First HatHead Video!

that's right folks!! click here for the first HatHead video! it was created from a real time performance. this is my first attempt, an experiment really. i have learned lots of things about creating video mixes on the fly but have a lot more to learn! this video mix is actually being driven by a musical improvisation. these are some of the same technologies that will be featured in an upcoming HatHead show...

On The Set Of 'HatHead Awakes'!!

...wabot 2 warms up before a shot...

some of the many characters from the Diary From The Future make an appearance - can you spot them??

My Piano Bench

ATTENTION!

if you are not performing on the piano...

Do Not Sit Here!!!

...reserved for HatHead's ass only...

when I am performing on the piano, i do not want middle aged women to suddenly sit right down beside me uninvited and pretend to play along. nor do i want to them to rub up beside me. perhaps they were beautiful once in their youth but let's face it, their glory and salad days are over - it's cougar time now. get away from me and get it someplace else

this happens pretty much every week at the centro gig and its driving me crazy. except once, when it wasn't cougar time...

also, sold out show for justin rutledge's record release @ the rivoli - they turned away over 75 people. another show coming up as well - i like playing in that band = great songs and musicans plus no one crowding my bench.

Yoga Chick

finally connected with the Yoga Chick at starbucks. despite my valiant attempts to save her from yoga, she maintained that yoga was an energizing, positive endeavour. though i described the impending dangers to society, she could not see the connections nor the evil machinations of Dr. Mantra.

however all was not lost, we agreed to meet up later next week for a night out. perhaps this is my chance to penetrate Dr. Mantra's inner lair, or at least the Yoga Chick's.

...double half calf grande...

Faithful Readers will be interested in a change in concept to the blog.

Orfeo Negro

today i came home and caught my cat Orfeo on my computer again. she confessed that she has been back on the internet for some time and made me swear not tell any other cats - it is against the rules apparently and they would not approve. i don't think i approve either but what can i do?

el gato Orfeo Negro

...the cat is back...

Talk To Orfeo Online!

you can chat with Orfeo online! she is probably very bored right now, sitting around my apartment waiting for me to come home so she can eat.

Click here to chat live with Orfeo!

.also, got the Eyris back in action and incorporated into the HatHead new sound - very cool!

Fresh Baked Goods

i am back from the future and almost back to the present! i am glad that i have been missed in my absence. it is good to hear some 21st century swearing again. swearing in the 3rd millenium is completely different. (you wouldn't dare call someone a 'numlock' for example)

while in the future, i have been working on the HatHead sound - making some necessary adjustments as required by the future passage of time to ensure that music is saved from the machines. in this new sound there is no differentiating between making music and mixing it, between what is performed and what is a sample as performances become samples themselves.

... i have never been a quitter ...

here is a preview of the new HatHead sound. this entire track is all fresh baked goods and was performed and mixed from scratch at the same time. it is quite a new experience to mix while simultaneously recording your own performance. this track is my first pass through - starting with a free flute part and spending some time working the beat + some cool appregiator lines too - click hear for the beginning of HatHead Strikes Back!

also, i am having coffee with the Yoga Chick next week.

Dr. Mantra

that Dr. Mantra sure moves fast! i have been in the future for a while and come back to find that the evil yoga master has spread his talons wider, further tightening his grip on unsuspecting society!

the other day during a recording session at the HatHead loft, i was showing folks the HatHead music software in action - christopher rouse grabbed the guitar and we continued the loops - click hear for the Dark Love Theme of Dr. Mantra!

The Evil Dr. Mantra

...this is not natural....

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That guitar has sure been a good instrument for me!