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The Dailies at Molly Malone’s
We are playing this upcoming Monday night at Molly Malone’s in West L.A. We would love to see you there! This past week, with masters in hand (or on hard drive) I’ve started cold calling venues and promoters around the greater Los Angeles area. JT productions does booking for three L.A. venues, [...]
King of the Box Office, Top of the Charts
Yes, friends, it’s true. In a non-Dailies related note, I am here to tell you that I have a little side project called “High School Musical 3,” Perhaps, you’ve heard about it? Earlier this year, I was hired by a songwriter friend, for whom I’ve done work in the past, to start working on demos [...]
Credit, Where Credit is Due
I’m sitting, this monday morning, listening to the mastered tracks, writing the credits for the record. It’s quite a thing to look at all the names who had a hand in this. Mike, Rosy, Dana, and Corey are obvious. John (our business partner) is a gimme. Gotta give a shout out [...]
My Unpleasant Space
Blurg. I do not heart MySpace. Attempting to improve our MySpace page feels like trying to talk to a hyperactive Jr. High student about predestination or compression ratios or healthy marital habits. It just doesn’t seem to be intuitive… is what I’m saying. We created our MySpace page two years ago while we [...]
The Post-Gig Debrief
So, in short, Erica and I felt great about the gig last night. I want to thank everyone who came out to support us, and if there are any of you here reading this who heard us for the first time last night, welcome! This is our little corner of the internet to [...]
Planning the Set
Here’s our set list for Thursday night: Signal Chain Kiss Us Goodbye A Sovereign Nation Sleeps Beside Me I Think It’s You She Goes Unplug Young Man The Tide It’s interesting to have to rethink your set, and retool it for an “Unplugged” show. What from the original arrangement stays? What goes? What makes a song, a song? It’s [...]
The Arduous Life of a Model
I’ve taken to calling “What it Is” the art project, because it had no commercial purpose when we were creating it. We had always meant to do a record with just the two of us, we had a few songs written, and we just took the plunge, learning as we went. We didn’t [...]
The Remainder of the Equation
Well, we’re back home and the mixes are nearly done. I say nearly, because we’re all taking a week to listen in a variety of places to see if we can pinpoint and resolve any remaining mix issues. I know the list has grown progressively shorter for me. I’m very excited about [...]
Mixing: Organic Vs. Processed
One of the great tensions we feel as artists in the mixing process is this: How processed a sound do we want? If you listen to older tunes, think Beatles or Rolling Stones, there were no computers to massage timing or tune vocals or automate every last breath and part. Those older [...]
The Prodigal Children Return Home
So… I’ve said about ten billion times, but I don’t think we’re gonna self-produce another record. I think it’s just impossible to make that many choices without losing your sense of perspective, and your mind. Case in point: There were two tunes that never really settled down for us in the studio. [...]