The idea is not to get a gig at a party or start doing weddings and bar/bat mitzvot. Instead, I want to assemble a few minutes worth of music so that I’m listening to everything in a single moment. this was from an idea in the Alan Moore documentary about why he thought Watchmen (the comic) was special. Past, present and future are all happening simultaneously. I’ve got my hands on some software. Now there’s the learning curve, which could be steep, considering my lack of time to commit to the project. But here goes nothing!
That’s not my guitar, but its very similar to the instrument that was used to create this 2 minute jam (Notice the Funk 49 reference at the beginning – not intentional). More important than the guitar, however, is the fact that this represents a good solution. After work, basically no time to work on composing, but I had a real need to rock out. So, I just hooked up to Guitar Rig and ran that, not as a plug-in, but rather as a stand-alone. It’s got a recorder that let me get down some ideas very quickly. I wouldn’t try to merge these into a Logic project, but at least the ideas have been taken down quickly and cleanly. I also have to compliment the folks at Native Instruments who made the guitar sound pretty realistic.
This band is so good, I don’t even know what to say. the Hold Steady is four records into a pretty nice rock career and Craig Finn’s lyrics and singing are a blast of fresh air for those of us who think, maybe, Bruce Springsteen has lost a bit of his edge over the past five or six records. They were recently featured on the NPR program ‘