nothing in particular

Its been a little while since I wrote anything here, and since I was originally going to try and do at least one of these a month...(yikes) I figured I should just write whatever. I spent all day today in my recording studio, I finally figured out how to get superior drummer 2.0 in working order (somewhat) to the point at least where I can drag the midi files into pro tools and edit them. I still need to figure out how to do a tempo change in Pro Tools without screwing up my whole session (s0mething I've been meaning to learn for a couple years now) and how to split each channel of superior drummer to its own seperate track in pro tools, but that is something that can wait until I am meticulously mixing a song (I hardly ever get to that point anyway). But I am stoked that I am finally able to add drums to my songs, and it is super easy. Now all I need is to find a vocalist, thats not something I could ever do on my own, unless someday they make a software program that does what East West Symphonic Choirs does, only for solo voice. Regardless, all this software is really only good for songwriting, it could never really compare to a real drummer and a real vocalist. Not to mention real choirs and orchestras. Maybe someday.

I finished reading the Elric Saga while on a camping trip for 4th of July. Man, that was a freaking awesome ending. The last spoken line in the book "Farewell friend, for I was a thousand times more evil than thou" was just genius. Definitely a story I will have to come back to years from now. Right now I am almost halfway through Robert Jordan's Eye of the World. Not sure how I feel about this one yet, for all the hype this book has as far as being one of the major fantasy stories of our time, Im not sure if I really think its all that amazing. Sure, its well written, but to me it doesn't seem to be terribly original. I recognize lots of themes and elements from other fantasy stories, especially LOTR. But I dunno, there have definitely been times when I didn't want to put it down, which probably means I am enjoying it. We'll see, sometimes books are like movies, in that I am not really able to form an opinion about it until I am finished reading it.