Well, this Eastern Season I had less interest for any kind of religious/spiritual belief than past years, maybe cuz I already have all the info I need for now, and just dipped into the Material World. It´s tricky for me to say that, cuz what I did, which is music, can´t be holded, can´t be grabbed, it´s somehow ethereal, am not selling it,  which means it lies in the air, so I guess it served it´s purpose if my Season it´s seen through the lens of a Religious Fanatic. I can care less even if Sunday it´s when Christ resurrected, cuz we all know now that the dates are misplaced some 3 or 4 months, and we all know about religion Avatars, right?. Let´s cut the crap. We´re in the festivities of end of winter, for use of a better term, for which of those who like a more positive way of getting through with words, we were celebrating the Coming of Spring. If we turn this around, again, we can say we we´re celebrating the Resurrection of The Christ, on a Sunday, when vernal equinox takes place, more or less. It´s fine with me. It makes some sort of sense. It speaks in various idioms and maybe it actualized itself. We´re no longer Croppers and we need someone to forgive all of our sins. This is more fitting for this age. Work to then reap later is too hard and laborious in the highest form of this Zeitgeist we live in. Click and download and instant gratification. Good thing Inquisitive minds usually have grown weak in this New Age, and like, can´t burn me at the stake after breaking my legs for knowing and internalizing what is,  what it is.

No, I didn´t came up with this recently, I´ve wandered of in this direction since I was becoming a Teenager. Now the world is more tolerant. More open. And more Hypocrite. Which sums up the real Evil in this world. Or so I think.

I decided that this weak I was going to dive into music, for my own reasons, then I got the influenza, and I did it anyways. To some extent the music was thresholded and shaped by the flu, summed up by how I felt and  the mild effects of medications in my system.

Now that I fixed the dvd burner, after months, I got to see the first season of Freaks and Geeks (- !!! – Misleading article about the show in wikipedia, that just goes to show one of my points -). I downloaded the whole season, and did marathons with it. I can no longer wait one week to see any next episode of any given show. If a good show comes on tv, I wait one or two seasons, and I download the whole thing then. It´s a choice I did make. A conscious and a subconscious one. Flipping thru channels, to end up watching a very shallow and boring program, perhaps annoying, which is the result of pasting 8 other similar programs about the Pharaons and old Egypt, just doesn´t cut it anymore. Wildlife programs, the same. I guess I just have to wait till they get new discoveries and start putting out stuff which is relevant again. The only thing in television I can watch is cartoons. Like House of Imaginary Friends, and the one about the the small angered girl which has the Angel of Death as a friend, along with the big nosed kid. (I´ve never seen such a considerate Angel of Death depicted anywhere else.) I have basic cable too, which leaves me with more room to do my own stuff. I´ve been trying to get premium for a while now, but I always have other expenses, like guitar strings. So am happy

But it´s no secret that music takes most of my time, and I have really little time for anything else. I still frequent concerts, gigs and parties. You can say it´s a crazy thought and therefore a crazy action, but what I found more crazy is staring at a TV watching shows, and actually saying “why I am watching this shit?” – “What is this piece of crap that they are trying to sell me?”, and actually keep on watching it. Everyday (I.E  pueril sitcoms, poor produced reality shows). I love Trash TV, hey, don´t get me wrong, but there`s some stuff out there which is just plain dumb in the bad sense of the word. It´s insulting. Am not in their target, why should I watch? To dissect what they are really after, or to search for the hook of all those shows and therefore finding the reason why people watch it and live their life’s like they do… Takes too much little effort. I have enough trouble finding right angle patch cables to fix up my pedal board. Real problems. Let´s not forget that is troublesome to get around the city after 7 pm or so.

So I stop watching crappy stuff along with doing crappy stuff and spending time with crappy people so to have more free time to take time in relevant stuff. Don´t get me wrong, I love TV and Christianity sometimes has served it´s purpose, but, come on…It´s hard to find a good preacher nowadays in this God Forsaken Country which would  deliver a good placed sermon. Even if I gave up  attendance years ago. Church attendance is usually boring, and so are ordinary masses. I love the architecture and the insides of  those though, the feeling of communing places. There ya go, Mysteries of The Catholic Church. I like the package but not usually the matter.

