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Life, death, and the blog (spoken word)

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:05:41 -0700

It's been a couple of years since I spoke to an Editors' Association of Canada meeting, so when the planned speaker dropped out at the last minute a couple of weeks ago, I filled in, talking about how I've mixed my online and offline lives since developing colon cancer last year.
It's less of a bummer than it sounds, really. This podcast (24 MB MPEG-4 file) is not an MP3, but AAC audio enhanced with images. Most modern music players, like iPods, Zunes, and PlayStation Portables, as well as computers running iTunes and the Apple TV, will play it just fine.

Tsunami video from VFS

Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:53:53 -0800

Back in late 2004 and early 2005, following the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, I wrote a series of blog posts that turned into an online article about tsunamis.
This past few months, three talented students from Vancouver Film School (Jamie Peterson, Erica Edwards, and Shalinder Matharu), in consultation with me, adapted it into a two-minute instructional video graphic (25 MB MPEG video) using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects (no, those are not real paper cutouts—I asked). Very cool!
I've posted the video in iPod-compatible format for iTunes or QuickTime.

Striking Silver

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:14:13 -0800

At almost twelve and a half minutes, “Striking Silver” (MP3 file, 14 MB) is by far the longest instrumental track I've ever posted here. I originally created it as a background track for the Inside Home Recording podcast, made with (and as part of a review of) Guitar Rig 3 by Native Instruments. It's ambient, spacey, noodley, and recorded in one take with only a single guitar, my G&L Tribute S-500.
“Striking Silver” is available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2007 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN), available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. The picture is public domain, and is a copy of the first photograph ever taken, made by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 in France.

Putting Up the Christmas Tree

Sat, 1 Dec 2007 19:31:48 -0800

We put up and decorated our Christmas tree today. So I made a time-lapse movie of it. The music is my earlier recording of "We Three Kings."

Quick 'n' Dirty Drums

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:57:38 -0700

What? Four months without a podcast episode, and more than eight months since my last new tune, and all I have for you is a drum track?! Yup, "Quick 'n' Dirty Drums" (3.5 MB, 2 min 35 sec MP3 file) is it. I played them at 120 beats per minute (bpm) if you want to use them in a song.
Hey, I've had surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, more surgery, a month in hospital, and I'm in the middle of more chemo as I write this.(Read more at my blog.) So take what you can get! As a bonus, "Quick 'n' Dirty Drums" is completely public domain, which means you can take the track and do anything you want with it. Yes, anything. So have fun. I'm working on some more stuff I should have posted here soon.
These drums were originally recorded for an episode of Inside Home Recording, a podcast I co-cost and which you should listen to.

Blogging When It Gets Tough (CBC Interview)

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:28:34 -0700

This audio, from June 29, is my third appearance on the Vancouver afternoon radio show “On the Coast,” following others in January, and again in April. This time my wife joined me on air, and we talked about how I have continued blogging despite further bad news about my cancer diagnosis.
We spoke with host Paul Grant for about 10 minutes (6 MB MP3 file) about mortality, the Cancer Foundation’s Underwear Affair, my upcoming birthday and surgery, and the fabulous people at the B.C. Cancer Agency. The photo (which was not taken at the CBC, by the way) is by Megan Cole.

Happy Birthday to Derek From Podcasters

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:26:17 -0700

Mark Blevis just emailed me this audio file (3 min 21 sec), a happy birthday message (I turn 38 tomorrow) from podcasters all over the place. Holy crap. Thanks everybody, I’m stunned.
My wife had to get me some tissues after I started listening to it, so it did its job. The photo from Podcasters Across Borders 2007 is by Jim Milles.
The backing track is my tune “Fakeout.” The message is © 2007 by Mark Blevis, Bill Deys, Sean McGaughey, and Bob Goyetche, as well as everyone else who contributed. It’s available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

Talking More About Cancer (CBC Interview)

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 17:02:06 -0700

I first appeared on “On the Coast,” the popular afternoon drivetime show on Vancouver’s CBC Radio One, at the end of January, talking about how I use my blog to discuss my colorectal cancer. This week I was back again with host Priya Ramu for a followup chat.
We spoke for about seven minutes (3 MB MP3 file) about how things are going and what has changed since January, which is fair bit.
Priya and I also talked about peanut butter sandwiches.

