Wavves and Best Coast

We just got through seeing Wavves, Best Coast, and No Joy. Unfortunately we missed No Joy because the line into the 40 Watt Club was super slow. We got recognized several times, and Nathan gave me his setlist. We're in Athens, GA and apparently they stop selling beer at 12 midnight. That's crazy. We were walking (actually running) toward the club, which closes at 2am, and this very cool guy named Ronald suddenly appeared with an unopened 12 pack of Corona. Wow. So we invited him back to our room to chill. Very cool dude. His first question was, "Are you guys like a band or something?" Ha
-O

Progress is the theme of 2011

The EP is nearly recorded. It will be mixed and mastered shortly after that. Then comes the fun part (seriously, I love this part)...the promotion! I love advertising, marketing, and promotion. That's another reason I love producing television. The only thing I love more than producing television is all things related to music promotion. Once this EP becomes a product, which is after it exits post-production, then I get to start down my favorite road. We get to tour it, get reviews for it, get spins on Norwegian college radio, take criticism, make music videos, viral market, social network it, cross-promote it, tie it in to consumer products, license it to film/ads/television, and a whole myriad of other amazing train rides. We get to throw our fledgling from the nest and watch it learn to fly.

So here's the first taste of my marketing wrath:
The name of the EP will be "Mixed Signals."

Now go forth, and ponder the possibilities.
-O

Wormholes: non-linear space, its application, and finding the radius

The red line illustrates non-linear travel in the universe.

Creating a connection between two places in the universe is a function of the diameter of a circle. Point one is your origin. Point two is your destination. The distance is not important, because all points in the universe are the same "distance" apart. What humans used to think of as distance is simply a relationship of time to origin. Time and distance are not a factor, all points in the universe are exactly the furthest point on a sphere or circle. You must travel to the radius to reach any point.

Sequence:
1.0 Plot origin (S) or start (S = π minus <S)
1.1 Enter origin (S) coordinate
2.0 Plot destination (E) or end (E = π minus >E)
2.1 Enter destination (E) coordinate
3.0 Calculate circumference (C) of the universe (U). (C = π * d)
3.1 Enter the radius (r) of the universe (U). (r = √ (U divided by π))
3.2 Enter the diameter (d) of the universe. (d = C / π) or (2r)
4.0 Execute equation (C-S+E= C)

"In The Snow" video

I'm working on the edit for our first music video release of the year. It's for "In The Snow" which was written by my nephew when he was 13yrs. This song won't be on the forthcoming EP, it's a one off single of sorts. We had to wait until it snowed to shoot the video, which worked out perfectly. Legendary drummer Chad Melton actually helped with the shoot. He took all the footage that contains the entire band. He did a great job. We'll be releasing that video as soon as the edit is complete so stay tuned! Until then, here are the lyrics.

In The Snow

When we dance in the snow

Love is all I know

It's cold all night

and nothing will make me real alright

Chorus

I never loved you

This I know is true

I could never disappoint

Let's get to the point

Dancing in the Dark

You leave your eminent mark

I don't love you

and I never will 

Chorus

(2x) Dancing in the Dark

You leave your eminent mark

I don't love you

and I never will 

Pleasures of the Past

lyrics sheet for "Possessed"

We're going to start re-releasing several of our EPs that were only available on cassette tape. I was working up some of the logistics to do that and I ran across the original lyric sheets to some of the songs. One of our favorite songs from the late 90s sessions was called, "Possessed." 


It's a hardcore song. I just thought I'd share. When we get ready to put that EP back out, I'll let you know. It will be sometime this summer. We might even dig out a bonus song or two for the release and make it a proper redux. There is a large body of unreleased work, sometimes it's songs that we never intended to do anything with, a random cover tune, or just some sounds that we experimented with intending to develop further. That happens quite a bit, there is a song on the new EP that has been stewing in Jared's mind for the better part of the last decade.


-O

Redefined Workspace

We redefined our workspace today. Sonically the center of the room is the vertex of all sound. The DAW is in the Northern-Eastern corner. It consists of an iMac, Akai MPK49 midi workstation, Alesis M1active studio monitors, Wacom medium tablet, a pint of Old Speckled Hen, and Behringer 1204USB mixer.

The drums are in the South-Eastern corner. Amps take up much of the remaining wall space.

I also installed a wireless Kodak printer which I'm excited about. It costs much less for ink, plus we can print from anywhere in the house since we mostly use laptops. I can even print from my iPod Touch.

