AirPlay

Freedom Rider Shoot

2011-07-17T14:29:00.000-07:00

So, I got talking to a mate at church about his fashion label "Freedom Rider".
Long story short we ended up planning a shoot.

I have selected my three favorite shots, and here they are!

This is my favorite shot of the day.

Model: Sarah Sligo
Clothing Label: Freedom Rider
Hair and Make up: Tegan Henderson

Trying to create a bit of desperation between the models..

Meanwhile, check out that sweet top!

Model: Sarah Sligo and Brydon
Clothing Label: Freedom Rider
Hair and Make up: Tegan Henderson

Modeling can be manly! Here's proof!

Model: Brydon
Clothing Label: Freedom Rider
Hair and Make up: Tegan Henderson

The bricks I got from a friend's house.. she has plenty after losing a few chimneys in the Feb quake here in Christchurch.

They made for great props, and fantastic weights for keeping my lights from falling over!

Speaking of lights, here's a shot of my rig on the day.

Well, i've got to get this house ready for an inspection tomorrow..

So I best be off.

Hope you like the images!

Enjoy,
Jonny.

Photos and smiles

2011-05-07T05:37:00.000-07:00

Hello to anyone reading this blog.

Due to a request from a near and dear artist friend of mine Huei Yin,
I will now be uploading and explaining photos to this site as a sort of portfolio thing.

My hope is to display some cool photos of things as people have never seen them before..
but failing that, hopefully just some cool photos that will make you smile :)

So we'll start with todays activities;

A few days ago I discovered my EF 18-55mm IS III which came with my camera had a big stupid dust spot in it!
How very annoyed I was when I found out Canon would not cover this!
So I bought a Sigma 18-50 EX DC and thought screw it, lets turn my old canon 18-55mm into a macro lens.

Here are the results.

As you can see I need a lot more practice with this gadget.
I was also shooting at 1600 ISO which with a 1000D is not a good idea (but what are you gonna do right?)

Enjoy,
Jonny.

First practice.

2010-07-20T23:18:00.000-07:00

I've got a practice booked with a mate Tim who will be at his flat.. he will be on drums.
Should be awesome :)

Gonna see if I can borrow a combo off Andy.

THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING! Been too long.. can't wait.

Enjoy
Jonny

New Years Resolution

2010-07-09T20:08:00.000-07:00

Yes yes yes, it is a tad late to be making one of these but what ever happened to the good old "Better late than never" attitude?

Since I last blogged a lot has changed, and even more has happened! All of these things put together have encouraged me to get my life back into swing with music, God and generally being a useful member of society - rather than what I felt I was becoming not too long ago.. which was quite the opposite.

In any case I feel like I'm back on board, and it feels good!

I've been doing a bit of band staling recently. For those of you who don't know, Tim Cedermin (Airplay's former pianist) has gone and gotten himself super talented and is currently gigging with a band called SuperShip. They are brilliant, and will be playing Fat Eddies on the 22nd of July starting at 11pm - 2am.

William Alexandar, Airplay's former drummer has gotten himself accepted into one of the best acting schools in the UK - this still blows my mind (although it was hardly a surprise, if that makes any sense!) so he is off to London shortly.

Steven Utting (or Viking) Airplay's bassist is up in Wellington studying - unfortunately I've fallen off his radar so I'm not totally sure what he's doing.

Andrew Knopp has become Mr. Andrew Knopp after marring his Jazz School sweet heart Victoria - who has her honors on bass and is amazing! Andrew has also graduated with his diploma in Jazz and a BM. He now spends his days working for my Dad as a printer (printing the work I bring in as a rep.. also for my Dad).

Any way, I am going to carry on AirPlay myself having recently met a few pretty keen musicians. I finally got my gear sorted (although... you can never have too much!) for now I'm thinking of just keeping things simple - three piece, drums bass guitar voice if possibly. I will miss having a piano and another guitarist (as I'm hardly the best!) but we'll see how it goes.. perhaps we will expand in the future.

