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| 24 March 2008 |
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Things you should know:
Darin Di Pietro will send you a DVD of the new "Handbasket" video he made for my band, Half Zaftig. All you have to do is write to him and say you want one, he�ll send it to you free. Email him at [email protected].
Rob Crow is my new hero. Right now I�m listening to his 2003 solo album, My Room Is A Mess. He�s one of the prime movers of Pinback, which was my favorite old-band-but-new-to-me of 2007. I�ve been devouring the Pinback catalog since last October when I got Autumn Of The Seraphs, and then I found out Rob does solo albums, too. His solo albums have everything that I love most about Pinback, and they�re also much, much weirder and experimental. Rob Crow is my new man-crush.
The new Meshuggah, Obzen, is OFF. THE. HOOK. Download and listen to track 3, "Bleed", and try to explain to everyone around you when your head explodes.
I haven�t been blogging much lately. I�ve been wanting to. Lately I�ve been very conscious that lots of people I know and love read this, and I�ve been... reticent. You know how there are certain subjects you just... don�t go into... with people? It�s like that. I�m still, as I mentioned in "Mold On My Soles", trying to make a choice. And let it go. It�s hard.
There�ve been questions about Mo. And the fitness regimen she�s got me on. And progress thereof. It�s going forward. It�s going great. I can tell a difference, definitely. There�ve been some snags - I took an acting class this quarter and injured my right shoulder in an improv game. That�s been forcing Mo to tread carefully. It�s getting better, finally. That�s a good thing. My abs are sore today. I need to lose this extra weight so that I can see them.
Here�s a strange thing I found myself involved with: a local indie film director is making a SCIENCE FICTION MUSICAL (I know, right?). I�ve read the script, it�s... hmmm. Well.
So, a few of the songs composed for the movie needed "rock band arrangements." I was approached about it, and I�ve finished my work on six tracks (which is all I�m doing). Wanna hear them? OK, download the following ZIP file, which has six MP3�s of rough mixes in it: http://www.wonky-records.com/audio/mp3/liberationRockTunes.zip
I DID NOT WRITE these songs. They were given to me as simple MIDI files, and then I recorded all the parts in Pro Tools. In many cases, the guitar parts I played were exactly what the composer wrote (though that Steve Vai lick at the end of "Kick And Bust You" - that was me). I had the biggest impact on the drum parts, I pretty much changed all the drums around. That was fun. Somebody else will be recording the vocalists and making final mixes. I feel for whoever the poor sucker is that�s got to sing "Eat This" - listen to that melody! So bizarre! I�m glad I don�t have to do it.
I�ve seen some GREAT movies lately: Married Life, Paranoid Park, Snow Angels. 2/3rds of those I even saw for free. Nice.
I have a mild head cold today, two or three days into Spring, after not getting sick once this Winter. Dang it.
I�m still going for my workout with Mo tomorrow, cold or no cold. |
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