I was back at Moonlight Studios on 2/23/09 mixing “Worldwide Pop Star” with The Swagger Sticks, after our drum session the previous Wednesday, when I got the crazy idea of adding horns to my power pop/punk song “Worldwide Pop Star.” I don’t know where the idea for horns came from but once I got it my head it’s [...]
Archive | February, 2009
The Swagger Sticks Get “Horny”
Posted on 28 February 2009.
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The Dead Black Bunny Sessions
Posted on 18 February 2009.
Hello everybody, The Swagger Sticks are back at Moonlight Studios today (Wednesday 2/20) and I’m blogging in real time again. Jeff Lewis is behind the soundboard and we will be recording Simon Hancock as he plays drums on four more Swagger Sticks songs. The guitars, bass, vocals etc. have already been recorded so it will just be Simon playing his signature [...]
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In The Studio w/The Swagger Sticks (Drum Session Prep)
Posted on 16 February 2009.
So I’m “coming to you live” from Moonlight Studios (I’m blogging in real time here) with my engineer/producer Jeff Lewis. I’m here tonight (Monday 2/16/09) getting ready to record live drums on four more songs for the soon-to-be-released Swagger Sticks EP. Tonight we’re just setting up the tracks and then we’ll be back on Wednesday [...]
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It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Planet
Posted on 13 February 2009.
So I told my friend Nancy Hancock that I was going to check out this band called Mad Planet over at The Silver Lake Lounge on Tuesday. I was all excited about being on the cutting edge of the Los Angeles indie scene and I proudly told her, “Yeah, the guy from Bang Sugar Bang is in [...]
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Rancid’s New CD & Punk Rock Tour
Posted on 06 February 2009.
Hey all you punk rockas! Here’s an update from the Rancid Myspace blog regarding the punk rock legends upcoming record and 2009 tour… 2009 is sure to be an exciting year for Rancid. Our good friend and producer Brett Gurewitz has finished mixing our new record set to release around spring of this year. We’ve all been [...]
Local Spotlight: The Whiskey Saints
Posted on 03 February 2009.
I was at O’Brien’s Irish Pub (on Main St.) in Santa Monica a few weeks ago checking out the back room, where they have live music, in anticipation of a show I had booked to play with my band later that month. I figured I’d find a half-empty room with some crappy cover band cranking out Oasis covers. [...]
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