The way these songs are built is not random at all. They’re meant to coordinate with each other as a set. I’m not just making “versions” of the same song for fun, and I’m not doing it as a novelty act.
What I’m doing is closer to building an emotional “tuner” — an application of practical metaphysics — where each musical style functions as a different mood, therefore a different emotion, or set of emotions. Continue reading
Well, once again I have spent the entire work-night on things…mostly on videos, reworking them, organizing them, reviewing them.
At first, gatekeepers can totally do it:
“We don’t publish that kind of thing.”
“That’s not real music.”
“We’re protecting the artists.”
And for a short while it works, because the pipeline is simple and obvious.
But then… Continue reading
Once again, I have devoted my entire night’s work to organizing things for you to see and hear. Continue reading
If you’ve ever watched American television for more than twelve minutes, you’ve seen it: smiling retirees dancing through fields, couples holding hands on the beach, someone doing yoga in an impossibly neat and spotless kitchen… and then the voice-over slides in like a grim reaper with a clipboard:
“May cause diarrhea, stroke, suicidal thoughts, liver failure, and death.” (slight pause) “these are not all the side-effects”. Continue reading
You typically get about 300 to 500 views on a short you’ve uploaded to youtube, then suddenly it flattens out and there are no more views. Why?
Here’s a short explanation and cure: Continue reading
Well, once again I’ve zipped through the night fully occupied with setting up KGOD radio broadcasts. Continue reading
Verse 1
I start at 14th on Avenue A, where the city’s alive,
Past the coffee shop crowd, and the bodegas thrive.
There’s the baker, the florist, a cat in the sun,
Each storefront’s a story, and each face tells one. Continue reading
Spent the whole night working on songs! I’ll play them at today’s zoom meeting!
See You At The Top!!!
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Okay, what I’ve done is I made a solid script, like the kind I used to write as continuity for my friend Bob Crane, the morning man at KNX radio, where I worked in the mailroom.
The photo above was snapped one of the many times I appeared — in a variety of roles — on “Tempo”, a television show on KHJ-TV in Los Angeles, hosted by another friend — Richard (Dickie) Dawson. Dawson sported a beard at that time. Continue reading