• Capos And Recording

    Capos And Recording

    capoNot long ago I came across a new form of capos. In galaxy very close by. Actually it was this galaxy. More specifically it was in a town known as Anaheim. The Anaheim that sits in the California region of the planet earth. Capos are a funny business. Lots of musicians use the cheapest products they can find without thinking about how they affect the sound. I always look for the thing that will get the great sound. Oddly enough capos and the kind you use can make a difference. Which is why on such a faithful day where I found out about a company called G7th and their capos, I instantly made the switch. Why? Because they’re awesome. Actually it had a couple of better reasons. First their weight. They have a good solid weight to them. Second, their ease of use. They work on some kind of engineering magic where you can set the tension as simply as closing your fingers. That way it doesn’t clamp down too hard on the strings and push them out of tune. It’s a love thing.

    Today I’d taking you into the studio for a little clip about my upcoming song “Till We Meet Again” wherein you see me making use of the G7th’s awesomeness. Click on that video and realize I too use capos to get the proper key and sound for a guitar and my voice.

    So if you’re looking for badass capos, especially the one I use – then you need a G7th. You won’t regret it!

    Capos And Recording

    http://youtu.be/N0tsHT0g0oU

    Yeehaw baby.

    I think we’re ready. Let me double check my tuning real quick.

    technically with the panning you don’t need to pan the microphones in my headphones

    as we’re recording. That’s what I’m saying you can turn them back to center.

    Alright. Let’s see if we’re

    all set to go. That sounds beautiful my
    head.

    There’s a little drum pattern that starts at what? Bar 3? You can set the record button to

    the song position line to start there

    ‘Cause that’s a two bar count in for me and I start at 5. Do what? A one bar pre-roll? That’s fine. As long as I know it’s two bars.

    We were in love…

    and it was magic.

    happy

  • Word Crimes By Weird Al

    Word Crimes By Weird Al

    Word CrimesWe’ve all committed them, word crimes. The odd thing is, texting and the internet has increased how prevalent they are. Leave it to the master of the comedic reinterpretation of popular songs to come up with a brilliant new version of Blurred Lines. Sorry Robin Thicke, you have been bested by the man, the myth, the legend – Weird Al. Not since he’s done something like Eat It to Michael Jackson’s Beat It has there been something so funny.

    Word Crimes is amazing in it’s ability to be funny. It’s like a cool version of a School House Rock song. Actually School House Rock stuff from it’s early days is brilliant, but it’s the video that goes with Word Crimes that really makes it awesome. The graphics are stunning. Plus the word play that goes on with the images is one of the most creative things I’ve seen in a long time.

    Word Crimes

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    Everybody shut up, WOO!
    Hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey

    If you can’t write in the proper way
    If you don’t know how to conjugate
    Maybe you flunked that class
    And maybe now you find
    That people mock you online

    Okay, now here’s the deal
    I’ll try to educate ya
    Gonna familiarize
    You with the nomenclature
    You’ll learn the definitions
    Of nouns and prepositions
    Literacy’s your mission
    And that’s why I think it’s a

    Good time
    To learn some grammar
    Now, did I stammer
    Work on that grammar
    You should know when
    It’s “less” or it’s “fewer”
    Like people who were
    Never raised in a sewer

    I hate these word crimes
    Like I could care less
    That means you do care
    At least a little
    Don’t be a moron
    You better slow down
    And use the right pronoun
    Show the world you’re a no-clown

    (Everybody wise up)

    Say you got an “I-T”
    Followed by apostrophe “s”
    Now what does that mean?
    You would not use this in this case
    As a possessive
    It’s a contraction
    What’s a contraction?
    Well, it’s the shortening of a word, or a group of words
    By the emission of a sound or letter

    Okay, now here are some notes
    Syntax you’re always dangling
    No X in “Espresso”
    Your participle’s danglin’
    But I don’t want your drama
    If you really wanna
    Leave out that Oxford comma
    Just keep in mind
    That we see

    Are you
    Are words not letters?
    Get it together
    Use your spellchecker
    You should never
    Write words using numbers
    Unless you’re seven
    Or your name is Prince

    I hate these word crimes
    You really need a
    Full time proofreader
    You dumb mouthbreather
    Well, you should hire
    Some cunning linguist
    To help you distinguish
    What is proper English

    (Everybody wise up)

    One thing I ask of you
    Time to learn your homophones is past due
    Learn to diagram a sentence too
    Always say to whom
    Don’t ever say to who
    Yeah, listen up when I tell you this
    I hope you never use quotation marks for emphasis
    If you finished second grade
    I hope you can tell
    If you’re doing good or doing well
    Figure out the difference
    Irony is not coincidence
    And, I thought that you’d gotten it through your skull
    What’s figurative and what’s literal
    Oh but, just now, you said
    You literally couldn’t get out of bed
    That really makes me want to literally
    Smack a crowbar upside your stupid head

    I read your e-mail
    It’s quite apparent
    You’re grammar’s errant
    You’re incoherent
    Saw your blog post
    It’s really fantastic
    That was sarcastic (Oh, psych!)
    Cause you write like a spastic

    I hate these Word Crimes
    (Everybody wise up)
    Your pose is dopey
    Think you should only
    Write in emoji
    Oh, you’re a lost cause
    Go back to preschool
    Get out of the gene pool
    Try your best to not drool

    Never mind I give up
    Really now I give up
    Hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey
    Go Away!

    Woo hoo! Now go out and stop committing these common word crimes!

  • She Looks So Perfect Cover Version

    She Looks So Perfect Cover Version

    She Looks So PerfectNot long ago I made a post about She Looks So Perfect and the band 5 Seconds Of Summer. Well, now I done went and made an acoustic cover of the song. I guess I just ended up liking it way too much to leave it alone. Thus I set up my video camera, my lappy with Logic, the awesome Telefunken C12 and plugged my guitar into the mic pre – hit record and away I went!

    What you’re getting is unadulterated recording of me singing a fun pop rock tune out of Australia.

    Plus I decided to have some fun with a video filter. I figured it kinda fit the vibe or at least created a new vibe that says hey, I can change up the look of the image for fun. Of course, I probably should have thought about it a little longer, but who cares?

    She Looks So Perfect

    http://youtu.be/VM3CATyLH4g

    Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey

    Simmer down, simmer down
    They say we’re too young now to amount to anything else
    But look around
    We worked too damn hard for this just to give it up now
    If you don’t swim, you’ll drown
    But don’t move, honey

    You look so perfect standing there
    In my American Apparel underwear
    And I know now, that I’m so down
    Your lipstick stain is a work of art
    I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart
    And I know now, that I’m so down

    Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey

    Let’s get out, let’s get out
    ‘Cause this deadbeat town’s only here just to keep us down
    While I was out, I found myself alone just thinking
    If I showed up with a plane ticket
    And a shiny diamond ring with your name on it
    Would you wanna run away too?
    ‘Cause all I really want is you

    You look so perfect standing there
    In my American Apparel underwear
    And I know now, that I’m so down
    I made a mix-tape straight out of ’94
    I’ve got your ripped skinny jeans lying on the floor
    And I know now, that I’m so down

    Hey! Hey, hey, hey hey
    Hey, hey, hey, hey

    Chorus 1

    Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey

    You look so perfect standing there
    In my American Apparel underwear
    And I know now, that I’m so down (hey!)
    Your lipstick stain is a work of art
    I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart
    And I know now, that I’m so down

    Enjoy and pass it around!