Fakeout

Thu, 8 Feb 2007 12:08:31 -0800

What do I do when I get diagnosed with colon cancer? Blog the heck out of it, and record a fiery little instrumental number like “Fakeout” (MP3 file, 3 min 12 sec). The track emerged out of trying to perfect a meaty, Vox AC30-style guitar tone, and while it might sound like a power trio in the studio, I actually recorded it entirely on my MacBook laptop with my Strat and a series of bass, drum, and other sound loops, processed with IK Multimedia’s AmpliTube 2 Live amp emulator. Most it came together in our living room or while I was lying in bed. Les Thorn managed to refine and punch up the mix amazingly well during his mastering job.
“Fakeout” is available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2007 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN). Mastered by the always awesome Les Thorn in New York City, and available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

Barry Stein Reacts to My Cancer Interview

Thu, 1 Feb 2007 22:29:40 -0800

One day after I appeared on CBC Radio’s “On the Coast” with Priya Ramu, the station patched in Barry D. Stein, president of the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada, from Montreal, for his reaction to the blog posts I’ve been writing about my own cancer diagnosis.
His response was resoundingly positive, as you can hear in his eight-minute talk with Priya (5 MB MP3 file, and a bit noisier than yesterday’s because we taped it from the radio instead of getting it directly from CBC). That makes me happy.
The image for this podcast is of the Anzie Lifesaver Bracelet, which benefits Canadian CR cancer research.

Why Blog About My Cancer? (CBC Interview)

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:50:07 -0800

Yesterday, host Priya Ramu of “On the Coast,” the popular afternoon drivetime show on Vancouver’s CBC Radio One, was skeptical about why I’d want to blog about something as personal as my diagnosis and treatment for colorectal cancer.
We talked for nearly nine minutes (5 MB MP3 file) about why I chose to be so public about it. I think I made a decent case for myself. You can read more about my impressions of the interview and my subsequent treatment plan over on my blog at penmachine.com. Also check out the next day’s followup interview.

Funkly Dougietude (with Doug Elliott)

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:42:51 -0800

Just in time to be my last new track of 2006! This tune comprises two bass tracks, laid down over a waltz-time drum loop by Doug Elliott between sets when our band was playing in late December, and three guitar tracks layered on by me a little over a week later, on the morning on December 31, 2006. “Funkly Dougietude” (1 MB MP3 file) is only 47 seconds long, and I hope you like it.
“Funkly Dougietude” is available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2006 by Derek K. Miller and Doug Elliott(SOCAN). Mastered by the fab Les Thorn in New York City, and available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

Thomas Dolby on Being Like Austin Powers

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:45:28 -0800

Starting in the early 1990s, Thomas Dolby spent more than a decade out of the music business, building his company Beatnik from a MIDI synthesizer and web audio firm into the world’s leading provider of polyphonic mobile phone ringtones. Now he’s back recording and touring, and says he’s like the Austin Powers of the music industry, unfrozen and amazed at the new opportunities.
On Saturday, November 11, 2006, he gave a wide-ranging talk at the Music Tech Summit I attended in Seattle. The event was organized by the Pacific Northwest chapter of the Recording Academy (grammy.com), the organization best known for putting on the Grammy awards each year.
This is the 42-minute audio (download the MP3 file directly if you like) of his presentation. An eight-minute edited version appears in episode #28 of Inside Home Recording, the podcast I co-host.

