what is going on in your musical life

Congrats. It’s been a life goal of mine as well but about to turn 45

I fucked up by doing it waaay too early in my 'career' and now I have a phobia of making anything physical that I'll never be able to get rid of.

Heez you've got time

I have personally taken 500 unsold CDs to the city dump lol

okay and I released an EP too, am quite proud of this one (in a lo-fi bedroom way)

https://acoleuthic.bandcamp.com/album/perdy-crow-and-hulbasketry-owl-cast-critical-eye-over-music-itself

congrats to ivy and ums on the releases, both completed and upcoming! what i heard of FAITH/VOID was awesome, i need to go back and finish listening to it
i still have boxes of CDs in the basement from my band that broke up in 2009, maybe i should rent a blimp and throw them out to the city's population
only vinyl i've been on was for playing in my friend's band where he wrote all the songs and i played exactly what he told me to. it's cool that i have that at least but it would be different to have your own project that you contributed to on vinyl.

UMS, this sounds amazing. Congrats.

My old band did some alternative distribution with some CDs. We took some to Goodwill and local NPR record sale. Left some at the counter of a local head shop.

Funny enough a couple times we ran into people that found the CD there and gave it a listen.

I am extremely looking forward to hearing this album UMS I love the Instagram preview

Ivy. your album rules ofc

Will listen to yours tonight imago

Wow!

swing by SFMOMA and pick up our new LP from the gift shop lol
https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/112/616/970/110/186/323/original/4c9bfcff5e9beeb3.png

what record Shakey?

really want to thank everyone for the kind words and also say that it's really cool there feels like there's a lot of energy in this thread lately and people doing cool stuff, very nice to see

It’s my 11th drummiversary! Im over thinking about where I’d be if I started as a kid like everyone else and have found satisfaction in what I’ve been able to accomplish as an adult learner. I’ve never been so persistent about anything in my life.

if you squint you can see a copy of our most recent LP in that photo: https://societyofrockets.bandcamp.com/album/tough-trip-through-paradise

Shakey: did you go to the SFMOMA Art Of Noise exhibit?

my recording project band finalized what songs are going on the next album and agreed on an album name. taking this weekend to make sure we’re 100% happy with the recordings before sending them off for mastering. so hopefully we’ll have something new out in a couple of months.

LL - I love that and I'm happy for you, it's so freeing

when I was about 8 my dad asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up and I said that I wanted to be the bass player in Van Halen, he asked what was my backup plan and I said I didn't have one, I'm still holding out hope

the new Cassini video is up on Psychedelic Baby, we filmed this a couple years ago on ~~scary~~ golf course in the winter, kind of a black metal look, this is the most noisy/darkest track we it's edited/fucked with practice space jams

https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2024/07/vote-for-miles-by-cassini-new-album-the-cassini-promise.html

I am getting very strong FACS vibes from this, which is a very good thing IMO

I've also put out a new ep.

https://chrisirregardless.bandcamp.com/album/no-hope-of-a-new-world

I'm playing my first music show since moving to Portland, put together three other acts to play short sets, but am still fearing that only 10 people will show up at a venue that holds 80. It's that math of knowing 50 people total who might come, then figure 25 might think about going, and 10 ultimately end up doing so.

we just played our record release show, the bands we booked to play with us were so fucking good and so stoked to be there even though we were playing in a hot pit/back room of a bar on a muggy 90 degree day in new york, and we played SO WELL i mean we rehearsed a lot but it was really amazing to notice how much we were clicking, and also someone ive had a crush on for forever was there and we made out after the set :) best night of my life, play music with your friends

hell yeah

xpost thank you so much djp, love facs

that's awesome ivy!!!

