I finally got set up at home to record myself playing, so I thought I’d start out with this demo song that’s right there on the v-drums that I practice on. There are a whole series of these demo songs that are included in the TD-30, I guess to sort of get the new electronic drummer jumpstarted with something to play along to. These demo songs totally crack me up, despite being actually well composed and performed. So, I might do a series on these, depending on if any of the others grab my ear. I think Into the Trash is an instant classic, though. There are an infinite number of ways to interpret the drums on this song, so I hope you enjoy my personal take on it.
Videos
New release of “Had” by Stereo Creeps
It was our big day! On May 22, 2020, Stereo Creeps released a new track “Had” that will be part of a whole new ep or album or something that we are currently working on. The song was actually recorded back in 2019 at Earwig. I did this whole massive tuning of Don Farwell’s house kit to get the right vibe for the song. It felt like a huge risk, and I hope that paid off. I mean, this is the first release of a studio recording with me in the band, so I absolutely had to get it right. I think we recorded 2 takes to tape, and called that good. If you listen closely, you’ll hear members of Suitcase on backing vox. We had a whole watch party to commemorate the release (can’t be embedded here), or just watch the video below.
it’s a mashup!
So, I guess I made a mashup. I was hanging out with Stereo Creeps, and we found ourselves cry-laughing for 30 mins about the concept. So I had to go and create it. We got lucky–both songs are in the same key. It almost arranged itself.
I think I have a system now, so I got my ears out for more.
Stereo Creeps – She Knows / It’s a secret
I’m pretty darned proud to announce the official release of a live performance of two brand new songs from Stereo Creeps. “She Knows” and “It’s a Secret” were recorded live in a room full of friends at the recent Earwig Sessions at Earwig Studio, and we decided that’s just how we’re going to release these songs. We recorded an EP earlier in the year, but that’s the real studio deal so it takes a moment to get it all packaged up and ready for release. Technically that EP was my first recording on the drums with Stereo Creeps (I appeared on the previous release Suck on theremin), but this is my debut released performance with the band and so IT’S MY BIG DAY! Sean Moe, Robert Dollarsign, and Mark Wardell – it’s a huge honor to be teaming up with you on rocking the f out of everything! Don Farwell and Lance Hofstad – thanks for putting lipstick on this pig with your audio and video genius! And of course thank YOU for your continued support of local music. More important than ever. NOW GO WATCH THIS THING WHY ARE YOU WAITING!
Love and Fury at Slim’s
Just recently Love and Fury performed outdoors at Slim’s here in Seattle. It was an amazing evening sharing the stage with Sky Cries Mary, and Virago. Here’s a playlist of the entire evening…
It was a great close to a chapter in our lives. We now move on to songwriting for the next album. Stay tuned!
Spasmo
Spasmo played our first show the other day! We have another coming up on July 25th, and then our third is opening for Behold the Arctopus on August 3rd.
Good to be playing with Stuart Dahlquist again. Met him when I toured with Dama/Libra. Nathan Donnel is on vox. Marshall McLaughlin is on guitar. Stuart and Marshall were in Pink Muscles. Marshall’s written all the songs so far, but we’ll probably all contribute eventually.
CHAOS. Okay, here’s Adam Noble Bass’s video of us from our first night:
Stay tuned for a demo.
Stereo Creeps on the Spud Goodman Show
We headed down to Tacoma and had a nice evening in the studio on the Spud Goodman Show. Really cool to see the operation from the inside, and everyone was super hospitable, and we had a blast!
The show also featured some folks you may have heard of, like C. Thomas Howell and Margaret Cho, and others. Pretty awesome!
The whole thing is streaming on the web, or just check out one of the songs we played right heeya:
Rock lottery, part 3
Continued from part 2. This was our last song from that night. Enjoy.
Rock Lottery, Part 2
Continued from part 1, this is the second song. As with the others, this took about 2 hours to write. It was rad to see us playing in such completely different styles.
Rock lottery, part 1
On January 13, I drew 4 random names out of a hat and wrote 3 songs with them. We performed them that night at the Crocodile. In the hours between, I felt like we really came together like family. No egos, just music. It was an enlightening day! You can write a song in 2 hours, folks. Here’s the first song: