Clif

OK, OK, I know it's late... but it's good. :) Here it is... Fuzzpile Number 4! Clif

Updated to public beta I am currently holding an open public beta test for a new social network for guitars and their owners called Axepix. As a member, you can post photos and music, join discussion groups, post blogs, etc. Members can also grab widgets to share their music and photos on other sites like MySpace and Facebook. Check it out! Thanks, Clif

Hey Fuzzers! I've got a new post up on Music in 2D about avatars featuring a few familiar faces. Check it out: This is Your Face on the Web

OK folks, Fuzzpile Number 3 is posted! As always, thanks for participating. :)

OK, it's time to let my fellow Fuzzers in on a little secret project I've been working on. I have soft-launched a new website called Music in 2D: Insights for Independent Musicians. I hope that it will prove to be a valuable resource for musicians here and across the web. If you've been following my blogs, you'll recognize a lot of the content already. I've cleaned up and re-posted a few of my Fuzz blog posts in order to provide a starting point and some structure to...

On April 11th, Joe Satriani visited Seattle on the 11th and final stop of a series of clinics at Guitar Center stores around the country. The event was fairly under-publicized (thankfully), but there were still hundreds of fans waiting in line for hours to get a chance to be up close and personal with the Zeus of guitar gods... for free. Satriani has been recognized as one of the world's top guitarists since his second and possibly most famous album, Surfing with the Alien, hit the...

I dream of things With nickel strings Of wood and steel That makes me feel The pull of spirit The ache of heart The play of wit The zen of art To hear the sound That swirls around Inside my head Become instead Notes and waves A melody These are the things That set me free

Threads of thought, Wisps of whispers, Connecting nodes On neurospiritual networks. Nanosecond pauses In space and time, They meet but for a moment But drift forever together In the cosmic awareness, The unconscious unknown

I'm presenting this interview and overview of Eden's new book for two primary reasons. Most importantly, the book is very relevant to musicians as artists and is one of the few books I would recommend that every artist read. Secondly, this thing that we're doing, known as a "blog book tour" in author's circles, has promise as a promotional exercise for musicians as well. So pay attention! :) Presented between the questions below you will find some pretty amazing...

This is a wiki-list of some of my favorite quotes. Theses were moved from my main page to tidy up a bit. "If you stop looking for listeners for your music, and start looking for music for your listeners instead, the economics of your business totally changes." - Seth Godin "Look for connections, form your own opinions. It's the connections that are really important - many people may have the knowledge, but the connections are your own. They are the work of creation."...

Moving this stuff from my main page to tidy up a bit. On Polymathy To avoid unnecessary debates regarding my adoption of the prized "polymath" epithet, my stance is best summed up in this quote from Martin Frost: "...being a polymath is not a state of being, but a state of becoming. Being a polymath is not what one knows now, but what one desires to know. Not a matter of intelligence, but a matter of intellectual and creative ambition and curiosity." What Happened To...

Poem #2 for National Poetry Writing Month Passion swells, like waves upon the sand. Sometimes soothing, Sometimes overwhelming, threatening to drown. Often taunting from a distance, Like faded memories of unfulfilled dreams, Passion retreats, vowing to return... ...in time. Passion swells.

Read it: http://sivers.org/nolimit Highlights: "...if you make a living only providing an in-person (hands-on) service, you are limiting your income." "So… what about musicians?" "Musicians MUST NOT buy into that “only earn by performing” belief because it limits your income." "What other ways can music be a “while you sleep” income-earner for musicians?" Read it: http://sivers.org/nolimit And read the comments too, because there are...

Poem #1 for National Poetry Writing Month Dark dreams, Shadows of an ancient archetypal voice Tainting my thoughts And taunting my will to remain Unlike the thing that I am In the depth of my being. Hiding behind a human mask, I peek around corners in my mind At what lurks behind my consciousness, The devil of my dark night, The demon that is me.

The emperor's not wearing any clothes, I swear. Paparazzi? Nude models? Britney Spears sex tapes? WTF. Write fiction much? Proof, baby. I'm calling Mr. Beaman's bluff. Show me one picture of "Shakira" and Rick together, since the paparazzi are all over them. Surely someone's got a photo I can buy. Gaming pisses me off. Please, prove me wrong. --------------------------------- Edited 4/4/08 11:51 PM PST I'm still waiting on proof. I don't care which...

OK, Fuzzers, the artists for Fuzzpile Number 2 have been posted, so get to listening. There were 6 nominated artists, so choose any 5 or listen to them all! Please leave any comments on the other post to keep it going. And have fun. :)

OK, so it's no secret that I'm a big fan of Maddie Rosene. Now I'll tell you why. I started out like any other aspiring rock star, chasing fame and recording contracts, drinking whiskey and playing to 300 drunks in a smoky club. I wanted to be Slash or David Gilmour or Kirk Hammett... you get the picture. I was probably 26 or 27 when I learned the truth, that music wasn't about being a rock star, or playing as fast as possible. I had written a handful of my own songs, made...