We ran across a lot of flyers from past shows which are now hanging on the Status board. We hung Jon's painting of the Curse of Spawn, and the surviving half of Jared's chainsawed strat.

I also made a new friend through one of my webisodes who used to work for Rhino Records before starting his own label. He's a very interesting fellow. Good connection.

-O

Tattoo's in full effect

I was a tattoo artist from 1999 to 2003. People have asked me why I didn't keep doing them, it's not that I didn't like doing tattoos. I was just so busy between Oversat, high school (I was 17 when I took my got my tattoo training certification in blood born pathogens), and having fun that I did not want to work a full time job. Don't be fooled, tattoos seem fun but it's still a job. A job that is 100% commission. You have a guy come in and get a tattoo, then he will send his girlfriend, she sends her best friend and so on. You make some money but eventually that circle of friends dries up and you have to find a new vain. Some people get a lot of tattoos, but almost no one gets a lot of tattoos quickly. It's like jewelry, you tend to buy it to mark occasions like birthdays or anniversaries. I started focusing more on body piercings since you could do them quicker, and that provided a steady stream of new 18 year olds (even though I wasn't even 18 when I started, hehe). Often as a girl was waiting for her friend to finish getting a tattoo from my sister (it was her shop "Colors by Kaila") I could talk her into getting her belly button, ear, or maybe nipple pierced. I made a little money, and in half the time. Over time, I still felt that I was wasting a lot of time just sitting there on slow days. 

I used to do a lot of design work as well. While plenty of folks would just pick some flash art off the wall, I didn't charge extra to design a unique tattoo. I would always suggest this since I really didn't want to just copy a picture onto someone. Tattoos should be personal and be a signature of that person. Over the years since I stopped tattooing full time people have asked me to design works for them so they could get other artists to place the tattoos. I still enjoy doing that, even if I don't physically place the art it's still my work. 

That is what inspired this entry. I was asked by a technical director at work to design an abstract lotus blossom for her. When I saw her next, she had placed my design on the back of her neck. I forgot the feeling of pride when someone puts a permanent mark on their body that you designed. The same is true for music. When someone really connects with a piece of music, they place that composition as the soundtrack to part of their life. King Doug often talks about how the Deftones' "White Pony" album connects with a very dark chapter in his life. It helped him survive a lot of struggles, but it was also the party anthem to a lot of good times.  

South Korean Jackets

So we've been really obsessed with these jackets. They are from South Korea and trust me, they will be the next big fashion trend. We originally ran across these on ETSY but they disappeared. It took forever to find them again, this time on Ebay. Jared got his around Christmas and I can hardly hold in my longing to possess one of my own. It's like the Rocketeer meets steam punk meets indie rocker. 

I think we are going to try to find the distributor of these in South Korea and sell them at shows with an Oversat patch somewhere strategic. We'll look into that when we get back from Oslo.

King Doug and I (Jeremiah LongBear) both got great jackets over the holiday as well. Mine is a non-douchy leather slim-fit, King Doug's is a really nice retro button-up. Now that I think of it, I'll just post pictures of each of us modeling for you. hahaha

It takes about a 3 weeks to get these jackets from Seoul, but they aren't very expensive. You can probably find one for about $20 plus about $10 for international shipping. There are also several different styles. No brand name is present, but a little more expensive South Korean brand called Youstar (one word) is out there. They also have some very nice styles.

Here's a link to an ebay seller who has some of the jacket that we're talking about: South Korean Hoodie Jacket.

Stay out of the cold!! Well, if you do have to go out in it or be in a country that is known for cold, then wear a cool jacket!

-O

11:11pm on 01-01-2011

This is the first day of our new year, 2011. We have a lot of work ahead for this year and I've really been looking forward to moving ahead with the next phase. We'll be finishing our new EP this month, and announcing the name and tracklist in the next week.

I found some press about our first music video that was written in December. I love to read honest reactions to our work. Check it out here: FUNNIEST THING ON THE INNER-NET, "Keep Your Helmet On" by Oversat.

I was also excited that one of my idols, David Wild, used a song we selected for his New Year's Eve playlist. Check it out here: David Wild's Welcome To The Future playlist. I picked "Brand New Day" sang by Neil Patrick Harris from Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog. If you haven't seen it, put that on your list of resolutions.

Sometimes we get extremely honest on this blog, so if it gets too heavy or eccentric for you, head over to our  Twitter for a condensed version of our world.

Hope you made a wish!
LongBear