A Place for Everything Else
I love conspiracy theories. The more outlandish, the better. My new favorite is the mysterious Majestic-12. Majestic-12, or MJ-12 to its friends, is supposedly a top secret organization created by Harry Truman to cover-up, manage, or otherwise handle the presence of extraterrestrials roaming about and around our planet.
The biggest smoking gun in this conspiracy is [...]
Warren Ellis has included a rough mix of a song from our upcoming CD, Anchor Managment.
The 4am #8
Every night for the past two weeks or so, I’ve made a point of writing song lyrics. This was my routine:
I sit down with a pen and an empty writing tablet and come up with random song ideas.
Then I start writing lyrics: verses, choruses, etc.
I don’t really think about the quality of what I’m writing, [...]
I only write two or three great songs a year. The rest of the time, I write junk — horrible lyrics, horrible concepts, bad melodies. Seems like a waste of time, but it’s all part of a process. Here’s how I approach my songwriting:
Keep writing. According to one of my journalism professors in college, Ernest [...]
I am constantly amazed by how screwed the music industry is. It seems that everyone in the industry who isn’t actually making music is trying to figure out how take money from those are. It’s stunning.
Here’s an article illustrating just how screwed it can be. Here’s the most relevant part: it shows a typical breakdown [...]