[EP] Fawming, Always Hungry, More...

As you saw in the last post, Stephany and I have established Always Hungry as the name of our collaboration when producing and performing our music! Excitingly, as the first ensemble to be produced by Tinto Records, I have created the home site for Always Hungry – it is still under construction, but it will hopefully have similar content as other artists’ sites.

As you may have seen, I’m also consumed in this February Album Writing Month campaign to write 14 songs this February! I’m very happy with this catalyst of creativity and I have been documenting the songs mostly by video (because I think videos are fun, AND simply because it is easier and faster for me to capture the song take with the camera than do the entire recording with all the studio equipment). This good fun is contagious, and so Stephany has also started FAWMing and she has some GREAT songs so far that I like very much.

Here is her FAWM profile where you can follow her songs and see her music videos! I really like her songwriting vibe and I think these are compositions that can easily land on our EP/Album for this year. Here is my FAWM profile where you can see my progress so far. I have one song I think was particularly powerful for me called “You Were Her Sun”. Here is the song page with video and lyrics for that composition, it is a dedication to one of my friends who recently lost his mother.

Aside from that, in pure fun and somewhat twisted practicality, I bought yet another amp! Yes, I know, I just bought the monster of the Roland JC-120, and I love it… it is pretty much stuck in my rig for as long as I can envision me playing (I see no end!). But that amp is a monster, it is meant more for performance and band type situations which is a little impractical for me right now (though I’m ready with it when needed); so, in that spirit, I bought myself a the tiny Roland Micro Cube! It is spectacular: it has enough punch to blow away a bedroom, and it also sports a great flexibility in tone with some built-in modeling. While small, this is no toy. Check out this video demonstration or the one below:

Ok, that’s all for now. Stay tuned for more compositions!

11 February 2008 |