Back in 1737, when tracking began on Centennial, the world was a much different place. Dragons roamed the land and were hunted not for their “fire sacs” or “golden tufts”, but for their meat. As my grandfather’s grandfather’s grandfather (the first recording engineer to work on Centennial) lay upon his deathbed, 28 years after work [...]
Since we’re writing about other bands we play with I’d like to inform you of a couple of my upcoming “projects.” First up is Thailand, friends and former band mates of mine who live in Los Angeles (www.myspace.com/welcometothailand). I’ll be playing drums on about half of their upcoming sound offering. The other one is my [...]
Here’s the video of the drumming. Notice the simplicity, and the toothpick in my mouth. I almost always have a toothpick in my mouth. If I don’t I’m usually wondering where my toothpicks are. Also, I had taken a Vicodin a couple hours before. That just seemed important for you to know.
Les Debs Record Something
Success!
The video was shot, imported into iMovie, and is awaiting my editing.
The song’s name I can’t remember, but I did it in one take, with one arm and the hand attached to that arm.
I fractured my left hand. I will, at the very least, be able shake a shaker. However, tonight I will attempt to record a song using one hand. I will try to get video of this and post it tomorrow.
My “ideas” are no longer accepted. I can accept this seeing as how we’re in the last phase of recording and there’s a real need to get this record done and not continue to attempt to litter the soundscapes with my brilliance.
Anyway, I’ve moved on to a better head space and this is in no [...]
I’ve been, and am still, in Florida this week.
Whilst in the “Orange Juice, Mickey Mouse, and Cocaine” state I’ve done a number of things I swore I’d never do, such as golf, fish, and enjoy life. January in Florida, especially in the upper regions can be hit or miss weather-wise and that has most definitely [...]
My entries have a title. One of the many things we accomplished last night was that, giving everyone’s blog entries a title. Brent’s is misleading, but widely believed to be in contention for “most views.” So, next time you arrive at this site and see the words “Painfully Anal” you can go ahead and read [...]
Last night’s “sesh” was most definitely going to be canceled, by Danny. He had lots of work to do at the day job he keeps in order to feel connected to the common person.
Brent, not wanting to be one-upped in the cancellation realm, struck first and called it off.
As for myself, I took a lesson [...]
Last night, the band I “play” in had their first show. Brent and Glen came out to show their support and to bad mouth aardvarks. I was completely unaware of their intense, prolonged hatred of aardvarks.
As it turns out, when Glen first conceived of Les Debutantes as a fancy boy at Vos Odeurs de Crêpe [...]
We contracted with a company that promised to create Les Debutantes merchandise that would appeal to a wide swath of the listening public. We don’t have much money for stuff like t-shirts and posters, so we decided to have some bumper stickers made.
Needless to say, we were a tad disappointed with the results. It appears [...]
It isn’t all fun and games at SuSuStudios. In fact, sometimes it can get downright tense.
The link below is an example of the aforementioned tension. Eventually, the dispute was solved by the application of Digitalridoo.
http://bedazzled.blogs.com/bedazzled/files/16_1_good_turn_1.mp3
Last night we were looking for the perfect, and I mean the PERFECT, sound for one of Brent’s songs called “Foggy Hill Leap.” We had tried everything from rain sticks to actual rain. Nothing was working until Danny, with a sly grin on his bearded face, clicked his mouse and brought up pure Indigenous Australian [...]
Two Beach Boys On Drugs, Three On Egos and Greed
On Tuesday we recorded some of my drum bit and then we talked about some stuff. The Starlight Project (Eddie Van Halen, Brian May, Alan Gratzer, etc…), The Hand Thing, and then I remembered a couple of Beach Boys videos I saw on Youtube. The first [...]