Status Quo Sunday and the Hallmark Holiday

All right, so if it weren't for various Mother's Day obligations, I'd be at least a point where I can say "OK, this thing is officially started". However, I have managed to finish re-recording everything except the bass and vocals. Vocals are vocals, and bass is a lot of "OK, I got that section down, that's fine"

The two main guitars I wanted to get out of the way first since
1, They're going to be the first thing the listener hears and
2. They set the sound for the rest of the album. I'll be switching between the "clean" guitars and the "distorted" guitar tracks a lot, and I want them to sound right.

The first song "Status Quo Radio" you can listen to here (in it's earlier form), but I'm rerecording it:


So I've been trying to make it sound like 60's protopunk/garage rock. Reposted from Tumblr:

“Status Quo Radio” was the hit song by popular rock band The Bastards, that reached the top of the charts back in 1968. They are comprised of drummer, Beat Bastard, bassist, Bass Bastard, lead guitarist and piano player Lead Bastard, and rhythm guitarist and songwriter Rhythm Bastard.
They’re best known for their catchy songs, matching purple suits and having corporate logos on their instruments.
Each member of their band has “real names” but their managed decided they’d be more marketable by changing their names ala The Ramones.
Their biggest moment was when they performed “Status Quo Radio” on the hottest music show on KQUO, “Live From The Gravel Pit” However, on that fateful day, groupies rushed the stage causing a horrible catastrophe, resulting in the deaths of Bass and Beat Bastard, the loss of Lead Bastard’s hand, and Rhythm Bastard’s sight.

So yeah, little insight.

Also, I released "Lord I Miss Deadly Premonition" is doing gangbusters right now as on Soundcloud, after I put it up on Reddit, and am working on the video thusly!

Echo Chamber 38 Podcast Post Game

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-Sung to the theme of this:

Even though this is strictly a (very kick ass) pop song, the rapping in this, while not exactly breaking ground on word play (she rhymes "System" with "System", for real because whythefucknot), has very good flow to where the voice becomes a separate instrument.

As AnimeCow pointed out, she puts on a Cockney accent, but I don't really care, I find it endearing. Though the who "Roman Polanski" persona thing is just, like, no one cares.

-Hey, before picks, Owen snuck in "Pass The Class"! Thanks! Let's hear it one time more!


-Regarding Perfect Dark, that game can go fuck itself, because I'm at Chicago in the campaign. So Chicago is supposed to be a stealth mission, but the second you're within 50 feet of a police officer EVERYTHING TRIES TO KILL YOU. I've tried everything, but NOPE. I can't even try to rush through it, because the drone bots get on my ass, and blow up everything I'm looking at. This is a problem, because there's a taxi I'm supposed to hack, but of course, the drones show up and go all ratattat into flames.

Leave all your protips in the comments.

-We didn't mention the Dead Kennedys, so here's Jello Biafra vs. Tipper Gore.

Status Quo Sunday Is Now In Effect

I figured while I book conventions and reviews to promote "Dino Hunter MD: The Sound Track", I'll give an update on this project you've been hearing about occasionally called "Status Quo Radio", and in fact every Sunday, just so you all can remind me of it.

Recently, my laptop's HD had to finally be taken out of its misery (seriously, I couldn't use my laptop keyboard, then I couldn't use a USB keyboard, and I had to get a new HD), so today I've been setting everything up again. As long as I have mydrumsetrocks (free Drum VST), TH2 (guitar amp sim VST) and Nectar (vocal VST) with RX2 Denoiser, then I'm good. 

So today was spent getting everything back in order. I don't have Ableton Live installed yet, but I rarely use it anyways.

As we speak right now, I'm getting all my projects on to the new hard drive, and compiling a song I was supposed to release last week.

It's been kind of nice actually, starting over. Xenu knows I've accumulated a lot of shit on my HD as time passes, at least now, I can be like "OK, I NEED that one". Hopefully TF2 and all my other games run better. 

SO, here's what to expect the rest of the week:
Monday: NEW SONG!
Tuesday: Echo Chamber Podcast Recap
Next Sunday: Another Update

And other updates in between.

That Ain't Livin'

So, recently I quit my job selling insurance, after not being paid for over a month, and spending 60 hours a week in the office, the thing felt like a waste of my time. Monday, I was in at 7:30 AM, and couldn't leave until I booked 20 appointments for the next 2 days, which could be as late as 8-9 PM because nobody got home until late. Then, once I was out in the field, I would have to drive miles away between appointments, that 60% of the time wouldn't show up.

ON TOP OF THAT, if a client didn't pay their premium, guess what? I WOULDN'T GET PAID FOR IT. No, it's cool I don't have bills to pay or any of that shit.

It's not worth giving up nights and weekends so that I might MAYBE make $1000 a week. It was probably the first big decision of my life that I don't regret, and for a job that promises how much money I'm going to get, and that'll enable me to retire in 10 years, it seems like a waste of my youth. For all the money I would be making vs. how much agony the job brings me, for the hope that I'll be rid of it all in 10 years: That ain't living.

But here's the thing: I'm 25. That isn't young anymore. Within a year, I won't be on my parent's insurance any more, and I'll have to fend for that myself.

Rhythm Bastard stuff is what I love doing, but all the money I've made on it is purely from Rock Band Network sales, and I've sold maybe ONE copy of Dino Hunter MD: The Sound Track on Amazon.

I'm not giving it up, I'm just venting some frustration right now. Today I'm going to collect my paycheck, and I hope I get an opportunity to make my manager feel like a piece of shit. I'm learning Java, getting A+ certified and making music, so I'm still going forward.


Just a reminder, "Dino Hunter MD: The Sound Track" is pay what you want on BandCamp.

New song coming tomorrow, Rhythm Bastard out.

NEW SONG: "Gang Of Nine"

"Gang Of Nine", a new song!
The Team Fortress 2 Theme mixed with Akira The Don's Remix of "Clones". After how popular "Boston Boom Bringer" was, I decided to do another rap song!