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December 12, 2004
New sidebar (with snazzy, flashy mouse
roll-over effects!) and organized Old News
page.
December 11, 2004
Guess what! Two
more.
Also: My years of eBay addiction have come
finally to mean something. At last I own the one item, copies on
which I’ve incessantly bidded for what seems to be eons. I have
acquired the increasingly out-of-print They Might Be Giants “The
Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) featuring Laura Cantrell” EP.
As if I didn’t already: I rule!
December 6, 2004
It has come to my attention, since she told
me herself, that the lovely Sommer has, on occasion, kept up to date
(well, relatively) with the worldbri.com happenings. For those who
don’t know, remember, or care; song number 10 on Hand
Gestures & Sarcasm (the ever-popular Sommer Nights)
was totally for her. She’s read the lyrics, but has yet to hear
the tune. Anyway …
Hi Sommer!!! You miss me?
I’ve certainly missed you. Drop me a line, sometime. I’d
love to take you to dinner one of these nights, perhaps. Are you
liking the CD? Write me, please … I’ll get it, trust me. Send me two.
Any? I need attention!!!
But for the rest of you … are you enjoying your stay? I have
been doing one drawing per workshift since the recent Lisa Loeb, and
they’re in Artwork. So, what
do you think of the Records
site?
December 1, 2004
I drew!!! It’s been over a year,
methinks, since my last portrait. I got all psyched up and went to
Aaron Bros. the other day, with the intent of investing in a new pad and a
decent set of art pencils (the damn 8B lead keeps breaking on me!) to keep
me going for a while. My latest drawing
has just been added to Artwork.
I forgot I loved it so much.
Also, I added a Stock
Tips page to World Bri’ed Records.
November 30, 2004
It is with a smirk on my face that I find
myself pleased to announce the official unveiling of the World
Bri’ed Records corporate site.
Welcome to the World Bri’ed Ltd. family of on-line brilliance and
merriment! (Be sure to read everything the two pages have to offer!)
Also, with the fall of the inmyhead.net
servers, I have been forced by my own free will (the jury’s still out on
that one, actually) to bring home the Tori
Amos and Fisher websites I’ve been
hosting for years. Welcome to the worldbri.com domain, girls!
We’re all a great, big, diverse,
ultimately pointless, yet happy-to-be-together family. Coming soon,
a long-needed maintenance job on this, the main site.
October 25, 2004
So either I need more medication, or
less. E-mail me with your vote.
[editor’s note: The lyrics to a new song
have been deleted, for the purpose of making those who missed out feel bad
about their not being up-to-date with the lyrical greatness.]
October 20, 2004
It’s true! Copies of my new album
have been selling like hotcakes! In other words, absolutely no one
wants to order them on-line for ten bucks each, and likely never will.
In related news, I just wrote the lyrics to
another fine song, to be included on my next album. The song: The
Inevitable Deterministic Love Song. The album: Idiosyncratic
Syntax. The release date: Like any of you give a shit!
Maybe I’ll work on my instrumental stuff,
perhaps put out my long-overdue techno album. Yeah, that’s what
I’ll do next. Y’all won’t have to tolerate my lack of singing
ability any longer (not that any of you are jumping at the chance to
tolerate it now!) … in fact, I’ve already got a title: Coma of
Dreamy Sleepytime. Catchy, eh?
October 11, 2004
I’ve been thinking I should really stop
sitting on my ass lately. It’s been so long since my last album
that it is time I really started concentrating on my next one, so I’ve
been having that itch to get back into the studio. I have about ten
songs’ worth of lyrics I could work on, and that’s a bit of a head
start. Anyway, I wrote a new one today. I like it.
Oh, and by the way, Warning: May
Contain Nuts, if you can’t tell by all the new snazzy graphics
and BUY NOW buttons around the site, is now available for purchase.
But I’m over it … I’m ready to start working on something fresh!
October 8, 2004
It is official. I spent way too much
time (but just quite enough) last night re-mastering the album. I
ended up having to re-mixdown about half the songs, and I even added a few
new surprises to tracks you may have heard or downloaded already, since I
had the opportunity to fine-tune/fix certain things. The versions on
this album are NOT the same mixes as any .mp3 available here (and I’m
going to keep it that way, as a bonus for people who buy the album, for
instance … hint, hint). The trip to Kinko’s is tomorrow for all
remaining artwork printing (it’s good to have “connections”) and,
soon thereafter, this site will have all the necessary updates to reflect WMCN’s
completion and availability. No CafePress, not immediately
anyway. This one will be a
drop-$10-into-my-PayPal-account-and-I’ll-mail-you-one deal.
Don’t worry, though, these will look more professional than the job
CafePress did on my copies of Hand Gestures & Sarcasm,
so you’ll be good & pleased.
