Archive for November, 2008

 

I’m playing a gig on Sunday

Theoretically I’m spending Sunday afternoon and Sunday night recording Tory Staples on drums for my album.  However in reality we will be escaping the studio for a while for a gig.  The gig is at The Crib Bar 151 Ponsonby Road, Auckland New Zealand, kicks off around 6pm and I’d love to see you there! [...]

I’m playing a gig on Sunday

Theoretically I’m spending Sunday afternoon and Sunday night recording Tory Staples on drums for my album.  However in reality we will be escaping the studio for a while for a gig.  The gig is at The Crib Bar 151 Ponsonby Road, Auckland New Zealand, kicks off around 6pm and I’d love to see you there! [...]

Guitar Strings

How important are guitar strings when it comes to getting the sound you want?  I’ve always thought it rather daft to own a nice guitar but leave it strung up with old dull strings. During my time working as a guitar tech I would get very frustrated with the customers who came in wanting their [...]

I think this is pretty clever

Came across this video on geeksaresexy.net and had to repost it because it made my day. 

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This song is very much a half finished WIP.  I lost my voice last week after a cold, and when I tried to sing this on Friday I got only one terrible take done before my voice gave out again.  So I will definitely be redoing the vocals on this!
It has recently come to my [...]

5 things of little relevance

1.  My Google Reader is chocka full of politics.  I can’t take it any more!
2.  Today I went to the gym.  I have been meaning to join for a long time and I’m glad that I finally have.  When I got home I ate chocolate biscuits.
3.  I discovered my degrees of separation from my most [...]

Speechless

I am speechless.  Literally speechless.  I have completely lost my voice!  As far as I can recall I have never had this happen to me before and it is very frustrating.  I had a bit of a sore throat and a cold last week, but I just took pain killers and went to band practice [...]