… close to the end of Breakaway …

I tracked some of the final vocal takes for the song “Breakaway” from my solo record “Bits” today. I have just a few lines to go.

I hope to get this one wrapped up tomorrow…

… Warlords (lyrics) …

Here are the lyics to the song “Warlords”. Watch out for the sword … it’s really sharp.

Warlords

it’s all we know
to resist to replace to reload
scary
invulnerable
from a distance we watch it unfold
on and off we go

it’s all on automatic
it wouldn’t take us very long to mend this
don’t be so coy about it
you’d rather sacrifice the young than risk your image

the safety is off

*

how strong you need to be
how much you need to lead
this time we’re all in gear
to watch this catastrophe
no hand will hold or feel
this peace that couldn’t be
this time the weapons real
restart the history

the afterglow of the radioactive exposed
scary
containment holds, as the world outside it corrodes
on and off we go

villains so diplomatic
convince the meek that they’ll be young forever
enlist the disenchanted
their greatest strength is in their own dysfunction

the safety if off

*

how strong you need to be
how much you need to lead
this time we’re all in gear
to watch this catastrophe
no hand will hold or feel
this peace that couldn’t be
this time the weapons real
restart the history
can you hear the march call
pouring out of the factories
reclaim your own song
rewrite the symphony
overnight the truth falls
into a memory
what can you really do
that part’s a mystery

*To be determined …

… Tunecore? …

Due to the emerging “Dot Com” market, I have decided to take the bold move of putting my music (and some video work) up for sale on the World Wide Web. The internet based company Tunecore provides a service through which independent artists can release there albums and music videos through multiple online retailers under somewhat non-exclusive contracts. They also pay out 100% of the income from electronic download sales. They stay afloat via annual fees for “storage”.

I plan on releasing both Eureka Farm albums “Analog” and “The View” on iTunes and Rhapsody. I will also release my early work with Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr and Ben Gibbard (known as Shed) as soon as I get it figured out.

I will also be distributing The Misadventures of Two “Vol. I & Vol. II” (my band with David Miklos-Snyder) when that gets remixed and mastered.

And, of course, my upcoming solo record “Bits” will be for sale online as well.

I will keep you posted as this development progresses…

… finished (Kaboom!) …

I finished tracking the song “Kaboom!” today!

Now I can move on with my life. I had a few vocal lines to clean up and a guitar outro to record.

It’s done now!

“Breakaway” here I come!

… almost there (Kaboom! finish line) …

… almost there … just about made it … Kaboom! almost a reality … singing vocals … one tiny guitar line … day off tomorrow …record the last little parts and then work on another song …

{{{8-bit emulation of the chorus of Kaboom!}}}

Rock on ….

… struggles of the day …

Apart from finalizing some of the last chunks of “Kaboom!” from my forthcoming album “Bits”, I spent a small part of the day battling some old enemies from the original Megaman game.

Listen to the theme from the Cutman stage:

Megaman was released in the mid 1980s in the U.S. for the NES. I had the game as a kid and found it particularly challenging.

Liz and I have a Wii and I downloaded the game for it a week ago. I have been battling old foes ever since. Bombman … Iceman … Fireman … Elecman … Cutman … Gutsman - they’ve been waiting for a rematch for years and I’m gonna give them all I got!

I have yet to beat the final boss, Dr. Wily.

… and yes - I worked my butt off on “Kaboom!’ … more on that later.

… next up - Breakaway …

I’ve been kabooming “Kaboom!” in my spare time for a couple weeks now and I’m almost ready to move on. Everyday, I come home and get just a little more done. Next up on the list is the song “Breakaway”.

I play acoustic guitar on this one. It is one of the more mellow songs on the record. I tracked quite a bit of it back in June when I spent two weeks in Palouse.

As I recall, I need to record about half the vocals. It should go much faster than “Kaboom!” due to the fact that most of the vocals lines are not doubled and there are minimal harmonies. This “Kaboom!” hurdle has been pretty tough … doubling all the harmonies … uhhhhh … what am I thinking?

Record …. erase … erase … record …