Count down to 2010

its the last day of 2009. Dec 31.

Lets see how did this year go.
I graduated college for the 2nd time.
We played a couple parties- 1 for the Kompute pre-release event, 1 on Halloween 1 paying gig(on squareds bday) and 1 on mr Bobbys Bday where we Rawk'd it!!!!
We got our first original song released via Kompute Musik on KOM II being sold on Amazon.com
Saw ALOT of good act's this year- Bassment Jaxx, Boys Noize twice, DeadMau5, Crystal Castles (who im supposed to see tonight again)MSTKRFT, FischerSpooner, and N.I.N twice

Opened up a Video company with Craig (oh yah made a new friend- daves roommate)Crave studios. Crave-studios.com went live we are renting in LaGrange

Jen started school- COD and Columbia, got a job at a bank

My mom moved to Cali to help take care of my Grandma so its been myself and my pop's

I bought an Imac its pretty badass :)

there is prob alot more that im forgetting... but all and all its been a crazy year looking back- Up's and Down's and all arounds. had some good laughs, had some tears- life just is.
See you next year.
d.
[esc]

12/29/2009

i hate my job.

Holiday funs 2009

I took of work Tues the 22nd - came back today the 28th- lots of stuff... Recorded video for crave website a few days ago...Jen got Food Poisoning from BRIO we had to go to the the ER at like 5am... she has been down and out for almost a week...My mom came in on chirstmas day... I picked justin up form midway at like 2am b/c he had a flight delay

didnt see him the rest of the trip. Christmas day was split between my house for a bit and then Jens then stopd by daves for a bit- I got a v-tech laptop bag for my Mini v-tech laptop (: from dave- went to my fam thing yesterday for about an hr.

then say Avitar(?) last night...it was koooool graphics and imagery and in 3d but GAY ASSS storyline... Work today is HORRIBLE

i hate it here.

We played mr bobbys birthday Bobby goes to Space and WE FUk'N rock'd it !! we sounded really good and no Real mess ups and there was a bunch of people ther!!
wooooooooo

counting down this old year

12/15/2009

friday and last night, monday been DOING ALOT of good work with dave music wise. seems like our mental block is off. Dec/ Winter months are always good times to be creative. Jen starts training at her job today ( Wooo ) its good for her to have more constant income- I decided to slow my hard work for FP i was trying for a long time really hard to be best employee and now i realized I dont need the added stress. this place is nice source of income but i shouldnt be dependent on it as my Only means of funds. I need to grow and keep moving forward. FP is dicking us around again w/ possibly doing a video for them...but it seems like $650.00 is too much...which is ridiculous. more later...
We got APPROVAL for the FP Video!!!!!!! 2 videos a total of under 10 minutes $700.00!!! $350 for me $350.00 for H.C.B

woooooo

12/11/09

What a couple of days its been lately, I got a job for Crave Studios via FP shooting a marketing sales video, just sent the bid to the Director of Marketing. the video is $650.00 split in half so i would be making $325.00 which would be nice :)

more video notes

i was talking with Gabriel Palomo a wee bit the other day, he saw one of my business cards at sound garage( the night i took jen and bonnie there to pee), might do some video for streets on fire! gotta keep putting ad's on there boards.

idea for music video

new gotham scum

i want it show apathy over human emotions... or way of consumerism has destroyed the human soul so what is left is product placement and reaction to our purchasing
i think if we can accurately capture their motions / faces it will be strong enough to keep viewers interested
having the actors going through their daily activities like they are utterly and completely meaningless
humanoid / zombie minded shells of people
we need to find what is a symbol of senseless desensitivized consumer americanism?
and then we amp that up

re-cap 11/30/2009

Woooo friday meet up with Justin, Did sum sushi w/ PSN and him then went to squared's and booze-up a wee bit

Jen, Dave, Justin and I went to the Time travel shindigg @ the glass warehouse- someplace i havent been in Years now... Justin and I went there when were 19 i think..esclade, Acidman was playing, good times...When we got there we had to piddles really badly

some girl took a video of it I think haha then I did that too by that wall- I LUV Durty parties :)~ Saturday was room rearranging day- and then Jen, I and Justin rolled out to Dave n Busters- Steve came out w/ his g/f- sunday just about finished up my room- WE missed out on going to Bruces Thanksgiving...i feel really weird i didnt go... paradigm shift? i want to make it out there... i miss him but at the same time he didnt come out to my birthday or daves birthday and barely ever calls...things change, the more they stay the same.

my imac should be coming Thursday, wooooo!

NEW GOTHAM SCUM- [esc]ape EP/ 2010

11/27/2009

We played the party on the 25th...which was Daves 26th Bday... everyone bailed on us...the only TWO people that went were 2 of PSN's friends... Justin wasnt intown and NONE of our "friends" came out...just like my birthday...Livewire was there...but left before we went on. Also the 3rd room's speakers blew out so all the performers had to be disbursed amongst the other two rooms...meaning we got a diff time slot...and we ONLY played for about 15 min and WE did get paid the WHOLE $50.00 so thats Wooo?
Turkey day was Good at Jen's ended up buying an imac early this morning...yay spending $1600...Justin came intown yesterday

tonight we'll party at the Glass warehouse where we went before when he had his house and escalade many many many many many moons ago...im stuck at work now...

we'll see how this weekend works out

11/25/2009

Playing our first Paid gig

sitting here at work. its square'd bday today old man 26...moving fast while things are going slow. help set up a video sketch/ artist insight w/ marcos last night at the studio- Got my key for it last night!- it went really good, he had a good presence/honesty. Jens starting to look for a job which i hopes works out easy for her, 2morrow thanksgiving with her fam :). I hate being stuck here at work....I do believe im going / the imac with 1TB. Daves mix for tonight will be super sick...(no fakies) so far No one is coming out that we've invited so it will be a great show b/c none of our friends will be there to see it-

is it too much?

its friday yay.

11-19-2009

We got booked for our very first Paid gig for preforming our New Original showcase/mix for a party on 11/25th Black Wednesday which is also Squard's Bday turning 26...Justin comes in town that day too. hahaha i made cookies w/ PSN last night and ate like 7

ate that before work and i got my tea

and there is some potluck Turkey day thing here at work so goood eat'n- Lots of work on the site development lately and will start importing PSD's into Dreamweaver then get that over to tw34k for hosting

weekend updated 11/13-11/16

Friday the 13th...crazyness at work

Got the vocoder from MN a few days back and played around w/it w/ squared
then went to a hookah bar w/ PSN and her sis and Justin then drove out to south side to a Dirty ass rave then we didnt go into...tho from the pics it looked really fun but its just a party-
saturday was a Work day with Craig doing website development work- got 90% done

We will be making custom web pages for Justin and making $$$$

sunday was chill day watched Kids in the Hall Brain Candy :) jen did homework did sum minor booz'n and then went home to sleep

today not soo hectic here at work but still ahh should be finishing the site tonight w/ quakers

11/09/09

Went to free BASEMENT JAXX FREE MSTRKRFT FREE MODSELEKTOR @ congress- didnt really drink much

Went with D and L with Jen. Got kinda bored too much dub step but hearing the classics was AWESOME!! BASSMENTJAXX !!!! very very nice :)
Ohh I am now renting a studio w/ quakers sent 6 hours cleaning it w/ Jen H.C. B and Amanda it was alot of fun!!! more later

11/04/2009

Crazyness....everything is coming up Milhouse...I won NOT One...but TWO... sets of tickets for MSTRKFT, BASEMENT JAXX, and MODSELEKETOR!!!! THIS firday at the Congress!!! Wooooo i cant believe i won...let alone Won 2 times!!!

