Combat update …

I worked on the lyrics for “Combat” today. It’s almost done! This is (99%) likely to be the first song on “Bits”. It is inspired by the Atari 2600 game that shipped with every Atari in the early 80’s. It was the quintessential two player game. The game had two modes:

Tanks

Planes

I am working on a video for this song that involves making miniature military models and macro shooting. Tomorrow, I’m going to the hobby store to check out some HO scale model railroad track and see about building a micro dolly.

In 1998, I built a scale model set in Jason McGerr and Dave’s house. I covered a huge table with sand and draped the horizon with blue cloth. I was making a video for the song “Escalations” that involved WWII military vehicles and pyramids. I have about 2 rolls of test footage that I’ll upload sometime. If I can find the original models I used, I might reuse them for this shoot.