Tex! from Iowa http://www.texfromiowa.com Most recent posts at Tex! from Iowa posterous.com Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:02:42 -0700 I hate summer!!! http://www.texfromiowa.com/i-hate-summer http://www.texfromiowa.com/i-hate-summer

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Sat, 02 Apr 2011 10:39:55 -0700 Coolest license plate I've seen in ages!! http://www.texfromiowa.com/coolest-license-plate-ive-seen-in-ages http://www.texfromiowa.com/coolest-license-plate-ive-seen-in-ages

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:49:15 -0700 Being fanboy today! http://www.texfromiowa.com/being-fanboy-today http://www.texfromiowa.com/being-fanboy-today

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OMD soundcheck, meet n greet and VIP goodies!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:48:38 -0800 This Steve Priest moment is brought to you by the letter M! http://www.texfromiowa.com/this-steve-priest-moment-is-brought-to-you-by http://www.texfromiowa.com/this-steve-priest-moment-is-brought-to-you-by

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:01:32 -0800 Super sexy singing signalpath! http://www.texfromiowa.com/super-sexy-singing-signalpath http://www.texfromiowa.com/super-sexy-singing-signalpath

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:05:01 -0800 The exciting pop star life http://www.texfromiowa.com/the-exciting-pop-star-life http://www.texfromiowa.com/the-exciting-pop-star-life

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:30:41 -0800 One two, one two. http://www.texfromiowa.com/one-two-one-two http://www.texfromiowa.com/one-two-one-two

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In a recent recording session, I tested a few mics. I sang a the same chorus through each one and we listened back in rapid fire succession. The Neumann U87 wins for my voice. You'll hear the results soon, I hope!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:43:00 -0800 Handy work http://www.texfromiowa.com/handy-work http://www.texfromiowa.com/handy-work

My friend Russel Lee plays drums for a band called Under The Flood.  He asked me to remix a song called Miracle from their latest album, Alive In The Fire.  I applied the Rock Anthem to Fast, Hard, Techno converter plugin and voila!  I present it here for your aural consumption. 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! - Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:34:00 -0800 Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes! http://www.texfromiowa.com/ch-ch-ch-ch-chagnes http://www.texfromiowa.com/ch-ch-ch-ch-chagnes

Greetings farmhands!

It has been entirely too long since my last post and a lot has been happening.  Firstly, let me explain whats going on with Facebook and such.  

You may or may not know that I read a LOT of music business blogs and am generally obsessed with the topic.  One of my favorites (and I pretty much take his word as gospel) is Andrew Dubber.  A year ago he started a "let's give Myspace one year to shape up or have a mass exodus" campaign.  His complete thoughts can be seen HERE.

My general feeling is the only people still populating Myspace are musicians.  The argument that Myspace still shows up well in Google searches and therefore still relevant is also no good for me.  That may work for Gaga and U2, not so much for me. When was the last time ANY of you logged in to Myspace?  Exactly.  Nice knowing you.

Which brings me to Facebook.  I HATE the fact that you can't have a Facebook PAGE without having a PROFILE.  It's confusing and sloppy to maintain both, especially when I'm the only band member AND it's a fictional character.  Additionally,  Facebook is clamping down on some rules.  They enforced a rule saying profiles could no longer host Reverbnation's fabulous My Band plug-in (which is now called Band Profile on one's page).  Other musician-friendly services were going away as well, so I basically thought while I'm at it, it's time to trim the Facebook fat as well.   So the profile is gone.  Many apologies.  I didn't "unfriend" anyone specifically, I still love you all.

Moving right along, I recently rejoined the cult of Apple.  My glorious 27" iMac is quite the beauty and now, three months in, I feel fairly comfortable with all things Mac OS.  These learning curves always kill comfy artistic flow, but it's getting back to normal. On top of that, I also recently had major updates to the software I use for music creation (Reason/Record).  I'm also feeling pretty good about having my right brain wrapped around it, so we should have new things soon.

...A few rock gigs, a couple of remixes for other bands and there went summer.  

 

Back to work,

Paolo

Tex! From Iowa

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:34:00 -0700 New single today!!! http://www.texfromiowa.com/new-single-today http://www.texfromiowa.com/new-single-today

Yes, folks, the 3rd single is here and it's called Heart Over Mind.  Originally a country hit in 1961 by Ray Price.  While I've replaced the gentle western swing with hard pounding disco beats, the song remains the same.   I have quite an affinity for vintage country music, and Ray Price is an easy favorite for me.  For the liner note readers here, it was written by Mel Tillis.  Click on the music tab above to get your very own copy!

Heart Over Mind by Tex! from Iowa

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:11:00 -0700 No, I never heard them at all... http://www.texfromiowa.com/no-i-never-heard-them-at-all http://www.texfromiowa.com/no-i-never-heard-them-at-all

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Fri, 14 May 2010 05:38:00 -0700 I'll be your cowboy! http://www.texfromiowa.com/ill-be-your-cowboy http://www.texfromiowa.com/ill-be-your-cowboy

Today is the day folks!  The arrival of the new single!  Cowboy! is here for you in one handy little download.  3 tracks and a PDF of the sleeve.  All wrapped in Creative Commons goodness, exclusively at texfromiowa.com!  As Kojak says... who loves ya, baby?!  