I guess I can close this semi rant, by explaining what is the majority target (or the ones the Big Execs thought of) for one of the last Latin-American series that launched trough out the continent in one of the Big Latin-American Cable Channels. Well, let´s just leave it at that the show was named: “Thee Gentlemen prefer Dumb Woman”. – Los Caballeros las Prefieren Brutas – You read right. Am not making this up. And the show sucked. Oh, you liked it? There´s the whole difference which is vibrant in this city and no one wants or likes to talk about it. I watched 3 minutes of it. And I cursed the Heavens for it´s sake.  Am sure the Real Dude up there doesn´t find that fitting, and will deliver some sort of terrible menace like the Ghost of Frances Farmer to clear things up most certainly. I had to withstand with the shity and lame comercial for that show that contrapted  me with vomit reflexes every time I wanted to watch Saturday Night Live or House or Parks and Recreations. I ain´t buying it. Nor have, nor will.

And now, the Hero of mid-year 2011. Bill.  (Click on the Image)

- The Review or explanation of the characters in Wikipedia is most certainly misleading, I advise you watch the show on your own -

Oh, I was gonna post something about music…well, maybe next time.

When things are true…***

Well, I had decided that this holiday seasons, errr, vacations, when the city is practically empty and you can feel the laziness and the peace of a deserted concrete canvas, I was gonna go on a music binge. Then I got the flu, contemplated a playstation, chess, movies in bed week, but I took advantage of my state of being, and kept doing music. But couldn´t sing. I have already finished 3 songs, kinda in demo mode, but when doing things fast for some reason is all I can deliver.  And yes, long vacations are calling.  A tired mind and body can do only what a tired mind and body can do.

Anyways, I got the latest version of Ableton Live, without the msp, and I got the bug, the Itch of making Live sets again. And that´s very tricky. I know this for a fact. I have made my round arounds with my past live sets which I think hold some type of interesting musical concepts, but without glory or defeat. Ama gonna try again, cuz it´s fun making all these weird noises with the computer. This city it´s way too violent at times, things get depredatory to a level it´s hard to imagine and to live in it´s National Geographic worth, but again, nature develops and keeps on going.  Basicly all this mumbo jumbo can be translated that when I stared playing loud and fast with tons of distortion and a banging punk drum machine I started getting gigs way faster than when it was just me, with my voice at the mic and my SG alone. The noise part of my set belongs to another chapter of my music, I was never so proud as when someone who was giving me advices of playing covers live “so people could remember me”  asked me why did I used techno samples when that weird techno drum sound came on. That was a classic Hip Hop 808 Beat and it was a pure noise session going on in full swing.  The guy was a guitar player from a known Caracas band. Hi.

So yeah, am digging today deep into Ableton aiming at finally setting up with a nanoKontrol a final live set, and just take it from there. I couldnt play Country/Folk music on my own, the blues guys wanted to play in pizza places “one scoth and beer and one whatever” and “hoochie cochie man” all day and night, the Alternative-Indie-who_the_fuck_knows kids didn´t wanted to practice everyday, nor fix things on their own and start paying dues,  but did wanted to make a living of music, screw em.  Me, like most of my friends, we´re making and producing music, in all genres, everyday. Catch us if you can. (And some are doing fabulously great)

Nueva Orden #1

Mozz on the Grill Set.

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Donwload live set here

Bajar Live Set Aquí.

These live sets I produced some 2 years ago.

Well, am back from vacations, but still in em. Am producing daily 2 projects, and working on my sonic experiments. One strictly Hip Hop, and the other a mix of Hip Hop and Funk. Digging in old vinyls and channeling moves to the strings. And doing some dealing in the mix, just to make myself comfortable.  Both projects count with wonderful people and awesome musicians.

I have plans as The Escapades. There are some musicians willing to jam, and to look onwards, and see where this may takes us. Most likely on stage. But, what direction is taking my music? I dunno, cuz I haven´t been making music to play as the Escapades. I fixed, I programmed some songs in the cheapo drum machine, just if I get chances to play live soon. But am waiting – a word that I kinda feel a discomfort towards –  Waiting for bandmates. A little backup. So I have no idea what music or what form my music is gonna take. Punk/Blues? Spaced out Melancholic Dream Pop? Bubble Gum Noise? I have thought of all of those, and can´t Picture one of them. It´s not a dillema. My Jazzmaster is dead, thanks to my super excitement on a past recorded noise session, my beloved Chinese Strat won´t and can´t take no more 009´s for more than 3 mins, and my amp is busted along with my pedals. My Mustang is busted too. Now, this is where the fun begins. – Am not being sarcastic – Fucking Rock On.

What type of mixed music with my mates shall I be making next do you perceive? Please leave your inner thoughts  in the comments section.

