Two of my best friends lost their dad last week. One of them wrote a song for him which I produced. It is called "Into God's Hands". You can listen to it here at ReverbNation:
Mercadante
I am also starting the remixing and remastering of material from No Longer Micah. They are a great band! My favorite song is "Fractured, Restored". It makes me cry every time I listen to it. You can also hear it and many other songs of theirs at ReverbNation:
No Longer Micah
My reasons for helping all these friends are many, but the main reason is that I have hit a wall, so to speak, regarding the production capabilities of my own music. I don't think I can go farther doing this all on my own. I will need outside resources, namely a record deal. Do you hear that ATO Records? Sub Pop? Matador? Smells Like Records? Please SIGN meeee!
....too pathetic?
Anyway, I know that God didn't give me this passion for music for no reason, so I should at the very least give of my talents, experience, and resources to help others who have less resources. I know God honors that kind of selflessness. Besides, how can I expect God to help me in my situation if I am unwilling to help others in a similar situation?
Please help out these guys by taking the time to listen to their music.
Thanks.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Pandora Internet Radio and Music Updates
I've been using Pandora for a while now and I have to say it is the best radio station out there. Finally, I get to hear what I want to hear and still get surprised and informed about bands I would have never heard of otherwise. I wish I knew how to get my music on Pandora.
Oh yeah. Here's the URL: pandora.com
You can create a station by putting in the name of a band. If they have the band in their library, then they will find other similar artists based on what Pandora calls the music genome. I just made two stations that have had some interesting results. One for "Mazzy Star" and one for "Lykke Li". Two artists that I highly recommend listening to.
Now the music updates...
I am still in the middle of recording remixes and remasters of my old material. you can listen to some of it as well as download a lot of my songs at ReverbNation. There is also a 20 minute rarity that was originally intended to be released on the Battery single.
Out of respect for my friend, Nate Cornick, and respect for his art, and his vision for his art, I have also made all soundtrack work for his future TV show and films available to download free at ReverbNation. He wants all of his work to be free and I really like that idea, so that is why I am making these tracks available to you. Here's the URL (you have to become a fan though to get the tracks, and that's free too): www.reverbnation.com/buzzheadrepublic
....I really need a drumset! I feel so strongly that all my extra money needs to go to the Hope For Sexually Exploited Girls & Women charity, that I don't want to spend any on myself to buy a drumset. I know God only wants the best for me because I am one of His sons. So I am trusting Him that one day I will have a drumset. For me, I just can't, in good conscience, pay for it myself. I know, this probably seems strange to you.....
Back to Pandora...
It just played somone amazing, "Nina Nastasia". Here's a short biography:
New York City singer/songwriter Nina Nastasia creates intimate, spectral music that evokes some lost, skewed take on Americana and that is often laced with haunting strains of viola, cello, and bowed saw. She counts among her admirers the notoriously picky, celebrated producer Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies), who engineered her first two albums and who has vehemently sung her praises. Nastasia's debut, Dogs, was released in 1999 on the tiny indie Socialist Records, but was out of print by the end of 2000. For April 2002's The Blackened Air, she signed with Touch and Go, which released her follow-up recording, Run to Ruin, in 2003 (also recorded by Albini) and a reissue of Dogs in summer 2004. Though she kept the rest of her recording partners (which include Albini and drummer Jim White [Dirty Three]) the same, Nastasia moved to Fat Cat for 2006's On Leaving and 2007's You Follow Me. ~ Erik Hage, All Music Guide
Okay. Back to the drumset thing....
For a brief period someone left a drumset in my studio. Another friend tuned it for me. I didn't even know how to play but if you listen to my song "Disolver, i.e." you will see that I have a natural talent for it. I don't want this to sound egotistical or self promoting, but I have never heard anyone play drums the way I do on that song. I think it deserves a lot more attention than it gets. It is also available to download for free, and you don't have to be a "fan" to get it. Here's the URL again: www.reverbnation.com/buzzheadrepublic
Lately it has become very obvious to me and several of my friends and family that if you think of my music as a form of jazz or at least my interpretation of jazz, then it starts to make a lot more sense.
.....makes me want a drumset even more.
Oh yeah. Here's the URL: pandora.com
You can create a station by putting in the name of a band. If they have the band in their library, then they will find other similar artists based on what Pandora calls the music genome. I just made two stations that have had some interesting results. One for "Mazzy Star" and one for "Lykke Li". Two artists that I highly recommend listening to.
Now the music updates...
I am still in the middle of recording remixes and remasters of my old material. you can listen to some of it as well as download a lot of my songs at ReverbNation. There is also a 20 minute rarity that was originally intended to be released on the Battery single.
Out of respect for my friend, Nate Cornick, and respect for his art, and his vision for his art, I have also made all soundtrack work for his future TV show and films available to download free at ReverbNation. He wants all of his work to be free and I really like that idea, so that is why I am making these tracks available to you. Here's the URL (you have to become a fan though to get the tracks, and that's free too): www.reverbnation.com/buzzheadrepublic
....I really need a drumset! I feel so strongly that all my extra money needs to go to the Hope For Sexually Exploited Girls & Women charity, that I don't want to spend any on myself to buy a drumset. I know God only wants the best for me because I am one of His sons. So I am trusting Him that one day I will have a drumset. For me, I just can't, in good conscience, pay for it myself. I know, this probably seems strange to you.....
Back to Pandora...
It just played somone amazing, "Nina Nastasia". Here's a short biography:
New York City singer/songwriter Nina Nastasia creates intimate, spectral music that evokes some lost, skewed take on Americana and that is often laced with haunting strains of viola, cello, and bowed saw. She counts among her admirers the notoriously picky, celebrated producer Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies), who engineered her first two albums and who has vehemently sung her praises. Nastasia's debut, Dogs, was released in 1999 on the tiny indie Socialist Records, but was out of print by the end of 2000. For April 2002's The Blackened Air, she signed with Touch and Go, which released her follow-up recording, Run to Ruin, in 2003 (also recorded by Albini) and a reissue of Dogs in summer 2004. Though she kept the rest of her recording partners (which include Albini and drummer Jim White [Dirty Three]) the same, Nastasia moved to Fat Cat for 2006's On Leaving and 2007's You Follow Me. ~ Erik Hage, All Music Guide
Okay. Back to the drumset thing....
For a brief period someone left a drumset in my studio. Another friend tuned it for me. I didn't even know how to play but if you listen to my song "Disolver, i.e." you will see that I have a natural talent for it. I don't want this to sound egotistical or self promoting, but I have never heard anyone play drums the way I do on that song. I think it deserves a lot more attention than it gets. It is also available to download for free, and you don't have to be a "fan" to get it. Here's the URL again: www.reverbnation.com/buzzheadrepublic
Lately it has become very obvious to me and several of my friends and family that if you think of my music as a form of jazz or at least my interpretation of jazz, then it starts to make a lot more sense.
.....makes me want a drumset even more.
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