Author: robertjames1971

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Spaced

If you are like me and are a huge fan of the movies Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End and often find yourself wishing for more viewing options from the team of Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, and Nick Frost, along with the rest of the gang, and you know there was a TV series called Spaced that they all did together prior to Shaun of the Dead but could never see it because it wasn’t available anywhere for either streaming or purchase, then I have some news for you.

It is available for streaming on the Tubi app. It’s free with commercials. There are only two seasons with a total of 14 episodes. I am on season one episode six and it is every bit as ridiculous and insane and wonderful and, well… English as I had hoped it would be.

Enjoy, folks. Enjoy.

Spontaneous

My plan to do some vocal recording in the car in the morning just spontaneously combusted.

Why?

Jen and Bellana went out to run an errand and left me at home alone. So… I tracked the vocals on the only two songs that were ready to go. Now I don’t have to do it tomorrow.

Unless I write more lyrics tonight, I guess.

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10 June Songs

Yesterday’s music output was decent. I put guitars on two songs in the morning. Later I wrote lyrics for two songs and mixed another song. Before bed I started a new song idea and that makes 10 for the month of June. I’m not saying I will finish my album in a month goal for June, but it’s a whole lot easier to reach it when you actually have the correct number of songs in progress. Now, having said that, I had 10 songs in progress in May as well and I didn’t finish any of them so… yeah.

The guitar playing streak is up to 11 days. I think today might be the last day though. I think I want to do car vocals tomorrow instead. We’ll see. I also might want to start the couch to 5k stuff tomorrow. I am still undecided. Again, we’ll see. I did spend about 20 minutes playing today though. I put rhythm guitars on the new song idea from last night. That means all 10 June songs have rhythm guitars now. Good stuff!

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New Song, One Month Late

This would have been my Record Every Month submission from May, had I not completely dropped the ball and failed to finish it.

I like everything about this song except the mix, the vocals, the lyrics, the melody, the guitar leads, the rhythm guitar tracks, the overall guitar tones, the bass line, and the bass tone.

So… Disney World… Again

Yeah, I know we spent two weeks in Disney World about six months ago. I know that. It was a great trip.

However, the minute we got home, Jen and the kids started fantasizing/planning the next trip. Initially I had talked them into going to Disneyland in California for the next trip. That was tentatively scheduled for mid-September, and it was going to be another huge two week deal. We never booked anything, but we did get far enough to put in vacation time requests at work. Harry wasn’t going to be able to go with us due to school, but Bellana was planning to go. Unfortunately some work issues arose, mostly pertaining to the amount of time we were asking for, and we decided to scrap the plan.

Then a few days ago Jen was on a Disney World forum and she read posts from people who live in the Philadelphia area taking weekend trips to Disney World. They jump on a plane after work on Friday, fly for a couple of hours, then fly home on Sunday night. That’s insane, isn’t it?

Isn’t it?

Now Philly is a whole ton closer to Orlando than Boston. We are a little too far away to pull off a trip that short. Having said that though… what about a three day weekend? What about a four day weekend? What if we fly after work on a Thursday and then fly home on a Monday? We could have a long weekend at Disney World and only take two days off from work.

What if we planned a trip to Orlando in September and stayed at a mid-level resort? Say the Port Orleans Riverside? What if it were just me and Jen because the kids can’t quite make it work with their schedules. We’re a lot farther away than Philly, and the kids are a lot farther away than we are. Also, what if the day after we got there, the Friday, there was a Magic Kingdom after hours event similar to the after hours events we have gone to on our last couple of trips?

I guess there are only two questions left then. First, what new wider angle lens do I buy for my Z5 to use on this trip, and do I bring a film camera too? A third question would be, how many times do we ride Rise of the Resistance? What’s the over/under on the maximum number of times we could ride it in one four day weekend?

One more question could be, are we serious? That one I can answer… Yes. Yes we are.

10 Days, Babie!

10 days in a row. I have played my guitar on 10 consecutive days. Glorious!

Now one of these days I am going to have to shift the musical focus from guitar to vocals-in-the-car and that will likely kill the streak, but for now? TEN DAYS.

Are you sick of the daily guitar pictures yet? I am not. It’s making my photo-a-day-challenge really super easy.

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I had another pic of the cute little Vox Nutube amp as well but it was a little on the blurry side and I deleted it.

I currently have nine songs that are ready for lyrics and melody. I should really get cracking on that, right?