New to Soft Charisma? Don't know what you might be interested in hearing? This Review should help!

A month ago I was contacted by a guy in Alaska (of all places, not so much sun-light!) who needed some light in his life. He found that in the form of purchasing all three of my currently available albums:

• Life Inside The Robot Man (2008)
• Livin' In The Project (2007)
• The Lo-Fi Adventures (2007)

Now I don't actually think I brought him a lifetime full of light, but from his review, he seemed very inspired by what I've done with the Baritone Ukulele. From talking with him, he's also a poet / musician / song writer. I've decided to cover one or two of his songs in the upcoming Breakfast With Friends album due out in late 2009.

ANYWAY, check out his review of the three albums that I mailed him last month. I really feel this is dead-on, but I simply must learn to make julianne fries. Here's an excerpt from the introduction of his review.

From "Soft Charisma" by D'Mo:

The title of this post refers to an indie folk musical artist I've recently discovered and become quite a fan of. He plays baritone ukulele, sings and he can make julianne fries! Okay, that last one was a joke, but I'm going to review 3 of this artists albums in hoping that you, my loyal, non-existent readers may enjoy his music as well.

In other news..

I'm still recording Breakfast With Friends and am not sure when it will exactly be out. As of right now, it *could* be out late 2009. I hope not, because I like summertime release shows better! I need to reorganize the track list so it makes sense, right now it's just a list that I've been adding to for my own reference. I should also figure out a good stopping point to stop adding to it!

New Studio Setup, First New Song from Breakfast With Friends and other stats

First, I want to really thank everyone's response to the Life Inside The Robot Man release! Over 200 torrent downloads to-date, and I've been cleaned out of all 50 CDs that I had manufactured. Still countless other streams and downloads across the web contribute to an overwhelming appreciation that I have for everyone who has made this possible including:

• Ryan Ragus: The primary sound engineer for Life Inside The Robot Man
• Baron Gomez: Helped get Life Inside The Robot Man off the ground by contributing his sound engineering skills at the start of the album's production
• Justin Bonnet: Designed the Life Inside The Robot Man CD artwork
• Justin Houston: Recorded the very first High Fidelity tracks in Soft Charisma's entire history
• Daniel Candiotta: Provided his USB microphone to help keep Soft Charisma's music sounding as good as it could until the new Studio Setup was complete
• Andrew Savage: Sold me my first 4-track recording setup in or around 2002, which provided me a means to begin perfecting my sound and style

New Cover from Breakfast With Friends Available

With that said, the next few albums should have a great new sound that I've been developing. The first track I recorded just a day after my new Studio Setup arrived, is a cover of Over At The Frankenstein Place from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. You can hear it on the new T61 Soft Charisma profile located at www.thesixtyone.com/softcharisma. T61 (The Sixty One) is a new beta music discovery service that allows you to actively participate in finding new music and sharing it with other people. There has been a great response to what has been uploaded to the profile so far, and I'm definitely looking forward to the many great things to come to T61.

New Studio Setup

The new Studio Setup is complete and here's the breakdown of the operation:

• Pro Tools LE v7.4
• digidesign m-box 2
• Shure KSM27 Studio Condenser Microphone

Now this is a huge upgrade from a USB dynamic microphone! This setup was modeled after the setup that Ryan Ragus would bring over for late night recording binges to finish up Life Inside The Robot Man. So now I am free to record on my own schedule -- AND in my birthday suit I have to add! Okay so maybe the birthday suit thing might be a bit unnecessary, but being able to experiment on my own time makes things a lot easier and I don't feel as bad :-)

New Songs: Non-Gluten Cookies and Nude (Radiohead Remix)

I thought I'd be the late bloomer and create a Nude remix after the contest had closed. I will release the remix in drafts, each one replacing various chunks of the song with Ukulele. Draft 1 has one track of Ukulele minus the drums.

Also, I recorded a eclectic piece that was inspired by the smell of Non-Gluten Cookies being prepared and baked.

New Album, and Quick Question

I've got the hammer nailed to the top of Life Inside the Robot Man, but now that leaves new songs and other previously unreleased material left out. I thought they should feel more at home in a new album, aptly titled Apples Audited After Allotment Allocated.

However, I've got a quick survey for you which you can simply send your answer in through the contact page or leave a comment directly onto this post (if you have a Google account).

My question is, how do you keep up to date with Soft Charisma?

A: Through RSS / Atom XML Feeds
B: Checking the website
C: Word of mouth

My main question is, how many people utilize the RSS feature? It's very useful in my opinion and means I don't have to go to websites I wish to keep updated about. I already subscribe to a few of my friend's blogs. Well, answer away, and I'll be working on adding more lyrics onto the site!