Cindo Santos Blog

So I AM finally putting my websites together and that means a lot of details about the 1and1 servers, how directories work, etc. Lesson quickly learned: if actually mess with this stuff long enough and you don’t really need to call customer support, you can actually figure it out for yourself – really empowering. My favorite tools at this point: WebsiteBuilder (that’s what those filenes names wsb stand for); 1&1 Blog and WebspaceExplorer (awesome dude).

“Music Production” has certain factory, mass production overtones. Words have overtones; a single word is like the fundamental note, but it resonates in different individuals, triggering other words and images–sometimes unleashing resonant peaks.

Music production, musicianship, the thing is, you got to get started; you can’t wait for the perfect word–cindo, santíssimo? to strike. Make a note, make a different one later; rearrange, exchange, discard, regurgitate, levitate, just don’t procastinate.

For your years I’ve been wanting to get a bass guitar. There’s something about the feel of an instrument in your hands that elicits a certain response, much unlike playing bass lines on the keyboard or on the guitar.
The strings are so thick, there’s a sense of power, of command. Since it’s active electronics I plug it right into my EMU soundcard and monitor it right off the my Alesis Monitor II. Something neat catches my hear? Record right into Cubase!

It’s an Ibanez SRX3EXQM1 (!), made in Indonesia (I’m glad I’m helping putting those muslim people to work: BUILD GUITARS NOT BOMBS!). It was on sale at GuitarCenter for US$349 but it was the only one left, store display with a tiny dent, cost me $299! I like Guitar Center. It’s a gorgeous shaded blue, it’s sexy; I go around the house playing it (unplugged) in front of different mirros. It sound good unplugged – a sign that it’s a winner.