Asking Me To Stay When She’s Out of Range

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Bon Giorno, Mackaholics!

I’m sorry about the lack of posts this past week. Sadly, I’m without internet right now. Not sure when that will get straightened out, as I’m planning on moving to a new ISP, but first I’ve got to pay off my old ISP, who decided to drop me in a while over a sum of money I’ve made them wait for before without difficulty. The person who suggested it’s a seller’s market must have been talking about something else, methinks. I should really pay better attention when people start spouting platitudes.

Anyway, the point is, I’ve been cooped up in the apartment working on the album, which is coming along, but I’m worried it’s going to take longer than planned. I’m listening to what I’ve got so far as I type this, and it sounds pretty cool, but there are a LOT of mistakes to correct and a fair bit of remixing to do before it will be a polished product.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION TIME:

Do I:
A) work as fast as I can and release the album on June 5th regardless of the flaws and learn to live with them?
or
B) hold the album back until later in the month, after I’ve had a chance to polish up the tracks that need rerecording and such?
or
C) realise that no one is going to buy the album regardless, so I might as well quit now and go back to writing my novels?

At any rate, I’m posting this from my mother’s place, where I am expected to do yard work this weekend, so I’m gonna log off early and get out there. Hope everyone has had a great week, that no one got any really bad news (oh please tell me nobody got really bad news), and that everyone who loved me last week still loves me this week. Talk to you again soonish. Thanks for reading.

Your Impoverished Uncle Eddie.

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Not A Thing To Do But Talk To You

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Good Morning Mackademics,

Just a quick one to say I’m writing fiction again, in short stints, and I’m planning on doing some recording later, although there may be a hijacking to do yard work at Mom’s.

Have a great day.

Eddie.

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Hurry Up and Wait

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Roughly three weeks before Etcetera Thesis releases The Whole Other Half, the double length sequel to Last year’s Bisecting a Circumference. I hope you folks are looking forward to hearing what we’ve been doing here in Studio Limbo. I feel like I’m giving birth to a baby monster or something. Don’t be afraid to show us some love, folks.

Here’s another little taste of things to come: I’M GONE AGAIN

Happy Mother’s Day.

Lee.

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Inner Resolve

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

This is undoubtedly one of the most important pieces I have ever created, and I still own it. The prints, tee shirts and stuff are just a nice way for me to commemorate this piece, which I’ve had for more than half of my life. I AM, however, prepared to part with it now. What I’m asking is a measly $300.00 CAD. I say measly because, to my way of thinking, which involves what work like this is going for in galleries, I should be charging closer to a grand.

PayPal preferred. Shipping and handling costs and any mounting or special packaging must be added to the total cost. I simply don’t have the funds right now to eat the expenses.

Thank you for reading. Pimp me out to your friends if you can’t buy it yourself. And remember, those prints and such are going to be around a long time, but this is an original, unrepeatable piece of work. I will never offer it at this price again.

Lee.

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Another Murder of a Day

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Good Afternoon, Mackronauts:

I just got through lugging four large grocery bags’ worth of gently used books to the Hamilton Literacy Council’s Books Sale with my agent.

Earlier, I rearranged the order of the album again. Took out some stuff and put some other stuff in that won’t take as long to finish. Trying to stack the deck with stuff that sounds more like my main influences, and not so much with the eclectic mix. Might cut one or two more pieces, depending on my mood and my productivity levels over the next few weeks. We’ll see.

I’ve posted a few images so far over the last couple of days, and haven’t had a single offer. You DO know I expect to haggle prices, right? Or is it just that you don’t buy art from non-famous people? Would it help if I told you I have readers all over the world? Dozens of them! ;)

I should have made soup for my agent.

I want to make music, but suspect that will get me looked at funny. There’s stuff to be done. Important stuff. Much more important than my stupid album.

Gary doesn’t like my treatment of Dinner Date. Suits me fine. I don’t think I’d like his treatment, either. The song is important to me, but it’s also long and dull, because it needs virtuoso performances to carry it off. I haven’t supplied said performances, but I’ve planned for them, and the demo I recorded at least gives you a hint. He says it’s too busy. He thinks it should be simple little song. A simple little 8-minute love dirge. I love my Gary, but he can get stuffed.

