Busy in the studio with Jinja Jamboo at the moment (that’s why I haven’t posted for a coupla weeks).
Last time Jinja and I worked together we made this track (below) called Ruff n Ready which is on the Holy Cow album.
This time we’ve got 5 or 6 tracks to play with so I’ll let you know how it’s going.
First, sorry if you got an old email re-delivered today. I don’t know why that happens but sometimes it does.
Anyway, I want to let you know about a couple of tools for finding music online.
MTV have opened up their huge catalogue of music videos and put them online here - it’s a bit like youtube but just for music videos. And just like youtube, you can embed the clips anywhere. Like this one:
(If you don’t see the video in the feed or email you might have to click through to bsidebeats.com)
Wired magazine said “SeeqPod lets you turn the entire internet into your own personal iPod” and that pretty much sums it up.
I’ve been using this for a few months and it’s awesome.
Just type the name of an artist, song, album or whatever and it searches the web for any files it can play. It also finds blogs, wikis and myspace pages relevant to your search, tries to help you buy or download the songs you find and allows you to save and share playlists.
You can embed stuff like this playlist I made of a few of my favourite Daniel Johnston songs:
(Again, if you don’t see the playlist in the feed or email you might have to click through to bsidebeats.com)
Oh yeah and it’s free. It’s difficult to describe just how powerful this tool is but give it a try and you’ll see what I mean: seeqpod.com
This is a rhythm track I’ve been working on with a lot of nice live percussion.
It does have some mean vocals but before I finish putting it together I thought I might release the instrumental to you all in case anyone else wants to use it. (creative commons license)
Instruments used so far include:
If anyone wants higher bitrate copies of this track, hit me up: bsidebeats@gmail.com
If you don’t know kowtow, they’re a Wellington-based clothing label who do some very, very sweet t-shirt prints.
They also put out these CD compilations - 3 of them so far - buy a shirt, get the CD for free. It’s all tasty NZ stuff in a dubby-trip hoppy-electro vein from artists like Olmecha Supreme, Opensouls, Electric Wire Hustle and a few cuts from us at b-side as well.
And right now (for October I believe) if you subscribe to their mailing list you can win all 3 CDs. For nothing!
The kowtow music blog is well worth keeping up with anyway. Lots of music news, podcasts and such. Check-a-check it out.
Another new Harmonica Lewinsky song - must have enough for an album now.
This one’s called “the gentle art of self destruction” and it now comes with more cowbell.
‘Cos I got a fever.
Sorry for the delay in posting new stuff last week but dark forces conspired. Now the computers are all running (purged of vista - what a disaster that was), I’m healthy again, and I’ve even got some cool new toys in the studio.
So back into it.
Today I finished mixing this Harmonica Lewinsky track, it’s called “Engine” and it’s the kind of thing you’ll see us playing live this summer.
When we practice this song it looks something like this but in colour:
(that’s me on guitar and the mic, Lani on bass, Dione on drums, Vinnie on Guitar)
Illness (both human and machine) has led to a lack of action this week, so I’ve got no new tracks to post. Instead, shout outs to a couple of the NZ radio shows who’ve been playing our tracks and play other good stuff too:
RDU98.5 where Kid90 hosts “The Green Room”, all NZ electronica, Saturday 5-7 pm.
KiwiFM where Fleur Jack hosts “Independent/Alternative/New” weeknights 9-12.
Click though for live streams. Back soon.
I’ve just found out that a few of the download links on the site weren’t working.
If you’ve tried to download an album or song here lately and it didn’t work, it should now. Please let me know if you find any more bad links.
Vinnie and I are on Waiheke right now for Harmonica Lewinsky rehearsals with Lani and Dione. If we record any new stuff while we’re here I’ll let you know.
Peace out.
If you enjoyed the way Coya attacked the violin in the previous post then you may enjoy some of the other b-side tracks which feature her stylings.
From the Baldwin Fun Machine album Stereo Also Playable Mono, also features RichMan playing ukulele.
It’s been a while since Coya was here in Raglan - I can’t remember if it’s a year or two years ago. She came from Colorado and stayed at our place for a few months and while she claimed to be living in a bivouac on the back porch we’d usually find her on the couch in the morning.
While she was here I recorded so much of her “extreme violin” playing that I’m still finding tracks I’d forgotten recording. On the weekend I found this one and mixed it down, with the two takes of her violin laid on top of each other.
She didn’t like to stand in one spot while playing (or anytime really) so we rigged up a mic holder which let her move around quite freely. As you can see in the pictures it’s made from a golf club, 2 guitar straps, some no.8 wire and lots of tape.
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