Amos Story Music Video Released!

January 18th, 2010

On the afternoon of January 12th, Haiti was changed forever.  A 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook the country and left thousands of people injured and without their homes.  Hundreds of thousands are thought to be dead and many more have yet to be found. Much of this video is footage from trips to Haiti. Watch this to find out about ways you can help Haiti.

Benefit Concert for Haiti!

January 15th, 2010

Just got word that Aaron Ivey will be doing a benefit show for Haiti on Monday night! Yea!

Check this out! Straight from www.aaronivey.com

Music For The City, a non-profit org here in Austin, is hosting a benefit show on Monday night.  “After witnessing the mass devastation in Haiti this week and hearing of the incredible needs of the relief organizations already pressed for money and supplies, we knew we had to bring together artists, local businesses, and concerned Austinites to raise money for relief. We are doing this because it is the right thing to do.” (taken from www.musicforthecity.org)

We are excited to play this show along with some great artist friends of ours!  The line-up includes us and our friends Matt McCloskey, Miranda Dodson, Kevin McKinney, and Courrier.  100% of the proceeds of the night benefits Real Hope For Haiti, where Amos is currently living.

Please spread the word and come to the show!  Music, art, and helping Haiti.

HOPE FOR HAITI BENEFIT CONCERT
Monday, January 18
The Parish – Doors at 6pm – Show at 7pm
$10

also, HELP HAITI shirts will be for sale that night, as well as prints by local photographers, including our very own Mr. Steven Bush.

Follow Music For The City on Twitter here.  Please pass the word about the show!

Roland SPD-S Sampling Pad Review

January 10th, 2010

A couple of months ago I got the itch to try to integrate some electronic sounding drums into my set up. I started researching more about triggering and possibly building my own electronic drum set and even found a site that lays out some very clear instructions to do so.  THIS website tells you how to do it. After giving it a lot of thought and after more research, I decided to buy the Roland SPD-S and I couldn't be more happy with my decision. This thing is awesome. I've had it for about a month and I'm just now starting to realize how much it can do. Shortly after buying it, playing around on it, and having the urge to use my feet with the SPD-S I decided I needed to buy a kick trigger to really bring it to the next level. I ended up getting the KD-7. It's as simple as pluggin the kick pad into the back of the SPD-S and assigning whatever kick drum sound I want to it. Another cool feature that I've been having fun with lately is sampling different sounds. I've been getting tons of different sounds from www.freesound.org and www.findsounds.com.

Zlam Dunk Featured in Alternative Press!

December 16th, 2009

Daniel Vega and his band Zlam Dunk are featured in the January issue of Alternative Press!