the post war dream...

Yesterday morning B.Rad and I played a show at 3am at Counter Culture cafe as "Hidden Autism." It was an ambient synth/noise experiment for those insomniacs who are open to having their psyches meddled with. It went really well. Bransin even got on the microphone and told stories! Our set up was:
Kimbel Organ,
XP-50
sid- station
micro korg
ibanez delay pedal
electro harmonix sub octave
2 behringer mixers
orange amp
peavy amp
303
sm57
and a couple of room mics

Justin was there recording it straight into his pro tools. There was a handful of people who stayed to heard the sounds we created, and they appreciated it. We definately got into very trance like states of mind. Stay tuned for future 3am shows!
Peace.

why'd you have to be so cute...

I flyered at the Imogen Heap show, which was rad. I enjoy shows and all the beautiful people who are conscious about music. I missed the opening act to eat at a really great vegan restaurant. I had to just devour mouthfuls of deliciousness. What can I say, I'm a glutton. I got back in time for Imogen and was just stunned when I walked into a perfectly sized and spaced venue, and a stellar visual layout. Pretty lights, silken cloth, hanging circles to represent polka dot style lushness, sexy light decor around her equipment, and of course, lovely mermaid like Imogen mumbling and singing and dancing like the magical being she is. The sound guy was great, the lighting guy was better! The sound was drenched with effect: reverb and delay. It was appropriate. She had a harmonizer, vocoder, a keytar! This was definately a great show, the best non-local/indie show I've seen for a long time. She amazed and inspired me. She played Hide and Seek last and the lights slowly faded, slowly fading her out too, into a silhouette. It was brilliant, the whole thing.

unwinding...

documentation is extremely important, that is why i am trying to keep up with my life events through these non sensical posts.
i finished my fifth cycle project! it was a wonderful experience, better than i could have imagined. i recorded kier's song "city folk," and i called the band "the subdominant machines." i rocked the o.r.t.f technique on the overheads, sub-kick on bass drum and bass cabinet, re-20 on inner kick and on bass cabinet, beta 57 on toms, sm57 on bottom snare, m88tg on hi-hat, tlm103's for room mics, and mc012 for drummers perspective. i encouraged hippie dancing and skipping, it was wonderful. everything went well except for the shitty headphone boxes, which i worked around. all in all, i feel relaxed now that it's over. i was feeling a lot of stress building up to that moment, but it was unnecessary stress, because once i got into the studio everything felt natural and in it's right place.
luckily after the session b-rad stressed going to counter culture. our vegan tamale friends were there benefiting the counter culture, and lot's of rad people just enjoying sunday into monday.
now i must continue into the eternal sunshine of sound travel.
joy and unicorns,
knee-naah!