Writing and Editing in the New Tech World

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:45:12 -0800

I’ve maintained the BC Branch website for the Editors’ Association of Canada for a few years now, and occasionally speak to the group’s monthly meetings about technical topics. In October 2006, they called me at the last minute when other options for a speaker fell through, so I riffed for awhile on what it’s like to write and edit for websites, email, podcasts, and other new-technology media, which is what I do for a living and as a hobby.
I also talked a bit about how search engines work, what “Web 2.0” is, and so on. The audio (download the MP3 file directly if you like) is a little over an hour long, and is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

Mighty Mullane (Long Version)

Mon, 9 Oct 2006 23:15:56 -0700

An instant message from Tris Hussey, asking if I had something funky for his new podcast, inspired me to take a few hours over the 2006 Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend to construct “Mighty Mullane” (MP3 file) in this long version (3 minutes) and a short version (44 seconds). It’s a synth-funk number with a hint of Aerosmith in the beat. The name popped into my head today, and probably derives from The Mullanes, one of the original proposed names for Crowded House, a favourite band of mine.
“Might Mullane (Long Version)” is available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2006 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN). Mastered by the always awesome Les Thorn in New York City, and available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

Mighty Mullane (Short Version)

Mon, 9 Oct 2006 23:15:40 -0700

An instant message from Tris Hussey, asking if I had something funky for his new podcast, inspired me to take a few hours over the 2006 Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend to construct “Mighty Mullane” (MP3 file) in this short version (44 seconds) and a long version (3 minutes). It’s a synth-funk number with a hint of Aerosmith in the beat. The name popped into my head today, and probably derives from The Mullanes, one of the original proposed names for Crowded House, a favourite band of mine.
“Might Mullane (Short Version)” is available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2006 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN). Mastered by the always awesome Les Thorn in New York City, and available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

Pocketbook - from Jul 17, 2004

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:58:45 -0700

“Pocketbook” was the first thing I ever did after I got GarageBand and an M-Audio MIDI keyboard in 2004. See the original shownotes for details. (I’ve been so busy with other podcasts and stuff that I haven’t recorded a new tune in all of September. Shame. So I’m dumping out a whole bunch of old tunes instead.)
“Pocketbook” is available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2004 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN), Mastered by Les Thorn in New York City.

The Burning Moon - from Sep 23, 2005

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:50:51 -0700

My friend Simon sends me parts of compositions fairly often, yet I’m a bad guy and only rarely do anything with them. “The Burning Moon” is one: Simon did the bass and drums, I did the rest. See the original shownotes too. (I’ve been so busy with other podcasts and stuff that I haven’t recorded a new tune in all of September. Shame. So I’m dumping out a whole bunch of old tunes instead.)
“The Burning Moon” is available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2005 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN), Mastered by Les Thorn in New York City.

Fresh Snow in the Valley - from Nov 7, 2004

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:45:46 -0700

This is “Fresh Snow in the Valley,” a techno-ish number I recorded almost two years ago, and which locked-out CBC workers used in their picket line podcast in summer 2005. See the original shownotes too. (I’ve been so busy with other podcasts and stuff that I haven’t recorded a new tune in all of September. Shame. So I’m dumping out a whole bunch of old tunes instead.)
“Fresh Snow in the Valley” is available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2004 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN), Mastered by Les Thorn in New York City.

Meltdown Man - from Jul 24, 2005

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:30:51 -0700

This is “Meltdown Man,” perhaps my favourite composition of all the ones I’ve put up on this site. I put it together in summer 2005 after thinking, “hey, I should do some rockabilly.” And it worked! See the original shownotes too. (I’ve been so busy with other podcasts and stuff that I haven’t recorded a new tune in all of September. Shame. So I’m dumping out a whole bunch of old tunes instead.)
“Meltdown Man” is available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2005 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN), Mastered by Les Thorn in New York City.

