Interview’d

As mentioned before Tarehna and I have a new music project we are working on. Well, we have been interviewed by my good friend Paul for his blog. Pretty excited about it. Have a look: http://sparksandashes.com/2012/01/27/sparking-creativity-idito-the-chicken-and-moonpie-nobot/

For today’s entry in our ongoing “Sparking Creativity” series, we catch up with quirky Portland based creative duo “Idito the Chicken and Moonpie Nobot.” We’ve featured them and their unique brand of lo-fi musical genius before.

Today, Brandon and Tarehna share their thoughts on the benefit of self-imposed goals, and the joys of creating great things with someone you love.

SOPA/PIPA

Not going dark here, but do want to share a link. Stop greed from impinging on your freedom: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

Mention in friend’s blog

As I mentioned the lady and I have embarked on a new musical adventure. My buddy Paul at Sparks and Ashes was kind enough to do a brief write up. Check him out, won’t you?

http://sparksandashes.com/2011/12/13/short-sweet-christmas-music-tations/

Idito the Chicken and Moonpie Nobot

You read that right. Idito the Chicken and Moonpie Nobot. That’s the name of the new music project/band Mrs. Muffin and I are working on. It’s been a somewhat nebulous process until recently. Mostly it was her music with me helping out from time to time. Recently things seemed to have coalesced as we happened into doing one original Christmas song a day until Christmas. I am really excited about this. Some of the rest of the material is acoustic nerd rock in approach. Here’s an excellent example of Idito’s brilliant song writing: Sundappled Robots I heart her so!!!
Anyway, here’s the FB page, follow us and see what happens: http://www.facebook.com/IditoTheChickenAndMoonpieNobot

Zombies Love Gizzards

Hello all. My band, Zombies Love Gizzards, has recently finished recording an album. We are super proud of it. It was an amazing experience. A very good friend, Circus Bear, helped us immensely and produced and engineered it. We recorded the music live and then went back and did vocals and added some bells and whistles. It’s 13 songs for $7. I feel very privileged to play with the two guys I do. So, here’s the link, please give it a listen.

http://zombieslovegizzards.bandcamp.com/album/palabra

Mrs. Muffin Records

Hey all, been awhile. Mrs. Muffin, AKA Octopus Comedian, has written and recorded an old timey song about riding robots. I am so in love with this woman.

http://octopuscomedian.tumblr.com/post/3026751701/sun-dappled-robots-c-g-g7-back-in-the

Bass Repair

So I was changing the strings on my bass the other day and then BAM! the tuning peg broke. Not cool. Especially since I was looking forward to playing. But these things happen. I was able to track down the tuning machine I needed at Twelfth Fret, a local repair shop. Piers Munro was super helpful. He found a machine that would fit the bass, but wouldn’t be right for the side I needed. He noticed that the machines already on there were able to be adjusted so they could fit on either side. I also needed a new E string. I got the tuning machine and the string for a grand total of $20. Perfect. He showed me what I need to do to switch the one tuning machine so it could fit on the other side and told me to come back if it didn’t work. Well, it worked beautifully. Below are some pics of the process.

The offending tuning machine

Removed tuning machine

The new tuning machine

Twelfth Fret

Not broken machine removed

Not broken machine reversed

All back together (back)

All back together (front)

Zombies Love Gizzards

Been awhile since I blogged. Been a bit busy. New job, new band, and doing music projects with Mrs. Muffin.
Anyway, I have found my way back here to pimp my new band, Zombies Love Gizzards. I slap-a duh-bass. It’s good times.
Facebook page
Reverb Nation

And Oh yeah, I did an 8-bit version of one of our songs
8-bit

Metallic Spheres-The Orb featuring David Gilmour

Somehow I missed this when it was first announced. It feels good to be excited about something new.

Being a Dickhead’s Cool

Got a little trashed the other night and found myself being accused of being a hipster by Mrs. Muffin and a good friend. After watching this I can definitively say I am not an East London hipster thanks to The Grand Spectacular.