I’m a huge Ke$ha fan, although I’m not crazy about will.i.am. So I left his parts of this song out of my cover version. I this cover on Christmas Day and it was included on Mabson Enterprises’ Now That’s What I Call Mabson 2013 compilation.
Remote Collaboration
A while ago, I noticed this band on Soundcloud called Lovevalley. They’re from Tokyo. I thought they had cool music, and they’d “liked” a couple of my songs.
I’d always wanted to collaborate with a stranger over the Internet, and this seemed like a good opportunity to try something like that. So, I messaged Lovevalley and they ended up sending me Garageband stems of this song that the singer, Tokimune, wrote a long time ago but never finished to his satisfaction.
I played a little bit of guitar, made the beat, added effects to the parts the band sent me, and sightly rearranged the order of the parts. We exchanged messages back and forth the whole time, with him giving me feedback as I tweaked the production.
It was so fun. I like collaboration in general, but doing it over wires and waves with people in Japan was very special. And it really shows the power of music as a community-maker.
Here is what we did:
Vanity Projects at LA Zine Fest
I’m very excited to be tabling at LA Zine Fest! It’s like, the coolest event in town. Every year they attract so many talented artists and publishers, and it’s a real honor to be involved this time around.
Here is an interview that they did with me for their blog.
The Fest is tomorrow at Helms Bakery in LA.