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The Blairnt Central Studio Log 6-23-11 - I'm terrible at updating this page so... please follow me on facebook.
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2-10-11 - I had the opportunity recently to be a judge at our local Grays Harbor Idol, I’m sorry to say that due to time constraints with my current project and computer IT work with my business that I had to pass on the opportunity. In a way I’m really glad and in another way I wish I had time to do it. The whole American Idol thing has been quite entertaining and quite disgusting all at the same time for me. The thing about AI that really is disgusting to me is that we have some really, really great talent out there but the material and songs seem to really be lacking in today’s popular music. So you end up with some really good singers singing some really bad songs. Where is the art in music these days? Lady GaGa? She may be smart, but art? Now that I think about it… Where is the music in music these days? We definitely have a lot of hip-hop’sters and rappers telling us how we should treat our *itche* or was that how to treat our “hoes” and then we have the angry young white kid trying to act like he’s an angry young black kid telling us how angry he is and how *ucke* up things are. On the other hand if you love dancing and choreography American Idol just might be the thing for you. The super bowl half time show was a great example of what I am talking about. In my own opinion it was one of the worst shows ever yet so over the top production wise as to be totally ridiculous. Yet the performances just seemed to be, well… Bad. OK, I digress… maybe it is a very good thing that I do not judge in the Grays Harbor Idol contest. Come to think of it I’m not all that much into idolatry anyways. I could tend embarrass myself.
1-15-11
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Last Saturday I was
in the studio as I am most weekends trying to finish a project
I’ve been working on for about 14 months or so. I was getting a
bit frustrated and tired of working out keyboard parts (Oppy
where are you?) so I decided to take a break away from the tunes
for a few minutes so I could re focus. I was tinkering around
with the sounds on a Korg X-50 which has a lot of cool synth
sounds as well as some cool classic sounds. While I was messing
around with this improvised piano piece a news bulletin came
over the AP wire about the people that were shot in Arizona by a
nutcase. As I was playing I couldn’t help notice the dark and
ominous sound of the piece I was making up at the time. Just a
simple improvised piece of music that seemed to go with the
headlines of the day. After I recorded the piano I overdubbed a
bass part and added a simple percussion sequence to hold things
together. Then a friend on facebook named Mike Keneally wrote (-uckin-
people) and I knew exactly what he was talking about so I had
the title of the tune now thanks to Mike. (Mike is a fantastic
guitar and keyboard player and is currently touring with Joe
Satriani) The tune took about 40 minutes to make up and record.
Then after such dark and depressing stuff I had to make up
something that was more uplifting which was also a piece that
was just improvised on the spot and recorded as I was making it
up. I called it “Good to be Alive” it took about 10 minutes to
make up and record. Now… back to the real work at hand. The
making of the “Dr. Mumbai” record “The World Watches TV”… Have a
happy new year everyone!
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12-8-10 - Hello everyone, I hope the holidays are treating you well. Progress in the recording studio has been good lately and I've been able to actually get some tracking done. I was able to finished another tune for the new CD other then maybe a little bass re amping, I like to have several tracks of bass to be able to blend a mix of direct signal and amp signal and I will likely use the Ampeg SVX plug in by IK Multimedia to blend bass tones. After some keyboard programming (Organ, tubular bells, Piano, strings etc.) the tune WTC7 (pull it) is just about ready for the mixing stage. A big thanks goes out to Ty Tabor of KingsX for the wonderful lead guitar work, Marco Minnemann for his world class drumming (you rule dude!), and Pete Griffin for playing some fine bass, also congrats to Pete for being nominated for (another) Grammy award after winning a Grammy for "Best rock instrumental performance" for 2009 while playing with Zappa plays Zappa. All of you are the best and thanks for being part of this humble little project.
WTC7 (pull it)
Bill P. - Guitars, Keyboard programming, FX Marco Minnemann - Drums Ty Tabor - Lead Guitar Pete Griffin - Bass
11-9-10 - I think all of the recording is now done (except for maybe one small part) for the tune "On Second thought" it has been a morphing creature for sure as most of my music is. The new version features Kira Small on vocals with one of the rare vocal tunes in a mostly instrumental record.
On Second thought
Kira Small - Vocals Bill P. - Guitars, FX Marco Minnemann - Drums Bryan Beller - Bass Bill Steinway - Organ
Kira Small, Bryan Beller, and Dweezil Zappa
11-3-10
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Wow, I haven't updated this page in a couple of
months... guess I better get
Current studio work
Until next time, Bill
9-21-10 - Kira Small and bassist extraordinaire Bryan Beller will be coming to Aberdeen WA for a private concert on Saturday October 30th. Bryan is known for his work with guitarist Steve Vai, Mike Keneally and Dweezil Zappa. Bryan's wife Kira is also no slouch in the music industry she has sang with greats such as Peter Frampton and Wynonna Judd to name just a couple. Please contact me by clicking on the email link above to reserve your seat at the show.
8-27-10 - Kira Small and Bryan Beller will be guests of Blairnt Central Music coming in October so please stay tuned for details. More on this later... Bill
8-5-10 - Was finally able to get back into the studio for a couple of hours to do some acoustic guitar overdubs. Now off to California for a week.
6-27-10 - Tried to get some recording done this weekend... got sick instead. hack... However I did meet a great artist off of the dweezilzappaworld.com website who is down with doing the artwork for the CD cover art.
Check out his work here: Nation - Paintings - beinArt Surreal Art Collective
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includes lead guitar tracking and some keyboard tracking with my
friend Jason Turner. Also... although it hasn't happed yet I got
sort of a present by getting an email on my birthday from none
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