Thursday, December 24, 2009

Last Christmas vidya



Audio: Vacuity - Last Christmas.mp3

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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Last Christmas

Here we have a done a recording of 'Last Christmas' by George Michael.

Vacuity - Last Christmas.mp3

I don't know if I ever imagined writing that sentence, but who could have known?

We had fun.

Happy holidays.

Peace.

g.

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

#32

Toronto photographer extraordinaire, Pete Nema, has ranked Blanket Sky #32 in his top 50 albums of the decade. It is really amazing to see our album among so many other excellent artists.

I ran into Pete at the XM Satellite Radio Christmas party a few nights ago. He has an interesting project kicking off in the new year that I'm quite excited to check out.

Vacuity will be getting together at Art Bar in Kitchener for a brief set of music to bring in the new year. Tickets/admission are $10. This includes food and champagne at midnight.

We also have a special Christmas present for you all. Check back in a day or two and I will have it posted. Just in time for the holidays.

Peace.

g

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Re-Org.

A big re-org and a few "come to Jesus" meetings later Vacuity seems ready for the winter hibernation lock down that is needed to get this record done and out.

Right now I am listening to Greg set some different tones for We Own the Moon while waiting for my feet to warm in my winter ready Chucks...

I was checking out our ATCOTBS downloads the other day and realized that we are really close to hitting the 1000 mark. Not too bad for just slapping it up there and seeing what happens.
The few things that I learned while doing this was, for 1: People like music. 2: People like it to be free. and 3: If it's something they like, they will pass it along.

Thanks for passing it along and thanks if you continue to do so... we would love to hit a thousand before the New Year.

I wish everyone good luck with the Holidays.
Stay sane.
p.
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Thursday, December 3, 2009

pleasant undertow

i know that if i leave now for the studio I "condemn" myself to less than 3 hours of sleep. i've been doing this all week. like a dog chewing his stitches. that's when you make time for a proper sleep. now, i'm well rested and ready to do it all over again.

this is my favorite part. the magnetic hum. the invisible gravity. the worst part is that just cos you work really hard doesn't guarantee you come out with anything good.

nothing to do but hug yourself and let it take you under. focus the good on the bad.

g.

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Friday, November 27, 2009

shooting sinking relics


As I mentioned earlier in the week, we have been furiously hammering away at our epk. Last night we shot a live performance of a acoustic sort of arrangement we have for a song called 'Sinking Relics'.

The shoot began at 8pm and ran until about 3am. M82 even dropped in to keep us company!

I'm headed over to the studio to mix down the take of relics. I've been thinking about pulling all the blanket sky audio down from our myspace and putting up live/alt versions of the songs we're working on for this next release. We will see.

g.

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

you light yours - we'll light ours

this past week we've shifted from tracking our new album instrument by instrument and moved more toward a song by song approach. It's more touchy feeley and for myself personally, eye on the prize.

we're also working furiously toward the completion of an epk. we've never done one of those proper and its about time. it has me thinking about transparency - should we be revealing the entrails of vacuity or crafting what we would like people to perceive as vacuity? a mashup? personally i like things that are very much real. call a spade a spade and all that. if you want to put it inside a nice frame or dress it in a blazer - that's okay - but it keep it genuine. otherwise it reeks of falseness.

this brings me to another arena of thinking though. it has to do with attitude. first let me clarify a few of my beliefs in this department.

1) you need to believe something is possible for it to become a part of your (possible) future. obviously this doesn't apply to things like contracting a disease (H1N1 anyone?). But for something like creating an infrastructure where you can pay your bills via the art you put together it applies in a very real way.

2) having said that - believing in something is not all it takes to bring an idea to fruition. necessary, but not even close.

I recently read a book titled, 'Empire of Illusion' by Chris Hedges. In one chapter, Hedges tears apart the world of positive pop psychology. The negative effects of living in a fantasy world are revealed.

I mention all this because I've always found art to be a way of expressing ideas (profound!). The ideas that interest me and inspire a lot of the things we deal with in our songs aren't always the best party ideas. And somehow entertainment has been largely marginalized as an unconditional "good time". But literacy requires self reflection. Doubt and scrutiny pave the way toward improvement. often the things with no voice are the most in need of a voice. we make music for literate people. If you buy into something like celebrity culture, I hope we can still make you dance, obviously keep listening if you please, but really... we might not be connecting.

