Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand
by krisis
Grawr! In a nasty nasty turn of events, my RealAudio software just expired and i need to get new versions. This blows, because i can’t work on Trio without RealAudio. What’s that? I should be writing my paper? Nonsense! Papers are written in the AM!
by krisis
One artist who i actually wound up sounding very similar to is Melissa Ferrick. I’m more familiar with the first half of her catalogue, but aside from the fact that she writes in Emajor shapes much more than i do, some of my songs could easily be covers of hers. One in particular is “deadweight” which sounds just like her “‘Till You’re Dead.” Compare audio: me vs. her. If you like Ani DiFranco, the Indigo Girls, or Melissa Etheridge, you should definitely be checking the racks for the album i just linked to, Willing to Wait.
by krisis
Hmph… blogger does not seem to be compensating for the time-change… i suppose it won’t be in effect in California until it’s 2am there, which is another nearly three hours. Or something. I’m much too tired to figure out all this time-change b.s. Last year i was at a party during the time change, so i didn’t have to worry about it. And then i wrote “Crashing.” Yes, we’re definitely coming up on the big “Crashing” retrospective next week; interestingly, i didn’t even make note of the two-year anniversary of “touch.” That’s rather sad, since it was my banner song for quite a long time. I’ll try to get a new interview with me done soon so you can hear about all sorts of new songwriting psychology. If you have any questions, please interview me by your own whim. It’d be fun.
by krisis
If i could sound like any one artist out there right now, it would be Duncan Sheik. Of everything of his i know, i just love the way his voice carries and his guitar is strummed. I admire plenty of artists like Ani and Peter Mulvey, but i suppose as far as production goes i prefer Mr. Sheik. It’s a wonder how much i have begun to notice about production since i began my studio class… by spring i should be a true music snob :P
by krisis
I wonder what it would sound like if i reviewed my own CD… probably some rubbish about how the songs are “ultimately ambitious but all too often struck from the same mold. hopefully one day he’ll learn to break it and reassemble it as something new.” Of course, that’s how i actually feel about my music most days. Which means i must be a very good reviewer