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Rock Band Network Is Live

Friday, March 5th, 2010

A while ago the fine folks at Harmonix contacted me about the Rock Band Network, a way for artists to independently get their music into the game. They’ve gone through a long process of working out the kinks, and yesterday the new store went live. I’ve currently got four songs in there: Code Monkey, Creepy [...]

Pre-Songs

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Bored on an airplane from Phoenix to San Diego by way of Salt Lake City (what?) I opened my laptop to do a little musical messing around and got distracted by a folder filled with old ideas. I’ve learned the hard way that when I get a little nugget of something that might be a [...]

I am the Opening Band

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Yep, it’s true, I’ll be opening for They Might Be Giants for a few east coast shows in March. Apparently all you have to do is cover one of their albums in its entirety at one of your own shows, and then they ask you to open for them. Very excited about it. I think [...]

California Surprisingly Unhateworthy

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Every now and then I’ll get an angry email from someone who is offended by I Hate California, usually someone who is from California, and who hasn’t ever heard of the “unreliable narrator” concept. I always patiently explain that the song is actually about a girl, and if they are from LA I explain it [...]

Florida Successfully Soft Rocked

Monday, January 18th, 2010

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Oh man you guys, I forgot how exciting it is to play in a market for the first time. I don’t know why it took me so long to get to Florida, but I’m glad I did. I was sorry to leave, especially since it was just getting warm – I had to wear my [...]