I finished a new song today called "It's Called For...". It features a lot of samples of Audrey Hepburn, in the film "Charade".
I've written often about my struggles with sampling. I am no singer. I can create…
Jul 5 2019
Sampling , and Audrey Hepburn...
Apr 22 2019
A brave new world... with wasps! 
It's been more than a year since my last entry, or my last recording. The year has been a busy one, as my wife and I prepared for the arrival of our son, who was born in February. Obviously…
Feb 26 2018
"The Witness"... my 2018 RPM Challenge Album
It is the end of February, and I have participated in my third RPM Challenge, finishing an entire album during the month of February. For my friends who draw, it is sort of the music-version of "Inktober". February is…
Jan 1 2018
Another year, another dozen...
It is New Year's Day, 2018. It's a good day to reflect.
I'm approaching 50 recordings in the four years since taking on the "MechaniCrash" project. I'm still having fun, and pushing myself creatively. I'm incrementally a better…
Oct 22 2017
Like To Pick... flowers?
Today I post/publish another song, "Like To Pick", after what feels like a bit of a drought, but in actuality isn't. This is the tenth song I've recorded this year... not too bad for it not being my day-job, and…
Jul 28 2017
Sampling and Marketing!
I got my first vinyl single pressed ("The Strong" b/w "Fez"), and delivered in a rainbow of colored vinyl. It is a truly satisfying thing. I plan to send some out as a promotional device. I printed up some…
Jul 15 2017
The vinyl single The Strong/Fez is now ready!
Apr 2 2017
Vinyl ambitions...
It's been about a month since my last post, and my last recording. The past six months have been an intense period of recording. I initially started recording, and sharing recordings online, as a creative exercise. The purpose was to…
Mar 4 2017
RPM 2017: "20th Century Regrets"
Last week I completed the "2017 RPM Challenge". As I have mentioned in the past, this whole "MechaniCrash" project started with the 2014 RPM Challenge. I described the challenge like this in an earlier blog post:
This is a thing…
Dec 31 2016
What I did on my Christmas vacation... or "Tattered"
I have had roughly two weeks off work for Christmas, and I spent a meaningful chunk of my leisure time in my little makeshift recording studio. I recorded two songs during the break. I spoke about "Absolute Gentleman" in a…
Dec 25 2016
A Complete Gentleman
It's been a while since my last post. I took a bit of a break from MechaniCrash and played bass in a show in Providence, Rhode Island. I had to devote my MechaniCrash time to practicing for a while. It…
Oct 9 2016
You're getting worse, Simon...
It's been a couple of months, but here is a new song.
The samples are courtesy of an "Adventure Time" episode called "Simon & Marcy". It's about a man trying to protect a child-vampire in a post-apocalyptic world, and he…