Busy busy few weeks!

Busy past few weeks for me, but I'm back! Just learned that a dear friend and loyal LINUS supporter will be moving to Oregon. Thanks to our myspace page (that for the past few months has been incapable of playing our music, but has been recently fixed) we'll be able to keep in contact. Hmm, how should I list these updates... Played a great show on the North Shore, played another great show in the International Market Place (even though I was an hour late because I was waiting at the wrong bar, but thankfully the waitress was nice enough to comp the drink that I had put on the band tab that didn't exist). Does that make sense?

This past weekend Stan and I went to highway recording studio and re-recorded the high-hat part of "Hold on Hold," it sounds way better now. I also re-recorded the vocal for Sad to Say the weekend before. Although nothing can replace the old recording we did in 2005, this update should make the music video much more appealing. There's a solo on it now! Drinking a "Premium Roast Iced coffee" from McDonalds. Watched "Coming to America" last night and dreamt about eating at McDowells. Also watched "Who gets to call it Art" on DVD. Highly recommended to anyone who's about to visit the MET in New York.

We're touring in 2 weeks. We have a show tomorrow at Next Door but unfortunately we won't have the projector to show a movie in the background. I'm thinking about making videos on the tour (or at least planning them out) after I talked to stan and phil about our youtube account. All plans, action in two weeks, more recording to be done when we get back.

Rough show last night...

I really need to start taking my digital camera to shows so we can document this stuff. Last night we had a late show at SoundHouse. Not sure what they're going to do with the building once they move out. Demolition? Probably.

Let me be the first to let you know that we're working on a Music Video. Finally, I know. We've partnered with Chris Potts of Potts Pictures. He's got some tight editing skillz. More to post when we start shooting.

Found a cool art/design blog: Form Fifty Five

Been a long time...But I finally got Pro Tools!

Alright, it's been a long time since I posted and I intend to track my progress with Pro Tools here. That's right! I finally upgraded my recording setup. Now I'll be recording in 24 bit. That's a big step up in terms of quality. I'll be tracking my progress with the songs I'm making here. Here's the game plan:

1. Import all LINUS tracks into pro tools.
2. Add hum track over the length of each song.
3. Compose on the hum track.
4. Bump each desirable part to another track.
5. Rerecord desirable tracks on desired instrument (guitar)
6. Mute bed track and export desirable tracks to CD/IPOD

Once I finish tracking the second and third guitar parts on these songs that we've already recorded at phil's I'm going to start working through a 10 song list I created with all the songs I'd like to pursue as the next LINUS CD. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself...

Show this Saturday at Coffee Talk - All Ages!

What the World Eats...

Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City
Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25
Favorite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips

Found this site and wanted to share the pictures with everyone. Click on the picture to go to the site. We're practicing tonight and auditioning a new member. Fingers crossed...

Back to the Studio

This weekend, Nik and I went to the studio and listened to everything we've recorded so far. We had a few drinks, charted out our gameplan, and decided that we'd try to finish this thing as soon as possible. Tonight we're going in to record more parts for a few of the guitar songs.

Weekly updates...

Hello everyone. We still have not found a new guitarist. I'm getting very anxious to sign someone up. We're looking for someone with a good ear for music. Some one who can listen to a song and play a great part that pulls it all together. We're still looking for you. If you know anyone, call nik at 741-6450.

We have a show on Friday at Red Lion. Check out our set as we will be playing 3 new songs. We've been working on these new songs at every practice for the past 3 weeks.
Check out our myspace page for more information about the show: http://www.myspace.com/linusthebanddotcom

Cool video by Toshio Matsumoto...

This video is called "Damaged Right Eye." I found it whilst looking at my favorite art website: fecalface.com. Wouldn't it be cool if we had a art website like that dedicated to underground art in honolulu, hawaii?

Anyway, just got word from E that we'll have access to some crazy video editing software/hardware to get a music video/movie/thriller going. I've been working on some other technology to make our visual display more immersive... anyway....

Check out this video. It's cool. Shot woodstock like.

Updates galore...

Much news to report:

Didn't see 300 yet.

Been getting great reviews from old and new fans alike. I put up a myspace page to host my music projects... www.myspace.com/deeniri

Played a new song called "Losing Focus" at Next Door. It went over well. I'm not liking the name anymore. Wish we had a saxophone player for that song. Saxophones are selling for $400.

Getting a free portastudio from a friend.

Writing new music and having fun doing it.

Must go to beach.

Hello Everyone...

You may have noticed that there are ads on this site now. This shit aint free you know?! oh, it is. anyway, you can now buy our first CD on paypal. It's been a really hectic month. I feel like I don't have any free time to do anything other than record. But I can't believe our luck, being able to record another CD. It's a lot of fun to think about the final product, it's another thing to take 15 takes and still not get that track.

I hope no one minds the ads, if you do, comment or send me an email david@linustheband.com and I'll see what we can do about it.

We have a show this friday at Detox, but now it's called something else. I haven't been there since they remodelled but I'm told that it looks completely different. So anyway, we're going to be playing tomorrow (i dont know what time). We are working on a new song with a saxophone. It's going to sound cool.

Album Update

Last night I went to Phil's by myself to record more parts for the song "Listen UP!"

Phil mentioned that his wife could hear the guitars downstairs through what might be a crack in the ceiling. So instead of recording more guitar parts we recorded the vocals for the song. I think it came out harsh and well.

We wrapped at around 9 o'clock and I rode my bike home. I'm very happy with how this album is going (although it's a lot more ambitious). I'll keep you posted along the way. Sorry I haven't been updating the blog in a while. We've been busy looking for a new guitarist and writing new material (which is always easier when we're recording... for some reason...)

ATTN: We're going hi-res on the new website....

If you have a tiny monitor, you just might be out of luck when we debut our new website. Our website is going to be 800 pixels wide. Not that you really care, it's just and update.

Last night we practiced at Kewalo and while the room was quite small, we made the best of the night by playing through our entire set for Tuesday night's show at Next Door. In band acquisition news, we've just purchased some new sound processors and a few pieces for the drum kit.

We're supposed to record tonight but I'm not sure I can make it (car trouble). We'll see....

If you knew my story word for word, knew my whole history....

I know I know I know I know I know... The new website is supposed to be up today... also the computer that im writing this on will not let me type in any apostrophes... dont ask me why... ok, so the new website was supposed to be up today. ...fucking apostrophes! anyway, the new site was supposed to be up today. i dont know what to say, its been really hard coming up with something definitive during this transition time. these past few weeks ive had a lot of time to think about the past 6 years and the future... and its not making that much sense... im not sure what we are going to do in the future, im just sure that we are going to be doing something... i dont really want to control this band anymore, i want to go with the flow so to speak... i want to jump at every opportunity but i dont want to box it up and take it home every night... so, this is my informal apology to all of you fans who came to the site today to see the new website. we are really doing a lot of thinking as a band... maybe im just taking too much on with this whole website redesign... i always do...

if you go to UHM, keep an eye out for our "guitarist wanted" posters. if you know someone who would be interested in joining our band, please tell them to contact nik at nik@linustheband.com or call him at 741-6450. The hunt begins now...