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Jurstday Thursday cover of Weezer’s only in dreams

January 13, 2012 in Jurstday Thursday

I have always been a big fan of Weezer.  I got a lot of ridicule for liking this band, but whatever.  Good songs!

So, after a discussion with David Misung Stevenson, I decided to try and cover one of their songs.

Not too bad.  I decided I would force myself to do it in ABLETON LIVE so I could learn not only how to record, but also how to build a song in the layout section.

There are still a number of flubs here and there.  I have no idea where the drums get their random cymbals from, but I will figure this software OUT!

It blows my mind how intuitive Ableton Live is…just the learning curve is as flat as Mount Fuji!  IRONY! betch!

Without further ado

Justin DiCenzo – Weezer’s Only in Dreams

Here’s my disastrous attempt at covering Weezer’s ONLY IN DREAMS…a very short ONLY IN DREAMS

 

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Jurstday Thursday – My time here

January 6, 2012 in Jurstday Thursday

My time here- by me, played on trombone, synths, guitar and sung.

This is from my 2009 release: Good morning, goodbye

This video was shot on my iPhone 3g in 2010 around Shinjuku, at the school I’ve been teaching at for the last 2 years.

I moved to Tokyo in 2010 to live with the girl of my dreams.  Mission accomplished, but I left all of my friends in the US.  Coming back to Japan, I knew I had a good number of acquaintances and friends, but never thought the majority of them would be so hard to see or be friends with in Japan.

This song really captured how I felt in and around a city with so many people.  Not so much Tokyo, but Shinjuku.  It’s one of the busiest centers in the country and I work in the thick of it.

I gained around 20lbs from March 2010 until January 2011, then finally decided to take care of myself and got act together.

 

Nonetheless, I wrote this song in Los Angeles, where I spent a lot of time with different girls but had a horrible time settling on having friends.  I think I was addicted to female attention.  Now I see that I had some real true friends in LA, but was just blinded by desire.  Dumb.

We live we learn right?

If you made it this far, download the song if you’d like!
My time here

okbye!

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Modern Monday – Skrillex first of the year

December 26, 2011 in Modern Monday

This video is for a song made by Skrillex, an American artist that knows the music industry way better than I do. I am reading his wikipedia page now… dang! Dude has been around and he is still only 23 (in 2011)

Check this video out! Pretty incredible video that reminds me of the old Aphex Twin come to daddy video.

So in terms of music, it starts out with a couple of samples backing up a vocal that has been pitch shifted up.

The piano theme seems to be the main essence of the song.

Then cue the MAGIC.

The super wild bass sounds most likely made in MASSIVE are cut up probably in a sampler of some sort and turned into a montage of ideas after ideas. Pretty incredible music.

I wonder if Skrillex has ADD. His music consists of half beat riffs, one measure riffs and two measure riffs. Wild stuff.

I have tried to mimic the sound using Massive myself, but haven’t got the patience to learn the software or the desire to make music like this. But I have tried to find a way to make my bass guitar sound ridiculous like this.

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