I work (as part time as I can) for a corporation that boasts about how much they donate to charities yet pay their employees the minimum amount required by law. A law created by a government that operates in the shadow of business. Meanwhile as good consumers we're encouraged to purchase products (mostly future landfill plot junk), often manufactured under much crueler labouring conditions than 'minimum wage' in a first world country. If you want to critically discuss these types of behaviour you are breaking the illusion. You've got a bad attitude. (imagine the Savage from Huxley's 'Brave New World'.)

anyways, im digressing here which is what happens once i get going. the point i want to make is that I get anxiety as being branded as negative just by proxy. but i dont think vacuity would have been creating music together for this long if there weren't a whole lot of positive in it. for us and for you.

when i get thinking about an epk, i get worried about framing it so it doesn't look bitter. goddamn, the best moments of my life mostly involve this band, but i refuse to put on a shit eating grin and say to the camera, "Everything is alright! One day everyone on earth will be rich and famous. No one will be forgotten. All our troubles will wish wash away."

we're living in truly disturbing times. and as our friends over in the free press camp say - kick at the darkness until it bleeds light.



at the end of every day.
comes the night.

and we own the moon.




g.

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Robot Surgery

Hey there,

I thought somebody might appreciate a post about the near heart attack experience of completely ripping your mac laptop apart and trying to remember where all the little screws went afterwards when putting it back together... run on sentence?

Step 1:
Make sure you have some sort of container for the screws from each part of the computer that you are removing... LABEL each container appropriately. I could only find 4 bowls to use... and I also did not label them. Big mistake.

Oh look! there's my modem, DC-DC board and keyboard turned upside down!

Step 2:
Ensure you have a 'static free' surface to place important vulnerable parts onto... such as a drum stool.

Shown here are the top tray from the casing with the trackpad, logic board, heatsink, and my hard drive!

Maybe I should point out that prior to this step it would be a good idea to back-up all of your important files... such as any files you may use in your live show/recording samples etc... I did not see the relevance to this and love living on the edge so I threw caution to the wind and said, I dare you to static shock my HD.

I'm blogging from the little guy right now, so far so good. All files in place.

The goal of this entire robot-surgery project was to free my brother's CD that was jammed inside of the optical drive in my mac... it has resided inside of Mr. Mactop's belly for nearly a year now. I was afraid to take it apart for obvious reasons, but decided to face my fear with aid from our video artist Jamie Usas, who had taken apart his Mac to replace the screen in the past.

Seen here is the 12" Powerbook completely gutted except for the Optical Drive... the smell of triumph was tickling our nostrils.

Step 3:
Take a break. Ensure your throat is well moistened with your favourite poison. Rye was the closest thing available to us at the time.

Seen here: Jamie muggin' it and Mactop's bigger brother with the .pdf guide on ripping out Apple intestines. (Step 0.1)

Step 4:
Put it back together. Properly. Pay very close attention to what size screw went where and this is where the labeled bowls come in handy.

In this photograph: The leftovers.

Hint: If you have any leftovers, you have made a mistake.

Needless to say, next week Jamie and I have a date with the mac laptops again.

There is a dimple on the underside of my laptop from a screw that must have been 15 mm when it only required one of the 13.5 mm ones. And the RAM plate on the bottom is slightly lifted due to another screw that was too long in the wrong spot.

Oh and keep track of all the 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 6, 7.5, 10, 12, and 13 mm ones as well... Fuck.

My brother's CD was removed successfully. Sorry it took so long Matt.

- Emeri

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

the new authentic

Our show at Maxwells in Waterloo was a blast! Images combined with text yield better viewing results. Once I get my hand on some photos from the night, I'll be sure to post them. Big thanks to everyone who made it out. It was most excellent to play for a hometown crowd.

The band is currently immersed in an interesting juggling act of recording, maintaining a live presence and working out what we'd like to try to do with this next album over the course of the next year. I must say, it is a very exciting time. We're teaming up with some wonderful new people and I think the results will be quite... authentic? :p

yours,

g.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

maxwells rehearsals





today a friend of ours (thanks Jason!) cc'd us in an email he had sent out to a bunch of his friends, inviting them to our show with Trap Tiger this Thursday at Maxwells in Waterloo. if you're planning on coming out and want to let some people know, cc us and we'll add you + a friend to the guestlist.

many thanks. hope to see you there.

g.

