7/10/2004

New song. "Sincere" may have the finest production value of any Oxford product yet. Drums sound almost real, decent singing and a sloppy mess of a slide guitar solo. You're welcome.

7/02/2004

Finally! "$6000" was not a difficult birth, just a long delayed one. Back on track with a track that shouldn't offend your aesthetic sensibilities unless you actually have them.

5/28/2004

Harsh winds are blowing over here. Most importantly, I've upgraded computers and now lack viable recording software. The remedy is being administered as we speak.

4/30/2004

One more tune before April is over. "Big Prize" is built on a Gentle Giant drum sample and took forever. It needs more polishing but forget it, I'm done with it. Vocals are cobbled together from about fifty different tracks so they're kinda choppy. Still, this is as heavy as I can get, I think.

4/29/2004

Okay, just made it. "In the Dark" is technically not finished but it's presence here probably means that no furthur refining will be bothered with.

Drums are machine but time-stretched (compressed actually) which gives them a cool sound. Everything else is fine, verse is merely okay, but the chorus is the highlight, as it should be.

4/19/2004

April is drawing to a close and I'm in danger of failing my song-a-month goal for the first time. Not because I ain't got shit goin' on, mind you. But this new process of recording has left me with a bunch of decent tracks and no vocals to go with 'em.

Usually the tracks sound fine, and then I realize that the melody is shit, or my voice just can't pull it off, it's frustrating. I'm trying, check back.

3/20/2004

Listen up. The first track recorded under the new SOP is "The Man" and it's on board as of now. We've truly entered the 20th century circa 1992 (technology-wise) with this.

The new procedure includes recording direct to the hard disc and mixing with the aid of software. No MIDI or anything like that, just cut and pasted tracks. The Tascam 8 track still functions as the preamp, but all else is digital. Wow.

3/03/2004

Crawling back from the wreckage here. Oxford Boy Home v.1 is gone forever, so thankfully v.2 looks more like the old one than the old one did. I'll be uploading only the choicest morsels this time so expect the site to pad itself out much more slowly.

2/27/2004

Web site drama!! Everything gone, but not for long. Until things improve please divert yourself by loving your family. Oxford Boys will take revenge upon those responsible for this unforgivable breach of service. Thanks.