Recent Blog Posts
New Guitar!
post a comment | posted Sep 14
So, my wife decided to purchase me the guitar that I've been talking about non-stop for the past year. It's likely a brand you have never heard of.
It's an Agile AL-3100M. It's basically a Gibson Les Paul knock-off, but don't be fooled into thin...
Vacation Plans Ruined
post a comment | posted Aug 16
Man, sometimes life sucks. Okay, so right now we're having some financial woes, although everything will be all good the first week in September. However, money is tight right now and that always sucks. So, a month or so ago we planned a vacation f...
Throw away your television!
post a comment | posted Aug 8
So, in April my wife and I put away our TV. We just put it in our closet.... our goal was to not watch TV for the entire month of April. Once April was finished, we really had no desire to get it back out.... it wasn't a 'count-down-the-days' situa...
Not-So-Recent Blog Posts
ART Tube MP Studio Mic Preamp
2 comments | posted Jul 30
I bought one. Even though it is a really basic and cheap mic pre, it will be WAY better than the built-in pre's on the MR8-HD. I've read that if you replace the stock tube it will make it even better, however I highly doubt that makes much of a dif...
Music production/engineering tips
1 comment | posted Jul 27
I read this article over at eqmag.com and it was a great read. I especially like the part about brickwall limiting.
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Which brings me to my final point: STOP WITH THE BRICKWALL LIMITING! Fer Christ's sake, people. Louder CDs do not sound bet...
Music with people
post a comment | posted Jul 17
I've really been wanting to be part of something lately. I like the collaboration aspect of a band. I may just be saying that because I've been writing and playing all my own stuff for forever, but sometimes I feel like when I look back at my own m...
Tribute to OK Computer
3 comments | posted Jul 11
http://www.stereogum.com/okx/
Go there and download these... I just did... and I'll be listening to them shortly!
Run Away
2 comments | posted Jul 9
Run Away is a new song I am working on that I'm pretty happy with... (the song, not the recording). I just have a really rough sketch recording of it, to try and work out the arrangment and backing instrumentation. The song needs to be re-recorded ...
Things I want and things for sale... and my weekend plans.
2 comments | posted Jun 28
Going up north after work today for a little rest and relaxation. Going to have fires on the beach and play some tunes with the old man.... it's been awhile since we sat around a fire, with some whiskey, and our geetars. Maybe we'll get inspired to...
Recording Soon
2 comments | posted May 11
I've been waiting on a dual channel mic preamp and an insert cable (to record my stereo keyboard) before starting my recording/re-recording of my songs. I think I'll probably have the mic pre in the next month or so (if I can save up enough). I sti...