Things have been productive and busy on the music making front. Craig and I created this track under a new monikor: Polar Bears of Mexico - Attack! It’s dance music, I know. But to be honest there hasn’t been much new rock music lately that gets me the least bit excited. It’s music like this, heavy, ballsy, and in your face, and make you move your ass kind of music that I’ve been stoked about lately.
Las Pistolas have also completed recording the drum tracks for the songs on our upcoming EP. I’ve been hashing out the details of packaging and such in my head for the past months now, and it’ll be interesting and how much of it, and how it will come to fruition. I’m enjoying the DIY aspect of it all. We recorded the drums using four random mics, stands that aren’t mic stands, duct tape, broken 4-tracks, and shitty PA mixers. It’ll be interesting on how the final product will sound after we bombard it with digital processing.
Have also decided to start another project after having met a new girl who lives in my area. She’s a violinist which will be a welcome aspect to my songwriting. I’ve put together a new group of people, of friends with talent to do some open mic nights, and maybe even a gig or two in the next few months. We’re gonna tackle covering some Arcade Fire songs, but I really hope to create something cool, something different, something pretty, and uplifting, and full of passion.
That’s the most important thing for me really. Passion.
It’s something I try to exude every time I play, whether it is solo on the acoustic guitar, or with the band. All the sweat, and stomping, and yelling, and spitting, vigorous head nodding, and strange facial expressions is me simply showing you passion.
As for DJing, I think I’m going to wait until I get home to really tackle this. It seems there isn’t really a market for electronic music in Daegu, and every time I DJ at some party, or some other event, the response is always tepid. I really,really want a chance at DJing in a place where people are there to dance, and not for some other reason. But it’s a slow and steady race, I guess, huh?
And for the final aspect of my musical life, I haven’t written too much solo material in the last months, but I do have a few songs that didn’t pass that Las Pistolas filter that I do actually like. I may release them on my own this summer. I might actually re-release the Snow Day songs, re-recorded using all my newly acquired skills in music production from the past months.
Phew. I figure if I just keep at it, doing all these things, ONE of them has GOT to pan out, no?
June 9th, 2008 | Life | No comments