Greetings,

The beta test is almost over. I just wanted to let you know this is your last chance to listen to my new upcoming release Economics 008. You have one more week to listen to the album in its entirety and make suggestion about anything before I execute those suggestions and send this bad boy for distribution. The album is only available at www.reverbnation.com/bubblesmuisc or through this Tunepak URL…

http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/1286236

For those who sign up to be my fan you will be able to download some tracks off of Economics 008 as a “Fan Reach” promotion. This will only be available to my fans through www.reverbnation.com/bubblesmusic and will be ready next week. It’s not hard to be my fan because really all you have to do is press a button. Being my fan, and signing up for “bubbles’ News”, my newsletter of all things bubbles, gets you special access to material and shows. Free stuff people. And as I grow you get more stuff so it’s a win win.

Some good advice was given about the cover art so that will be updated with the help of the artist that drew my logo. I also got some comments on marketing. What I am amazed is the lack of comment on the music. Like I said, very few musicians give you this kind of control so take advantage of it. Comment publicly on any of my comment sections in any of my social networking sites. Or email me privately at bubbles@bubblesmusic.net

That’s all for now. Have a good one.

Peace,
bubbles
www.reverbnation.com/bubblesmusic
www.twitter.com/bubblesmusic

Greetings!

Did you ever want to have influence over the musical direction of a band you like? Well, now you can. I am opening up my creative process to more input. My next project will be entirely open to comment, direction, and ideas from you. From the very concept to the final product, you will have the ability to shape my artistic work. In essence you will be the producer!

The more active you are as a fan, the more “sway” you will have. People who are on the mail list, previous supporters, bought any of my music, know me personally, or are active web friends will have the most say. So go and sign up for the mail list at www.bubblesmusic.net in the big box that says “Join mail list”. Or write me directly at bubbles@bubblesmusic.net or on twitter at www.twitter.com/bubblesmusic.

Let me start with a test run of a song. Let’s start with the concept (i.e. mood, story, about) and the electronic sub-genre or cross of genres. Remember folks, I write all my music, so no sample based ideas, unless I record the sample! So start producing and send me your producer’s notes!

The demo song, in all stages of development will be posted on www.Reverbnation.com/bubblesmusic exclusively for people who have become “my fan”.


Peace,
Bubbles
www.reverbnation.com/bubblesmusic
www.myspace.com/bubbles

Greeting Chimps and Chimpettes,

Just like Google, I am going to beta test my new album “Economics 008”. I want feed back about the songs, and the production. I have decided to post the entire “Economics 008” only on www.reverbnation.com/bubblesmusic to get some feed back before I go into the final phase of full fledged release. I’m asking for your help to make bubbles even better!

There is still a bit of time for me to make some minor changes (once it goes to Itunes, there is no room for correction), and there is plenty of time to make use feedback on future projects. Any feedback, constructive criticism, kudos, thoughts, and musings are welcome. You can send them privately via email at bubbles@bubblesmusic.net or you can just comment here, or on any one of my social networking pages.

Here are some of the things I’m looking for,

Does the album flow well?
Are the songs clear and produced well?
What genre would classify the music?
What other music does this remind you of (artists and/or songs)?
Are the songs balanced in their volume?
Do you like the art work (check my pics)?
What is your favorite song?

I’m a thick skinned monkey so don’t hold back. Also, Thanks so much for your help and support. I look forward to hearing from you!

Peace,
bubbles
bubbles@bubblesmusic.net
www.bubblesmusic.net


P.S. New release info…

Deskription: Economics 008 is a sonic reflection of the economic crisis of the year 2008. Some songs are driving and full of anxiety, other songs slow and melancholic, and all songs tell a story. Deeply electronic, and cinematic Economics 008 focuses on telling a story.


