BONE A NEH
Happy 2009 to those of you using the Gregorian calendar...
What did I do on New Year's Eve? Well, honestly, I was mixing a song in my studio that day, and just kept working til about 9, and then...Dom & I just never made it out. The options that evening weren't too inspiring, really. Come to this bar, that bar, drink this bad wine, freeze. Nope.
Haha, much like Ned Flanders, waking up just after midnight Jan. 1 horrified he isn't already itemizing the year just-ended's receipts, I realized it was now or never and spent Jan. 1 doing just that--itemizing and entering into a spreadsheet all of my receipts for 2008 to prepare to send them to my accountant. I am a true ROCK GOD.
In fact since Christmas it's been pretty busy at Le Domicile Recording--I have been working on mixes for Seattle band the Purringtones (mixing almost always includes recording extra parts, too), recording Seattle/Paris refugee (like me)
Bud Reichard and recording/mixing with Rhythm n' Toulouse band
The Sad Knights. The latter includes my appearance as entire gospel choir. Kid you not.
I also spent an evening at La Perle bar with Nabil Ayers, dummer extraordinaire for the Long Winters, plus co owner of Sonic Boom,
the store and
record label. He and a gaggle of American and French girls, one whom Nabil recently married--Dom & I had some overpriced wine (couldn't quite wrassle Nabil into Le Motel, my hipster bar of choice in Paris). In tow was Ryann, the singer of
Schoolyard Heroes, who was quite nice (I like the band) but is one of those people who converses like an IM conversation--I eventually gave up trying to talk at all...I was kind of bummed. Then again, I had been in the studio all day, and I sill had rough mixes to go back and do, and I had developed a fucking zit under my nose, and I just didn't have the energy to fight for space in a conversation against a thundering waterfull of memememememememecanyoutelliamaleadsingerohmygod. In general, I think that Americans seem be wanting for great conversational skills. Ah well.
Well, after this Dragonforce record I'm listening to ends, I am going back to mixing.
I added a bunch of photos to the
photos page
Happy 2009 to all.
Yes, I have been conversing with my friends in Israel about the crisis in Gaza. All I can say is...it's a tragedy. I understand the passions, fears and anger of both sides. This current fighting looks to set back the peace process for...generations? I am hoping to be surprised and the extremity and ugliness of the violence will force calls for a resolution. But, unfortunately I doubt it very much.
Love
KS
Paris
