December 06, 2011
RIP Hubert Sumlin (1931-2011)
RIP Hubert Sumlin, Howlin' Wolf's lead guitarist for 20-something years, inspiration for generations of rock and blues guitarists, and who kept on performing right to the end...
Posted by richard at 10:54 AM | Category: Interesting People
October 07, 2011
I've retired (from) Songspace
After months of consideration, I've decided to "retire" Songspace.net. It's been a wonderful project in many ways, promoting Seattle-area singer-songwriters, presenting house concerts, supporting other venues, and helping to expand the audience for great local music.
But, as I've recently put more energy into my writing and recording, I've found myself putting less and less time into Songspace, to the detriment of the project. And perhaps that's as it should be. It's time to move on, and get back to making music of my own.
So, I'm letting Songspace go, at least for now. I have no plans one way or the other regarding whether to revive the site at some point in the future... I'll let that "decision" make itself - if I want to do it again, I will.
To all the folks who shared information, who used the site's many resources, who came out to the concerts, who offered feedback and support -- THANK YOU! It's been a fun ride.
Posted by richard at 11:53 AM | Category: Personal
September 02, 2011
Writing retreat...
...ahhh.
Posted by richard at 07:42 PM | Category: Personal
August 27, 2011
Home again...
It's great to be creatively obsessed again, lost in a world of music and sound, moments melting together into hours as I arrange and mix..
My other home.
Posted by richard at 10:49 PM | Category: Personal
July 21, 2011
I'm building a theremin.
I'm building a Moog Etherwave. And getting over a cold. News at eleven.
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Update 7-26-11: So I got it all put together beautifully last week... circuit soldered tightly (first soldering I've done in years), cabinet painted a lovely gloss black, and I plug it all in and... nada. Oy. So, after a weekend of purposefully *not* spending all my free time trying to fix it, I called Moog, and the guy very helpfully walked me through some diagnostics with my multimeter.. Turns out there's a bad coil (they're fragile, and it's not uncommon). They're sending a replacement, which I'll install on the board, and hopefully that will fix it. Stay tuned. The cold is much better.
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Update 8-5-11: Got the part yesterday and popped it in today, and it worked like a charm. Me and my kid played with it for quite a while.. he got the hang of it right away. Very fun. Playing it feels like dancing to me. Next up is getting it adjusted so it works with the cover on, and learning how to be a bit more specific with the pitch when I want to.
Posted by richard at 11:23 PM | Category: Personal