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September 22, 2005
What, you think I have updates? Well,
actually, my recording process has officially kicked off. Sure, I’ve
been writing, composing, arranging, and orchestrating all this time, but
not until the other night did I actually lay down some tracks. What
have I been waiting for? First, I need to have a tune fairly
sequenced before I have something to track along to. Second, I have
to have fresh sounding axes. Well, Amy & Amber’s
“evil twin”, the kick-ass-hard-rock version, called Amber &
Amy got its drum tracks, fills, organ, bass, and synth-brass parts
all complete and MIDI’fied around a week ago. And then I put a
brand new set of D’Addario’s on the Gibson. The official first
guitar parts have been recorded!
And from the way it sounds, I don’t think
I could close the album with a more rockin’ tune. Now I’m all
psyched to finish this thing!
In other news, I have found Guster
has a MySpace page, too. If I keep finding legitimate, big bands on
there, they’re going to fill too many slots in my Friends list; so I'm
sticking just to the most awesome amongst them.
In conclusion, and to wrap up these two
unrelated items, I just want to note that when I was winding those wires
around the tuning pegs, I had Guster’s song Amsterdam
stuck in my head. “These days I’m changing all my strings.”
 August
22, 2005
In the long-standing tradition of
guitarists having, at some point in their career, an album with a cover
depicting a hot chick holding (or any seductive variation thereof) a sleek
guitar, I present the most likely candidate for gracing the front of my
seventh CD. And, for those who haven’t heard, which is nearly
everyone who knows me through this site exclusively, the new album title
(with a 95% chance of still remaining the title when everything’s been
recorded) is Heavy On The Whatnot. Thanks to Rich for
the quip.
And here, in by no means definitive order,
is the current, working track-listing for HOTW.
1) Amy & Amber 2) Sold
My Soul 3) Except For You 4) Dysfunctional
5) If You Agreed 6) Muddled 7) Thorn
8) Unsettling 9) Hammered 10) You’re
That Kind of Girl 11) MetaSong 12) Self-Control
13) Amber & Amy
Yes, you read that right. I
absolutely plan on recording two versions of Amy & Amber,
a softer, orchestrated version and a hard-ass, slap-you-in-the-face, rock
n’ roll version! Which one will be better? There’s no way
to choose, so it’s perfect, seeing as the song is about not being able
to choose between two hot, 19-year-old co-workers. “If I ever
chose, then each would betray me. In either case I’m cursed.
So, if Amber can’t come first, then neither will Amy.”
August 6, 2005
Okay, so I’ve been neglecting this
site. So what. I’ve been hard at work learning the in’s
and out’s of the Korg. I’m all about making my own Programs and
Combinations now! You don’t even know how cool I am. In
related news, I’ve been learning Tori Amos songs. Unfortunately,
this requires more effort on my part than merely reading from store-bought
sheet music. Which sucks. Who wants some unknown
transcriber’s wishy-washy watered down version of SOME of what she
plays? I don’t. I want to play what SHE plays in the darned
recordings! Anyway, Winter and Precious
Things are totally my bitches! Oh, and in subsequently
related news, here’s a new Tori.
I rule!
July 2, 2005
 Behold,
the official first teaser from my upcoming album, as yet untitled. I
suppose it could be somehow clever to call the album As Yet Untitled
or Title To Be Announced, but I think I could do
better. I mean, that just seems so predictable, coming from me,
doesn’t it? I could steal a title, perhaps. Discourse
On Method, or, the long-awaited Being & Nothingness.
Then there’s the parody route. The Lion, The Witch, &
The Candlestick Maker would be cute. Better yet, I just make
up something random, site some obscure inside reference that only myself
and one other person know about! Ah, that’s it! Sparky
McDumbass & The International Poets of Merit: The Turing Test of
Romantic Feasibility.
(Actually, this could just be the new
incarnation of The E-Monks’ musical career!)
Oh, but on to the teaser. Here is a
rough, haphazard, and abridged performance of the piano
part to Amy & Amber. Like I’ve said, this
album will be awfully keyboard-heavy.
April 30, 2005
Oh, there’s so much to say! New
drawing in Artwork. Relaunch of
Number 12. And much
more. Well, not really. I guess just those two things.
In other news: there are two things that
everyone must do. First, buy Ben Folds’ new record, Songs
For Silverman, because it blows away his previous one, which blows
me away; meaning, by inference, that his new record either meta-blows me
away, or just blows-me-away-squared. Second, go see The
Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, in theatres now. I
don’t care if it’s good or not, it’s going to be good either
way! So there. Two imperatives. I’m out, yo!
