Two Words

...Vanessa Carlton

Man, this girl rocks! I have really been listening to her stuff lately. The drummer who did sessions for her, Abe Laboriel Jr., is a phenominal drummer. I have been listening to both of her CD's, which are both really really good. I would recommend taking a listen. I think the production is very very good also. There are so many different sounds going on, like dulicmer and harmonica, and some of the loop programming is pretty neat too. The guys that they got to record with her are all just amazing. But this drummer, man, he can throw it down. I have been reading a lot about him, some other projects he's done. He is amazing. But, still, Vanessa Carlton blows me away - very talented girl.

I am really trying to listen to a lot of different artists - rather than bands - to see what some session drummers are doing. We had a talk in my electronic music class today and it really hit me...I don't want to be in a band. I mean, right now, playing in bands is fine. But, when I start my career, I want to do session work instead.

A guy in my class got a letter from the school because he has been illegally downloading music. The school either fined him or shut off his internet (maybe both), but my profssor (Herbert Midgley) said that he was very lucky that the IRAA didn't get a hold of him. They don't play around. This dude could have been fined thousands of thousands of dollars.

In the discussion about copyright laws, we started talking about the breakdown of record sales and what bands see of that - and it isn't much. I didn't realize how much actually went back to the label after production. A band setup is great, but, I think that I would much rather play different styles and genres of music and get paid more to do it.

Anyways, that's what has been going on. A lot of classes, and studying. Never thought I would actually be taking this thing seriously, but here I am. And I like it. I like accomplishing reading a 100-page reading assignemnt for History.

Alright, I am out. Peace!