Economics 008

1. Loose Regulations (3:08)
2. Sub Prime - Feat. Prophetnoise (3:57)
3. Is this The Bottom? Part 1 (1:46)
4. Stern Bear (2:29)
5. Credit Freezer (3:21)
6. Is This The Bottom? Part 2 (3:10)
7. Commercial Paper (3:00)
8. Detroit Goes to Washington (2:51)
9. Up Now, Down Later (2:05)
10. Is This The Bottom? Part 3 (1:56)
11. Big Bailout (3:06)
12. Detroit Goes Back to Washington (2:10)
13. Foreclosing the Year (2:28)
14. Recessional (1:36)

All songs written and recorded at the Disco Room, Portland, Oregon by bubbles except: Sub Prime, written by Prophetnoise and bubbles

Published and Copyright 2009 by bubbles media services

For more info on bubbles check out www.bubblesmusic.com
Also check out bubbles’ Commuter album at www.cdbaby.com/cd/bubbles2

Greeting Chimp and Chimpettes,

I love the serendipity in this world. I was going to make a comment on the CD baby DIY Podcast forums but decided against it. Drawing a blank on a blog topic, I asked my fellow Tweetorians on Twitter to come up with one. First up was Sidfaiwu with the title of this blog. Thanks and here goes…

As I read comments on the CD baby DIY Podcast website I ran across a debate between a prolific commenter and another musician. Nothing new here. The debate essentially went like this; the prolific commenter had made multiple posts with themes that suggest there are absolutes in being a successful musician. In this instance, he said that a band needs to maintain mystery and hide their everyday goings in order to be a successful artist. This was in response to a topic of conversation based on podcasting and other web 2.0 social media.

A subsequent commenter wrote that he did not understand why so many of his fellow artists made such absolutist claims even though creativity is by its nature infinite in possibility. There was a defensive response by the prolific commenter asserting there are absolutes. He sited death as proof of absolutes.

Unfortunately I have issue with the prolific commenter’s logic. First of all I am unaware of ever talking to a person who has died. I am unaware of anyone who has talked to a dead person to confirm that there is no life after our physical demise in this dimension. Therefore the claim to knowing that death is an absolute is false. I would argue that there are multiple religions claiming death as only a transitional phase of being. There are stories from Jesus to Greek gods that talk of eternal life. What about music, art, or children as a form of eternal life? No, death does not seem to be an absolute.

Other examples made by the prolific commenter of absolutism are even more wrought with logical problems so I won’t go into those.

So what does this have to do with there being nothing new under the sun? Simply put, there truly is nothing new under the sun. There are new combinations of old things, like computers and people who talk for the sake of hearing themselves talk. To think that any one individual can possess the intelligence and memory to make absolutists claims is far from likely and in my opinion laughable.

Peace,
bubbles
www.reverbnation.com/bubblesmusic


Links:

CD baby DIY Podcast - http://cdbabypodcast.com/
Twitter – www.twitter.com/bubblesmusic

Hello Chimps and Chimpettes,

I am glad to meet all you new people, keep in touch with all you old friends. If you’re just getting to know bubbles, I invite you to read some of my older blogs at http://bubblesbloggy.blogspot.com/. Read all my blogs there because I sometimes am a lazy monkey and don’t want to post to 30 different sites on a Sunday. A
As I figure out the last bits of my next release “Economics 008” I am trying to pick what genres to call my music. While I have been influenced by all types of music from Pink Floyd, to Mozart, to Luke Vibert, my music does not necessarily sound at all like them. So what does it sound like? I went and compared it to other albums and songs and as best I could come up with is Chemical Breaks. Think of bands like the Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, and Fat Boy Slim. Still that’s not quite it. There’s a lot of Detroit Techno in my music too, at least I think. Still, not really sure if Chemical breaks really describes me.
But I guess chemicals describe Alex Rodriguez. No wait, philanthropy. No, no, wait, chemicals. I read an article in the NY Times online about his generosity to the Hurricanes.
I am not a big fan of baseball. In fact I would rather watch hockey. Still, this whole steroid crap is beginning to get on my nerves. I land on the side that they should give me the money that they earned while on steroids. This is how I came about to that conclusion; Every time I wanted to watch something like news or the Simpsons there was a stupid baseball game on. Ok, I know I’m pissing some baseball fans off but give it up. My game, football, is on Sunday. What? Do you really get up on Sunday morning saying to yourself I wish “I could really watch some Meet the Press” (not that it’s a bad show). Anyhow, baseball wouldn’t be as popular with out these big hitters, therefore my TV shows wouldn’t be preempted.
At least Michal Phelps was using a non-performance enhancer. All you guys on ‘roids should smoke massive bong hits for two years and see if you can hang. If you can perform, I will forgive the steroids. If you can’t you don’t deserve to get paid millions while other people starve, but that’s just my opinion.

