So as promised I came back! Wow two days in a row, and I'm pretty sure nobody has even been here, but as I stated, it helps time pass at work. Last night I went over to my buddy Pete's place, as we've been talking about jamming for a while now. I didn't think it would really go anywhere, but as it turns out, Pete has an old 4 track unit with an old Roland drum machine. Now anyone who knows me, understands that regardless of my capacity of playing music, I LOVE to record. He kind of talked down the fact that it's an older set up, but I got a huge kick out of seeing someone else similar tactics to track your own stuff. We sat and listened to a bunch of his old cassettes and I was totally blown away. I'm now inspired to go back to the older unit I have and try to look at this from a different angle. Thanks Pete. Look out Bob Pollard!
Someone else I've been listening to and learning from is one Bradford Cox. He's the front man of a band called Deerhunter and I'm pretty sure he's one of the most prolific artists in music today. Not only does his band actively play and release albums, but he's also doing another project called Atlas Sound. He's just wrapped up an album under that name, but if you click the Deerhunter link up there, it'll take you to his blog where he basically tracks and uploads a song each day. It's really out there, and it's trippy, loopy stuff, but I burned a disc with all of his songs from his blog, and I'm excited about doing something different again. My band The Champion Heartache is great, and I love writing and recording original pop rock songs, but I feel I need another outlet. Something that is completely different than what we're doing, and really fucked up. So I think I'm going to start playing with the sequencer I have on rent, and get started on a side project. I still don't know where to start, but tonight after work, I'm going to make my way over to our rehearsal space and make some noise. I need a medium upon which I'll actually record the music, but I like the thought of recording songs and uploading them here for you to listen to. Hell, maybe I'll bang out a quick EP and call it something weird. Who knows. Bottom line...I've been inspired!
On another note, I'm spinning a set at Brendan's party this saturday which is amazing. I haven't DJ'd in a while, so I'm hellbent on selecting some creepy, dancey music for Halloween. The Heartache is playing a set that night too, and we've just added some new dates for the next couple months too. We're playing on Nov.16th and Dec.21st at The Velvet Elvis.
Listen to this: (Atlas Sound...Thanks to www.stereogum.com
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