Tag Archives: New York

“Please Stay For Christmas Eve” solo session

The Sovtek MIG-50 is back on the prowl. I just recorded the guitar solo for “Please Stay For Christmas Eve,” one of the two Ghost Ghost Christmas songs we’re recording this month.

Lately, I’ve started taking pictures of my amp and effects settings during recording sessions as notes, in case I have to figure out how to reproduce the sounds I record. Hence this picture of my Sovtek, and this other picture of my effects (Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Boy and Fulltone Catalyst). I take pretty good notes in my recording sessions, but I would LOVE an easy way to attach pictures (and video, and documents) to objects inside Pro Tools and Ableton.

Theme from Cooking for One

Cooking for One (Theme)

Yeah, that’s right, I make TV theme songs now–well, I make web comedy show theme songs now. Comedienne Jiji Lee is about to drop a show called “Cooking for One” and this is the music that will introduce it to the world.

No Clothes on Ragged Island

The second Ghost Ghost record released today is No Clothes on Ragged Island. From the liner notes: “These ten songs are based on the life of poet Edna St.Vincent Millay. The project was conceived by Kevin Peckham and Karl Ward on February 20, 2010, as part of the RPM Challenge. Each song is a scene from Millay’s life, told in chronological order. All songs were written on February 21, just one day shy of Millay’s 118th birthday. Arrangement, recording, and mixing were completed within one week. And to think it all started at an all-you-can-drink bloody mary brunch, several hours before a Ghost Ghost show.”

Of Innocence and Experience

Ghost Ghost’s second EP, Of Innocence and Experience, has been released. It’s one of two Ghost Ghost releases that came out today. Kevin and I are major poetry geeks, in case you hadn’t noticed. The title refers to the William Blake book, and sums up what these songs have in common.

Ninth Street Mission

The long-delayed, often doubted debut record from Ninth Street Mission was released today. The record called Ninth Street Mission, which seemed like a fitting name. You can pick it up on iTunes and Amazon MP3, and a lot of other digital music stores. All of us in Ninth Street Mission have moved to other projects now. The record was three years in the making, but a great three years.