09.21.2009 | | Posted by John Paul
Well, my internet got disconnected for a little while, which has turned out to be a good thing, because now the EP is very very close to being finished, and this website is set to be fully operational on Friday.
Over the week I’ll be uploading preview tracks as I’m finishing them, and I’ll also be uploading the first chunk of goods to the members’ area, which will be some mp3s that will probably only be here for a little bit – old crusty demos and old mixes and the like.
Hopefully I’ll be uploading an early mix of the lead track from the ACTUAL EP tomorrow…
09.13.2009 | | Posted by John Paul
Today’s recording session consisted mostly of me beating a floor tom senseless to lay down the backbone for “Warm for a While.” Things got so frenetic at one point that I collapsed a shelf and a light fixture shattered on the tile floor, all of which did not get cleaned up. Thus things got a little bloody, and hopefully this will lend that track a bit of an Andrew W.K. vibe. “Hopefully” is the word I’m looking for there, right?
Anyway, things are turning out nicely; these were the first tracks laid down in my new house in the new studio area, and though I clearly need to lay down some rugs and… um… wall rugs, the room sounds great. I can’t wait to get these songs finished and uploaded…
09.13.2009 | | Posted by John Paul
And nearly everything I tweet is going to be a lie.
…or IS IT?
Find out for yourself.
I don’t know enough about this yet to put the cute little link that says “follow me,” so I’m assuming those of you who are twitter-literate know what to do.
Watch for the phrase “twitter-literate” to appear in an R. Frogs crunk jam in Spring 2010.
09.12.2009 | | Posted by John Paul
Things are slowly starting to come together.
I’m pretty sure the “Join” button works, and anyone at any time could become the VERY FIRST member, even though right now that would give that person access to nothing special, since I haven’t uploaded any Elite Content yet.
Tomorrow will probably see a lot of recording, as I get down to the business of making new recordings for the EP and polishing up the existing ones, and hopefully that process should be done by the end of the week. I’m aiming to do a digital members-only release of the EP on Monday the 21st, and then I’ll have handmade physical copies for sale online and in person at any shows that I play, starting with the EP release party at Eclipse Coffee and Books in Montevallo on the 25th.
The next few weeks are going to be hectic around here as content is uploaded on a daily basis, and even more hectic for me, as I spend hour upon hour recording new material, demoing new songs, and remastering old recordings for re-release on this website. By the time the first subscriber’s three-month subscription is out, there will be well over 100 unique songs available for download in the member’s area, including two EPs and hopefully an album. I hope to get myself under the pressure of a bunch of subscribers hungry for content so that I’ll be super-motivated to provide it. I’m infinitely more productive if I feel like I’m recording music that doesn’t exist in a vacuum, that I’m making music that’s going to find a home in other human ears.
So get them ears open wide, y’awl, because I have a lot of waveforms to pour in ‘em.
09.09.2009 | | Posted by John Paul
It’s my timid little first post.
Everything is sort of temporary right now as I slowly get content up and test things out, so right now there’s not much to see.
However, there is some jamz that you can stream in the player over there, the one that has what looks like an amoeboid rodeo fetus floating around in it, and soon there will be lots more songs uploaded and available for downloadin’, along with actual website functionality and information.
More to come. Don’t touch that dial.
