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Yay!  Several of the songs have now been posted to CDBaby ~ this means you can listen to them and/or get them on our website at http://www.psychanaut.com , our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/Psychanaut , and i-tunes, Amazon, etc.  Right now, I was able to configure the “widget” to play each entire song on the facebook page, but it currently only plays a short sample on the website.  If there’s a way to fix that, I’ll do so.

We’ve also recorded a version of Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit”…and it is now posted as well.  We have such fun with it live that we decided to go ahead and break with tradition a bit and record a “remake”.  Read the rest of this entry »

I am so excited about the  new songs that we’re writing!  With the addition of Pete and Ian, the band now has three strong back up vocalists, which is allowing us to perform the songs with the nice full harmonies that I’ve always wanted.  For those of you who liked “”Seven Wonders” and Arriving” before, wait till you hear them with harmonies! Read the rest of this entry »

Well, yes, it’s been a while!  I’ve found myself rather occupied commenting upon various blogs, and writing *another blog that’s semi-anonymous… and so neglecting this one a bit.  But now I’m BACK.

We are doing a benefit At Cozmic Pizza the night of January 14th, 2012.  Read the rest of this entry »

Psychanaut is coming along great! (although there is some tweaking as is always necessary) Still looking for just the right chemistry in players.  And the recordings are one by one being mixed/mastered.  The songs sound really great.  And its a great time for creativity!  New tunes are coming along. 

But what I’m most pleased about is the new people in my reality who share my feelings of compassion.   IT’s always been my dream to play with creative, conscious people who both know how to rock, and are aware and sensitive.  Do these things always have to be mutually exclusive?

Here’s a couple of quotes that caught my eye today… The first is anonymous, and a variation on a quote about children…if you know the author, please let me know so I  can add their name.

“A hundred years from now, it will not matter  the sort of house I lived in, what my bank account was, or the car I drove… but the world may be different because I was important in the life of animals and the creatures on this earth.”

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Life is life’s greatest gift. Guard the life of another creature as you would your own because it is your own. On life’s scale of values, the smallest is no less precious to the creature who owns it than the largest … - Dr. Lloyd Biggle Jr., Musician, Author, Historian (1923 – 2002)

Brief update…

Wow, some very cool new energies with the tunes ~ some new musicians and fresh ideas.  There’s a couple of tunes we wrote last year that have gotten an entirely new energy to ‘em.  I’m really liking some of the new directions, even though it may make some of the recordings obsolete.  I love letting the songs just evolve.

“Arriving” is getting (probably) a new name because the hook is different now.    And “Riding the Wheel” got entirely changed, with a new feel that’s just really fun ~ you won’t recognize it from the live show version or the old recordings you’ve heard.  It’s like a new song.

And I’ve overdubbed some very dynamic vocal parts that you can’t normally hear in the live rock shows.  Really pleased with the contrasting bits… can’t wait to hear what you all think!

  more later~

Wow, the past couple of weeks have just been crazy as we’ve continued auditions for Psychanaut plus getting our acoustic/electric set ready for the Cozmic Pizza benefit July 29.  Tonight we’re trying out some congas and hand drums which will be an alternate to our normal trap kit for this show.

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We’ve just confirmed a benefit to help raise funds for wildlife and bird rescue in the BP Gulf Oil Disaster.  As you know, I’ve been doing all I can to help out, and what I do best is music…so here it is.

July 29th Thursday night at Cosmic Pizza, Psychanaut will be playing, there will be performances by belly dancers (and we’re working on having dancers to some of our songs too, thanks to the fabulous Barbie Gregg),  And another performer or band will be added to the lineup soon.  Luckily, Susana Romatz is organizing the event,  and I’ve heard that there are wonderful goodies being donated from local stores for lucky people to win in a raffle. 

It just feels so great to be able to join together with other caring, talented people in working together to help out.  I’m looking forward to meeting more wonderful people as we network together to make a great show!

Please mark your calendars early and PLEASE bring as many people as you can.  We’ll have a lot of fun while helping our precious wildlife in this time of dire need.  Rockin the Rescue!

“The Earth does not belong to man; Man belongs to the Earth. This we know. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.”—Chief Seattle

You haven’t heard from me on this blog for a while, because I have been consumed with the tragic Oil Gusher in the Gulf and the damage it’s doing.    Millions upon millions of animals and birds, 20 wildlife refuges, and many species already endangered are dying before our eyes.  Other than donating what we can to environmental  groups who are frantically working there even now, I would guess that most of us want to do more.

By now everybody knows that the tragic catastrophe we have warned about for so many years is upon us.  There are an average of 200 oil “spills” per year.  But this time, the devastation is so terrible and frightening that perhaps even the “drill baby drill” crowd is rethinking their folly.

Here in the US, we have missed many opportunities for positive change.  Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the White House and corporatist Ronnie Reagan tore them down.   We refused to move into the 21st Century and continued our addiction to oil, and our money and treasure continues to flow to multinational corporations and the few wealthy CEOs who currently rule the world.

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We’ve finished the remix of Gravity Well.  You can find it here in the sidebar, and also at Psychanaut music page.  Or if you’re a friend of mine on Facebook, look for the tab called “tracks” on my facebook page. 

I wrote the lyrics for this one specifically for the Labyrinth project, and it’s about unconsciousness so it is a bit darker than most of our songs.  And yes, I did get the inspiration for it from a musician friend of mine

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We were in the studio last night with a friend from out of state, listening to the songs that are nearly mixed and a couple that are just awaiting mastering…and he suggested  changing up the cowbell in Looking Glass Road.  We’d already mixed it, but we went ahead and laid a track with a different feel – what a great idea!  It instantly brings the energy up to just where we wanted it.  So now we have a touch of additional remixing to do, but it’s really sounding quite…Psychanautic.

UPDATE:You can hear the new Looking Glass Road mix  – and, as always, visit the music pages here at ScarletJinn.com, or Psychanaut.com to check out more tunes.