Tommy DOG (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} revmutt) wrote,@ 2005-01-17 00:20:00 |
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>>>>>>>> From The Studio <<<<<<<<<<<<
I've spent more time lately building instruments then writing music, hopefully i will update the website with nice flashy photos soon.
The Brain People are allegedly getting together in the next month. I don't actually believe it will happen, being that we haven't played live with all three of us together in a room in any manner since 1986. We usually record in duos and overdub.
The Studio has begun a series of changes that will hopefully make it more pleasant for me to work. I haven't done any real remodeling in about 5 years and one needs to do that once in a while.
Now that I also have a home studio I am able to really gauge how I like working and what's really important. The contrast between the two is nice, one has everything in the world and one has just a computer, audio interface and turntable.
I get to do more cerebral stuff at home. That's where I build the instruments and write software interfaces. In the studio I can be very decadent and pull out all the stops. Both home and studio are compatible due to the Digidesign software and hardware and my use of an iPod as a portable hard drive.
I think I'm finally really enjoying OS X as well.
Current tech toy favorites:
Cycling 74 Max/MSP 4.5
Ableton Live version 4
Apple iPod 20 gig (click wheel)
Moog Music MuRF (I'm into the whole series)
Stanton STR8-100
>>>>>>>> A/V Lab Report <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Compact Discs I've been listening to:
Wire "Send"
Rovo "Imago"
Black Dice "Creature Comforts"
Plus-Tech Squeeze Box "Cartooom!"
Nihilist Spasm Band "Every Monday Night"
Mission Of Burma "ONoffON"
Yamataka Eye & Zorn "Naninani II"
At our apartment I have a couple of hundred LPs that have appeared in the last few months.
There is a couple of boxes that is mostly Jazz and Soul with a major emphasis on African and Latin stuff. Also a bunch from a collection that was mostly New Wave and Glam.
Let's not forget the nice pile of Punk 45's that I bought at the WFMU record fair.
Most of my records are actually either in my studio or boxed in storage. I ran out of room a while back and have decided that until a proper listening station can be set up I'm gonna just box most stuff, except really special stuff.
Recent videos that I actually enjoyed on some level include:
Ichi The Killer
Slade in Flame
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers
The Mayor of The Sunset Strip
The Triplets of Belleville
Southern Comfort
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
Trembling Before G-d
Party Monster The Shockumentary
The Devil's Playground
Paragraph 175
Divine Trash
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Southern Comfort
Napoleon dynamite
Station Agent
Capturing the Friedmans
The Cramps: Live at Napa State Metal Hospital
The Cockettes
Monster
>>>>>>>>> This DOG's Life <<<<<<<<<<<<
Recently, I had to put my 11 year old Rottweiler Otis down. She was a giant personality and a big part of my life, I learned more from her then I ever did from any person and she helped me in more ways then I can ever list. Losing one's dog is like losing one's shadow.
On the good tip, Ducky and I have a great apartment together and have set it up to be totally useless for hosting parties or even sitting down to breakfast. Between her Circus-ness and my Punk Rock-atude this makes total sense.
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Until next time...
My Info-Zones
http://www.tommydog.com
http://www.brainpeople.com
http://www.sodrecords.com
My Family
Grandfather: http://www.joachimprinz.com
Dad: http://www.jjprinz.com
Brother: http://www.subcortex.com & http://www.unc.edu/~prinz
Girlfriend: http://www.duckydoolittle.com
I've spent more time lately building instruments then writing music, hopefully i will update the website with nice flashy photos soon.
The Brain People are allegedly getting together in the next month. I don't actually believe it will happen, being that we haven't played live with all three of us together in a room in any manner since 1986. We usually record in duos and overdub.
The Studio has begun a series of changes that will hopefully make it more pleasant for me to work. I haven't done any real remodeling in about 5 years and one needs to do that once in a while.
Now that I also have a home studio I am able to really gauge how I like working and what's really important. The contrast between the two is nice, one has everything in the world and one has just a computer, audio interface and turntable.
I get to do more cerebral stuff at home. That's where I build the instruments and write software interfaces. In the studio I can be very decadent and pull out all the stops. Both home and studio are compatible due to the Digidesign software and hardware and my use of an iPod as a portable hard drive.
I think I'm finally really enjoying OS X as well.
Current tech toy favorites:
Cycling 74 Max/MSP 4.5
Ableton Live version 4
Apple iPod 20 gig (click wheel)
Moog Music MuRF (I'm into the whole series)
Stanton STR8-100
>>>>>>>> A/V Lab Report <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Compact Discs I've been listening to:
Wire "Send"
Rovo "Imago"
Black Dice "Creature Comforts"
Plus-Tech Squeeze Box "Cartooom!"
Nihilist Spasm Band "Every Monday Night"
Mission Of Burma "ONoffON"
Yamataka Eye & Zorn "Naninani II"
At our apartment I have a couple of hundred LPs that have appeared in the last few months.
There is a couple of boxes that is mostly Jazz and Soul with a major emphasis on African and Latin stuff. Also a bunch from a collection that was mostly New Wave and Glam.
Let's not forget the nice pile of Punk 45's that I bought at the WFMU record fair.
Most of my records are actually either in my studio or boxed in storage. I ran out of room a while back and have decided that until a proper listening station can be set up I'm gonna just box most stuff, except really special stuff.
Recent videos that I actually enjoyed on some level include:
Ichi The Killer
Slade in Flame
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers
The Mayor of The Sunset Strip
The Triplets of Belleville
Southern Comfort
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
Trembling Before G-d
Party Monster The Shockumentary
The Devil's Playground
Paragraph 175
Divine Trash
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Southern Comfort
Napoleon dynamite
Station Agent
Capturing the Friedmans
The Cramps: Live at Napa State Metal Hospital
The Cockettes
Monster
>>>>>>>>> This DOG's Life <<<<<<<<<<<<
Recently, I had to put my 11 year old Rottweiler Otis down. She was a giant personality and a big part of my life, I learned more from her then I ever did from any person and she helped me in more ways then I can ever list. Losing one's dog is like losing one's shadow.
On the good tip, Ducky and I have a great apartment together and have set it up to be totally useless for hosting parties or even sitting down to breakfast. Between her Circus-ness and my Punk Rock-atude this makes total sense.
****************************************
Until next time...
My Info-Zones
http://www.tommydog.com
http://www.brainpeople.com
http://www.sodrecords.com
My Family
Grandfather: http://www.joachimprinz.com
Dad: http://www.jjprinz.com
Brother: http://www.subcortex.com & http://www.unc.edu/~prinz
Girlfriend: http://www.duckydoolittle.com