Even tho If your precious comment is right on target and it delivers light to this entangled subject, it won´t be “printed” if an url of shine-in-the-dark-condoms is given as main url, send em to me instead!  Appart from this, hooligan on, on! House Rules.  - plz, leave all blank, your e-mail with some distinction, and a relevant url. –

They gave me an Awesome creating my Scot Pilgrim Avatar. Am sure I deserved much moreness. (Click on it!)

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This is a demo I made in early 2008. Long Time Ago…he. You can check out more here if you would like to buy some tracks from me for-whatever-is-you-need. Peace.

Thanks to the musician Ulises Hadjis for placing this link up in twitter and reminding me (us) of important things to ruminate over on a Thursday night, at around 11:30 pm. Or just to get it over with.

Revenge Of The Nerds – Booger meets Snotty***

Thanks to everybody who helped me out this past gig all the way to the stage. I blew a string and my power supply distributor  failed me, but that and some support from the back section gave me opportunity to plug in straight to the amp, alt tune, distort it, and kept going!!! ♥. Thanks.

I don´t know what to say, I just enjoy playing live. That night I shared stage with Sin Dirección & Alias Jake, amongst others, from outta town. And had valuable time to get to know em Better. Musician Bonding.

There are some interesting reviews made by El Puto Bar crew in the not embedded version of the YouTube Vid page about the gig. Something about Liberty, Freedom, Natural Values and stuff. Thanks again. L.

The Escapades – Set 3 canciones Alta Energia. Puto Bar.

3 Song set, Caracas playing as The Escapades.

I wake up, and go I straight to watch the video 99 Problems by Jay-Z. Am hooked. I do the usual. Today I got to run around the city  that´s collapsed doing errands that otherwise would take me 2 hours but it can take as much as the whole day. It´s dangerous to carry guitars in public transportation. Am getting bummed of using a drum machine. And am starting to love even more this city. If it wouldn ´t challenge me to the point of paralysis, how would I know that I won´t and can´t stop moving?

Theres not really a place for a rant in this post. I´ll roll with what I have. Got my Mac back from the technician shop and been passing my music files, installing softwares, etc. It takes a lot of time and work. That´s fine, 9 am, 12 am, here we come again.

But appart from producing seriously and focused stuff for a couple of friends, I have my recording setup configured, so am recording “Professional Demos”. I have no other name for it. It was better sounding at this time that “Guerrilla Demos”- I have my Mics, my interface, We go into a rehearsal studio, I record em, and then I give em back the produced song.

And with my music, am still experimenting with recordings of my  own, making music that otherwise I wouldn´t be making live, cuz of lack of musicians. I know very few musicians who are flexible enough to swim across the whole spectrum of “types” of music, and are already taken. Literary. Maybe I´ll just revert to “Punk Drum Machine”. That´ll be the kind of music I play. You´ll only hear reverb and screams. (I have no idea what am talking about in the last paragraph).

This Jam came up pretty nicely. Am configuring and installing everything fast so to play all day again. Maybe I´ll do a small EP here at home and stop worrying too much about the lack of spaces to play live. Like my friend said, maybe I´ll turn into a “Just recording Artist” like a lot of respectable musicians do and have done. Playing live every 2 weeks is a drag. Cuz playing live is like a drug.

Impromptu Jam #1a

Sometimes blood must be spilled on stage to ensure  a high gain performance or as a result of one. I know it sounds way to radical, but it´s just the way it is.

This is how my knee ended after a noise session, setted up by a friend of mine. It was recorded for other interesting purpose. Her genius premise: 5 guys who never met before (that was actually kinda true) get together for the first time, and the guys can´t play, so it becomes a big Noise. I was like dammit, am in, I´ll pay you to do that.

I had bleed from other limbs and parts of my body after a gig, this is the first time that I attack myself on the knee. (Let´s call it like that). Am not gonna explain just how this did happened, when the foootage comes out it will be self explanatory. The body as a tool and as an extension of the guitar, and the guitar as an extension of the body. Energy channeling, renovation and movement of it thru the band. Retroalimentation and call and response.

The next day I was playing Hoops at 10 am with the ease of the wind. We don´t give up the fight, never.

Robert Johnson - Crossroads -1936

Cream – Crossroads Live – 1968

What really made it, and am not being Ironic, is that no one who played got payed. This is my twisted vision of purity in the music. Behold, am getting payed in everything else am doing with all the aspects of my music (even so not as much as I would like to). But this one was somehow special. And money payement was just redundant at that very moment. We weren´t there for that. We were there for the Music and the filming of the session, and the Music and a good performance before all. A good visual recording with awesome people and awesome coolness filming crew changed everything.