Author: Andrew

Andrew is a web developer by day. He has played drums nearly all his life, creates music whenever possible, and always needs a hug. He has worked as a level designer for a small online video game, as the grim reaper in a haunted house, and traded web design for concert tickets and tattoos. In years past, he could be found performing improvised comedy or stage magic in the south side of Austin, Texas.
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Halfway Through My Facebook & Twitter Media Hiatus

Postworlds Social

I left most social media for the reasons listed in Moving My Social Media Presence.

It still bugs me. Children can be suspended from school for chewing their peanut butter sandwiches into the shape of a gun. Social media companies refused to suspend grown adults for genuinely abusive behavior.

So, I ‘m gone. This will be from approximately June through January.

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Into Now – The Booklet

Liner notes are awesome. There is something very special about listening to an album for the first time with the notes open and all focus on the album. At least, that’s how I feel.

I want to emulate that with my own projects. The Bandcamp release of “Into Now” has a high quality PDF file with notes included. If anyone is hearing the album on Spotify or any other streaming service, then I’d like to invite you to read along as well.

It’s worth saying that this is an album about four people casting off their pain, and choosing to belong. That process starts with facing some pretty dark topics. In short: there are dark topics ahead.

Hopefully, the final message is one of healthy community and genuine love. “A road trip to a place to belong.”

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The Ever Aspiring Artist

This is where the art gets made

Updates and thoughts on the next project.

With “Into Now” on Bandcamp and streaming platforms, I’m onto the next project. I started conceiving the idea when a total stranger with a permanent marker decided to use my hand as a canvas. Good times were had by all.

When people ask, “How can I get inspiration?” my answer is always “Have an adventure.”

I’m taking some time this January to really learn the deeper workings of my guitar. Between Whitest Rose and Into Now, necessity required me to learn a lot of maintenance. Now I’m doing a video on demand guitar course.

I have started the process of re-recording a song that I wrote and summarily butchered several years ago. I am very excited by another song that is bordering on loud post-punk and the kind of music I hear when being woken out of a dream.

I’m researching, too. Nonfiction books. Old movies. Even an adventure here and there, as time allows. There’s a story in here somewhere. Again.

Mostly, I’m learning and expanding so that the next project can be even better than the last.

I started as a drummer who wanted to write three chord punk songs with his brother and friends. Now, it’s hard to say. I don’t watch tv. I rarely play video games. This is the thing I do. I turn thoughts into music, and whatever happens after is going to happen.

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How I Made Restringing a Danelectro 59 NOS+ Easier

Danelectro String and Plectrum

I’ll probably forget, too.

  1. Masking tape. Put this on either side of the bridge.
  2. Wire clippers. Loosen the string enough to come off the peg. Clip off the really bendy end that used to be around the tuning peg. The rest pulls through with less fuss.
  3. A very slight bend at the pointy end of each new string will help it thread up the back
  4. Use a guitar pick for a ramp. See photo. The string hits the guitar pick then follows the smooth surface into your hand. This protects the paint job and eases the string right up the back of the bridge. Once enough string is on the pick, pinch it to the pick and pull.

I use masking tape on any guitar that doesn’t load the strings through the body. If something is going to scratch against the front of the guitar while restringing then I am going to protect the guitar with masking tape.

Quick note: I wrote this after successfully restringing the guitar. It is possible to slide a layer of tape under the strings to protect the other side of the bridge.

Man, I love this guitar.

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Into Now – Another Love Letter to the Future.

A road trip to a place to belong.

Into Now will release on December 31 at many digital music providers.  

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As per last time, the Bandcamp release will be the superior release.  Bandcamp will come with a pdf file with liner notes and a richer look at the story.  To sweeten the deal, there’s a second mix of “Here In Now” that sounds a little closer to the song in my own head. My thoughts and movitations. A story of finding belong. A story of leaving pain behind.

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Arcanasphere – The Whitest Rose

The Whitest Rose cover art

The last recent Arcanasphere EP, The Whitest Rose, is slowly becoming available at more digital music retailers.

Thank you.  You are reading this.  You are taking some time to listen to this music.  The most important thing to say is thank you.

Onto those releases:  I have direct control over the Bandcamp releases.  I was also able to provide PDF liner notes & lyrics.

A new, standards-friendly final master of the music is becoming available on other services. The Whitest Rose on Spotify, iTunes, and more.

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I Need Album Art Yesterday!

Emergency Album Art Without Breaking Copyright

So, I’ve been there.  Plainly some other people have been there too.  You work hard on some music. It sounds good. We’re ready to share it with the world.

We upload the file to our favorite service.  Soundcloud.  Bandcamp.  Anywhere else.  And it asks for art.

Good news. We’re not screwed. Creating Album Art Quickly