Blog Moved to Sliptide.com

Welp.. It has happened again.  The constant back-and-forth, love-hate, good-vs-moderately-neutral-in-moral-character war over who hosts my blog has shifted in favor of my original home site: http://www.sliptide.com/

I moved the site.. well wait.. NICK moved the site over to a wordpress platform and designed the new theme.  You can hit the blog at http://www.sliptide.com/?cat=5

Enjoy!

New Website and Promotional Materials in the Works

Well of Souls is mixed and mastered!! A few more listens to iron out a kink or two, but the bulk of the work is done and the tracks are oh-so-close to being ready for pressing! Wahoo!!

With all of the excitement of getting into Twitter and discovering that I really enjoy social media, micro-blogging, and "viral" marketing.. I was kicking around some ideas with Nick and it has been decided that Sliptide.com is going to see a complete overhaul. Notable changes include moving the website to the WordPress platform, complete with category management, a TON more content (music, movies, and pictures), and special content for my fans (project clips, studio sessions, dj sets).

A budget is being worked out for song and album promotions through iLike, MySpace, and the Seattle community. I'm excited!

I am gearing up, with the help of my friends, for an all out audio assault!

Oh and as a side note, I took my "I'm Listening" blog and moved it under the SNN umbrella. It is now a featured blog at http://www.snn-core.com/imlistening

I'm still working on the theme a bit, but it is certainly in a presentable state ;)

Enjoy!

UStreamTV: Sliptide working on a new track.

Keep in mind this is all pre-master stuff.. It was a clip taken from the result of tonight's working session. Enjoy! I will be Twittering and posting Facebook announcements when recording/broadcasting producing sessions for Sliptide (techno, downtempo, house) and Silver Standard (atmospheric-electroindie).

There isn't much to SEE on this one.. it's mostly about the audio and giving people a taste of what they can hear (and the potential to see me make) when tuning into my work sessions. =D


Online video chat by Ustream

L.A., Well of Souls, and Tech-House

Amy and I traveled to L.A. 2 weekends ago to visit our dearest friends and a new addition to my 'family' down in California: Keian!

It was incredibly refreshing to get some decent weather and see Ian & Roxanna & baby Keian.  We stayed at a nice hotel in Redondo Beach and spent a few days hanging out with them. It was definitely relaxing and I can't wait to go back!

Nick & Ashely also came over from Riverside to hang out with us that Sunday.  Ian joined the four of us for a breakfast at Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles in Hollywood.  Needless to say that Hollywood is a colorful place: that particular day the Academy Awards were taking place so it was beginning to be a sea of characters and star chasers early in the day!

I can't offer up the level of detail in type that I would otherwise talk about, but some highlights from the trip: Breakfast at Uncle Bill's Pancake House, walking around Hermosa Beach, grilling with Ian,  shopping for a baby-sling for Ian with the gang, seeing Nick & Ash and hitting up Santa Monica Promenade,  Ian's kick ass motorcycle, meeting Jacqui and David, Universal Studios Mall, Hardrock Cafe... sheesh.. tip of the iceberg really. We plan on going back down later this year and couldn't be more excited!

Already missing everyone down there (and the weather.. beach.. sigh..),  I'm finding the groove with work.  Thankfully, though, I have a renewed sense of spirit and calm that is driving my music production to ever increasing heights!

Well of Souls is coming.  New tech-house inspired tracks are in the works for a late 2009 release.  DJ sets are planned.  Watch sliptide.com and keep your eyes open on all fronts for announcements! (hint: 2 singles from Well of Souls will be seeing the light of day soon!).

Oh.. I will try not to neglect the blog so much. ^_^

The Silver Standard EP

I already made the announcement on Twitter, MySpace, iLike, Facebook, etc. that Jeff and I have released our first EP as Silver Standard.

"The Silver Standard EP" is now up for listening on http://www.silverstandardmusic.com/. You can also get a hardcopy by contacting either Jeff or myself via numerous online resources. Suggested "donation" is $5, but as we've said before we aren't interested in making money per-se, so much as we are interested in being able to continue to make music our friends, family, and fans want to hear!

We are already back in the 'studio' working on new materials almost weekly now and plan on having another EP or maybe even enough materials for an LP this year!  Also expect some YouTube action as we work towards our performing our music to a live audience!

Out sick, but a great weekend.

I was sick about a week and a half ago, and after feeling pretty solid for a few days I began to come down with a cough again and was feeling icky on Friday. Saturday was the same deal. After an afternoon with some friends at the Tap House in Bellevue, we were invited last minute to go see MxPx at El Corazon in Seattle. I decided we should go, and I was not disappointed in the slightest.

The show was freaking awesome. We saw Amber Pacific play after spending 2 opening bands in the bar (which is in the back in its own room). They put on a solid pop punk show and threw down a ton of energy into the crowd. When MxPx got on stage it was wicked hot in the venue but well worth seeing them play some new tracks from their latest album (Secrete Weapon) and some classics from Life In General.

Back to the 'sickness', Sunday I was doing alright but my coughing was pretty bad. I didn't sleep well overnight and today I had to call in sick to work. I've been a bump on a log all day sleeping here and there, trying to get rid of whatever it is that I caught. Amy is sick, too, with sinus garbage and lots of stuffiness. I hope tomorrow goes much better.

At least we had an awesome weekend of music, outings, and great food. I will post more in detail and provide links when I'm feeling better. Time to lie back down.. ugh.

The Silver Standard EP and more Silver Standard music

Jeff came over last night and we started hammering out ideas for our next track. It went very well and we are SUPER excited to be bringing more Silver Standard goodness to your ears!

Recently we finalized the disc art for "The Silver Standard EP". We will be ordering the discs soon and they will be available in person from Jeff or me, first-come first-served.

Expect a new track to be posted online along w/the artwork in the next week!