Shammy Plantain?

I couldn't resist. The boss looking especially delirious at the piano. Ill lit, singin' craziness we all hear in our brains. Wail on, you magnificent bastard...

Taken 2005

-PONY

MUTOR - For Frankie...

This lil ditty is for Frank Wright.

We were sitting by Trout Lake on day in the early 2000s, and we saw this messed up looking duck. We made fun of it in between smokey coughs and Frank simply whispered "Mutor" then giggled like as school girl. I never forgot that day, and years later I thought "Mutor" would be a great name for a band, I ran it by the troop and dummied up an album cover. Their reaction was a sobering reminder of the golden rule of comedy; "Just because you think it's funny, doesn't mean it actually is".

BUT, I do still look on to this cover with fondness, so I will commit it to the abyss of information that is the internet for Frankie.

-PONY

Coin-Op

Well, would you believe that we started this project in 2008? HAhahahaahahaa, man it's been a beast. However, we have started really delving into the lyrics and finally recording guitar tracks, the bass OF COURSE was never a question. So just so everyone can see we aren't COMPLETELY resting on our laurels, here's the TAB for Coin-Op, our newest song being recorded these days.


-PONY

Guilt Post of Promises Past!

Hello all!

I had made promises of posts with pictures and finally felt motivated to post one, but I left my pix at home. I do however, have a scan from 'Thermadore' a current Work in Progress song for "The No Name band". I thought I would never remember any of my parts (because I have infamously terrible ears) so I tried to transcibe them. Looking back at it now, for such a simple song, it seems so self indulgent and arrogant I chuckled to myself and though "perfect". So what the hell, just as entertaining as the pic I wanted to post of our beloved drummer just about to lay down his tracks from forever ago, surrounded by fabrics, mood lighting and a sea of cymbals.

So come on kiddies, grab a guitar and play along to a song you have never heard, and might not hear for a very long time. If you are concerned about trivial things like "Key" or "Tempo", you know things a REAL musician would never ask about, then all you need to know is this; It's a song that feels like a Basset Hound is on the lamb, happily trotting down the street of Prince George during summer. BAM. go.

[PONY]

Necessary or not, here we are.

Today we celebrate the launch of our website, www.neutralplanetrecords.ca, as well as our blog.  I can't say I'm convinced anyone is going to be all that interested in reading it, but that's a choice for everyone to make on their own.

Hail to the Pony!, who's mad skills, both inherent and acquired, are responsible for making the website a reality.  We've laid many bricks for this particular pyramid, and he has dragged them up the mile-high ramp and set them into place, all without complaint... well, perhaps with some complaint, but who could blame him?  Our ideas are nebulous at best, and we, as a rule, make things up as we go.

It's true what they say, though, that collaboration is its own reward.  I'm pretty consistently amazed at the creative perseverance and brain-grinding determination of the artists and musicians that I get to work with here. You guys (yes, I mean you) rock and are awesome.  Okay, ahem... enough feelings, back to neutrality.

In musical news, the still-hasn't-got-a-band-name band is working hard on the album project, learning all kinds of things about what we're absolutely not going to do next time.  But despite the learning curve and our inevitably over-committed schedules, we're making some progress.  The rhythm tracks are done, and we're back in the conceptual zone as we look for tone, compose new layers, and start thinking about lyrics.

But that's not all, (that's never all, we get bored way too easily).  We're working on some theme song concepts for an audiobook we're producing (more news to come on that project), Dan, in between bass tracking, has started recording demos for Gas Giant, and I've started musing about the fast-approaching winter and what songs could be sewn ungraciously together for this year's Nights of Neutral album, (requests welcome).

A note or two on the website: The site is still undergoing changes and updates, and many things are missing or out of order, so please bear with us as we work out the glitches, and feel free to let us know about any problems you might encounter, (in as neutral or un-neutral a manner as suits your mood).

That's all for now.  Either myself or some other Neutral Planeteer should have something more to say sooner or later.

[Siri]