Brian’s music is intelligent, clever, emotive, humorous, introspective, and witty; independently produced, acoustic and electric guitar-based singer/songwriter alternative/folk/rock.  Lyrically, the oft-tackled subjects include love and infatuation, or philosophy and related ranting; all with extended metaphors, incessant word-play; and sure to give your intellect a headache.  Really, one should listen and judge for oneself, like with all musics.  Welcome to the World Bri’ed Web and to the rest of your life, in which you now know Brian exists.  He hopes you’re amused and not put off by the fact that he’s speaking in the third person.

Heavy On The Whatnot: the seventh album, $10.99, shipping and handling included; directly from the artist.  Contact me for details.
Warning: May Contain Nuts: the sixth album, $9.99, shipping and handling included; directly from the artist.  Contact me for details.
Hand Gestures & Sarcasm: the fifth album! $9.99 plus tax, shipping, and handling; from CafePress.  Click here!

Sure today was payday, and sure I knew that the bulk of this one goes to rent; but I entered a Borders Books & Music today and left the store $74 poorer nonetheless.  But that’s just financially–I am actually (spiritually, emotionally, and mentally) emerging $74 richer from the experience, for I now own, and will soon be reading:

1) Science & Music by Sir James Jeans, an author I enjoyed reading once already, with his Physics & Philosophy book.  2) Shadows of the Mind: A Search For The Missing Science of Consciousness by Roger Penrose, an author I have seen mentioned over and over in the philosophical and/or cognitive physics type books with which I’ve already bombarded my personal library.  Now I can claim to have read some Penrose, too.  3) One of the latest in the fantastic series of philosophy and popular culture books: Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think!  If I didn’t buy this book for myself now and tell everyone about it, I would end up receiving 6 or 7 copies of it for my birthday next month.  Thanks, everyone!  But I beat you to it!  4) Finally, I just was obligated to purchase this, as soon as its cover was in view and kicked my ass into submission: The Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox.  If you don’t know about The Best Page In The Universe, you have a loose grasp of reality and it would do you best to sacrifice yourself, right now, to whatever deity suits you. 

May 2, 2006

Even frequent visitors to this page may not be aware of a feature I added to the site quite a while ago.  The Random Searches page is merely a log of the words and search strings people have typed into web search engine sites which directed them to The World Bri’ed Web.  I’m grateful for the extra “business” because of it, but usually my site is clearly not what these people were intending to find.  The entry for today marks the first time that the Random Searches page itself was the result in the search engine.  And what a phrase it is!

My eighth album is underway, second phase of the writing process.  Stay tuned.

March, 19, 2006

Some would think I’ve been snoozing for the past couple months.  I do love my sleep.  Actually, I just spend more (read: too much) of my time hanging around my MySpace accounts, personal and professional.  I still haven’t made Heavy On The Whatnot available at CafePress yet, but copies are available, on demand, directly from me.  Just contact me and I’ll get you details on how to get you one to you somehow.  That goes for possible copies of the rest of my canon of music.

Also, thanks to some connections, I have been heard by more people in the last few days than have ever heard me before!  Thanks to Jeff Hester, proprietor of Big Blue Ball.com for his impeccable taste, having selected a piece of mine to be the theme song of his newly launched Big Blue Ball podcast!  My thanks, additionally, to all you new visitors to this page who found me because of Jeff’s shout-out.  Subscribe to his bi-weekly discussions of all the latest in Instant Messenging goodness!

I uploaded some more .mp3’s of new songs as well as some old songs you may have forgotten about, and I linked them all in the Albums page song list.  Download and enjoy.

January 30, 2006

I had my official CD release party, thanks to Mark and his support, and I thank everyone who attended, even though I didn’t do a set of any sort, nor did we play the CD in the background.  But that was one kick-ass Togo’s party sub!

The only other news I have is that I have actually SOLD more copies of this album than any other.  So, consider yourself lucky if you now own an Official “Signature” Series, Maxwell CD-R with Fed-Ex Kinko’s quality four-panel liner notes on glossy!  I’ve still got another eight or so.  Write to me if you’re interested!

January 3, 2006

Where the heck have I been!?!  I would say that I’ve grown a beard and locked myself in a basement and recorded an album.  But then I would only be 1/3 correct.

Heavy On The Whatnot is done, done, done.  I’m so sick of it already.  You’d think that I would have spent so much time perfecting it, making it sound awesome, that it’s of course the last thing in the world I would want to listen to.  Well, that’s only partially true, as well.  See, I spent only a fraction of the time perfecting it.  It’s not mastered for shit, but at least you can hear the words this time.  And, okay, some of the guitars sound really sweet.  And all contributions by the Korg Triton’s sound banks sound impressive.  If only I had an outsider’s perspective in the last stages of production, though … oh well.

In any case, you can’t have a copy yet.  Give me a few weeks and I just might have mailed a master to CafePress.  Then you can give them money to print you one of these things.  I recorded the piece of crap for free in my bedroom ... you think I’m going to spend more than a CD’s postage in marketing the thing?  Good luck to you if you ever hear it!  It took me eight months of “labour of love”-type efforts to bring my seventh album to life.  It’s going to cost you just a smidgen of effort to obtain a copy, if I have anything to say about it.

Hey, you know, it kind of sounds like I’m bitter.  No, not really.  I’m just waiting for the day that more than two people care enough to support my hobby, instead of somehow thinking they’re entitled to owning a free copy, just because they’re my friends.  Nope, not this time … unless you’re a hot girl who is actively interested in me sexually, you ain’t gettin’ no free copy!  Love y’all!

If you haven’t read it, it’s news to you!  Check out the Old News!

I am pretty much perpetually “in studio” so I don’t seem to find time to arrange gigs.  Which is a shame, considering my considerable fan base, all clamoring for more Bri.  However, were I to have gigs and appearances, they would be displayed thusly:

Thursday, July 4th, 2002
Universal Amphitheatre, sold out show!

Friday, July 5th, 2002
Somewhere, sometime, somehow, and something else.

Saturday, July 6th, 2002
Bob’s House, $100 cover charge

Monday, July 8th, 2002
Free curb show, corner of 6th & Main, 3 drink minimum

Wednesday, July 10th, 2002
Burger King parking lot, free admission w/ flyer

Since I’ve been recording for many years, I have seven albums of material.  This site has many clips and songs available for download on the Music and Albums pages, but here, for your convenience, is a good helping.

Full Length Songs
128 kbps, 44.1 kHz, Stereo

• Except For You [4:13] (192 kbps)
• Amber & Amy [4:10] (192 kbps)
• Untold [3:34] (192 kbps)
• Split [5:06]
• Filler Track [3:44]
• Faith-Based Fail-Safe [5:32]
• Moved On [5:45]
• Had [4:54]
• For Your Consideration [2:28]
• The Last Folk Song [3:16]