Drums

Yes, so I am finally uploading some drum vids. I do not think these are well done, or that they actually merit being posted, but what the hell.




part 2:

Wincing the Night Away

The new Shins album came in the mail the other day. I've listened to it a few times. It's not really as great as I expected, but it's still awesomely good. Quite a bit of FX going on, not as much of the traditional instruments, but it was done in a fashion that I seem to like. 4/5 Stars ****

Package deal

I just spent alot of money on a package deal. Some guy is moving to Washington state from here, Maine. He said he had to sell all his music equipment because he couldn't bring it with him, and that it had to all go as one. So, I just acquired:

a dark purple Ibanez Gio guitar
a black Ibanez Gio bass
an Ashdown 15w bass amp
a Peavey 10w guitar amp
a Yamaha 76-key keyboard
2 Pro Studio 5 foot tall speaker cabs
a Tama Rockstar drumset with extra heads and mutes
cables, books, stands, etc

I'm keeping the Ibanez bass and selling my old one. I'm probably seling the Ibanez guitar, as I don't need it. Keeping the ashdown, selling the peavey. My mom is buying the Yamaha off me. Keeping the speakers, keeping the drums. I will probably eventually sell my old drum set but right now I'm keeping it. I currently have both sets set up together as one, in a setup like this:

My first time using double bass, and boy it's harder than I thought lol. Gunna practice a ton and get my left leg up to where my right leg is with the pedal work.

My gear

This is my musical making equipment, all in a little tour of my music/computer room!

WEASEL!!

So yea, this weasel we found in my wall. I was hearing noises, and so I thought there was a mouse stuck in there. Then we cut a hole, and a white nose poked out and screached! We thought it was a albino mouse.. then a chipmunk.. then it started to come out and into the jar we had ready. And it never stopped coming out! It was a weasel lol! It's winter so it has it's white coat on. We are re-releasing it right now a few miles away (this little sucker likes to eat our chickens)

UPDATE: He is now released! When we released him, the first thing he did was dive under the snow. He came back up chasing a red squirrel out of it's bed! that didn't take too long now did it? such a weasel.

Thing I Just Made Up

Late night jam session, made this little thing up pretty much while I was recording it. I had the basic thing I started playing already in my head before recording, but that was it. A few mess ups, but nothing major.

College

Started the new semester today! Just College Writing and College Algebra this time, but it's gunna be hard. Monday - Wednesday, 2pm to 5pm.

The Shins

The indie band The Shins are one of my newest favorite bands. I pre-ordered their new CD, thats how much I like them. They are softer than what I usually listen to, and at first the vocalist is a little annoying, but after you listen to a whole song of theirs, the annoyance dissapears. Their lyrics are genius, and they seem to love using acoustic guitars. I highly recommend everyone out there to at least listen to a few songs of theirs. My recommendations - Young Pilgrams, Sleeping Lessons, Kissing the Lipless, and Caring is Creepy. What are ye still reading fer? Go lizzen! (But then come back and keep reading!)

Drums

So I set up my drum set the other day. I am now very sore from playing practically non-stop since. I'm in no way a good or talented drummer, I just have a ton of fun playing. You'll probably see some clips up on here of me playing guitar over a recorded drum beat of mine though.