This thursday we played for the second time. Everyone was tired, I think, but we made some progress. Last time we were not in the register, but we managed to play anyway (for free…!). Now we pay, are registered and next rehearsal will probably be in like two weeks.
Yesterday I played together with some friends for the first time. As can be expected from a first time rehearsal we didn’t create anything spectacular, but we got to know each others abilities a little better. At the moment we are two guitarists and one bass player. Perhaps other parts will be filled in later on, but it feels like a good setup for now.
Every now and then we stand before the choice of buying new or using old products. When being raised up we ain’t always taught to think sustainable. Even if you understand the importance of not throwing away working stuff and to be strict in what you buy it ain’t always that easy to work that way of thinking into your everyday life. And belive it or not…! Even though I have a green heart, the same goes for me.
This conflict between what you believe in and what ideas you are brought up with, hits me everytime I am to buy something new. The last couple of weeks I have thought a lot about this because I need a computer with a working graphic card, for some video rendering. At home, I have had a four year old non-working computer standing at home for a couple of years. I have always liked the feeling of buying something new – especially computers. It’s new hardware and the system is all clean and working. But that feeling really only exists a couple of weeks until my new harddrive is filled with unnecessary files and dust inside.
When a computer breakes down it is often one of many parts that is faulty, but because it’s hard to find out which part, it’s an easy option to just buy new, if you have the money. This time, however, I instead of buying everything new only bought a new motherboard (the faulty part) and a processor that fits (you can’t put any processor on any motherboard – hi-tech stuff, you know). The computer isn’t totally new now, just repaired, and I may miss out on the feeling new things bring, but instead I will have the never ending feeling that I made my buy a lot more sustainable and with just slightly less power under the hood. Took a little more time before I got the computer working but on the other hand it was also cheaper.
Posted in Saving the World, Technical
Christmas is over and we are now two days into the year of 2008. 2007 was kind of a crappy year from my point of view, but all bad things come to an end. This year is when “it all” will happen (kind of what I though last year… ehr) and compared to last year things can only get better! Something that can be interesting to you, is that I got an electric bass for christmas present. The old one I had wasn’t really healthy on the E-string so I had to borrow a friends bass when recording. It’s second hand, also, which makes me like it even more. I belive that the bass lines will get more advanced, now when I can practice between recordings and so make the songs a little more interesting. So far one new song has been created thanks to this new present and I love it!
There haven’t been much music here since the blog started. I won’t nag about the reasons for that again, but I think it’s time to let people get a sample of how my music sounds like, even if it’s not a new one. I’m proud to present an old recording of the song ‘Hello’ from 2006!
Listen to ‘Hello’ here and then tell me what you think!
Erase AND rewind is a nice song by the Cardigans, but this post is not about that. I’m in the phase where I have recorded guitar, bass, drums and vocals for the base of the song (Destiny Dies). The question that haunts me is when I should settle with the quality and publish it. Should I try a little harder and erase or settle with what I have managed to do and rewind? A difficult question. The greatest problem is vocals. I have a tendency to make my songs kind of difficult to sing because they have kind of a broad spectrum of notes – both high and low. I am not a trained singer and therefore find it hard to sing my own songs at times (smart…) and there’s alot of songs that have been recorded but not published because of the lack of satisfaction with that part. However, destiny is kind at times and gives people like me the ability or luck to make one or two good takes every now and then, so for now I’m waiting for that. And then you will be able to listen to Destiny Dies!
Last night the Raven Nation site finally went online. At the moment it is mostly eye candy but with the recordings going on there will soon be some ear candy too. The site will be used as a portal to the other Raven Nation related sites until the songs and videos begin to drop in. If you can’t see it, you need to download flash player. It may not seem as a big step to you, but for the project it’s a huge leap!
Posted in My other sites
As you may have seen the logo has now been changed to a less cartoony one. The site is also ready but I have to take a second look at it before I can be absolutely sure about it. What do YOU think about the new logo?
I have recorded a draft for Destiny Dies now. I have tried it out on a couple of people and will do some more of that in the forthcoming days, then it is time to record the ‘final’ version. Some lyric changes has to be made I belive, but the character of the lyrics is still the same.
This night I’ve been working on a Raven Nation site. I’ve made a couple of versions before this one, but this time I’m going for a simple layout with only the most necessary stuff on it. The Raven Nation logo is also on it’s way to change. Perhaps you’ll be able to see the result soon!
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