Another year gone. This has to be the most interesting year I have had my whole life. I have had so many great moments this year. I became part of the greatest fandom that I have ever been a part of. I got to live one of my dreams and got the chance to be a part of great projects. Some of the highlights for this year:

Found a job in Seattle and moved up to that area. It is the best job I have ever had. I get to spend the whole day looking at Magic cards and they allow me to be as nerdy as I want to be. I could never ask for a better job and I hope to stay at Card Kingdom as long as I can.

Became a part of fandom that I love, the brony community. It is the best fandom I have been a part of my whole life. I have met so many great individuals in the past six months of being into it and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for this.

Lived the dream of being a boom man on The Collectibles. Seriously, Todd Downing, if you’re reading this, thank you. I have had so many people come up to me and say that I should do this or that with them and they never fall through. It feels so great to actually have a dream come true and I can’t wait to do it again this weekend and in February.

I am really looking forward to 2012. I already have some great projects lined up that I can’t wait to experience. The first one is the Kickstarter for my friends The Mongrel Jews. More info below.

I may revamp this page again. I still have my Paypal donations tab if anyone wants to donate. I also need to update all of the video playlists and finish up the concerts taped in 2011.

Well that is it. Hope everyone has a great 2012!

So this post like the last post is another post that really isn’t related to my live recordings but to other projects that I have been a part of. A few weeks one of my musician friends Rai Kamishiro was looking for someone to help her make a video for her kickstarter and I volunteered to do it. I am a fan of her music and I really want to see this album come out. If you are in to J-Pop and some other nerdy influences you should check it out and help out if you can.

Another great project that needs some help too is The Collectibles. I mentioned this web series on the last blog. On Monday they released their first episode and launched their Indie GoGo. Basically the show concept is “The Office” meets superheroes. It is a very funny show and I can’t wait to be a part of it again in November and January.

As far as the future goes, I have several projects that are still “in the works”. Once they get started and/or finished I will make sure to post the info here. One thing that I am looking forward to is being the the somewhat weekly videographer at The Ould Triangle on Wednesdays starting in October. This will help me get more bands to tape and right now that is something I need. I also have a concert that will involve me and a few videographers recording. I also have decided to take a break from releasing any live videos till I can figure out a way to get PluralEyes. I really liked that program and I rather not just continue with out it. Anyways that is it for now. Maybe I will update some concert stuff later. Peace.

So this month so far has been crazy (in a good way) and it is almost over. I have experienced many things that I am not going to post here, though they are my personal Facebook. Instead I am going to focus on two things that happened to me and relate to this hobby.

The first is something I have always wanted to do. During the weekend of August 13-14 I was the boom man for the upcoming web series The Collectibles. It was an awesome experience and I hope to do it again. You should seriously check out their Facebook (and like them of course) as there is a ton of photos and the first episode should be posted in the coming weeks.

The second thing that happened was that I was interviewed on The Bonebat Show. They are what I would call a potpourri music podcast, as in their podcast genres goes from metal to nerdcore and any where in between. Anyways, I am a part of their newest episode, Nerdwest Northcore! (mp3 in link). Stenobot & Tron Juan of Supercommuter and Klopfenpop were also interviewed. It also features music by Southside and Billy the Fridge.

The only other big thing I have planned out is PAX Prime. I haven’t been to PAX since ’08 and I can’t wait for this year. This will be more hectic (again in a good way) for me as I plan to capture as much footage I can. I will try to post the full calendar for PAX before I head out to it.

I also want to mention a few things. First, I have added a donate button a few weeks ago. The money generated from this will goes toward me upgrading to Sony Vegas Pro 10 and PluralEyes. If you can help out that would be awesome. I am kinda taking a break from uploading anything till I can afford to get those two programs. Second, I will have my dailylma from last month up early next month. I just have been super busy and I haven’t had time to post it. I also have several show reviews to post. Last, I am going to try to get my Profile finished too. That is it for now. Peace!

So last week I decided I would start a topic on twitter called #dailylma. I can listen to music at work and I figured it was time to listen to my old recordings. The #dailylma (lma is live music archive) allows me tweet about shows that I am listening to at that moment and allows people if they want to go down a trip on memory lane with me. I figured it would also be a great weekly blog to post what I have listened to and to have the links for them on each blog and the shows page. For each week I will list each show by artist and I may include some shows that you can’t stream. All of the shows for these are available after the break.
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Before I get into the show review for this concert, I wanted to give some updates. The first one being a major one. As of Monday I will have a new job in Seattle at Card Kingdom. This was actually a goal of mine to get in a job in Seattle so I could move closer to there and have a chance to get back into the live music community. I am glad I met that goal. I haven’t done the moving part yet and I haven’t figured out what shows I can do but I am sure this will me get more chances to record live shows. I do plan on adding dates to the calendar for shows that sound interesting so keep an eye on that. The only other updates I have is that I hope this allows me to post more and I may bring back the RRR for some posts that don’t have the full concert released yet. The podcast idea is still up in the air and it may be something I will discuss when I do a podcast interview for one of the local guys next month.

