The recording for the upcoming album by Bright & Shiny is progressing well. I have been playing around with the video for a few songs and although it isn’t finished, I decided to share an early version of one of the videos. I’m playing around with the title sequence and cutting back and forth between […]
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This is an update to my original post titled Making a guitar pick from a cracked cymbal. I learned a few things since making that first pick. Here’s what I did differently. First, I decided to trace an outline of the pick using an awl. This works better since the red Sharpie kept getting rubbed off
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Update: I created a follow-up post with a few things I did differently. You can find that here. I started with the remnant from a cut-down cymbal. I chose a cut-off from a Zildjian A Custom 10″ Splash because of how thin it was and how it didn’t have much of a bow to it.
I was asked by a friend of mine to cut down her pair of 12″ Wuhan China (or “Lion” cymbals, as they call them) into a smaller set to use as hand cymbals. There was one slight problem. Years ago when I first got into repairing cymbals I took my own version of the
I recorded the drum tracks for Every Time I Fall, a song I’m working on with Jongwon Kim. I have a somewhat peculiar way of recording. I actually record the drum tracks a total of eight times, one after the other without any breaks in between. Typically, the first two tracks are throw-aways. I use them
This is just a test of the over-the-head GoPro setup. The audio was recorded in Ableton and edited into the video. This was when we were auditioning a new keyboard player so it’s a pretty low-key performance. I was also just getting over the flu so I didn’t have a lot of energy. To top it
Worked on two songs last night. We’re still solidifying our parts so the playing is a bit rough, especially by yours truly. My setup for this practice was identical to the setup on 2016-09-15. Only The Strong Every Time I Fall