My recording gear is broken - for which I blame andrew taylor of musicthingz.co.nz NEVER BUY FROM THIS CON MAN!!!

For now, I am just updating to say that I'm back and will be here for a long time to come.

Witha ny luck I will be uploading a linking some practice video shortly!

Enjoy,
Jonny.

Seems all I do at the moment is build stuff.

2010-02-25T00:08:00.000-08:00

Hello there,

I finally have the internet at my house again!
It's been a little while, but here I am again.. and hopefully I won't be as blog-lazy as I have been in the past.

We will mark this era in time by writing up a little bit about recently projects.

Firstly, I have made the following in the recent past;

10watt Stereo Hi-Fi Amp
Zvex Wolly Mammoth
Zvex Fuzz Factory
Fuzz Lab Jr
Rat II (actual clone!)
Junk Fuzz
Sugar Free Fuzz
Lazer Whale MkI (self oscillating fuzz for bass, with Oct up function!)
Lazer Whale MkII (not housed or tested. Made for sale)
Hot Cake
Greenringer w/Oscillation
Green Ringer
Panda Fuzz (Muff Pi)
Big Muff Pi
Marshall Shred Master
MXR Distortion Plus
Custom Drive

in the pipe line are;

Zvex Machine
Zvex SHO
Zvex Box of Rock
Actual Fuzz (not junk. But simple.. gain, volume. Easy)

Any recommendations are totally welcome.
Also if anyone would like to look into purchasing any of the above pedals,
it can be arranged with out any issues.

here's a photo to keep everyone happy.

Enjoy,
Jonny.

Pedal time!

2010-01-10T19:46:00.000-08:00

Any time is pedal time when it comes to my life at present!

As some may note, i've been interested in building my own gear for a few years now, and have managed to rack up a fair collection of home brew pedals... which actually work!
Often with tiny differences to the orignal circuits, but you then again.. I have very little to use as comparison.

I've really got to get a little camera so i can document some of these builds.. not bragging, but they're actually starting to get kinds good!

Just for fun, here's a quick stock take of the pedals I've made 'successfully' off the top of my head;

Sugar Free Fuzz (silicon junk fuzz, made of what was lying on my desk. Housed in an eclips pack)
Fuzz Lab Junior (visit beavis audio dot com for more)
MXR D+
Marshal Shred Master
Big Muff Pi (x2)
Green Ringer (one with mods, one with out)
Custom overdrive bassed on the blue clipper, and a prinston.
Blue Clipper (no mods.. this is a fantastic overdrive! Stupidly powerful)
Hot Cake
RATII (nill buffer... a little different, but still fun)

I'm sure there are a few more, but can't think of them right now.

Any way.. the whole point of this is MEANT to be so i can find those perfect sounds for this album. hehe.. been promising it for a few years now huh.
I've got to be less lazy, and just record!!! Perfection can only be obtained when you actually do something!

okay... time to go home.

I'll get some photos. HOpefully one day i'll get good enough to join the greats on beavisaudio.com :D

Enjoy.

Jonny.

Bricks, stones, heavy metal.

2009-11-19T13:35:00.000-08:00

Hello people...

I'm trying to write this email from an optimistic perspective which is a delightful change for me.

I'm currently stuck between a rock and a hard place.
I now work as a sales consultant, helping my clients solve problems in the areas of design, print and web development.. i.e. help their business grow.

Sounds simple enough.. but recently it seems like everything I do is wrong.
However there is no support to help correct my wrongs etc.. and having not done this before, training would be a fantastic step forward.

So I'm currently putting together a campaign for a particular target market...
which has just been shot down by my manager.. not all that useful however, as there wasn't any real feedback.

So we'll see how it goes, hopefully I can get my head back into a good copy writing space, and go from there.

I'll keep you posted actually on the response... and perhaps someone else with the same issues could benefit from it. Always nice.

Enjoy
Jonny.

Quite talking about things you don't understand!

2009-10-29T15:29:00.000-07:00

Why do pop starts bag God?

have they ever asked him if he's real?

