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Posted in Music, New Album, Russian Spy Camera
Today marks the first day of tracking for Russian Spy Camera’s third album. There is currently no title or release date for the upcoming record yet but there are 9 confirmed tracks, 2 potential tracks, a dozen possiblities, and a working title for the album, M. You can read more about M in the music page.
Today we put down drums and bass for three songs: “Let’s Draw Straws”, “M Withdrawals”, and “Cliche Pop Song”. Donovan Babb plays drums and Alec Wooden plays bass. CK Koch is recording and helping me produce the record as we start the steady climb to completion.
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Posted in Music, New Album, Russian Spy Camera
Today’s the greatest day I ever lived
and I spend it all alone with Solitude
in Beyoğlu.
People here speak in coded embers
that hypnotize me with their pretty patterns.
I moved you like a crossing ship and you moved me too.
Today’s the greatest day I’ve ever lived
and I spent it all alone with tea for two
in Beyoğlu.
Somehow somewhere I know this circle
will complete itself (even in a spiral)
and together complete us too.
M.
Posted in Music
So lately I’ve been doing a ton of web design and this means listening to a ton of music. I’m kind of an “album” guy. I grew up on albums. I love albums. It’s kind of a dying thing nowadays but sometimes a song sounds better within the context of the album it sits on.
Anyway, so Lodger, David Bowie’s 1979 album and the last of his famed “Berlin Trilogy”, is this amazing underrated and overlooked record. For those not familiar with David Bowie’s crazy history, here’s a quick catch-up: In 1976, David Bowie moves from L.A. to Berlin with Iggy Pop to kick his cocaine habit that L.A. had been supporting. He and Iggy Pop live together in an apartment in West Berlin and he manages to beat his addiction… but then gets addicted to heroine. And as if the story couldn’t get much more legendary, he proceeds over the next three years to produce Iggy Pop’s first two solo albums and record three records of his own that are considered now to be among his finest artistic achievements: Low, “Heroes”, and Lodger.
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Posted in Music, New Album, Russian Spy Camera
So as it’s been posted in the past, Russian Spy Camera’s third album is in the works. I’ve been trying to write songs for the past 2 years but I’ve been in a severe case of writer’s block. And when I say writer’s block, I mean don’t-even-want-to-look-at-a-guitar-writer’s-block. Fortunately, this is all kind of going away and I’ve been writing some new stuff lately. Though I credit my recent Queen and David Bowie binges (I listened to all 14 of Queen’s studio albums in a row over the course of 3 days!) as being events that started turning the hamster wheels of inspiration, I think it was the sudden creation of a song I wrote last week that really lit a fire under me. More of that will come later though. Read more of this article…
Posted in Music, Russian Spy Camera
I’ve been doing a bit of work on the store section lately, mainly getting it all organized to sell tracks and album downloads. I’ve decided to do the music sales through Bandcamp because it’s free to set up, it’s customizable enough to look like its apart of russianspycamera.com and it seems to be about helping artists. Not a bad deal!
The in-site store needs a bit more work such as a jQuery pretty photo viewer so that you can look over some pics of the product by clicking on its respective icon. I also need to actually take those pictures to put on the site. All in due time… all in due time.
Anyway, check out the store as both albums are up for digital download and You Are A Vulture is also there for a physical purchase. Hopefully in the new year I’d like to make some t-shirts and posters and get those going. There will be updates!