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Friday, November 6, 2009

5th of november

last night we met up at the studio. the intention was to do an inpromtu/stripped down live off the floor video performance of the 5th of november to celebrate guy fawkes day.

our video recorder - my digital camera - which has provided us with 95% of the picture/video we post is almost dead. the lens sputters and coughs when i turn it on, fully charged batteries are 'drained' and wonky mechanical noises are frequent. it's been a good run, but i fear my canon powershot is headed for the giant electronics landfill in China. where the mercury in the circuit board will poison the groundwater for generations to come. Hello disposable everything. Chuck Norris would approve. Have you ever seen how every piece of military hardware he uses is completely disposable? when it runs out of bullets or grenades - just throw it away.

so instead we were only able to record the audio. afterwards, we were like... hmm, it kinda sounds like an outake from the record, but here it is:

The 5th of November (live off the floor nov 05.09).mp3

g.

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Sunday, November 1, 2009

devil's night in waterloo

Friday night Rob and I played through a few renditions of some of the songs we are working on these days. My inexperience with the tightening of floor tom legs, a laptop crash and the worst mic clip in history were working against us. All said and done, it was a fun time. After our set, good friends Sex Dwarf brought down the house. Where were you?

This week we will begin rehearsal for our show at Maxwells (in Waterloo on November 12th). My well loved camera is in its death thralls, but I'll try to capture some of the moments that ensue.

Next year - Devil's Night in Detroit.

g.

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Friday, October 30, 2009

every page we turn

here is a video of Rob and I performing a song called 'sinking relics'. and yes, that is a sweet VACUITY pumpkin carved by Paul. It took him until 8am.



Rob and I will be doing a set of songs with stripped down arrangements (kinda like this) tonight at Maxwells in Waterloo to raise money for CAAT (which is more than just a very large cat).

g.

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Monday, October 26, 2009

monday morning


france pizno 430am

g.

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

review from music emissions

Below is a review of blanket sky from music emissions:

"Managing to have definitive sound in a cookie cutter genre isn’t easy. A raspy vocalist and grungy guitars are just some of their unique quality. I think we’ve only just now begun to hear of what should be a prosperous recording career for Vacuity. Fans of Jimmy Gnecco and Ours should flock immediately."

It's not too late to vote for us over at music emissions.

Hope to see some of you tomorrow night in London.

g.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

you'll never play in this town again!

This Saturday we will be sharing the stage at Call the Office with a band from Regina called The Library Voices.


and for those of you on the homefront:

We have paired up with another band from KW called Trap Tiger for an evening of entertainment at Maxwell's Music House in Waterloo. We want to explode this place with people, so mark it down and set aside your favorite outfit.

Cheers.

g.

ps - stole the top poster image from M82. Brilliant image. Cheers Mike.

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Sunday, October 18, 2009

more north house

'Beckoning' has been featured to a time lapse video showing the construction of the North House for the 2009 Solar Decathlon in DC.



g.

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Saturday, October 17, 2009

through the crowd

Last night we were invited to provide quieter acoustic-esque arrangements of our music to accompany a fashion/design show put together by Liz Stolper and her team at JBU/Pink Elephant Group.

There were a lot of pretty models, sporting neat, trendy clothing. Some excellent paintings by local artist and our friend, Brianna Harvey, and also Kevin Suess who plays in a band called Trap Tiger. We are putting together a show with them which will be announced this week.


With only two rehearsals under our collective belt, we muscled through a really fun set of new songs and old songs rediscovered. Big thanks to all of those who offered kind words, hi fives and handshakes - it is amazing for us to know that you like what we love to do.

g.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

instrumental mixes

Here are the mixes that were provided to accompany the Solar North House video we linked to a little while back. Our visuals friend, Jamie, is in DC right now working on team Ontario/BC entry. Ideas like this are amazing and keep me ever excited for the future. It's nice to see people steering things in a positive direction.

A number of people have been asking me about obtaining these instrumental mixes. Here they are. (right click 'save as...')


Beckoning (inst mix)
The 5th of November (inst mix)
All Aboard

Enjoy.

g.

