I've finally uploaded the full 40 minute set of my show at Long Beach's own DiPiazza's on my YouTube page for your insatiable undocument cravings.
With riveting music and top-notch camera work, you'll feel like you were sitting in the audience that night right in your own home*.
*Note: You are not actually at the concert. You are on the internet. Please refrain from throwing tomatoes at your computer.
Since being bought out by Yahoo, who paid over a billion dollars last May for the honor of somehow monetizing a website that features blogs on every kind of fetish known to man, Tumblr has been in a state of anxious confusion about its unknown future.
So before its inevitable digital cataclysm, I thought it would be just the right time to promote my little micro-blogged corner of Tumblr before the advertisements and pop-ups came streaming in, desperately trying to recoup Yahoo's massively misguided investment.
I mean, I didn't even know Yahoo still had a billion dollars.
Anyway, while there is a blog for every show, movie, book, fanfic, and unfortunate "shipping" that you can imagine, I've decided to fill my little corner of Tumblr with a number of comical pictures, quotes and movies that only rarely have anything to do with music. (In fact, when I do find a humorous image that somehow relates to music, music-making or even music-consuming, I click the Publish button, silently congratulate myself on a job well done and confidently take a concentrated nap that lasts for thirteen hours or more.)
This is unlike most other Tumblr pages which are, more often than not, maintained by twelve year old girls who post a endless parade of misunderstood poems and impossibly deep messages combined over random pictures of nature:
This month's Top Nine, a short but sweet smattering of pictures instead of the dense prose and countless inside jokes you usually come to a independent electronic musician's website for, chronicling not necessarily my most popular posts but easily some of my favorite ones.
So let's get away from all these damn words and get started on this visual edition of Top Nine:
While I've been wrapping up my own live performance, I was blessed enough to listen to my friend Mohani play an amazing live set at Stanford's own KZSU 90.1 this past week. Lucky for us he was able to snag a recording of it and upload it to his SoundCloud page.
It's a great way to wash away whatever sins you may have acquired over the past few days:
Also check out Mohani's "Island EP" on BandCamp, and support some really fabulous independent music.
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UNDOCUMENT performs live for the very first time in Long Beach, at DiPiazza's!
Doors open at 8pm so get there early and get really drunk so it seems like I'm way more awesome than I really am. And if you can't make it, keep an eye on this site for great live pictures and videos!
Let's take a moment to thank Ian from Crazy Wicked Awesome who has been kind enough to take a moment out of his hectic day and give a ecstatic review of my debut album "For Lovers, Dreamers & Non-Believers".
In addition to complimenting my music and my looks, he makes a point in mentioning:
"[undocument is] awesome as fuck."
Well said, Ian. Well said.
Additionally, Ian has been kind enough to include my music on his online radio show, which features an awesome collection of eclectic and talented artists...and now me.
By far one of the most exciting and game-changing ways to produce music nowadays (that isn't an app) is with the Ableton Live music production software, which recently released its ninth incarnation adding some amazing features and updates, including: Recording automation into clips, a redesigned browser, a brand new compressor, and my favorite, the rather inspirational ability to convert audio to MIDI.
Although I usually produce my music in ProTools and Reason (also with its own brand new update), the centerpiece of my live show (as it is for many other music producers, DJ's, and electronic musicians) revolves exclusively around Live, an extremely powerful and fluid DAW that is built for performing, while still including a multitude of recording and mixing features that keep it firmly in the same class as other top of the line competitors.
Since I've done an exorbitant amount of research on the ins, outs and best kept secrets of the software for my own live show, I thought I'd share what I've uncovered with you in this month's Top Nine: Best Ableton Live Tips, Tutorials & Videos.
Electronic producer & musician UNDOCUMENT plays his very first live show at Long Beach's illustrious DiPiazza's on May 18th, 2013, with extremely special guests hIPNOSTIC, as two unlikely musical genres combine for a night of great music and even greater alcoholic drinks.
If you like live music and you like to have a good time, that's okay! Come out anyway, it'll probably be fun.
Find out more information below:
In his most recent Saturday Night Live appearance, multi-talented singer, songwriter, actor, comedian and packaging expert Justin Timberlake had only one truly "disappointing" sketch in a slew of old and new favorites that (somehow) surpassed the incredibly high expectations of the audience and made it's way as one of the shows highest rated episodes of the season.
Yet, in "The Tales Of Sober Caligula", based on the allegedly notorious Roman Emperor who was blamed for everything from wild drunk orgies, to incest, to mass murder, to naming his horse a senator, to you name it which eventually led to his assassination by his own guards in 41 AD.
The humor of the sketch comes from a new and reformed leader bent on changing his debaucherous ways, and his loyal subjects who expected something much more scandalous than game night.
It's no wonder why the skit doesn't work; in addition to it's shaky premise (it might play better if the stakes were higher, or hell, if people knew who Caligula was), and the fact that it runs a bit long, the sketch falls flat before even getting a chance to go anywhere. Ultimately, one can almost sense that the humor is hiding somewhere just under the surface, but what made it to air was merely a brief sparkle in Justin's eye.
It's a below average sketch (for any number of reasons that may or may not even be under anyone's control), and, hindsight should've been replaced, if at all possible.
What makes this so significant is that the commonly known rules of the show dictate that the star gets final say on what goes to air or not, which is the underlying problem of the Caligula sketch, and also of the superb and recently released "The 20/20 Experience", the latest musical contribution the jack-of-all-trades Justin Timberlake has bequeathed upon the world, and it suffers in much the same way.
The production throughout the ten (or twelve) tracks is all high-quality, and more often than not, well-crafted, thanks to his continued collaboration with Timbaland which is quite apparent throughout the album, showing a distinction from his Missy Elliott past, while still remaining true to the style that caught his BFF Justin's eye for FutureSex/LoveSound. The problem comes into play when he attempts to further his role, specifically by rapping or adlibbing or sampling his voice all annoyingly, it's those songs that suffer most (see Timbaland's verse in "Dress On" for a quick example).
On one hand, Timbaland's production style makes the album, fusing perfectly with Justin's lyrical style and direction. On the other hand, anything that Timbaland touches that goes past purely producing, ends up ruining, like a King Midas but with monosyllabic grunts and jagged, mis-rhymed flows coming out of his hands instead of gold.
Justin's is ultimately at fault here of course, for as much of the credit of the fantastic album goes to him, so does the blame. Not only does he provide some of the most cringe-worthy lyrics ever, his most egregious mistake for letting these ill-advised decisions make it all the way to the album (or to air, as it were).
So for good or bad, let's take a nice long look and listen to Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" in this month's Top Nine.
Ian from CrazyWickedAwesome.com has linked up the hypnotic video for Partially Yours on his blog, as well as adding some undocument to his fantastic online radio station!
Be sure to listen to the great, fantastic and superb CrazyWickedAwesome radio stream for lots of other great independent artists, and why not follow Ian on Twitter while you're at it.
The titillatingly titled underground dance music showcase Noiseporn.com has broken all their rules about promoting only the newest releases in the Breaks, Trap, Electro House, Techno, Drum & Bass, and Dubstep fields by gracefully featuring whatever mash of genres my debut album For Lovers, Dreamers & Non-Believers is currently considered to be.
Check out the insightful review right here: For Lovers, Dreamers & Non-Believers - Noiseporn.com
And be sure to friend, follow, and check out more great music from Noiseporn.com.