Peace,
bubbles
www.twitter.com/bubblesmusic

PS Don’t forget to sign up for the bubbles mail list here… www.bubblesmusic.net

Links:
bubbles’ blog - http://bubblesbloggy.blogspot.com/
Chemical Breaks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_beat
A. Rod article NY Times (by - Karen Crouse) http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/sports/baseball/14arod.html?hp

Hello Chimps and Chimpettes,

I was checking out Twitter and ran across a Prophetnoise tweet. He was asking “what was the last thing that inspired you to create?” I was going to think about it for a second while I made breakfast. While I cooked, I decided to try Pandora’s funk station, since I have a new band called Watermelon Funk (funky, fun, party music with a hip-hop sensibility and no gansta-izms). The first song that Pandora came up was a remake of Earth Wind and Fire’s “Shining Star” by Jamiroquai. At first I didn’t notice, but his Mr. Quai’s voice is unmistakable (don’t get your feather’s ruffled all you JamQ fans I was only jesting, I know his name isn’t Mr. Quai, it’s Mr. Jamir).
I soon realized that I wanted to blog about how bad that song was, and the difference between emulation and assimilation. In order to do that, I thought to myself, I would need to find a ;link to the song. So I went to use Google to find the remake. It was taking a while to find it, so I tried to multitask by listening to my Myspace friend request from bands. I try to listen or check every request, no bots used here. I liked Radium88, a trippy, spacey electronic band. They still did not cut it for the mood. I tried a couple of more bands but got the itch for Funk. I put on my Pleasure album “The Greatest Of Pleasure” to funk out to Portland’s funky own from back in the day.
While I was funking out I was inspired to update my new bands Myspace; that is, to be creative with it. I put together a fun logo to use when I create a Reverbnation page for The Watermelon. Listening to funk and uploading some demo tracks and logo for the WF reminded me that I needed to answer the Prophetnoise’s tweet.
The last thing that inspired me to create was funk. Funk and Twinkies.

Peace,
bubbles
www.bubblesmusic.net

Links:
Twitter – www.twitter.com/bubblesmusic
Prophetnoise - http://www.myspace.com/prophetnoise
Breakfast - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast
Pandora – www.pandora.com
Watermelon Funk - www.myspace.com/Watermelonfunk
Earth Wind and Fire - www.earthwindandfire.com
Jamiroquai - www.jamiroquai.com
Blog - http://bubblesbloggy.blogspot.com/
Google - www.goggle.com
Myspace – www.myspace.com/bubbles
Radium88 - www.myspace.com/theradium88
Funk - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk
Pleasure - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:g9fexql5ld0e
Reverbnation - www.reverbnation.com/bubblesmusic
Twinkies - http://www.hostesscakes.com/twinkies.asp

Preface:
Looking for a fresh Blog topic yesterday I posted a tweet on Twitter.com and received this question/blog topic first. Being a chimp true to my grunts I will now write a blog about said topic. And check out the new song Long Winter.

Hello Chimps and Chimpettes,

First let me start with my name is bubbles and this is my opinion. A few of my colleagues and I have been discussing why it seems that artists, musicians in general, tend to be, in the words of a fellow musician, “dumb/obnoxious/close-minded/antagonistic/defensive”. This stems from my philosophical/sociopolitical look at the music industry and the people who work with in the field. Perhaps there is no more dumb-ness in this field than in any other. But it would seem that musicians hold the trophy for the lack logic.

Let me make an example, a musicians thread on the CDbaby Forums is started with “Seven Resolutions to Help You Succeed”. The post is simply tips to help a musican to sell music, and become overall more successful as a business. One of the first responses was classic idea that music is an Art and that thought and action towards an end of entrepreneurial sustainability is somehow anti-music. It would seem that to the proponents of this idea anything less than inspiration and sheer talent denigrates the concept of music.

This idea makes no sense to me. I believe there is no reason someone cannot be creative and logical at the same time, like Ben Franklin or Homer Simpson. Beyond that, it would seem to me that if you are trying to make a living as a musician you would act in a manor that is conducive to getting paid. Ohh, like showing up to a gig on time with every thing you need.

Another personal example is Craig’s List. In my beginning attempts to find a DJ our new hip-hop outfit called Watermelon Funk, we clearly asked for a DJ with scratch abilities, blending skill, and own equipment. What kind of answers did we get? Rappers, saxophone players, people who did not own a single record or turntable. Only a few of dozens of replies fit the deskription in the ad. Did these people not know how to read, or did not understand the word “DJ”?

