I’m no delay expert.  But MXR’s new Carbon Copy analog delay sounds beautiful to me.  I opened one up yesterday and you can adjust width and rate mod settings with a little flathead if you’re so inclined. Plus it has a small footprint.  Mad Professor’s Deep Blue Delay is really worth trying if you can […]

Here’s a demo of a song I wrote on Valentine’s Day last month. It’s for gal I’m sweet on. It’s unlike most of our songs and unknowingly my best Gram Parsons attempt. After writing it I picked up a new Boss Micro-BR mini recorder which really captured a good sound. Anks the engineer put […]

While working on new album songs with the band I tried the Janglebox compressor.  This thing is outrageous.  The kind folks at Janglebox are sending me one and I can’t wait.  Seriously, I want to have it for our Myspace show tomorrow night.
I played with Demeter’s Compulator today and it sounded really great. I’ve already […]

I’m in modern guitarist mode today, simply browsing reviews and online clips of compressors.  And I’m wondering what I would like without going out and trying them myself.  A few months ago I tried Analogman’s CompRosser which was killer.  The Keeley 4-Knob Compressor is really fun.  Both add a bit of grit to a clean […]

This flu was life altering stuff. I’m a shell of the man I used to be.
I was in the mood for some Van Morrison “Wild Nights” so I walked into a Best Buy on Pico. There’s a nice older gentleman who works there and happens to do some kind of music archiving […]

Hotel Cafe (!) 02/15

Hooker
Finding a way home
Bloodburner
Restless Sea
to the eveningstar
foce field
Take no for an answer

Our first Hotel Cafe show went super well. The room was plenty crowded. The green room too between the people and Calamity Magnet’s upgright bass. Come to think of it, I was the only male singer on […]

Me: Hey, Mark, do you have any painkillers?
Mark: Here you go.
Me: These are dated ‘03.
Mark: They’re New Old Stock.
Leland: I hear they’re better than the regular ones.
Me: I haven’t tried them before. But I’ve read a lot of reviews on Harmony Central.
Leland: Oh they’re better. They’re pre-CVS buyout.

…I’ve just played a baby blue Nash tele, cosmetically aged to a 1963 Fender tele. The Lollar pickups were bright and sounded fantastic.  I also played a custom tele with a flamed top, bound with Rickenbacker style fireglo finish. Seymour Duncan with a Rio Grande Tall Boy I think.  I’d be a happy camper with […]

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. […]

I’ve just got a copy of the new Tom Petty doc Runnin’ Down a Dream.  My college roommate Dan Knapp does concert posters for touring bands over in Philly.  He bought a Rickenbacker 360 in fireglo when we lived in Ithaca.  It was pretty nice.
Colin’s just told us that we’ve been invited to play a […]