October 2010
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September 2010
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August 2010
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Remix BM LINX
I should have done this a while ago… If you want to remix The Guest List off our first record, The Portable Genius, right click (or control click on a Mac) HERE and save file as… This folder will contain all the parts and you can chop them up, smash, crush, stretch and microwave as you see fit. Once your masterpiece is finished send it to bmlinxmailinglist (at) gmail (dot) com and...
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It Almost Sucked...
The show over the weekend went well. We’re still working out some songs and I still have some lyrics to sweat over but the new stuff took the limelight. The scene was more of a DJ kind of crowd so the electronic stuff went over the best. We’re adamant - wait, shit, I just got that. Adam Ant. Huh… Well anyway, fuck it. We’re keeping it simple and it’s working.
We took...
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Mixing
Last night, after the final track was laid down, we cracked open some beer and listened to what we’d done. Everything was surprisingly full, and it was funny to me that without all the electronic drums, synths, sequenced sounds or even bass guitar we sounded bigger than ever. All the bells and whistles were holding us back from just playing, and their lack of dynamics made us play at the...
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Today
Today we go into the studio and start recording the next record. Typically, I’d have some demos by now but we’re doing it differently. I’ve abandoned my little closet of a studio in lieu of the real thing, and to escape the reliance on electronic drums and sounds. They are still there, but they come second and are very sparse.
I have to relax and have some fun with this…...
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July 2010
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Stuff
We are ready to hit the studio and make a new record. Things are looking good.. I’ve kept myself bored and sober so I can keep this thing moving at a normal rate without any hiccups or letting the voice in my head say shit like “you’re a pointless asshole. shut up immediately.” It’s still there, but the excitement of getting these new songs down is drowning it out.
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This track was a left-over from Black...
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Stickers and Thieves
Had some custom stickers printed. I think they were pretty sweet (black on silver foil) but I wouldn’t know… They were delivered to my apartment and one of my neighbors decided to steal the package before I got home. I put up a sign in my building (pointless, I know) just in case this fucking douchebag had a moment of clarity and decided his impulse grab was a weak move but no luck. If...
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June 2010
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I’m going to start posting loads of audio...
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First Life
I don’t have much to write about today but I’m feeling extremely happy today so I figure I’d put that down. I got up at 6:30, walked the dog around the neighborhood and grabbed a coffee across the street from my friend Jacob at the café. And now I’m out of shit to do until my girl wakes up and we fight about where to eat…
I just bought a flip cam to replace the one...
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2 Piece
Since we parted ways with Jon, Griff and I have been considering ways to fill that space. Do we get a bass player? A keyboard player? Both? Since we are currently writing a new record it’s not possible to bring someone into the middle of this process. We’ve played together for so long that when we are just jamming we naturally sync by doing fills at the same time and, as our similar...
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May 2010
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Film Schnab
A good friend of mine, Sarth, plays keys and various electronic gizmos with Lou Reed in his Metal Machine Trio, and they did a performance last night honoring Kenneth Anger, the filmmaker. Shout out to him for dragging me along at the last minute… It was a charity event for the Anthology Film Archives, and other performers were Sonic Youth, The Virgins, and everybody’s downtown buddy...
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Musical Viagra
Been destroying it in the studio, coming up with the best rock music I’ve ever been a part of. Pulled out the synth again and gave it my best while Griff held it down. In all the electronic production I was doing before and now the live composition, a very obvious but extremely elusive theme has developed: keep it simple (duh right?). I’ve been noticing that in so much music there are...
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Brainwash
Caught the Banksy film, Exit Through the Gift Shop, about his bizarre and unlikely protégé Mr Brainwash the other day. I actually happened to catch the Mr Brainwash art show near my place in the meatpacking district as well, having stopped by it on the way to a bar with my friend Rob. Didn’t’ think much of it then, think less of it now.
Definitely see this if you can. The street...
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Librarians
A while ago I sat at a bar somewhere in the east village with a friend. The bartender put on some cool ass music and I wanted to know what it was so I asked him. He got all cunty about it and thought I should already who it was (shit was super dry and stripped down, sounded like the band was in the bar and I liked that), so he deferred to my friend and he didn’t know who it was either. After...