Soda Sundays: Evan's Weekly Blogs

Soda Sunday Forty Two

Posted by: Evan on March 06, 2010

I suppose I owe you the gift of a punctual soda sunday this week.? Maybe I'll post it early, I'm writing it on a saturday which for me is slightly uncommon. Usually I wait until sunday so I've got the whole week to reflect on and then I end up too adhd from our uStream and other work that I get it lost until mid-week, UNTIL NOW!

It's grey out, a storm is coming and I don't know how bad its going to be. See, ironically without getting cheesy you have to understand the present weather closely parallels my situation. What situation you ask? well, a gentleman never tells so lets just deal in general terms for the time being. If there's one thing you know from me its that in due time you'll always get the goods, music, stories, secrets or whatever, just not at a cost at getting you guys what you ultimately want! Anyway, in Dark Knight Harvey Dent says "the night is darkest just before dawn" that's where we're at. I can tell, strike that, I can actually see how awesome shit's gonna be, where its going to lead, and how happy we'll all be when it does.. What I'm not quite certain of is this shot part in between now and then.... don't get my wrong, any scenario involves entering the ring and fighting for my life (and I don't like to fight) but I'm just not sure if its gonna be like a 2 rounder where I knock em out with one punch, or if it'll be like 15 rounds of neck and neck back and forth brutality where I only win by not collapsing first. its really just being the more horrifically stubborn, but since its in the pursuit of passion and art I'll call it diligence. what i DO know is that I ain't losing, not possible. It's like if you started getting your ass kicked in Sega by your friend and the game is about to end, you can always push the reset button and then did he really win? I mean, its dirty, its cheap, but thats just how I roll when it's a real live battle.

Snake Plissken did it best in Escape From LA(if you haven't seen it you really must watch it. it's so bad that its amazing). At the end of the movie he's got this little button that can basically just set us back to the dark ages, and he's been fighting with the evil doers(who in his case happen to be a corrupt government) and since he knows he can't reason with them, he can't fight fist to fist, he makes the amazing decision to just say "fuck it". Like, if we all lose, then you don't win. Its absolutely beautiful and what lets me sleep at night is knowing I have that button. I've got it with me everywhere I go every day.

Read into it for whatever you want just don't worry, we're gonna be fine! You'll have my whole album by summer, you'll be able to listen to it every day! I'll be playing shows all over the place and I hope you'll come say hello and hang out. You'll hear the songs on the radio, you'll see the videos online, and we'll be laughin our asses off.

There was a loud loud thunder just now, I can tell now it's probably going to be a pretty intense storm, oh well, I got a raincoat and I don't mind the water anyway.

Love,
Evan

Soda Sunday Forty One

Posted by: Evan on March 01, 2010

Aren't you lucky that my studio drives are backing up and I can't be working right now so I've turned to my blog to pass the time. I guess I've figured that its worth not being 100% punctual on this blog if it means getting my record out to you quicker right??

I taught myself Logic Pro so I could use that program when I'm on the lapper and mobile now, then I take it back to the studio and use Pro Tools to finish it up. I guess I'm glad I know both now, makes my life a lot easier and actually the less program constrain the more creative I've gotten.

Soda Sunday Forty

Posted by: Evan on February 24, 2010

I feel bad, I feel like in the last couple of weeks I've fucked the Soda Sunday-ness up. I mean 40 is a pretty spanking cool number for us to have crossed together. 12 more and we did a whole year of Soda Sunday shenanigans so I guess what I'm saying is that I'm sorry for the tardiness but glad I didn't super fuck up and skip em etc...

I watched "The International" a while ago and at this one point in the movie there's this cool scene.(in the scene the head of the evil all powerful banking consortium is having a heart to heart father son conversation-in fact its rather revealing of the fact that most evil do-ers are not bad people, just people doing bad things.) but anyway the situation for these bankers has gotten pretty touchy and he says to his son something to the extent of this: " Son, what must one do if he has dug himself into a situation he cannot possibly get out of" then there's this nice long pause and the kid says "you must dig yourself in even deeper"

Soda Sunday Thirty Nine

Posted by: Evan on February 18, 2010

CLICK ME!

love,
Evan

Soda Sunday Thirty Eight

Posted by: Evan on February 07, 2010

Justttttanotherrsodaaasundaayyyyy (sung like that monday song).

