http://mikegrosshandler.com Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:47:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For a couple weeks now at least, my iPhone has been reporting "Zero KB" free space.  At first I thought I'd just filled the sucker up, but then after removing a few unused apps, some old Strong Bad Email podcasts, and a few albums, and still seeing "Zero KB", I ... http://mikegrosshandler.com/2008/12/29/zero-kb/ Got bass done on Without You last night, after much frustration with Pro Tools.  To start out, I went to grab the bass track from my demo session, as I've been doing, to import it into the new session as a guide to play along with so I would know ... http://mikegrosshandler.com/2008/12/24/9/ Got bass done on "Status Quo" last night.  That's 8 bass tracks done now.  With any luck I'll get the other two done this week. I'd always "heard" and expected to have a guitar solo in this song, so I left a "space" in the song for one all along while ... http://mikegrosshandler.com/2008/12/23/and-another/ So it was a snowy weekend in Albany.  I think we got nearly a foot and a half over the last 3 days.  Not good for stuff like playing shows (The Velmas had to cancel our show on Friday), but great for stuff like staying home and recording, luckily. Also lucky ... http://mikegrosshandler.com/2008/12/22/bass-ically-getting-stuff-done/ So, the earth is warming, ocean levels will rise, and all that, right?  Here's a couple of solutions I just came up with: 1.  Figure out a way to beam excess water into space Step 1:  Vaporize Water (taking care not to vaporize fish, etc.) Step 2:  ???? Step 3:  Profit! Save the world! Maybe ... http://mikegrosshandler.com/2008/12/16/random-million-dollar-thought/ As of today, the 10 drum tracks I've got recorded so far are all comped and the songs are ready for more tracking.  Still waiting on one more drummer to track the last 2 songs, though.  But at least I can start on the bass guitar parts in earnest now, ... http://mikegrosshandler.com/2008/12/09/more-progress-and-twitter/ Was Incase reading my mind, or perhaps my blog?  I just caught this in my iGoogle Engadget feed:  http://goincase.com/products/detail/EC20003/5 All four corners protected?  Check. Extends battery life more than double?  Check. Isn't completely fugly?  Check. Lets you charge and sync via standard mini-USB port?  Check. Next Friday, I'ma be all over this, barring any terrible ... http://mikegrosshandler.com/2008/11/17/iphone-batterycase-2-rocks-one-stone/ Or, more precisely, what its case didn't prevent the ground from doing to my phone: [gallery] It didn't get destroyed or anything, and is still perfectly functional, but it's now got some more personality.  So maybe the case did protect it a little. Still looking for a good leather or neoprene replacement ... http://mikegrosshandler.com/2008/11/13/what-the-ground-did-to-my-iphone/ Over the last few days, I've been putting together some more of the final drum comps so I can get to work on the bass guitar, and then the rest of the instruments for those songs.  Since we kept 3 or 4 full runs through each song, I had a ... http://mikegrosshandler.com/2008/11/12/some-more-drums-comped-and-another-bass-track/ So this morning is cold and rainy.  I was running in from my car, and out from my hoodie pocket tumbles... yep, my iPhone. Now, when I got my phone back in July, I made sure to pick up a good case for it, since I'm prone to dropping my phones.  ... http://mikegrosshandler.com/2008/10/28/worthless-iphone-case/