2-24-09 This is for breakin' my brother's heart.
2-15-09 KMK's Guide To The Multiple Uses Of Harp
12-13-08 Keep your lovin' brother happy.
12-8-08 It's gonna be a beautiful town... Sweetwater.
7-27-08 World Champion + Bassoons + Arm Wrestling
6-14-08 No points of contact and fatal beatings
5-1-08 Three is a magic number
3-23-08 Remember that night in the Garden?
3-3-08 Two records, One guy! Kung fu!
2-24-08 - new records, new visitors, and polar bears, OH MY
2-24-09
busy busy busy busy! first thing's first.. a few months back i made a blog entry asking for suggestions on what song to use for a music video. it didn't help at all! pretty much all of my songs got an equal amount of votes. instead, i made a bunch of videos for a bunch of songs. please keep in mind these aren't fancy or official or anything!
i took one of my favorite activities, watching super 8 or 8mm footage, and combined it with my songs. some of them fit and some of them don't, but i had fun putting them together and hopefully you might have fun watchin' em once or twice. here we gooooo:
ok then! that's that. now, i've also added a donation button to the website. pretty self explanatory. i couldn't find the pen i used to draw all the original graphics so i used one shaped like a hot wheels car. it's awesome!
i'll stop my jibber jabbah now. stay safe, team~!
2-15-09
KMK's Guide To The Multiple Uses Of Harp
with all these crazy financial things going on, you might be wondering ''i can't possibly buy a musical instrument ;[[[ (or the sad emoticon of your choice)''well, take heart and read on! for a musical instrument can indeed have more applications than making music. i present to you, kmk's guide to the multiple uses of harp!
1) CHEESE SLICER
pre-sliced cheese is good and all, but the best stuff comes in gigantic unwieldy blocks. but before you shell out that cash for some gourmet cheese slicer made of 24k gold, use a stringed instrument! sure the slices maybe a bit big and might be a bit dirty if your strings are old, but you just saved yourself like... two whole dollars!
2) CLOTHES HANGER
got a favorite jacket or pair of pants you wear often? don't just throw it in your closet! make it feel special and leave it on on your instrument. harps especially make great clothes hangers, cause the little dip thingimajig. you know what i'm talkin bout, willis.
3) GIANT OVEN MITT HOLDER
somewhere far off in giant land, they have giant stoves. and those giant stoves require giant oven mitts. it just so happens a harp is a perfect shape for a giant oven mitt. slides right over it. actually i haven't tested this myself so i can only speculate. RESULTS MAY VARY
4) GOLD PAN
it's a known fact that harps have an internal magnet that pulls only pure gold. feelin lucky? stick it in the river and hope you get gold nuggets! DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT ENDORSE USING NON-HARP INSTRUMENTS AS A GOLD PAN
5) PLANT HOLDER
i have a mini cactus on my bigger harp right now. (true story) you don't have to use a cactus though! any plant will do. (though cacti are much neater) any plant perched on a harp will have a greater chance of touching the sun! that's all they want in the whole wide world
this concludes the guide to multiple uses of harp! stay safe team~
12-13-08
hello! i'd like to make a music video for the new record. SO, i need your help!! please send me a message tellin' me what your fav song(s) off the new guy is. i sure would appreciate it! in general, some thoughts about the new record would make me mighty happy since i haven't heard many specific things about the songs or anything.
also, there's a great new picture on the pictures section! check it out and tell wamu wigamomu hi for me!
that's it for now, stay warm + safe team!
12-8-08
whoa it's been forever since i saw you guys. sorry i haven't been updating! i got tired of saying ''working on the new album'' over + over. i'm sure there's at least a few of you that got tired of it too~
OH YEAH, anyway, the new album's up. it's over at the music section for free o' course. it's weird, i thought about what i'd say leading up to this moment and now that it's here i'm at a loss for words. i guess all i can put here for now is it's been a very long journey.
i'll be updating the blog more now that i've got some free time, so stay tuned if you're interested! stay safe team~
8-28-08
Whoa, team! It's been a month already~. I'll do my best to make this update interesting, hmmm...