So.... read read but prepare to sleep sleep because you're going to need your rest this week. First thing tomorrow AM we're giving away "starbucks girl" via tweetforatrack.com which means that most likely within the next 12-24 hrs you'll be listening to the mp3 and be able to take it anywhere(and send it anywhere) you want! If you love it THAT much you can buy it on iTunes when its available.

oh, right. so you'll be re-tweeting the SHIT out of the link though right? cause the more downloads, the faster my album gets out!(i'm actually quite serious)

Tuesday am we're keeping you fresh with the full HD video on YouTube. it'll be easily findable by going to www.starbucksgirl.com anytime, anywhere, on any browser so I hope you're ready to watch! (i guess what I really hope is that you enjoy it). We worked INSANELY hard on the video, Laura Mende and Emilio Martinez in particular as well as Matt Ruggeri and I couldn't be happier. The few friends I've shown it to think its our best video yet which makes me super stoked! Big thanks again to The Village Bakery and Cafe' (dot com) for letting us use their amazing location.

Lets get the video a million plays by valentines day, whadda ya say??? I'd bribe you but you already know I've got goodies for you anytime we hit thresholds like that so just rock it for me would ya?

We've got some cool things coming with a twibbon(wait for us to hit you with the art/contest etc....) and who knows WHAT'LL happen next week on uStream so I'm feeling pretty fucking excited.

I guess my mind is very very focused on Starbucks Girl right now(which is RARE for my usually psycho adhd self) but I just wanna make this shit explode! Lets take Swiftmas and trump it.

what else what else. had a ridiculously great conversation today that made me feel superb. bottom line is this, the night it darkest just before dawn, and what we've got coming this year is going to put em all down for good. (what the fuck is he talking about?) I'm not entirely sure myself, I'm just glad I'm about to take any and all signs of stagnation that have accumulated over the past 5 years and smash them so violently with a sledgehammer that the repercussions may be felt for perpetuity.

thats all I got. CAPS LOCKED

GET READY
Evan

Soda Sunday Thirty Seven

Posted by: Evan on February 01, 2010

Soda Monday????

Yes yes I know I'm getting bad at this. maybe it should become Soda Monday. Or Soda Saturday. It's just gotten slippery and tricky for me to settle down after the uStream and actually gather my thoughts properly enough to tackle the blog on the level of greatness I feel you deserve.

I'd say that the Grammy's, Obama, the iPad and other news items seem to be making this week giant but the truth is that the one item really buzzing up my forums and our family is:

"Starbucks Girl"

some of you LOVE. some of you HATE. some of you REALLY REALLY hate. and btw, I'm cool with all of that! I just saw the first cut of the video and i'm fucking STOKED to release it(iTunes 2/9!!) We're going to need YOUR help big to make this shit take the crown from "Merry Swiftmas" and since I'm not ready to be remembered as a country artist the rest of my life I'm really counting on us to come through!

February isn't just short and sweet, doesn't have only Valentines day chocolates and lots of pink, but it will mark the beginning of the W2BLC 2.0 push. I'll admit, it was right around this time last year where we were gearing up to take "Boy Meets Girl" head first hard to radio and I was preparing for glorious triumph over the entire music business but the results were unfortunately a little less than my ambitions and after being successfully smacked down we've collected, planned, retreated and prepared to attack from another angle. This time, they'll never know what hit em. See, the one thing I'll give myself credit for is this, if I want it, I'm never giving up. NEVER. I don't give a FUCK about statistics, about how hard it is, about the chances, about if people think I'm crazy or not. I'm not stopping until my record is huge and we've finally gotten what we wanted! "Swiftmas" "Starbucks" "Pumpkin Pie"

sounds like a Martha Steward special or something but instead its my 1..2..3.. punches of "Hi, I'm Evan, nice to meet you" :-)

good news is this, we'll back it.

anyway, not sure whats up this week other than getting the SG vid uploaded and ready to spread like wildfire and then conspiring where we go next from that point. They'll be a behind the scenes as always, the remix contest 2/16 and more but I'm just stoked!!

