I've been working with a band from the bay area called The Telepathic. They are currently in the studio plotting world destruction. And I spent the weekend filming them. It was good times. Here's a little snippet of what to expect!
A brief snippit of one of our craziest nights in quite a while.
A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to film the marvelous Wallpaper! We filmed two shows in one night. One show at a club in downtown LA and one show at a ghetto house party in Korea Town LA. Where we almost got killed by some drunk fighting gang bangers.
It was all worth it though, because we had a total blast filming Wallpaper. Heres some of the footage. Extra special thanks to Dustin from "How to be a microwave" for editing it!
As you can see, the MODMODMOD Music blog has been slightly redesigned to reflect the look of the new MODMODMOD.TV website that is currently being built.
More news coming soon!
I havent been making a whole lot of entries lately. Mostly because I've been working on something really big!
MODMODMOD has now evolved into...
MODMODMOD AUDIO/VISUAL PROPAGANDA
A little media company that will be catering to musicians and independent labels for creating artwork and promotional materials, as well as live super HD DVD's mixed in High Definition surround sound.
We hope to be able to offer the highest quality visual propaganda to musicians and labels as technology affords.
A new website will be coming soon. As for now, you can still access the blog at WWW.MODMODMOD.TV
As for this lovely MP3 Music blog... Dont worry, I'm still keeping it up! there will be a link on the main page of the new website. Because we cant forget our roots, and there's always some new awesome music to talk about!
As of right now, we have the means to record your band in High Definition 1080i Video as well as ULTRA HI-DEF 192Khz Audio. And for a limited time... we are offering our services for... FREEEEEE! Thats right! FREE!!! Mostly because we still need to iron out some kinks in our process. So this is a great chance to get some High Quality footage and recordings of your band performing or rehearsing.
Last Friday night we had the opportunity to record Division Day, Courtesy of EENIE MEENIE RECORDS at the Troubadour. That footage will be popping up on Gibson Guitars website pretty soon. As well as various others across the blogosphere.
As far as our first project goes... We have started scripting for a 30-45 minute Documentary focusing on bands that are trying to make thier way in the insanely fast changing music industry. IE: Digital Downloads, Music Bloggers, Leaking Records, Touring, ETC ETC. There will be lots of interviews with bands on various levels of success. Bands just getting going to bands that are making waves in the industry. Also lots of live performances to boot! We hope to have the film ready to debut at next years SXSW Film Festival. Thats what we are shooting for anyway.
The working title for the film is at this point entitled: UNINCORPORATED: The Rise and Fall of the Music Industry.
So thats whats happening in the world of MODMODMOD. I hope to have that website up in the next week or so. In the meantime, if you or anyone you know might be interested in our services, you can get in touch with us at Joymode (at) gmail.com
Seems like theres constantly something to talk about in the world of Nine Inch Nails.
Yesterday, apparently... Someone dropped off a new NIN track entitled "Discipline" to KROQ here in LA. Supposedly it had been mastered by Alan Moulder within the last 24 hours.
Later that night, TR made the track available for download for free on NIN.com. Along with the multi tracks (Which I still havent managed to get a complete download of)
Embedded in the MP3 are lyrics, Artwork, and a little note informing downloaders to return to NIN.com on May 5th.
That artwork along with the May 5th comment have already created a mass hysteria of fans assuming that there will be a new album or ep or something of the sort made available.
As for the song itself... Its pretty good. although it wasnt what I was expecting from TR. I was expecting something a bit more Fragilesque... especially after the Ghosts record. But hey... This is not me complaining. I wont post the MP3 here. Only because you can get it for FREE at the Nine Inch Nails website.
I guess existing without a record label is a good thing for Nine Inch Nails fans.
So I decided to take some time out of my absolutely insane life to post briefly about the recent phenomena known as MUXTAPES.
The hipsters of New York have once again found a way to make the internet ultra stylish. A new way for scenesters and hippies to brag about thier music playlists for all teh internets to see.
So I decided to throw one together!
so here you go!
MODMODMOD MUXTAPE PLAYLIST!
This is how you know things are right... When the girl you marry, decides to go out and secure tickets to a show that she wants you to write about on your blog. What makes it even better / impressive, is when the band is actually really really good!
This was in fact the case, with Low Vs.Diamond @ The Viper Room last month. The only problem was... we didn't snag a photo pass. so we had to take shots on the sly... and well... that didn't turn out very well. They almost kicked us out for taking pictures. even though I tried to explain that it was for an article :( but thats ok. we made do!
This was Low Vs. Diamonds first show of 2008. They played for just under an hour, and debuted several new songs from their forthcoming full length album. The only ones I recognized were the ones from their Life After Love EP
The performance itself was stunning. My wife said (And I'm paraphrasing from memory here) that Lucas (The singer) reminds her of a scrawny kid that was bullied and denied by his love in his school years. Now he is all grown up and is taking his revenge on the world with his lyrics and music. Now I don't claim to know this mans history. But that made the songs make a bit more sense to me, thinking of his performance and lyrics from that perspective.
Whether that is the actual history or not... There was an intensity at this performance, that made me feel that this wasn't a run of the mill band, going through the motions. The performance was passionate and real. All eyes were on stage during the entire 55 minute set.
Low Vs. Diamond is certainly a band that I will be keeping my ear open and placed firmly on teh internets impatiently awaiting breaking news and more local shows.
Their ever glorious Myspace page says that they have a show lined up at the Troubadour on March 20th after they get back from SXSW. If you are reading this on the day that I wrote it, and live near San Diego, you can in fact catch them at the Casbah tomorrow night.
They've posted a free song for download here. Apparently its a bonus track that didnt make it to the Life After Love EP.
Two complaints about the show...
17 bucks for a beer and a rum and coke (or was it coke and a little tiny bit of rum¿). Are you freaking kidding me? I guess this is Hollywood.
Also... chick in the front with the obnoxious zebra print hipster skirt...who nearly knocked that 10 dollar rum and coke out of my wifes hands with her insane jumping up and down and overly fan girl waving of the arms... You're right there in the front... the band sees you... and yes I know you are probably friends with them or something... but please for the love of God, have some respect for the people around you trying to enjoy the show.
we managed to get a little video for you all...
MP3: Low Vs. Diamond - Stay Awake
