what is going on in your musical life

Sounds great, e.mily!

I would probably join a band just to shake a tambourine. That’s where I’m at in life.

Sounds rough, LL. Sorry it happened that way.

I hadn't spent a lot of time on standards, since I've been mostly focused on recording* for the album I hope to complete, but I did "Autumn Leaves" and "Lester Leaps In" at a jam last Friday. When I do find time for this stuff, I try to work a bit more on comping these days. I blanked out on the turnaround in the A section of rhythm changes at first, lol, but it eventually came back to me and I think things worked out OK in the end.

*at a bit of a slow point after I finished one piece and now want to redo half of it

Will catch up with recordings on this thread.

Does look like there will be a lot of time for home recording coming up anyway.

I should have said that while there's nothing inherently "less than" about playing tambourine/aux perc, no one wants to feel relegated to a role they don't want to play.

all the show cancelling drama -- and the people who don't want to cancel, and the people shaming them for not doing so, and most of these shows are like ... probably audience of 20 - 40 people ... these past few months and the next two are the busiest for my non-musical life so I am kinda glad I am not enmeshed in the drama, and while at times I miss running an arts / concert venue (which I did for many years), I definitely don't miss it now.

listening to slum of legs now, sounds great

My church gig has been cancelled for the next three weeks.

Still getting paid though, thank you MA political climate

I'm playing "The Baader-Meinhof..." in a plug party rn. It got a rave review from a non-ilxor (song as well as band name).

Ah wow, you guys <3 <3 <3

Yeah, holy shit, slum of legs! This is so far up my alley that I’m calling the cops for trespassing.

Emily, I see you’ve got vinyl coming out. Are you happy with how it looks/sounds/feels?

So it looks like I never posted about my new band’s record of last year. Pretty proud of how it came out overall. Old-skool indie rock (GBV etc) if you like that kind of thing.

https://salthorse.bandcamp.com

We’re currently doing pre-production for a series of digital singles for later in the year. I have 5-6 songs completes and about 50 in various stages of incompletion. Hoping for a work-from-home quarantine so I can finish a few more of them in between Skype meetings.

Emily, I see you’ve got vinyl coming out. Are you happy with how it looks/sounds/feels?

Yeah, we're really pleased. It took us long enough and all.

Will give your stuff a listen in a bit!

Salt Horse sounds great too!

Thanks! It ain’t much, but it’s what I’ve got.

Emily, I finally got around to listening to SoL... It's fucking great! :D

The sound of the violin is so beautiful, all over the record. Goes for all the strings and synths! Love the melodies, the post-punk twists and the overall 'pulse' driving your sound (def La Dusseldorf in there, too!). And 'Benetint' is a fucking statement of intent to open with. Love it. <3

tuning in to emily's record now. good sad hopeful vibes for this strange lonely time.

puffin, i just bought a DW lowpro kit too! also got sensory percussion from sunhouse.

so excited to get it all in the mail. gonne keep me busy a few months at least.

Thanks duders! By the way, if anyone who's into it fancies spreading the word we'd be super grateful, we don't have a press person or anything so word of mouth really counts.

Virtual music lessons yesterday for everybody in the house who can play a musical instrument.

Don’t the ones who can’t play need the lessons more?

Henny Youngman to thread!

Really hoping enough people will want to transition to video lessons.

will be having video piano lessons starting next week. I think. My piano teacher includes a lot of superfluous details and bullet points in most emails, makes it hard to follow the thrust sometimes.

yo emil.y this is badass

My band managed to get our seventh and best show so far in right before things started really shutting down. Someone got part of our eight-song song cycle on video - a little rough, but it's getting there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDPZjCQ11zk

I bought a microphone today (AT2020). I feel stupid spending money right now but if the world's gonna burn I don't think I'll miss that $108. I can't sing so figuring out something interesting to do with it should be interesting.

I had 2 CDs and an LP readied to go into production this week but am going to hold off launching my label till...
Such a bummer considering I just got the label an LLC status, too. Small problems, I know.

Really hoping enough people will want to transition to video lessons.

milo my plan for my ilx quarantine comp contribution is to just Fred Schneider it

I feel stupid spending money right now but if the world's gonna burn I don't think I'll miss that $108

I've been looking to buy a guitar from 1974 (when I was born) - specifically a Gibson SG - for a while now and had been stashing money away in the event I actually every decided to pull the trigger. Last saturday in a pandemic frenzy I said fuck it and bought one off Reverb when it got knocked down 10%.

I wiped everything down with disinfecting wipes when it showed up btw

slum of legs is wonderful!

A couple more tracks out today from my dance project. Breakbeats this time. Think Rampant Records releases from the nineties. Lots of bass, acid, and pulsing, bumping pads to get your butt moving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4uDr21O75I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMPJbTJoSX8

yo ilxorz what is the right way to post youtube videos from mobile such that they display as thumbnails rather than links

i r dum

and I am not using zing or whatever, just the website

"Oh boy, somebody commented on my music! Oh just tech support?"

You want the links in this format:

h**ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ErEI9-0L0

or this format:

h**ps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ErEI9-0L0

ILX doesn't work with the weird youtu.be or whatever links.

Video lessons working out pretty well so far.

I’m playing a streaming quarantine concert series tomorrow night! I’ll post the link once I’m certain I’m able get the streaming app to work!!

Anyone in the world can tune in and there will be lively chat too — I’m loving the community feel and outloud.fm communal listening/chat experience!

im determined to released an ep this season. i picked up a new midi recorder and have been some new stuff that i like and i actually have time to write lyrics.

it worked during a test last night so if you feel like tuning in (i recommend it, there are some great musicians playing and it concludes with a gong bath!!) the info you need is here

https://ess.0rg/the-quarantine-c0ncerts

the 0 is o obvs
i changed it bc i too am still enjoying the very loose anonymity ilx provides, the facade of it at least

i'll tune in! tonight at 8:30, right?

Yes! Even if you mute me (totally understandable) it will help boost numbers. Thank you!!

i recorded an actual song for the first time in 3 years

https://soundcloud.com/matthewmathieu/indifference-curves

hey LL, i missed your set last night (my laptop was taken over for a zoom interaction with B's family) but i'm watching the saved video on twitch now! i love the lighting setup, of course! :)

i'd share the link but you wanted to keep it anonymous right?

it's on youtube too now -- if you go to the site above and scroll down, it should be there! no need to post it here :)
i would change a few things if i did it again/had the chance to do it again but i think it went well! i didn't know how long i was playing because i forgot to unplug the thing i was going to use as a timer and had to just estimate. but acc to the youtube it was exactly 25 min. very satisfying!

AND it brought me great personal delight to play two songs with my collab buddies (ilxors!) even though they weren't in the room! i was using my phone to stream and also used my phone to record my drum parts for one of the songs like 4 years ago. the whole series is a bright spot in an otherwise unspeakably gloomy landscape. i feel a little tiny bit better!

also thank you for watching Karl <3

Cool track, m bison! Sounds a bit Roxy Music-ish. Maybe a bit too much treble? Could be my headphones...

no its v possible, im terrible at mixing

also my hearing is probably not the best to be the person responsible for mixing

but thank you!

nice one m bison! did it feel good to get back to writing?

(or at least recording, i guess)