Yes, I really am posting at 1:23 am. I was just so excited to bring you my third song of the year, hot off the presses or whatever it is you create music entities with! As I had mentioned, my lack of hearing in one ear makes it a bit tough to sing, so this week I bring you the very first remix I’ve ever made! (Okay, so maybe the reason I’m up late is that I’m using the demo version of Ableton Live which wouldn’t let me save my work, so I had to do this all in one shot and hope my computer didn’t die.)

Anyway, I bring you an original Josh Mock remix of Interpol’s Pioneer to the Falls. Mmm Interpol.

I actually started out working with the instrumental track from M.I.A.’s Paper Planes, but then when deciding what to mash it up with, I realized it was better for samples anyway. So I sampled out some of the beats and gunshot sounds and MIDIed my way to a decent beat. Then I added some glitchy sounds to the Interpol track, and there you have it.

I know it doesn’t seem like much, but you would be surprised how long that took me. If it sounds awesome (riiiight) you can only imagine what a full version of Ableton, some accompanying hardware and a little practice could do for me. Guys! I have potential to be a remix master! Sponsor me or something!

I’m going to bed.

Sorry for the posting hiatus. The music world tends to hibernate for the few weeks surrounding Christmas and New Years, but things are finally starting to pick up again (new Shins, Six Parts Seven, Deerhoof, Clinic, Of Montreal, Fujiya & Miyagi releases next week! Woo!).

The only thing I have to really discuss is the upcoming RPM Challenge 2007, where musicians all over the world unite with the common goal of recording an album during the 28 days of February. It’s a fun and supportive community. I’ve joined with my solo project, Saviors, which is/will be my instrumental post rock alter ego. We’ll see how that goes. I’m blogging my progress over there. It should be fun.

Oh, and one more fun little link: check out a couple Jimi Hendrix remixes. The Jimi/Jay-Z mashup Voodoo Problems is especially awesome.