I could go on and on with egregious examples of stupidity and close-mindedness on behalf of musician but I want to continue on to why. Perhaps it has to do with musicians shutting the parts of the brain that control inhibitions in order to increase creativity. Check out this ABC news article here.

Or perhaps it has to do with the difference between sets of social/moral drivers. For example the tendency for musicians to have low self image, but the ability to turn those inhibitions off during a performance. For some background The musical temperament: psychology and personality of musicians by Anthony Kemp.

I think I will sit on this for a while and think. This blog will probably a three part post. I would love to hear your thoughts. Please comment, or email for a private conversation.

Peace,
bubbles
www.bubblesmusic.net
bubbles@bubblesmusic.net


More Links,

Microblogging at twitter- www.twitter.com/bubblesmusic
CDbaby “Seven Resolutions to Help You Succeed”- http://www.cdbaby.org/stories/09/01/15/0970196.html
ABC news article on music and the brain-http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DyeHard/Story?id=4386976&page=1
Find a library and get the book sucka!
Anthony Kemp: The musical temperament: psychology and personality of musicians
http://www.amazon.com/Musical-Temperament-Psychology-Personality-Musicians/dp/0198523629

Greetings Chimps and Chimpettes,

I hope these words find you well. These days I feel knee deep in ideas and shy on time. A new song called “Recessional” is up. Another ambient jam, this one seems terrible and sweet at the same time. This will most likely be the last track on my next release “Econ 008”. The album is a collection of songs inspired by the economic troubles of 2008. Hopefully I will not have to write “Depressional” for 2009.

On a related note. Some songs that are on the new release are as of yet, unreleased and will only be available on the release. Others will be re-mixed, or re-mastered, as I am unhappy with the compression of the songs. So expect the music to only get better in quality. Also, the release will no longer be in standard CD format. With thanks to many logical and invigorating discussions with the artist Prophetnoise, my publishing company BMS and I have decided to move to a more green, and modern delivery method.

I am in development stages of this particular packaging. I can tell you it will be a small run of unique art packaging made by yours truly, signed and dated with limited run numbers on each. The music will be in a computer friendly delivery method, and also available online at most digital download/subskription sites like I-tunes and Rhapsody. More on that in a later blog. I believe the CD is dying and there are better ways for you to get your music. Ideas welcome.

Hey, thanks for listening. Really.

Peace,
bubbles
www.bubblesmusic.net
www.twitter.com/bubblesmusic
www.itunes.com/bubbles/commuter

Other links…
Prophetnoise – www.myspace.com/prophetnoise

Greetings Chimps and Chimpettes,

So, I was without internet for about two weeks while I braved a crappy snow storm to move into a new house. Love the house. Hate the snow. When I finally returned to cyberspace I got the surfing stare. Click, stare, click, stare; for hours on end. Then I snapped out of it.
I began to read what I was hypnotically absorbing. Low and behold, everyone’s is an expert at everything! Who would of thought?
I gravitate towards music industry related material, as I am trying to forge a path towards financial sustainability making music. So what did I read in said type web content? Bullshit. No body knows what they are talking about. No facts, no critical thinking. Yet many folk claim they have such a wealth of expertise on everything. Many bloggers talk endlessly about things that they think they know, and how it’s going to influence you. YOU the reader. To illustrate my point, people who talk smack on the bible and who have never read it, or vise versa. I once read a church marquee that I found very cleaver. It read “don’t quote the bible if you haven’t read it.” I like that.
Where is bubbles at? I am not sure but I intend to find out. On quick glance I talk about parts of my life on my blogs and such. Mostly I talk about my music, what inspired me, or how the music came about. I some times talk about other artist and musicians I like. Or other ways of getting the same bubbles content in different on line forms. Does it matter? Million dollar question.
What does this mean? Hell if I know. But I intend to find out. I ain’t no expert on anything, but I know what I feel. I hate bullshit. I hate the bullshit I spew; I hate the bullshit you spew. These days I can spot genuine from a mile away. Real easy too, I look for the person that doesn’t need to, have to, or want to bullshit me. That’s who I want to surround myself in 2009. Don’t care if you’re perfect, you just gotta be trying.