El Campo

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:55:38 -0700

I grew up listening to Santana: my father tells me stories of driving his audio-repair van across B.C. listening to Carlos and the band, and we had numerous singles on the jukebox my dad installed at home. Somehow few acts have replicated that propulsive combination of Afro-Latin rhythms, Hammond organ, and lyrical, searing guitar. “El Campo” (4.4 MB MP3 file, 3 minutes 48 seconds) is my best shot, and “If there ever was a track that showed homage to another, this is it,” writes Les Thorn, who mastered it for me. I hope so. I’ve named it in honour of the upcoming BarCamp Vancouver 2006 as well.
This is the first Penmachine Podcast track I’ve recorded using Logic Express, which permits tempo changes, instead of GarageBand, which doesn’t. Everything except the guitar is built from loops and samples; the guitar itself is my trusty Godin LG, piped through my SansAmp GT2 amp simulator pedal and MXR Phase 90 phase shifter. I recorded it in two takes and mixed back and forth between them to highlight the best guitar bits.
“El Campo” is available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2006 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN), Mastered by Les Thorn in New York City. Thanks to Carlos Santana and his classic band for the inspiration too.

Alpaca Cheese (live to disk, no overdubs)

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:58:28 -0700

So I have this Yamaha guitar I just bought, and for my first recording with it, I improvised a waltz-time blues instrumental solo in one take, with no other instruments or external effects, live to disk, and without any overdubs or edits. All the tonal changes come from playing softer and louder and using the volume knob. The result is “Alpaca Cheese” (5.3 MB MP3 file). And the name? My two daughters had been learning about alpacas, and were a bit confused about the goat cheese on my wife’s restaurant salad.
The guitar’s previous owner removed the three stock pickups and replaced them with a single retro-style humbucker, then bypassed the tone control and blocked the vibrato mechanism. So it’s a bit of a hot-rod instrument, and I plugged it into my eMac through my audio interface to GarageBand, with amplifier emulation provided by IK Multimedia’s AmpliTube 2 plugin. (There was no actual amp involved.)
“Alpaca Cheese” is available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2006 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN), Mastered by Les Thorn in New York City. Photo by Lincoln at Emerald City Guitars in Seattle.

All Blues Gnomedex Jam w. Dederer & Kaye

Sat, 8 Jul 2006 21:54:41 -0700

This one isn’t podsafe, but I can’t resist. At the Gnomedex tech conference in Seattle, I found myself in an impromptu jam with guitarist Dave Dederer of the Presidents of the United States of America and bassist Doug Kaye from IT Conversations. It was Canada Day, at the Gnomedex 6.0 wrapup party at the Experience Music Project museum. I played drums.
We played Miles Davis’s “All Blues” (as well as “The Joker” and “Mustang Sally”). This is just the “All Blues Gnomedex Jam” (2.6 MB MP3 file).
More details, as well as a movie of the session, at my blog. The movie (from which this recording is derived) was taken by Gnomedex organizer Chris Pirillo. Thanks, Chris, Dave, and Doug!

SFU Onscreen Editing Workshop Part 3

Sat, 8 Jul 2006 21:54:35 -0700

PART 3 of 3: For most people, editing onscreen means Microsoft Word, so when I ran a day-long workshop for Simon Fraser University on July 6, 2006, I focused mostly on Word. This is the third part of the seminar (32 minute MP3 file). Part 1 and part 2 are also available.
Go to penmachine.com/word for reference notes.
The talk is also available via iTunes and is © 2006 by Derek K. Miller.

SFU Onscreen Editing Workshop Part 2

Sat, 8 Jul 2006 21:54:34 -0700

PART 2 of 3: For most people, editing onscreen means Microsoft Word, so when I ran a day-long workshop for Simon Fraser University on July 6, 2006, I focused mostly on Word. This is the second part of the seminar (1 hour 15 minute MP3 file). Part 1 is also here, and part 3 follows.
Go to penmachine.com/word for reference notes.
The talk is also available via iTunes and is © 2006 by Derek K. Miller.

SFU Onscreen Editing Workshop Part 1

Sat, 8 Jul 2006 21:54:33 -0700

PART 3 of 3: For most people, editing onscreen means Microsoft Word, so when I ran a day-long workshop for Simon Fraser University on July 6, 2006, I focused mostly on Word. This is the first part of the seminar (1 hour 15 minute MP3 file). Part 2 and part 3 follow.
Go to penmachine.com/word for reference notes.
The talk is also available via iTunes and is © 2006 by Derek K. Miller.

