Take a look at the artwork coming for the Stop Don’t Stop debut LP, Sweating Through The Night. We will be releasing this in iTunes, the Pseudobook Music Store, and on physical CD. Stay tuned.

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Recorded this direct line-in to my macbook (which gives it a raunchier, lower-fi sound) as a demo process for what is to come this summer. I hope to do a LOT this summer, and aside from Stop Don’t Stop, Dunvint, and other projects, I hope to get a full length out of my own songs.

Without further ado:

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Here’s a home recording of the song I did live for the JustinKenya Benefit concert. Perhaps more to come?

Get into 3 part harmonies around the 2 minute mark!

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I have updated my Flickr page with images from the Stop Don’t Stop show at Frankie’s in Toledo. We played with AM Error (their final show), GoLab, and Enon. Very fun show!

We were almost too late to the show because Corey had a bad spill while skating in Maumee. Apparently he was attempting a wall ride, fell, and in a reflexive motion put his arms out. Let’s just say that landing full force on your fully extended arm is bad news for your shoulder. So, it popped out. We picked up at St. Luke’s in Maumee. He was a trooper and still played the show!

Corey “shouldering” his shoulder injury.

I am stealing this update notification gif from Justin because it is a great idea:

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The Press Gang EP - $3.99

The Toledo Free Press says – “Call The Press Gang piano punk, call ‘em a car wreck between indie rock and metal, just don’t call ‘em the Modern Soviet Enemies — though The Press Gang rose from the ashes of that band, this is a new chapter. Art-damaged guitar clashes with tight horns and spy-movie Farfisa organ in the twitchy “Teen Steam,” while “Cobra Cadabra” puts wild-eyed angst to a danceable beat, then throws in enough noisy left turns to trip up the smoothest steppers.”

Interpunk – “The debut EP from The Press Gang has all of the ingredients to make your jaded, drunk, art school dropout ass stand up and dance. Sharp guitar melodies and insane keyboard hooks consumed by a punk rock vibe that could only come from Bowling Green, OH…”

The Press Gang has shared the stage with: The New York Dolls, The Chesterfield Kings, The Supersuckers, The Charms, Stylex, Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower, Nomo, Make Believe, Cold War Kids, Detachment Kit, Thunderbirds Are Now!, An Albatross.


Now defunct, the band lives on vicariously as members Ben Lucas, Corey Baum, and Michael Edwards went on to form Stop Don’t Stop. They are currently recording an EP that will be released this summer.

The Press Gang EP Tracklist:

1. Seal the Deal
2. Teen Steam
3. We’re With You If You’re With Us
4. Cobra Cadabra
5. Getting to Know Your Partner
6. BONUS: Tired Machine
7. BONUS: Sexy Revolutionaries

Presented by The Pseudobook Music Store

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Last night was the final show for The Tapes. What a sendoff. They played just about everything from their new album, Out of the Great Black Swamp. You can pick that 11 song beauty up at the Pseudobook Music Store.

I had the good fortune of playing banjo on A Silver Song. What classy guys. Bless their hearts.

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The JustInKenya Benefit Concert live performances, available FREE!

The Tapes: Out of the Great Black Swamp

Release Date: 04/25/2008

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At long last! A way for people to securely, easily, and conveniently purchase music by me or by some close friends of mine for very good prices! Announcing the official launch of the Pseudobook Music Store!

Some things to note:

• 320kpbs DRM-free MP3 files
• Low prices! Instantaneous downloads!
• Only 3 albums up right now, but more to come soon!
• Powered by Paypal for credit card or bank account debit transactions

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This past weekend my friend Benji Robinson visited and we spent some time recording a number of drum tracks for Dunvint. There is no web home for Dunvint yet, so I keep pointing links to the entry on the Pseudobook Music Blog which can be found here. That’s our demo song of our (not avant garde, but very fun) mixture of rock and roll with sampling. I’m a melody man, so I prefer to anchor my songs with lyrics and in some sense center-of-attention vocals, but I think we’ve got some very nice songs up our sleeves.

Benji is very, very good at drums and has been exercising his click-track playing. I dream of someday performing this music live and doing it justice. Until then, we have some work to do learning best how to mix computers and live sounds.

Enjoy our demo, “Beat Em Up”:

• Dunvint – Beat Em Up [mp3]

The town of Dunvant, not Dunvint

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Lately, I look at tasks, skills, and other projects in my life and think about completely obliterating them. I look at a piano and I want to be fluent, smooth, controlled, etc. with it. I see an old 8-bit Ninja Gaiden game and I want to master it, be able to beat it without dying. Think of an idea for a website, and I want to know how to make it happen. Does it require learning new languages? Ok, whatever it takes. My room is a mess. Ok, get it clean, just do it, get through it.

I helped on a video production and 3 audio productions this weekend, over 16 hours of effort.

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