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November 28th, 2010
Today’s podcast is dedicated to Wesley. Earlier today, I learned that he recently passed away. I am shocked and saddened by this news.
Wesley won an award at SXSW for this short film:
See his other videos here and here. Also, here‘s Wesley’s photo blog and here‘s the Facebook group I mentioned in the podcast. Finally, here‘s the song “Hey, Wesley.”
Podcast: Download (9.7MB)
September 23rd, 2009
I thought this video was pretty cool:
So I made a video response:
In my video, I talk about guitars I own and guitars I used to own. You may even catch a few pictures in there of me with hair. Download the mp4 version for better quality than the YouTube embed. I’m working on these video compression settings to try and make improvements. Still have a lot to learn in that area.
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May 11th, 2009
We’re doing something different for the next Sidebars song. This time, we’re collaborating with Colin in the UK. He’s written some lyrics, and we’re going to mold them into a finished song, then record that song. We’ve decided to document the process through a series of video diaries. Here’s the first entry.
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April 16th, 2009
Last year, I posted the first-ever music recording done under The Sidebars brand. Today, I’m posting the first-ever remix of a Sidebars track. This remix was created by Colin G. of the Ourobouros podcast. It’s completely different from the original, which is exactly what a remix should be. Big thanks to Colin for taking the time to create the new mix.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:34 — 4.1MB)
March 26th, 2009
March 21st, 2009
Been awhile since I’ve updated this site. In this audio blog entry, I give some new ideas on the ghetto iPhone, talk a little about work, give an update on The Sidebars recording and more.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 23:26 — 16.2MB)
February 24th, 2009
We’re in the process of recording the next song for our RPM Challenge album. If all goes well, we’ll have it out by month’s end. Of course, that’ll only give us three songs. That’s not enough to officially complete the challenge. And that’s OK. We’re going to keep recording after February’s over. All further songs will be posted on this site. Eventually the band will have its own website. But I’ve got a few other projects (not everything on the list, just a few things) that have to be finished before I can start on that.
To give a little more background information on the album, the working title is “Love & Friendship In The Time Of Spiders.” The underlying theme is that most of the songs are inspired by or based around people we only know through the Internet. “The Side Effects” was of course written several years ago. But I do feel like it fits well with this project. It is a love/acceptance song, after all (at least, it is to me). And Jen and I did meet through the old Yahoo! Personals (back when that service was still free of charge). “Hey, Wesley” was inspired by Wesley, the third song, the one we’re working on now, was inspired by a Facebook chat that Jen had with one of our podcast pals in Australia. And the fourth song I’m particularly excited about, as it’s actually a collaborative effort between us and Colin in the U.K. Beyond that, things are still up in the air. I’ve got a couple other songs I’ve just barely begun. But we’ll get there. We’ve got time.
February 16th, 2009
Here’s our second song for the RPM Challenge. Still not very likely we’ll make it to ten songs before the end of the month. But after posting this one, we’ll have done twice as many as we did in 2007. I suppose that’s a victory in itself. There’s also a third song in the works that may see the light of day before March 1st.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:42 — 3.1MB)
February 14th, 2009
It only took 14 days. But here’s our first song for this year’s RPM Challenge. The simple fact is, I could’ve easily spent another two weeks just tweaking the mix. That being said, I’m proud of how it turned out, and I hope some of y’all out there will enjoy it. This is not the first-ever recording of this song. It was recorded once before by my old band. If you compare the two recordings, you’ll definitely notice some differences.
There’s a lot more I could write about this song. But I think it’s time to let it have some breathing room so I can get on to the next one.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:39 — 6.7MB)
November 14th, 2008
Earlier this year, Jen and I started a “band.” And by that, I mean I took a recording from last year and built a MySpace Music profile around it. Due to the general craptacularness of MySpace, I’ve had a few people contact me who are unable to hear the song through the MySpace music player. So I’ve decided to post it here. You can read more about the song here. We’ll be working on more recordings just as soon as I get the maintenance work done on my guitar.
This is my fourteenth podcast for NaPodPoMo 2008.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:50 — 3.9MB)