Halloween weekend

Where to start...Firday made it to Congress theater to see Crystal Castles, Chromeo, and Boys Noize...

we made it downtown by 10:30ish and caught the last 20 min of the Crystal Castles Set which was SOOO fucking Sick!!! I wish i could have caught it all but oh well. Chromeo was ok, a little funky like prince meets daft punk- Met up with Brian Scenester and Jen and I got down dancing and booze'n and

Tons of Dancing all night with PSN and Brian Tons of boozing TONs of Good music ! Boys Noize!!!!! EPIC !!!!! Lots of pics and video were taken :)

the 31st House of Hell party
AWESOME TIME!!!! JEN, her sis, and her sis bf Justin, and Squared and L Craig and Amanda all came out!! We only played for a song and half and then sum faggot ass bitch cut into our set- but reguardless is was a great night of costumes, friends, booze, and great times!!!!

Freaky Deaky Congress Theater feat. Boys Noize Crystal Castles

House of Hell pics

Devil's Night 10/30/2009

At work super excited for Boys Noize C. Castle Chromeo Party @ Congress Theater!!! Got a kick ass outfit and Jen will be sumthing sexi n evil :) Got a gig for tomorrow Halloween!! Party Called House of Hell we got a killer line-up should be good times

Silveredge studios is in movement.

more later

party idea ! ! !

10/13/09

Party called -Tweak- south park themed event playing south park episodes

maybe have south park cut-outs, maybe south park outfits

flyer idea tweak and towely raved out-

more to come later-

10/08/09

been a while, sitting in my cube- had to come in early to do video shoot with quakers for a demo of a meter at my work to see if we can tackle videos for here and get paid.

i hate my job.

my mom comes home tomorrow from CA shes been gone since July.

things have been moving with quack attack and Studio26 aka year of the phoenix aka whatever we end up calling the company.

good moves.

9/29/09

Work-

Video work will be done. have been making positive suggestions @ work and seeing a great reaction-

$$$$ is my goal

setting up a business plan with Quackers - once we have our plan we can attack full force.

EP needs to be done Before 2009 Per MN.

woot.

datanow.info 09/23/09

been awhile-

Datanow.info now has a google analytical plugin so i can view my site traffic- I need to learn more about PHP and SEO - search engine optimization - as Justin said its Datanow...not Data 10 years ago-

lots of progress with music. Sealab quotes wil be vocals - Dave head L mix youtubes - sounded pretty NeatO- like mashups with video

got business cards

Woooo free business cards they say [esc]ape and datanow.info

thanks danny (:

09-01-09

Been a little while- Saw NIN on Saturday ! ! ! Bought tix for PSN n Eyes 1 Yr 6 Mo Anny - We were in the Pit for 80% of the show its tuesday now and my body is still soar. I thrw a Kompute Sticker on stage attached to my Lighter- lets see if Trent event see's it - Have been doing some good work w/ squared. Jen's been in school and she got a KickAss car. It has Fattty Rims and a Moon roof. Went out twice for my dad's birthday, it was pretty good.

Ahh things have been CrAZzY

Where to start- Friday did music at daves- shit was ok- saturday was the networking thing that alex threw, first had dinner w/ Jen and her fam for Nan's Bday- did sum booz'n ther then pik'd up squared to head to networking event in the South Loop- we were on the 21st fl and then up on the rooftop- shit was Epic! and

then headed to Bettys Blue star to celebrate Livewires Bday ! it was good times ther then

so we went to some guys place and that was super lame - got stuck driving alex and marko to markos house and drama ensued - Sunday mornin drove to breakfest with Jen and her dad for her Gma's bday and it was a hungover day-

more later.

08-14-09 / 08-16-09

We Played DarkRoom

For us, it was Epic! ! ! PSN got a bunch of killer shots of us preforming and also a Kompute group photo :)

For a second show we know what to do to be better but all and all it was really badass- there were smoke machines and lights and we were on the Main Stage!

Woooooo

Saturday was local.

Sunday was FunnyPeople

Kompute 9 YR Anny Event @ Darkroom

so we got booked at Darkroom for the per-release event for the KOM II cd which were on.

we go on @ 9:30 play for 45min.

everyone i asked said they arent going.

woo

8/7/09

[esc]ape is on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qAABaRI_b0

Thanks H.Craig Bass

Datanow.info

datanow.info

Many thanks to Tw3akSmellsFunny for assisting in setting up the wordpress for Datanow.info

next have to complete motion graphics w/ Howard the Craig

08/04/09

On the Kompute website Kompute.info / http://kompute.tv/
might be going to Lolla w/ psn either sat to see tool or sun to see MSTRKFT Boys Noize Deadmau5... friday is hospital party @ square'ds

more later...

Woooo

Weekend Update

Friday- stayed home chilled cleaned

Saturday- cleaned some more had a fight w/ PSN

but then everything worked out and we were fine. Went to Agami for sum kick ass sushi then saw some badass fireworks on LSD while heading home-
Sunday-

we had some natural fun booms

7-20-09

Hello. I am going Durden. Im 25...Now what... Modern debacle / 2 in the stall ( ketchup- is finally done- Kom II release. Had a drunk weekend. firday finished the song and boozed it up at the casa, saturday was Dan and Lisa's Engagement Party Dan is Jen's Half Bro and it was it a booz'n good time. Sunday was a busy day- worked with Jen and her Dad on some cleaning job for her Dad. 35 bucks for 2 hours, not bad. Then through a BBQ that non of my friends came to. Bonnie and Justin came, then Alexandria and Leo came. We drank and smoked tobacco outta a hookah and then Jen made bubbles of smoke with a toilet paper roll and soapy water. it was neat. Been watching a lot of Tru Blood. Its a pretty badass show :)

7-16/09

Yesterday I set up my first own website. I bought a domain from GoDaddy, I then set up client side FTP service from my home PC and i set up with Virtual host from tweaksmellsfunny- Woot. Talk nerdy to me baby - now I gotta re-learn CSS to make it look pretty 0r cheat and have Howard.C Bass aid in my dreamweaver application

marketing

Being in the business of you – 10 great ways to promote yourself

July 14, 2009 by David Sabat

Whether you are a full-time or part-time DJ, if you really want to get to the next level you have to “go to work” everyday. I don’t mean go to an office or punch a clock, but do something productive towards your DJ career on a daily basis. Here is a list of things you can do to stay active:

1. Being seen

Online: Utilizing FaceBook does help quite a bit. Being seen is part of the process and being active in social networks is important. A great way to do this is leaving positive comments on the pages of your friends, fans, and colleagues. Leave feedback on their photos, videos, too. Let them know publicly how much you appreciate fans or how hot a fellow DJ’s last set was. Be supportive of others and they are more likely to be supportive of you.

