After listening to some LakeShore Vibe, and going to see them play shows twice (in a week!), and watching their kick-ass guitar player kick ass on guitar, I got inspired to pull out my electric guitar and try to rip an improvised solo (even though I hardly ever play it).
I also whipped out my bass [...]

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Over the past week, I spent some time chillin’ with my old neighbor, turned rockstar, the infamous Jimmy Hegarty of LakeShore Vibe, and also LakeShore Vibe…
We came up with some ideas and recorded them, old-skool style, with only a computer and a microphone the 2010 version of a tape recorder (and I bet half the [...]

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At some point in college, when I was staying up until at least 2 AM every night fooling around with beats, I got my man Th.adde.us started on Fruityloops (back when it was still called Fruityloops.. It’s not anymore, because of a trademark settlement with Kellogg’s cereal.. no joke)
Anyway, Thaddeus started a beat, called [...]

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Now that the site’s up and running, I’m going to start putting up new music and filling you in on some behind-the-scenes info about the songs.
…starting right now… Here’s the F! True Hollywood Story (I can’t use E! because that’s already taken…)
Back in late 2007/early 2008, I started playing around with a program called [...]

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I finally got some sexy web development done. You’ll notice that I removed the Player “page” and replaced it with a little tab that says “Player” in the top-right corner of the screen (to all my Facebook friends reading the site, you’ll have to actually head over to masskonfuzion.com to see it…) The [...]

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It’s been a long time….
…I shouldn’t have left you……
…without a dope beat to step to.
Which is why I’m starting work on the website again. I’m updating the media player, so it’ll be integrated into the main page, and you’ll be able to listen to music while you browse (no more media-player-hidden-on-a-separate-page syndrome). I’m [...]

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Recently, I’ve made a breakthrough discovery:  a little free app called MuseScore.  It’s not a studio-quality synthesizer, sequencer, or recording tool, but it will still revolutionize the way I make music.  MuseScore is musical notation software–in plain English, it’s a sheet music editor that lets you listen to what you’re writing.  Lately, I’ve been getting [...]

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This morning, I was in the car, listening to the radio, when Britney Spears’ Circus came on.  Figuring that it was a Britney song that I hadn’t heard yet, I let it play.  Musically, it’s nothing impressive (is any pop music musically impressive?), but it’s a welcome change from Womanizer, which I’ve been hearing non-stop for [...]

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I have all kinds of updates, but instead of listing them all now and writing a mini-novel, I’m going to split them up.  First of all, I’ve been negligent, it’s been about 2 months since my last post, and I still need to update the flash players on the website.  The actual player page is up and [...]

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I’ve read numerous blog posts, articles, etc. about being an independent musician.  They say that, until you make it to the main stage, your focus should be strictly on music.  That is, you should maximize the amount of time you spend making music, and minimize the amount of time you spend doing anything else, including [...]

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