In 2009 I’m going to try to-
- Eliminate the bullshit I spew
- Ignore the bullshit others spew
- Critically think about everything
- Make more music
- Surround myself with genuine, intelligent, and trustworthy people
- Give less answers, ask more questions, find more facts

And if you’re going “I don’t bullshit.”, or “who does bubbles think he is?”, or if you’re insulted by what I say, or if you think I’m preaching at you, or you’re lazy…
You best be stepping out my cyber house. That’s right, get the f*** out my websites and shit, and don’t ever come back. This house is for my peeps, not you.

Peace, and I’m out.
bubbles

for straight media including bio’s, music, links, and products go to
www.bubbblesmusic.net

Seasons greetings my chimps,

Just quickly, I would like to thank all those who came out for the show at Berbati’s in Portland last night. You braved the cold and wet. To the rest of you, shame on being a scared-y cats.

I feel like I’m getting dumber everyday. That’s why I am asking you, yes you, do you feel the same?

I like my new song. It’s a bit different than usual, but most of the time they are. It’s called “Big Bailout” after the $700 Wall Street bailout. Another question, how do you spend your entertainment dollars, if you have any?

Peace,
bubbles
www.bubblesmusic.net


Here are some links…
bubbles on ILike - http://www.ilike.com/artist/Bubbles+%28Portland%2C+OR%29
bubbles on twitter – www.twitter.com/bubblesmusic

Seasons greetings my chimps,

Trying to make a living as an independent musician is tough. Hell, just trying to make a living is tough. Then I think about all the resources and money that goes into the music in advertisement. You’ll be able to comment later on this very thing, keep reading. For example I wonder how much money it took to make this ad jingle, “Frosty the Coalman”. I first heard this story on NPR’s “Wait, wait don’t tell me”. A real lovely cover of frosty the snowman but intended to display the greener side of coal. Click here for another link to news about the song. Hmmm.

How much did that association (American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity) pay to bite that song? Yet I’m here hustling to sell the music that I alone create. I see something wrong with this. You, in your infinite collective wisdom can help explain this to me. Yes you, reading this. I ask two questions,

1. Can you remember more song choruses or commercial jingles (things like the NBC jingle and Empire Carpets)?

2. What do you give a crap about in your music? Where it comes from? Who made it? Who likes it? How about do you give a crap about the instruments used, or what the lyrics or lack of say? Why do you like what you do?

Talk amongst yourselves. Then post a comment here on this blog.

Oh yes, and my new song about the economy is up on my various online spots. This time go check it out on ILike. ILike lets you hear all sorts of Indy and non Indy artists and your friends can see who you like! The song is called “Is this the bottom? Part 3”. When will the economy tank to the bottom? Part4, 5, 12 maybe? We’ll see.

Peace,
bubbles
www.bubblesmusic.net


Here are some links…
Wait, wait don’t tell me - http://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/
Frosty the Coalman - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3q6HeImpPs http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/JustOneThing/story?id=6444773&page=1
bubbles on ILike - http://www.ilike.com/artist/Bubbles+%28Portland%2C+OR%29

Greetings Chimps and Chimpettes,

There is some news on the front. First off, I hope you all had a great week. I took last week off, so to speak, and I feel very relaxed and ready for the coming months. Lots of things are on the horizon for bubbles.

I am fronting a hip-hop group still in its infancy. It is called “Watermelon Funk”. With the help of co front man BooSen, DJ Kut Throat and other special guest collaborators, this outfit is dedicated to putting the party back in hip-hop. The songs are fun, the show will be live. No posing. First show is on New Years Eve!

A new song is up, “Detroit goes to Washington”. When the heads of the big three auto makers took their private jets to ask for billions of dollars in handouts some weeks ago I just had to write a song. And, Wow! They’re back to Washington this week. All I’m saying is I want my piece of that pie.

Back to the music, I think this is the last of the faster songs. Next couple of weeks I will put some down tempo tracks. Let me know what you think. You can leave your message here, or email me at bubbles@bubblesmusic.net.

Peace,
bubbles
www.bubblesmusic.net

P.S. Here are some links.
BooSen - http://www.myspace.com/therealboosen
DJ Kut Throat - http://www.myspace.com/DJANDYRODRIGUEZ

Chimps and Chimpettes,

The economy seems to be on the forefront of everyone’s mind. Certainly is on mine. People are spending less, making less, and there seems to be no end in sight. I blame stupid, greedy people. Still, what good does blame do? Following every stock tick and news story doesn’t help.

