Band news, again.

So this past Thursday we decided to finally record a few songs during practice. We've had 5 practices with our new drummer Jorge and felt that it was about time to share the new sound. Jorge's drumming brings a whole new dynamic to the band's sound and we are so excited that he is apart of Sci-Fi Caper now. It's only 18 days until the show with Fishboy, Tyrannosaurus Zebra and Restaurnaut. It's sounding really good and I can't wait! So here is the flyer and if you want to hear the lo-fi recording of practice, you can head to our bandcamp or Soundcloud. Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend!

Later gators <3

I'm not sure, but I might be kinda scared.

So Sci-Fi Caper's first show is on Saturday and I've got to say, I'm starting get a little bit of nerves now. At first I was super duper excited! Now, I'm starting to realize I'm a pretty terrible keyboard player (haha!) and I haven't been practicing as much as I should have been. :|

Atleast I'm not sick and my voice is close to normal now. I'm not trying to sweat it too much and I'm getting closer to confidence as the days go by. I know it's gonna be an awesome show because that is what I am going to make of it. So, here is the flyer:

Isn't it just nifty!? I love it ^.^ So if you are in the Fresno area on the 2nd please come by and have a good time. I know I will!

Here is some linkage for the venue: the Bel-Tower

June

It's been an awful long time since my last entry here, and oh so much has happened. I hardly know where to begin!

I'm not sure if I mentioned it here before, but my cat Cloud had gone missing. We still have not been able to find him and no one has seen him. It's been months now. I don't think he's been hurt or anything. I honestly believe he has been catnapped, he was after all a very handsome cat. I am being totally serious, and maybe it's just denial, but I really do believe that someone has trapped him in their house and he can't escape. I just want to believe that he's ok. The house had been so sad and even Little Magic seemed forlorn. Well, about a week ago, my dude's brother adopted a little kitten and brought him to live with us. He's adorable as kittens always are, but I still can't stop thinking about my Cloudy. Every time I come home from work or come home from the grocery, I keep expecting him to pop out of the bushes. Sometimes we'd come home and he'd be sitting on the roof meowing and expecting us to pet him. I miss him and I hope he comes home, eventually.

So this is Loki getting to know Magic. Magic doesn't seem to mind him much. Loki is super fascinated by Magics tail. I guess it's nice to have a kitten around. When I see him, I can't help but smile and play with him. I took some video of him playing this morning. I used to have videos of Magic when he was a pup, but I didn't save them properly and now they are gone forever. So, I'm going to try and take as many photos and videos of Loki now while he's still small and playful.

Also during the last couple of months, we commissioned the lovely, Missy Kulik from Rancho Cocoa, to make us some Sci-Fi Caper buttons. They came out soooooo cute and we can't wait to be able to hand them out. Missy is so awesome and we love her cute works of art. She has an etsy store and you should totally go buy something. I personally like the mini note pads. I'm a list maker and I love paper, so I fully plan to buy the guitar girl notepad! (although, I'm too broke for stuff I want at the moment :|) Thanks again Missy and Raoul!

In other band news, we got booked for our first show in about three weeks. Needless to say, I am super excited and can't wait! Sadly though, I'm sick and my voice is all hoarse now. :( Yup, I can't even talk at this point, so I'm sipping as much tea and honey as I can. I won't let this prevent me from practicing though. I still have to get my keyboard playing down. Especially since our first gig is going to be on a bill with Calvin Johnson!! WHUTTT!? I know! Calvin Johnson is the founder of K Records and has played in bands like Beat Happening and The Halo Benders! When I told Sam about it, he thought I was lying haha. It's craziness. The bill so far is Calvin Johnson, Joey Casio (also from K records) and us. I think the girl who booked us, Samantha, is still looking for local acts too. As soon as she sends us the flyer I'll put it up. This also means we'll finally be able to give some of the buttons Missy made for us away. Yay! Well folks, I think this all I'm capable of writing at the moment. I'll be back with more updates. I'm sure of it.

Later gators!

Sci-Fi Caper.

Alright, first thing is first, this is my band. We have a raw demo out. Check us out if you got some time. Thanks.

Bandcamp
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Soundcloud
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Facebook us! We like being liked. :|

So that's just begun. In other news: Work has kind of sucked lately. Not working very much, but it's alright. Probably wouldn't have been able to work on Sci-Fi Caper if I was. I think I'm going to start looking for another job anyway. I don't want to be a lifer there. Hopefully something will come up soon. As always, I've slacked off on my photo taking. Taking pictures with my phone kind of sucks and using my iPod kind of sucks too, especially if it's not always in my possession. So I suppose it's time to invest in a nice little camera. I was going through some old photos saved on a portable and realized I love having these pictures. Looking back on what was can be really nice. So yes, a new camera is what I need.

