Blog: Me and the Machine Records

So yeah, I can see how the tenses might get weird... Anyway, I got a little mention on Captain's Dead.com yesterday!! Thanks for the post guys and thanks to "Matt" for the nice comment. If you should ever reveal yourself "Mystery Matt", I'll buy you a beer.

It's the moment we've all been waiting for. Well it's really the moment we all forgot about but now that it's here, all is right with the world. I'm talking about today's release of Brad Sweizter's podcast for the Nashville Feed . Let me tell you something folks... this is a special performance. There are a few previews from Brad's next record (release date and title to be announced soon) and it truly showcases Brad's talent in a way that has never before been captured on whatever the hell medium captured said performance. As a matter of fact, [...]

So like I said in my first post, I'm going to also do my best to pose questions about some of the things I find on the web that may or may not be useful in a music business setting. For instance, there is now a box to the right of this post with text embodied within it. The current top story is "Swaptree to Finally Launch Next Week" . I'm just using this post as an example. Basically, if you click on that link and read the post, you'll learn about this new site called Swaptree which apparently [...]

Yeah, I've really got to stop posting late at night. Schedule changes seem to be a common theme in my life as of late. I'm just cursed with an inability to sleep. It runs in the family. Regardless, Andrew stopped by this evening with his friend Alex and we drank wine and waxed philosophical (and practical) about the music business and Andrew's upcoming release. His record is so good it scares me a bit. The label is incredibly fortunate to have such a wealth of talent on all fronts. From the artists to the folks that are helping to [...]

Ok, that's a bit dramatic but somewhat true. I've been in the studio all weekend and it's been really incredible. I almost finished an entire record with Mike Farley. It's about 11 of Farley's tunes recorded acoustically. I love making records. It's a really great learning experience and the process helps me to listen to thing a bit differently. We recorded guitars and lead vocals on Saturday and did extra guitars and backing vocals today. Everything was chugging along swimmingly until the power went out this afternoon when we had just started doing backing vocals on one of the tunes. [...]

so here's where I'll start. I've been pondering this for a very long time and pondering will only take you so far. It's time to put these thoughts down to not only sort them out but to also helpfully tell a story. This blog has been used for news and other bits but only as informal posts. My goal with this blog is to really tell the story of the label from both an artist and an owner standpoint and keep everyone (including myself) up to date with all that is happening with our musical experiment on all fronts. If [...]

You will never guess what we did this week. Ok, maybe you will. In fact, if you don't get it, we might have to question your overall intellectual capacity. Now, that is just not nice. This week we redesigned the Me and the Machine site! All the same goodness you have come to love, with a little easier navigation. You can now listen to any song from our entire catalog using the new radio player on the right. Click around and enjoy!

Yo! Just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone who cae out to see Josh perform in New Mexico last week. The crowd was awesome and we have all fallen in love with New Mexico. So expect to see the whole gang there soon. You can also expect some more tour news very soon. We are working on some new stuff that we will share with you very soon. Stay tuned!

So this is funny. Josh has been pretty busy. (That is not the funny part.) He wrote a country song (THAT is the funny part). Not like YESTERDAY or anything, but he wrote it with our bff Aaron Brotherton. And we just found out that it will be played on Sirius Satellite Radio on Monday night on their Prime Country (61) channel, right around 11pm eastern. So check that out if you can. Josh's other ventures? I thought you would never ask. As of this moment, he is getting drunk in New Mexico... I mean working the room [...]