Matthew's Update - 10/28/08

Good evening. Well we had another practice Sunday. It was good. We actually played "Storm" and "Shelter", both for the first time since our show on 8/23. We remembered them perfectly and it felt really good. We also polished "Jukebox Hero" a little bit. I tell you what, Michael adding that bassline just takes it to a whole new level. Also, adding to our current attempts at Thrice songs, we learned some of "Firebreather", which felt really cool.



Equipment updates: I put a new jack in the Rhodes finally. It sounds more beautiful than it did. I bought a 12 channel firewire mixer for us to record with. This allows for 12 independent channels to be sent to a computer at the same time. Freaking amazing. We also purchased a drum mic kit. And in the very near future will invest in some mic cables/stands and a headphone mixer. Then our album will definitely be underway.



Site updates: I have set up a PayPal merchant account and a store page for the site so we can sell some stuff now. It's not live yet, but we'll let you know. I've also been messing with audio players and streaming options for our site. I've made major headway, but there are several things hindering it from happening yet. Legal issues, servers, bandwidth, copyright, all that sort of stuff. We'll let you know on that also.


Other things: Baxter got neutered. Awesome. I drunk dialed my apartment office and told them I wasn't renewing my lease. So I guess I will have to move soon. My dad acquired and gave me Peter Gabriel - Security on vinyl, which I have been looking for forever. Jesse will be Ron Burgundy for Halloween and Lucas will be The Joker. I'm still deciding on mine. Mos def something with a moustache though. I think Michael might be too cool for school this year. I love all of the edited horror/sci-fi on TV now. AMC is the shit. I'm carving a pumpkin for a contest at my workplace. Gonna win that FOSHO. Listening to Air right now. I would kill for a vibraphone. Just listened to "Double Bass" by Gorillaz. I would kill for half of Damon's talent. My older, wiser sibling Chris bought the old-school hip-hop CD that we've all thought about buying. Been listening to Kurtis Blow, Run, Coolio, and I think Digable Planets are DOPE. If only music now had the magic that this stuff had. I guess that's it. I'm gonna go roll with Kid 'N Play.



- Matthew