So I consider this show to be a show that had many firsts and in a sense a second. I know that sounds weird but bare with me. This was the first time I got to see the second and first show of a band. Granted I have seen many bands play their first official show but never their second official show. It is awesome that it gets to be Supercommuter. The other first is that this was the first show that was also an art gallery. It took place at the Urban Light Studios and the theme for the night was Bots Vs. Beasts. The gallery was hosted by Nick Beery and it featured many arts and video clips that involved either topic. As far as the show go, I kinda liked the first Supercommuter set better. Nothing against this one but it was more of enjoyable experience for me when I saw them back in September. The only complaint I had was that there was only one direct light on the band and for most of the set it was either blocked or off. I did try my best in post to fix it but it would been easier if I didn’t have to. Beyond that I did have a lot of fun. I did enjoy hanging out with Kris “Double Entendre the Giant” and Sebastian before the set. Supercommuter played a 45 minute set with a few new songs that they haven’t played live before. Also Tron Juan did not play. The new songs were great and I really enjoyed the new remix of “Find Me a Physicist!”. Well that is it for now. The setlist, LMA links and videos are after the break.
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So this is an idea I have had in the back of my mind for years. I usually just stop thinking about it because it seems like I would run out things to say at some point. I am thinking about doing a live music podcast. This is the format I am thinking of:

• A music intro from a local artist (not sure who yet)
• 5-10 minute discussion about the topic of the podcast, might include band interviews with perfect setlist podcasts. Also would like some cool instrumental music for the background.
• Music would include genres, themes/subjects or “perfect setlist” (songs from certain group that would be the perfect setlist to hear live). Also might do full shows like show of month or year.
• Music would be edited so it is seamless like if you were at a show and all these artists were playing right after each other.
• Outro discussion with recap of songs played, etc.

I plan to keep the podcast to an hour to two hours at the most. Only name I can come up with at the moment is “Alien Bob Z’s Out of This World Podcast” though a friend of mine came up with “Alien Bob Cast”. I am not sure when I would start this but I want to wait until I truly do become more active. If you have ideas or suggestions about this let me know.

This post marks first attempt of not using the Recently Released Recordings (RRR) method any more. It was a good idea when I wasn’t that active, but now that I have become more active I feel that I can use individual posts for each recording(s) for each date. Plus it would organize the genres better for people that are looking for a certain genre. Most of my reviews will be generic till I can start writing down reviews after shows. Also, I have added a facebook discussion for each post.

Info: Cascadia ’10 opened for Garaj Mahal live at Nectar in Seattle, WA
Review: This was my first time seeing Cascadia ’10. They were a very fun band to see and certainly one of the largest bands I have seen live. I really like how my video and audio came out for them. Unfortunately during the Garaj Mahal set my battery died and I lost the whole recording :/. I did capture the whole thing on video though. I may post it at some point but for now I am keeping it in my archive. Setlist, audio and video for the Cascadia ’10 set after the break.

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Over the course of this month my website received a major update. Everything from a new logo to a new theme. Big thanks goes to Cory Repp for designing the logo, theme and helping me with redesigning other parts of this site. A list of the updates is after the break.
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Welcome to 2011 everyone! I know I am a little late on my RRR post but I have been busy the last two months. I created a facebook fan page last month. So far I have 32 fans including myself. If you like my recordings and have a facebook account please “like” my page. The widget for it is on the right. My page will be like my twitter where I post audio and video. Also, the complete concert listings for 2010 are up on my shows page. I will be releasing some more of the concerts from last year over the next few months. I also hope to have a few more updates in the next months. If you have any suggestions let me know. Last, I will try to post upcoming shows in the widget about a week before the show. Next show I have coming up is the Death*Star 01/30/11 Nectar show. Enjoy!

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Well it took only a month this time but at least I have another RRR post. This list is a lot smaller then the previous post which is probably for the better. I have a few updates coming within the next month so hopefully I will have a few more posts. I also want to get the complete 2010 list up soon and maybe start on the Profile & Equipment page. I hope you enjoy the recordings!

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