what is going on in your musical life

I had my last home project mixed by my friend who is a personal and it was so worth it

but yeah I miss analog recording, there's something about it

Maybe a lot of it is natural compression that's occuring? I definitely think you need to work extra hard to get the vibe going with digital recording & mixing, although luckily there are so many amazing analog-style plugins today available for free or nearly free. The thing I like about digital is that there can be so many creative workarounds, I've done things that felt like cheating (like creating multiple copies of a track that are processed and EQ'd differently) and only learned later that it's considered a standard technique. I love mixing now as a set of puzzles to solve, but it still takes soooo much time, so much listening on multiple systems and tweaking and listening and tweaking.

Love the Faith/Void track Ivy - love the drum breakdown around 2.30.
I hear some Quicksand in there!

omg chinaski thank you, hearing any quicksand at all in our music is huge for us

and thanks everyone here for saying such nice things about it <3

I just put out a new single for Bandcamp Friday.

https://chrisirregardless.bandcamp.com/album/daisy-clocks-and-time

going on tour???? if you're in any of these places, come say hi.

https://64.media.tumblr.com/f42d05b451106547731929b0c43ff073/718e4c566df6d8f2-34/s2048x3072/c2c79df51274db9ea7cf974097213d4ad3e53ed3.jpg

Awesome flyer.

that's so rad

Those Omni magazine covers are fantastic - great flyer

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1Yh5422kvL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

super cool flyer!!

Turned it around tonight — sat in on gongs/small percussion w some friends at a venue I love/have played at multiple times and they had never been to. And we had such a good time. I love the last minute invite bc I don’t have time to get nervous or overthink anything. We rehearsed once earlier today and performed 5 hours later. What a week.

Also love the flyer Tyler and have fun on your tour!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf_az1PyXj0

another new faith/void song!!! containing what are probably the most uhhhhh "personal" lyrics i've ever written??? it is about needing to go on hrt even though/because(???) the world is ending. like and subscribe

On Sunday, I sang in a benefit concert for a local charity that provides counseling and support services for people impacted by gun violence, including those who have been injured, the families of those who have been killed, and those who have served jail time and are attempting to repatriate into society. I did two sets of songs; the first was three art songs by Robert Schumann (Mein schöner Stern, Widmung, Du bist wie eine Blume) and the second three were spirituals (Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Deep River; Ride On, King Jesus). I thought it came out pretty well:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ycmq25i1mnlpd7eqdtxu8/IMG_8018.MOV?rlkey=gdo0psf0u116v4r1mjou29mvt&dl=0

note to self: if you don't really know how to use logic that well, trying to quantize a sample from metal machine music may end up eating your brain and set off a series of cascading errors that make the entire song unusable

Dan, I apologize for not getting to this earlier - work was blocking it, and then I had issues with the Dropbox link, but I got it up now finally!

as always, I love your tone and intonation, dynamics, and diction! would love to show some of my mush-mouthed, nasal musical theater peers this video as a 'how to'.

Oh wow, that is a massive compliment! Thank you!

vinyl copies of our record arrived today, they sound fucking great, this is definitely the best day of my life

Congrats!

congrats Ivy!!!

Ivyyyyyyyyy congrats!!

Congratulations!

that is very cool ivy! congrats

Congrats, how many did you press?

I got the masters back for the record I've been working on and I'm very happy with them, whew. I do kinda want to do a very short vinyl run, like 50 copies or less, even if it doesn't make sense financially.

there are a few places out there that let you do an express order of 100, sort of a gamble bc there’s no test pressing, but we figured we really didn’t need more than that many (we’ve only sold 20), and it turned out great

Congratulations!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFyS0-2kURQ

had no idea someone took a video of us during our last show in february. i drop a stick during the outro but otherwise... killed it

OH SHIT!!! i TOTALLY saw your band at a dive bar in Astoria like a year ago

also, you fucking ruled

*and* you looked amazing

The way i described it to my friend was 3 charismatic personalities who mostly stake out their own territory and never quite meld together, but the moments when they come to meet is the most joyous release. the way other bands have quiet/loud dynamics this band has magnetism and pulling apart.

i fucking loved it, and i don't even listen to this kind of music at all

anyway i have been looking for someone to teach me to play sho... and it turns out Columbia U has a gagaku ensemble! and i'm allowed to participate, barring any change in policy that would exclude members of the community.
there's just one thing, i have to buy a sho first lol. and the beginner models cost like $1200 and have to be ordered 6 mos in advance. but fuck it i am doing this, i can sell my rock instruments that i dont play anymore.

OH SHIT!!! i TOTALLY saw your band at a dive bar in Astoria like a year ago

― Deflatormouse, Monday, June 3, 2024 9:14 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

omg!!!

was the show at irish whiskey bar? best we've ever sounded, somehow, even though the situation was supremely disorganized when we arrived. thank god for scene lifer and the nicest and coolest soundman i've ever met, snake

that’s the one! I never would’ve remembered the name of the bar, but who could forget Snake??
If it’s the best you ever sounded then i feel so lucky to have caught it!!

that video is great ivy, your band reminds me of Q and Not U in a way

that video is great ivy, your band reminds me of Q and Not U in a way

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, June 4, 2024 12:40 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

biggest compliment on earth!!!!!

also, it's live, and i never have to post about it again https://faithvoid.bandcamp.com/album/weird-chills

whoa, this album smokes!

Sure as hell does! I posted about it last night to Bluesky (tagging Mattie natch -- are you on there, ivy?), and jamie quinn was overwhelmed in response:

https://bsky.app/profile/threnody.bsky.social/post/3kucrnk5c4c2q

"holy christ the guitar on bonehenge feels like having a fever dream under hot sand."

Anyway in honor of the combined release day F/V needs to open for Charli XCX on her forthcoming tour so you both can collectively wreck everybody.

thank you so much ned!!!! i feel hopped up on goofballs today

(i’m not on bluesky, and after my insta and fb got deleted i decided to never make a new social media account) (tho i do run the band instagram since i have so much free time on account of having no personal social media)

I can't wait to listen, big congrats ivy.!

well, it's really happening, the Cassini album is coming out on Echodelick Records on vinyl.

not to be too sentimental but it's been a dream of mine my whole life to have a record that I played on, ever since I was listening to my dad's CCR and Stones records as a little kid. Took me decades to get there, but I'm really over the moon.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8J_tAHJ1HT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

omg this freakin rules!!!

Congrats ums!!!

Sick!

ums I totally appreciate your feeling there. huge congrats my man!

that is awesome!

huge sounds btw!