I'm collaborating with a vocalist that I have massive respect for and it's going well I think, just trying to generate lots of material and then pan for gold. Definitely have to quiet a little bit of imposter syndrome but all I can do is keep making things. Thinking about how I wouldn't have been ready for this until now, I learned my lesson years ago when I felt too precious about 'wasting' 'good' ideas/time and was super stressed about the end result. Now I feel much better about throwing as much at the wall as possible, and if *any* of it ends up coming out as a record I will be stoked.

that's the attitude to have
who is the singer?

xpost Christine I got (I think your first?) synth EP on Bandcamp and have really enjoyed it

i am performing solo at camp for an audience of my peers and a big bunch of 8-16 year olds in a school gym. tough room! i am prepared though and i dress-rehearsed my set last night. exactly 30 min!

tomorrow

nice, my daughter will be there, as you know

eazy i was listening to your old album a few weeks ago after accidentally figuring out one of your songs, it holds up

i'm in a bit of a creative malaise as we're waiting on external factors that will impact scheduling of our album release and trying to figure out how much promotion to bother doing. thinking about spending a lot of money on new gear to spark creativity

I saw her yesterday but didn’t embarrass her by saying hi. She was busy w friends tootling down the hallway.

good luck ll!!! sounds like a fun gig

by mostly happy accident we had like three photographers at the album release show, so now i suddenly have more pictures of myself drumming than i ever have before

https://i.imgur.com/EPMY5gH.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/vPBkV0a.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/vm0JtEZ.jpeg

Great pics! I didn't know ddrum made acoustic kits (yours?).

ums, I don't really want to say publicly (mostly for jinxing reasons) but can email you if you're curious.

not my drums, the venue's backline!

god bless you for using the venue's kit

love,
band members the world over

God bless that venue for having a backline kit

it seems like that would have to be just about mandatory in NYC, though i don't really understand how bands work in NYC (in terms of having practice space, getting gear to shows, etc.)

i have played venues without a backline kit, it always sucks ass. i am still very lucky in that one member of the band owns a car

my neighborhood has a devoted music practice space, ton of rooms full of gear, also feel very lucky that that exists even though it can't possibly make money and must be a front for something

It does suck ass! I’ll do it but you have to be some kind of nuts to want to tote your own kit somewhere you do not need to tote it.

The drummer's dilemma, haul your own kit (sucks and increases changeover time, but you're comfortable) vs use the backline kit (which usually has beat up heads, stripped stands and throne that you can barely adjust, feels weird).

Backline is extremely rare here, reserved for festivals (to get that trademark Festival Tom Sound (TM)) and a couple jazz clubs. I think for rock shows there's that weird negotiation where one of the drummers need to volunteer to let everyone else use their kit.

best are the bands that show up without a kit or bass amp and just assume they can use yours

Heh.

One time I went to Dizzy’s at Lincoln Center and overhead the drummer for the late show being asked why he didn’t bring his drums and saying “well, I can just use the other guy’s.” Except the other guy from the first set didn’t let him so they had to go and find some old beater set for him to play.

my band has a new album coming out next month, there are three preview tracks up now on our bandcamp: https://shreddedsun.bandcamp.com/album/wilding
i'm really happy with how it turned out, we made some investments in some really basic gear (like some better mics and those mic stands that clip onto the drums themselves) that i think helped with a more consistent drum sound, and we stretched out our songwriting beyond our standard 3-minute bangers on some of the songs

Did you end up mixing this in the box?

yup
something you said about mixing on ilx actually stuck in my head, about how a lot of times a good mix involves having an element of the song being mixed "too" loud. it was helpful, i definitely think i used to focus more on everything being equally audible, now i'm more comfortable pushing elements that i want to emphasize way up to the front. the opposite sometimes too, mixing some parts "too" quiet leads to more dynamics. lol this all sounds so basic when i type it out

i guess i never really thought about it much in the past because i've traditionally gone for more of a "live" sound where things are more stripped down and the levels stay pretty consistent, but with this recording project i can be a little more creative in arrangements and mixing

I agree with all of that. Tracks sound great NA

yeah this sounds really good!!!

Love to hear that, yeah it sounds great.

My musical life feels like it's exploding lately - working on two records (trying to get up a an hour or two early to get some music time in before work, since I don't have much other time during the week), getting some video and live show prep together for an all-drums album that's coming out in a couple months, practicing.

Played a last minute sub gig yesterday with a New Orleans r&b guy who was in town, felt pretty good and it was fun to bring out all this Zigaboo/Clyde/Earl Palmer type of playing that I love but don't get to do very often.