1) No particular news on the new record; I'm plugging away at it and it should still be done by the end of the year.
2) Now, we're gonna have some fun~! Check this out, I've hidden a song on the website. It's nothing serious, just a Nintendo style song of something I wrote for fun years ago; a bunch of instrumental songs I wrote about movie monsters.
In Riddler fashion, I will give you a clue:
''I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?''
Good luck!
3) Speaking of B-man villains, Mr. Freeze is way underrated. Let's all ignore the Schwarzenegger version and just concentrate on the animated series version since that one is the best. Poor guy just wants his revenge + wife! Leave him alone, B-man! I think Senior Freeze is my favorite B-man villain + he's probably pretty useful during the Summer + italian ice is awesome.
4) Speaking of Superheroes, let me tell you about one you might not know: MR. IMMORTAL. This guy is just sicktastic.net. His only power is he can't die, so he ends up in hilarious situations where.. he doesn't die, I guess. Listen OK trust my judgement on this one, he's awesome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Immortal
5) I'll leave you with another riddle, can you solve it?
''From the beginning of eternity
To the end of time and space
To the beginning of every end
And the end of every place.
What am I?''
It only counts if you didn't use google, team. Stay safe! ;D
7-27-08
The new record is going well! Should be done by the end of this year for sure, along with a few EPs or splits.
Bassoons are fascinating instruments with a cool sound, I think I wanna get one but I hear they're hard to play. It'd be nice to put another instrument under my belt, though! I want one that shoots donuts shaped like Shakespeare's face.
One more thing, here's an old arm wrestling video game. This thing is just great. It's like two people sat down at a table and just started having seizures. The sound effects coupled with the graphics make me laugh a lot. Be sure to turn down your speakers for the 4th match, there's a really annoying sound.
That's it for now. Thanks again for everything, team. I really appreciate the emails and the support! Stay safe!
6-14-08
Oooh, it's been awhile. First thing's first! I got interviewed! I probably sound like a jackass, but check it out if you're interested:
Thanks to Hawk for that.
On a somewhat related note, making music is a strange experience. It's something I've trained my entire life for, and yet I'm still so unprepared for some parts of it. The reality of it, I guess.
In my naive mind I thought that I could exist away from the world and just make music. Be secluded and share something without getting anything back. That's kind of ideally what I wanted, but I've realized that in sharing anything you turn yourself into a target. For both good things and bad things. It's something I haven't gotten used to, for sure.
I've hit a pretty big roadblack musically. There's nothing much I can do but wait it out. Hope it doesn't take too much longer. (Sorry for being vague.)
I hate sounding so serious, so let's liven this up with an awesome skit:
Hope everything is going good, team.
5-20-08
Happy birthday.
5-1-08
My new project has somehow transformed into a triple album. It's quite the mammoth undertaking but I'm always down for a challenge.
Here's what I learned this week:
Lesson #1: The hives suck. Not the band, the skin condition. Having a gigantic rash for a body isn't fun.
Lesson #2: Don't keep all of your previously recorded material on another computer that other people use. It'll go bye bye.
Lesson #3: Don't trust mail forwarding when you move, you will eventually have collections agents after you due to missed bills.
Lesson #4: When taking 6 doses of Benadryl a day, do not expect to do anything that requires concentration or staying awake.
Lesson #5: Serious blog entries are no fun. Having said that, here's an incredible video I stumbled upon. It's the guy from Police Academy pretty much being the greatest human being ever:
''...Yeh''. Awesome.
See you cats soon~
3-23-08
''Remember that night in the Garden? You came down to my dressing room and you said ''kid, this ain't your night''. You was my brother, Charlie. You shoulda looked out for me a little bit so I wouldn't have to take them dives for the short-end money. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum. Which is what I am. Let's face it.''
3-3-08
OKAI! Update, I've actually decided to do TWO(dos) records at once! Along with that I should be guesting on two other records late this year and I plan on making a short EP of traditional songs late late in the year. So basically I'm never gonna have free time ever again! Let's see if I can sneak a saxophone solo somewhere in there!
Also, old Kung Fu movies are awesome! Long live the Venom Mob! Long live Shaw Bros! Long live Chang Cheh!
