“I’m about to lose what’s left of my mind…” So, where do I begin? Idea was to dive into vocals-lyrics-harmonies, easy as you pleas-y. But… Well, hold up, we finished one (ANTI-HERO), the accursed ANAISE next. I say accursed because it’s a fitful tiger, that. And my psyche bears the scars of a day’s worth of twisting the changes around, only to end up back to where we started. Why, some would ask? Well… The song is in E minor. And yours truly wrote a chorus figure that repeate

Thrilled to report that we now have our album in total, as top songs are arranged and set for drum tracking. So over the next 3 days I’ll be focusing on vocal arrangements, lyrics, and tweaking the overall aesthetics of the record as I hope it shall be. At least then I’ll be able to share a different narrative for a spell, and get off this merry-go-round we’ve all been on. That said, unless I manage to write another corker in the next month, here lies the tracklisting for ‘MO

With gatefold cover art being submitted today, we’ve been informed that lead time on a shipment is 6 weeks. So expect pre-orders to begin on ‘AEGEA’ in approximately 3 weeks. In addition, and in coordination with the record’s street release, there will be an event at Madame Zuzu’s Teahouse; featuring both a listening party and a live performance by WPC (that will offer different impressions on ‘AEGEA’ as a work). No details are as yet given whether the show and release party

More ANAISE to start, but this round with the so-so bridge/chorus moved to solo status (thus voiding the so-so melody and turning the change to something epicurious). Also altered elegiac end so that it had less resemblance to adapted ‘SFAS’ bit; and I was happy (for once). Amazing. Forging ahead, we tackled other said titles. What were they, you ask? I can’t remember. Ended on DRUM AND FIRE; I do recall that. And that is a rocking now with ambrosia-foiled tom-toms (In a big

ANAISE. ANAISE. ANAISE. All we worked on today was ANAISE. Focus was improving the song quotient of what is already an exciting piece. As in: shorten intro, build a better bridge, write a back chorus, tossing out the former middle 8 and inventing a new one; which also meant testing different keys to go to. From A minor to E, or D, or stay on C, or G (which was the key I was coming out of). D won! Being tired, I was ready to go home but instead decided to stay and write a lang

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For those interested in a night of scintillating, acoustic-based music, The Ravinia Festival of Highland Park, IL is now offering tickets to see BC; in what is currently his only scheduled live performance for 2014. As announced previously, Smashing Pumpkins' Jeff Schroeder will be accompyning on guitar. http://www.ravinia.org/ShowDetails/Index?id=849

A long day for yours truly, being that I was up quite early to make my way downtown for interviews. And I’m grateful for those opportunities, so no complaining here. As a hometown Chicago has been generous to me, but never to a fault. As is our way. Then a business meeting, then getting The Shredder lost as last night I managed to give myself a concussion (don’t ask) and was still a bit loopy. With a PAWS event looming at Zuzu’s I knew our session would be curtailed, and the

LIsten to the full interview here: http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/2014/04/24/billy-corgan-visits-the-xrt-morning-show-listen/ Tickets to Billy’s very first Ravinia concert are on sale now at: https://www.ravinia.org/ShowDetails/Index?id=849

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