In person: Support other’s events by showing up. You don’t have to stay long but show face, shake some hands, hand out some CDs, and smile as much as possible. It’s like running for office so kiss a baby or two while you’re at it.

2. Make a new mix and push it

I always say when gigs are down make a new mix. Then use the web to get the word out about downloading it. Promote the mix heavily. I’m assuming of course that it will be a good mix. It is great to burn it to CD and hand it out too if budget allows for this.

3. Write music reviews

Not all of us are cut out for this but if you feel comfortable with your writing ability review a few new tracks and send them into industry magazines. You never know…they may publish it. This will not only get your name out there a bit but it gives you something to add to your press kit. You can even start your own review blog and promote it. Also send feedback about tracks directly to the artists. They sometimes use a line or two from fellow DJs to promote the track. If they like it they may start sending you demos directly for feedback or reviews.

4. Throw and event

I don’t recommend this for everyone unless you really know what you’re doing. The last thing you want to do is throw an event to get your name out there and have no one show up. Also budget may be a concern here as well. If you can afford it, bring in a big name DJ to play with you. Now don’t do this for the sole purpose of having a big name on the bill with you. Do this because you really want to throw a quality event. People will respect you more for throwing a quality event than they will for adding a big name next to yours and they can tell the difference. There are a lot of benefits to doing this but they will come naturally if your intentions for quality come first. Don’t force it.

5. Get in the studio

For the producing DJs out there you already know that when things are slow you need to get in the lab. I have yet to venture into the world of production myself but I do know the makings of a great track. Please don’t jump in just to put your name on production. We have enough crap coming out every week to sort through. Get into production with the intent on making something with substance and quality. Producing mediocre tracks will not help your career at all. It might be a good idea to make your own edits of tracks your currently play just to get started.

6. Write a “top ten”

Writing a monthly top ten track list and posting it publicly may also get you noticed. I don’t personally do this but it is one of my goals. Others will see the type of music you play by scanning your list regularly and it keeps your name out there in an industry-related nature. Producers might want to see their tracks on your list and may start sending you material.

7. Do a photo shoot

Nothing screams “I’m alive and well” like a great photo shoot. I’m in desperate need of a new shoot myself. New pictures sometimes can present a new image. If they’re hot, promoters will see how to promote you and even publications may take an interest. Once you use a hot new image for the first time on a flyer people will notice.

8. Updating content

Update your website, FaceBook, MySpace or any other web content/profile with your latest gigs, bio, and photos. Many biographies end with current projects that are now 2-3 years old. Also update your media kit with new photos, bio or discography information. If you’ve been in the press, add clippings as well.

9. Notify your fans

Use social networks and e-mailing lists to let your friends and fans know what you’ve been up to or what you’re currently working on. Add up-coming event flyers, links to photo galleries, video or mix downloads. Don’t wait for them to find out accidentally. Make it your responsibility to inform them.

10. Planning

Plan to do something…anything…on a regular basis that will get your name out there consistently. Train your fan base to expect to hear from you. You must be seen or people will forget and move on.

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wow going crazy at work

insanity has been noted to be doing the same thing over and over expecting different results...am i citizen insane?

07-13-2009

wheew busy weekend, threw a kickass BBQ on sunday (yesterday) It was PSN and I squared and L, Jobby, Bonnie & Justin and alex- We killed like 8 or 9 bottles of wine, like 15 bottles of beer and lots of food- I also rented a Wii but we didnt play. Bruce, Marcos, Zelenkeepants all blew me off :( but its all good. I had a fuckn awesome time. Saturday was suppose to play a party for Z but he never responded and I guess the party sitll happened(?) but not sure... oh well Friday was also chill. I hope my P's are doing ok in Cali, i know my mom already regrets moving out there. maybe things will change by spring. Jeanette has really been helping out at my house with cleaning and its been really great. Ugh still hungover..at work.. oh joy.
**** Nails announced 2 more chicago shows in Aug***
Also
10.23.09 REGGIE’S ROCK CLUB - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Venetian Snares**

07-07-09

A question I came across was, Do I exist? I believe to find meaning of Human existence is to find a meaning in the suffering in life, only then can one truly understand their own existence - something that came to me from something I thought long ago-

Backup

07-06-09

Updates from the 3rd-5th of July
Thursday workd until 7 blah Friday We meet up with Zelenkee went to the Beach, Went swimming @ North Ave Beach and got sum Killler Fries and a dog Yum :)~ Firday night did sum booz'n @ PSN's w/ her sis and her sis bf and friends..twas meh sum funny strongbad moments/youtubing - home round 2ish. 4th was a busy day Met up with HowardCraig went to HobbyLobby to aid in his present for his G/F bday in a return favor for helping PSN with her Video project which is due Tomorrow Also got a Frame for the Kick Ass cupcake drawing PSN did for my Mom. Then Went to Squared's he was cleaning we helppd a wee bit then Ribbed it up Back at PSN's and then back to Squareds for boozin and then Ty Warner for Killer Fireworks!! After FW driving back we were blastn Adam Freelands We Want Your Soul - Go back to bed America Your government is in control again. classic Freak out the Normals :) then sum drinkng games to SouthPark and then back to mi casa for sleep. Yesterday went downtown to do a school prjct for PSN - went to a Feminist/ GayLesb bookstore and it was pretty neat. got a

Magazine which is fun then to Belmont and Clark for shopping

and Her a Shirt from Hollywood Mirror and went to clarkdog for sum tummy turning mass Poop producing hotdogs. later that night

Picked up Zelenkee and went to Smartbar where we went to see Richie Hawtin

sold Bought alex's ticket and he will hit me back this weekend and Dave and I will play a Party for him. Left Smartbar got home and I enjoyed my

and started Revolutionary Road. Cuddling was Extra fun

Had a lot of good ideas lastnight/ this morning for futur goals. My Mom leaves tomorrow morning.. it will be very different w.o her here.

backtrack 07/02/09

back tracking to firday 06/26- working on mastering Ketchupfloor....and dave computer died...it died a few times...and finally we got it back and running just enough to backup on mini external HD.... Sat 6/27 lazy day...went to woodfield

didnt do much it was lazy weekend. my mom is moving Monday or tuesday heading on cross country trip with my dad going to Co then Vegas, then Ca to live with my Grandma. I hope everything goes good with them. I care very much about my family. Im lucky to have them :) More to come later __ SIDENOTE__**TxT from PSN "I love squeezing you in bed at night. Every minute spent without basically sucks. I love you even when You're annoying and when i'm annoying. I love your dorky grandpa jokes. I love the way you make cologne smell. I love how i know You'll always be there and care about me when i'm upset or sick. I know i'll never stop enjoying your presence. And i miss you peep. I can't wait to see you in a few hours.*__-- :)

classic homer

Homer: [gasps] Tom Landry's hat, and it's autographed. "To Berman's Dry
Cleaning. Best wishes, Tom Landry."
Bart: Why don't you buy it?
Homer: I can't buy that. Only management-type guys with big salaries
like me can afford things like that.
[gasps] Guys like me! I'm a guy like me!