I think ''Crippled Avengers'' is my favorite, but you have to watch that movie in it's entirety, not just the end scene! Okai, time to work!
2-24-08
I've been working on a new record feverishly. I want to get it done ASAP! That said, I still think it will be finished no earlier than June, but I'm pushing for mid-May. I think this one will be much better!
5,000 people came to my site last Saturday! Where did you guys come from!?
I CAN SEE YOU
2-22-08
sloths are awesome. and if you dont agree, i will FIGHT you
here we have a sloth making a ;D face
here we have a sloth makin a ;D face
here we have a sloth making a ;D face
here we have a sloth making a ;] face
2-21-08
oh yah! now let's rock a list of some awesome drum introductions. the cool thing about about drum intros is when you first hear them, you usually have no idea what's coming cause there's no chords or melodies. a tom fill might turn into a ballad or a metal song, it's up in the air! we'll start with a few of the obvious ones, just to get them out of the way...
''when the levee breaks'' by led zeppelin
pretty much goes on the list ''beats every drummer should know''. not only is the beat itself iconic but the drum tones are still trying to replicated today. i hear the drums were recorded from the bottom of a staircase!
''we will rock you'' by queen
roger taylor! although it wasn't recorded as a drum beat, roger came up with as one and it deserves some serious recognition for being the official world anthem for ''it's time to kick some ass''
''birthday'' by the beatles
everyone knows ringo was the true hearthrob of the bunch. plus he can bob his head.
''no excuses'' alice in chains
unfortunately i couldnt find the studio version on youtube with embedding enabled, but this is almost as good.
''snake charmer'' by rage against the machine
cool title, awesome intro, pretty cool animal. not as awesome as bulls
''uptown girl'' by billy joel
nothing says high class girl more than a sweet drum intro
''rock n roll'' by led zeppelin
nothing says rock n roll more than a sweet drum intro
''superstition'' by stevie wonder
nothing says you believe ladders, black cats, and broken mirrors will kill you more than a drum intro.
''lowdown'' by boz scaggs
nothing says... acutally i dont even know what this song is about
''take five'' by the dave brubeck quartet
one two three four five
''50 ways to leave your lover'' by paul simon
one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven etc fifty
''semi charmed life'' by third eye blind
bu CHA bu CHA bu CHA CHA CHA CHA
and....
''ants marching'' by dave matthews band
simplicity is the best! my favorite drum intro.
2-20-08
yeah! me ranting about random stuff! let's get this started with something that's rare in music these days, the illustrious saxophone solo! there's nothing quite like a couple lbs of brass assaulting your ears in a song, so here's a list of tasty tasty songs with some saxophone solos to get you started on your lifelong career as a saxophile:
''urgent'' by foreigner
oh yeah!! right off the bat, this one cooks. hella raunchy saxophone time! (plus this video is awesome!)
''come go with me'' by the del vikings
even back in the 50s, people know saxophone solos were awesome. here's the evidence!
''careless whisper'' by george michael
i can't rightly say this is a solo, but whatever! the only way this solo could be better is if twelve saxophones did it instead of one.
'''forget me nots'' by patrice rushen
yeah the ''men in black'' song! too bad they didn't rip off the saxophone solo too, cause it rocks!
''money'' by pink floyd
yeah, you know you're gonna hear some awesome stuff when you listen to pink floyd. money starts out with cash registers, odd time bass, and then later shifts into high gear with a sax solo! perfection!
''i drink alone'' by george thorogood
pretty much one of the manliest songs ever. don't listen to this unless you want facial hair.
''tequila'' the champs
never has a band been more appropiately named.
''got my mind set on you'' by george harrison
supa memorable! the eighth notes right when the sax comes in are awesome.
''rio'' by duran duran
even if you took out the sax solo, this song would own. so add in the sax solo, and your head is likely to explode. listen at your own risk!
''kokomo'' by the beach boys
john stamos + saxophone. nuff said.
''maneater'' hall & oates
i saved the best for last. saxophone + delay + a band name that reminds me of cereal. greatest sax solo ever.