That’s all I’ve got. I should post more art to sell, but I’m starting to lose hope of making the remainder of the rent money before the cut-off date.

Time to go. Take care. Thanks for reading. Feed your Spambots.

Eddie.

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Art Sale: Little Zoe’s Adventures in Limbo

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

More! That’s what they want! MORE!

So I decided that, on top of selling the original artwork, I would also make up prints and stuff, for those keen to explore. Zoe is a favourite creation of mine, and I’ve missed doing cool things with her. I keep trying to get back to the drawing table to draw a cartoon strip with her, but it never comes to fruition, and it makes me sad.

Anyway, this was part of a Christmas card/comic book I started drawing, but couldn’t get the second page to work, and ended up abandoning it. But the first page is pretty wonderful, wouldn’t you say? I’d love to do more work in this style. It suits my tastes nicely.

The original art, which is about 8.5″x11″ is on sale. I’m ASKING for $150.00 CAD (plus shipping and handling; mounting is extra). That may seem like a lot, but the page it really special, and the original has my original hand lettering, which is a bit wonky and imperfect, but I suppose it has its charm. Make me an offer. Message me if you’re interested. Payments by PayPal preferred.

Lee.

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Art Sale: Weekend

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Good Afternoon Macketeers!

Welcome to the Weekend!

This design incorporates an old corporate mascot I designed that I still, oddly enough, own the rights to, because the client refused to pay for the rights. He’s out of business now, so I guess it’s about time I put Dapper Dan to work. He made this Martini just for you. Sorry, no olives or onions available at the moment. Perhaps if you buy one, I’ll have him mix you another drink.

The original artwork for this piece is in three parts, but I’d be willing to sell the original drawings for $200.00 CAD.

Make me an offer. I’m eager to please.

Eddie.

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Art Sale: HMAS Argolias

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

This illustration, which appeared only vaguely in the Link:West RPG manual, is of a spectacular airship made from wicker and raffia, to reduce the weight while retaining some flotation in case of landing on water. The airship was created to explore Darkest Pangeia, where tribes of savage Darklings are said to rule. The balloon, shaped partially like a sale to catch wind and steer like a traditional sail ship, is adorned with an idealized image of the Trine Goddess.

This illustration is rendered on acid-free sketchbook paper in pencil and ink, with some signs of white out pen used. The illustration is approximately 10.5″ squared.

My asking price for this fine illustration is $250.00 CAD, plus shipping and handling. Mounting will cost slightly more.

Please contact me at lee@clearvisionstudios.net with your offer.

Lee.

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Art Sale: Britannia – the Trine Goddess

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

This little darling was drawn back in 2003 as an asset for the roleplaying manual, Link: West. I’m not sure it was ever actually used; it’s been a while since I went through the manual to see what was and wasn’t printed. Britannia is obviously the spirit of the British Isles, referred to in the Link Euroboros section as the Sacred Isles (IIRC). However, said spirit was actually a real, living creature, comprised of three important women: Breanna, Ætillan high sourceress of Avalonis; Angela, huntress of the Sisterhood of Breanna; and Regina Moiraine, ruler of Londonis and the Sacred Isles. By the time of our story, most of the high sourcerors had gone into exile, but Breanna had remained behind to preserve and guide her people in times of great need.

This piece of art is a pencil drawing on acid-free (to the best of my knowledge) sketchbook paper. It’s one of the two finest pieces of art I created for the Link: West book. Its dimensions are approximately 8.5″x10.5″, though the 11″x14″ sketchbook page remains uncut, and there is some light doodling to one side of the drawing.

My asking price for this rather fine piece of illustration is $150.00 CAD, plus shipping and handling. Mounting will cost a little extra.

Please contact me at lee@clearvisionstudios.net with your offer.

I’ll be back shortly with another piece to sell.

Lee.

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Classical Gasp

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Good Afternoon, Macketeers.

I’m afraid this has to be a quick one. Work to do.

