I have often asked myself, ‘Is the glass half full or half empty?’ And I’m sure you have too. But the question I am posing for myself these days is, ‘Why think there is a glass to be filled or be emptied?’ The idea of happiness comes from within. It cannot be measured by other…
I always pass them, and they seem to epitomize the very feel of alienation in the song.. so I took these shots of these dolls in a obscure gallery window, already knowing they will be added to the various images I have of statues and other objects. They remind us of our humanity. All they…
If you got the Distances album from itunes or some other store and want the 16 page booklet, you can download it from here: BOOKLET LINK
So yes… I’m editing a video for Fast Forward. It’s the only video where I believe the footage with me in the robot outfit works because the song’s arrangement is not ‘serious’ and the vibe is very light. I am not sure if there’s enough footage to be honest, but the ideas thus far are…
These are the Severed Hearts Paintings. There are 16 of them. These will be going out tomorrow afternoon. Each one is not only a painting, but also the housing for a record I made called Seven Sleepless Nights. Each CD within is personalized for the person who pledged for it. And each also bears a…
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Going to rest up.. tomorrow I finish the assembly of the digital masters. I learned how to author DDP files today. No more Master CDs for the plant. I will retire my CD Burner for sure now. Which begs the question, do CDs matter anymore? For me, I will say yes, and soon enough you…
The cover of the album is not going to come as easy as the interior pages, but that’s due to the idea that the paintings also be part of the story. although the booklet will contain mostly the paintings, I also want to feature them on the album cover. This will involve a trip back…
Whenever I am on the road, I am always looking for this type of magic. It is out there, but you have to look past the decay of what you are seeing, and from it glean a story. For me, seeing the abandoned structure, brought memories of watching documentaries on the Holocaust. One could surmise…
As of tonight, I am uploading the entire two CDs worth of tracks to a special server for the mastering engineer. So happy that this is finally taking shape. I picked the running order finally, and if there were songs to cut, I found none. So some will call this 2 CD thing a bit…
As the mixdown progresses, I am brought into the realm of discovery. I guess what happens is that as the ‘album’ begins to take on a life of its own, a strange haze comes over me, and every song’s meaning begins to change. And this is happening as we speak. Every lyric becomes almost transformed…
Just two songs left to mix! The CDBaby page for the album is being prepared, and I will start on artwork next week, formatting the images and so forth for the booklets. Mastering should be done by next week as well. After that I need to get boxes for the paintings that will be shipped…
Everything Is Good please be strong everything is light even though we die so don’t cry don’t give up the fight give it all you’ve got sing with me, dear let your soul run free with mine sing with me everything is good, everything is good please be strong we cant set…
So I hit 50% of my goal towards the end of last week. I am smiling at this, but I’m not out of the woods yet. I still have to pick the final songs, but I’m doing that as I edit vocals. It’s been tough to get motivated to be honest. Not really because of…
I was brought up on tango first, which I tended to disregard as old music. But it was always around. My first discovery of Rock & Roll came in the form of me buying my first 7″ record. My musical pallet involved every aspect of rock after that. When I discovered electronic music, it came…
I .. want you and I hope you want me too till the end of the world or once this song is done I was the old soul and you were the first glow a light from afar that shown through the dark and I … want you to be my girl and I ……
I guess I should not be surprised. But I am deeply moved. During the recording of Elektrodelica it also happened. I remember we were at the tail end of the album, the songs were all picked, and it was at the mix stage (past the stage of this album).. but something had yet to materialize.…
Sunday was great in that I was able to work on the album with utmost focus, although that is certainly hard because songs seems to be still bubbling to the surface, but I cannot do a 24 song album. That wouldn’t fly. But Sunday was really good. I recorded the vocals to ‘You Define You’…