From where have they gotten their conclusions?

I often wonder why people think it's a good idea
to comment, or work in the spiritual world... when they
have no idea what they're playing with?

It would be a bit like me walking into a dark room,
and saying.. 'This room, will kill you!!'
No basis for my statement, no research.. just a statement.

So Mr. Williams - Yes, Jesus DID die for you.
Ask him, don't just make blanket statements.

Bah.. Tired.

I'm so bored it's making me sleepy.

2009-06-29T14:59:00.001-07:00

So i finally have a date for going full time as a sales rep.
i can't tell anyone just yet however, just office politics.
But good news is that it's not far off.

meanwhile I'm stuck here at Hanafins every morning.
Recently, things have been quite slow (as in my post below).
And it's taking it out of me.

Things go like this;

Since my boss exploded at me for not having anything to do (not my fault!)
I can no longer hang out in my room doing nothing (i.e. blogging) with out the constant feeling that some one's looking over my shoulder.
This means that I no longer constantly listen to music (that way I get a warning if he's walking down the hall to my room).

I have two canvases to do today (both of which of course are sizes I've TOLD people I've sold out of...oh they were also sold by the branch managers themeselves..goes to show how well the manage things, negelecting to read emails etc).

these two canvases represent about - 50mins of work for me (35mins of that being printing, and a drying time). So tell me something, does this sound fair; (?)

The woman who did this job before I came here would have - turned upto work, signed in, gone out of 10mins and got coffee, came back, looked at the orders, booked them in, scanned the pictures, taken about 5mins to set each canvas up (this is now down to about 5seconds, because of a little forward planning on my behalf) started them printing, gone off to have a snak while chatting to the lab staff, put the canvas to dry, applied far too little fixative (protects the ink) gone away, had lunch! came back stretch the smallest one, gotten annoyed at the fact that the sales people had sold two of the sizes she's out of, then signed out and said she had to take her daughter to hospital (again) leaving the second canvas for the next morning.

This would take a good 5 hours!
For which she'd have gotten paid something like - $72

Now is it fair that because I'm capable of doing both canvases in 50mins that i only get paid - $13.75?

This is something that's annoyed me ever since my boss started basically telling me to get lost once the work is done.

It's weird...but

2009-06-23T15:04:00.000-07:00

I've never had a thirst for knowlegde like I do at the moment!

It's bizzar, but something in me just wants to know stuff, about stuff.
Regardless of what it is really, I'm just semi interested in everything.
i guess it's better than being interested in nothing (wonder if Channel X has a Doco section...hopefully).

Any way, what're you guys upto?

I'm waiting for things to print (story of my life really).
Waiting for things...waiting for sales...waiting for sales people to learn their job a little better etc.
Waiting for management to plug up the holes in this boat, waiting for the holes to become so big that they can't just ignor them any more.
Waiting for people to pay up the accounts...okay here's something i don't get;

Canvas is the biggest profitting thing we have right?
it's massive, lots of money can be made with it.
So naturally we try to sell a lot of the stuff.
But the other day i went to check up on a late order of frame stock, only to find out that the account with that supplier had been on hold for a few weeks, which meant that I was going to run out of certain sized frames, and everything would fall to crap.
Now my question is this;
There is NO DOUBT money coming in with canvases, why is it that management thought it would be a good idea NOT to put aside the money it would take to buy the next lot of stock and save that specifically for keeping the canvas section running?
Why is it that they would use THAT money (canvas money) for any thing OTHER than keeping canvases running. Surly you can see my point here... they handle money badly, I lose out!!
If I lose out, that means they're not making much money, which means that THEY lose out...

Management is a science, but it's not rocket science.

And with that semi plagerised quote, I shall leave you.

:)

Enjoy.

Jonny.

I'm not a designer...

2009-06-10T15:31:00.000-07:00

So I've just been asked by boss number one to design a thing for a camera sale.
Not a bad sale.
Basically, you join our Hanafin's Photo Club thingy, and get a free camera.
Of course it's weighted in our favour, but that's the point of retail right?