06/23/09 25th Birthday

Lets go back to the past, Friday the 19th was a pretty chill day- crazy storms - Jeanette and I went to daves for a bit, got some music from dave then haeded back to my house, where i had to clean up for the family party which was saturday. Saturday busy day, had a bunch of family come over, got like

$1500 from family and friends of the family. Jeanettes P's came over, it was good time, very busy, lots of food, good times- glad it all went well b/c my mom is leaving shortly and i thnk she needed it more then I did.

Saturday night went to Craigs studio in La Grange with Jeanette and her Mom to complete a class project which I think will turn out really Kick Ass! After that back to jeanettes house for sum booz'n with her Dad then back to my house to get sum rest :) Sunday was a chill day, met up with Zelenka at night and we went to a Beach by Loyola - Far North - and it was EPIC!!! drink'n and smoke'n on the rocks :) the water looked like an exotic island or something!! it was a amazing time! im glad i got to do ther, it made me smile :) breakn onto the beach at like 1am was truly peaceful and a wonderful present. Monday went to the pool and went swimming and laid in the sun for a bit :) then dinner @ cheesecake with the P's and Jeanette. All and all twas a good birthday. felt a little weird that i didnt hang out with dave and he went to go hang with his g/f and ther friend rather then hanging out w/ me but he did come out on thursday so i guess its whateva- Im very luck to have Jeanette's love and her family's as well as my family's. I am 25 now. I'm an old fuk

Last night- 6/19/2009

There was a vibe all throughout yesterday. Work was meh. Jen finally went to the dr and got some allergy stuff so hopefully she feels better now :) Went to Victor Hotel for Clockwork party, twas' craptastic, dave got me theee Worst martini EvEr!!!! like mega Yuk, the sushi was better and the prices were nice, bought two shots of tequila and it was like 20 bucks.. the music was way tooo loud, so it was pretty lame then we went to sonotheque which was ok, had some Really good beer. and just as I thought No one came out for my bday- ha Im really glad i had Jeanette there and Dave, we took sum pics at the end of the night it was a lot of fun. haha there was this guy trying to get into Sonotheque and hes like "but dude, dude, ... im a DJ. Got back and cakecups the second vomited in like 3 spots and jeanette stepped right in it when we got home around 230am. Today who knows, Jeanette has had a rough day dave is tired, prob music tho still while she does a girls night, then maybe Congress party-

Adam Freeland- We want your soul

your cellphone, your wallet, your time, your ideas
no barcode, no party, no ID, no beers
your bankcard, your licence, your thoughts, your fears
no simcard, no disco, no photo, not here

your blood, your sweat, your passions, your regrets
your profits, your time off, your fashions, your sex
your pills, your grass, your tits, your ass
your laughs, your balls, we want it all

we want your soul x 3
(in bg: your cash, your house, your phone, your life, your cash, your house, your phone, your life)

tell us your habits, your fads, your fears
give us your address, your shoe size, your years
your digits, your plans, your number, your eyes
your schedule, your desktop, your details, your life
show us your children, your photos, your home
here, take credit, take insurance, take a loan
get a job, get a pension, get a haircut, get a suit
play the lottery, play football, play the field, snort some toot

we'll show you shrinks, we'll show you spooks
we'll buy you drinks, throw away your books
we'll sell you crap, we'll charge you tax
wanna buy big guns? we'll front the cash

we want your soul x 5
(in bg: your cash, your house, your phone, your life, your cash, your house, your phone, your life)

your thoughts, your emotions, your love, your dreams
your cheque book, your essence, your sweat, your screams
your security, your sobriety, your innocence, your society
your self, your place, your distance, your space

[bill hicks]
go back to bed america your government is in control again
here watch this shut up
you are free to do as we tell you
you are free to do as we tell you
[/bill hicks]

we want your soul

here's boy bands, here's Mackers, here's Britney, here's Cola
here's pizza, here's TV, here's some rock and some roller
watch commercials, more commercials, watch Jerry, not Oprah
buy a better life from the comfort of your sofa
here's popcorn, here's magazines, here's milkshake, here's blue jeans
here's padded bras, here's armpit wax, here's football shirts, here's baseball caps
here's live talk shows, here's video games, here's cola lite, here's ten more lanes
here's filter tips, here's collagen lips, here's all night malls, here's plastic hips

we want your soul x 5
(in bg: your cash, your house, your phone, your life, your cash, your house, your phone, your life)
your soul (echo)

[bill hicks]
go back to bed America, your government is in control again
here, here's American Gladiators
watch this, shut up

go back to bed America
here's American Gladiators, here's 56 channels of it
watch these pituitary retards bang their fuckin' skulls together
and congratulate you on living in the land of freedom
here you go America
you are free to do as we tell you
you are free to do as we tell you
[/bill hicks]

we want your soul x 8
we want your soul x 8
(in bg: your cash, your house, your phone, your life, your cash, your house, your phone, your life)

no rookies, no stray, no drop-outs, no gays
no lefties, no loonies, no opinions, no way
no thinkers, no teachers, no facts, no freaks
no skaters, no tweekers, no truth, no sleep

we want your soul x6
(in bg: your cash, your house, your phone, your life, your cash, your house, your phone, your life)

here's popcorn, here's magazines, here's milkshake, here's blue jeans
here's padded bras, here's armpit wax, here's football shirts, here's baseball caps
here's very very very very very very very very very very very very long infomercials

T - 5 days left

then im 25... so got a busy thursday planned, wonder how it will turn out. Sat have a family party...ugh. I need a different Job, bad...what am I doing?... Ive wasted 5 years in a fucking cube...

06/16/09 Still 24

It's some of the last days until i am no longer 24. Truth be told, from April, these past few months have been very rock'n :) Got some events to hit up Thursday - First hitting up Sonotheque for an event and then to Victor Hotel for a ClockWorkOrange theme :)~ so it should be a night full of sexi Ultra-Violence-

Kyle has left for AZ so had a small little goodbye thing at sum sports bar on saturday, il miss that guy. Oh how life is. My mom is getting ready to move out to CA to help take care of my Grandma. It will be weird, just me and my dad. I need to find new employment. I need to research the ability of Digital Canvasing via social networking sites. Thanks tw3ak and Clickz.com

Prom @ Neo 2009

Prom Was Amazing- started the night off at my house getting all sexi'ed up

then headed up pick up DnL and ther friend Jean, then to Angels and Kings to meet up with Marcos and a few cats from Detroit/ there was Killller tunes but as most times with parties nowadays like no one was dancing which is really a shame cuz who cares what you look like dancing, you should just be embracing the music/ did sum drink'n and a lil' dancing and Jeanette was totally having a fun time with the music :) then went to Prom @ Neo which was Epic!! the music should have been a wee bit louder but Dang was it a fun night, the music, the images, the lighting, tons of people on the dancefloor !! no fights, no drama, tasty tacos, late night, I thnk we got home around 3ish Jeanette had work at 8am and made it through just fine :* Fuck these last few months have been AMAZING!!!!

