I’ve applied a new template and am trying to clean up around here. Soon…

Ah, the morbid fascination with celebrity death… Inspired by Charles and Gavin, here is my deathlist for for Deathication 2010. I am sure Charles will criticize my list, but this is my first attempt, so be kind (as if that was possible)…

my list for 2010:

1. Yogi Bera
2. Mickey Rooney
3. Fats Domino
4. Jerry Lewis
5. Nancy Reagan
6. Elizabeth Taylor
7. B.B. King
8. Steve Jones
9. Fidel Castro
10. Courtney Love

Been recording a bit… here is a little sampling of some of the stuff I’ve been working on.

Recorded live with a small four channel Behringer mixer acting as a no-input mixer sent to a large Mackie mixer with several channels of effect loops running to several other channels. The “rhythms” and “tempos” are altered slightly by changing levels of equalization and input throughout the first part of the piece before the effects are brought in to eventually take over the “organic” rhythm. I sort of sounds to me like a bizarre drum circle of analog hippie aliens in the forrest of a two dimensional world somewhere. The abrupt ending was done by simply unplugging the inputs.

Also really wanted to re-experiment with Drop.io as an audio-sharing tool. Wish the background wasn’t white

Last week, in a bit of preparation for the upcoming winter break–it really cannot come fast enough–I started taking apart my effects board to add the second keyboard stand and try to make it all travel worthy. With a few shows coming up in the Spring, I need to figure out how to get this stuff on a plane… oof.

A few cords hang about, but the mixer is largely alone. A ukelele and a reverb tank. One may not get used the next time around. Some sticks, drum and chop varieties.

I think this is nearly all my pedals. Some are pieces of junk and won’t get used. Others are pieces of junk and will get used.

Contact microphone storage is a cinch with this old metal case from a socket set. I like to use radio shack piezos. I remove the plastic shells, making the microphones fragile. I add a little bit of Gorilla Glue on the back and use that green sticky stuff used to put up posters.

Next… a more completed board.

We had the pleasure of attending ATP NY and watching this episode of Soft Focus, Ian Svenonius’ talk show, being taped. We are sitting on the floor right in front of them and can often be seen in the crowd shots.