Any way, what made him think I can design?
I've done a few things for this company in the past, but not something that actually had to entise people. I've got a few ideas...but they all cost money, so i can promis you that it won't happen!

SO, i've decided to just start thinking about names for my album...yes...album!

"How to dig a hole." was the EP, although I liked the title.
Perhaps "relative I" - after the song from the EP?

Who knows, I'll work on it

Enjoy.

Jonny.

Working...agian?

2009-04-18T14:26:00.000-07:00

Get off the ship,
Let it sink,
No need to hold your breathe,
Take out the raft,
Inflate to hold on,
Hold on to inflate - and deflate ships fate.

Get the hell off the boat,
You're not the captain,
let him go in his arrogance,
He should be smarter than this.

His was the wheal,
Scar hull to keel,
Not your issue,
None scare tissue.

Water rises,
The band keeps to play,
Realize screams,
Death hath stow-away.

Stay off the boat,
Go back by no means,
Keep above water,
Keep your hands clean.

I want a new job.

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Ah sitting here again with absolutely nothing to do!
How can this company survive like this?
I'm sure we can't be making up enough profit with other products.
My part of this company is the single highest profit operation we have - so why are we not using it to it's full extent?
Blah, i don't know.
All i know is that it's annoying me.

Yes & No

2009-04-14T15:42:00.000-07:00

Yes - Running is faster than walking.
No - You never look cool doing it.
Yes - automatic doors are one of the banks most useful tools.
No - walking at them faster won't make them open quicker.
Yes - 80% of people working with computers have too much time on their hands.
No - They do not all know every XKCD comic off by heart (as much as they should).
Yes - Ninjas exist.
No - There is not one behind you. (He's stashed in the ceiling...don't look)
No - You can not wear someones name out.
Yes - Names will hurt longer than sticks or stones.
No - Toxic waste will not give you powers, don't believe me? Go try it.
Yes - you have far too much time to waste (I know this because you're reading my blog).
No - keep going, I like it.
Yes - Some LOL cats are photo-shopped.
No - there are no monsters under the bed.
No - Noone noticed what you did last night, and you got away Scot-free.
Yes - i knew you would read this and wonder if I was talking about you!
Yes - to answer your question, i am!

To be continued - you know who you are.

haiku?

2009-04-13T15:57:00.000-07:00

Just picture a sun-rise.
Over the open planes of a deserted beach, too early for any one else to be there with you to appreciate the gold which shimmers across the calm waters and falls onto the fresh sand.

It's a sight that one usually beholds by oneself.
One of few moments where being alone heightens the experience.
One of very few moments in life where it's best seen by oneself.

Shortly over how ever. The sun rises, and the children come out of their houses to greet the waves, and yell at the crabs as the punch their way through another day of excitement.

Then we go back, to normality.
no lessons learned, nothing to gain by the experience, just the experience itself.
It'd be nice if there were more moments like this.

Enjoy.

jonny.

parallel switching = complicated.

2009-04-04T14:35:00.000-07:00

i can't help but feel a little like my right front tire at the moment.
Worn and unwarrantable. much to its misfortune it's been in this state for quite some time now.
the sway bar needs adjusting - not sure how much that's going to cost.
no WOF for nearly one and a half months now, oh well - haven't been pulled up yet, so that's a bonus. really can't afford the $400 fine that would go with getting pulled over.

I was wondering why the right front was so much more worn that the left, and of course I realize now that in Moz I got a flat on the front left, so in the boot it went and therefore has done about 500k less than the right.

That was a fun trip, must do it again some time.

Today I'm not here to talk about a great deal.
No inner workings on the human mind - although it is very interesting, might have to actually study psyk one day.
just feeling a little flat, and decided to start typing. Always fun. getting faster too (not sure how, no practice or anything...meh)

I'm currently working on a project, instead of working on my music :P
little bit of procrastination I guess.
It'll be the absolute height of distortion...then hopefully I'll never need another one again haha.