October 5, 2004
I’ll give you one guess why I’m happy
right now. About five minutes ago, the first copy of Warning:
May Contain Nuts in its entirety was burned to disc. As of
now, it is a test disc. I have to sample it around in several
players, in my car, and check if my mastering job was horrible, or merely
mediocre. Adjustments are still possible, so I can’t claim that
it’s completely done yet … but, for all intents and purposes, my sixth
album is DONE!!!
Oh, and while you’re asking about samples
… here’s the last
teaser (320 kbps) that I promised I wouldn’t give you. What,
you were expecting a whole song or two to download and enjoy? No
way, man. This is a clip or two from every credited song on the
album, all crammed into a two-minute medley, and fairly roughly,
too.
September 25, 2004
One more song in the can, and one more to
go! Here is the last teaser you will get from me (at least before
the album is completed and available for purchase) … here is a short, instrumental
excerpt from Altruistic Blame, featuring the song’s
string quartet, orchestral snare drum, and bass guitar parts; all
compliments of my Korg Triton (well, I had to perform and/or
sequence them, but you know what I mean). These patches sound really
nice, and when you eventually hear all the guitars layered on top of this
stuff, you’ll probably understand why I love recording so much.
Even with the hidden track, this album is
only going to be short: about 42 minutes long. I don’t want to
hear any complaining, though. After all, how many of your favorite
artists put out a new album every 10 to 12 months? Hmmm? I
didn’t think so.
September 17, 2004
The legend that is Blow Me, Wendy
has been recorded. It will be the uncredited hidden track on Warning:
May Contain Nuts and you will have to buy the album to hear
it. No teasers. Honest. But trust me, it will be worth
buying the album for that song alone!
Also, check out the newly implemented
feature of this site: the “Phrases, Keywords, and
Other Search Strings” page.
September 7, 2004
To commemorate my acquisition of the Korg
Triton Le-88, I finally made the equipment page for my
workstation home studio. Bri’s
Place Recording Facilities.
Also, I now have a g-mail account!
Talk to me at fillertrack[at]gmail.com.
September 6, 2004
Hey, folks. We’re going to play a
game to test your skills of observation. Here we go. These two
pictures, A and B, are alike in almost every way. They
both depict my bedroom studio workstation (yes, where all my music is
recorded). There is one difference between the two pictures,
however.
Can you
spot the difference?
I’ll give you a minute to
look them over. Look hard, now! … okay, time’s up! The
correct answer (yes, that’s right!) is that, in Picture B, you cannot
see my Fender amp, nor can you see any of my pedal effects board.
Thanks for playing.
Okay, you’re right.
You caught me. There’s a second difference between the two
pictures … the chair is swiveled a little clockwise in B.
August 17, 2004
There once was a time when I had trouble
getting the “feel” for odd and/or changing time signatures. When
I really gained an appreciation for them, I started writing them into a
lot of my stuff. I just completed Thief last night, a
cool minor-key rocker in 6/8. The bridge shifts to 5/8, with a bar
of 4/4 embedded therein. Try that without missing a beat!
Remarkably, I pulled it off without even practicing. I rule!
And because you all love me, here’s the first
minute or so.
Also, here is a random
idea thing that might go somewhere in Warning: May Contain Nuts
if I can fit it somewhere cool.
August 9, 2004
As predicted, I’m quite tired of Spiderman
2. Don’t get me started.
Five songs are done. I may remix Distraction,
though, but Woman’s Inhumanity To Man came out
perfectly! It’s everything I could have hoped for; complete with a
strong vocal performance, and a great string arrangement (let me tell you,
these SoundFonts are pretty cool)!
I also dropped another $300 this week to
the accounts of Musician’s
Friend. Amongst my new toys are a Boss
CS-3 Compression Sustainer (which I don’t know how I ever started
recording without one) and an Electro
Harmonix Big Muff Pi!!! Oh, yes. It’s really called a
Big Muff Pi.
In other news, I recently got back from a
trip to Vancouver, Washington; just outside of Portland, Oregon.
Portland is home to Powell’s Books. Really, nothing more need be
said. My wallet was many, many $20’s lighter when I left.
July 24, 2004
Have you seen Spiderman 2?
Yes? So have I. Have you seen Spiderman 2: The IMAX
Experience about 30 times? No? Well, I will
have in about two weeks!
On the album front, I wrote my hidden
track! It’s a doozy! My roommate has been on my case for
years to write the sequel to Fuck Me, Cheryl. Well, I
did it. Happy Kevin?
July 20, 2004
I have joined Myspace.com
twice. The first time was as a general user. And then they got
their music section up and rolling, so I joined again as a band. You
are welcome to visit myspace.com/bri
to visit my page and stream/download four songs. I’m not going to
tell you that this is the only place you can hear the premiers of What
The Hell and Split in their final versions. So
don’t go and expect … oh, shit.
