http://www.thedailiesmusic.com/site the hippest little indie band alive Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:22:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It sounds impressive, doesn't it? Well we are alive in Los Angeles. We are creating new music, playing old songs, raising kids, making new friends, loving old friends. We're doing life. We are also in the process of moving, so that's all consuming. It's a ... http://www.thedailiesmusic.com/site/the-dailies-live-and-alive-in-los-angeles/ This upcoming Saturday night, at 9pm, we're back and the Hotel. We're debuting the live version of The Tempest, so even if you've seen us before, there's something fresh. This is our absolute favorite venue to play, and we'd love to see you. http://www.thedailiesmusic.com/site/the-dailies-are-back-at-the-hotel-cafe/ So, we've been out playing gigs for the past two months, and by George, we're getting pretty good! We had an amazing time at the Hotel Cafe last month, and we've been invited back on May 23rd @ 9pm. Tomorrow night, April 4th, we're playing at a place ... http://www.thedailiesmusic.com/site/the-dailies-street-team-an-experiment/ I know, I know. We've been terribly lax on updating this page. Here's what's been going on: 1. Our new record, Mixing Metaphors is out. Check it out on iTunes. We are very, very proud of it, and we think it's worth the $9.99 to buy it. ... http://www.thedailiesmusic.com/site/whats-the-haps/ Marylin over at A Future in Noise decided to put up a feature about us this morning on her blog. Go check it out! We'll be back to more behind the scenes blogging in a bit... http://www.thedailiesmusic.com/site/we-got-blogged/ So, having done the first two songs of our record in order, I wanted to jump around a bit and make some commentary about the last song on the record, called The Tide. In the past, I've been breaking up the technical evolution and the emotional, artistic commentary, but in this ... http://www.thedailiesmusic.com/site/evolution-of-a-song-the-tide/ The harmonic woes of composing this song were well documented in my previous post, so I would like to focus this little discussion on lyrics. I think anyone who spends time with Erica and me can tell you that this past year and a half has been a struggle. ... http://www.thedailiesmusic.com/site/thoughts-on-songwriting-the-tempest/ This is the story of the one that almost got away, but then turned out to be one of the biggest catches of the day. You can blame the bass for this one. (Get it? Bass Guitar? Bass fishing? Huh? Funny, right? No? ... http://www.thedailiesmusic.com/site/evolution-of-a-song-the-tempest/ In the beginning is a spark, it is an impulse in the head... So begins our record. ...digital to analogue, conversion on the breath.. it travels on a wave the length of which cannot be seen but anyone can hear it, if anyone is near.. cause it goes....alllllllllll the waaaaaay..... What is a Signal ... http://www.thedailiesmusic.com/site/thoughts-on-songwriting-signal-chain/ For quite a while now, I've been sitting on an idea to unpack each of the 14 tracks on our upcoming record. I'm going to do each song in two parts, one chronicling the sonic evolution from demo to studio to mix to master, the 2nd from the perspective ... http://www.thedailiesmusic.com/site/evolution-of-a-song-signal-chain/