Tell Me About Gnomedex (Full Version)

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:34:49 -0700

Back in February 2006, Chris Pirillo, the organizer of the legendary Gnomedex tech conference, asked me to record a theme song for this year’s Gnomedex 6.0 event, taking place June 29, 30, and July 1 in Seattle. He asked other attendees to send in audio voice snippets for me to include, and now it’s ready. Lyrics are lower on this page.
This is the full version, with lead and background vocals and speech samples. “Tell Me About Gnomedex (Full Version)” (2.6 MB MP3 file) is also available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. Karaoke and instrumental versions are also here.
Speech samples from very kind Gnomedexer contributors, and from Sarah Pullman, Chris, and Ponzi on Geek Entertainment Television, February 2006. The full song is © 2006 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN). Mastered by Les Thorn. All versions are available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license, which means you can do whatever you like with them (sample, remix, share, sync to video, etc.) as long as you give me and Gnomedex credit. Okay?

Tell Me About Gnomedex (Karaoke)

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:34:40 -0700

Back in February 2006, Chris Pirillo, the organizer of the legendary Gnomedex tech conference, asked me to record a theme song for this year’s Gnomedex 6.0 event, taking place June 29, 30, and July 1 in Seattle. He asked other attendees to send in audio voice snippets for me to include, and now it’s ready.
This is the karaoke version, with only the submitted vocal samples. “Tell Me About Gnomedex (Karaoke)” (2.6 MB MP3 file) is also available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. Full vocal and instrumental versions are also here.
Speech samples from very kind Gnomedexer contributors, and from Sarah Pullman, Chris, and Ponzi on Geek Entertainment Television, February 2006. The full song is © 2006 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN). Mastered by Les Thorn. All versions are available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license, which means you can do whatever you like with them (sample, remix, share, sync to video, etc.) as long as you give me and Gnomedex credit. Okay?

Tell Me About Gnomedex (Instrumental)

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:34:27 -0700

Back in February 2006, Chris Pirillo, the organizer of the legendary Gnomedex tech conference, asked me to record a theme song for this year’s Gnomedex 6.0 event, taking place June 29, 30, and July 1 in Seattle. He asked other attendees to send in audio voice snippets for me to include, and now it’s ready.
This is the instrumental version, with no vocals at all. “Tell Me About Gnomedex (Instrumental)” (2.6 MB MP3 file) is also available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. Full vocal and karaoke versions are also here. © 2006 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN), with help from Chris, Ponzi, and the Gnomedexers. Mastered by Les Thorn. All versions are available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license, which means you can do whatever you like with them (sample, remix, share, sync to video, etc.) as long as you give me and Gnomedex credit. Okay?

EAC workshop (part 2): make your site work

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:52:19 -0700

PART 2 of 2: I’ve been involved with the Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) for several years now. They held their national conference in Vancouver over the June 10 weekend this year.
On Friday, June 9, 2006, in conjunction with the conference, I ran a three-hour, sold-out workshop on building websites and making them work. This is the second part (1 hour 15 minute MP3 file), which discussed how to make the website you built in the first part useful. (If you missed part 1, check that out now.)
You can view the accompanying slides and page along with them while you listen to the audio if you like.
The talk is also available via iTunes and is © 2006 by Derek K. Miller.

EAC workshop (part 1): build your website

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:51:33 -0700

PART 1 of 2: I’ve been involved with the Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) for several years now. They held their national conference in Vancouver over the June 10 weekend this year.
On Friday, June 9, 2006, I ran a three-hour, sold-out workshop on building websites and making them work. This is the first part (1 hour MP3 file), which was derived from my February talk to the EAC-BC monthly meeting, and discussed how to start a site using easy online tools in less than 15 minutes.
You can view the accompanying slides and page along with them while you listen to the audio if you like. Then move on to part 2.
The talk is also available via iTunes and is © 2006 by Derek K. Miller.