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

welcome to the real world


late night on a rooftop in the city. some feeling of grandeur being up high above everything else. I feel guilty cos it's probably some subconscious ego complex, but some days you gotta give in, indulge. if you don't, someone else will just do it for you.

in between discussions of infinite smallness and infinite largeness, Emeri and i cut some drums for a song we have called 'we own the moon'. a while back, Rob showed us a demo of the song - if i remember correctly one of us wasn't sure it was something we should develop - had a kind of country swing not usual(?) for us. we wrote it, toured with it, came home, changed it, recorded it, decided we liked it better how it was and now have just re-recorded it. sometimes that's the way it goes with vacuity.

is between albums a transition period for everyone who makes music? or is it just some bands? is it just me? always feels like a bizarre period. I'm really looking forward to adding another piece to our body of work. there are so many fascinating aspects to creating music and setting it out into the world - the arrangement of sound in time and the cause and effect that has on emotions is just one infinitely small tip of the infinitely large iceberg.

stick around and we'll try to make something great.

g.

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

free lunch debrief (with no mention of lunch)


Yesterday afternoon we played some music for Kitchener downtown employee appreciation day. Thanks again to the KDBIA for asking us to provide some music. That's what we do. Our set began right as the construction workers had their lunch. Who knew you could play a form of hacky sack with a safety helmet?


The exposure to the harsh, unforgiving elements has left me with an annoyingly awful cold. I will be spending most of my time asleep until it passes. Then we will be getting back to recording. Its funny, because we always try and try and try to stay away from live shows so we can focus on recording. Every time we do this it becomes more and more difficult to turn down the shows that are always popping up. I think this is a good thing. It feels like a good thing?

Peace.

g.

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Monday, September 28, 2009

candle live from starlight

New semi-untitled song we're working on for our next album.


it's a candle in the dark

you light yours - we'll light ours
and as faces emerge from the flame
the light will spread making it's way

and i know you can't leave
but i know you can hear me

please write it down in case we should survive the fires



*thanks for the filming cassie

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free lunch


At least road is spelled correctly. Now is it spelled or spelt? If 30 seconds of searching on the internet can't answer it, there is surely no answer. Welcome to the future - it doesn't matter if you like it, just try to keep up with it.

We are playing a free outdoor show in downtown Kitchener this Wednesday to help celebrate downtown employee appreciation day. There is music and stores and free lunch involved. You know you are appreciated when you are given free lunch. It's is a bit like saying, "Friend, we don't want you to starve, please have some delicious lunch, on us."

King St. will be shut down between Queen and Ontario. There will be a stage setup in front of Theatre & Co. Will Currie and the Country French will be joining us. Since it is all about downtown, appreciation and lunch - we will be starting things off at 11:15.

Downtown is a place that is changing a lot these days. You should come and check it out.

Hope to see you there!

g.

ps - we are not providing free lunch guys! it's for the downtown employees.

(we still really appreciate you though!)

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Solar North House

We have some music featured in a video made for Team Ontario/BC entry into the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition. An instrumental live off the floor take of 5th of November and another piece called 'all aboard' that is floating around in the collective consciousness until it finds a place.

You can check out the video below:



Thanks Jamie!

g.

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this Saturday in TO

I drag myself out of bed at 3pm with no motivation whatsoever. What's going on here??

We're very happy to be part of yet another stacked bill, this Saturday (sorry Pete), September 26th at El Mocambo in Toronto.

We are samiched in between two most excellent bands - Final Flash and Ketch Harbour Wolves.

Next Wednesday we are playing a cool outdoor show in downtown Kitchener. I will pony up details for that after Saturday!

Cheers.

g.

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Friday, September 18, 2009

Who loves Ponies?

Had a blast sharing the stage with Sex Dwarf and Spirits at Starlight in Waterloo tonight. After a few months time tucked away in the studio, it was amazing to get on stage at a right proper club again. I can't thank you all enough for lending us your ears tonight.

Gushing sentiments aside, werd around the bar was that a bunch of people paid to get in after we had already done our thing. Well guys, I'm sorry that you missed it - but you got to see Sex Dwarf AND Spirits and you know what they say - two out of three ain't bad. If that was your last/only ten dollars and you are seriously crushed, I feel for you though. The economy and such... I don't have ten dollars...

Email us and I'll send you something, or you can get in next time for free? Or something! ...Ponies?

Time for me to be unconscious for about 12 hours.

g.

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Thursday, September 17, 2009

361 time machine and Starlight tonight

We played a show at our old home on Victoria Street this past Sunday. What a blast. A bunch of musical people/a band called The Sauce are now living in there. Very cool guys, super fun night.