06/11/2009

Been some time since I wrote in here been

Going to an 80's style Prom tonight with Jeanette. i HATE my job. I need to up my education and professionalism and move forward to bigger and better things. Nothing last forever. I try to enjoy each day for what it's worth. Youth is blessing and Aging is a gift. Dave and I have been working at getting a few tracks released. Jeanette is doing really good in school right now :) Im going to be 25 in a few weeks...Old Fuck.. Il write more later im kinda blah work has been super crappy but Prom tonight!

06/05/09

Trent: A lot of it is marketing. MTV is telling you this is what is cool. Listen to what is cool. I think that the whole situation has made music less art-y and put more emphasis on music as a product. If you buy an album today and it has two good songs on it, it's okay. Before, if you bought an album and it had two bad songs on it, well...it's still an okay album. You got your money's worth. I can't tell you how many CDs we get from bands who want to open for us, you've never heard of them so you put it on and the first song is not bad. Then, well, that one sounds like the same song, sounds like that song...with CDs you can instantly hit that little button and skip to the next track. Albums, at least, you had to go to the trouble of moving the needle. With an album you had this big piece of art, something on the inside and the vinyl. You know, it was a cool thing. CDs are ugly little pieces of shit; art's gone. What really made me think about this was discovering a few records I hadn't really listened to, like: Bowie's Low album, or _Hunky Dory_, Iggy Pop stuff I had missed. You take a record like Low, or _Hunky Dory_ where every song, to me, is awesome, different and challenging. I wish I could write one song that is as good as any song on that album. Then you compare it to what is out today. I hate to think in a retro mindset. You know, "the Beatles were the best thing.." Fuck the Beatles, I hated people who were always going on about the fuckin' Beatles. They're dead. They're ugly now. Get them out of my sight. There isn't much coming out, it seems to me, that has much depth. It's based a lot on what the trend of the second is. And I realize that we are dangerously close to that same thing. Whatever.

Eric: Soon there will be soda commercials featuring some studio guy making bad imitations of your music.

Trent: Well, there was a Gatorade commercial. I had a hundred people say "Why did you do that Gatorade commercial?" I was like, "What are you talking about?" I hadn't seen it. I finally got a copy. It was "Down In It". The beat's a little bit different. The singing has got a little bit of dis- tortion, exactly the same kind of thing as my voice. So I looked into how we can sue these fuckheads. I don't want money. I just don't want them using my song. Well, they changed it a little bit. I remember hearing a commercial and I thought, "Joe Jackson, I thought he was cool, and now he's done a fuckin' commercial for something shitty." It was that song, "Stepping Out". Someting almost exactly like that, but it wasn't him singing. I remember in an interview he said, "They approached me to do this commercial, and I said 'absolutely no way'. And they said, 'Well, we're just going to get someone who sounds like you to do it.'" Well, fuck you. And they did it. And everyone in the world thought it was him.

Josh: What are your thoughts on sampling, within the definition of copyright laws and the restrictions therein?

Trent: I think that sound is sound. If somebody sampled a bit of something in an album of mine, that's cool. I don't give a shit about that. I think it's interesting how rap groups piece together things into new sounds. I'm into that. I do think that it's totally out of control now. Asshole major label lawyers are getting in on it, and realizing they can make money by ripping people off. If M.C. Hammer looped "Head Like a Hole" and did a rap over it, it'd piss me off, and I think I should be compensated because it's my song. I think at a certain point there should be some degree of compen- sation. When it's at *that* level. Like some of these assholes: Vanilla Ice, where it's another whole song with someone talking over it. Or Dr. Dre singing Funkadelic. I've used a lot of samples, but I don't tell anyone where I got them. It's not identifiable. I'm not just looping someone else's music. I'm more interested in textures than the novelty off who or what I've appropriated.

Josh: You bury your samples. If they were taken from a song, I would never be able to recognize it.

Trent: I just produced another band, Marilyn Manson, from my label, and they have a bunch of weird obscure samples, like Charles Nelson Reilly from Lidsville, some bizarre little excerpt from one sentence and the lawyers say "Did you get permission to use that?" This is just one of fifty things on the record.

Josh: Where do you draw the line?

Trent: Well, labels now are so afraid to put a record out. There are people at major labels whose job is just to clear samples, to listen for samples and start the whole thing up. So we made a list of all the different samples that were on this thing, from that song that goes (deep voice) "I bring you fire." You know which one I'm talking about, he's got makeup on. I don't remember the name of it. Just "I bring y..." Not even that much, and it's tuned down, but everyone was terrified. Some album came out, it might have been De La Soul, I forget which rap group. They didn't clear a couple samples and got sued like a motherfucker. They had to recall the album, it cost the label millions. So everyone's terrified now. We had to call Charles Nelson Reilly's peole to see if it was okay: "Yeah, but he'd like to have five hundred dollars for that sample." It's like, "Fuck you!" You know? You would never even know that existed.

Josh: It kind of takes away from the spontaneity.

Trent: Exactly!

Eric: So, it's not all right for you to sample Charles Nelson Reilly, but it's okay for some corporation to take your music. Even if you alter Charles Nelson Reilly, you have to pay, but they can alter your stuff and not pay you for it?

Trent: Everything is set up to protect everyone but the artist. You'd be surprised at things that are in record contracts. Who writes up a record contract? The record company. Who is it looking after? Not the artist. We're on the worst label in the world.
Trent: I don't like to talk about song lyrics when I do interviews because it lessens and cheapens someone else's impression of the song. That's happened to me. I read an interview and whoever wrote [this song] is bitching: "All these people think I'm talking about this. I'm talking about blah blah blah. These people are full of shit!" Well, I'm one of those people. I realize that once it is in the store it is other people's domain to interpret. That is what is interesting about this as a medium of communications. Unless it is something I feel really strong about that is being misinterpreted. For instance, I have been accused of misogyny and shit like that. I think, "You're not getting the point." Like "Big Man With a Gun", "Oh, you're advocating..." Should I even have to comment on that?

Josh: About two years ago I read a _Mondo 2000_ interview, where you called industrial music "the misuse of technology". Could you elaborate on that?

Trent: Well, I probably did say that. I don't think I meant it in that context. I think I was describing some elements in what today is called industrial music, whatever that really means, that use technology in different ways than it was designed to be used. From an engineering standpoint; electronic instruments, recording devices, things like that. Being a programmer I find it more interesting to find how these machines can do things they weren't meant to do. Usually that is a lot more rewarding than plugging something in, reading the manual and doing just what you're told and it sounds like a Janet Jackson record.

Josh: I'd like to know how you view your own artwork. Do you see your music as an attempt to confront the chaos of the world we live in, or is it the culmination of it?

