December 25, 2008

"Sitting fireside with my friends tonight"...

So tonight i'm about to head up to Denny's with Spencer, Colin, Cameron, Will, Keith, Alex and Amanda for a grand Christmas time with my friends.

Merry Christmas!

-d

December 24, 2008

A Night (or three) in the Studio





Here's a little peek in to what i've been doing for the past 72 hours.

December 21, 2008

Now i'm a-twitter.

Just set up a twitter account with my new phone. Sweet!
It should be visible if you're reading this right now.

-d

December 17, 2008

History of a Song.

Some time in 2006- Thought of a chill riff and vocal line. Named it "Summer".

March 2008- Took the song idea and made a chorus with Spencer. Finished writing the song lyrics the next day.

Summer 2008- Let the song evolve and tweak, playing it at shows with Spencer.

Fall 2008- Created a full band version of the song with Sam on cahon and Dalton on rhythm acoustic.

September 17th, 2008- Recorded the song at Winter Sun Studios in Alton with Spencer, Dalton and Sam.

A couple days ago- Got the Pro Tools files from Steve at Winter Sun.

Right now- Finished mixing and mastering "Summer Song", and am currently uploading an mp3 version on Myspace.



Done. Ahhhhhhhhhhh.

-d

December 13, 2008

Polaroid attack

The other day i took some Polaroid pictures with some film i bought recently. I took it around school and just captured some little moments.










December 12, 2008

O-Town Throwdown

Tonight was pretty much stellah.
My bros had their band's basement show tonight, the "First Annual O-Town Throwdown" as Chaz called it. Hey Nightmare played with Save The King and Into The Dead Skies. All were awesome.
Joel was there doing sound- i hadn't seen him in over a year. He told me he still had my shoes from when i recorded at his house.
But just as we were throwing down to Hey Nightmare's last song, with the circle pit in full force, flashlights appeared at the window, and after about a minute of screaming to the guys to stop playing, they yelled into the basement, "YOU! SHUT IT DOWN! WE NEED TO SEE THE HOUSE OWNER!"

They thought they caught us doing drugs and drinking... too bad we were just having a fun time. They missed out. In fact, they probably just wanted some of the action.

Luckily, Colin's parents just got a warning. Everybody there thanked them and said goodnight.
Pretty awesome night. Oh, and Stephen and I just got back from seeing Twilight. Wasn't bad.

-d