We’ve been busy lately. And even better: we have lots footage of that. On this video, I am working on new stuff with Schidde in our rehearsal room above the legendary Twilight in Ostend. The video features two demo snippets from the forthcoming album "Hotel Existence".
Expect more footage of me working in the studio or checking out sounds with the boys in the rehearsal room. By dropping videos, we will reveal new sounds and demos. So stay tuned – stay ‘konnekted’.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Demo preview - Yesteryears
Preview - Yesteryears DEMO v.1.0
Instead of just dropping an audio preview, we thought a video is much more fun. This is a DEMO of Yesteryears. A first snippet and preview of the forthcoming album 'Hotel Existence'.
Instead of just dropping an audio preview, we thought a video is much more fun. This is a DEMO of Yesteryears. A first snippet and preview of the forthcoming album 'Hotel Existence'.
Friday, October 9, 2009
A chance to live inside your dreams
NATHAN: The inner refuge, Harry. The place a man goes to when life in the real world is no longer possible.
HARRY: Oh. I used to have one of those. I thought everyone did.
TOM: Not necessarily. It takes a good imagination, and how many people have that?
HARRY: (closing his eyes; pressing his forefingers against his temples): It's all coming back to me now. The Hotel Existence. I was just ten years old, but I can still remember the exact moment when the idea occurred to me, the exact moment when I found the name. It was a Sunday afternoon during the war. The radio was on, and I was sitting in the living room of our house in Buffalo with a copy of Life magazine, looking at pictures of the American troops in France. I had never been inside a hotel, but I had walked past enough of them on my trips downtown with my mother to know that they were special places, fortresses that protected you from the squalor and meanness of everyday life. I loved the men in the blue uniforms who stood in front of the Remington Arms. I loved the sheen of the brass fittings on the revolving doors at the Excelsior. I loved the immense chandelier that hung in the lobby of the Ritz. The sole purpose of a hotel was to make you happy and comfortable, and once you signed the register and went upstairs to your room, all you had to do was ask for something and it was yours. A hotel represented the promise of a better world, a place that was more than just a place, but an opportunity, a chance to live inside your dreams.
From The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster
Congrats to CC who awaits a copy of 'Hotel Existence' once it’s ready...
HARRY: Oh. I used to have one of those. I thought everyone did.
TOM: Not necessarily. It takes a good imagination, and how many people have that?
HARRY: (closing his eyes; pressing his forefingers against his temples): It's all coming back to me now. The Hotel Existence. I was just ten years old, but I can still remember the exact moment when the idea occurred to me, the exact moment when I found the name. It was a Sunday afternoon during the war. The radio was on, and I was sitting in the living room of our house in Buffalo with a copy of Life magazine, looking at pictures of the American troops in France. I had never been inside a hotel, but I had walked past enough of them on my trips downtown with my mother to know that they were special places, fortresses that protected you from the squalor and meanness of everyday life. I loved the men in the blue uniforms who stood in front of the Remington Arms. I loved the sheen of the brass fittings on the revolving doors at the Excelsior. I loved the immense chandelier that hung in the lobby of the Ritz. The sole purpose of a hotel was to make you happy and comfortable, and once you signed the register and went upstairs to your room, all you had to do was ask for something and it was yours. A hotel represented the promise of a better world, a place that was more than just a place, but an opportunity, a chance to live inside your dreams.
From The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster
Congrats to CC who awaits a copy of 'Hotel Existence' once it’s ready...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Hotel Existence
Okay folks, while I’ve been filling these pages mainly with nonsense and side news for a while now, I think it’s about time to reveal some real news.
Yes, I am working on a new album and that album will most probably find its way into the annals of time as ‘Hotel Existence’. But hush hush, don’t tell anyone yet!
Btw, does anyone have a clue where the title comes from or what it refers to?
Hmmm, maybe this could be a nice way to reward those who actually read these blogs on www.diskonnekted.com. So the first one who posts a reaction on www.diskonnekted.com with (let’s be fair) the right answer will get a free copy of ‘Hotel existence’.
Once it’s ready of course. And only God knows when that’s going to be.
Yes, I am working on a new album and that album will most probably find its way into the annals of time as ‘Hotel Existence’. But hush hush, don’t tell anyone yet!
Btw, does anyone have a clue where the title comes from or what it refers to?