Trent: I think...I don't really sit down and analyze my music. But afterwards, I am forced to because I have to answer questions. Then I have to say, "I haven't thought about that". I am not trying to just bitch, or say that the world sucks. I don't see any point in doing that. But I am trying to come to terms with my own head in a world that is chaotic and doesn't make sense. I'm trying to deal with my own thoughts and recycle them into something that I feel better about myself by expressing. And then, I guess that if others can read their own things into. That's a good feeling. If someone says, "I know what you're talking about, I feel the same way." That's the best...You can't get a better compliment than that. And that's when it was worth sitting in that studio, or fighting with our lighting director, or doing interviews every day. That is the best reward. I'm a public servant.

06/01/2009

backtrack- 5-29/ 2009 Nine Inch Nails!!!!!! Mother Fuking NIN 2009 TOUR !!!!!!
WOW Best show I have ever seen! on a Beautiful day too! PSN and I w/ squared and L went downtown and did a little predrinking on the beach which was lovely and also heard a few Nails songs while Trent was warming up around 6ish :) Once we got inside kinda a small but nice with very decent view of Chicago- More drinking and shot from Sam Orlando and then to the concert where the opening band was meh but didnt care and didnt really pay any attention to them- Nails start and the whole performance was EPIC !!!! got a bunch of video too :) FUCKING EPIC !!!! Saturday did grilling for my mom's party and then Fischerspooner after party at Debonair which was fun - but the dj set was meh-ish but still fun and did alot of dancing and shots with sceenster ( brian ) who was kool-

- Sunday was a chill day Finally got to lay in the sun and tan!! it was the shit !! got some nice color :) today is Josh's Bday old man is turning 26! i fucking remember his 21 bday... and his 20th.. ah that means im turning 25 soon Damnit.

May 26, 2009 Back from D.E.M.F 2009

- interesting time
- back date 5/22 Friday was a kind of chill day, did a little work on some tunes @ daves and packed for DEMF to leave saturday morning. Jeanette and I slept at my house and left around 1030ish to pick up Dave and L, did a final booz run and took out to Detroit. The ride was good, PSN brought the portable DVD player and we watched something about marry and Zoolander which totally helped and ther was minimal traffic so it was a sweet ride- Got to the hotel, Decent room, big :) but bad air circulation and no vent for the showers- but we did have hot water unlike other hotels- the fest was fun Sat night lots of people (didnt see anyone i kne until sunday, but Jeanette saw a girl she remembered from last year)Had a Shit Ton of fun getting all dressed up for the fest, PSN looked SEXI as hell, L had a fun outfit on and dave and I both were sexxxy with our guyliner and all jazzed up :) -

partied hardy and then went back to the hotel to change

then left to a Richard Devin event that was blah and totally should have gone to Ghostly Intl. 10 Anny event feat. Telefone Tel Aviv. Worked a tune for a few min when we got back to hotel then sleep. 5/24/ 2009
Sunday breakfest was Awesomely needed across the street, went to the fest to lay in the sun for a bit and relax, walked around, and right after saying i havent seen anyone I kno jeanette and I were found Macros and told us

and his hotel with a pool where we partied at after the fest. did sum drinkin in ther room, then went to pool around 1230/ 1am and swam from like 8 min before we got kicked out- moved the party back to our subroom in the hotel then everyone went to an after party and Jean and I chilled in the hotel cuz she wasnt up for partying. I worked on sum tunes while she slept and then D and L came back - they were rollie pollies and were all crak'd out on monday so we headed back home and the drive was blah but we all made it back safe and alive.
Gotta say tho Sunday night was a Blast! getting ready, going to the fest, hang'n with marcos - oh and saw Zim! and buttah - makes Demf Complete.
***totally forgot was suppose to play a show for Zelenka's spot at an after party Sat night for DEMF but blew it off- classic

recap from the weekend

5/20/2009

Friday was usually PSN had the girls night, while squared n I worked on a few tunes - consequently we Are playing an after party on Saturday for DEMF- Alex is ditching it and now esc[ape] has the spot. More then likely we will be playing House Therapy Vol 2. by Alex and some of our tunes too- Back to saturday the 5/16/2009 Went to have a grill day with Kyle cuz hes moving to AZ and engaged trying to start a family etc...and Jen and I were going to grill and chill while Nick was gone, but after going to 2 different grills that didnt work we changed plans and grilled and drank at PSN's. BUT kyle ditched out and it was Jeanette and myself, dave was there and her Dad, Good times :) Then back to my casa where PSN and I

and out of no where Bruce txted that he was in town and all three of us went to Sonotheque b/c of a Kompute party and it was Really FUN!!!! awesome music via Zelenka and Marcos (Rayaline)was being fun making sure we got in being part of Kompute :)
Then tried to go to a house party down the road that Renzo was at but it didnt work and we headed home, all and all a great fun night -
Sunday was chill saw movie with Jeanette and my P's first time in 10+ years.

- thoughts i had the other day -

It became apparent to me that tradition was just "mans" invention. Religion is A. a way to help explain what was not understandable, and B. a power of hope. ( i just feel i should mention that i was brought up Catholic and Do believe in God - though was is taught about the idea of God is what i feel could be incorrect due to the general flaw of man. When it the 3 elements is correct as had been taught with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit- but the labels are what is wrong. What if it is more along the line of Mind, Body, and Soul, Soul being and energy, the Body is our capsule, and our Mind which is a link to the 3 and also our channel to "God" I was told once by someone that the greatest gift Humans were given was the power of Choice- What if our Minds have a much greater power then we have thought. What if our minds have the ability to do so much more then? If everything consist of energy and our thoughts are energy and enough brain stimulation from enough people can generate the "birth" or creation of an idea to a real tangible or process/series of events to have a completed product of idea. How has "Man" been able to survive over the elements and from his own kind? I believe his thoughts, his brain activity, brain waves, gave birth to solutions that become reality. What if "GOD" is a an energy that is All. but as energy goes there needs to be a perfect balance. If there imbalance then there are side effects. In a sense, good things happen and bad things happen. I feel that if there ever is overload of good things then the balance is off and large happening of something negative is needed. This can be handled by doing something bad on a smaller scale or vise versa. As far as Prayer goes, as i mentioned earlier, heavy concentration- meditation - mantras- anything that consists of thoughtwaves/ high brain activity will have a Reaction/ a creation. Man created words, words describe what we interpret, but does that make those words true?

wooo 5/13/2009

backtracking...Friday Tweaksmellsfunny missed his flight, worked on something @ squareds for a possible music video/ music for a video that his roommate is developing / producing. Then all four of us head out to SmartBar after a reading miss-happ with cover @ sonotheque. first time PSN used her id at a club and it almost got taken away, lucky enough that she had other forms of I.D. and Dave and L where talking loudly saying how shes a complete stoner and forgets alot and then the guy at the door lets us in and its pretty empty but we still had a good time :). Saturday was her nephews / Bro (danny's) birthday where i got to ride a moped which was a kinda fun but the

i took wasnt the best idea cuz i felt really uncomfortable around her fam for a little bit till things went back to normal...saturday night was chill. Sunday finally met up with Justin, did the Dave n Buster thing where we drank played games laughed etc... Good times :) then later justin stopped by around 2am

then drove him to his ma's and did i mention right before he stopped over Jeanette and i had some

more good times :). Monday ugh Rate change 70+ calls on hold all day but speeding ;) i did a great job and even had a cust write me a letter on how awesome i am :)

