Caught up on that song

I spent a few hours this weekend re-recording the missing parts from that song “So Long”. I do quite like this song. So, now I’m back to where I was before with it, and I also have the new harmony ideas recorded. Cool. The song was inspired by an awful article I read last year about a kid who was killed. Apparently, this kid was at the site where his friend died in an accident…

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If it doesn’t exist in 3 places, it might as well not exist at all

So I have a ton of new songs I’ve been working on, recording demos as inspiration strikes and when I have free time.  Last night I thought of a vocal harmony for one of them (“so long” is the title).  So I brought up the Pro Tools session to record it.  To my horror, the lead vocal and the bass guitar tracks were nowhere to be found!  PT couldn’t find them, and I couldn’t find…

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Music Video: Tell Her I Love Her

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSWRTnapOXs&fmt=18 after much ado, the velmas are proud to announce our first music video! it’s for the song ‘tell her i love her’ from our city canyons records debut, “Station”. enjoy! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSWRTnapOXs&fmt=18[/youtube]

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“scherzo pizzicato”

i had a dream last night that i was in an old parking garage that i apparently owned, with a bunch of “old” style cars, but they were new… the dream might have been taking place in the 1940s or so, i guess. i was showing off my new car to the attendants. on the side of the car was written “scherzo pizzicato”, like the way boats have their names written on them. they asked…

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