Long story short it'll be;
MXR Dist +
TS - 808
Big Muff Pi (op amp 1977 version)
and a custom Fuzz bassed on the Marshall Shred Master

All in one box, all true bypass, with all controlls accessable, and switchable between parallel and series. But even better is that you can run them independant, I.E. you could run the 808 and the Big Muff in parallel, but have the two of them running in series after the MXR.
Oh...trickey.

I've done the MSM and the Muff, just got to work on the 808 now, which shouldn't be too hard, and the then the MXR, whcih shouldn't take more than an hour. (Yay simple 741 disortion)

And now, a series of questions. (? )

How are we feeling?
extatic for reasons?
extatic with out.
With our hands,
with our hearts?

How are we seeing?
With eyes? - or with out?
Which is better?
Can we chose?

I'd like to think so, but with what will be i looking at the conclustion of this thought with?

Do do doooo...that wasn't meant to make a great deal of sense, so it's a good thing i can accomplish at least that.

Enjoy

jonny.

2009-03-31T11:40:00.000-07:00

Dust to dust I guess.
Forgotten members allhha...to yaa....laaah...

Hmm this is such a good song! Just wish i could hear the lyrics more clearly.

Smashing Pumpkins are fast becoming a favorite of mine.
i think some where between the weird, slash awesome vocals and amazing distortion tones, they've won me over.

Pretty awesome that the head man became a christian.
After singing 'I still believe i can't be saved' so singing 'bring the light...' it's a good worship song if you pull apart the lyrics.
And all the while keeping his hard core bald rock star image :P

i tried to build a shredmaster yesterday, i think I got the build right, but the thing is really low gain.
I Don't get it! GreenWood's sound in the early stuff is high HIGH gain, which is fantastic, but this clone just doesn't cut it. I'm gonna try re-working the power circuit, and buying fresh IC's (There might be a problem with mine, you never know). Hopefully I can get it going, it was be awesome to have such a rare pedal.
Unfortunatly the schematics I was using also have a few minor faults, like (and I'm annoyed I didn't pick this up earlier) the tone controll circuit has a cap which is 10times its real value...which is just annoying, becasue I've built the thing so solidly that it'll be hard to replace, oh well...got to do it I guess.

Any way, I'm at work..and should therefor go.

have a fantastic day....you....person.

Enjoy.

jonny.

La blah blah

2009-03-22T12:10:00.000-07:00

i've once again reached a place of placidiy.
Feeling like I can again gather the little parts i left along the way, and start again.

Sorry for spilling my gutts.
The few friends I still have will tell you that it's nothing abnormal, just to a hightened extent since i stopped sleeping properly :)

I only have four pills left :(
They're such fun. Very bizzar effect, but they get me sleeping, so what's the complain about.

I've seen far too much TV recently.
Just hanging out on the couch, deciding that TV would help.
Battle Star Galactica is awesome, for those of you who don't know it.

Hmmmm...Placitity - I don't think that's a word, but you get what I mean (it should be a word).

Winter has shown us here in Christchurch its claws, and it's ready to strike.
I'm wearing my sheep again.

But the sun will come out and burn away the grey, which means it's going to be a very hot walk home (WALKING SAVES THE INVIROMENT!...driving because you need a change of scenery to take your mind off things doesn't).

There's not much point to this poast some of you may have noticed.
I've just wanted to type..waste time..warm up my fingers, what ever the reason. I want a piano.

Have yourself a fantastic day.

Jonny.

Possible drummer :D

2009-03-03T13:10:00.001-08:00

AirPlay has a possible drummer for the new sessions.

A bloke i live with Ben Davis...no jokes...he even owns 7 Ben Davis shirts!

Very cool guy, and good taste. Only problem is he doesn't have a kit right now.
He can hold a beat, which is exactly what I need haha. so that's awesome!

New demo's shouldn't be too far off.

Probably using some weird percussion tools, boxes, springs etc.
Good times :)

I'll let you know more when i can.

Enjoy.