05/04/09

Recap
Friday was pretty good did the music thing with Squared the keyboard is fixed ( it had an incident with a martini) but after a few days its fully operational. Saturday was lots of shopping at woodfield, exchanged shoes, got PSN some hott slutty wear for DEMF and going out. Also stopped by

and Jeanette loves where he lives by and got some ideas for some photos :) then hung around the crib and picker her back up around 12 and we just stayed in. Sunday we a relaxing chill day walked around lombard craft fair walked home, chilled outside had Amazing seXxX then did sum

and walked around outside some more and now im here stuck at work... oh joy
ohh DEMF in a few weeks!! lets see what excitement that brings :)

Weekend Update (non SNL related) 4/27/09

Friday was a chill evening played around with some music for a bit @ squareds and then with Gimp and I sooo miss playing around with an image manipulation program!! Saturday was shopping day with sum new shoes, a kickass black shirt, and sum swimming shorts :) Sat night was night of endless search for Chinese food which ended after an hour plus search to the midnight mall (jewel) run for crud. then a nice little fight around 1 or 2am and then sleep. Sunday was whatever and sunday evening was sum Pepsi sex ;) and then Taken @ Ogden 6 which was pretty good. Then attack of the Ants was halted by the wonderful PSN in the kitchen :)

today is monday blah- oh ya mom comes back tomorrow then is prob moving to CA in July-Aug b.c the Grandma isnt doing to well. kinda makes me wondering how things will be when my parents are getting close to that time... makes me feel...

04/22/09

Its been a few days- lets Recap - 4/20 was a crazy day, totally slept through a meeting that I had to be at, Jeanette took photos of Gary Sinus and there was a truck that almost had a chemical spill and work was almost evacuated. Broke my

which was crappy but its all good, PSN said for my bday it would be either dinner or a new one so im not quite sure what would be better- Going crazy at work uuuugggghhh- So not looking too good about playing @ D.E.M.F but who knows life is full of surprises. prob more to write later -

4/17/09

from Tw3ak-

Killer Robot

haha

CAN NOT FORGET THIS!!! 4/15/09

REMIX PROJECT ERASERHEAD - towards the end of the movie- Heaven- GET THIS DONE BEFORE DETROIT!!!!

4/13/09 - Holy Hell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rytsIttWkqE -youtube link

Well its Monday. Friday was a chill night Jen went out with friends for her Bday and i did the music thing with dave which was nice. Saturday was Dinner for Jeanette again with friends and her sis and her sis's bf type thing and Olive Garden which wasnt bad at all. Then ran home to get a bottle

then to jewel to get more bottles for some quick boozin in a parking lot then to Congress Theater to see the Crookers ( who do the remix of Day and Night) and Deadmau5 ! And thanks to Danny the mutta funkn Livewire - we got sum free tickets !! to what i can honestly say was the one of the SICKEST PARTIES I have been too EVER!! like RIGHT up ther next to Daft Punk! the SHIT WAS EPIC!!!!! PSN and bonnie seemed to have a BLAST! ha sum crazynessss- right when we got ther saw robbie, then some rollie pollie chick like goes and reaches for bonnies vag and says what we think was meout- like eatme out - or help me out- cuz 2 secs later the bitch falls to ground- haha- The Party was fucking EPIC!!! the lights the sounds the tunes!!! danced soooo much! We pushed ourselfs into the middle of the massive cluster of people and low and behold saw Tw3ak finally which was kool :) i wish i could describe the event in better detail ( i need to find pics/vids of that night) cuz it was truly amazing!!!!!!!
sunday was a chill out Easter (day of zombie jesus) ate way too much food and wanted to sleep- Watched a Killer Fuked up movie called the Girl next door- it was Phucked but really awesome ! i love watching movies Jeanette picks out cuz ther all twisted :) !

4/9/2009

Update- Jeanette turned 20 on the 7th! We went to Brio for dinner and the food was excellent! Then we rented movies and porn

Had really great

. I totally need to build up better stamina :) the way she moves, reallllly feels amazing. Monday the 6th we went to the clown bday party for Squared's lady and we got all clownd up and the make-up was killer :) got a bunch of good pics- been working more and more lately and actually seeing improvement in my arms- need to decent for DEMF and for personal reasons too. Justin comes in town tomorrow-should be fun. Planning on going to a strip club for PSN bday on saturday then find a party to hit up- Kompute is having an event @ Darkroom- Oh lots has happened with Reason- Learned how to reallly beef up the sounds :) I need to move out soon. i love my parents but i need an escape-
more later

4/3/2009

Blast from the past-day and night, day and night, the lonely stoner seems to clear his mind late at night, day and night, day and night, the lonely loner seems to clear his mind late at night
-the songs name is day n' night. the original is made by kid cudi and the techno version is mixed by crookers- I swear i heard this song out before i heard it on the radio- its really F'n catchy and fatty bassline break-(after talking to Jeanette about it she Clearly remembers this song from when we were first hanging out and i remember her asking about a song a few times and this was the one she was talking about-

so ya Watched sum

though she was Asian, it was still fun :) then Sum Really hot sexxx :)
I love this girl sooo much I see a really great future with her -

Reason 4 update*** WoW just wow its like you dont have to think its brilliant !! RPG 8 makes patterns and fuk's with the oct's and wall better then the matrix -
via livewire -
(1:31:29 PM) livewire: hit tab, and on the back of the compressor, is an input called "sidechain"
(1:31:47 PM) livewire: any signal that you send into that, will be the "reader" for the compression
(1:31:58 PM) livewire: so... for example, you send kick drum into it
(1:32:06 PM) livewire: just the kick drum (via a send)
(1:32:18 PM) escape: ooooooooh
(1:32:25 PM) livewire: and have the basslines/synth going through the compressor
(1:32:34 PM) livewire: evertime the kick hits, it will tighen up the bass
(1:32:46 PM) livewire: thats how the bloody beetroots gets that sound
(1:32:49 PM) livewire: sidechain

3/31/09

Sitting here at work- been busy lately- Ghey- Bunch has happened, a few days ago when to Danny(livewire) and got PSN

from his girlfriend and its really good- I got Reason 4 which didnt work for 4 days then out of nowhere it started to work and Wow Reason4 is the SHIT!!!! - On friday picked up dave and when to Edd's in Villa park and tried to fix daves computer- couldnt get it to work- then Edd had the idea of taking out daves harddrive and hooking it up to his Laptop, then we pulled the goods and got the parts to a song and shitton of files burned- THEN Edd basically gave dave a new computer with Windows XP and made daves old computer Harddrve a slave. More later Work is Busy Busy- - - - April 2 2009--

