Raul Garcia

For those of you who didn’t know; my best friend, Vick, was brutally hit by a car two weeks ago and is in pretty bad shape. Right after it happened there was a pretty good chance he would die but, so far, he has pulled through. He hasn’t really fully woken up since it happened and nobody’s been able to find out if he’s really 100% there. It just makes me sick, thinking of him laying there unable to move a muscle. Shit like this hits you heavy but you can’t let it affect you too much. All anyone can do now is wait. He’s a bad ass and I know within a year’s time we’ll all be sitting around drinking a beer talking about how crazy that shit was, but for now it’s hard to see someone who doesn’t deserve any pain and suffering like that. 

…are some of the most pretentious people in the art world. Took me a while to see it but it’s really just a bunch of dicks boasting about frequencies they can barely hear a difference in.

You’re really going to stop listening to an amazing band because their album sounds too over-compressed to your ears? Is it an audiophile sin to actually get a rush out of listening to your favorite song out of a shitty set of $10 novelty speakers?

What’s next? Going to a live show with amazing energy and having a shit time because the front of house engineer didn’t get a decent mix?

Yes, there’s a science to audio but please, don’t forget that the your jobs are to make music sound the best it can, not to circlejerk about how lacking the song is in the 17-20kHz range. You give an amazing guitar a shitty sounding guitar and they’ll make art. That’s what it’s all about. Don’t get caught up on technicalities. You’ll end up looking like a dick. 

A short teaser thing for an album I plan on releasing sometime this year. This is also my good friend’s first attempt at filmmaking. Give him some love.

Tried to type out a long response to a post I just read on Tumblr and accidentally deleted it… To sum up my paragraphs in a sentence:

You are not better than me because you have religion and I am not better than you because I have no religion. There is no right or wrong path, only your path.

pphantomss:

Hey friends, I’ve just finished setting up my new portfolio. Still working out some kinks, but follow me there! I’ll be posting work as I finish it and I think it looks pretty!

Reblog if you have a heart.

Hire this guy.

If you don’t get the hype around this game or have never been interested enough to check out this game like I was before today, keep it that way. This shit is way too addicting for your health.

To everyone who told me I couldn’t make a living off of doing what I love:
I’m glad I didn’t listen for one second. 

A hipster has zero to do with the way you look or what music you listen to or what mode of transportation you choose. Calling someone a hipster because of the way they dress seems ridiculous to me. A hipster, to me, is someone who lacks complete originality and tries to pass off trying too hard as art. Dress how you want to dress. Listen to whatever makes your ears happy. Just stop trying to do the same exact shit everyone’s doing right now and call yourself an artist. There’s a fine line between being inspired and being a mimic.

yrweeknd:

Raul

forbritisheyesonlyyy:

just another weekend at the studio.

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brendanekstrom:

loveyounomatterwhat:

ATTENTION:  Portugal. The Man’s van and trailer have been stolen in Chicago.  If anyone has any information, please say something.

It’s a red Ford van and black trailer with Alaska plates (FJH244).

These are some of the nicest people, and it makes me upset to know that something like this happened to them.  So please, help out if you can.  Reblog/spread the word.  Thank you.

This really sucks. It happens way to often to some of the nicest bands around right now. This is some of the lowest kind of thievery there is. These guys aren’t loaded with cash. They’re regular people who are touring around in a van, trying to share their music with people. I hope these fuckers get caught.

pphantomss:

raulness:

pphantomss:

Wow, fuck Lady Gaga.

Stop reblogging this shit. Neither of them said any of this. This is just a war between fans because Adele got more MTV VMA nominations than Gaga. Gaga fans are calling Adele fat and Adele fans are calling Lady Gaga ugly. The moment you reblog this you are back in middle school… Wait, does that mean I just put myself back in middle school? SUP MR. CANUT?!

Woah dude, it’s not that serious lol.

Wait, if I reblog this again, does this mean I’m in elementary school now? Shit dude.. I think we just created a time machine.

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pphantomss:

Wow, fuck Lady Gaga.

Stop reblogging this shit. Neither of them said any of this. This is just a war between fans because Adele got more MTV VMA nominations than Gaga. Gaga fans are calling Adele fat and Adele fans are calling Lady Gaga ugly. The moment you reblog this you are back in middle school… Wait, does that mean I just put myself back in middle school? SUP MR. CANUT?!

(via tripledoublehelix)

Here’s my entry for the Circa Survive Remix contest. It’s technically the first remix I’ve ever actually finished so it’s an accomplishment for me. I’m pretty terrible at remixing songs since it’s hard to break away from what the original song was. I decided to change the key, the melody and the tempo of the song to try to force myself to make something different than the original. The biggest challenge by far was getting the timing on the vocals right. All the vocal treatment was done in Melodyne. The track was created and mixed in Logic Pro and I used a lot of Kontakt instruments along with Native Instrument’s Massive and some reverbs from Lexicon. I hope you guys enjoy it. Feedback is something I love as there is always room for improvement. Download will be available shortly after the contest winner is decided. 

I made this while reminiscing of past LSD trips.