Has been fun, I'm just glad that out of my down time came two new songs that we get to mess with,
Love,
-Evan

Soda Sunday Thirty Six

Posted by: Evan on January 25, 2010

In a SPECIAL edition Soda Sundays Thirty Six I decide to get all VIDEO on you.
Enjoy it!!

well... CLICK ME DAMIT

Soda Sunday Thirty Five

Posted by: Evan on January 18, 2010

Soda Sunday(Monday) Thirty Five

I dunno why 35 was my sports number as a kid but I always loved it. 35's no 27 or anything, but I have a profound appreciation for the number. Even Mike Mussina(who unfortunately left the orioles to become a yankee) wore it proud.

Whoa, some cray shit is going down on my scanner. Anyway, sorry I slacked on this week's soda sunday. truth is, I was kinda spent. this week was filled with planning the SG video, getting all the mixes for the record finalized as well as prepping to master the whole thing tuesday(cause we changed songs etc etc we gotta redo it!)

uStream was fun, glad you guys have been vocal about how to make it amazing for ya! Also, it's been fun playing covers and unknown songs of mine though I don't want to get into the doing covers thing on video. it seems like so many shitty artists cover songs on their Youtube and it never really does anything except further spread bad music! ha, sorry. in a dick mood.

About to hop on a call with Apple to discuss our wonderfully exciting "Starbucks Girl" Garage Band remix. It's insanely cool the shit you can do with the song in that app, I couldn't believe it myself hearing like tempo and key changes along with replacing the parts with other loops. have fun! we're working on a cool ass prize for ya so just hold your breath for a moment.

It's raining like crazy outside, feels like the world is ending but there's something amazingly calm about watching it from my house. I kinda wish the world was ending sometimes, not in a evil kind of way, I mean I love you all and don't want anything bad to happen...just saying it feels oddly calming to think of the day this whole shenanigans just turns off. Scientifically speaking, I'm under the belief our present universe is a rapidly expanding plane of existence created when of some form of energy on the most subatomic infinitesimally small level (whether it be atoms smashing or god or whatever you want), now the only issue is that if we're existing in that universe we have to understand that it should and probably will at some point cease to exist or in a instant(faster then you can image) will collapse back down to the state it was in before it was created.... at that point everything will end. so like, I guess what I'm saying is fuck the small stuff. lines suck, drama is drama, friends are tiring, love can hurt, but just remember you're lucky to still be here and call your parents and tell them you love them right now!

hmm.... I think I'm going to go buy some shit. I don't know why that calms me, its a terrible habit but I suppose it beats heroine.

Your weird mooded love,
Evan

Soda Sundays Thirty Four

Posted by: Evan on January 11, 2010

Soda Sundays Thirty Four:
Yes yes I know its monday, and yes yes I know I tweeted that I might be late on this one but I wanna be able to keep it fresh. Like, if I force it the SS blog will lose its unparalleled level of ground breaking journalistic excellence. I mean, Sallinger & Taubenfeld have become synonymous with writing in its purest form.

Anyway. Finished "Starbucks Girl" shit is mixed and mastered! I couldn't stand waiting for my peeps to come up with the cash to pay JR so I decided to do it myself. I mean after all, I'm kinda a producer right? So why pay someone to do my job.....(The answer is objectivity btw, and I firmly believe that collaborations with talented people almost always result in better outcomes, but in this instance there is a urgency for me to wanna put my song out and I just don't care about who does it as long as its great). Anyway, as posted on twitter I made some artwork for the single last night and we're gonna shoot the video this week so look out! "Starbucks Girl" is officially coming(after ALL the talky)

"Pumpkin Pie" sounds ridiculous, Serban absolutely killed it and now that Bucks, Best Years, & Pumpkin Pie are finished we're finally able to put this baby on track for a release(soon/soon/2010) hehehehe...

