Free Textures at Lost + Taken

Caleb has a nice thing going at Lost + Taken, and I wanted to return some free resource love, designer-karma style. So I sent him some pics from my flickr set of textures taken around the job site for our new house (under construction).

I plan on taking more every …

I'm voting for Barack Obama

This is not a mystery for those who know me and have made time for conversation and reasonable discourse over the past few months. For that I am truly grateful.

This is why, above all else : A RETURN TO THE RULE OF LAW.

There's a full write up, par excellence, from …

Northern Room call it quits

One of my very favorite acts that I've had the pleasure of producing, Northern Room are calling it quits after 4 years of making some great music together.

As last night's email from the band explained :

After four years of rehearsing, recording, and performing, Andrew …

Fall 2008 update

New Music Library Is Coming

The re-branded launch of Burst Labs by Extreme and Sony/ATV is still in the final stages… a late-game development that could be super-cool and

Hypocrisy, Politics, and the Press

This was too good to not re-post… if you don't get the joke in the very first line I'll be very, very sad.

(full orig post here)

___

Double-standards gets Idiot's Elected in America.

If you're a minority and you're selected for a job over more qualified candidates …

Damon does it better

I've been silent for a long time on here, trying to figure out what to say… completely bewildered by the current state of affairs in American politics, and the stupefying 'small-town' electorate and media buffoons.

Well, Matt Damon says here what I've been trying …

Produced : two records

new projects from Owen Sartori and The Color Truth

It's pretty rare that a single month sees two collections of music from Burst HQ being released, but here you go : great new music from Owen Sartori (a Burst Records artist) and The Color Truth (an independent band who …

Obama, "Conservatives," and Character

I've been contemplating a post on this very topic, but my friend Andy's blog has a nice conversation ongoing between Obama fans (Andy and myself) and a few Obama-haters* who have yet to leave a valid email address with their comments which would, in my eyes, validate …

Fox News Laughs about killing Obama

This is beyond the pale.

I won't call for her to be killed… but fired? Absolutely.

Imus' "nappy-headed"-aside looks positively highbrow next to this insane breach of responsible public discourse. My god.

(Andrew Sullivan on top of it, again… thanks, mate.)

Olbermann, On Point

Please, Hillary Clinton, leave.

Pretty please? Say bubye. ASAFP.

Here, let me help, Hillary… you are being asked to quit because you are a self-absorbed, power-hungry bitch of the highest order and your inability to see past your own ambition and goals is precisely the problem (certainly as a …

Composed : a song in Sex and the City Movie

2008 continues to be full of ridiculous good fortune, as a song I co-wrote with my long time collaborator Mike Standal has been licensed for use in Sex and the City : The Movie.

Our original version of "Fall" features Marcella Mortellaro on vocals, but the music …

Me Town, Team Game

Thoughts on why an NFL franchise will never succeed in LA

There's talk again of moving a current NFL team to the nation's second largest media market, Los Angeles.

The league has been salivating for years at the prospect of adding Hollywood-sized revenue to their …

Justice. Hope. Change.

Barack Obama in his victory speech in North Carolina this evening :

"In this country, justice can be won against the greatest odds. Hope can find it's way back from the darkest of corners. And when we are told that we cannot bring about the change that we seek, we …

With this ring...

The short version… I asked. She accepted.

A whole new chapter begins… and we're looking forward to every moment together.

re: The Ring… I dig the fact that the lovely Kate isn't all about diamonds. Granted, the search took a while, but I think I found …

Persistence and the art of debt maintenance

I just joined forces with one of the world's largest companies!

It does seem like it's been forever.

I've been alluding to some mysterious business happenings - a Big New Deal - for the better part of three years now.

Had a bit of a distracting detour this past year, …

produced : an EP for The Color Truth

I've wrapped up production on the new EP by The Color Truth after a trip to LA last week for mastering with the incomparable Gavin Lurssen, and I have to say that of all the artist projects I've been involved in, this set of songs made the greatest leap from …

Pirates Schmirates

There's a great post at New Music Strategies by Andrew Dubber about piracy in the music business (hat tip : Derek Sivers).

I share Dubber's opinion that making copies of songs or records for friends, putting a copy on your hard drive, making your own mixtape-style …

My First Muxtape

In between deadlines, paperwork, file conversion, and mix tweaks, we decided to spend Friday afternoon at Burst HQ making our own online mixtapes of our favorite music using the

Groove Armada sign 360 deal with Bacardi

Quite an amazing time in the music business… those quaint yesteryears of 'selling out' are but faint memories - not that I have a problem with Groove Armada making this deal. I say grab what you can, good for them.

As I've often said… it's easy to say you'll …