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Orycon was great! There were lots of good friends and lots of good music.
Our concert went quite well, despite struggling with some minor audio technical problems during the first few songs of the set. Fortunately, we worked out the technical issues, thanks to Frank Hayes stepping up and being a great roadie, and thanks to the fact that I can play really loud if I need to when the amp cuts out. We did a mix of original songs and covers; here we are covering our friend Seanan's song Dear Gina.
Update: The rest of the videos that Rhaevyn Fae shot of us at Orycon are here.
I had Marian Call briefly using Monkey Brains Studios last night to add a few extra tracks to her current album project. The musicians were herself, her brother, and her Mom. Marian played toy piano. Her brother played banjo, trumpet and nose trumpet, and her Mom played flute and turkey baster.
How do you play a turkey baster? You fill it part way with water, blow across the top and squeeze the bulb, and you get a sound that's halfway between little brown jug and slide whistle. How do you play a nose trumpet? You remove the plungers from the valves, then position your nose across the holes in the tops of the valves, with one nostril blowing across each of two valves. This makes a nice whistly chord. I love having a studio.
Tonight, I play guitar for Marian at The Mandolin Cafe in Tacoma, starting at 7pm. Please come! It's going to be great, and she's got some wonderful new songs for you to hear.
Vixy and I plan to start recording for our next album fairly soon. I need to finish up mixing a few of Sooj's songs that we recently recorded at Monkey Brains first. A few of the songs from these sessions are already done and are available: Lucia, September, and most recently Were-Owl. I'm very proud of the work we've done on these songs, and I can't wait to finish the rest of them and show them off.
Our concert went quite well, despite struggling with some minor audio technical problems during the first few songs of the set. Fortunately, we worked out the technical issues, thanks to Frank Hayes stepping up and being a great roadie, and thanks to the fact that I can play really loud if I need to when the amp cuts out. We did a mix of original songs and covers; here we are covering our friend Seanan's song Dear Gina.
Update: The rest of the videos that Rhaevyn Fae shot of us at Orycon are here.
I had Marian Call briefly using Monkey Brains Studios last night to add a few extra tracks to her current album project. The musicians were herself, her brother, and her Mom. Marian played toy piano. Her brother played banjo, trumpet and nose trumpet, and her Mom played flute and turkey baster.
How do you play a turkey baster? You fill it part way with water, blow across the top and squeeze the bulb, and you get a sound that's halfway between little brown jug and slide whistle. How do you play a nose trumpet? You remove the plungers from the valves, then position your nose across the holes in the tops of the valves, with one nostril blowing across each of two valves. This makes a nice whistly chord. I love having a studio.
Tonight, I play guitar for Marian at The Mandolin Cafe in Tacoma, starting at 7pm. Please come! It's going to be great, and she's got some wonderful new songs for you to hear.
Vixy and I plan to start recording for our next album fairly soon. I need to finish up mixing a few of Sooj's songs that we recently recorded at Monkey Brains first. A few of the songs from these sessions are already done and are available: Lucia, September, and most recently Were-Owl. I'm very proud of the work we've done on these songs, and I can't wait to finish the rest of them and show them off.
Re: the forthcoming new album
I second that! Can't wait for the new album.
Re: the forthcoming new album