One of the best things about Toronto is that a lot of really good musicians come through. I saw wisp and the Flashbulb on Friday and I was blown away. I HIGHLY RECOMEND everybody who reads this blog to check out their music. I talked to them afterwards and they were really nice to talk to. 

Lately august has been a somewhat laid back month. This month was not an 80 hour work week month. I was feeling a little un inspired but this concert fueled me up. Im back to my productive self and I have the music to thank. 

 A couple of years ago I watched a youtube video in which singer Bjork was interveiwing modern composers. One composer had a background in archetecture and music. His idea of music was where you enter a room with sound. Depending on your actions in the room, the sound would change based on the actions you were doing. 

For the most part the sound of the music was extreamly ambient. I was blown away. Having music that reacted to your actions in the room was the defnition of ambient music.

I have never really been a fan of ambient music. When I listen to music I always pay close attention to it. Having long moving chords and ambient sounds isn't exactly my cup of tea. 

Im not against ambient music. In fact I have probably an hours worth of extremly ambient music on my computer. I have always thought of releasing it. But it is way too different from my other works. I think eventually I will have to release it in some form. I use these tracks as part of my portfolio whenever I am applying for a sound design gig.

It seems that people like this kind of music. I rarely listen to it, but again that doesn't mean I shouldn't produce it. I always like the idea of producing whatever Im into at the moment. Although I like some forms of music more than others. I find that by producing everything I can improve.

For the last little while I have been producing the music for a TV show. As cliche as it is for setbacks to happen during production, there were a lot of setbacks.

First of all I had an infected bug bite. I had to go to the hospital every night to get intervenes anti biotics. It was pretty rough. A few weeks later I got shocked at one of my temp jobs.

At the end of the day I really enjoyed making the music for this show. The theme song will be available on itunes soon. Im just editing it slightly (for perfection). :D

I don't have any details about the release date or where you can see it. However, you can see the trailer here.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9gD_t5lL3E

  This probably my favorite Frank Zappa song amoung many.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPOYmf6tpg0

This song is so ahead of its time. What is very impressive about this song is how Frank managed to blend the FM synthesized sounds wtih real instruments. Usually when you try and real life anything with digitally synthesized anything there is a disconnect. This happens all the time when you see real life actors and digital effects. One manages to stick out over the other depending on which is more dominant. There are so many wonderful moments in this work. My favorite part is near the end (around 4:25 in this video). The flute line is aboslutly amazing.

One of the biggest ideas that Frank had with his music is the idea that barlines should not sound too restrictive. This peice has a lot of odd time signatures ala stravinsky. But even then he will tie the melodies over the barline. He also uses odd rhythm groupings and makes them sound organic. What this peice does is break all the rules in such a way that is so pleasing and easy to listen to.

Since I am so into video game music. I feel that this song does everything right when it comes to video game music.

 CD Baby is setting up an affilate program right now. I don't know the exact details but my imagination is running wild with possibilities. Since CD Baby now has a 'buy single' option Im forced to relook the pricing of my albums. Right now people's buying habbits are more singles driven versus album driven. Even though selling my album for a little more than the price of a single seems like a good idea. I think that future albums will have to be more. My current albums will remain at the same price however, future albums will be around the 5 dollar range on CD Baby.

 Before June 2009 the last time I was in the emergency room was when I was 15. This time I got a mild electrical shock. Im alright for now. Ill post more details about my projects when they get realized.

So for the past few months I have been working on the music for a TV show in LA. I am really happy about the theme song and the rest of the music. Ill post whatever the director says I can post. Im closing up shop for a week. Can't wait to party. Then I can't wait to get back into it.

CD baby has recently relaunched its website. They have done a very good job with everything. If you haven't gone there, in a while go, its really awesome (www.cdbaby.com). I feel with the new management, CD baby could be the force that saves the industry. I feel right now there is a little disdain for a CD Baby artist. That will change eventually. However, in light of CD Baby's new management some of the margins have changed. I have advertised that my albums will be 1 dollar. This has worked really well. But unfortunately, CD baby is taking a bigger cut. That is why I am raising my album price to 1.21. This way I will get the same amount of money. I feel that these extra cents will help CD baby and their cause. I joined CD baby for a reason and I have no problem helping them out.

Looking back this is by far my favorite megaman remix.

http://www.blip.tv/file/1324235/

The last year has been a productive one. In the last 15 months I have produced 4 albums and a video game. All of this hard work has finally paid off and my next album is going to be on Rock Band. 

I have a lot of unreleased material that I can't wait to surface. My studio just got upgraded and I can finally get a lot of these un released recordings out. Ill post some samples of the music when I have them.

In other news I am finishing the music to an LA based TV show called Saving Rent. Ill be working on these for the rest of the day.