My brother has been living in Texas now for a couple of months. He, his lady love and little baby Noah. It wasn't until a few weeks ago, that it really hit me. My only little brother is not within driving distance anymore. At first I was really sad and kind of silently dwell'd on it, but the more I think about it, the happier I am for him. I admire him for taking a chance and trying something/some place different. Wish I could do it myself. I'm looking forward to visiting him soon. He sent me some pictures of him at the zoo and the beach and a postcard. He sounds really happy, and that's all I could have hoped for. It's just not going to be the same without his random visits. Alright, I'm going to stop talking about this because it's starting to make me sad again.

Wish I had some pictures to close this out with. Ah well. Maybe next time, whenever that is.
Adios.

Why am I so lazy!?!................I dunno.

So, my guy and I are working very hard on getting some songs together to put up a full demo. I'm pretty excited. These songs have been in the works for almost a decade and I think I only have myself to blame for this delay. It feels really good to have something serious to work on. For the past 2 weeks we've been working really really hard and though at times it's super frustrating, it is totally worth it. The downside of it all is my sleep schedule. I've been staying up until 5 or 6 a.m. and waking up at 2 or 3 p.m. Luckily my work schedule has been flexible. I don't usually have to be there until around 4 p.m. so it's all gravy. Except, I'm not feeling so well. Waking up towards the end of the day kind of sucks. Maybe I'm just used to my routine of coffee or tea at the start of my day and then either work or errands after. Ugh, responsibilities. So long as the music is getting worked on, everyone is happy and by everyone I mean Sam and I.

Finally got around to watching The Social Network. It made me kind of sick. I know people seemed to really like this movie and I'm happy for Trent Reznor winning an Oscar and all, but jeez. This movie just made me sad. Not just sad for the people it was based on, but for everybody. Life is so dumb. I don't know, I guess I'm just a cynic. I hate people and the things we do to each other for the the stupidest of reasons. Myself included. Yeah yeah, I have a facebook. It too is mostly neglected. I don't know if my lack of interest in the internet makes me dull or not, but it just seems like there are so many fascinating people and I'm just not one of them. I have no idea where I am going with this.

I think I'm just in a really sad mood right now. Just ran a couple of miles on my treadmill and listened to Tennis. We sound a lot like them, just a bit raunchier. I think. Don't listen to me! I make no sense... most of the time. I had to run though, Fresno now has a Buffalo Wild Wings and the cheeseburger sliders are soooo good. I ate two today! Should of had one, but noooooooo, I had to have two. So I ran. Feels good though, just kind of sad. Maybe the whole earthquake/tsunami thing is eating away at me. Poor Japan. You know how I found out about the disaster? At a McDonalds drive through window. Yup. We had just come out of the midnight release of Battle Los Angeles  (which I really liked, but won't go into) and stopped to get some fries and chicken selects. The first thing the lady says is "Your chicken is gonna take a bit, ok?" then she proceeded with "Hey, you guys know theres gonna be a tsunami here in California?" Say what?! We whipped out of "smart phones" and started reading about all the shit that was going down in Japan. When we got home, we put the news on. Blew my mind. Anyway, my heart aches for Japan. There really isn't much that can be said about that. Just make a contribution for relief efforts. I wish Little Magic was a search and rescue dog. We'd be out there for sure. Alas, he's too little.

Alright, that's probably enough for now. My guy is out on the town catching a rock show with some buddies. He needs that sometimes. He's very much an introvert. What am I gonna do? Probably spend a good hour looking at Tumblr blogs. Yup. Later gators. I'll leave you with my favorite (for the moment at least) Tennis song.

Music.

So, I like to make music and have finally gotten around to sharing it on the internets. My dude and I stayed up until 4 in the morning to crank this one out. We've worked together for a decade now, and I guess it's been a long time coming. So go have a listen to our bandcamp site. Thanks!


Sci-Fi Caper

We'll continue to work on more songs to put up. We've got loads, they just need to be recorded. Later gators!

Ohhhh Snap! [update: I didn't win >.< ]

I so want to win the fan giveaway over at Ice Cream & Pizza . So I'm hella linking up here. Hooray for a triple entry! Ice Cream & Pizza blog rules :|