Came across this article today (via Wired’s Listening Post blog), written by a professional musician who put his recordings on his site for free. This was not so much a grab for press but perhaps just a way to make his music more readily available without having to work within the system of the [...]

OK, so I’m working on combining these two into one song (Sorry Mike, didnt quite make it to your song tonight). The single note guitar thing I posted earlier reminded me too much of the guitar line from Wolf Like Me, so I am pushing aside for now. The other little bit I twisted into [...]

It looks like at this point the increased royalties rates for songs on the web is a done deal, with all appeals by webcasters (and led by NPR and Yahoo!) having been shot down. The implications are grim as this could all but shut down countless sites who will not be able to afford the [...]

I exported the song tonight to Live and added the extra space I wanted in between the first chorus and the third verse. Did a bit of primary mixing and panning and some volume editing to add a bit of shape to the song. I also pulled back the twinkly music box guitar [...]

I love stumbling onto brilliant things that I never knew existed. Yesterday during my daily internet trolling session, I ran into this series of videos that resembled the old 80’s school instructional videos I remember as a student. They have that style down to the “T” and the complete and utter missinformation that [...]

Another essay on Song of the Day. Listen to the song here.
A Bracing Moment of Charming Melancholy by Michael Katzif
“Dr. Strangeluv” by Blonde Redhead from 23

NPR.org, April 19, 2007 · [...]

Well, Ive been absent the past few weeks mainly due to moving, but mostly due to being unmotivated. I think it’s starting to creep back into me, so I shall post here to get back into the habit. It’s nice to be settling down after the move, so I’m looking forward to doing more recording [...]

So I have had no time in the last two weeks or so for any music. So this effort here is something I sort of crapped out last night and part of today. It needs some major work to the vocals (ie refining the melody and phrasing and harmony), the structure (adding space [...]

About two months back, I got forwarded a link to a website where I could download an album by Bob Dylan singing the words of Dr. Seuss. Or so it advertised. Titled Dylan Hears A Who, the music was a mash of 1960s era Dylan that recalled classic albums such as Highway 61 [...]

Artists are people who say I can’t fix my country or my state or my cite, or even my marriage. But by golly, I can make this square of canvas, or this eight and a half by eleven piece of paper, or this lump of clay or these twelve bars of music, exactly what they [...]