Author Archives: andy

There’s got to be a better way…

Been tired of thinking about web programming and frameworks, lately. There’s got to just be some way to easily get stuff up online, right? Something that doesn’t require the “repeat yourself” (from the supposed DRY with Rails,) that inevitably seems to happen (due to my laziness, at least,) all too often. Thinking about an easy way to just get things up without a lot of hassle. o_O

DW Recording: Day 40

Got the lead part(s) done for a song, today. This song is originally supposed to be some kind of country song. But at the end, it turned into some sort of fusion or funk kind of song, ha ha. I think I’m liking the idea of funk, lately.

DW Recording: Day 39

Had the opportunity to get the lead guitar work done for Muddy Ditch. Trying to get more consistent with lead guitar… but even when I think I’ve played a part slowly enough (to not sound hurried or erratic,) I hear the recording play back… and end up trying all over again.

I’m finding that the electric guitar (for lead parts, at least,) is almost like a river; it moves and bends… it naturally needs to flow.

Ideal Framework

Lately, I’ve been working on getting a simple web framework up and running. Partly for show. Partly for practicality. Sometimes I just need to have something in my toolkit that I can use for both of those purposes. Enter Ideal Framework.

It’s really not that great. But, I like to keep things simple. I do like Rails… and the organization it brought to some web applications in general, but I tend to find myself using PHP a lot more often; at least for web-related programming.

If you are interested in things web development… here’s the book on Ideal (in progress.) And, here is the GitHub repository, as well.

DW Recording: Day 36

I do believe that the lead guitar (and lead guitar FX,) parts for songs 11 and 12 (Lonely Girl and Mother of Waters,) are now recorded. Still want to make sure they all fit together… but, I’m glad they are recorded. It’s still amazing to me how playing just one note can actually sound alright… at least, when it’s being used for rhythm.

DW Recording: Day 35

I think the recording is already partly done for the 17th song… but I still have to check. In the meantime, I just decided to get the rhythm guitar (and some, or all, of the lead guitar parts,) tonight for the 18th song (What is Left).

Still trying to aim for a more-human feel, or emotional quality, to the recording. I’m finding that it’s tougher than I thought to make something sound more relaxed (sloppy,) on purpose… while still making it fit with the tempo of the song.