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tables at the art fest are already sold out. maybe he can trick someone into letting him sneak in on one. i know jim mahfood got in last year by crashing in on his good friend scott morse and stealing half of his table. for more info on actually getting space at the art fest and its condition as of now, click here.

and the drawing is not mine, as i said in the post. the actual line drawing is by steve rolston. i even left his signature there in red. i just colored it, put the photo in back, and did all the scratching.

i plan to spend a little time each saturday and some of spring break working on the music until i actually have some skill. so far its just been blind stupidity.
over the summer, in addition to getting a job, i plan on working out a full album. anyone who cares to help is welcome. i'm pretty sure at least a couple songs will be done in heather's room as her mac is more efficient than mine (yours is a dual processor, right?)
i can just load up whatever i've already got recorded (as well as the GarageBand program, if she needs it) on my external hard drive and bring it over, along with my keyboard and microphone. anyone who wants to help out in anyway is welcome until i say otherwise. right now, due to the early stages of GarageBand and my sluggish single processor, it gives up as soon as a fifth track is introduced, or a third track with any effects. the way i rectify this (as i needed to do twice for "pop song #1" on saturday) was to do a rough layout of the song (come up with the rhythm, melody, and basic spacing for the vocals) and export that as an aiff. then, drag that aiff into a new track in the mixer window and mute the preexisting tracks. then add the next element or two over that and repeat the process until you've got a finished song. this technique is popularly known as "bouncing". the downside to this is that it becomes harder to edit the initial tracks, so with pop song i made sure the music was exactly the way i wanted it and knew exactly where and how long it would play, as well as my vocals, mixed the instruments the way i wanted and exported, then added each of the vocal tracks. i was very happy with the end result, except for some of the backup vocals.