Murphee K dot com Downloads http://www.murpheek.com/archive.asp?ct=4 Murphee K dot com - Officious Website In which I tripped and totally messed up the song http://www.murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=132&ct=4 So, ho-kay, for this past Wednesday's show, we decided to cover I'm The One by The Descendents, except this time, unbeknownst to the rest of MPK, I decided that I wanted to jump around (like, a LOT) during the song.  This resulted in me falling on my back against the drum set during the first verse which was, as someone later described, a "total Kurt Cobain move" (click here):
But the cool thing is that we kept playing while I was falling down, which made it seem like nothing happened at all.  But then, I lost track of where I was amid the chagrin of my tripping, and consequently throughout the song, I thought we were farther along.  And that's why I stopped playing; I thought the Bridge was the Outro...guess I should have kept playing.

ANYWAY.

Mad props to Branden of Gnarly By Nature!!  I laughed out loud when I first saw this after the show.

More shows (with less falling?) are being awesomized at the moment.
]]> GP DID just see that, along with the rest of the Internets, FOREVER :0 2008-05-17T21:29:59-06:00 Practice Space http://www.murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=100&ct=4 So, what has been up, my friends?  No recent updates mean I've been busy.  On what, you ask?  I've been working on my...studio?  That's a question mark because, I'm not sure if it is valid to call it that?  Maybe it's more like I streamlined my old computer and hooked it up with my mics and pedals and everything else.  This means less overdubbing.  This also means you can hear everything that's going on in my room studio.  (Um, that's *creepy*!)

I've tested this practice space out tonight, and here's a clip of me (1 MB . mp3, 1:03) covering "1000 Hours" by Green Day.

Is this a sign of things to come?

Also: stroooooong!!!
]]> GP(MPK)'s sources indicate yes 2006-06-01T21:05:38-06:00 Miyazawa is Goddess http://www.murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=72&ct=4 Inspired by this recent picture I took, I sat down and recorded this (2 MB .mp3, 2:11). It's my rendition of Yukino V from His or Her Circumstances, an anime I was introduced to by Gator Anime about two years ago while I was still in school. The show's very, very good, even by Gainax standards.

I did this in two takes and on two tracks with no overdubs. It has a couple of mistakes and I kept them all in there for posterity. Besides, they are negligible unless you've heard the original version...

...except for the very last note! It's a non-blatant but very bad mistake!

Usually I'd do this over, but I've been feeling cheerful lately. Enjoy!
]]> GP(MPK) in Asaba Mary-land 2005-08-09T21:28:12-06:00 Mitsuda is God http://www.murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=61&ct=4 Things have been progressing remarkably well.  Finally, I'm back to my old habits.  And that's a good thing.  At one point, I took a quick break and recorded this (1 MB .mp3, 1:05).  It's my rendition of Yasunori Mitsuda's Ship of Regret and Sleep and is recorded using two tracks and takes.  And it is also definitely NOT going to be on the album.  Perhaps with this, Select Start will let me join the band, but nah I doubt it.

But like I said, I'm recording again.  I got several more songs with which to play around and we'll go forward from thereafter.
]]> GP(MPK) New Game+ 2005-03-20T21:49:09-06:00 Rough Mix samples are up http://www.murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=49&ct=4 Two new songs ("The Trinidad and Tobago Song" Rough Mix, "Stubborn Star Story" Rough Mix) are now up on our purevolume page.  (myspace also = better quality.)

I contemplated about delaying this further, but I decided that most of you have been waiting long enough for this.  So here's to you, my patient pals!  Feel free to spread the word!
]]> GP(MPK) out. And about. 2004-11-21T01:34:41-06:00 It's dot com http://www.murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=39&ct=4 If you are reading this, then murpheek dot com is back from the dead thanks to these guys. As promised, a streaming version of "Red Rose" is now made available. Sorry for the non-instant update; after the show with Punchline and Rehasher, I've contracted a mild cold and it got a lot worse after the flight back -- luckily, there's some cool people here in Houston who went out of the way to drop off some Advil. That was a fun show, btw, I wish I could say more, but that was half a month ago and it feels a bit nostalgic talking about it now. But here goes anyway. We did our best with the japanese song, which we practiced for the first time that weekend. We've yet to record due to scheduling conflicts, but don't worry (and I'm mostly referring to myself), we will record eventually. Most of the night was a very honorable experience -- it's hard to believe that we've shared the stage with such established bands. I'm inspired.

