http://www.bitshred.com Some music and things ............ Thu, 13 May 2010 18:08:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you may not know. Ableton Live is my new preffered DAW. It's not you're standard DAW, and is more commonly associated with producing electronic music.  But since I'm producing stuff by myself, it is a better tool. The clip-oriented session view is so good for songwriting, and trying out ... http://www.bitshred.com/?p=249 So we did a little science/electronic lab this morning. Sage built little blinking light circuits, and we built a pocket Theremin. See the video below. http://www.bitshred.com/?p=246 I can't stop changing my Wordpress Theme. There's literally thousands of free ones out there, and I'm never quite satisfied with whatever I'm using. Always a tweak here or there in the template code to do. Sure I could design my own. I have dabbled in web design for years, but ... http://www.bitshred.com/?p=241 I finally have some new stuff in my Ipod. I'm not going to review anything, there's plenty of that in the internet blogosphere. One of the new albums I'm listening to is Stuck On Nothing by the Philly band Free Energy. This review says it all IMO. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14040-stuck-on-nothing/ I don't necessarily agree ... http://www.bitshred.com/?p=236 Had a jam session thursday, thanks go to the men for coming out.  Madison Music Foundry has hourly rates that are a good alternative to renting out by the month or bothering neighbors. No comments on the jam, nice to make noise. But some need to practice with a metronome more ... http://www.bitshred.com/?p=234 Well as I published my last post the bassist canceled. Some bullshit about an emergency. But such is the life of trying to start a project. If anything, I will have to play live by myself with a drum machine and sequencer or something. A casio keyboard maybe? Sage, are you listening? ... http://www.bitshred.com/?p=222 Well it's been awhile for me. Unless you count the time trying to get my son to rock on the skins. And that sounded good I might add. But I'm jamming  tonight at the Madison Music Foundry with a drummer and bassist that I've never met. I'm certainly not concerned, as ... http://www.bitshred.com/?p=220 Yup, I gave myself a haircut. I went from a longish one length deal to a short hairstyle. I'm talking like six inches off. I should post a before/after, but I'm too lazy, and no one reads this site anyway. Anyway, while it is hacked, I actually like it more than ... http://www.bitshred.com/?p=218 I don't have a band, but I sometimes try to come up with band names. I try the random wikipedia article trick, and those band name generators online. Or I they just come to me in a dream. If I post my names here, please don't take them without asking me ... http://www.bitshred.com/?p=215 So I was out of town for work, Albuquerque, NM. I was busy and didn't really see anything there. The mountains where pretty, and it was nice and sunny for a Wisconsin person. On my last night I did venture downtown, not sure if that was a good move or ... http://www.bitshred.com/?p=196