My shiny new contact mic lasted all of 30 minutes at band practice last night before the solders broke. Doh! :(
Back to the drawing board …
Category Archives: Music
Fun While It Lasted
Contact Mic
I just built my first contact mic. It was pretty easy, but I’d never used a soldering iron before, so it took a while.
Want to build one of your own? Peep this tutorial.
New Chxxch Tracks!
New Chxxch tracks up on Virb. I’ve started a recording project called Guitar Music where I use … you guessed it, a guitar. I usually don’t use a guitar.
http://virb.com/chxxch
No Fun Fest
I’m about to leave for No Fun Fest in about an hour – right now I’m charging the camcorder and getting all my stuff ready to go. Matt and I will be in NYC something like 5 hours early, so we’re going to run around the city a bit – hit up some record [...]
New Brazen Robbers Demo
A new 5 song Brazen Robbers demo is available for download (see below). We’re using this to shop for some shows in the DC area before Scott leaves us for the left coast. The tracks on this demo are taken from two seperate practice sessions that gravitated towards the “restrained” end of the [...]
All New Chxxch Tracks!
Just posted two new tracks I did. I’ve been experimenting with live sampling of other peoples music. I’m planning to do about 10-15 more of these with music from all over the map. It should be a fun little experiment to see how they all fit together.
http://virb.com/chxxch
Hxt
Just posted a new song on Virb. I didn’t want to spend forever on it so that’s basically a one take number with some minor editing. It’s a bit different than some of the other stuff I’ve done under this name, but that’s just how I roll …
http://www.virb.com/chxxch
Mic Chxck
Yo. I just posted a new song. It’s probably the best song I’ve ever done. I sampled myself setting up my microphone then I live fuxed with it on the 303.
GO LISTEN TO CHXXCH
Edit: Listening to it again after a good nights sleep … not the best song I’ve ever done. [...]