The nails on my right hand are kind of long and fairly well sanded today, in the hope that I get a call about borrowing a friend’s classical guitar. I’ve been trying to get my hands on one for weeks, to no avail. I certainly don’t have the money to go out and buy even a relatively cheap one at the moment. Soon I will have to clip these nails and get back to bass playing duties, which my nails won’t handle well. I don’t have very solid nails. They’re not paper thin, but they aren’t as thick as they would need to be to withstand bass strings and still be usable for the classical guitar part I have in mind. I’ve already recorded a scratch demo of the track I have in mind using my regular acoustic guitar, which doesn’t sound horrid, but doesn’t quite sound right, either. I may have to learn to make due.

I also have a great deal of keyboard playing ahead. I’ve been wanting to get some real instruments on the album, but I’m starting to face deadline crunch, and my reluctant bit players are being cagey. so I suppose I’ll have to use my keyboard to approximate the parts and hope for the best.

There are a few electric guitar parts, a few bass parts, and some backing vocals to rerecord; Particularly the backing vocals, which are a little less than perfect in some cases, even when they mostly worked. So much work to do, and my mood is less than ideal for being creative today.

Enough. Time to get to it, amenable mood or not. Thank you for reading.

Eddie.

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The Return of the Bride of CvS Art Sale

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Just a heads up. Tomorrow, I’m going to be presenting and listing a number of original pieces of art for sale, in the hope that, this time, the only buyers won’t be close friends of mine.

Seeya tomorrow.

Lee.

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New Banner at Bandcamp!

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Lee.

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I Didn’t Know When I Was Lucky

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Ola, Mackamaniacs!

I’m working on an album review while doing graphic design and listening to a discography of Mike + the Mechanics. Can you say Bipolar Boy? I knew you could!

I have so much work to do, it’s kind of frightening, but I’m hoping to squeeze in all of the errands and still have recording time today.

I still need to get my buddy Mark to loan me his nylon strung guitar, so I can record the proper guitar part for Old Man Saturn and get to work on the arrangement. I’m debating reworking the instrumental sections to be a little less homogeneous, but time being what it is, that may not be practical. We’ll have an answer probably by the end of the week.

I also have to finish setting up On My Mind so I can get to work on that. I asked a friend to record some clarinet on that track, which might be a good idea or it might be a mistake, but the only way I can be sure is to set up the track and consider whether I’ve left room for a clarinet performance. It used to be a pretty busy piece of work, but in arranging it for a band to perform, it might wind up sounding quite different this time around. All I know is, I’m not singing those crazy high notes any more; my range just doesn’t go that high any more. But a clarinet might sound about right for that part.

Dinner Date is set up (drum programming, guide vocals and rhythm guitar), and I’m thinking of adding bass and rock organ to that one, as well as perhaps some tweezed strings and flutes to approximate Mellotron/Chamberlin sounds. It won’t be anything like exact, but then, I’m not really trying to be exact with these tools. I’m just trying to paint convincing pictures that have distinctive tones and styles.

The big problem is going to be getting all of these arrangement instruments that require real instruments and actual performers to send me their parts before I have to cut the tracks from the song list. Come hell or high water, I’m releasing an album on the 5th of June. I would like it to be the album I planned for, but if that can’t happen on time, I’ll just cut tracks and save them for another album, assuming I ever get to make another. Time and money are no longer on my side.

Meanwhile, I’ve designed a new band logo:

Nifty, no? What? What do you mean, ‘No’? Boy, I tell you, some people can never be pleased. Anyway, screw you, buddy. I’m using it anyway. TAKE THAT.

Time to get dressed and run those errands. Thanks for reading. Have a great day, okay?

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Still The Same

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Good Morning, Macklings.

Sorry for not posting this weekend. Lots of stuff kept me from my computer for most of it.

I have less than a month to finish recording my album. The more I think about it, the less work gets done, and the less likely it is to get done.

I have to find a job soon. Money troubles have been really bad lately, and the strain is affecting everything in my life, including my marriage.

I wanted to have gotten so much more done this year than it seems likely will happen now. I’d like to be philosophical about it, but it’s hard, just now.

