Due to a few, ahem, administrative errors (namely that I kinda guessed based on some contextual evidence and ruined my Christmas surprise), I received an early Christmas present from Jennifer. I’ve tweeted it about it once or maybe twice, but pictures of the box don’t really tell you what I’m so excited about. The gift [...]
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Gargantua Electronics
October 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Releases, The Fortnighter
It’s done! I spent a month on this one – and spent most of the month hating it. With school keeping me more than occupied this month (2 midterms, 2 presentations, and a few extra-curricular functions), I spent a lot of time letting this song fester in less-than-stellar-sounding condition. So the last few days, as [...]
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Gargantua, Day 6
October 25th, 2010 · No Comments · The Fortnighter
I mixed it a little, re-recorded the guitar in the last verse, other little things. I’m trying to decide if it’s done or not. There’s some extra stuff I want to try to jam in there, but it’s entirely possible the song is as full as it can get. It’s like sitting at the table [...]
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Gargantua, Day 5
October 18th, 2010 · No Comments · The Fortnighter
Now with harmonic tastiness provided by the mellifluous pipes of Dr. J, why not!* *We recommend you read this sentence in the voice of Dr. Zoidberg.
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Gargantua Electronics, Day 4
October 17th, 2010 · No Comments · The Fortnighter
Getting close. I have lots of backup vocals to record, so the final sound will be a bit different. But I’m finally getting all the pieces to a point where I believe there is hope that it won’t be crappy. And that is good.
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Gargantua Electronics, Day 3
October 12th, 2010 · No Comments · The Fortnighter
Man, I have not had a lot of time to work on this song. It’s killing me, because I want it to be good and it’s not quite there. Maybe I’ll finish it by Thanksgiving? Anyways, here’s the song with vocals. Have fun.
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Gargantua Electronics, Day 2
October 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · The Fortnighter
Told you these were going to start to take longer than two weeks, huh? Anyways, new to this version: more awesome 8-bit sounds, some awesome solos, and less crappy everything else. Enjoy. Vocals soon!
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Gargantua Electronics, Day 1
September 30th, 2010 · No Comments · The Fortnighter
I’ve been waiting to record this song for quite some time. Hopefully I can fulfill its promise – which is to say, hopefully I exorcise all of the bad, bad demons that forced me to write the song. Demons that used to employ me. Look at the title, now back to the paragraph. Enough hints? [...]
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Stories are Stubborn
September 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Releases, The Fortnighter
Three months to the day since I released “Stuck on You”, I’m back with a new song. In the meantime I’ve gone through some pretty heavy duty life changes – all for the better, thank you – and almost forgot to start recording again after the dust settled. I’m glad I did fire up the [...]
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Petulant Child, Day 6
September 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · The Fortnighter
I worked on vocals a lot yesterday, and started bringing the mix up to a standard I like to call “nearly acceptable.” Turns out mixing is NOT like riding a bike. It’s like balancing and shaping over a dozen different sounds at the same in order to make the sounds pleasing, distinct, yet part of [...]
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