September 2009
4 posts
K&M update and God Loves Hair gets all www
I am happy to report that Keys & Machines is inching towards the finish line. It’s easy to lose faith during crunch time but Meg has been knocking shit out of the ball park, making a believer out of me over and over and over again. Lots of video chatting happening. This is how records are made in the 09. We also have a new team member on board! Bryan Cook (Beck, Nigel Godrich, Inara...
First KEYS single, In/Out, now on MySpace
I bought my first synthesizer in the fall of 2007 and like most new technology I invest in, iPods not included, it sat quietly in some corner for months before I stopped being intimidated of it. A new instrument can be an extraordinary tool, opening new doors, summoning new inspiration. In/Out is the first song I wrote on the synth after I got around to doing more than turning it on and twiddling...
vivek shraya dot com (for the very fifth time)
Things look pretty different in these parts thanks to my dedicated webmaster/brother from another (whiter) mother Simon Crowley!
I met Simon in 2002 through my “real” brother (or via creeping his LiveJournal, depending on who you ask). My guess is that it was our joint megaboner for Radiohead that compelled him to offer to design a website for me. I am not sure he realized what he was...
If We're Not Talking returns to iTunes (finally!)
Like all contemporary love affairs, Meghan Toohey and I met over MySpace. It was the summer of 06. We found that we had many things in common: a love for Joni Mitchell, nana’s gloves and hairy armpits. We decided the next natural step was to make a baby. A music baby. Our love was consummated in someone’s AWESOME mansion in Jamaica Plains. A short 5 months later If We’re Not...