So I went and started to write songs about the crisis (new one called “Up Now, Down Later” is up). As it turns out I think I am going to put these songs together into a short album (long EP, whatever you want to call it). I am not going to post the album in its entirety anywhere on the internet until after its release. But I am post many of the songs, a couple at a time, in my continuing soirees of new blog/music postings. Then they will disappear never to be seen again till I release the album.

Two questions for you,

1. Do you have any ideas for album titles?

2. Do you have any ideas for album cover?

You can leave your answers as a comment for everyone to see, or email me privately at bubbles@bubblesmusic.net

Peace,
bubbles
www.bubblesmusic.net

P.S. Here are some links to news about the economy.
Bureau of Labor Statistics - http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm
CNN Money - http://money.cnn.com/news/economy/
NPR - http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1017

Hi Chimps and Chimpettes,

So what got the U.S. and the rest of the world into this economic mess? I’m not sure. Some say loose regulations, which is the title of the next song in my series on the economic crisis.
“Market Place” if you’re listening. I’m fully ready to let you use this track and others. Kai, if I’ve gotten your attention, then email me; bubbles@bubblesmusic.net.

So I’ve got a show coming up. More details soon enough. Got to go.

Peace,
bubbles
www.bubblesmusic.net
www.itunes.com/bubbles/thermxsessions

Links:
Market Place- http://marketplace.publicradio.org/

Hi Chimps and Chimpette’s,

Keeping this one short. Two things,

1. New song, Third in my series inspired by the economic crisis and 2008 in general. This one is called "Credit Freezer". I’d like to know what you think. Leave a comment or message me.

2. Here is an easy way to find my music on Itunes.

For all bubble (including the other artists named bubbles like the girl band, and others)

www.itunes.com/bubbles

and for my albums

The RMX Sessions - www.itunes.com/bubbles/TheRMXSessions

Commuter - www.itunes.com/bubbles/commuter


Peace,
bubbles
www.bubblesmusic.net
www.twitter.com/bubblesmusic

Greetings Chimps and Chimpette’s,

The next song in my series about the current economic crisis is now up! Entitled Commercial Paper, the song is my interpretation of the US Government’s decision to begin to buy commercial paper, or very short term loans traditionally to businesses for them to cover expenses not met by fluctuating income streams. The song like the practice is in the trance style.

Beyond that I have begun to have a new appreciation for how people interact. Hopefully this will be another muse to create an album event better than Commuter.

And well. Go vote.

Peace,
bubbles
www.bubblesmusic.net
www.twitter.com/bubblesmusic

Hi lovely Chimps and Chimpettes,

Your friendly neighborhood bubbles here. Couple of items of note and we’ll be out to search a Halloween costume? I wonder what I should be?

Item number one, new song-
My new song is up. First in a while. Here’s why. Besides a terrible ear ache, I have been working a number of songs at once. Some which you won’t hear for a while, super secret project. And some about the current economic crisis.
This first song in the series is called Economic Sucker Punch. Let me know if you catch the vibe. In the series I will be exploring different styles of bubbles’ styles. Crankels.


Item number two, new slang-
Crankels is the new work for cool. Straight Crankels. Pronounced cran-kuls. Like, bubbles music is straight crankels. Have you seen his website, www.bubblesmusic.net, its crankels.

Peace,
bubbles
www.bubblesmusic.net
www.cdbaby.com/cd/bubbles2

Hello Chimps and Chimpettes,

This blog is to draw attention to another blog. To visit the blog please go here:

“The Discussion Electronic Blog”

Or if you must cut and paste…

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=415221937&blogID=434579706

Imagine that. The blog is the “Discussion Electronic Blog” and is part of the Discussion Electronic project. A project dedicated to “A structured discourse about, and appreciation of, Electronic Music and related topics." And who would be hosting such a quest for knowledge? Well none other than yours truly, bubbles. I pledge to remain unbiased and only probe and prod as a matter of learning.

So please add Discussion Electronic to your Myspace friends and join in on the discusson to help define the role of electronic music in our past, present, and future.

Peace,
bubbles

Hello Chimps and Chimpettes,

As Summer draws to it’s close it becomes time to think a bit about indoor pursuits during for up and coming fall. Perhaps tea or a delightful episode of Hole in the Wall are candidates for a worthy pursuit. One thing that is great any time of year is a good book…

……Wait, wait, wait, I am going to have to diverge from my original message to bring you this latest up date. I absolutely hate, with a passion, leaf blowers. It is the worst form of noise pollution. I am considering walking up to the guy who is leaf blowing his lawn a few houses down from mine and sticking a match in the gas tank of the blower. I’ll watch it burn while I announce in a monotone voice, “this pleases me greatly”. But I will restrain. Now back to our original happy and culturally uplifting blog.


