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Coffee Bunker Video – May 2, 2012

The weekly live streaming shows are back… and even if you can’t make it to the live broadcast, All-Access members can download the video recordings every week as they’re released! For the audio only, take a listen here. Live from … Continue reading →

Coffee Bunker Audio – May 2, 2012

The weekly live streaming shows are back… and since you’re a Backstage Pass holder, you won’t miss any of them! I’ll be sending out the weekly audio recordings to you guys and the videos to All-Access and higher members! Download … Continue reading →

The Chartbombing Concert

I had just spent an entire day running a promotional blitz to try and push a song from my new album into the iTunes and Amazon charts. Hundreds of people had volunteered their hard-earned 99¢, some of them even grabbing … Continue reading →

The Lives of Dexter Peterson Commentary

Want to know what parts of the new album were really, really difficult to record? How about some insights into the lyrics that you won’t find in the novella? Or maybe you just want to hear Runtt’s and my opinions … Continue reading →

Live at FWA 2012

For the fifth consecutive year the folks at Furry Weekend Atlanta brought me down to entertain the animals that flock there every year. Sadly, this year I was alone onstage… but I was hardly alone in the main ballroom. With … Continue reading →

Album Release: The Lives of Dexter Peterson

So here it is. After more than a year of writing, editing, arranging, rewriting, pulling hair out, recording, mixing, mixing, more mixing, and designing… the new album is finally being turned into round plastic discs. WHEW! It’s not ready for … Continue reading →

“Better Off Dead” and “Goodbye Planet Earth” Live in Atlanta

Oh yeah… in all the commotion of putting the new album together I almost forgot to release this last video from FWA 2011. It’s a lengthy one, but it’s two of my favorite songs to perform. The audience always seems … Continue reading →

Turning A Harpsichord Into a Guitar

It’s been a while since I posted any behind-the-scenes videos, so I thought I’d give you guys a glimpse of how I make some of the sounds I end up with. If you’ve been listening to the samples coming out … Continue reading →

The Elitist Bastard Choir

The crew of Elitist Bastard Convention 2012 were kind enough to lend their voices for my upcoming album and I thought I’d let you folks hear what an informal recording session is like. Sure, they may sound like a bunch … Continue reading →

A Million Miles Away – Sketch 3

I need your help. I really, really can’t decide if Prodo-1‘s countdown belongs at the end of this song. It’s supposed to parallel one of the final chapters of The Lives of Dexter Peterson where the Gale Odyssey is about … Continue reading →

Wait Here – Sketch 3

Okay, okay, I’m a Pink Floyd fan. Sue me. Well, actually, there’s nothing actionable in any of this arrangement, so you can’t sue me! HA! In any case, this one’s a little note of patience for Dexter as he finds … Continue reading →

Live at FC 2012

Finally, I hit the West Coast. The good folks at Further Confusion not only invited me out to play their fine convention, they made me a freaking Guest of Honor. Runtt and I came, we saw, we made loud noises, … Continue reading →

Good Morning New York – Sketch 3

I may be kicked out of Boston for writing a song like this, but in Dexter’s world there’s nothing he’d rather wake up to than the sound of his own alarm clock in NYC. This is the first version of … Continue reading →

Live at Cafe Verde, October 2011 – Part Two

And now the return of the attack of the bride of the Cave Verde gig from October. If you thought the first half was fun, you’re going to love the second half. After the “normal” dinner crowd disappears, only the … Continue reading →

All Over Again – Sketch 2

I know, I said I’d be releasing unmastered versions from here on out, but I found one that I’d already set up at full loudness and I already love the way it’s sounding. At some point our hero, Dexter, has … Continue reading →

December 2011 Audio Update

Here’s the status of the album so far… Good Morning, New York needs some additional vocals added, some crowd vocals (more on that later), drums recorded, and a final mix made. That’s about it. The Last Pirate just needs some … Continue reading →

Normal is Not For Me – Sketch 1

As I said in my previous post, I have been working on a song about the bullshit concept of “normal”. Dexter has convinced himself he will never lead a normal life now, but that doesn’t mean his future has to … Continue reading →

The Wreck of the Gale Odyssey – Sketch 1

There isn’t much I can do when something inspires me. If something wants out, it’s coming out. In the middle of writing a song I’m tentatively calling Normal Is Not For Me I encountered a sound that demanded its own … Continue reading →

Live at Cafe Verde, October 2011 – Part One

I returned to Cafe Verde in October, this time bringing my awesome drummer Runtt with me. I can’t tell you how much fun it is playing for a small, appreciative audience. The folks that filled Cafe Verde were a treat … Continue reading →

These Wars We Fight – Sketch 3.6

Dexter frequently finds himself on one side of a war. Heck, it’s the only thing we humans have really perfected other than reproduction (we’ve had a lot of practice at both). For the third chapter of the book Dexter’s caught … Continue reading →