http://www.knittingmydoom.com Making Monsters for my Friends Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:09:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And here's the one for July. A schizophrenic piece.  I apparently did not know if I wanted something light or dark so I ended up with something that went back and forth for 4 and an half minutes until I decided to just end the discussion with a short reprise of ... http://www.knittingmydoom.com/2008/08/11/things-get-bitter/ Did you miss me? I couldn't make it through the whole year on schedule but I'm catching up.  Here is my song for June and it's already August.  Most of the summer is behind me.  And behind you too. Most of June I was in Job search mode and although I'm not ... http://www.knittingmydoom.com/2008/08/03/all-the-rectangular-rooms/ I thought having been laid off would give me a lot of time to work on music. Turns out looking for a job can take as much time as having a job. Speaking of being laid off.  It didn't inspire the grim title or picture accompanying this tune.  It was ... http://www.knittingmydoom.com/2008/05/31/bones/ This is a tale of good equipment gone bad. I was actually working on this piece for last month and couldn't get it done.  I thought for sure I'd be able to finish it this month.  Then my POD xt Live crapped out.  It still worked but I swore there ... http://www.knittingmydoom.com/2008/04/29/anything-but-bored/ This piece has been sitting around unfinished for some time. Why? I don't know. It's pretty short and straight forward. Probably because it's on the slow and introspective side - some would say the whiny crybaby side, but it is a little bit of a downer ... http://www.knittingmydoom.com/2008/03/31/circus-pathetique/ It looks like I'm establishing a common practice when it comes to naming my songs when they're done. I browse my flickr collection for photos I like and let them suggest a title. This time I found this one which is of my dog Leo. It's ... http://www.knittingmydoom.com/2008/02/29/hipster-hound-dog-on-lee-rd/ Probably in reaction to last month's song, where the tempo was kind of slow and I had trouble creating interesting drums as a result, with this song I cranked the tempo up before I clicked down a single note. Which reminds me, this piece is unique among all the pieces ... http://www.knittingmydoom.com/2008/01/26/into-the-heights/ Where do the titles come from? This title popped into my head on my way back from Canada although it doesn't refer to any particular person. I then searched my hard drive for the friendliest musical fragments I could find. I have no idea if the girls in this ... http://www.knittingmydoom.com/2007/12/31/the-friendliest-girl-in-all-of-canada/ I kept fighting and fighting this piece. It wouldn't go where I wanted it to go. I like where it ended up but I still wonder what it would sound like if I were able to get what I wanted from it. I guess I ... http://www.knittingmydoom.com/2007/11/30/on-our-street-everything-is-fine/ You know how, when you see a gorgeous girl across a room and you actually (and uncharacteristically) think of something to say to her that she finds funny? So you talk for a few minutes, just long enough to build the nerve to ask for her number and she ... http://www.knittingmydoom.com/2007/10/28/the-dating-game/