Tonight we are kicking off Spirits CD Release at Starlight in Waterloo. Our good friends and masters of groove and grime, Sex Dwarf are samiched right in the middle. I believe a crisp purple note of Canadian currency will get you past the door guardian - but they will accept a wrinkled bill too.

It's an early start for us. We'll be on around 830-9.

Hope to see you there!

g.

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Sunday, September 13, 2009



This episode is a feature on one of our favourite and probably most peculiar venue's that we had the pleasure of performing at on our KILL the FORMAT tour earlier last spring. The Big Lebowski fans unite! This place's dance floor/stage floor was made up of old bowling lane wood and the owner even installed a full length, recreational bowling alley in the back of the venue. No auto ball-return though, shucks. If you're ever in the vicinity of Enderby, B.C. we highly recommend the Crispy Chicken Salad at Lorenzo's.

- E


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Friday, September 11, 2009

Tamer than Anything purgatory

As promised:



We've received a lot of good feedback about these. We're going to be doing some new songs in alternate arrangements over the next couple weeks.

Enjoy.

g.

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

beckoning acoustic

A while back I posted a video of us playing our song The Raft. Here is Beckoning from that same night. I will post Tamer than Anything tomorrow.



and here is the raft for anyone who missed it:



night.

g.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

rule #1: don't mix your politiks with your art.

this is the stuff that keeps me up at night.

Why Free-Market Capitalism Will Follow Communism Into the Trash-heap of History.

Part two and three are worth reading too.

g.

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Friday, September 4, 2009

Who Loves Horses?


The show with Sex Dwarf and Spirits at Starlight is less than two weeks away.

The band will be getting together to rehearse this week. After a brief post-tour hiatus from playing shows I know we're all 'ants-in-the-pants' to play a gig. I hope you all can make it out.

Doors are at 8pm. We are kicking things off at 830. Come on folks. LET'S DO THIS.

g.


PS - if you've got a second and want to help out - vote for Blanket Sky over at Emission. Kudos!

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

fan photo from Elkford, BC

We played two nights in Elkford courtesy of the lovely JP. Great little town. Fantastic pizza next to the venue.

Not sure if this is from $2 highball night. Even a modest tab goes too far when the drinks are that cheap.

Thanks Nikki.

g

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Friday, August 28, 2009

a new song live

This is a song we've been playing since March. We've done it a bunch of ways now, but this is where we're working toward taking it for the album.



Filmed March 20th at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo. We did a bit of music after a very informative lecture from Marc Kielburger of 'Free the Children'.

The first bit of video is from sound check. Jamie Usas (visuals) just happened to be filming. The audio in it's entirety is from a zoom h2 in the audience. Near the beginning you can hear someone ask, "Should I be videotaping?" The answer is, "Yes." No big deal though because the way it worked out you can imagine that the first bit of video is from the past, but the audio is happening right before your ears! Sensory time travel ladies and gentlemen.

:) We still love you April.

g

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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Thought you guys would like this...



p.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

haze transforms into steam


I try and try to keep up on this thing but am super easily distracted. I don't think I'd get anything done if there weren't 3 other people in this band.

We've been recording away. last two weeks haven't been super productive. The wind is picking up and we'll be sailing along in no time. I was just listening to a song of ours from 1998. Wow.

In other EXCITING news... we will be playing with SPIRITS and SEXDWARF at STARLIGHT on SEPTEMBER 17th. Clear your schedules ladies and gentlemen because for $10 it does not get any better! This is going to be an excellent night. Working on my sales pitch - how's it coming?

I have sent out the digital carrier pigeon to collect the details, but have not yet heard back. If/when the details come in I will share them with you. I'm pretty sure it's an early start. 8pmish?

Well. I hope everyone is enjoying the swelter here in KW. Can't wait to get this record to you all.

Cheers.

g.

Ps - I thought this was a pretty cool article. especially about the type of people who seek power/control over others

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Monday, August 3, 2009

Studya Vidya 01

here's another little bit of random video. recording some acoustic guitar, me trying to figure out a melody on accordion (not the easiest instrument to figure something out on) Emeri reviewing a drum take and Emeri and I working out some details for a drum part.

These poorly chopped up videos aren't going to replace our "Onward, Downward" series. We just don't have a lot of time to be editing mini movies at the moment. I hope you enjoy this stuff, stay tuned for more.

Cheers.

g.



