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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…

Aug 13 2016

The Price...

I had a week off of my job. The point was to have a recharging stay-cation. I started a new job in January, and have been running hard at it since then. It was time for a break. I used…

Jul 17 2016

Epiphany

So... I'm finding that there is something seemingly harmonious in drawing all of the samples I use in a song from a single source. I also find that these can be sliced up and put back together in ways that…

Jun 26 2016

Waiting...

My friend Mary pointed me at a movie a few weeks ago. It was called "Empire of the Ants", and it was well-described by her as "an amazing piece of crap". I watched every second of it. I brought it…

May 22 2016

Plugging away...

So...

...after being essentially shut down for 6 months due to the need to relocate for a new job, I am finally back at it. I forgot how much I enjoy this hobby. I know I'm not great, but its…

May 8 2016

Re-start...

I have been on a bit of a sabbatical for the past few months. Those of you who know me know that I changed jobs around the new year, requiring me to relocate from Chicago to Los Angeles. Three months…

Oct 11 2015

Collaboration... and new song!

MechaniCrash is a bit of a one-man-band, but more by circumstance than by design. I was fortunate enough to have a couple of talented musicians contribute tracks to my latest recording.

Krister and I played in a band together for…

Sep 27 2015

One Year later...

This site has been up for about a year now. I've freshened the appearance up a bit, and I've changed out the songs that automatically play to ones that have less 'listens". For the record, the top three are "Oil…

Jun 21 2015

Tokyo jet-lag

I travel overseas quite often for my job. The frequency of this, and general workload have kept me out of the studio. I haven't posted a new song in 6 months. The dichotomy is that I often find myself up…

Mar 22 2015

Pneumonia, and burning off the cobwebs...

So... It's March... and it is time to get back at it. I took a two-and-a-half month sabbatical from writing and recording music. I chose this time period to take a break because I had a heavy travel schedule for…

Jan 26 2015

Sabbaticals, jet-lag and withdrawal...

...in the midst of a bout of jet-lag... It's 3:00 am on Sunday night/Monday morning.

I am in the middle of a musical sabbatical. I recorded 20 songs in the past year. I'm pretty sure I haven't recorded 20 songs…