I like to blog about my jam sessions but I haven't been jamming much lately. I was thinking of starting a unity dev blog. I wonder if it matters if I start posting them here...
This was the last recorded jam session from 2011 featuring all 3 of us. There was another jam but I think we got our memory cards mixed up and lost half of our tracks. I might try to salvage what we've got but I'm not sure if it's worth it. Anyway, this is a jam session where we brought a lot of beer and I think we got a little too loose but as usual there's some good stuff.
Holy shit! I haven't updated my blog since September! I've been pretty busy with music related stuff but I started posting on soundcloud and facebook and then sort of forgot about my blogger page which kind of sucks but I don't think people really visit this page. I don't blame them since I don't really post any real content except for the occasional sound file. It's hard to find time for blogging though. Work keeps me busy, currently supporting 2 movies, straddling 2 departments and writing pipeline tools. Blogging for me has been difficult because it is mainly a visual medium and all I've got is my sound files. Anyway, it hasn't been a total waste of time. I did post quite a few jams on soundcloud including one jam which I thought was particularly good. If you listen to just one jam check this out. We recorded this on Nov 16, 2010:
I had uploaded these and then spaced out for a few months. Here are the missing jams. These are only 3 of the jams from that night. I'll post more when I have time. Enjoy!
Location: Astoria Soundworks Room 9 Date: 6/17/2011 10PM to 1AM
This time I promised Eric I would mix his guitar in a wide stereo image since he always plays a stereo rig through 2 amps. Tons of fun if you're listening over headphones. Jamie's CH7 is mixed towards the center with the bass slightly left and the guitar slightly right. For this jam I split up long jams into smaller chunks. I gave up on posting links to mp3 files so now everything is on Soundcloud with a nifty widget. Oh, and if you can't see the widget (like if you're using Safari on the iPhone, then you can use this link: http://soundcloud.com/shimster/sets/fuzz-live-asw-6-17-2011 or download the free Soundcloud app and look up "shimster".
Hope you like it. -Dan
Notes: a Bucket Of Fuzz The Reckoning (e:gtr d:drm j:ch7) - some old ideas hacked together b Monkey Buzzness (e:gtr d:drm j:ch7) c Wonky Monkey (e:gtr d:drm j:ch7) d Ice Bucket (e:gtr d:drm j:ch7) e Squirrel (d:gtr j:drm e:ch7) -d: having fun with eric's rig. f Screech : (d:gtr j:drm e:ch7) g Shit The Bed : (j:gtr e:drm d:ch7) h STB2 : (j:gtr e:drm d:ch7) i STB3 : (j:gtr e:drm d:ch7) j KK : (e:gtr d:drm j:ch7) - trying one of Jamie's original compositions inspired by one of his favorite guitar players k: Road To Nowhere : (e:gtr d:drm j:ch7) - Rough start (and middle, and end) but I hope to turn this into one of our regular jams. The drumming was tough, I had too many ideas in my head wanting to come out at the same time.
Trying something new. Even though I'm backed up with jam sessions as far back as March I'm posting the most recent first (although I lagged behind and this is already 2 jams ago). This week we took longer to get set up because the snare had a big tear in the bottom head and the kick pedal was loose. We got room 2 at Astoria Soundworks which is probably our favorite room. It's so quiet I think it inspired our mellow jams. We managed to play shorter jams which is probably easier on those of you brave enough to listen. I think we played more melodic in general and I like the sound of eric's guitar rig which I had fun playing in Squee, Bumble, and Rumble. I like so many of these jams but I think my favorite is the Charlie Hunter inspired "Frosty". Dark Horizon is moody, Good Times is mellow, Gravy is funky and psychadelic. The others are cool too, not to downplay them, it's hard to find adjectives to describe these jams. Check out the soundcloud widget for streaming goodness.
files on .mac (if they don't playback, right click the links to download):
I'm a guitarist, drummer, bass player, and I sometimes play keyboard. I also play saxophone. I've worked in feature animation and am trying to make it as an indy game dev.