 April
18, 2005
As if you were really desperate to keep
yourself informed of my up-to-the-minute activities, here’s Disposition
Monitor “LIVE!”, complete with updates every forty-two minutes
of me, my room, the parking lot outside my window, whatever objects I put
in front of the cam, or just about who knows what else. Don’t get
too stalker on me, now. Depending on the feedback, I just may
have to make this a pay service. (Just kidding.)
April 15, 2005
I think I’m forgetting something
today. Oh well, trying to recall what it is is too taxing at the
moment. Maybe it’ll come to me tomorrow. (Okay, I used that
joke for the past three years … so sue me! Or, rather, audit
me!)
The new album has a little progress.
Nothing has been recorded yet, but expect lots of non-guitar fleshing-out
of the whole fabric of my “guitar-driven” musical direction. I
may have said this before, too, but I’m going to get a little too happy
with Wurlitzer, piano, strings, orchestral brass, and synthesizer.
That is, if I don’t keep myself in line.
For fans of my visual handiwork updates: Alison
Krauss.
March 19, 2005
I added a new Jennifer Garner to Artwork
and that’s about it. As you can see, the Disposition
Monitor is in full swing. My latest
album is now in the just-give-it-away-to-whomever-wants-it
stage. I’ve got plenty of new songs’ lyrics written, including
those for: Dysfunctional, The Conversation,
and the collaborative Satellite, which was conceived by my
good friend Rich and fleshed out by myself. I am fully in love with
the fictional character Dawn
Tinsley. I downloaded a Guinness screensaver from their website.
There is going to be so much piano, keyboard, organ, strings, etc. on my
next album … I just have to compose it. My Boss pedal board is now
complete with the SUPER
OverDrive SD-1. Pictures coming soon of my new computer
workstation setup, and the official unveiling of the World Bri’ed
Records Headquarters: The Avocado Street SoundStation Recording Hall
(which, for those of you really paying attention, are basically
synonymous).
February 18, 2005
Every time I throw in Ben Folds Rockin’
The Suburbs I’m just blown away. Every time. The
title track is fun, but it is far from the best showcase of his
songwriting. I wish I had his piano chops and his sheer ability to
write such emotion into lyrics. One day I will write my own The
Luckiest and call my “career” complete. His new solo
album Songs For Silverman is due out April 26.
But, as for updates into my own musical
endeavors? The following songs are, to varying degrees, in the
proverbial works: Loathe And Behold, Except For You,
The Thorn, The Taming of Time,
Sold My Soul, The Inevitable Deterministic Love Song,
If You Agreed, You’re That Kind of Girl, Metasong,
and Putz.
February 11, 2005
You may notice that I’ve removed every
single mailto: from the hyperlinked Contact Us
buttons on this site! I’m sick of all you “spiders” and
“bots” ruining my nice gesture of easy contact buttons by flooding me
with spam e-mail the day after I change an address, or whatever.
Besides, nobody e-mails me anyway.
The next time someone actually wants to
contact me, they can TYPE IT themselves!
By the way, Happy Birthday David, if you
ever happen to read this!
January 19, 2005
 The
new feature of the website: The
Disposition Monitor. In a desperate attempt to add
content to this website with the appeal of the masses, I’ve made a
decision against my will (figure that one out, you
anti-determinists!) to incorporate the one feature that my site seems to
be last to catch on to.
In other news, I did some more
swiping. My Guitar Center card garnered another item to its
statement’s billing summary. I am now the proud owner of the Blue
Sky MediaDesk 2.1 studio monitor system.
I added a slew of crap to my Book,
CD, and DVD
sections; as it’s been a small eternity since I updated them.
Among the noteworthy, I am now a true and devoted fan to Alison
Krauss. Union Station and their bluegrass do kick some ass, but
Alison is everything I want in a woman … and, for the time being, I’ll
just listen to her voice with headphones.
January 18, 2005
Here we are, folks! Read my latest
blog to catch up on some of the latest updates. There is, however,
one thing I neglected to post there. I no longer have long
hair! Yes, that’s right: the Long Hair Phase is officially over
… a good two albums past due! Well, what are you going to do about
it? Nothing.
 The
only other thing I have to mention here is the introduction to my
penultimately newest technological acquisition (the ultimate newest thing,
the one picked up today, will be dealt with in an upcoming entry).
I’m referring, as you can see, to my nice new webcam; a fine gift from
my father, for Christmas. It will be used for the content of what
soon will be the latest feature of this site. Hmmm … you can just
guess the potential, right?
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