I’m going to have to get used to doing very little creative work for a while. I’ve always been lousy at balancing creative projects with day jobs.

I’m not sure if it’s depression or illness, but lately, the energy just leaves me when I need it the most. I shouldn’t be experiencing depression on these meds.

My drummer has too many excuses not to practice. I need a cheapish mixing board so Gary and I can go jam with Derrick and make him rehearse.

Everyone I have asked for help on this album, with the exception of Gary, has flaked out. Considering how often I’ve done it to others, I deserve it.

I let my right hand nails grow in a bit, in preparation for recording a classical guitar part. The classical guitar has not arrived. I’ll have to clip them soon.

Several of the tracks I’m more or less happy with need at least one track rerecorded. My work load only seems to be getting bigger as the deadline approaches.

Someone needs to take over making this album, so I can focus on my personal life before I wind up homeless, disowned and divorced.

If every one of my friends and acquaintances bought just one thing from one of the many pages of stuff I’ve put up for sale, my money problems would disappear.

I have too many friends and loved ones who don’t trust me to follow through. That’s less a criticism than it is a confession.

I could babble like this all day, but I think I’ll go try pouring coffee into my agent instead.

We’ll see if anything new and less-than-wonderful happens to me today.

Thanks for reading. You deserve a medal.

Eddie.

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Still Alive

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Good Morning, Macketeers!

I’m up before 6AM, which is pretty normal for me these days. My internet is still working, wonder of wonders. I figure it’s only a matter of time before they pull the plug, but hey, I’ll take what they’ll give me until then.

The album is shaping up into something I think I can really be proud of. Or at least, I’m pretty sure it could be, except that I’ve inadvertently slipped into a bit of a mini depression, which is about as far down as I slide with Abilify in my system. Risperidone used to buffer and compress me a bit better, but it absolutely robbed me of the ability to get the ball rolling if my mood was even slightly off kilter.

The album itself is looking to be a full CD’s worth of material, which is what I’d hoped for from the start, but wasn’t too sure I could manage. I still have some hurdles to get over, but it’s coming closer to reality. I just wish I could get more days to work, because there have been a lot of errands and distractions lately. Cohabitation comes with its pluses and minuses, when you’re Bipolar and a Creative.

So, the album song list, as of today, which is considerably different from the order I had last month, is as follows:

THESIS – THE WHOLE OTHER HALF
all lyrics and music by L.McIlmoyle except where noted
1. Out Of Time
2. Love’s Labours Lost & Found Suite:
_i) One Up On You
_ii) Show Me Something
_iii) Dinner Date (l: L.Mc//m: L.Mc/G.Falkins)
_iv) I’m Gone Again
_v) She’s Like The Weather
_vi) Lady In The Field (l: D.Rose//m: G.Falkins)
_vii) No One In The World (incl. When It Seems To Be Ending; m: L.Mc/D.Rose/D.Bedard)
_viii) The Incurable Romantic (l: L.Mc//m: L.Mc/G.Falkins/D.Rose
_ix) All This Time (Nothing More)
3. The Morning Dew
4. See You Smile (Baby Blue Eyes)(l&m: G.Falkins)*
5. On My Mind/On The Furthest Shores (l: L.Mc//m: L.Mc/D.Rose/D.Bedard)
6. All Of Your Tomorrows*
7. Old Man Saturn
8. Last Call (l: L.Mc.//m: G.Falkins/L.Mc./D.Rose)
9. Here It Comes Again
?. There may also be a hidden track, if space allows.

* These tracks contingent upon Gary actually choosing and making his song, because he’s working on something other than the song I assigned him, so if he needs more room, these tracks go away for now.

And that’s my bid for rock stardom. We’ll see how it goes. The album is still on pre-order status at Bandcamp. Pre-ordering it makes it just a little more real, I assure you.

After this album is finished, I have plans to rehearse the band and see if I can get them back to their fighting weight. If I miss my June deadline, it means there will be less summer to rehearse and gig in. Not a pleasant notion.

