Play-by-play
Now that “Excursions” is about ready to go to mastering, and even though at this point nobody’s really heard it but me, Dr. Goedken, and my very patient girlfriend, it seems like now’s as good a time...
View ArticleNot content to rest on my laurels.
My laurels are kind of sore anyway. I have been active in the studio of late. Obviously the bulk of the effort has been going towards re-arranging the live tracks to work with the new lineup. That...
View ArticleAn Accidental EP
I realized this week that I have nearly enough material to release another interim EP soonish. One thing I’ve been up to is re-recording a few older tracks. As Dan suggested, “that way madness lies”...
View ArticleI Stumbled Across an EP
Looking over some stuff the other day, it turns out we’re a lot closer to having a new release than I thought. So, here’s what we’ve got on tap, in no particular order, for the next “EP” (although it’s...
View ArticleCodes, Licenses, and Little Black Lines
In the past week I’ve crash-coursed in the mechanics of putting out a CD with all the appropriate “stuff” attached. It’s danged easy to put out a CD – got a CD burner and a few blanks and you’re set....
View ArticleRecursions, In Detail.
Recursions is sort of a mishmash of various sources, written over various times, remixed by various people. It’s astonishing to me that it holds together as well as it does, given the disparity of...
View ArticleWorking the DIY Angle.
“Recursions” has been out for a month now and I’ve been tracking it with much interest. For me, it’s not merely a release, it’s part of a continuing experiment in distribution models. We did...
View ArticlePride, and Thanks.
I have to say, I’m incredibly proud of the work we did on this album. It’s been a long haul to get here, and there’ve been some difficulties along the way, but the end result is, in my opinion, pretty...
View ArticleTechnical Stuff: The Plugins of Perihelion
Inspired, roughly, by my friend Tom Shear’s “My Favorite Things” posts over at his excellent blog Waveformless, I’ve decided to give a rundown of a few interesting pieces of software that went into...
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