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:: Friday, June 30, 2006 ::

Happy birthday, America! Here's my favorite anthem.
:: mike 9:01 AM [+] ::
:: Thursday, June 29, 2006 ::
Last day of mixing, today. Song #12, "Something New." What a strange feeling, going back and forth between mixing the record, and then editing pieces with David Lee Roth, Edwin McCain, Slayer, Hatebreed, DragonForce, Zakk Wylde, etc. etc. It's a time of incredible stretching. I'm really digging it, when I'm conscious enough to enjoy.


A healthy diet of Fugazi and Mastodon are helping greatly.



post something.
:: mike 6:18 AM [+] ::
:: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 ::
Darth Vader Calls the Emperor.


funny.
:: mike 12:56 PM [+] ::
:: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 ::
Song #10 is getting mixed today.




















awesome.
:: mike 10:23 AM [+] ::

Keane: Interview

From the island that brought us the Anglican Church and the Sex Pistols, Keane crosses the pond with their sophomore effort, Under the Iron Sea. Keyboardist Tim Rice-Oxley filled us in.

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FROM BLENDER.COM

:: mike 10:23 AM [+] ::
:: Saturday, June 24, 2006 ::
Last night, I drank a half a bottle of Jack Daniels with David Lee Roth. I interviewed him for Blender, and can't really explain the level of euphoria I was in. Plus we were drunk. So there was that.

This'll be a good article.
:: mike 6:27 PM [+] ::
:: Thursday, June 22, 2006 ::

Aretha Franklin: Live at the Apollo Theater

A crazed fanatic witnesses the Queen of Soul's triumphant return to New York's Apollo Theater and e-mails us, screaming. We encourage this kind of behavior.

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FROM BLENDER.COM

:: mike 3:53 PM [+] ::
FOUR SONGS ARE MIXED AND FINISHED.



NOTHING ELSE TO SAY.



JUST FELT LIKE YELLING.





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:: mike 3:36 PM [+] ::
:: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 ::

JULY EDITOR'S PICK: The Deadliest Catch, Discovery Channel




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FROM BLENDER.COM

:: mike 11:16 AM [+] ::
:: Monday, June 19, 2006 ::
From: Blake Morgan
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 5:43 PM
To: Mike Errico

Subject: HA HA HA HA HA...


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sorry. mixing is fun.


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:: mike 2:45 PM [+] ::
From: Blake Morgan
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 5:43 PM
To: Mike Errico

Subject: HA HA HA HA HA...


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sorry. mixing is fun.


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:: mike 2:45 PM [+] ::
:: Thursday, June 15, 2006 ::
Something to consider.
:: mike 5:47 AM [+] ::
:: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 ::

Jewel: Interview

After tussling with a fire hose on MTV, a more mature Jewel heads to the barn -- and the mechanical bull.

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FROM BLENDER.COM

:: mike 1:41 PM [+] ::
:: Thursday, June 8, 2006 ::
Here are some weird clocks.
:: mike 7:39 AM [+] ::
:: Tuesday, June 6, 2006 ::
Solo in "Ever Since" used to be harmonica. We listened down today and thought it sucked. So, it's a guitar solo, now. And it's really cool.

Chipping away... I'm getting impatient, now.
:: mike 8:22 PM [+] ::
:: Monday, June 5, 2006 ::
We re-did the "Please Stop Leaving" choruses, and hit "You Could Be Anywhere."

And it's done. I have sung all the way through the record.

I would jump around, but today we listen to the whole thing, and tweak. We're not done yet. But the lead vocals are most likely finished.

someone's headed for a hangover....
:: mike 7:10 AM [+] ::
:: Saturday, June 3, 2006 ::
"Please Stop Leaving" is in the can. It's been an incredible week. Smooth, strong, and my best singing ever.

One song to go. "You Could Be Anywhere." It's a beautiful version of the song, just a sparse old Martin acoustic and me. I am ready to just float over that guitar part. Can't wait.

Eleven down, one to go.
:: mike 6:57 PM [+] ::
:: Friday, June 2, 2006 ::
"How it Ends." Done.


What is there to say.
:: mike 9:49 PM [+] ::
Strange turn yesterday. We listened back to "Sweet Anesthesia" and didn't like it. We set out for it to be a chilly, almost robotic read that would melt into the arrangement, but somehow the entire sense of the song got lost. We recut the entire song letting me just do what I do, instead of going for an effect, and now it really flies, and fits with the rest of the pack.

So, we're still at nine down, three to go. But today's a new day. Ready to roll.


This was sent to me today:

The site (Ifilm) is annoying, but the video is worth it. I actually
got choked up, and I'm thoroughly cynical:
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2729140?htv=12
:: mike 6:02 AM [+] ::
:: Thursday, June 1, 2006 ::
I like this schedule. I sleep til whenever, get up, go to the gym with the NY Times, a bottle of water and a small coffee (little milk, one sugar). On the way back, I hit the deli and get another bottle of water, and two scrambled with ham on a wrap. No cheese. I sit down with Eileen, a 90-year-old woman with a black wig that's always on crooked, and eyebrows that are drawn on with a thick brown pencil of some sort. She reads the Post with a magnifying glass, and has some milk and toast. We talk about the Yankees (she's a fan) and the record. She likes how it's coming together. "I hope you got yourself a hit song on there, Mike. Sounds like it's goin' good." She thinks that baseball players now are more attractive than they used to be. "Time was, these guys were real...roustabouts. Not so, anymore. Good lookin' boys."

I finish breakfast, shower, warm up in time for a long leisurely walk to the studio to collect my head and decide the song we're going to hit. I've been alternating fast-slow, rock-ballad, just for the sake of pacing. Yesterday was a Pink Floyd fest, so today we're going to crank it up. I'm psyched.

All right, then. Time to do all of that.


post a routine.
:: mike 7:57 AM [+] ::

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