I want to get back to novel writing, as well. I figure I can do that while I rehearse the band. Several books are waiting to be finished and published. My efforts to promote my books have fallen by the wayside while I’ve been working on this album. Days like these, I wish I’d gone the agent root, simply to have someone else handling the promotions.

Anyway, that’s where thigns are as of today. Hope it was an entertaining read for someone. Thanks for reading, nevertheless.

Eddie.

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Service Interruption

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Well, looks like the news I’ve been dreading has come at last. I made a payment on the internet, but expect them to cut service (again) until I can arrange to pay the rest of the bill. I’ll probably change service providers this summer, when I can afford the switch. So if I disappear for a while, that’s what happened.

Thank you for reading. Catch you on the flipside.

Lee.

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There Is No One In the World Tonight

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Remember that piece I keep trying to get people to listen to?

When It Seems To Be Ending

What I haven’t mentioned is that it is actually a piece of music that has lyrics, which I’m trying to weld together right now. It’s a song called No One In The World, which is part of a larger piece called the Love’s Labours Lost & Found Suite, for The Whole Other Half.

These are the lyrics:

Help me please
I can’t define this open ending
So unique
These features draw me in with light bending

Hey… are you receiving any of these broken signals
Are they translating, is the message coming clear
Hey… I’m pretty sure, that is, I guess, oh what was I thinking
Just close your eyes and wait until I’m not here

There is no one in the world tonight
I listen for the voices that never come
There is nowhere in the space in my head
I can’t remember where I ever came from

Apologies
They seem to get me just what I’m giving
Fucking weak
I’ve dreamed my way out of really living

Hey… do you think that you can come over tonight
I’ll leave the door unlocked, just let yourself in
Hey… I know this isn’t what either one of us was planning
But when you’re here, there’s no such thing as sin

There is no one in the world tonight
Who can reach me with a soul so real (surreal)
There is no love in the spaces between breaths
So breathe with me and show me how you feel

[instrumental]

There is no one in the world tonight
I listen for the voices that never come
There is nowhere in the space in my head
I can’t remember where I ever came from

There is no one in the world tonight
Can’t see you coming to this wasteland
There is no love in the space between us
Did you ever really understand?

[outro]

© 2006 Lee Edward McIlmoyle
Etcetera Thesis Music
from the upcoming album ‘The Whole Other Half’

It’s a song about an old, old relationship that ended, but years later, the lover finds himself wishing she’d come back for a visit, because he is alone and doesn’t feel like anyone else ever really got him. Of course, it’s a ridiculous notion, but it’s not that uncommon for people to yearn for The One That Got Away. It’s kind of my version of Alone Tonight from the Duke album by Genesis, which I believe was a Mike Rutherford composition.

The vocals were meant to be a sort of Matthew Good thing, but the music has been eluding me all of this time because I actually forgot where I got the melody bits from. It turns out, I was misremembering this jam the band and I had done years earlier. When I realized what I had done a few days ago, I thought about it and decided I’d put the pieces back together and make it a stronger, longer song, since the lions share of the lyrics would be at the start, and then the remainder at the very end, like Home By The Sea or the end of the Duke Suite. In fact, it may just be that I have found the source for my major themes for the rest of the suite as well. It’ll be fun pulling this piece apart and sewing it back together with all of the wildly different songs intended for the suite.

So there you have it. My agenda laid bare. And yet, no one is listening to the piece. Is it really that dull? Have I misjudged its power? Am I the only one who likes what I did there? I’d say it’s the closest I’ve ever come to writing a Duke-era Genesis piece, and that Is after all a touchstone for me musically. I’d really like to think I’m not the only one who can hear it, but I suppose I’ll have to do the grunt work to prove my point.

Anyway, as always, thank you for reading. Please consider listening to the piece if you haven’t already. It’s only a click away, unless, like me, your browser is set up not to play Flash stuff properly, in which case, like me, you’ll have to copy/paste the URL into another browser that ISN’T Flash-blocked.

Eddie.

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Once More With Feeling

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Good Morning, Mackronauts!

