Spit
January 27th 2004 -
Spit
I did some minor modifications to the Spit website on the weekend (ie. wrote something on the main page), and I also did some mixing of the songs – particularly “Andrew Ain’t Got No Alias”, “Cumberland Highway”, and “Closer”. It’s a little bit frustrating, actually – I’ve realised, listening to Alias, that it could really do with some backing drums and bass, but I don’t have the equipment or skills to do either. Still, it was all I could do to avoid rushing out and buying a bass guitar on Sunday.
Actually, I could probably do the bass with the keyboard. It’s the drums that are lacking. I need a CD of drum loops.
Guitar
I have also been practicing the guitar a fair bit again – mostly trying to get some speed for hammer-ons and pull-offs. Progress is slow. I also, stupidly, missed guitar practice last night because I forgot it was Monday. My brain has been working very slowly, thanks to:
Japanese
I ploughed through the rest of the Hiragana on the weekend, and managed 47/50 on the test with the full set of basic character groups this morning. So *that’s* going well, at least. But I have noticed that my near-constant concentration on the Hiragana has made the rest of my brain act very, very slowly.
Art gallery
Anna and I went to the Art Gallery yesterday and had a look at the high-school exhibition there. It was extremely good – the paintings were first-class, and there was some envious talent in the short-film area, talent that almost made me depressed but got me thinking about making films again. Aargh! I’ve… got… to… focus!
Noswonky Says:
January 27th, 2004 at 10:58 pm
Regarding drum loops… I have a Yamaha drum machine sitting in my house doing nothing. Maybe you’d like to acquire it from me as I haven’t used it for ages. It’s pretty old, but all the sounds are digital samples of real drums and it’s fully programmable. Whether I can find the manual is another matter. If you’re interested let me know.