March 2011
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So, after we go to meet the face of Boe, I was...
haha, choice! have you seen the red nose day mini episodes?
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amy pond flirts with herself. OMG.
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tonight you belong to me (patience and prudence... →
#-017 TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME (PATIENCE AND PRUDENCE COVER). you know how there are some things that you love so much that it’s part of the fabric of your being? this song is one of those things for me. i was hooked from the moment i heard it for the first time when bernadette peters and steve martin sang it in “the jerk;” and even more when i finally heard the slightly...
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CAN WE HIGH FIVE IRL!?
sure, my transcontinental broseidon. hop on a plane; i’ll wait. up top!
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post weekend update.
last weekend was really all about spending time with my dad before he leaves me (i know i’m being melodramatic; can’t help it, sorry) for CA. 3-6 months, OMG.
that being said, i didn’t accomplish much in terms of music. i did run through the 5 cellar doors songs that i need to do harmonies for, so there’s that. i was planning to write the rap verse for “it’s...
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"like owl phoenixes."
R: do you think bros for life is already a band name?
APLM: why? is that gonna be our band name?
R: TRANSCONTINENTAL BROS
APLM: OH MAN.
R: TRANS BROS. no wait... hahaha.
APLM: TRANSCONTINENTAL BROS BEFORE MILE HIGH CLUB HOS. and we can have an ultra hipster acronym. TBBMHCH.
R: no vowels. N VWLS.
APLM: so hipster it hurts.
R: NNEUVOUS OWLS. there you go. We're called New Owls.
APLM: WAT.
R: that just sort of progressed.
APLM: haha i know right.
R: and for nostalgic reasons, we'll tack a The on there. The New Owls. ta da!
APLM: poor old owls. we're excluding them by default.
R: let the old dead owls make room for the young dead owls?
APLM: YES. we will rise from the ashes of those dead owls. like owl phoenixes.
R: HAHA.
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TOO OLD ?!?!
only if you’re over 9000.
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*waddle-waddle*
i don’t even know how to begin to answer this non-question.
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“if music be the food of love, play on.”
– Duke Orsino, in Willliam Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.”
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musical chemistry.
when I asked me to join the cellar doors as a secondary vocalist, one of my main concerns was how i’d be able to properly interpret his songs. sure, i’m not the one singing the melodies — he’s obviously singing lead in his songs — but as a songwriter myself i’m very conscious about stuff like that. I and i (yes, i know it’s confusing, but i use initials...
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not yet →
#-024 NOT YET. “not yet,” off snailhead’s yet to be released EP, is the first collaboration i worked on after coming back from my 6 year musical dry spell. a very patient, very agreeable musician, snailhead was the perfect person to work with at the time. this collaboration didn’t demand too much from me — the backing track and the lyrics were done, all i had to do...
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post weekend update.
procrastination will be the death of me. out of the 6 songs what i was planning to work on over the weekend, i barely managed to make progress with 4.
the cogs are turning — since the songs i’m working on with almost technicolor and the genesis project (respectively) are both electronic and have a similar feel, i’ve sort of paired the two tracks in my head and accordingly...
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try me (james brown cover) →
#-025 TRY ME (JAMES BROWN COVER). this is the first of several collaborative efforts with radio wire empire — a twee as fuck cover of james brown’s “try me.” haha! this track also holds the distinction of being the first publicly released track to benefit from my recent hardware upgrade (audio interface and dynamic microphone).
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"if i don't listen to the talk of the town, maybe...
I: when J gets back, the band will do "king of wishful thinking" and you can take lead vocals. J and i will take care of the guitars, just tell me what key it's in.
APLM: what! haha. why that song?
I: i figured since it's a song you like, you'll be comfortable singing lead on stage. you can pick another song if you want, your choice.
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how do you solve a problem like maria?
for starters, i figured it would be a great idea to start a blog in order to track my music workflow and progress. i admit that i can get absentminded and scatterbrained, especially with matters involving the creative process. hopefully, from hereon out i’ll be more organized and motivated.
there’s so much work to be done! it’s terrifying and exciting and intoxicating; these...
