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The selfish philosopher rages.

Fira — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:25:04 +0000

The selfish philosopher rages.

Ok so, there is nothing significant to this phrase other than I was asked to put it on my blog to sign up to a “get paid to review our products on your blog” service.

I will see if i can do something like this on my site to make some money, ONLY if I dont have to put horrid adverts everywhere…

To be continued…

Storm (Devin Townsend Band Cover)

Fira — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:44:12 +0000

[See post to listen to audio]

I’ve always been a big fan of Devin Townsend’s work, and Storm (From the album Accelerated Evolution) is no exception. Covering a Devy track is no easy job, there is absolutly no point in doing a straight cover, as the original is as near to perfect as it will ever be. No, so I wanted to pay tribute by looking at this song from a slightly different angle. There is a certain irony to an acoustic and gentle cover of storm which is not lost on me. But I really found the lyrics to this particular song quite relevant to my own personal life situations right now. So here is version 1 of this cover. This particular recording is meant as a sketch, for me to later re-visit and develop some more. As it stands right now, its just two guitars, one is finger picking harmonics on the 12th fret (which I used for keeping time), and the other is finger picking the song chords.
I actually cheated with the guitars, as I didnt know how many times it needed to go round. So i recorded them once, edited, and looped. Heheh! The vocals were done ultra falestto because my parents were asleep, so I couldnt do them properly without waking them up. Whilst they are a bit flat in places (falsetto isnt my forté), there is a certain fragility to them which I do like. Perhaps when I have another go at paying tribute to this song, I’ll get them down better. As it stands now, there is 4 vocal tracks. 2 of each octave hard panned to each side.

Anyway… have a listen to this, then go listen to the Devin Townsend Band version, and see how it is MEANT to be done!

Peace!

Karate Murderer

Fira — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:13:36 +0000

Harsh! I feel like I should create a new section on my website, as having this in the cool stuff section, seems a little inappropriate!

Watch only if you are not easily shocked!

The Black Satans

Fira — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:56:20 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bQM5G5y7ik

LMAO!

Sand Woman

Fira — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:39:22 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZo

This is absolutly amazing! This woman is a genius!

This video is restricted in some countries (like Austria), so if you cant view it, put the url http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZo into http://www.hidemyass.com/ and you can watch it!

Seriously, WOW!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukWUdD5YY1k

Here is another video without restrictions