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Showing posts with label fall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fall. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Fight Nerds
- The first rule of Fight Nerds is that you can sometimes talk about Fight Nerds
- The second rule of Fight Nerds is that you only fight on even years
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Bring me the wah of Bill Anders!
Bill, this is your reminder to bring your pedal to work.
I believe I will be receiving a shipment tomorrow with the correct item.
I believe I will be receiving a shipment tomorrow with the correct item.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Dreams Never Get Finished
Here's my submittal for Spokesmen Cover Song IV: Dreams Never End (original by New Order).
We got together at Bill's place this evening for a listening party, which only halfway materialized. However, the food, beverages, and company more than made up for the dearth of completed covers. Many thanks to Bill and Joanne, Ethne and Sophie for their hospitality!
Doctored photos of the event may be posted at a later date, once we have songs from Brian and Jason.
Anyhow, click the cover art for the download, and read below if you want an entirely uninteresting description of process, etc.
The band name "Freedom Club" derives from the cover picture, which I found linked on a design blog I frequent. So far the only person to correctly identify the (in)famous structure in the picture without prompting is Wes.
This was probably my sixth or seventh attempt at figuring out just what the hell to do to cover the song. If you're familiar with the original, it is almost two songs in one; a super long intro that eventually segues into the main verse/chorus part. Every time I had something in mind for the intro, I would get stumped at how to make the transition and eventually complete the second. There are some real mutants on the computer here, versions with everything played backwards and then reversed, really speedy Unrest-y versions, an intro that sounds like a (hamfisted) outtake from Long Division, and more, which will be seeing the business end of a delete key when I start running out of drive space.
A simple, slow approach ended up working best for this one, and I severely reduced the instrumentation from what I had originally intended. The main thing you hear throughout is easily one of my favorite instruments, and best thrift store scores: the Wurlitzer Electric Piano (Model 200; shown here with the cover off so I could clean it up a bit).
Found this thing at Funky Furnishings when it was still on Broadway for an insanely low price. One of these days I'm going to rig up a sustain pedal out of old hi-hat pieces. It has been on pretty much every piece of vinyl put out by that other band I play with, and when we had to downsize practice spaces, the Wurli came home with me. The electronics are really crackly, and so it took a good deal of judicious editing to get a track that wasn't static laden. You can still hear a few pops in the song that just couldn't be removed.
The bridge and then the balance of the song is a single track of guitar, and there's a bass that plays not one, but TWO notes. The over-reverbed tambourine was supposed to serve as the base for more percussion to come, but I ended up not wanting to busy the song up too much. And that's pretty much all that is one there. Thank god Hooky only sings about 3 notes in this song, so I didn't have to do 12 vocal tracks to mask my deficiency in that department.
OK, this is a boring read.
Off to my beverage!
We got together at Bill's place this evening for a listening party, which only halfway materialized. However, the food, beverages, and company more than made up for the dearth of completed covers. Many thanks to Bill and Joanne, Ethne and Sophie for their hospitality!
Doctored photos of the event may be posted at a later date, once we have songs from Brian and Jason.
Anyhow, click the cover art for the download, and read below if you want an entirely uninteresting description of process, etc.
The band name "Freedom Club" derives from the cover picture, which I found linked on a design blog I frequent. So far the only person to correctly identify the (in)famous structure in the picture without prompting is Wes.
This was probably my sixth or seventh attempt at figuring out just what the hell to do to cover the song. If you're familiar with the original, it is almost two songs in one; a super long intro that eventually segues into the main verse/chorus part. Every time I had something in mind for the intro, I would get stumped at how to make the transition and eventually complete the second. There are some real mutants on the computer here, versions with everything played backwards and then reversed, really speedy Unrest-y versions, an intro that sounds like a (hamfisted) outtake from Long Division, and more, which will be seeing the business end of a delete key when I start running out of drive space.
A simple, slow approach ended up working best for this one, and I severely reduced the instrumentation from what I had originally intended. The main thing you hear throughout is easily one of my favorite instruments, and best thrift store scores: the Wurlitzer Electric Piano (Model 200; shown here with the cover off so I could clean it up a bit).
Found this thing at Funky Furnishings when it was still on Broadway for an insanely low price. One of these days I'm going to rig up a sustain pedal out of old hi-hat pieces. It has been on pretty much every piece of vinyl put out by that other band I play with, and when we had to downsize practice spaces, the Wurli came home with me. The electronics are really crackly, and so it took a good deal of judicious editing to get a track that wasn't static laden. You can still hear a few pops in the song that just couldn't be removed.
The bridge and then the balance of the song is a single track of guitar, and there's a bass that plays not one, but TWO notes. The over-reverbed tambourine was supposed to serve as the base for more percussion to come, but I ended up not wanting to busy the song up too much. And that's pretty much all that is one there. Thank god Hooky only sings about 3 notes in this song, so I didn't have to do 12 vocal tracks to mask my deficiency in that department.
OK, this is a boring read.
Off to my beverage!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Testing for Audio...
OK..
I think I figured it out.
Click on the cover to (attempt to) download the Iron Brotherhood mp3 of Primary.
Or maybe its just an excuse to post my picture again?
HEY GUYS, LOOK AT ME!!!
I think I figured it out.
Click on the cover to (attempt to) download the Iron Brotherhood mp3 of Primary.
Or maybe its just an excuse to post my picture again?
HEY GUYS, LOOK AT ME!!!
Friday, June 26, 2009
What Bill and I Did on Our Summer Vacation
Yeah, that's (not) us riding (not) our fixies at an unfilled hydroelectric power station somewhere in (I think ) Slovenia.
But that is pretty much how we would look if we were there and we had those bikes and you squinted.
Seriously though, click through and check out the whole photo set. Amazing pics!
Update: I just realized that I put "Toast" on the picture instead of "Donut". God help me if I try to be Brian.
But that is pretty much how we would look if we were there and we had those bikes and you squinted.
Seriously though, click through and check out the whole photo set. Amazing pics!
Update: I just realized that I put "Toast" on the picture instead of "Donut". God help me if I try to be Brian.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
The Golden Boy Does It Again!
Unbelievable!
Even on a late morning coffee run, Left Inside Bill gets comped a decaf.
The freebie count for this cycle so far:
Bill: 1
Brian: 0
Matt: 0
Jason: (abstain)
Even on a late morning coffee run, Left Inside Bill gets comped a decaf.
The freebie count for this cycle so far:
Bill: 1
Brian: 0
Matt: 0
Jason: (abstain)
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Primary Artwork
You've seen the best (Burns!), now here's the rest:
I'll let those responsible comment on their own.
Leftinsidebreaks:
Jason's Band Whose Name I Do Not Know:
There are rumors that people are already using this one as their desktop background.
Iron Brotherhood:
I had a larger concept in mind, but these two images evoked a really corny Junior Boys-esque quality that I set against an 80's-future background, and tried to keep everything colored Primary.
I'll try to figure out some doohickey to post the actual music after I get back from Costco. Where the real rockers spend Tuesday nights.
I'll let those responsible comment on their own.
Leftinsidebreaks:
Jason's Band Whose Name I Do Not Know:
There are rumors that people are already using this one as their desktop background.
Iron Brotherhood:
I had a larger concept in mind, but these two images evoked a really corny Junior Boys-esque quality that I set against an 80's-future background, and tried to keep everything colored Primary.
I'll try to figure out some doohickey to post the actual music after I get back from Costco. Where the real rockers spend Tuesday nights.
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