Category: Work In Progress
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Early Bird Gets T Worm
I been working hard but not in this website format so by the time I got around to posting about this limited edition Folk Implosion T Shirt…it’s gone! But we’re not, anymore. Folk Implosion are working on two songs for a new single and hope to continue with more than that after… We are corresponding…
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Silence Is Golden / Way South
Next release is coming in late March. It’s a side project of processed instrumental guitar pieces about my semi-rural neighborhood, which ranges from titles like “Mobile Homes” to “Hidden Mansions” following the strange geography of class in such parts of the US. Project title is “Outside A Small City.” Limited edition of 100 on vinyl,…
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What We’ve Been Up To
I recently got to write a post for Dusted Magazine‘s Listed series about ten records & books I’m fond of. It’s not a Top 10 of All Time, for reasons stated in the opener, more like what I wanted to write about on that occasion: Art Melody, Kari Ka Kian Fô Baaba Maal & Mansour…
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Musical Metal
One of the pleasures of having moved to Durham is the spirit of musical camaraderie I’ve enjoyed here. One current partner in sound is Justin Blatt, who plays viola and violin with the Cicadas. Today he sent me a recording of him playing one of the many metal sculptures he makes in his shop. If…
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The Core is Getting Soft.14: Bang a Slate
One of the digital tools I threw in the mix of my new record is SSD4, the drum sampler made by Slate Digital. It was the first time I used something other than an electronic drum machine to program drums. The closest I’d come to fake “real” drums was the time we sampled a drum…
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Monsanto in the Classroom?
I spent the weekend editing vocals after reading an article that bore close relation to the subject matter of one of the songs I was working on. The track is called Contamination in the Grass and it deals with Monsanto and other similar agribiz corporations such as Dow Chemical and Syngenta. The lyrics takes many…
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The Core is Getting Soft.13: Trackball Runs Over Mouse
People who are interested in gear like to thing big. Big things, big bucks, big sounds, big….balls, implicitly. But sometimes it’s the little things that get used the most. While working towards completing my new record with producer Scott Solter, a frequent theme of our conversations has been poking fun at gear hounds who elevate…
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The Residents and the Arctic
I rarely hear an entire record played on the radio. A few months ago, I heard the album Eskimo by the Residents played on WXDU’s stellar Sunday afternoon show, Polyphonic Perversity. I soon purchased it and have really enjoyed hanging out with it since. I know very little about the Residents, so I won’t say…
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Coca-Cola loses one in India
One of the songs on my forthcoming record is called simply “Coca-Cola.” Mark Pendergrast’s book For God, For Country and For Coca-Cola reveals that this is the most widely recognized group of syllables on the planet, except for OK, which holds onto the top spot for now, but perhaps not for long. Back in 1971,…
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Radio Rescheduling: WXDU 8/24 7-8 pm
I’ll be doing an interview on WXDU, (88.7 fm in Durham, WXDU.org online,) from 7 to 8 pm on Sunday night August the 24th. This was supposed to take place on 8/17, but had to be rescheduled because the DJ was involved in an accident. I’ll be playing some rough mixes from the record I’m…
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