Jonny.

money's

2009-02-28T12:11:00.001-08:00

i need money.

not QUITE making enough at the moment to support myself, AND afford my studio.
fortunatly Andrew has lent me a lot in order to get the studio up and running.
But still, would like some more in come.
Problem is I lack the motivation to actually do it.

You ever feel like you're going backwards?
Like life has regressed back into what it once was, which was a state you were so happy to get out of the first time, and just can't handle it going back that way.
Almost like everything you've worked for for the past few years has been a waste of time?
....hint.

perhaps I came back from Rarotonga too early.

Hmm, probably not actually, I like my life here...clothes actually dry in this country.
Ah, all in all i'm just not happy at the moment.

it would be a great time for writing, although I'd write a bunch of songs which I'd regret writing later because if I write them in pain, then that's all i'll feel when I play them.
AHHH!....stupid emotions/heart.

okay, rant over...got to work.

On our way.

2009-02-26T11:35:00.000-08:00

Recently I've found myself with a lot of time to kill, long story.

i decided that during this time I should to plan out an album of sorts.
I've got all the gear, enough materiel (skill's getting there) and time enough to record.
All i lack now is a decent drummer.

I know I've been promising people an album for about a year now, but THIS time it's gonna happen I promise!

I don't fully know what to call it, i guess i don't want to name it too early.
I like the hopeless names, because it shows more clearly the amazing-ness of what God's done in my life...the whole contrast creating meaning thing.
I.E. if you'd never tasted a lemon you wouldn't appreciate the sweetness of sugar as much.

Unfortunately i seem to have fallen into this image of some guy in an old leather jacket hanging out in a barn with this acoustic!
I don't personally think that my music sounds like this, BUT the image is there and it's kind of annoying me. I'd much rather the slick imagery of some guy in a practise room with his band, dressed in a smart but not flashy T-Shirt with jeans on.
Something where the sounds of saturated delay fits.

Any way, for this i need a drummer! Oh and some charts, but that's my fault that I don't have any yet.

i think i might be asking a little too much in a drummer right a the moment.
I would LOVE some one who's gone through Jazz School....problem is I have zero credit to my name, so noone that good would want to be in my band.
Perhaps I should just go with who ever is willing.

Lyrics seem to be escaping me too. It kinda sucks. But oh well, they'll come back I hope.
Plenty more walks around the city should do it.
Perhaps I need to find another concept...although this will not be a concept album I'm afraid, just can't get my head around it! I really need some kind of music writing software perhaps.

come to think of it, i haven't ever graphed this!!! Wow, that's not like me.

okay that's step one. Graphing!

I will post when i know more.

Enjoy,

Jonny.

Slackness -

2009-01-27T11:13:00.000-08:00

hello, wow I forgot how long it'd been since i last posted on here.
Sorry about that.

Okay, AirPlay - Wow complex wee thing right now.

It all kinda ended when I moved to rarotonga, all those months ago.

how ever I did keep writing and recording some stuff, in the hope of coming back one day getting a band together and gigging.
So recently I've been getting my ideas out in recorded form. Nothing special yet, but just enough to try and convince people to play with me.

I'm currently looking for a drummer....not so easy to find apparently.

We now have a studio set up though, so recording is not a problem.

Any way, i'm at work again haha - so I should really head off and actually earn some money.
just thought I'd let any one who cared know that AirPlay still exists, and we will be releasing an album by christmas at the latest :D

Enjoy

Jonny.

SUPER POKE!

2008-10-26T18:29:00.000-07:00

Who ever invented super poke on facebook is a genius!!!

This may not sound very mature...but who cares!
You can throw sheep at people! that's SOO New Zealand, where do they get these ideas from??

Brilliant, just simply brilliant!

hope you didn't mind the sheep too much there Christopher.
Couldn't resist..wonder if you can cut fringes on it...hmm

Enjoy

Jonny.

meow

2008-10-20T17:10:00.000-07:00

hey hey

just wanted to let every one know that i've started a new blog dedicated to outwardly proclaiming the awesome stuff that God's doing in this city :)

So it's in a link on the right of this page.

hope it encourages etc.

