Early Version Of Black Dollar Bills Remix

Black Dollar Bills

This has been a passion project of mine that I was really eager to finish and then I just sort of put it off to the side. But for some reason today it just felt right to revisit it. I got to spend some time listening to really good ambient music last weekend and remembered that what I do is pretty good and I need to keep doing it.

So long story short here is an early version of my remix of Hope Of The States’ Black Dollar Bills. I’ve been working on it feverishly at a hotel while eating a bagel so I hope you guys out there in radio land enjoy it. I should have a finished version once I manage to get home and work on the levels and over all mix down.

So head on over to this link @ Soundcloud and check it out.

http://soundcloud.com/the-paused/black-dollar-bills-the-pauseds-broken-people-remix

Much thanks!

Getting Ready For Vacation

Not much to post about today. I’m getting ready to head down to Portland tomorrow. Then San Fran on Monday. I’ve got some great hotel rooms that I’m happy about and you better believe I’m taking both my field recorder and laptop down there so expect some good tunes to come from this trip. Sometimes new scenery is just what you need to get some new perspective.

Other than that I’ve dived head first into the world of Twitter and decided it’s not the yelling into a black hole that I thought it was. Well, actually it is but it’s really got it’s uses. I was amazed yesterday watching all the MJ posts popping up. This really is the way we communicate now. It’s amazing and scary. Either way. I’ve tried to streamline my twittering to follow music production, friends, and wine (yum!). You can follow me at www.twitter.com/thepaused I’ll be posting phone pictures from my trip and maybe. Just maybe some early tracks in progress.

Well, It’s time to get to the gym and climb some rocks. I’ve been slacking on my work out the last week because of going to Idaho (which I really should post something about the crazy ass time I had there) but I got to get back on that gym horse before it rides off.

RIP MJ

Sad new breaking all over the twit-o-verse about the death of the King Of Pop. Hopefully it turns out to be a cruel prank but now that TMZ has confirmed it’s looking less likely.  Dead at the age of 50. Damn. A lot of my childhood memories come from his records and I’m sure a good portion of people my age have a lot of memories wrapped up in the first time they saw Thriller, or Beat It, or hell, maybe even going an riding the Michael Jackson ride at Disney World (which was amazing when I was a kid).

Well, there’s really not a lot to say. My prayers go out to his family and children.

Here’s a personal favorite video of mine for You Rock My World.

Getting My Online Life In Order

It’s been a sorta crazy month for me with lots of changes happening in my life. I’m finally off the USS Maine and enjoying the freedom that allows me. I went to Idaho and had one of the craziest weekends of my life. I’ve had several music experiences that have changed my perception of what I’m doing and opened me up to new ideas. So I figured it was about time I figured out what I want to do with this whole internet thing and make it fit my needs.

So with that said in the next few days I’ll be overhauling this blog to fit my purposes. Streamlined and more relevant to what I’m doing right now. I’ll be getting a Soundcloud pro account to let you hear tracks as I’m making them and give advice. Over all I want to tune this to deal with more production stuff.

More to come. Hope you come back.

To leave you here is a pic of my Yamaha SU700 that I picked up from those jolly fellas at Craigslist today.