Here is a short collection of film scores masquerading as a collection of NRP Bumper Music. For some reason they haven’t gotten in touch. » Read on »
Here is a short collection of film scores masquerading as a collection of NRP Bumper Music. For some reason they haven’t gotten in touch. » Read on »
Finally got to take my new Parabola tremolo pedal from Caroline Guitar Co for a spin (not to be confused with Caroline who works at Parabola). Here’s a test run on a song called Eleventh Dream Day Knife Fight: » Read on »
Much has been made of Dave “Cracker” Lowery’s open letter in response to an NPR blog post recently. The contrast between these two points of view says a lot about the music industry, and how it earned it’s timely demise. » Read on »
Here’s the final record by Ovipositor. It’s called Everyone Has Their Tipping Point.
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As far as I’m concerned, this is the greatest live band going these days. » Read on »
I finished another film. Check it out: » Read on »
Finally finished editing this video for Generalissimo: » Read on »
[I am trying to catch up on documenting work that I’ve done. Seems like a good thing for a designer to do on his website.] » Read on »
More information than you could ever possibly want about the San Francisco band The Dickheads. » Read on »
I have no idea why this seemed like a good idea to the company, but these commercials are great.
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Herein you shall find the trailer for PLAYBACK IS A BITCH!, my 9 hour documentary on the making of my band’s new record.
People often ask me, “Colin, how do you get that crazy sound? You know, your sound – the Beatnik Dungeon Sound.” Let me show you. » Read on »
Electrical Guitar #334. All aluminum, hollowbody, with alumitone pickups. » Read on »
With some regularity, I assemble a group of musicians in my basement studio to record soundtracks for films or audio pieces (under the Nadir Novelties banner, for the most part). I usually have a rough conceptual outline of how the song should feel and what parts need to happen, which we usually discuss back and forth for a bit. Then we improvise. » Read on »
As I’m starting this blog, Lux Interior of The Cramps has just died of a heart condition. Technically he was 63, but really he was a timeless, in a way only true originals can be. I don’t mean that his music or his band were timeless (they draw heavily on early rock’n’roll but rarely pushed past those influences), I mean Lux himself was an archetype – a raconteur – and in that he’s timeless. » Read on »