What else..... I went to the beach this week. Don't worry, I didn't tan or swim or any of that wack bullshit, I simply read my book on a towel and ate pretzels(although it was on the sand so that counts) Not my cup of tea but I'm learning that things you don't enjoy can be very pleasant if the company is right. I mean, isn't that what relationships are after all? Making big compromises because you love someone, and then in return it sometimes turns out that you enjoy the things you did out of compromise. Who knows actually....

Youth In Revolt was awesome! Its like awkward silences stuck in concentrated form and sprinkled with the deep thoughts we all think in hormone driven romances. Arclight rocks so hard for letting u reserve seats, I don't think I can see movies anywhere else anymore. Its just I don't do lines. Can't. Never. If I become a billionaire I'm going to hire people to wait in line for me, or if I get really frustrated I'll just buy the place I'm waiting at and make everyone leave!

This doctors office is horrid, its like a satire of bad doctors offices in shitty areas with weird paint and tiles, awkward nurses and old chairs. I feel like I'm in some third world clinic or something(and that's definitely not true of my present situation). I think its just the fear of anonymity that kills me in waiting rooms and lines.

My phone broke which has been nice! Haven't been able to make or receive calls which has been fantastic! Sometimes its nice not talking to people for a few days!!!

Anyway! They just called my name. Gotta bounce, Love you all
Evan.

P.S- I'm counting on YOU to make "Starbucks Girl" pop! Get your mind workin on how.....

Soda Sunday Thirty Three

Posted by: Evan on January 03, 2010

Soda Sunday's Thirty Three

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Even though it's 3 days past I'd still like to wish you a wonderfully happy new year! Obviously, by now you already know that this is our year. We WILL be taking over, and the best part is...that is happening very very soon.

Think about the domino's analogy I use often, or more graphic it's like a gun. In it we've got "Starbucks Girl" "Pumpkin Pie" "The Best Years Of Our Lives" "The Story Of Me And You" "Evan Way" & the rest of the album. It's like "Boy Meets Girl" was a little blow that got their shields slightly deteriorated, "Merry Swiftmas" finally penetrated but didn't kill and now that we've finally got a shot at the linchpin we're gonna not use a bullet but a fucking nuclear bomb over and over and over and over.

Sorry, not trying to sound deranged or over aggressive, its just I'm really really excited. I'm not often excited like this but it reminds me of exactly how it felt before Avril released her first record. The calm before the storm, the pieces slowly lining up, and now, its up to you guys. Ultimately all my hype ass bullshit, statements, plans, whatever mean nothing, you guys will either like my shit or just think its O K. I can't really control anything else other than to try to do my best to make sure I make everyone a believer!

Apple iPod Hi-Fi was a wonderful purchase as was my Dandy Banana, new end table, tic tacs, chain link wine holder, and a large bag of packaging peanuts. If you aren't aware I'm one motherfucker of a shipper. My shit goes out so locked and loaded. Flight simulator kinda sucks so I'm switching to X-Plane cause its all Mac based, its amazing how fucked PCs are.

"Violent Female with Mental Illness" just came on the police scanner, I can't help but think its someone I know. HA!

Quitting things is hard, if you decided to give up something this year just remember this. ALL addictions can be broken in 14 days. (I'm not sure if thats actually true, I mean Dr Phil says it takes 7 steps, other places say 5 phases, or whatever).... but just remember this, you can do it! I PROMISE you can. I PROMISE it's going to be worth it, i PROMISE you're going to be SO fucking stoked and if you just BARE with it for the short short little while now you'll be infinitely happy for a long time to come.

I can't chew gum, it kinda sucks.

Erno Rubik needs a comeback hit for sure.

Wikipedia wants my money, and I want my mattress fixed.

Baltimore Ravens victories still feel like losses. I wonder if the rose bowl flea market is open next week. Driving friends to the airport isn't that bad if you love them and understand that they'd do the same for you.

Soldering and heatshrinking is much harder than you think, take a moment to really appreciate the usb cables in your life, they're works of art.

Gladwell's newest book kicks ass and I'm off to Zankou.

I'm back, We're taking over, and they ain't NEVER gonna see us coming. be stoked BLCers, its our year.
I love you,
Evan

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