Making Music With The Wife

This weekend, my wife and I decided we wanted to record a song.  She suggested "Yellow" by Coldplay.  So I looked up the chords and played them in a slightly different tempo and rhythm than the original while she sang along.  It took us a few takes to get down but here's the result:

Update - Find me on the web here...

So, one of the 4 blog posts I've ever done with this blog mentions finding me on the web. Since I posted that on Feb. 25th, 2010 - I've increased my online presence. While those links are still valid I wanted to update this blog to accurately list where you can find my latest musical escapades on the web.

My YouTube channel is still up and running. I've uploaded about 184 public videos and continue to post videos on a regular basis. I've begun to do videos of me reviewing various effects pedals. I still use the YouTube channel as an outlet to further my video editing interests, mostly with videos of my music. Here's my latest attempt at video editing:



SoundCloud has become one my favorite music sharing website. I originally attempted sites like mySpace, ReverbNation, and Soundclick, but none of these hold a candle to Soundcloud, in my opinion. The worldwide community is what I like most about SoundCloud. I've been able to collaborate with musicians across the globe and share my music with more people than I ever imagined before. You can find my SoundCloud page here. This is where I upload my latest audio recordings. Here's a recent collaboration I did with my good friend Andrew and a fellow SoundClouder Ewen, who lives in Scotland.


I'm also on Facebook these days. Although I don't stay as up to date on Facebook as I do on SoundCloud and YouTube, it's still another avenue of sharing my music.

So there you have it. These are the places you can find me on the web nowadays.

Latest in Guitar/Pedal Collecting

Here's the latest on my recent acquisitions of guitars and effects pedals. About a week ago I bought an Epiphone Dot Studio for a smashing deal. Unfortunately it had a couple of dents in the body. One more noticeable than the other. As you can see here, by the bridge:

Not too bad though for the price I paid for the guitar. I decided to go ahead and switch the knobs that it came with. I prefer the "tophat" knob over the ones that the Dot originally comes with.  Here you can see the new knobs:

As far as effects pedals go, I've added 3 to my collection within the past month. Two of them are Behringer pedals. The Super Octaver SO400 and the Bass Limiter/Enhancer BLE400. I also snagged a Stupid Deal of the Day over at Musician'sFriend.com - an Akai Professional Drive 3 Overdrive pedal. So the problem now is that my current pedalboard made from an IKEA GORM shelf is full. I don't have room for these new pedals. So I'm planning to add another level to the pedalboard. Here's what I'm thinking:

So the Digitech RP200 is going to go on the board more or less just to add space so it doesn't look too empty. Once I get more pedals, that will be the first to go. These pictures present the idea I have for my pedalboard but I will put it together properly within the next few weeks.

So the pedal order I'm thinking of arranging will be the following:

Starting with the first in line:
-Dunlop Crybaby Wah
-MXR Super Comp
-Behringer Bass Limiter/Enhancer BLE400
-Behringer Super Octaver SO400
-Akai Professional Drive 3 Overdrive
-EHX Big Muff Pi (Russian Made)
-Boss DS-1 Distortion
-Boss PH-2 Super Phaser
-Boss TR-2 Tremolo
-Behringer VM1 Vintage Time Machine (analog delay)
-Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler (digital delay)
-TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb
-Volume/Wah pedal
-Digitech JamMan (loop station)

Not sure where to put the Digitech RP200 in the line up. Any suggestions? Or any other suggestions as to switching up the current pedal order??