More Mullettes Music!

Holy aliteration, Batman! As promised, the Mullettes have produced some additional aural awesomeness for your listening pleasure. The entire list of demos is to your right.

If you've been paying attention, you might be saying, "Hey, Regis! There's only one new song on the Demos list!" And you'd be about 33% right. There is one entirely new-to-the-blog tune, and early number called D-U-N Done (it's slightly rough, although it has moments that click something fierce). Further, El Camino and One More Round have been enhanced from the previously posted versions. How so? Take a listen and figure it out for yourself, you slackers! Sheesh, can't you do anything for yourselves?

Stay tuned for more Mullette updates!

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Regis

Check The Hands On The Clock

Ladies and gentlemen, to your right you'll see links to seven instrumental (that is to say, sans vocals) demos by Sheridan's favorite fictional all-girl rock band, the Mullettes. The girls are working on a few more of the tracks that I wrote for FAWM here at beautiful New Danger Dog Studio, so stay tuned for more updates.

So please, rock out with your cocks out (or in, it's really up to you) and let me know what you think!

Cum on feel the noize,
Regis

Almost There....

If the good Lord's willing and the creek don't rise, the Democratic primary process will be wrapped up in less than a week. Montana and South Dakota have their primaries on Tuesday, and I've gotta say I'm really looking forward to this being finished. Not that I think Hillary Clinton should drop out right now - by all means, let's finish the process, but let's accept the result. It's more that I'm getting pretty tired of her manufactured outrage over the delegations from Michigan and Florida, specifically the high probability that they won't be fully seated. I guess after more than seven years of Dubya, it's easy to forget that breaking the rules can result in consequences.

On that note, here's a bit of satire for your Thursday: Young Hillary Clinton.



In other news, I'm hoping to have some instrumental demos of tunes I wrote for the Mullettes during FAWM up in the near future. Having a little more time to flesh the songs out musically has been extremely exciting for me, particularly since I acquired a keyboard (albeit temporarily). I hope you kids are ready to rock!

Stay on target,
Regis

New Danger Dog Studios

I've been wanting to post some pictures of my recording setup for a while, so here we go. I christened this corner of the second bedroom "New Danger Dog Studios" in honor of my replacement, Lizzie the miniature pinscher. You see, I referred to my parents' basement as "Danger Dog Studios" back when my former band Half-Penny was recording its one and only EP, Loose Change, as part of a theme (Jason's place, where the vast majority of the recording was done, was called "Little Matey Studios" in honor of our nickname for his family's dogs, and post-production was done at Benny K's home, nicknamed "The Kennel" for the large number of canines occupying the premisice).


Behold the glory! It's a pretty basic setup: the electric guitar or bass goes into a V-Amp, which goes into the 16-track. I've got a couple of effects pedals (distortion, wah, echo, and chorus), which you can see in the back. Of course, if I'm recording vocals or an acoustic instrument (such as the guitar on the left, which incidentally has a Nashville tuning), I've got a microphone.


Here's my big new toy: a Fostex MR-16HD/CD. Glee!


Gillian (l) and Doris. Lucy (the mandolin) is up on the desk.


My trusty old 4-track, Blue 4. I've had this since high school. I did all of my writing/recording for FAWM on this. You can also see my new cowbell in this shot.


A dim picture of a slightly less dim guitarist. The batteries in the camera were just about shot with no spares at hand, and I had no plans of dressing up again any time soon when this was taken.

So there it is. Don't stop believin',
Regis

I Am The Champions!

With three and a half hours to spare, I have conquered February Album Writing Month 2008. In addition to the songs previously mentioned, I have completed the additional five songs:

Cowboy
Meth-Face Billy
Hog Ranch
Finally Friday
Once More Round

I'm pretty stoked that I added songs about prostitution, illegal drug use, gratuitous drinking, and heroic delusions to my stack. Now I've got to do some polishing and then - God willing - I'll actually record this Mullettes album. Maybe I'll even post some lyrics or rough demos sometime.

But first, I need some sleep. My brain feels like generic gelatin desert with bits of pineapple suspended randomly throughout.

I'm D-U-N Done,
Regis

FAWM Update

Here's a quick update on my progress for FAWM before the Mrs. and I head to dinner, because I'm sure all two of you out there are on pins and needles wondering if I'm going to pull this off.

I have 9 songs that I consider to be done (that is, I have music and lyrics for), the titles of which (in no particular order) are:

El Camino
Broken Bottle
I Don't Want To
I Go To School (But I Drink In The Parking Lot)
Epic Fail
D-U-N Done!
Box of Wine
(It's Time To Get Down To) Brass Knuckles
Six Pack

I'm pretty proud of the diverse themes within the mulleted world I've so far been able to tackle, like ugly cars, alcohol, stupidity, fighting, breaking up, breaking bottles, and finding a one night stand. Some might get another verse or a bridge later, but I'm calling 'em good enough for now.

In addition to the nine completed songs, I have five more that only lack lyrics. Luckily, the people running FAWM are lazy and the cut off time is at the international date line (rather than local midnight), so I actually have until five a.m. to pull this off. It's going to be rough (lyrics aren't exactly my strong suit, just ask anyone that saw my old band Half-Penny perform), but much like the little engine of yore, I think I can.

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Regis

FAWM

Alternate title: This Month's Glorious Creative Disaster

As I wasn't involved in a play or other creative enterprise, and was looking for an excuse to play more guitar (as well as buy a 16-track recorder), I decided to give February Album Writing Month a shot. In short, the goal is to write 14 songs in 28 days (this year, you're jokingly supposed to write an additional half of a song, as 2008 is a leap year).

I figured it would be even more fun to have an end product in mind: I was to write an album for an all-girl rock band called the Mullettes. It would sound like AC/DC, X, The Donnas, The Cars, and Jim Carrol got thrown into a blender.

With just over five full days to go, I've got two songs "done," music largely figured out for seven more, and a couple of additional riffs floating around in my brain. This last week (which includes my 4th wedding anniversary, no less) is going to be rough, to say the least.

Man, I'd better get back to work.

Rock on,
Regis