A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun
You should have some Tome Waits in your day. Everyone should. Here is yours: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch6x9iHlVHU]
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The Dieselpunk Radio Hour Overture
In one of my more stupid moves, i am actually going to post the overture to the Dieselpunk opera. It may not be finished. I may decide in a month i was an idiot and seriously dislike some aspect of […]
Frenchy And The Punk
One of the mainstays of the steampunk and cabaret music scene, Frenchy And The Punk (she’s Frenchy, he’s the Punk) are touring behemoths. From music clubs to steampunk cons to faerie and witch festivals they take their in your face […]
Working With Singers: Cthulhu
4. Do not slack off attention When you’re the music producer, it’s up to you to have the bird’s eye view on the recording session. The singer’s job is to sing and emote and become one with the music. Now […]
Working With Singers: Carnival
3. Give clear direction The Fallen is a multi media theater show i wrote a few years ago which is currently in a long but ultimately fruitful pre-production stage for another run. The filming and film editing should wrap up […]
Working With Singers: Subduction
2. Work with what you’ve got and Adapt As Necessary I made Subduction while still in New York. A woman and a guy had won the green card lottery and thus arrived in the states with nowhere to stay. They stayed […]
Working With Singers: 17
So for the next couple days i’m going to talk a bit about working with singers and play you an example a day of how a particular track, method or relationship worked out. You’re a composer. You need vocals. How […]
Battle Royal, The Count Meets The Duke
Speaking of swing, here is one of the greatest big band knockdowns you’ll ever hear. Duke Ellington and Count Basie teamed up to rock the house on this track and honestly, if this doesn’t do it for you, you have […]
Zappa, Live Bands and Improv
Over at one of my favorite blogs on the net, Dangerous Minds, a video was featured a few days ago of a performance of Frank Zappa’s band at the Roxy back in ’73. I’ve been planning to do some posts […]
Goat Rodeo Sessions
This was brought to my attention by reader Patrick Plonski last week and i loved it and must share it. They’re called Goat Rodeo Sessions. A goat rodeo refers to a situation in which a thousand things must go absolutely […]