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For your listening pleasure, you can go to Facebook and start playing from Prelude for a full listen... you're welcome to swing by and listen as often as you like. :)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Louis.....55326481208883

By pricing the EP at $0.99 for the whole thing on CD Baby, I only need to sell 372 of 'em to break even. The individual tracks are also for sale at $0.99 per piece, so please be sure that you're buying the whole EP for the same price. Constellation Cockroach is o'er here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/louislamp4

Many groans are directed at Da'al for his excellent punmanship, and tomorrow I have an audition.  Right now I'm in Juneau, AK; hopefully I'll be able to write more when I return.  :)

Maybe I should ask for some Puffy Paws toys to attend a friend's funeral in my stead.  Unfortunately, not sure if that'd be a good mix or not.  I know at this moment, right now, I'm really missing the toys I have (and the ones that I'm expecting soon), because they provide so much on a deep level with me.  Even if they're just air-filled to you. 

There is a short list of people for whom I will provide music at their funeral.  One of these people passed away suddenly, her funeral was announced about an hour ago.  Unfortunately, due to distance and monies, there is no way at this time that I can travel that way.  I cannot fulfill this unspoken promise - and feel crushed for that on top of her unexpected passing.  It's... so frustrating.  I found what I think is the best available option for the time being, and will hopefully have the information I need to fire off a timely letter to my friend's husband.

Now is one of those times where I'm feeling like crawling beneath a pile of toys and not emerging except when needed... (eating, bathing, etc).  I know that the measure of my personal, emotional stability is out of whack, and I may just need to take the day and reflect, and maybe write out what I remember of the departed. 

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Updated Tuesday, May 10th 2011

I finally figured out how to write music. To paraphrase a writer, it is "To look at empty manuscript until you bleed from your ears."

A small question is also mine: Should I just go ahead and release an EP? It would be an introduction to an album that I'm not done with yet, with no guarantee of getting the rest of the album done in a timely fashion. Also, no guarantee of remixing the tracks (because unless I'm actually adding something to it, I'm not fond of doing remixes). So, when folks buy the album, they might wind up with exactly the same tracks that appeared on the EP to start off the album.

Given these conditions, what do you advise?

I just got mentioned on the local NPR station, Radio Kansas and will again a few times on May 9th. Not sure yet quite of what will be said of me.. but figured some of you might want to know that. All the best!

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The impending release of Red Victoria upon the masses got me thinking about my muse. As far as Red Victoria goes, I've been very happy to sit on the sidelines as several friends of mine (who were more deeply involved in this film) made it come to life in front of my eyes. The movie got me thinking about a few things my Muse does to me... before I go into that though, www.redvictoriathemovie.com is where more info on that film can be found.

My muse -
She does such wonderful things, and yet, she's at least as nutty as you.

- She wakes me up at 3am to work on music,
- She gives me the best new material in the shower (where it is the least likely place for me to sit at a computer and compose - or even to write the music onto paper)
- She hands me a script for a series that would make Heroes look like Candy Mountain, instead, I take the script, and do some writing, turn it into a world... and play games with it (aka shoot yourself in the foot).
- She's a whip-wielding dominatrix of creativity. God I love her.

Is it any wonder why I don't have a girlfriend?

Two things:

I spent the whole day playing musical barracks rooms for the eighth time in six months. The good news is, that I didn't lose. That feller down the hall and to the left wasn't so lucky. He gets to live on the street because he was just too slow. It's a dog-eat-dog world. You snooze, you lose.

The second thing is that a new work schedule for moi is here. It's called: Make progress musically (on any project, really), THEN go online. It'll get me out of this stalled environment of not getting any music done, and requests are starting to pile up.

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