http://www.vivavoce.com/blog Faster Than A Dead Horse Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:27:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey Friends, Just wanted to give you an update as to where we are spending our time these days. Head on over to: http://www.bluegiantland.com We started Blue Giant in 2008 and while we spent the better part of 2009 touring Viva Voce's Rose City record, we constantly writing, recording, mixing and working on ... http://www.vivavoce.com/blog/?p=189 It's been a hot minute since I've had a chance to update. Because, well - frankly there hasn't been anything worth posting. Though now, there have been some interesting year end developments: 1.) The Robinsons That is, myself and Anita. When we came off our last tour we started taking shows as ... http://www.vivavoce.com/blog/?p=186 pic by jason quigley. <-------------- So the summertime has passed. School's back in. Leaves will soon be turning. It's made me a bit reflective. This year has been a whirlwind. And it's not even over! Here's what we've got coming down the pike: a) Blue Giant full length b) Another Viva Voce Album (!!) c) A record ... http://www.vivavoce.com/blog/?p=175 I made you a mixtape. DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE THING HERE It's been a cool thing to put together while enduring a massive heat wave. Nothing beats being in a studio that's 107 degrees! So, you may / may not dig all these songs, it's just what I've been into lately. Some artists ... http://www.vivavoce.com/blog/?p=163 To much questioning and asking I give this answer - yes, vinyl is on the way! September will find the 180 gram vinyl release of Rose City on the Jealous Butcher record label. We worked with Jealous Butcher on the release of the Blue Giant EP last year and we were ... http://www.vivavoce.com/blog/?p=161 And that's that then. The guitars are slowly getting unpacked in the studio, as we're gearing up for recording some new jams. We have quite a pile of tunes to sift through for the Blue Giant album, so we've begun that whole thing. I'd like to thank everyone who came out to ... http://www.vivavoce.com/blog/?p=159 We're a few show deep in the tour. So far so good.  I opened a twitter account today (God help my soul), and will try to take a big steaming twit each day on the road. I'm told people like to read twits or tweets, and though I can't fathom ... http://www.vivavoce.com/blog/?p=156 Two great tastes that go great together. I've been using EHX pedals since I was a kid and I figured out how to make my shitty guitar playing sound "cool". The Big Muff was the first pedal I ever bought and when I plugged it in, the light bulb went off. Yea, ... http://www.vivavoce.com/blog/?p=147 That scary looking mo-fo you see over there is ME! That's how I look when I blog. It's actually a screen capture from our fresh, new video for "Octavio". The video is rad, very Lynchian - we spent two days breathing the decay of a rotting Masonic Temple to bring you the ... http://www.vivavoce.com/blog/?p=141 So we're exactly a month away from our new record coming out in the states. Very exciting for us. So much so in fact that our label and we thought it might be cool to give an exclusive little download. Our good friends at eMusic are releasing the first single from ... http://www.vivavoce.com/blog/?p=129