Almost two years after breaking up with Arlene, we are now officially divorced. Had to get up early this morning and go downtown to the courthouse to get the final judgment signed and filed. It's a melancholy time.

Appropriately enough today is April Fools Day. Like we were such fools to get married so young. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Ack. Soccer in the park just now. I'm all banged up and out of breath. I have a bruise on one knee and a scrape on the other. I'm sweaty and stinky.

Hurray! Spring is here and this year I'm really going to get into shape.

I was in a house-y mood for some reason and this is what happens when I'm in a house-y mood.

Obie - Get Up (Original Mix)
If you have trouble getting it to play, do one of two things: Right-click the link and 1) Save the file locally, then play it OR 2) Copy the URL location and use Ctrl-L to add it to your Winamp playlist.A little bit about the ( Read more... )

I just spent the last 4 hours working on a remix of Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You. Sound silly? You bet.

Download directly here: Obie - Like I Broke Justin Timberlake (Edit) and tell me what you think.

The complete listing of remixes, so you can check out my competition is here: Lunar's Zed Forum

For your listening pleazure... I recommend right-clicking and saving to a file. Click here to stream both files to your MP3 player.

Mayhem and Chaos (Big Responsibility Mix)

Mayhem and Chaos (Hardcore Breaks Remix)I especially had fun with the hardcore remix. My musical tastes are leaning towards the harsh at the moment, so it was cool to take ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday desidjm! I love you!

ofernan: u know, i was just thinking that it is probably
counter-productive to just try to compose at the
computer. it would probably help to plan the arrangement
ahead of time.........

ofernan: good tracks usually have a certain structure

ofernan: kind of like coding something without planning

ofernan: i find it very similar

Teknique834: i was ( Read more... )

Abstractions fail. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. There's
leakage. Things go wrong. It happens all over the place when you
have abstractions, and it's dragging us down. Read all about it in
Joel Spolky's latest feature article: (Warning, this article is for computer nerds.)

The Law of Leaky Abstractions

Well, more accurately, that subject line should read my "first masterpiece". My enthusiasm for making music is at an all-time high. I actually made a track that I'm really excited about showing off.

Check out DJ Obie - RushA few comments. This is completely done in Reason 2.o, which is my new favorite audio program. The synth patches are all my ( Read more... )

Last night was a breakthrough for me. I got home knowing that I wanted to work on music and I had a good sense of what I wanted to do. For ages I've been wanting to nail down a trancier style that was eluding me. I installed Reason 2.o courtesy of ezra and proceeded to compose for about the next three hours straight. The result is probably my ( Read more... )