Hmmm, maybe this could be a nice way to reward those who actually read these blogs on www.diskonnekted.com. So the first one who posts a reaction on www.diskonnekted.com with (let’s be fair) the right answer will get a free copy of ‘Hotel existence’.
Once it’s ready of course. And only God knows when that’s going to be.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Willy Wonka
How would Diskonnekted look like, seen through the eyes of Willy Wonka?
Probably a bit like this: the birthday cake my mother-in-law made me two weeks ago. I especially like the outfit Schidde is wearing!
Probably a bit like this: the birthday cake my mother-in-law made me two weeks ago. I especially like the outfit Schidde is wearing!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Will I - will I - will I be famous?
He doesn’t know it yet, but he will find out soon: a picture of Schidde is featured in the official city magazine of Ostend - De Grote Klok. The picture was taken a little while ago during a rehearsal. Somehow (I have to admit I have my connections) it found its way to the magazine’s editorial staff. Now every citizen of Ostend will see Schidde soon, as everyone receives this city magazine. The article is about alcohol consumption, music licenses for pubs, and a safe city nightlife. Really something that fits the funny ass of Schidde!
Haha, picture this!
Haha, picture this!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Jam session
Even for a healthy schizophrenic it's pretty easy to make music because the only possible problems you have to deal with are an inner dialogue or a compromise you have to make with your very own personal goals. Until now this has always been the comfortable way of making music for me. But since I am looking for new boundaries to break and new challenges as a musician, I invited our guitar player Schidde to be involved in finishing the new songs. Schidde is not even a 'healthy' schizophrenic so as far as having my big challenge I succeeded already.
As mentioned in the previous blog the adventure started last friday when Schidde came by for a first jam session in the Diskonnekted home studio: the 'Cyberflesh Lab'. I have footage of the afternoon and will post that later when starting a series of 'Behind the scenes' videos. We recorded straight into Cubase using Guitar Rig as our virtual amp. It still is a very cool toy but the software definitely lacks a real 'rock 'n roll' vibe. However: the beers and cigarettes made the balance right. OMFG.
When working on the recorded guitar parts this week I was happily surprised by the result of the first jam session.
Yesterday we just decided to work differently and headed for our rehearsal room above the Twilight (our favorite rock pub in the city). There we are able to play loud and to use Schidde's amp, a tube driven Switchblade by Hughes & Kettner that already makes a hell of noise at volume setting 0.5. So I really don't want to know how volume setting 10 sounds like. Anyway, the rock 'n roll vibe of the rehearsal room was inspiring and Schidde came up with some very cool and aggressive guitar riffs. Really the kind I was looking for. Not having Cubase installed on my iBook I used the by default installed GarageBand by Apple and I was happy to discover a very easy to use recording/studio interface. Simple but solid. Thanks to GarageBand I was able to record the guitar parts and now I am able to work on the demos in the Cyberflesh Lab. I am thrilled and excited. 10 years in the making: the final version of 'The Parting' will be an explosive result. Stay tuned!
As mentioned in the previous blog the adventure started last friday when Schidde came by for a first jam session in the Diskonnekted home studio: the 'Cyberflesh Lab'. I have footage of the afternoon and will post that later when starting a series of 'Behind the scenes' videos. We recorded straight into Cubase using Guitar Rig as our virtual amp. It still is a very cool toy but the software definitely lacks a real 'rock 'n roll' vibe. However: the beers and cigarettes made the balance right. OMFG.
When working on the recorded guitar parts this week I was happily surprised by the result of the first jam session.
Yesterday we just decided to work differently and headed for our rehearsal room above the Twilight (our favorite rock pub in the city). There we are able to play loud and to use Schidde's amp, a tube driven Switchblade by Hughes & Kettner that already makes a hell of noise at volume setting 0.5. So I really don't want to know how volume setting 10 sounds like. Anyway, the rock 'n roll vibe of the rehearsal room was inspiring and Schidde came up with some very cool and aggressive guitar riffs. Really the kind I was looking for. Not having Cubase installed on my iBook I used the by default installed GarageBand by Apple and I was happy to discover a very easy to use recording/studio interface. Simple but solid. Thanks to GarageBand I was able to record the guitar parts and now I am able to work on the demos in the Cyberflesh Lab. I am thrilled and excited. 10 years in the making: the final version of 'The Parting' will be an explosive result. Stay tuned!
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