Hey whatcha know im still here sitting at work * i need a new job i cant stand this shit- Alex is in town- doubt il meet up with him- Dave has started a Reason 4 manual for me to read - (that is nice of him) I wonder what the future of music will bring?
Justin is coming in town next week for a weekend- couldbe fun:)

Jeanette turns 20 on Tuesday !!! getting her some perfume by DKNY -

i need to lose more weight- DEMF is getting closer every day and I need atleast bigger arms-

3/24/09

Went to Boys Noize with PSN :) Holy Shit it was AWESOME!!!! we had a lot of fun-
Lets see backtracking - Got tix for Demf, got Hotel for Demf, Got tix for NIN- May will be a busy Month. Jeanette is turning 20 in a few weeks!! Boys Noize
Don Rimini
Designer Drugs
Jack Beats
Gatekeeper (DJ Set)
Boys Noize 3/23/09 was the shit! Sent an email to Boys Noize around 1 pm saying hey wanna meet up I got a circuit bent mini laptop and it would be kool if you used it. Went to PSN's left to go to the event @ Abby pub around 9:15 got sum Booze,

got to the place, danced our butts off- There was all good music! checked my myspace this morning the 3/24 and saw in there a response from Boys Noize around 936!!!!! saying ya lets meet up- BOYS NOIZE WANTED TO MEET UP AND USE THE MINI LAPTOP!!!! UUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH I Fail. i had a great time tho- but still....oh well-

03/10/09 Just about done

Its been a little bit but lets see where are we now, Just about to Graduate with my B.A. had a hell of time the past 2 weeks getting everything in order. Friday got some

so did that to help me get everything done and it really helped. Within 2 days I typed a 5 page research paper, finished a 50? midterm and 100? final with the help of PSN and my mom. MN said version of mustard shelf or ketchup floor (backwards) will be on Komp II. more later...have to leave work.... 03/11/09 Been having alot of

with Jeanette and its been fun :)

It feels odd to almost be 25 when i am not sure how i feel- I dont feel old - I need to start saving more so i can move out. need to get into better shape. will start running again. Tonight in fact. Been watching a lot of old Simpsons episodes. "theres ghost cars all over these parts"

Events that I shouldn't miss ******* 03/20 Fischerspooner @ Debonair -- 03/23 Boys Noize, Don Rimini, Designer Drugs, Jack Beats, Gatekeeper @ Abbey Pub -- 03/26 Booka Shade @ Metro -- 04/03 Ladytron, The Faint, Telepathe, Figo @ Metro -- 05/30 Fischerspooner @ The Metro info via http://redthreat.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/hardfest-halloween-la/

From livewire

50Hz

1. Increase to add more fullness to lowest frequency instruments like foot, toms, and the bass.

2. Reduce to decrease the "boom" of the bass and will increase overtones and the recognition of bass line in the mix. This is most often used on loud bass lines like rock.


100Hz

1. Increase to add a harder bass sound to lowest frequency instruments.

2. Increase to add fullness to guitars, snare.

3. Increase to add warmth to piano and horns.

4. Reduce to remove boom on guitars & increase clarity.


200Hz

1. Increase to add fullness to vocals.

2. Increase to add fullness to snare and guitar ( harder sound ).

3. Reduce to decrease muddiness of vocals or mid-range instruments.

4. Reduce to decrease gong sound of cymbals.


400Hz

1. Increase to add clarity to bass lines especially when speakers are at low volume.

2. Reduce to decrease "cardboard" sound of lower drums (foot and toms).

3. Reduce to decrease ambiance on cymbals.


800Hz

1. Increase for clarity and "punch" of bass.

2. Reduce to remove "cheap" sound of guitars.


1.
5KHz

1. Increase for "clarity" and "pluck" of bass.

2. Reduce to remove dullness of guitars.


3KHz

1. Increase for more "pluck" of bass.

2. Increase for more attack of electric / acoustic guitar.

3. Increase for more attack on low piano parts.

4. Increase for more clarity / hardness on voice.

5. Reduce to increase breathy, soft sound on background vocals.

6. Reduce to disguise out-of-tune vocals / guitars.


5KHz

1. Increase for vocal presence.

2. Increase low frequency drum attack ( foot / toms).

3. Increase for more "finger sound" on bass.

4. Increase attack of piano, acoustic guitar and brightness on guitars (especially rock guitars).

5. Reduce to make background parts more distant.

6. Reduce to soften "thin" guitar.


7KHz

1. Increase to add attack on low frequency drums ( more metallic sound ).

2. Increase to add attack to percussion instruments.

3. Increase on dull singer.

4. Increase for more "finger sound" on acoustic bass.

5. Reduce to decrease "s" sound on singers.

6. Increase to add sharpness to synthesizers, rock guitars, acoustic guitar and piano.


10KHz

1. Increase to brighten vocals.

2. Increase for "light brightness" in acoustic guitar and piano.

3. Increase for hardness on cymbals.

4. Reduce to decrease "s" sound on singers.


15KHz

1. Increase to brighten vocals (breath sound).

2. Increase to brighten cymbals, string instruments and flutes.

3. Increase to make sampled synthesizer sound more real.

2-17-09

starting with Friday the 13th - Jeanette and I saw Friday the 13th then went downtown to a party @ art gallery on the northside. It was pretty fun packed but not super crowded, and we danced laughed at people. Some teenage hipster was walking around the party telling people that Jeanette and I were undercover's and after like 5 min of that i flickd a lit cigarette at him and hit him square in the head - Priceless-
Saturday was Valentines day and we had an Awesome dinner at Brio and we got a hotel with a jacuzzi suite and stayed in :) Jeanette got me the new Beck cd and ive been digg'n it the whole weekend-
Sunday was chill homework blah
more later

What a weekend

2-10-09
Jeanette and I had our 1 year Anny on Feb 7th which was Saturday :) but lets start with friday- the 6th I went to daves and worked on some music and shit was going good i like working on tunes with him, Jeanette was doing a girls night and then she met up with me @ Daves and then Her, dave and myself went downtown to sum party at a supposed art gallery place and it was in Pilson, so we gots some Gin and chasers (and I soooo cant do gin) did some

and finally made it downtown and get to the party, it was pretty packed and we chill upstairs for a bit then head downstairs to the artists dungeon and we see all these drawings and some crazy old mexican who doesnt speak english. Dave got him drunker off the Gin and then I pay him to Draw Jeanette and then after i few minutes the gin hits him and the guy starts falling over and knocking all his shit over and by that time the gin hits me and puke in the basement and then

find dave and dip out. I puke more and more from not eating for like 9 hours before and Jeanette being the sweety that she is drives cuz dave and I are far too drunk do be behind any wheel. She takes dave home then to my house I pass out right away and then when I awake i feel great and wait for her to wake and then kiss her and wish her a happy 1 year :). Sat I buy a kick ass leather Jacket and we walk around woodfield for a bit then then home and I take to her to Cheesecake and have a kick ass desert and awesome SEXXX :] sunday was a chill day I think- I did some cleaning and homework and then more sex later :). The days have been Awesome lately with like 50's and damn near 60 and sunny !

ON BEATPORT with MelissFX RMX love will come to you-