Pirilloponzi - from Jun 29, 2005

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:03:36 -0700

RE-POD from June 29, 2005: Now that I have changed the subscription feed at podcast.penmachine.com, I’ll be mixing in some older tracks with the new ones, so you can get some of the music you might have missed if you haven’t been a long-term subscriber.
It’s been more than a month since my last posting here, and it’s been almost a year since I first uploaded “Pirilloponzi” (4.2 MB MP3 file) at the Penmachine Podcast. In fact, it was the first song I posted as a podcast that you could subscribe to. It’s built on samples from the June 23, 2005 episode of the Chris Pirillo Show, where Chris and his fiancee Ponzi discuss how they fell in love. The rest of it are some loops and samples, plus a guitar line I played on my Stratocaster.
Since its release, I’ve gotten to know Chris and Ponzi quite a bit better, and as I write this am in the process of custom-making a new song for the 2006 edition of their Gnomedex conference, which both my wife and I will be attending this year, along with our friend KA.
“Pirilloponzi” is also available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2005 by Derek K. Miller, Chris Pirillo, and Latthanapon "Ponzi" Indharasophang (SOCAN). Mastered by Les Thorn. The photo is by Kris Krug.

In the Hollow

Wed, 10 May 2006 23:15:23 -0700

Late in 2005, Jon from the Stars’ Hollow Podcast emailed me wondering if I had any music in the style of Sam Phillips and T-Bone Burnett that he could use on his show. I didn’t, but I said maybe I could come up with something. It took a few months, and now here is “In the Hollow” (MP3 file). The lyrics are: “Oh oh, la la la, in the hollow.” Yes, that’s the whole song, but I keep it going for over three minutes somehow.
“In the Hollow” is also available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2006 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN). Mastered by Les Thorn. Thanks to my youngest daughter for the use of her acoustic guitar too.

Had a Plan, Had to Change It - Aug 28, 2005

Wed, 10 May 2006 23:14:08 -0700

RE-POD from August 28, 2005: Now that I have changed the subscription feed at podcast.penmachine.com, I’ll be mixing in some older tracks with the new ones, so you can get some of the music you might have missed if you haven’t been a long-term subscriber.
In the summer of 2005, employees of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation were on lockout pickets, where they started podcasting. The first episode of “Studio Zero” from Vancouver (23 Aug 2005) used three tracks from my podcast here on this site, and in thanks for the honour, I put together the blues instrumental “Had a Plan, Had to Change It” (MP3 file)—inspired by similar swingin' instrumental blues tunes from Freddie King, Jimmie Vaughan, and Colin James—to dedicate to the podcasting Vancouver CBC employees.
I didn't play drums on this track—I assembled the drum parts from loops and samples. Everything else—the three guitars and the bass—is me playing my Canadian-made Godin LG electric guitar and my Precision Bass straight into an eMac running GarageBand, augmented by the lovely phase-shifted warble of my MXR Phase 90 effects pedal in a few places. Oh, and the photo is of a T-shirt design by Tod Maffin, CBC host, longtime podcaster, and founder of the CBC Unplugged podcasts.
“Had a Plan, Had to Change It” is also available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2005 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN). Mastered by Les Thorn.

More Red Than Red - from Feb 1, 2006

Sat, 6 May 2006 22:08:23 -0700

RE-POD from February 1, 2006: This is some older music you might have missed if you haven’t been a long-term subscriber. And as of October 2006, this particular track has also become the theme for Leo Laporte’s Windows Weekly podcast, which is a great honour.
“More Red Than Red” is the 2 min 45 sec long version (3.8 MB MP3 file) of a tune I originally recorded in shorter form (“Less Red Than Red”) for Roland Tanglao, as a soundtrack to a super-short movie he hasn’t made yet. It has been used by a variety of other podcasters beyond Leo Laporte, including Andrew Brierley of the Home Recording Odyssey. This version has a different feel than the short one, largely because of the piano coda I added at the end.
“More Red Than Red” is also available via iTunes and on the Podsafe Music Network. © 2006 by Derek K. Miller (SOCAN). (Roland took the photo.)