July 13, 2004
And two more tracks are in the can … or
they would be if they were on film. Since they are instead strings
of on’s and off’s as stored on magnetically charged media, they are
… uh, well, they’re just done. Alright? You don’t get
teasers of Wooden Duck or Split, so just
don’t even think about asking. Not yet.
July 12, 2004
I wrote two new songs in the past few days,
one of which is definitely going on the new album. I just
have to finish the music for it and it will be quite an addition.
It’s called Woman’s Inhumanity To Man and the first
verse is as follows:
I tried to be impressive with a prefix, once or twice.
She said I must have more seductive things in mind.
I said she’d be surprised if such a suffix would suffice,
But then she liked a man who did it from behind.–©2004 Brian M.
Weidemann
I suppose it can be noted that this is the
first trace of what basically are “punchline” lyrics in the new album
(oh, but just wait until y’all hear What’s My Sine?)
Thank you to my bestest friend Gina for the real-life discourse which was
its inspiration (the verse, not the song in general), long ago when we
were dating. It was her wit in there; I just added the rhymes
and poetic flow.
July 3, 2004
Yes, it’s just like me to wait months and
months, and then spurt out the updates every day or so, so you only catch
the first one, don’t check back for a while, and then have to catch
up!!! But I digress (hey, it was an introduction … from what
was I digressing?). As it stands now, here’s how the album is
going: Well.
Actually, I added in the side-bar there the
current status. And I intend to update it as necessary to let all
three of you know how much longer you have to wait not to buy it anyway.
July 1, 2004
Oh, look at that, I missed the whole month
of June. Noteworthy events: we opened up Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban: The IMAX Experience early in the month (and
I’ve now seen it about 75 times … ugh!) and toward the end of the
month I celebrated my birthday with the help of close friends, ringing in
the big 27 with a river of Guinness (hey, it was my birthday, so I can mix
my metaphors to my heart’s content, thank you very much … so what if
rivers don’t ring!)
Oh yeah, and I got a new car!
“What the frick about the new album?”
you may ask? It’s coming along. Early estimates of a Fall
2004 release are still likely, although later estimates of a “by August
1st, darnit” release are right out! I did write another set of
lyrics, though. There’s no stoppin’ me!
May 28, 2004
I’m hard at work on the new stuff!
Oh, yes! Here are some rough, quick mix-downs of the instrumental
parts of What The Hell
and Distraction.
If ever you were to notice the Tom Scholz influence in my musical
sensibilities, you would definitely have a hard time not noticing it throughout Distraction.
IT’S TOTAL BOSTON,
BABY! What else do you expect when I’ve got a Gibson Les Paul with
a Rockman Guitar Ace? Okay, the rock organ and toms (the “blicka-blicka”
drums, as my roommate calls them) might help.
May 20, 2004
I went to Best Buy yesterday and spent a
couple dollars, so I have some new stuff; which, if you’re familiar with
how to browse this site, you will be able to find out what stuff. I
will tell you, however, that I got Guster On Ice: Live From Portland
Maine, CD & DVD, a really good concert from an awesome
band.
I also recently got a new toy: a Boss
PH-3 Phase Shifter pedal, which, as
you can hear, when combined with the DD-6, can give a nice, subtle
effect to play around with on the new album. (This clip contains the
first teaser of Distraction, some random fiddlings, a taste of the
Moved
On intro, and a bit of fingerpicked Dust In The Wind. Pretty!)
May, 15, 2004
Yes, it has been over a month and a half
since my last confession … er, update. I’m happy to report that
the collection of songs for Warning: May Contain Nuts is
quite substantial now. I’ve prolifically been writing lyrics, none
of which really say anything, which is typical for my style.
However, my attempted wit has churned out an extensive barrage of
word-play, the likes of which are hereto unprescedentedly numerous.
But I’m proud of them. I guess I do have a message, every now and
then, that will pop up; but for the most part, don’t pay much attention
when all’s said and/or done.
The current list of new songs awaiting
music to go with them (asterisk indicates music already composed) and
slated to be considered for recording: Fired For The Rest • Wooden Duck
• Altruistic Blame • What The Hell • What’s My Sine? •
Posterity • Thief* • Split* • Distraction* • An Amateur’s Lament*
• Longing* (an older song,
actually) • Desert* (another older song) • Forsaken To Brood
• Five Verses • Summoned (possibly to be a
spoken word).
Also, I’d like to report that I now have
some music hosted at two other sites, basically functioning in the same
way mp3.com did. garageband.com
download.com
March 27, 2004
Hey, Happy Birthday, Dad! Take a
gander at the latest rendition of the front/back
covers to Warning: May Contain Nuts. Okay, I
suppose that’s not much of a present, but it’s all I can do on my
website. Enjoy. :)
March 25, 2004
I’m sorry I haven’t been saying much
here, but I have been hanging out on my blog
site lately. Sure, it’s easier to update. But the point
of why I started it up involves the usage and presentation of
content-driven essays, and thoughts on the states of life, living, and the
stuff in between; irrelevant or not. Although I’ve been using it
as a venue for posting my latest lyrics and upcoming album artwork, this
is still where you’ll find the important updates concerning all things
musical. Cognitive Autostimulation will just have the
little extra tidbits, I suppose.
