Updates/further posts: Digital Hell part 2, Digital Hell part 3, Digital Hell, conclusion Borrowed the title from a Raggedy Angry song, fits my last 48 hours, though (that or Malhavoc’s “Totally Fucked Up”). I just spent the last two days in noise Hell. No, that’s not the title of a […]
Behind the Curtain
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Structure of “Constrictor”: intro-verse-turn-verse-turn-chorus-tag-turn-verse-turn-chorus-tag-tag-tag-fade out I liked the song overall, but thought it was missing a little something. First, the chorus felt too abrupt, so I doubled the length. That was a bit better, but still something was missing. Then I came up with a different bit that could have […]
It started with a drive to revamp the synth cave a bit. I had a couple IKEA chairs in the corner that were really too big for the space [yeah, who knew IKEA could make anything too big?], took those apart and took them home and replaced them with a […]
So in the last month or so, Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know” has been following me around. Of course I’d heard it on the radio when it came out, and other singles from that album floated around for the last 15 years or so, but when Jagged Little Pill came […]
Super stoked to hear about Coma Music Magazine’s upcoming covers compilation – industrial versions of hair metal songs [disc 1] and New Wave [disc 2]. Now, it’s always been kosher to like New Wave, but naturally it’s been about 25 years since it was OK to admit to liking hair […]
So I was in the midst of working on a remix when all of a sudden the lights went out, as did my monitors. The laptop carried on thanks to its battery, and the ProTools MBox runs off USB so it was fine. The hard drive, however, shuts off. Emergency […]
A year ago yesterday ago we finished mixing this album at Vogville Recording. I was acting as runner/assistant to the assistant [Kurt Maas] to the mix engineer [Dave Ogilvie]. Seems like a lifetime ago, so much has changed in my life and I think also for The Rabid Whole. So […]
So, decided to try an agogo part in the live version of “Lucky Paw” [kinda like a cowbell but less sucky]. Being that I forgot my drumsticks and mallets at home, I figured, aw, fuck it, and grabbed a Sharpie to use as a beater since I had a few […]
Working on another demo, this one called “Persona Non Grata” unless I change my mind. Almost done, just needs some bass and final vocals.
So, I’ve got mood lighting going on at the synth cave with a bunch of LED xmas lights and a little disco ball, etc. I decided to add some more oomph by bringing some old small IKEA mirrors and hanging them up in random spots. I figured I could use […]
Should probably start some sort of pic of the day thing, all terribly blurry cell phone camera shots of dumb shit I see or make. I won’t commit to that yet, but here’s one: Ken doesn’t seem to mind the high-heeled boot to the nuts too much. Or he’s too […]
Been thinking about doing an experiment whereby for the month of September I listen only to a few key albums that were massively influential to me in my teens. Things that made me want to pursue music. I DJ on Friday nights, so I’ll have to make an exception to […]
This is what I did today – arranging drum samples for a new track called “Constrictor.” 135bpm in 9/8 time. Might get the bass programming done before sun up.
…’cause baby’s insane… Actually, more because baby’s clumsy. So, I was doing a bit of late night rearranging in Maqlu Central. Candles lit, listening to some music from my iTunes, a blend of Jakalope, Faderhead, Raggedy Angry, Danko Jones, Marilyn Manson etc. I remembered having a couple of strips of […]