http://www.herecords.com/thefailurecloud.html

I'm all done with my new album. If you access my skydrive you can find all the various incarnations of the songs.

http://cid-bc786bcba594a7fd.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/LG%202005-2010/2009/The%20Failure%20Cloud

I think next I will work on a Living People album. Its due.

Well, I have pretty much finished my new record, but now comes the remixing and constant second-guessing. I think I have made like 5 different mixes of the entire record and I like them all in their own way. Sometimes I think it would be god to just release a folder instead of a record, I mean I release mp3's anyways, not vinyl , so we can kind of re-think the format and delivery. I kind of like the idea of a "cloud" of remixes and demos and stuff and you can make your own final version of all the versions. Not an album but a cloud.

Something New and Blue

My latest project is getting bigger. I covered some songs like "Word on a Wing" by Bowie but of course I do not want to try to get permission to use then so I will just leave them off. I am inspired by Albert King to make a funky blues sound, yet I must remain in a state of hybridization, and not try to be this or that , but combine elements and see what the future brings. There a dub reggae, there a chalky blues, there a Philip Glass wanna-be. And if only I had a purple lady to make me a shake.

Sometimes it seems like I can get so used to the Beatles that I almost start to take them for granted and just think " Oh yeah, those guys. ". I mean, they made so many incredibly catchy and melodic songs, sometimes I think you forget if you don't kind of take a step back and pretend you hate then and think "The Beatles Suck!" and then it all becomes so clear. They don't suck at all.
The other day my friend and composer Jesse Hopkins indicated to me that I should make music for video games because I could do it quickly and many of the makers of such games don't really even care that much about it. I did make the music fr a video game called "Nuts About Nuts" and that lady cared and made me make changes, but I guess it wasn't too bad. I am always hesitant to make music to meet any other person's "criteria", but I actually got paid to it and I bought Christmas presents with the money.
Sometimes I consider charging like two dollars for an album download but then I think no one would bother downloading anything, and I'd rather people hear stuff than not at all.

New Directions

The new thing I'm working on is bifurcated. I have been wanting to make something with minimal MIDI and I decided to make it a little louder and more rocky than usual. It is kind of an experiment because I usually aim for a softer side. Come see the harder side of me. Maybe its not hard at all - my wife will probably say it sounds poppy. Also I think I am making another Saccharine Sea record.

Ducks Ahoy

I listened to allot of New Order and made a dance record. I hope you like it.
I have been using Garageband allot, writing in midi. Hoever I decided to incluse live drums too, in general I prefer live instruments, but its nice also to have computer music.

http://www.herecords.com/ducksahoy.html

I am currently working on something, maybe a Saccharine record which would be instrumental, or maybe I will include vocals, maybe improvised, free vocals. I write lyrics sometimes in the cafeteria but they aren't always so great when I get home.

The Char is Done

I have not blogged much about The Char is Done but suffice t say I spent allot of time re-working most of the songs and I was inspired by The White Album, Sign O the Times by Prince and Sandinista by the Clash. In other words its kind of long and sprawling, but I like the results. Its a nice record to listen to on a trip or something I think. It will soon be uploaded to Herecords.com .

The Island of the Blind

OK so I called it "The Island of the Blind" and its here.

http://www.herecords.com/theislandoftheblind.html

For now I have linked it to my SKYDRIVE where all tracks can be downloaded as far as I know with no registration or any such annoyances. Its a free Microsoft thing, 25 gigs for free or online storage, so hopefully people will use it, I have many albums there now besides this one.

Also, I am working on a new album. Right now its just space, drums, syths and simple, short songs. I dont want it too complicated.

Yay

Now I am calling the record Yay and I think I will make it be a Living People record. I have altered all the vocals to sound weird, like robots or chipmunks from space, and I find it very entertaining.
I think I may be done with it too. I have been watching allot of Flight of the Conchords lately and its made me want to make lighter themed music, something amuseing, but its hard to be funny, easy to be sad with music.