So... it's been over a year since I've posted here and, looking back on it, I'm vaguely embarrassed by a lot of the musical stuff I've posted previously on this blog, but I wanted to share a couple things that are actually good ( Read more... )

So a bunch of musical tidbits to post.

First, this little snippit just came to me yesterday. Look Alex up on wikipedia. Pirate-fighting governor of Virginia when it was a crown colony.

Alexander Spotswood (mp3)

I'm back, so you best be leaving, son ( Read more... )

We went to Guitar Center yesterday, looking at equipment to use with the Zendrum when it arrives (drum machines and drum midi software) and amplification equipment. It sounds like we may just plug the Zendrum into a laptop, which could cut down costs (no drum hardware) and put everything through a PA system. We also went to this sweet bubble tea ( Read more... )

Had a good band meeting on Friday. Looks like we're going to be working over two songs from the Minusworld catalogue (the previous band that Mel + John did), but focusing mostly on new stuff. It also looks like Mel's going to playing a lot more accordion that we originally planned, since we really, really dig the sound. I dig the song concepts ( Read more... )

First post in a while. I've been mostly focusing on my game-related stuff over at One Thousand One and being busy with work ( Read more... )

Because, why not?

Bad Religion cover: The Fall of Man (Live Again) (mp3)

The ending is a bit rough, but this is the best vocal recording I've ever done, I think. Eventually I will master GarageBand!

P.S.

When the beat drops...
Pick it up, pick it up!

In yet another of my band-projects-that-may-never-get-off-the-ground, Dev and I may be forming a Coheed & Cambria bluegrass cover band: The Good-Eyed Snipers.

Here's a demo I made of A Favor House Atlantic (mp3) transposed to G, the most country of all keys.

Oh, and here's a more kickass version of the Counting Crows' Angels of the Silences (mp3 ( Read more... )

Before John Edwards, the man born to be Vice President, there was Jonathan Edwards, a crucial part of the California Country Rock sound that included folks like Loggins & Messina and the Eagles. And iTunes finally got his catalog and $4 of my money instantly. I highly recommend ( Read more... )

This is the first GarageBand track of my life. I'll try to record some lyrics later.

Backwoodz Bayreuth - Bayreuth B-Boy #1 (MP3)

like a Spalding, lungs be so compressed we bounce
ya may be from Shaolin, we're from the festspielhaus

The Gorillaz have written an opera, sung in Mandarin, based on Journey to the West"Pop reviewers aren't normally called upon to assess operas sung in Mandarin. But this is no ordinary piece of classical Chinese theatre. For Monkey: Journey to the West is a tumbling, cross-genre, French-German-produced circus show-cum-quest caper designed by Tank ( Read more... )