As of right now, the video clip for Anything Box’s Living In Oblivion is at 984,722 views! I have a little campaign going for it to reach a million. Why do I want this? For one thing, it would be a cool thing to see. It’s not going to change my life that dramatically by…
When I mixed Distances, I had a good workflow in Ableton (in the box). So much so that I felt no ‘need’ to seek out an outside studio to mix in. In the end though, there were some areas where I wish I had used my tube gear more, especially in the mixdown phase. Elektrodelica…
I was really happy and proud of us this weekend. It seemed as though we were actually not as rusty as I’d thought. :) We did miss Paul on that one, though
This is an old one from Tumblr… which I just recently repaired. My site there was looking pretty trashed! But it’s nice again. And in the process found out that posts from there look nice here. So I felt the song and title very appropriate. https://claudience.tumblr.com/post/64844058687/old-soul-or-just-a-newborn-im-just-an-old-soul
Play this when it’s raining. I meant to post this on Sunday, as I was a bit under the weather and these little songs seemed soothing. Now feeling much better, this collection may seem out of place. But whatever. :)
The truth is, regardless of what success or failure happens with regards to creating the work, it will never matter to me. I would like to develop a more *stoic* approach to my reactions to the praise and the negativity. This allows for me to make better choices with the projects I take on. So…
According to this article, these are the top 15 music sites in the world as of December, 2016. I found it interesting that Pandora was #1 of course, and not Spotify. I did not expect that, but knew they would be in the top 5. Yahoo music I did not expect at all. But that…
These pictures are from my latest #flashbackfriday post on the album, The Universe Is Expanding. This artwork is part of the booklet that came with the CD when it was in print. The album is available as a download, of course, on CDBaby.com and iTunes. But you don’t get the full artwork with it. So…
I discovered that an administrative error had caused The Diary’s site to go down. I was able to recover it, and in doing so I updated a few little things. But The real gem was listening to this particular ‘session’ that I put together one evening. My favorite section is when the phone rings, and…
I think I have something here and the location was too perfect This was the ‘other grand canyon’ I stumbled upon, about a quarter of a mile behind me
I have stopped in the town past Santa Anna, Tx, funny enough. The place just called out to me. There’s nothing for miles but this little Steak House in the middle of nowhere. And here I am, enjoying a Coor’s Light and waiting for a T-Bone, Texas style. This will be my full meal of…
The flight to Houston is great so far. I managed to sleep one hour, and when I awoke, the melodies of two songs I still needed to commit lyrics to were on my mind. Out came the laptop, and I went through them both. So although no vocal tracking was done, I can honestly say…
I awoke and told myself that I would track vocals to three songs this morning. One I awoke with in my mind, but wondered how the fuck I was going to sing it.. What mood did I have to put myself in to revisit those emotions? And the other is 169bpm. Both of them are…
The vocals for the following songs are recorded (multiple sessions).. Anxiety X Nostalgia Someday Someway Everything Is Good Distances Held Down The Crash Of 2029 Love Will Be Your Friend Way Of The Soul Dead Stars Hello I’ve some ways to go.. as there are about 6-8 to go, but I am happy that I’m…
I was six when I first came to NYC, and I had never seen anything like it. The tall buildings were something out of science fiction movies I’d stolen a few peeks from in the rare occasions my parents watched them on TV. 1977. I had no ideas about music. Or art just yet. But…
It happened again. although this time I was more aware of the feeling of ‘importance’ as I awoke. The melody wasn’t even in my head when my eyes opened, nor when I rolled out of bed.. It came as a hummed bass riff in my mind as I turned on the light in my room.…
A still from my camera, as it sat on stage and randomly shot footage (I forgot to turn it off).
This is what it looks like as I figure out putting words to music. Not very pretty, but there is a method to it all. Usually, I keep singing nonsense stream-of-consciousness stuff until something becomes a repeated pattern. Then a story develops, a form of word Polaroids. In this case.. the song is called Polaroids,…