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On Tour w/ The Suicide Denial #3, 4, 5

xiaoma — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:31:37 +0000

We played a great show last Friday in Billings, MT. To make things exciting, Chad’s Rivera Knucklehead blew its transformer during our soundcheck the night before…not a good thing. Unfortunately we’d have to wait until we got back to LA to fix it. Luckily a local music shop let us borrow an amp for the

On Tour w/ The Suicide Denial #2

xiaoma — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:16:21 +0000

The friday show was great! We did a secret performance in an old theater at the University of Colorado in Boulder. The crowd was rockin out with lots of energy. It was a lot of fun. Signing cds was pretty cool too I’ve been dealing with a few annoying midi issues since we started the

On Tour w/ The Suicide Denial #1

xiaoma — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:51:13 +0000

Hit the road with my buddies Chad & 2012 of The Suicide Denial. We’ll be gone for about three weeks doing shows through the western states. We left LA monday morning, drove thru a 120 degree las vegas, and crashed in Payson, UT at Chad’s cousin’s house. It was nice to actually see stars at

sketchin on the metro

xiaoma — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:50:04 +0000

a few excerpts from my notebook

ascap expo

xiaoma — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:33:58 +0000

First day of the ASCAP I Create Music Expo in Hollywood, CA. Exhausting day, but plenty of free coffee, iced tea, and snacks to go around…for like an hour. Then it was gone But the “Opening Reception” provided wine and beer so it made it all better. John Mayer’s interview was pretty dope. Great insight,

thoughts from the depths of the studio

xiaoma — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:41:50 +0000

I started developing orchestrations for my piano sketches. The process is kinda tedious, but I’m excited to see how it all turns out. I’m not sure exactly how far I want to take it. So far, I’ve been adding subtle ambient pads and understated string parts. I would like to incorporate a substantial amount of

TouchOSC

xiaoma — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:47:24 +0000

Lately I have been designing some customized TouchOSC layouts using the TouchOSC Editor by hexler.net. My current template has a clip launcher, channel mixer + sends, pad matrix (for misc effects, one shots, etc), and a transition mixer (all crammed into an iPod Touch!). In terms of flexibility, aesthetics, and overall value, TouchOSC is hard