Day 6 Music and Kitty Time

Dear Bud (aka Christy),

My blog is short and yet I spend so much time trouble shooting the damn thing. I'm just barely gonna make the 6 am deadline. Geesh.

Back to my original blog:
Had a good day off today. My back is slowly getting better. Didn't return to writing my bio. Played music instead. In fact, I'm in the middle of recording a new cover and the process so far is fu. Before I started working on the song, I did another quickie Vine. This time a fiddle loop. I have yet to get the timing right in that damn app.



Oh, and to continue with our ongoing cat thing here's a pic of me and Puddy. Hey you can't take part in the inter webs if you don't offer up a cat in some kind of form.

Me and Puddin' spending quality time in our backyard.

Stay tuned for my new recording. Hope I can post it soon.

Love,

Bud aka Edie

take 2 of Day 5 of Sister summer blogging - I had such plans...

Geesh take 2 on this day 5 post...


Dear Bud (aka Christy),

Well shit. I was hoping to have this big revelatory essay written for you today. In fact, I was in a writing frenzy yesterday afternoon before going to my regular job. Damn that job. It's getting in the way of my plans.

Anyway, in my morning journaling I realized I was finally ready to write my music bio. I've been putting it off for so long mainly because I hate writing about my music and trying to figure out what I sound like. So I decided to write my music history here in LA in hopes of finding some kind of common thread of what I've studied and listened to in comparison to what I play and record. Instead, I get caught up in the chronological order of things. Ugh.

It doesn't help that working 8 hours breaks my rhythm and thought process. It's hard getting that zone back. Again, that damn job.

Since today is my day off, I'm gonna take it up again after some rest.

So no big creative thing today. Instead I will repost my tweets, which are actually Vines from this week and last.

Here's one of me playing word scramble with my vinyl. I picked random records and dropped the needle on somewhat random song hooks to form this random sentence, "Ain't no businessman running right, Bodhisattva."




And here's one of Puddin' because cats are awesome. It's got an experimental short film vibe. (Damn it, I shoulda recorded a track for this.)


Nite, nite. 

Love,
Budmeister aka Edie

Day 2 of sister summer blogging

Dear Bud (aka Christy),

Okay, good day and welcome to day 2.

It's 4am and I've just spent 2 1/2 hours working in Flash, Vine, Twitter and now this blog.

The good news is my Jim Rockford Vine cartoon is done. Here it is!

I had a lot of other stuff to put in, but I kinda burned myself out on this animation. So I'll just have to save it for another installment later this summer. Vince Vaughn is up next. I've got some test drawings and a vague idea of a cartoon for him.

Anyways, this is a short entry because I'm sure The Rockford Files Theme must be driving you nuts by now and I'm freakin' tired.

Love,

Bud

P.S. My cartoon is square because that's the aspect ratio Vine uses. So it kinda effed up my framing composition. I'll try to remember that for the next one.

Day one of sister blogging

Hey Bud,

It's day 1 and I'm already exhausted. Between revamping my website and my Blogger site, I've forgotten all the creative notions I wanted to share as my first entry. It was supposed to be monumental and profound. Yeah, right.

Anywho. As you know, I'm damn excited to finally take a crack at animation. My little Jim Rockford cartoon is coming along. I know you've seen this already, but I'm posting for posterity. I've got some other little details drawn that I need to insert. Man, I gotta add some awesome pans and zooms to make it more Rockford-esque!!

Okay, it's a humble start for my renewed blogging. I can only go up from here, right? Hoping my cartoon is dazzling enough. I mean, c'mon, it's Jim Rockford!! It's also my favorite song right now. My friend Mark Christian from Merle Jagger does a pretty good cover of this tune.

Over and out,
Bud

In just a few hours, I'll be starting a daily blog with Christy.

Wow. It's been 5 years since my last blog. Well I'm starting up again, but my audience is my sister Christy.

Anyways, this entry is a test to make sure my launch this morning goes smoothly and it's a buffer between my five-year old entry and my new 2015 entry.

Everything's humble beginnings lately. I've been teaching myself how to animate in Flash Pro CC. It started with a 30 day free trial on May 1st. Damn. That reminds me; I have to buy the license to continue my work! Doh!

So here's one of my first creations which I learned from an Adobe Flash tutorial. The instructor drew a potato, but I thought a hot dog was way more interesting. See for yourself. And yes, I recorded the simple yet quirky music. It turned out pretty cool on Vine.

P.S. I'll be posting my Vines down the road. Need to figure that shiz out.

I Ain't Eddie Murphy (Edie's My Name)

Good grief! Time does fly when you're having fun. Been busy these days writing and recording lots of new stuff. Even done some collaboration which has been very inspiring, and has definitely lifted my songwriting to new level highs.

Anyways, I wanted to post my latest musical endeavor...RAP! That's right. This fiddle girl has got it goin' on, G.

My new rap tune was inspired from the angst that never got expressed from the numerous name calling I endured as a kid and partly from the confused emails I get from Eddie Murphy fans who stumble on to my website.

Okay, Eddie Murphy fans... for once and for all "I Ain't Eddie Murphy (Edie's My Name)."

BACONSTOCK/Dan Janisch/Happy Halloween

Well, it seems my entries occur on a monthly basis and it'll have to do I suppose.

October proved to be an inspiration music-wise due to some very fun, spontaneous gigs. On Saturday the 17th, I had the good fortune of fiddlin' and singin' with former bandmates and new members of Murphy's Flaw (Donn Cunningham-guitar, John Bryan-banjo, Matt Witler-mandolin, Peter Blackwelder-fiddle and Paul Dorn-upright bass) at an outdoor charity gig which was the fall harvest festival for Tierra Del Sol (a great organization I might add).

Then the following weekend (10/24) played again with Donn, John and Paul as part of Baconstock over at The Cinema Bar.

Baconstock was a hoot! It was a special 3-day music fest/going away party for The Cinema's beloved bartender Sara Bacon who is leaving for Maine in a week or so. Everyone played in such fine form and the joint was jumpin'! Here's a pic (borrowed from Facebook, thanks Hampton!) of Sara gettin' her grove on and me grinnin' away during Dan Janisch's set.

So, I'm hanging out on the back patio taking a breather from all the Baconstock festivities and I notice all these cool Halloween posters promoting Dan Janisch's "Vicious Draculicious" show. So I ask Dan, who's coincidentally taking a breather too, about his show and he invites me to play a tune special for his Halloween gig.

Well, that show was last night, and man did I fun playing "Devil Went Down To Georgia" with Dan and his god-damn awesome band! The Cinema Bar was all decked out in Halloween gear: smoke poured from a coffin, spiders and ghosts dangled from the ceiling and cool black lights lit the joint. "Devil" and Dan's encore of "She's So Wild" were highlights for me.

And now, I get to do Halloween all over again! My favorite LA rockabilly singer, Brian Hogan, is having me sit in tonight for a special spooktacular set over at The Fox and Hounds Pub in Studio City. And yes, there'll be a repeat performance of "Devil Went Down To Georgia." I can't wait!

With all this performing activity, I'm feeling inspired to get my solo act out there on the scene. Stay tuned...