Author: Kevin
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Making music the slow way
The place I spend most of my time making music I\’ve been making music with computers for years now, but only recently have I discovered their limitations, and how they can bog down the process. When I was scoring Oddbods, and Disney\’s Jake and the Never Land Pirates, it was all about speed and workflow.…
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The Bunratty Castle Band — A Song 18 years in the Making
For more than 18 years a childish obsession has been rattling around in my head. It\’s an idea I once had for an imaginary rock group of Bunnies and Rats who live in a castle in Ireland. Their message is simple: Animals and humans must join paws and hands across the world for peace. Over…
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A brief history of Pirate Jenny’s Alien Mind music video
The Alien Mind Music video Pirate Jenny made more than 11 years ago in a Portland alleyway now feels nostalgic and vaguely prophetic. In the fall of 2008 the economy had ground to a halt but we were still living off the residual energy of Portland’s 1990s creative boom that filled clubs such as The…
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How I managed to install a working version of TouchOSC on a first generation (1G) iPod Touch
Here\’s how I managed to install a working version of TouchOSC on two very old first generation (1G) iPods. I purchased the two 1st generation iPods from Amazon for about $40 each with the intention of making them into TouchOSC controllers for headphone sends. (I wanted each musician to be able to create a custom…
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Recording notes for the album Pirates of Scamalot by Hucklescary Finn.Notes
Pirates of Scamalot was recorded over about a three year period and incorporates some very old song ideas from 10 years or more back. A pre-release of the first 8 songs came around the holidays of Dec. 2005 and was titled “Pirate Ghost Ship Christmas EP with Scabby.” There were about 50 copies distributed mostly…
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Pirates of Scamalot lyrics
Treading the Seas for Pirate GoldBy Hucklescary Finn Heave Ho Away We Go, Treading the Seas for Pirate GoldHeave Ho Away We Go, Treading the Seas for Pirate GoldLong-time sailing in a pirate band, barely recall the smell of landor the words to a song that’s not about hearty buccaneers with hearts of doubtChorusScamalot a…
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Pirate Music Directory (pirate core bands and recordings)
Here\’s a registry-in-progress of pirate-themedbands and recordings from around the world. To add your ownpirate core band or recording click the link at the bottom. Please be aware any information or opinion here is that of the individual band, and does not express the opinion of the webmaster.Captain Bogg & SaltyPortland, OregonKnown as the \”band…
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Lickdestatic
In 1990 Kevin joined Matt Proctor\’s band Lickdestatic. Matt taught Kevin how to perform and record music in his SE Portland home studio where the band also played their first show (pictured). Matt\’s fast punky and somewhat funky pop songs and smart lyrics were rounded out by Kevin\’s pop attempts which included the Hucklescary Finn…
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Hucklescary Finn Autobiography
Since 1990 myself and my best friend Matt Giger have written or recorded more than 100 pirate-themed rock songs under the alias \”Hucklescary Finn.\” Set in our own mythical pirate kingdom called \”Scamalot,\” and chronicling the adventures of such characters as \”Scabby the Seaman,\” and \”King Skreebeard,\” our odd little pirate songs have since taken…