Tag: break even

Alonetone Playlists are Fun

Did I mention that I found a way to get around wordpress.com’s no flash policy in regards to posting playlists from alonetone.com? Did I mention how happy I am about that?

Here’s some more Break Even for your listening pleasure:
[gigya src=”http://alonetone.com/flash/alonetone_player.swf” width=”320″ height=”140″ allowfullscreen=”true” allowScriptAccess=”always” flashvars=”&file=http://alonetone.com/breakevenmusic/playlists/j-rags-12192003.xml&height=140&width=320&frontcolor=0x3C3C3C&backcolor=0xf3f3f3&lightcolor=0xFF944B&screencolor=0xFF944B&displaywidth=120&showdigits=false&showdownload=true” ]

I Can Post My Alonetone Playlists on WordPress.com!!!!

Oh happy, glorious day!

I can finally post my alonetone playlists onto my blog!

The solution is to use gigya shortcodes. This is the greatest thing ever!

Enjoy the CD I made with Break Even, called The Right Place!

[gigya src=”http://alonetone.com/flash/alonetone_player.swf” width=”320″ height=”320″ wmode=”window” allowScriptAccess=”always” flashvars=”&file=http://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/playlists/break-even-the-right-place.xml&height=140&width=320&frontcolor=0x3C3C3C&backcolor=0xf3f3f3&lightcolor=0xFF944B&screencolor=0xFF944B&displaywidth=120&showdigits=false&showdownload=true” ]

(note, for some reason alonetone playlists tend to start in the middle. Scroll up to the top and click on the first track to play them in order.)

I Can Post Audio Files on WordPress.com? Who Knew?

So yeah, I can post audio files on wordpress.com without having to go through soundcloud or anything like that. Granted, the browser needs to support HTML5. That means that this blog now officially endorses Google Chrome as it’s browser of choice. Hurrah.

It’s not much, but it seems to work. Hows about I share a Break Even song as a test. This is “Black Mark (live)” from the CD The Right Place. Fortunately for your ears, I didn’t write it. Unfortunately for your ears, I did way over play.

http://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/tracks/break-even-black-mark-live.mp3%20

Feeling Goofy

That picture I posted earlier today that got something like 70 hits out of the blue over on Flickr, along with thinking about what I need to do to get ready for the RPM Challenge which starts next week, has me feeling musically goofy.  I went over to the ancient photobucket account that I stopped using when I joined Flickr in 2009 and found some Break Even stuff.  hehe

My wife (and anyone else who was living in Salem, NH 10-12 years ago) will get a chuckle out of this.
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Here are two of the three Les Pauls in the previous post in action. My sister took this at the Mammoth Road Club in Dracut.
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This was our “press shot”. Taken at Burgundy’s in Derry, NH.
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And finally… the fat boy singing. This is from J Rags in Tewksbury, MA, possibly at our first show.  Laugh to your heart’s content!
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Three Les Pauls

Three Les Pauls by robj_1971
Three Les Pauls, a photo by robj_1971 on Flickr.

There was a run on this picture on Flickr today, for some reason. This will probably go down in history as my last gig. It was Break Even’s reunion, put on by Steve the guitar player. Tim the guitar player, who Steve and I replaced, came back for the fun. All three of us played Les Pauls. Mine is the custom with the black pick guard on the left. Tim’s is the Black one leaning on the amp. Steve’s is the standard with the white pick guard and the awesome trapezoid inlays on the right.