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shiny new guitar, operation tim becomes willits step one complete

here’s my new guitar, check it out, i bought it on saturday, like how i said i was going to:

what can i say, chris willits‘ little guitar/ableton lesson inspired me, i now have a guitar midi synth thing coming to me (in parts, from hawaii and japan) thanks to ebay. all this purchasing feels so right given that its my birthday in a couple of weeks.

here’s what my guitar sounds like:

here’s what it sounds like, in context:

and here’s me, as chris willits, playing my shiny new guitar:

more shreds

this is why the internet was invented.

slash shreds

santana shreds

eddie van halen shreds

metallica shreds

duracell

andre duracell - a one-man 8-bit band.. a drummer who uses drum triggers to play step sequencers synchronised with his frenetic, hardcore drumming.

how does he describe himself on myspace?

Sounds Like: Lightning Bolt & chiptunes :p

duracell plays bubble bobble live in san guistino, italy:

duracell plays space harrier and turrican:

bbc collective interview with duracell:

bigger font. why? i’m going blind. and i’m bored.

pablo picks

a couple of really hot youtube clips from my good pal pablo! check it out:

gene krupa & buddy rich drum battle. 1966. two masters. did you know that peter sellers studied as a drummer under krupa? rad.

rahsaan roland kirk’s ‘pedal up.’ 1975. dear quincy jones introduces rahsaan as “the black master of black classical music” and its only then that you get a peek at an absolutely smoking jazz sax ninja… the dude plays two saxes at once! are they both saxes? one’s a soprano sax, right? anyway you got to wait for it, it gets completely absurd at about 5 minutes in, when one of the saxes threatens to pack it in and briefly ends up sounding eerily similar to a balloon having the air let out of it. this is crazy stuff.

what the world needs now, is love, big love

choose your fate wisely. will you choose the big love or will the big love choose you? you are forever marked by your choice of the big love. let big love wash over you like a series of eight embedded media clips.




play them all at once for maximum love. honestly, try it. you’ll thank me.

triple j’s next chops

i’m happy to announce that faux pas is triple j’s next chops featured artist for wednesday 14th november, as part of their oz music month. triple j is australia’s government-funded national youth radio network.

this means that at random points throughout the day you’ll be hearing my song “changes” on the triple j airwaves, and you’ll also be hearing short intros from me discussing my music and myself.

here’s a tasty excerpt - listen to me candidly discussing my mixed feelings about being selected as part of triple j’s next chops:

MP3: Faux Pas Next Chops interview

hear more at the faux pas next chops profile page.