Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Miscellaneous”
I wasn’t able to send out Christmas Cards this year; I love to make them myself and I just ran out of time. But I still wanted to do something for friends and family this Christmas, so I submitted an old Christmas cover song of mine to music streaming services.
If you are someone who makes Christmas music playlists, check it out – maybe it will make your yearly rotation!
Out now on most digital music platforms.
Back in some younger days, I had the opportunity to perform live on Edinboro college radio as a guest on my good friend Patrick’s radio show.
I had the foresight to tune my dorm room radio to the station and click record before I headed over, and I preserved the moment in time. However, the broadcast was quite noisy with radio interference and my recording was hard to listen to – definitely not studio quality.
Fast forward 20+ years later and, with current technology, I was able to separate that noisy recording into three parts – guitar, vocal and (most importantly) noise! I kept the guitar and vocal, properly mixed the levels, and left the noise on the cutting room floor. With the radio interference now removed, the quality of the studio microphones comes through and the sound quality is actually quite nice.
It’s funny how at the time all I saw were the imperfections of the performance. Now, time and technology has allowed me the opportunity to listen again from a distance and realize – that kid wasn’t too bad.
I wish I could sing like that today!
Out today on most digital music platforms.
Amelia made this beautiful abstract art in school. I absolutely love her use of line, shape, and color!
This was a fun project! A Sukoshi Buta pencil case featuring a mix of Sukoshi artwork. Available on the Pigxel Art shop and on Etsy.
Somehow, Sukoshi snuck into my wife’s press cookies. I’m not sure how that happened.
A little 2″ canvas (with equally adorable miniature easel), presented to Amelia today on her last day of school / first day of summer. A cartoon version of Amelia and Zelda, drawn with India ink marker and crayons.
Carrie needed a solution for charging her 3DS systems, so I built a cute little stand for them. I have holes in the back for the charge cables to go through, and everything fits nice and tidy on her night stand.
Not really art or anything, just neat to look at. I am restoring a bunch of GameBoy and GameBoy Pocket systems, and this is one of the first steps, and also one of my favorites. Disassembly and then through the dishwasher!
My brother made this replica of Nintendo Power issue #1 for me for Christmas. One of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me.
I put together a one-of-a-kind mod for this gentleman. There was a lot of blood, sweat and tears on this project (and some outside help from friends, especially Matt Buchwald and Aaron Gottuso). In the end, he was very gracious and put together these videos showing it off and promoting my services.
The rest of the videos are viewable here.