Bittersweet Drive gets a review!

Daryl Shawn, a member of the Loopers-Delight mailing list and one half of Chinapainting, wrote this review of my RPM08 record Bittersweet Drive.

How to webcast your live performances

With high speed internet access prices falling, and the strength of independent music distribution on a (slow but steady) rise, it should be no surprise to discover that it's really easy and affordable to broadcast yourself LIVE over the web.

In one simple webpage, …

3rd Annual Blog Restart

A couple of days ago, I decided that I'd like to put some effort into blogging again. Yes, again . As I upgraded WordPress (they are doing a great job with WP!) and moved some of my old blog posts over here, it became obvious to me - I've caught this bug in the 4th …

Like rolling a ball into a bucket

Wow, the weather has been beautiful in Houston this week. Clear skies, highs in the 70's, lows in the 40's. Nice. Makes a guy think he ought to spend more time outside doing more nothing more often.

But alas, it's been a hard working week. One of those vortexes that …

Hello Loopers! PLUS: guitar effects soundclip gallery and also, Juice

Too much work and other worldly distractions once again threaten the post count value of this blog. Don't fret. Even this post represents hope.

I see that quite a few loopers have visited - linked from livelooping.org and other forum posts. A special hello to each of …

RPM Challenge

Blog neglect. Guilty as charged.

My latest therapy? The RPM Challenge. Make a record in a month. While we're at it - let's make it the shortest month of the year. Crazy talk. Just the kind of thing I need.

The RPM Challenge exists for a lot of reasons. Every …

RPM08 - First track rough

After some time spent figuring out workflow and laying out basic grooves, I've finally managed to put together an almost-finished track. You can download it here: http://www.uncledig.com/RPM08/RPM08Track1.mp3

I'm not real happy with it right now. The first 20 seconds …

Another RPM Update

So far I've got 3 things that are worth mixing down and sharing. I've also got 3 other things that are... um, not ready to share.

So here we go:

1) This is a remixed version of the first track I did. Still needs vocals, but it's in pretty good shape:

RPM update - 6 songs so far

You can listen to rough and incomplete mixes here.

The drums still (still) need work, and vocals (and in some cases, lyrics) will be done in the second half of February. Also, these MP3s are really compressed and I don't like it. Needs remixing to let it breathe.

It is accomplished. My RPM 2008 record!

Ha! You thought I had given up and wasn't going to post again didn't you?

Oh wait. Nobody reads this thing anyway.

BUT JUST IN CASE...

Here's a link to a zip file with MP3s of my RPM record, titled "Bittersweet Drive"

As most RPM'ers seem to have experienced, this …