200518Jan
Caedmon is peer to peer!
Now is that a vote of confidence or wot!
OK, I’ll take a couple of steps back and explain my excitement. I’ve been uploading snippets of my previous music to the web site as background to the project, but I…
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200517Jan
Bass is almost ready, but…
The Fuzz Box is staring me in the face.
Unfortunately, I have to put my spectacles on to see what it’s trying to say.
Hang on… I’ll put my specs on… Yes, I can read it… It says…
PULL YOUR…
200514Jan
‘Feel the Love’ – At last the real story!
Hey, guess what happens when you announce that your business will be closed for two weeks?
That’s right, all sorts of urgent requests come in for work which MUST be completed ASAP. So I’ve been just a little bit busy.…
200511Jan
To do list (so far)
retreat:
determine date
book cottage
instruments:
wire and setup guitar
wire and setup bass
build fuzz-box
new bridge for fiddle?
Studio equipment:
Buy iMac G5
Buy Logic 7
Buy Motu 828 MkII
Set up and test all studio equipment
web…
200511Jan
Cottage booked
Things are starting to speed up now.
I’ve booked a remote cottage for two weeks starting on the 22nd January. Which gives me eleven days to finish all the other preparations and clean up the loose ends at work.…
200511Jan
The guitar is finished – next!
I restrung the James Bisset Fiftieth Anniversary Edition tonight and it’s working a treat. It’s still not particularly loud, but it’s clean and clear and sweet. Now all it needs is some serious breaking in.
I’ve made a pdf of…
200510Jan
Guitar rewired (again)
Well, having procrastinated for weeks over the guitar re-wiring, I managed to get it done this evening.
It was actually much simpler than I thought, and I think I’ve learned a useful lesson about soldering – just start from scratch…
20056Jan
Comment spam – password (required) 2
On the 23rd December, I announced a simple but effective spam-blocking device for comments on the blog using a password system. See Comment spam – password (required).
I finished the post with the rhetorical question:
“Let’s see how long it…
20055Jan
To do list (so far)
retreat:
determine date
book cottage
instruments:
wire and setup guitar
wire and setup bass
build fuzz-box
new bridge for fiddle?
Studio equipment:
Buy iMac G5
Buy Logic 7
Buy Motu 828 MkII
Set up and test all studio equipment
web…
20054Jan
No sleep till bedtime
Oh, and Happy New Year to you too.
I’ve been debilitated over Christmas and New Year with a deadly combination of chest infection followed by head cold, so although I managed to get up to Edinburgh for the New Year…
