what is going on in your musical life

^ this is the worst

big news, found out my rehearsal space appeared on the showtime drama brotherhood back in 2006

http://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1488119_10152229285903268_2027922070_n.jpg

writing a song you can't sing

SO HARD for me to avoid the temptation to add a bunch of other stuff

I think these two go hand in hand and also are most of my songs.

Some guy put me on a "Worst Music of 2013" list which only had 2 entries:

https://twitter.com/ResistorSings/status/413396850138292224

Congratulations.

that's dope, especially since demdike stare is awesome.

2013 has given us some fantastic music – Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Nine Inch Nails, and Lorde, to name a few

HAHAHAHAHAHA

which ilxor runs that blog

wait, is that really demdike stare? it sounds like millie and andrea and the picture there would say so too.

congrats steve! i really liked that song.

oh it is demdike. weird, quite different for them.

Congratulations Steve!

Haha thanks dudes I guess I'll keep on living after all

Just finished subbing for a caroling gig, which may lead to other pickup gigs in the future. YAY NETOWRKING

i made a couple recordings of versions of holiday songs for my mom. maybe ill make a christmas album next year?

you should put pics of yr non-plussed pets in santa hats on the cover

"non plussed" is being v generous imo lol

there are certainly plenty pics to choose from. my pets have more santa hats than dan perry does

Juat signed up to Weeklybeats. Imagine I'll last about 1-2 months before I run out of steam, but hey.

The barbershop quartet I impulsively agreed to sing with is meeting on Wednesday. Here's hoping I still have low notes!

an insight into what super cool dudes are doing with themselves at 4:30am

http://oi41.tinypic.com/qo8sgz.jpg

looks like fun!

great delay pedal there.

That's a Behringer IINM? Don't knock it, I have one of those. Although it does tend to overload and go wrong a lot.

"it does tend to overload and go wrong a lot"

^^^ possible new Behringer company slogan there

My band is playing it's first gig in Knoxville on Saturday.

You guys, barbershop is massively fun

I'd love to get involved with barbershop.

We're playing our first out-of-our-immediate-area show in a couple of days - gonna tear St Albans a new one.

It was just great singing for-real bass in an all-male quartet again; haven't done that in YEARS

also lol the bass part is usually the easiest one to read in barbershop, aside from the melody

wasn't knocking it, have one myself coupled with a Behringer C-C300 Space chorus.

Analogue delay and chorus for £50 in total.

Oh god. Band hasn't practised properly in over a month, just agreed to a last-minute gig tomorrow in front of a potentially large (for us) audience. Scared!

i reckon you'll be fine, e. nothing like a good break and the fear of god to help you along the way.

that said the last couple of practices we've had haven't felt very satisfying. i hate practice rooms and having a time limit. we used to have our own garage we could jam in all day and all night, take frequent leisurely breaks etc, but now everyone's gotta turn up and start playing and we're conscious of how long we have and the money we're spending. invariably someone's not on form or the drumkit's not set up properly and the whole thing feels like a frustration and not conducive to creativity.

I don't know, though, having a never-ending jam session seems like a bit of a nightmare to me - is there actually the impetus to finish & polish when you can just meander for a day? (I'm sure there probably is, it just wouldn't necessarily suit my temperament.) My favourite rehearsal length was always the four-hour slot, where we invariably took an hour break somewhere in the middle to just sit down and talk about band stuff. Three hours is enough to make sure you can play your old songs and work on some new stuff.

yeah i guess it depends on temperament. no two bands are the same. my bandmates are notorious ditherers, easily distracted and hard to keep on point. if there's a reason to wander off-course it will happen, the phrase 'herding cats' springs to mind. i'm sure if i was working with people who were more focused then the 'get in there and practice' method would work better but it doesn't seem to suit us.. I think having the chance to break for an hour is really good if you can get it. all creative activities need reflection time.

i went through a similar transition recently (went from jamming in our drummers' loft to a shared space) and i actually prefer the more economical jams, after having adjusted to not taking a break to watch seinfeld or cook curry every hour. sounds like you're on top of your shit, just whip those slackers into shape

i'm playing drums live for the first time tomorrow night, very pumped. did you know that drumsticks are called baguettes in french? "baguettes de drum" thats what it says hahaha

hah, i'm half french and i didn't know that

earlnash - are you in white gold??

Went to McCabe's and Norm's today to enjoy a rare day off - played approximately $60k in acoustic guitars between the two places.

Collings D3 and D2H
Collings f-style Mandolin
Collings orchestra model
Martin D-28s from 53,55,57, 63 and 67

TONE!

started jams yesterday for new electro funk duo

awesome im totally jealous

I'm singing in a concert with my church choir Sunday; I have a prominent solo in a King's Singers arrangement of a random folk song. We're also doing stuff by Daniel Pinkham, Phillip Glass, Samuel Barber, Randall Thompson and more. The theme is "Americana", starting with traditional folks songs, going up through the romantic and minimal periods, and including some stopovers with modern arrangements of a spiritual or two. It's gonna fucking rule.

That sounds awesome! Will there be a recording up anywhere?

I will be able to get a CD at some point which may or may not get magically ripped and posted someplace discreet

I made a remix:

https://soundcloud.com/resistorsings/work-drugs-digital-girl

Concert went mostly well! There were some intonation/flatting issues and one almost total trainwreck but:

- the audience loved it
- my solo went well
- my wife's solo went well

our new album got reviewed on pfork today. sort of a surprise

haha

i got the google alert while i was peeing this morning and thought for sure it was someone putting the record on an illegal DL site

#tmi

i bet bryce would be happy for you

weird thing to say

sorry just referring to the classic knoxville thread