Well, I contacted my ISP and because they love so much, they cut me a deal. So I upgraded to unlimited hosting, which includes unlimited site traffic, for a whopping $10 for the next six months. Well at least that saves the problem of being shutdown for maxing out my traffic. The upside of this is now I have something like 20Gb of storage space. My goodness, I’m going to have to find something to fill that up. I got thinking about starting a depository for all the various cuttings I’ve collected over the years about certain rock bands I support. I got this new scanner last month (don’t worry, it only cost £30, I am on a reduced budget) and it could be something to do. I dunno.
Not much else to report at the moment. No exciting stuff happening because The Missus went back to work from her break last week and so I have to pretend to do some proper work. Ho hum. My hayfever is up at the moment and I feel a bit sniffy and bulbous-eyed (more bulbous-eyed that usual). It’ll pass.
Very exciting about the forthcoming MIchael Brook album, RockPaperScissor, which is due out 18 July. Brook is a very interesting artist for me and I love his production skills as well as his interesting use of the old electric geetaw. You can read about it at his website: www.michaelbrookmusic.com or you can go to Video Google and watch a great “making of” video clip. I like what I am hearing and I look forward to getting that particular disc in my grubby little mitts. Just love that guitar tone.
A while ago, I recorded a track called “Thing-Ummi-Jig” and it was based on a drum loop supplied by a guy called Penston. I really like the track, but I never got any feedback from Mr P, so it got put back in the drawer. As I said, I really like the jollity of the track and wanted it in my boxset. The only problem is that the drum loop wasn’t my own, so I couldn’t seel it, so I’d have to re-record the drums. Shudder. I can hold a rudimentary beat, if the wind is blowing in the right direction. So I sat down at my Handsonic and got the arms and legs working. I re-recorded the drums almost live – I had to go back and re-dub the toms because I fluffed them up and the cymbols seperately, but it’s almost a live track! 🙂
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Like I said, it is a spirited, jolly little track and I hope it cheers you up if you are in a bad mood, because that’s it’s aim. Nothing else other than a sunny little song.