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Game Dev

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:06:39 -0400

I've been working on game development for a while now, I'm in the process of building a race game. I'm currently running AI training using the Particle Swarm Optimization technique I read about at gamasutra. It's working.

Once my AI is trained, I have a bunch of polishing to do, then out for testing.

Studio wise, I've been getting together and playing with some old high school buddies and friends. It's a blast. I did a multi-track recording of the last jam as a test. After a mix, it came out sounding pretty good. We're going to rehearse a bit more and do another recording.

More Skyjumper Gigs

Sat, 2 Dec 2006 13:07:20 -0500

Skyjumper has 2 gigs coming up:

Monday, December 4^th at The Drake
Friday December 15^th at the Kathedral

The Kathedral gig is for The Nothing Else CD Release party. They've been working long and hard and now have Deep Within ready to go.

Skyjumper Show at The Drake

Tue, 3 Oct 2006 14:46:18 -0400

Skyjumper is playing The Drake on Monday October 9^th.

They go on at Midnight.

More info available at the Skyjumper Site.

Fall Update

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:32:05 -0400

I'm busy working on artwork for 2 upcoming albums, Skyjumper - 'Chute the Breeze and Nothing Else - Deep Within, both ready for pressing.

A baby grand piano has been acquired for the studio and several recordings have been made from it. Thanks to Pat Kelly for thinking of me when he had a piano he needed to park for a while.

Spring is coming

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 04:38:26 -0500

Spring is on it's way. Here's what's going on with Hockeybag Studios.

New equipment: control surface, better preamps, more effects, motorized faders.

New project: I'm now playing rhythm guitar for Skyjumper as well as producing them. The show at Rancho Relaxo went well and other gigs are being booked.

Hello out there in TV Land

Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:53:55 -0500

I just finished doing audio post for a TV show called I Now Pronounce You... for Hiltz² Media Group. It's a show about gay weddings currently airing on OutTV

TV work is fun, I'm looking forward to doing more of it.

Discounts on CD pressing

Sat, 12 Nov 2005 14:34:59 -0500

I have just hooked up with Indie Pool and arranged for them to give a 5% discount on CD Manufacturing to my clients.

Indie Pool is an indie friendly company that provides CD manufacturing, Distribution, Merchandise manufacturing and several other services to artists.

Once you have your music recorded, they're the logical next step. Tell them HockeyBag Studios sent you.

Update - Sept 2005

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 00:59:11 -0400

Skyjumper's second album - 'Chute the Breeze - is mixed and out for mastering and pressing. We're already hard at work on the next album. Most of the tracks are already done, we're just adding extra harmonies and tweaking this and that.

The short film project Broken Glass by Director Darren Lindquist has been finished, look for it at a film festival near you.

We're currently working on a demo for Actor/Musician Patrick Kelly, recording some of his original material.

We're also working on some infrastructure and facilities updates. More equipment and wiring updates to make things around here even faster and more efficient.

Update - May 2005

Sat, 12 Nov 2005 14:39:59 -0500

It's the end of May and high time for another progress report.

The Skyjumper album 'Chute the Breeze is in the final mix stage. It is available from the Skyjumper website.

Another interesting job has come up, I am doing the mixing for a short film called Broken Glass by Darren Lindquist. It's a good film, and I'm happy to be a part of the process.

Update - Feb 2005

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:55:26 -0500

Well, It's February and I'm not going anywhere warm this winter, so I'm trying to keep busy instead.

There will be 2 websites going up soon for bands I'm working with. The sites are currently in the final build stages. I will post links when they are up.

fxpansion BFD Review

Sat, 12 Nov 2005 14:33:25 -0500

I recently purchased fxpansion's BFD. I am extremely impressed with the results it has been giving me.

BFD ships on 2 DVDs with a comprehensive printed manual. There are about 9 Gigs of drum samples on the DVDs, each drum being multi-sampled at many different velocities.

It appears that BFD will work with just about anything in the way of host apps. It works with the following interfaces: VSTi, DXi, RTAS, AudioUnit and ReWire. The standalone version (included) runs under ASIO on Windows and CoreAudio on OS X.

Sequel to “Afternoon with Andy” and other news

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:05:30 -0500

Well, we're 17 songs into the next album. Once we have 20, we'll pick the best 12, do a few more passes over them and put the finishing touches on. Then we'll call it an album. (We might even name it.)

Progress is good. I also just got the latest version of Amplitube Live. It now comes with a plugin version as well. The plugin works quite well and sounds better than the amp simulator that I'm using now. The update was free, and solved another problem that I had been having with the software. I will be writing a review of it soon.

Afternoon with Andy

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:05:21 -0500

This is a 4 song 15 minute CD made from a recording session during the summer of 2003.

The original session was recorded analog on a Sony stereo reel-to-reel deck.

The music is instrumental guitar jazz.

Skyjumper Show

Sun, 28 Mar 2004 10:28:11 -0500

I went to the Skyjumper show last week at Revival Bar. Good show. I was there to take pictures as well as to see the show.

I blew through 72 shots in the first 20 minutes of the set. I think I got some pretty good ones. Once I have the image gallery up I will post some of the best ones.