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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

more words from the studio


We celebrated Emeri's birthday on Monday with a cherry fritter and some slurpies courtesy of Hilary and Paul.

We are making good progress on drum/bed tracks. Emeri is committing some great takes to 'tape'. Right now I'm really into multiple drum kits/beats happening at once and there'll be some of that in there. It's amixing nightmare, but totally worth it.

Here is a short video clip of what we were working on today.




g

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Drums... drums... drums. Not a whole lot to say but drums. Emeri is starting us off for the next Vacuity album. Weird to say that... the next Vacuity album, I guess there will be a lot of these "albums". You would think that I would be use to making records by now... but I am not. It's different every time.

We'll have some quick little snippets of the new tunes soon enough... stay in touch and check back. Sorry we have been dropping the ball on updates etc. Lots going on, business to music... crazy.


Looking forward to hearing what you guys think, stay tuned.
Thanks
p.
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Friday, July 17, 2009

video talk. recording talk.

This past week we met up with our good friend and visual collaborator Jamie Usas. The subject of discussion was music videos and the creation of them. He has some really great ideas that we're all quite looking forward to working with him on. If you've been with us for a while now, you might recall a time when we were shooting a video for 'The 5th of November'. While Jamie was in Rome and we were on our fall tour out west his hard drive containing all of the footage was stolen from his desk. Needless to say, that video is not going to reach completion. That is a tragic shame given that the shots I took during production look pretty promising.

Emeri and I have spent a number of afternoons working on drums and computer beats for a song of ours that we are currently calling, 'Farsight'. For a while it was looking like this one wouldn't make the cut. At this point I cannot say how many tracks will be on our next release. People believe me - I am pushing for an album of at least 10, but if the magic isn't there, it could be an EP of 5-6. Not sure, too soon to tell, to early to try and say.

Maybe some video clips and audio snippets next post. I will try.

Best,

g.

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

IRIS birthday.... Piano

Saturday night we played a show at Maxwell's Music House for Carrie and Todd - I.R.I.S. -one year birthday celebration. KW/Hamilton band Spirits headlined the evening. It would be a modest statement to say it was a most excellent night.

We first met Carrie in my shitty old apartment back in 2004. We were just releasing our first record, 'The Middle Ground'. Now here we are 2 albums later and onto number 4.

Oh the places you'll go! A back alley almost as far west as the roads of this country go. Across the parking lot a door opens. A slice of light brightens the pavement. The day's warmth lingers, or is it the cigarette Longevity John - the promoter/owner - is smoking that is making my head light? Suddenly a flood of miniature furrballs pours from the doorway. 14 dogs surround me. I reach for my camera, but the moment has passed.



On Sunday - after moving a van full of gear for the IRIS show - we drove to Walkerton to pick up a piano for our studio. It needs a tune, and a little bit of love, but we're happy to have it aboard. Even if it did break all of our backs. What studio is complete without a piano?

We're going to go make a new album now. Stay tuned for lotsa bits and bites until it's ready for you.

Cheers!

g.

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Friday, July 3, 2009

SURPRISE SHOW!!!

Hello everyone,

Tomorrow night we will be performing at Maxwell's Music House in Waterloo.

Carrie and Todd from IRIS asked us to perform as a part of their 1 year birthday celebration. We love birthdays and 1 Year for anything music related in this town is worth celebrating! Hi fives Carrie and Todd!

We will be opening the evening at 10pm. Afterward you will be delighted by a performance from SPIRITS.

This is not an evening to be missed.

See you there?

g.

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

snag grab catch (in the title)


We have been recording demos and doing something that feels like 'pre-production' thought I'm not sure what that means in the land where you pay per the hour to record :).

The last few weeks. High moments and low moments, but I'm excited about our new music. Behind the scenes we are going to be organizing a really cool string of shows to support this next release. We're going to be working closely with Jamie to bring the visual aspect of the set to new places. Also scheming on ways to really roll with the
Kill The Format campaign.

Why offer your music for free?

g

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Onward, Downward: Episode XI

Hello,

I've prepared another video for everyone to watch.



You might be thinking, "This particular episode has taken him so LONG to complete!?!"

Yes.

Enjoy.

- Emeri

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009



I was looking over some shots from the road tonight that I took randomly around the Coast.
Hope you enjoy them as much as I did taking them.
























We had some great times on this tour... sigh. Back to the studio...
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