I said cult, OK? Anyway, “Sow’s Ears” has been literally flying off the shelves in the past seven days and I am almost out of stock. Combine this with the fact that I sold out of “Without Words” last month and we are looking at a major CD-burning crisis. This means I’ll have to get some more discs made up and I have neither the time nor the inclination to do this.
The worrying thing is that when I finally get around to releasing my next box-set, I was planning on doing a mailshot to everyone who has even purchased a tangible version of my albums. Now I am beginning to think that if I do that, I might actually be creating a demand I can’t keep up with. Oh well, I’ll figure something out.
Felt really weak late yesterday like I was sickening for something. Today though, I am feeling a lot better – mind you, we had a night without toxic fumes – methinks the Housing Officer might be paying a visit today and that Brian the Liar and Idiot Bastard Son are trying to clean up their act before she arrives. We wait with baited breath…
While going through some old files on my PC the other day, I discovered a mix of a song called “Compression Sickness”. This was recorded back in 2002 with recording chum Andrew Osborne. Throughout that year, we worked on an off on some tunes and managed to produce enough music for a CD, which was released briefly through the now-defunct MP3.com website. It wasn’t easy recording with someone else, but it did drag me in directions I didn’t always want to go, which is a good thing creatively. The problem working with the LOAD setup (the band name was made from our initials) was that I had to work hard on the production side and basically make Andrew’s performances fit. This was the challenge. This track is one of my favourites and I play most things on it, except the acoustic guitar and lead distorted guitar, which are Andrew’s and he came up with the melody after jamming to the bassline that I’d put down as a guide track for him. This time around I remastered the track using some clever remasterign software, so it has some extra “zing”. It’s a shame things didn’t quite work out for LOAD as the second CD would have sounded a lot better. Anyway, here’s the track. Enjoy!
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