…As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted by a leaf blower, one thing that is great any time of year is a good book. And did you know that there is a social networking site for literary types. It’s called Goodreads. You can go join and then add me as your friend at www.goodreads.com/profile/bubblesmusic! If you're on Facebook you can be my friend and get all the Goodreads updates and so much more. For Free. Become my Facebook friend here.

There at www.goodreads.com you will be able to see a softer side of bubbles. What I read, am reading, and intend to read. Also, and more important is that I will be posting some writing to the site that will be exclusive to Goodreads. I will be posting things like short stories, poems, song lyrics, and much more.

So if you like to read, then go to www.goodreads.com and become my reading buddy.

Peace,
bubbles
www.bubblesmusic.net
www.goodreads.com/profile/bubblesmusic

This transcript taken from live speech from the Disco Room in Portland OR September 5, 2008.

[bubbles walks up to the podium. There is rawkus applause]
“Thank you. Thank you.
[More applause]
Thank you. [pause] Thank you. Thanks. Thank you.
[More applause]
Thank you. Thanks. You’re too kind. Thank you.
[Crowd starts to sit, and the applause die down]
Thank you. I would like to extend an extra special thank you tonight to all my lovely friends and fans. You all are so very kind. Thank you.
[bubbles pauses, takes a breath, then speaks]
This is the State of the bubbles Address, and I am very happy to announce the State of the bubbles is golden.
[cheers and applause]
Why golden [makes quotation marks with his fingers] you ask? Golden because over the last year I, bubbles have strengthened my web presence, extended my media reach, made new connections, and have become 140% more dope.
Golden because I have made more music, and made it easier for the normal person to access the world of great culture that is the DIY underground. There are more outlets for you to experience the genus of this monkey,[points to himself] like the music discovery site I-like.com and downloads at Soundclick.com, just search for bubbles from Portland Or. There are more ways to find out more intimate parts of my life like www.goodreads.com/profile/bubblesmusic and Facebook.com.
Golden is the color of gold. Gold is expensive, but I have made my music more affordable than ever with MP3 downloads directly from CD baby at www.CDbaby.com/bubbles2, and on the official bubbles website www.bubbblesmusic.net.
[long pause, he looks around]
But I want to tell you; you the fans, that there is a color more shiny than gold. That color is your color, because this year you, bubbles fans, have listened to or downloaded a bubbles’ track over 35,000 times. [Applause and hoots] This year you have brought my Myspace plays to near 100,000 without the use of spam robots! [Crowd applause] You deserve better than golden. Your new color reflects you because you visited my website and sent me a message telling me you like my music that is available at www.bubblesmusic.net.
This color has come to symbolize achievement and wealth. You deserve the color my friends. You deserve it because you love shiny things like me, and signed up for bubbles E-newsletter “bubbles news” on the bubbles website. Your color is… [Long Pause] Your color is platinum!
[The crowd goes wild, gives bubbles a standing ovation]
And while… And while I am still just golden, you are platinum. And today. And today…
[Pause, then in a lower tone] And today you can pledge to help me, bubbles become platinum too. You can help by telling your friends about bubbles’ website. You can help by coming to shows that you heard about through the bubbles’ newsletter and by forwarding that newsletter to new friends via the simple forward link in the newsletter. If you have a clothing line or make beer, you can sponsor me, bubbles. If you purchase more songs through I-tunes then I can bring you more music. You can take advantage of the great shows featuring me, bubbles, and my affiliates. Affiliates like Absence, BooSen, and Digital Organics of which X24 and Anna Rugani rocked the festival Emerg-N-See with their art. And who can forget the whole 2ndrate crew at www.the2ndrate.com providing up to minute coverage on who you need to know.
[The crowd starts chanting bubbles over and over again]
And my platinum friends, it is time for me to pledge to you a renewed commitment to making cool ass music. Together we can destroy the clutches of crappy music! Root out the evil of re-hashed dookie! We can tell I-tunes how cool the Underground can be. May god bless you. And God bless music!
[The crowd gives bubbles a standi