Windows 7 (I like it so far!)

So, curiosity got the best of me and I grabbed the Windows 7 beta soon after it was publicly released.  After planning on installing it on an old PC (500mhz celeron, 256mb ram), and finding that it just plain wouldn’t install without at least 512mb RAM, I hatched a plan involving my laptop (a gateway 7422gx – 2.2ghz single core 64bit athlon, 1gb ram).  When I got it about 4 years ago, I upgraded the…

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Finally have the drums all recorded

Went back down to Chris Fisher’s studio in Coxsackie on Sunday, this time to track drums with John Brodeur for the last two songs for this album.  I always enjoyed John’s songwriting and singing with his various bands (The Suggestions, Maggie Mayday, Hector On Stilts, Five Alpha Beatdown, etc.), but then I found out he plays drums too, and quite well at that!  Somehow with his playing in about 900 bands, he was up for…

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Phil Taylor guest vocals and a couple new songs

This past weekend was a whirlwind of productivity!  My buddy Phil Taylor (from Future Leaders of the World/Machina) was going to be around upstate NY for a few weeks.  I asked if he’d be up for lending his vocals to a song for my upcoming CD.  I thought he’d sound great on “Status Quo”, so I sent him the tune and he dug it.  We spent the weekend recording and working on a couple new…

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