No donation required, any donation appreciated.

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So here's the deal ( Read more... )

I am astonished that I still have the badge for my first Origins Game Fair, held on the north campus of the University of Michigan in 1978. That's where I first encountered RuneQuest; that's where I started making friendships that have lasted to this day ( Read more... )

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... )

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... )

The nice folks at GoldWave have a brand new audio/video editing program, VideoMeld. They've released a 1.0 version which is Free For A Very Limited Time Only. While this is often a fancy-schmancy way of saying Still In Beta Ha Ha Ha, it seems to have a lot of potential.

Any cool freebies we should know about?

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