On a more relevant front, I will state here
that I got three new DVD’s
today. This is noteworthy because I actually went quite a while
without buying anything of a consumer-spending-disposable-income
nature. I now own Fight Club Collector’s Edition, Top
Secret!, and the oh-so-special
greatest-addition-to-my-collection-in-a-long-time Gigantic: A Tale
of Two Johns (A Movie About They Might Be Giants)! Fun!
March 3, 2004
I am trying my hand at (brace yourselves)
Blogging. I spent the last eight hours or so designing the template
and getting it to fit together the way it’s supposed to. After
lots of Shasta Black Cherry drinks and ice cream (not at the same time),
it finally is presentable. So, now, get a load of the
semi-non-official unveiling of the next global phenomenon … Cognitive
Autostimulation: The Blogger Experience!
February 29, 2004
 I
wish you all a Happy Leap Day! It’s, like, a holiday; although I
hardly needed such a special occasion to validate imbibing of mass
quantities of Guinness. Twenty bucks if you can find the Newcastle
bottle! (That’s $20 you owe me, just to be clear.)
I didn’t watch that award show. I
tend not to care much. However, the two particular nominees I wanted
to win, didn’t. (The song “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow”
from A Mighty Wind, and Danny Elfman for the Big Fish
score.)
February 23, 2004
In addition to the shoddy printing job for
the liner notes (yes, that crease has two folds) the disc itself,
upon listening, has no fewer than 11 anomalies (including a surge of
garbled noise at the beginning of the first track) in the
reproduction. The master disc I sent Cafepress was previewed and
perfect (and you all know the stickler I am for quality!) and yet both
discs I received contain the anomalies. Believe me, scratches or
dirt cannot produce the digital effect goofs these copies contain.
Buy at your own risk. I’m not going
to promote it any more.
 February
20, 2004
You can now buy a copy of Hand
Gestures & Sarcasm for your very own. It includes
complete lyrics, full artwork, shrink-wrapped jewel case packaging, and
everything else a professional album should. Support independent
music today! Or, read more first!
Also available are nifty “Filler
Track” label stickers and an 11"x17"
lyric poster for decorating your home or office!
February 6, 2004
Have you seen my new Cognitive
Autostimulation poster? Buy one today!
 February
1, 2004
This is me and my favoritest cat in the
whole world, Sagan. He’s a good boy and he likes to be held, but
not for a long time; at least not as long as it takes to get a camera
ready to take a picture of him being held by the people who love him more
than anything else in the whole world. Isn’t he the cutest?
He’s the one with the white fur.
January 16, 2004
Despite the use, odd, of clauses, plenty of
new Discs, DVD’s,
and Books, nonetheless, to their
respective collections, by me, have been appended. (Trust me on that
one.)
January 9, 2004
As you can see, HG&S is available, at
least in some form. Pending the official release at Cafepress.com,
the only way to get the album is to request one of the 20 or so remaining
copies of the Limited Edition Promotional Disc. If you know me
personally, you either have one already, or have one reserved on your
behalf.
I haven’t done it yet, but shortly I will
get around to updating the entire site’s references to the new album,
indicating its completion, fixing track listings and lyrics on the album
page, etc. Get off my back already, geez!
If you would like to help me promote the
album, use either this
graphic (which is a variation of the one above, with shadow on white
background) or this nice banner …
January 1, 2004
I did it!
Yes, I got the album finished and in a full-length, burned-to-disc version
(with hours to spare) in the year 2003. Which is really what my goal
was, despite my many claims that it would be done for the summer (and,
subsequently, the many claims that it would be done over the
summer; and, consequently, the many claims that it would be done over the
fall, by Halloween, on Halloween, for the winter, by Christmas, on
Christmas, etc.)
I really should have realized that I
can’t sing before I recorded this thing … but then, I, perhaps, should
have realized it before I recorded my previous four albums, for that
matter.
The “promotional copies” are available
(featuring the lovely artwork featured in the last entry) for those of you
who: a) know me; b) have already heard developmental stages of these
songs, forcibly, for the last several months; c) send me cheques by post;
d) all of the above. Or, you can just wait until the full version
(including more artwork and full lyrics) is up and available at Cafepress.com,
which may be just a couple weeks away, and you can spend your hard-earned
dollars (or whatever local currency you peons subscribe to) and buy it.
For those who want to test the metaphorical
waters … Downloads.
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