what is going on in your musical life

Oh you go girl! Thats amazing :D

whoa! congratulations!

daaaaaaaang props

Yeah this track rocks a lot. Will be sure to purchase when it's out.

Congrats!

not my musical life, but

http://thump.vice.com/words/download-chants---ru4real-feat-ramzi-awn

the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck RAMZI!!!!

That's fukkin rad

Apparently I joined a barbershop quartet last night? Hmm.

:)

Nerve injury in right elbow is finally abating after almost 5 months. Might be able to play guitar again soon? But kind of nervous abt it. Borrowed my friend's e-bow seeing as it's a way of actuating strings without too much right arm violence. Also I've never fucked with e-bow in decades of gtr playing so it's about time...

E-bow + delay/looper is the best, just piling up drones into chords.

I've had the urge to fuck with an ebow lately!

Yeah I am a much more left-hand oriented guitarist than right, despite being right-handed in all else. So this could be really fun.

if anyone wants some amateurish drumbeats, i am giving them away for free
also belated congrats roxy!!

is that ramzi as in surm?

yes indeed

also yes you guys both did an amazing job -- i listened to a couple of tracks a few weeks ago and forgot to tell you! sounds so professional!

kept waiting for the vocals to come in

i guess thats the vibe tho

thanks LL!

yeah, it's a slow burner for sure.

love this

you produced it Jordan?

yep

sweet!

wow cool

thx guys. i always feel like i over-post my tracks here but i guess not. :)

the album comes out on tuesday, i feel slightly detached from it since it's been done for awhile and my newer tracks are better produced imo, but it hangs together as a record better than anything else i've done, and i'm proud of it.

thx y'all!! really happy about it i can't lie.

Jordan, surm, I am playing the full single on Spotify right now and holy fuck this is great.

the Sleepy Lesbos Remix is stunning

thanks dan, i love that one too, and it's the one i play live (works the best for living drumming). i don't know why it's gotten the least shine out of all the remixes.

It may be because it's called "Sleepy Lesbos Remix" ;-)

I would love to see you play a bill with CREEP.

very well done all around

LL, if you want to send me one of your beats feel free

lawrence_kansas @ hotmail

I would love to see you play a bill with CREEP.

I WOULD ALSO ENJOY THAT

It may be because it's called "Sleepy Lesbos Remix" ;-)

heh you'd think that would help. dude is super talented, i play drums in his live band occasionally.

<3 DJP

how the hell did I lose my pitch pipe the week before an a capella caroling gig?

someone in our spiritual ensemble stole my wife's pitch pipe

Someone asked a question
Why it is we sing
I sing so I can meet chicks
And steal other people's things

Launched our EP last night. Here's a track:
http://soundcloud.com/misskate28/just-be

my new album is out today :)
http://hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-feel-like-i-feel-it

if you don't feel like listening to it, consider this -- it's short.

and ramzi/surm is on the first four tracks.

I'm very much realizing I'm only an effective live singer. Solos usually come across as mechanical when I record them (cuz I'm thinking too much), but at least they're ok. if I do vocal harmonies, I think so much about getting the notes perfect that nerves make me screw up (whereas live I'm rock solid).

oh well. any singers have tricks for getting through that shit? I can only imagine what my roommate thinks after hearing me sing the same 3 seconds over and over for a half hour.

Just got my album back from mastering, currently going insane trying to compare it to other records and decide whether the EQ is right and if I need to ask for changes

xp: the only thing that gets me through shit like this is rehearsal, so that by the time I get to the recording phase I'm not really thinking about it anymore

I might have a caroling gig next month that will result in free food at a great restaurant that will be closing next year

^pretty much the main reason to play music

i just have to do it over and over again, on my own. helps to use a DAW and loopback so you can just keep doing it over and over.

I HAVE LOST MY DAMN VOICE.

Got layrngitis, know smoking doesnt help, that aside pls does anyone know how to fix this? I sound like Marge simpson singing Bonnie Tyler which has its own amusement but ffs I cant stand this.

For everyone holding their breath since my last post (lol) I did two more rounds of mastering changes and now have a finished record. It's hard to sum up my feeling towards it at this point, you know, but I think I'm really happy with it. I'll be sharing a track soon.

Trayce - for one, don't talk or sing (lolz), but humming scales quietly is usually good. vocal rest is key.

I usually drink multiple cups of throat coat tea with honey/lemon juice added, and also plenty of water to stay hydrated. but really, your voice just needs rest, and that's the best solution. hope it comes back soon, I know what a pain in the ass that is.

congrats steve.

i bought one of these http://www.sonicstate.com/synth/casio_sk5/ just for fun. gonna spend my musical time alternating between fucking around with that and doing interminable guitar fingerpicking exercises to see if i have the innate ability to do that to any reasonable level.