Once upon a time In a land far away I wrote something funny here But not today

Based on a true story. If you listen closely, you can hear me drop a half note over the course of the song. Apparently, I flounder without a pitch reference.

So I bought Logic 9 today as my birthday gift. I suppose I underestimated the transition pains. For instance, I seem to be unable to hear the click track in Logic. As opposed to how grating and over the top Live's click track seems by comparison…

It's generally not a good idea to try to write a vocal song and record it in the same night. Especially if you didn't warm up. Nor is it a good idea to layer 2 pitchy vocals trying to get a stable note. I do it wrong, what can I say? Lyrics…

I am not BT, so no rain drops were quantized in this production. Storm was recorded last night on my Tascam DR-07 (with wind filter and limiter). Just a simple piano improv. That of course had to be tweaked far out of the improv stage.

I think it's too repetitive. The bass is too harsh. The beats are stale. Don't agree with me though. :)

More Ace of Base, less Enya.

I'm convinced that composing/recording daily is the best way to really find out if a DAW fits your workflow. And I think Ableton Live nailed its final nail in the coffin for me tonight. See, if I weren't writing so much, so quickly, I would be…

So I still hate Ableton Live with a passion for anything piano related. But things seem to go better if I head straight to arrangement view once I'm out of the improvising stage and do my recording there, rather than trying to think that session…

There's a note that sounds like it's getting abruptly chopped off somewhere in the song. Hopefully, you won't hear it, because I couldn't figure out what was causing it.

Grieving via bagpipes this time.

I got word this morning that my dog died sometime overnight, following his emergency surgery. It's never easy to lose a pet, but I find it's especially difficult when they're young and you were expecting to spend many more good years with them…

More solo piano. Yay. I'm also doing my own version of the 24 hour challenge... the wrong way. This is day #1 of that challenge.

I've been slacking, so here's something new finally. I left flubbed notes in this one. I hate MIDI editing in Ableton Live. I often think of ending this affair and going back to my sweetheart, Logic.

Given the spirited twitter reaction to the question of whether SisterSavage should buy pitch correction software, I submit this. The pre-melodyne version of "spilt milk". It also retains my so-called "MST3K" vocals, which were removed in the…

If you enjoy listening to people make fools of themselves, then you'll enjoy this. At the least, on an intellectual level. I blame 50/90.

I did a brief stint where I used loop libraries. I still feel as though this track should say "written by Robert Rich". This is also why I no longer do loop libraries.