I’m now officially considering using this piece of music on the album, if I can learn how to play it properly and arrange it for my virtual band:

When It Seems To Be Ending

Yes it’s the same song I linked to yesterday. No one listened to it, so I’m posting it again. It’s a nice progressive rock jam mainly featuring paino and drums. Check it out. Don’t make me repost it again tomorrow. ;)

I also decided to take a stab at remaking The Art of Letting Go and my favourite, The Furthest Shores, which I’m considering renaming (again), also for the new album. I just decided, I’m not happy with how eclectic and varied the album sounds, and want a little more of my classic Genesis roots showing through, considering it’s where I want things to go after this album is done. The album is now officially a ‘double album’, which suits me fine, since it will most likely only ever be sold digitally anyway.

That said, I think there will be no music playing today. Commitments elsewhere, it seems. Going to do something fun to kill time until we leave. Seeya tomorrow. Thanks for reading.

Eddie.

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The Best Thing You’ve Never Heard

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Good Afternoon, Mackrophiles,

I posted this about a month or two ago, and it got a few plays, but most people were more interested in The Art of Letting Go, probably because it has a cooler title or because the genre label I gave it is sort of novel (Progressive Pop). I don’t know why I left that one up, but it seems to be getting hits.

So, it’s the end of April, and I still have about seven or eight songs left to record for the album, with the due date set for June 5th. If I can’t work on two to three songs a week from here until then, I won’t make the deadline. Not a huge catastrophe, as I don’t have distribution or post production to deal with. I’m it. I’m the guy. If I say it’s done, it’s done. But I’m already thinking I’ll have to cut Gary’s song for his daughter, because he hasn’t played me anything for it yet, and I don’t know if it’s happening or not. I may have to start trimming my own songs as well, because there are rather a lot of them, and most folks would rather have ten solid tracks than seventeen mostly-solid tracks.

The problem for me is, a number of the tracks I want to do most have been saved for the finishing stretch, due to complexity. I don’t want to cut those. Correction: I won’t cut those. I’ll end up making a mad dash for the finish and simply trimming back anything that needs polish and post-production but isn’t as important to me, and then release those as B-sides. Although, in this day and age, ‘B-side’ is an anachronism. Best to just call them singles, or save them for an EP release or something.

In other news, I have heard Death Grips, and I have to admit, it’s not my thing. I’m not much for heavy heavy bass drops to begin with, and the track I listened to, Guillotine, seems to consist entirely of drops and heavy, repetitive rapping of the ‘gangsta’ flavour. I like hearing new stuff, even if it’s not my thing, but I definitely can’t find room in my head for Guillotine right now, if ever.

Well, it’s pay day, so I guess I’m gonna have to go get dressed and take my agent around to pick up some essentials. Money has been so very, very tight lately, and the bills are seriously overdue, but the cupboards are almost bare, along with the fridge. Add that to a much-needed pair of runners and a couple of promised canvas bags, and I’ll just be happy to make it through another month. When the money finally comes in again, if it ever does, I promise I won’t miss these days.

Time to go dress in something warm. The weather outside looks cruddy. Thanks for reading. Stay warm, keep dry, and have a good day.

Eddie.

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You Get The Best of What’s Still Around

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Lee_Edward_Mc

Good Morning, Macketeers!

I’m down to 188.7 lbs. It’s a slow descent, but I’m working on it.

I’m listening to Mike + the Mechanics. The first album is still my favourite. I’ve also got Strictly Inc. lined up to follow that. Might throw in some Ant and Hackett albums after that. It feels like a good day to listen to solo Genesis albums.

I recorded some vocals for a song written by a new friend of mine. Her name is Kristine Fleckenstein. She’s a huge fan of my hero, Tony Banks, as well, so it was a joy to sing this for her. I still have to touch up the backing vocals and eliminate the coda vocals, but other than that, it’s coming together pretty nicely, considering it’s a style I haven’t really recorded myself singing before. She’s asked me to provide bass for this track, and some bass and guitar tracks for another track of hers, which has a very

I’m going to go read for a bit and wait for breakfast to settle, so I can get some work done on On My Mind. I hope to have at least the bed tracks ready by the end of the day, if not the keys and vocals.

And that’s all I’ve got for you today. Thanks for reading. Have a good day.

Eddie.

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