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Mon, 03 May 2010 12:36:00 -0700 Creative Commons! http://www.texfromiowa.com/creative-commons-95 http://www.texfromiowa.com/creative-commons-95

Taking a cue from Nine Inch Nails and (more accurately) Jonathan Coulton, I am henceforth releasing all of my original music under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 uported license!

What the hell does that mean?!  

Glad you asked.  It, in a nutshell, means if you just simply LOVE my new song (as you should!) and totally need your BFF to also have the same life-altering experience you just had, then you may provide said BFF with my new song!  Honestly!  Without asking permission!  I'm cool with it.

Even cooler, If you are a podcaster, film maker, or any other creative type and want to use my music as part of your output, you may do so. Honestly!  Without asking permission!  I'm cool with it.

Just don't be a douche.  Give me credit for my part, and don't use it in anything you're gonna make money from and we're good.

That said, It's not like I don't want your money.  I do enjoy eating and paying my bills very much.  All of my music will still be for sale.  If you like it, I hope you will buy it.  But if you just can't part with a buck or two, I'd still rather you have it and enjoy it than not at all.

So... In case I didn't explain that clearly or use enough legal lingo:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

And for more information on Creative Commons in general:

http://creativecommons.org/

 

Your favorite Iowan,

 

Paolo

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:36:19 -0700 Why? Because I love you!!! http://www.texfromiowa.com/why-because-i-love-you http://www.texfromiowa.com/why-because-i-love-you

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:26:15 -0700 Double Rats!!!!! http://www.texfromiowa.com/double-rats http://www.texfromiowa.com/double-rats Being the Scooter über-fanboy that I am, I thought I'd share a bit of what went down in Berlin on Saturday.  With any luck, they'll do some onesy dates here in the states again.  Until then, I reiterate...  Double rats!!!! 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:00:32 -0800 Rats!!! http://www.texfromiowa.com/rats-92 http://www.texfromiowa.com/rats-92

I tried my darndest to get to the Arena Berlin to see the mighty Scooter live for the fourth time, but it was not meant to be.  $900 to Berlin is a bit too spendy for my overalls at the moment.  Lousy airlines!  This ad doesn't improve my mood at all. 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:50:53 -0800 Sophie saga update! http://www.texfromiowa.com/sophie-saga-update http://www.texfromiowa.com/sophie-saga-update

Still scratching my head as to why official sites can't play official music, I started digging. 

It turns out Me And My Imagination IS viewable from Sophie's VEVO channel.  http://www.youtube.com/user/SEllisBextorVEVO 

What I'm confused about is the description of what Vevo is.  Good ole Wikipedia says... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vevo

The big four (Universal, Sony, Warner and EMI) apparently had problems with the "competition that music videos have on YouTube."  Sony and Universal then start Vevo.  All video hosting is done through... wait for it... YOUTUBE!  Furthermore, it's only viewable in the US and Canada.  Um, What?!

To summarize again: Big four don't like YouTube.  Make thier own YouTube... hosted by YouTube.  Now they can "non-competitvely" promote their global music to two countries... Instead of YouTube's worldwide reach.

Anyway... I hope you enjoy Sophie's fantastic video and even better song as much as I do! 

 

p.s. I'm openly welcoming a sane explanation for all of this.  Please make sense of it for me.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:17:00 -0800 Now THIS is stupid! http://www.texfromiowa.com/now-this-is-stupid http://www.texfromiowa.com/now-this-is-stupid

In case you haven't heard of any bad decisions from the record industry lately...

I was perusing YouTube today for a look at Sophie Ellis Bextor's Me And My Imagination video.  I heard it in my car (on the iPod, no radio stations that cool remotely near me) and wanted to see the rather not ugly Sophie sing it to me herself.  So I find her very official page at http://www.youtube.com/user/sophieellisbextortv.  I scroll down to find said video and am greeted with "This video contains content from UMG.  It is no longer available."  WTF?!  I clicked on a few more and received the same message.  Um, what?

I am going to point out that Ms. Bextor is singed to Polydor Records.  ...WHICH IS OWNED BY UNIVERSAL!!!  She's been on Polydor/Universal from day one!!!

To summarize:  Sophie Ellis Bextor.  Hot.  Great singer.  Singed to world's biggest record company.  DOES NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO PLAY HER OWN VIDEOS ON HER OWN OFFICIAL YOUTUBE PAGE!!!!!!!!!

In keeping PC, this may have a simple explanation (if so, please enlighten me), but I'm smelling another unbelievably asinine move by the big record labels.

Unglaublich!!!! 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:57:00 -0800 Tex! and Friends! http://www.texfromiowa.com/tex-and-friends http://www.texfromiowa.com/tex-and-friends

Hanging out with Action City Blackout and Gunther & The Sunshine Girls!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/673234/Tex4.jpg http://posterous.com/users/3sIU8RwyteCZ Tex! Tex! Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:30:33 -0800 I'm now on Facebook! http://www.texfromiowa.com/im-now-on-facebook-0 http://www.texfromiowa.com/im-now-on-facebook-0

I've given in.  I've come out of the barn long enough to join the great masses.  Don't forget to check my artist page as well!  It's equally bitchin', and I'd love you have you as a fan!  Talk to you all soon!

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