Bird

 
There is this bird that has been sitting on my fence since I got home. It looks like a baby. I wonder if it is going to make it through the night.

I couldn't help myself

I like the last one, so I did another one. I present Punk Track 2.

More music you say?

Here is a little punk style track I just laid down, using the "Country 4" drum voice on my RP250.  BPM = 160.

A little musical ditty

Earlier this year I purchased for myself a DigiTech RP250 guitar effects processor. This effects processor is a great little thing to have and wasn't terribly expensive either. It's got two banks of pre-sets, one that is factory set, and the other is an exact duplicate but allows you to store on top of it. There is a built in guitar tuner, and a USB port to allow you to plug it in to your computer to both program and record out of. The last added feature (which is what sold me on it in the first place) is that it has a built in drum machine as well. There's over 60 drum styles with a variable beat per minute setting which gives you a ton of control over it. While I was living in the apartment though I never really got much chance to play with it for fear of really annoying the neighbors. Now that this is no longer a primary concern I've been having a great time using it. In fact, using Audacity I just recorded a little test track. I've done zero after processing to this and I think it came out fairly decent. It is by no means a masterpiece, I simply turned it on and started recording. But hey, give it a listen.

The Unpacking 2 -- Electric Boogaloo

In celebration of July 4th, I've actually be quite productive rather than my expected ass sitting self.

First I walked down to the Clawson parade and checked it out. I actually managed to get a few pictures of Carl Levin our Senator. I thought that was pretty cool.

I then came home and pulled the 4 foot weeds that were surrounding the house out of the make shift planter. Now the yard doesn't look so much like a jungle.

My bathroom is now finally all put away. I can stop using the trial sized shampoo's from the hotels.

The computer desk is all set up and I'm typing this up while sitting at my desk.

And, in the Pièce de résistance, I set up my guitars and my amp. For the first time in over a decade I was able turn the amp up and just crunch away for a while. I even worked up a sweat in the process. Oh man that felt good.