Badsleeper Life
you're never really asleep, and you're never really awake
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Continuing to write about music that inspires and captivates me, so that it can continue to do so in new ways. Third Eye Blind’s self-titled debut album, ‘Third Eye Blind’: This album is ludicrously good. In my opinion! It wouldn’t be for very long that this band truly felt like a ‘band’. Publicized stories about…
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Badsleeper’s Infinite List of The Dopest Shit Ever (In No Particular Order) Goodbye Horses by Q Lazzarus: This song is so freaking good. The drum beat sounds incredible. I love that kick-snare tone. The droning bass is full. The synths, the little counter melodies, the cheeky synth brass sounds, the twangy high pitched melodic riff,…
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I have these endeavors. I take jazz piano lessons. I’ve been working hard, but I’m still a total novice. I take classical piano lessons. I’ve improved a lot. But I still have a really long way to go. I’m writing songs. I’m recording this song called ‘Cigarette’. I’m so excited about it, but also completely…
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How long does it take to take properly “digest” art? How long should it take? And how much effort should one really put toward doing so? I’ve been watching a bit more of Anthony Fantano (the internet’s busiest music nerd). He has an encyclopedic knowledge of modern artists and their discography and really is entertaining…
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Speaking of obsession. I am obsessed with the piano. I spent hours tonight playing an extremely simplistic arrangement of Sir Edward Elgar’s ‘Pomp and Circumstance’. Over and over and over. There are schools of thought which attest that progress is made by pushing towards the edge of what is possible. By pushing oneself to the…
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I went to the BPO’s ‘Folklore and Fantasy’ concert tonight. It was a program of Rossini, Bartok, and Chopin. The conclusive Chopin Concerto No. 1 in E minor was performed by pianist Maxim Lando. It was some mind-bending, awe-inspiring shit. I could go on and on about the unfathomable level of virtuosity and artistry on…
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With the production of ‘Earthquake’ winding down, my mind is racing to answer the question “what’s next?”. Part of what I have envisioned for Badsleeper is that while we will create songs with expansive, extravagant arrangements, we will also write songs that are for a single acoustic instrument and the voice. It’s remarkable how I…
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Today I suddenly felt it important to begin documenting my artistic endeavors. I’ve had a lot going on with music lately and I reason that it will help me get my thoughts in order. My music project ‘Badsleeper’ is just about to finish our new single ‘Earthquake’. It’s been an arduous process trying to put…
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