First round of MP3s available

So I finally broke down and put current mixes of 5 songs out on the website. You can download them here. These are not final mixes and I will probably go back and tweak a couple of things, but they are close enough to how I want them to start sharing them with people.

I hope you enjoy them -

Site back up

I got off my butt and finally got the website back online. Nothing new to report, though I have conceived of (but not written) a new song. I believe it will be called "The Platypus". We'll see, though.

Technologicus Interruptus

Due to events which were actually foreseen but which I was basically too lazy to do anything about, my website sparrowsofhappiness.vonheider.com is down at the moment. My hope is that it will be resuscitated fairly soon.


I plan to post a couple of tracks within the next month or so; I have 3.5 songs completed; I am kind of waiting for the magic number of four before I put them up.

Cheers,

Clinton

Works in progress...

As of now, I have completed about 4 songs, and have a few more that are in the pipeline but haven't been formally arranged or recorded yet. Mastering will be a separate process, which I will probably rely on my LP4 bandmate and friend Stephen Finley to assist me with. All of these songs have been recorded at Ranger Rick Studios, a rebirth of the good old days of my youth when bands like Fear of Roaches or the Blue Guys recorded jams on cassette tapes in my room at home. A Ranger Rick sticker was still proudly displayed on my window, through which the various and sundry neighborhood guitar trolls would climb to set up session without disturbing The Folks. The name stuck, and as it's the spiritual ancestor of my current setup (which is admittedly more high-tech), it seems appropriate today.

The home studio is, at this time, a Digidesign MBox rig with ProTools LE, running on a Mac Mini. I use a Focusrite Voicemaster Pro as my pre-amp and monitor, and I have a few SM57s and a nice Studio Projects condenser mic. I have a Yamaha electric piano and an Oxygen 8 keyboard controller that I use for midi; and the synthesizer of choice is Reason - though it mostly gets used for drums. I have one old Princeton reverb amp, and a variety of guitars including my Rickenbacker 360, a Malden Karma, a cheapy Fender bass and a couple of acoustics. The SG is in the shop, unfortunately, but with any luck will soon experience a Glorious Rebirth.

As I finalize recordings, I will put MP3s up on the website so that people can download them. For the old-fashioned, I will someday have a CD as well. I'll use this blogspot to inform interested folks of new releases and other happenings, and also use this as a forum to post recording notes, comments, etc.