Slashdot has turned me onto an interesting Hollywood Reporter article. Basically the RIAA wants to lower songwriter royalties on downloads to nine cents per song, a five percent drop from thirteen to eight percent. Tech/digital media companies involved want the royalties obliterated. They argue that a digital download is a stream like any radio broadcast. […]

Anks posted a table of our recording progress on his blog.
Yesterday I forgot to actually mention Dan’s work. Here’s an older Arcade Fire concert poster he did after I left Cornell.
Some of his work is up at GigPosters as well.

Friday 01/25 at the Derby

Hooker
Finding a way home (new)
City limits (new)
Restless sea
Force field (as far as everyone it concerned, new)
Bloodburner (newish)
Take no for an answer

I’m writing a couple of days out from our show at the Derby. We played a short set with new material that may make the new album. The place […]

After some holiday time off we may record some more of our new album in the next month or so.  Adam is going to be in Austin supervising a film soundtrack until then.  Which is good because I have a few new songs I’d like to develop by then.  And it’s our one and only […]

So my buddy Leland, his fiance and I went to Hotel Cafe
in Hollywood last night.  Stonehoney and Oliver Future were sharing the bill.  Family tree here - my pal Phil Hurley of Stonehoney introduced me to Adam, who is producing our new record.  Adam produced Oliver Future’s new album.  To add to the small world […]

So we’ve begun our new album sessions with Adam. In Studio City, CA of course. Anks and Kyle got it done, ripping through drum and bass tracks (keepers too) for six songs in about a day of recording time. About twice what we expected to record. Anks came in with a new […]

So I walked into a drug store called Pharmacy 2000 in Westwood Village. For reals. I figured this place must have the most advanced techniques to heal my infected throat. Plus I don’t have medical insurance. So I’m hoping some loratadine and pain killers will prevent this from worsening while we […]

We had our final rehearsal before we head into the studio. The guys are singing backup on songs and sounding great. My singing . . .not so great. But I’ll get it done next week. I have one swollen tonsil that I hope doesn’t spread. But who’s to complain when I have […]

Rehearsal was a real blast tonight. We ran through a bunch of new material for our upcoming recording sessions next week. My favorites tonight were “Light from light,” and “Las Cruces.” My pal Leland just installed a K&K Pure Classic pickup into my Yamaha CG100A and I took it with me to the studio. […]

Check out Songza.  Type in an artist or song and play the results instantly in your browser.  I believe it piggybacks off of Youtube music. Instant gratification.
I have just conquered the final fortieth level of Portal online. It is an accomplishment worth announcing.