Relocation

It's official: I'm moving to San Diego by the beginning of October. We'll see if Hot TV will find their second wind down there, or if they'll get fat and out of shape on burritos and Stone ales. Either way: complete success.

The plan

Had a stellar time in San Diego last weekend. Basically ate a bunch of awesome food, drank a load of Tecate, and spent a full day in the studio (where we also ate food and drank Tecate). The Modlins put a large dent in four of their songs while I stood in the control room, ordering them around like Phil Spector (minus the afro and handgun). I have yet to hear the rough mixes, but from what I remember, everything that was tracked that day sounded great. (I was concentrating more on the Tecate, if you must know.)

The plan this weekend is to put my own dent in the EP. Haven't had a whole lot of time to work on it the last couple of weeks, but with the weekend pretty wide open, I'm hoping to get a ton finished. With Tecate, natch.

Things on the horizon

I'm working on an EP right now, written and recorded in the comfort of my bedroom. I recently went berserk and bought a bunch of gear on ebay: an MIM Fender Jazz bass, a single-channel pre-amp ("The Brick"), and a Boss tuner pedal. Add that to the Jazzmaster I bought from this cool dude in Huntington Beach a couple months ago, plus a (children's) drum set my sister gave to me last weekend, and you've got a recipe for hit-making success! Or unmitigated disaster, I have to check my figures. Not sure if this EP will have the "Hot TV" moniker on it (patent-pending) since the songs are a little more low-key than the usually-unbridled Hot TV hits (all two of them). I dunno, it just seems kind of lame to put my actual name on it. Maybe I'll just label it "Mark B." But then that just makes me sound like a Spice Girl.

In non-Hot TV related news: I'm heading down to San Diego this weekend for the Modlins' first studio session for their third album. They recently asked me to help produce it, which I feel simultaneously flattered, excited, and vindicated about. (What took you so long, guys? I mean, come on!) Maybe they're just shy. Anyway I'm really looking forward to San Diego this weekend, especially because it means I'll be able to get my hands on a true-blue California burrito. And if I play my cards right, I just might be able to get Eric to pay for it.

A brief history of Hot TV

June '07 - Hot TV forms
August '07 - Hot TV plays their first show
October '07 - Hot TV plays their second show
October '07 to August '08 - NOTHING HAPPENS

Let's see if we can't do something about this sad timeline.