I hope that everyone had as nice a holiday break as I did. Unfortunately for me, it's back to work, and it's not even 2004 yet. Quite lame. At any rate, we have a show planned with Second Saturday, Karmellas Game, and Team Mascot @ Eddie C's on January 19. As always, we try something new for every show (the japanese song was new for the previous one) -- so who knows what we're gonna do with this one.
]]> GP(MPK) something dot com. 2003-12-29T20:51:35-06:00 Update Long Overdue (like you haven't heard THAT before) http://www.murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=38&ct=4 First things first:  Cocytus is playing tonight (Dec 3) @ Eddie C's.  Peter plays bass for Cocytus.  He tells me that he's got l337 bass playin' skillz.  Ok, fine I made that up...the l337 part I mean.  Making stuff up is fun.  You should try it sometime.

Tonight, within these same confined spaces I dub 'the paragraphs after the first,' I'll finish typing up the updates.  There's a lot of new stuff on the site to talk about, so I promise to be prompt.  Or you can discover the new stuff yourself.  Be adventurous!  And bring that same spirit to Eddie C's and go see Cocytus.

Back already?  That's awesome!  Ok, here goes.

A whole buncha sections were updated since the last post (with ACTUAL content).  They are found here, aqui, dito, hoko [Edit: link removed] and n'ya.

The Bio section reveals our band origins and individual bios, while the Booking section contains our 'band bio' which I felt was necessary.

The Merch section lists Murphee K merchandise.  As a reminder, we're trying to get rid of our shirts.  (Only Adult Medium shirts remain.)  I'm currently researching ways of selling these online other than just emailing us.  Anyone have any ideas?  Paypal?  CCNow?  Cafepress?  If you have an awesome tip, the fastest and most self-gratifying way of telling us is via our guestbook -- and it shall be known how much of a badass you are!  It will be much appreciated.

The obligatory Links page [Edit: link removed] is self-explanatory.

Lastly, since mp3.com is currently dead, I updated the Music link to point to a new section on the site.  The songs you used to access through mp3.com are temporarily down until murpheek dot com is back up and running (Peter is on top of that).  I did, however, manage to record a new song, and it's downloadable [Edit: not anymore :P, 12/04]. It's called "Nusumenai Houseki".  It's in Japanese. I don't speak Japanese.  Clearly I didn't pen it.  But the style is Murphee K and I hope you like it.  Be forewarned: it's might sound weird at first, so it could take a little getting used to.  We're trying to debut this song for our show with Punchline | My Hotel Year | Bayside | The Goodwill on Dec 15th @ Eddie C's (an early show in which we're playing first!).  No promises though.  Speaking of new songs, I re-wrote "Stubborn Star Story" again.  I swear, I must've re-written that song at least 30 times already.

That's all that's new with regards to site-related topics.  Hopefully, that should keep you busy.  Speaking of busy, we're recording that same weekend of Dec 15.  That's hott.  Houston's treating me fine and all's well.  I've been able to concentrate in recording demos and writing new songs and, I think, being able to record the way I used to is a sign of good things to come.
]]> GP(MPK) cannot, however, afford a good night's sleep. 2003-12-03T20:50:35-06:00 Transitional Phrase http://www.murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=26&ct=4 Well, Samuel, it's been a while since we did a show or posted something here. That's because we've been hard at work at setting up our still unnamed tour. Speaking of which, Mitch, it looks like Peter's gonna get some free stuff since I also like 'South X SouthEast Tour'. Ahh, the "To: Myself, From: Myself" Christmas gift was and will always be the best kind of gift.

But yes, Wes, we are sending out demo packages all over. So far, so good. For now, Yao, you can enjoy three clips from our latest performance at Eddie C's. I know that I mentioned that these videos will be available when we have a new web layout. Don't fret, Samoset, we're working on that too.

These clips are included in our demo package as Video CD tracks. For those who have received our package and don't have a DVD player that can play VCDs or are too lazy to download a VCD player, you can view the clips below as an alternative. You will need Quicktime to view them. Thanks again to James for taping us (and for showing me how unfriendly and painful mp4s are on Windows Media Player).

Chameleon* Is it Rockabilly? Swing music? Who knows?
Red Rose* Featuring Angel who does her best impression of a person who says "ONE!" really really loudly and also SiLo who does his best impression of being, well, SiLo.
May* Watch me play "The Tuning Song" midway into the song when my guitar suddenly decided to be uncool and not be in tune...and then watch my guitar finally defeat me by giving me the silent treatment in the end.
]]> GP(MPK) out. 2003-04-06T20:39:14-06:00 Hello World! http://www.murpheek.com/archive.asp?NewsID=1&ct=4 Welcome to the Murphee K website. The website is under construction, but feel free to listen to our songs in the audio section. C'mon, you know you want to.
]]> GP(MPK) out. 2002-10-01T20:00:23-06:00