There are lots of things coming g up for me in the next two weeks! Im pretty pumped for NXNE this year, as I’ll be playing 3 shows that weekend, one not an actual NXNE show, but will be cool in it’s own respect.
I will also be playing with Ben Standage’s other band ‘The Hots’ for (I think) their first NXNE gig at Neutral in Kensington market on Saturday. I’m especially looking foreward to this gig because I’m going to be learning a bunch of songs… Not that I’m complaning, but I’ve been playing more or less, the same Birds of Wales tunes for the last 3.5 years.
Speaking of Birds of Wales, we’ve got a lot going on too. Our LONG awaited disc is slated to be released at the end of July-likely to be availabe on iTunes. Were also readying another disc in the mean time, filled with unreleased tracks that we think everyone should hear. And even more exciting news, we’ve got a whole batch of new songs that were going to start demoing, and readying to be recorded – potentially to be released next year, depending on timing.
Very cool stuff!
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I just wanted to throw a big THANK YOU! Out there to Jeffery at Themeforest.net for his series called ‘diving into PHP’. I’ve learned so much, and will hopefully continue to learn more as the weeks go on. Please go to his site and subscribe to his feed(s), he’s doing an incredible service to people who want to learn about programming on the web, in an easy to understand, comprehensible, and fun way.
I’ve been following his tutorials for the last few weeks, and its helped me gain more insight into the world of PHP moreso than any other online lessons i’ve found. Please check it out! Themeforest.net.
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So my ‘awesome’ hosting company decided that they wanted to take a break from life yesterday (i’m pretty sure it was a holiday in the US), so this site was out of commission for an entire day due to them not responding to support tickets. I’m not really happy. Especially since i’ve been trying to put extra effort into this site, and also because hours after this site was fixed, my band‘s site was effected by the same issue. When I phoned them (because the band site is a little more important than my personal site), I was told there was nothing that could be done until the tech support people look at my support ticket – thanks guy – for nothing.
Luckily they’re both up and running once again. Happy day.
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Well, I got a chance to try out the Mule last night.
First off, the first thing I usually do with pedals, is compare them to ones I already have, just so i have an idea of what sounds it most mimmics… I could look up the specs, and the circuit design, and probably figure it out, but its better to do it with the ears.
First thing I noticed, at low gain levels, it sounds VERY much like my Gaspedals CARB that I got last month when I was in Texas for SXSW – BUT – it sounds like the CARB, when the CARB is turned up to half gain, I had the Mule at about 8o clock (barely on).
This surprised me – as I didn’t expect it, i’m used to fuzzes being too harsh sounding (which is why i’ve stayed away from them).
So then, I started comparing it to my Cusack Screamer Fuzz (the only fuzz pedal on my board). I was shocked at how good it sounded. It actually made me HATE the screamer fuzz to the point where I removed it, and replaced it with the mule.
Well, anyway.. after playing around with it for a bit, I noticed the Mule sounds really good stacked with my HotCake and even the Carb… they both add a bit more mid drive, which is nice at times… The Mule also doesn’t freak out when i’ve got the Tone Press on (something i’ve noticed about Fuzz pedals, is that they don’t usually play nice with compression pedals).
Either way, in all, i’m very happy with the Mule, I can see it staying on my board for a while.