Enjoy

jonny.

13th

2008-10-12T18:14:00.000-07:00

Today started off a little differently.

today was the day of Rochelle's grandfarther's funeral.

I got in my fancy pants and went for Rochelle. She'd let me know that i was welcome, so I thought I'd go for her.

I didn't know him all that well, but as her older brother Tim expressed, 'i was one of the lucky ones who got to meet him'.

And i guess i do consider myself lucky. he remembered me from what i hear.

Which is pretty special.

Rochelle and her Mum were both very turn up by it, understandably.

the service was very different to what I'm used to.

it was a catholic service, and I did have to try hard not to let my mind go...for example, in Matthew it says;

"And when you pray do NOT use vain repetitions as the religious leaders do..."

Which was on my mind a lot as it was happening.

but oh well, I wasn't there for the service, i was there to support Rochelle and her family.

i should probably go...i'm at work, but i'm actually at my Dad's work, as my printer has died and I need to borrow theirs...so because my dad is currently in a meeting i'm actually getting paid for hanging out at my dads work, using my brothers computer, drinking free coffee...and writing in my blog :)

Love this job.

Any way,

God bless you all!

jonny.

(Spa prayer tonight..i'll let you know how it goes. SOOO stocked :)

Moz moz

2008-09-28T17:56:00.000-07:00

hello All

So i just got home from down south in Mosgiel!
Go go SamStock!

For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a three day music festival which was started a while back by one of the local youth groups (i think). think of it as WoodStock, with more Sam and waaaaay less people!

Firstly, i'd like to thank Chris and Ange...becasue I we couldn't have enjoyed the trip nearly as much with out them. I.E. Chris' general ability to make a tent...a tent. And Ange's ability to organise :D We had Chicken salad wraps for dinner!! That's better than I usually eat at home!
AND she has a coffee plunger! My goodness she's fantastic haha.

I'll upload a photo or two of what happened to our tend haha. I'm at work at the moment so I don't have a great deal of time, but we'll see.

Also I would LOVE to thank God. Um...thank you! I'm alive which is a bit of a mirical! After realizing (AFTER I WAS DEDICATED TO THE MOVE) that there wasn't QUITE enough room to pass a guy who'd pulled over for me, before the landrover hit us at probably over 100k!!!
That wouldn't have been pretty haha.
BUT trust in the lord with all things, if I died then there would have been a purpose, clearly though he wanted me alive. so YAY! Here i am telling you all about it :D

Any way, I must go and do a few more canvases. (YAY three day back log...actually it's really small, quite disappointed)

Enjoy

Jonny.

The Christophers in my life

2008-09-13T17:15:00.000-07:00

there has been much happenings recently which i haven't been able to tell you all about, but that's cool....cause no one ever comments on here any way.

the post is an ode to the Chris' in my life.

We'll start with the middle one.

My best mate Christopher Pennington.

he has recently been a complete freak and doing daily 10.5k runs, yesterday he decided that a smooth 19k was in order however and basically...he's gonna make a good cop.

Kapai Chris.

Then the youngest Chris.
Top sales man here at Hanafins (at least he used to be...then sickness set in, and blah blah blah..he's awesome).
He made about $900 straight profit yesterday in the store, and it wasn't that busy a day.
he's got himself a band, a little more "emo' i guess one might say than AirPlay, but we're totally planning a tour of the south island in a years time.
So look out for that :D

Then there is Chirs Muer (Sorry man i can't spell your last name!)

this guy...ah man, what to say about this guy.
he's one of the kindest loving serving and over all awesome guys I know. And he's an awesome singer!
he's been leading a bible study for a while now on tuesday nights, which I've been attending. And it's fantastic. THANKS MAN!
Also congrats to him, because just a few days ago he got himself engaged :D
So YAAY!

i should go back and work again now.
BYEBYE!

Jonny.

Sorry

2008-09-04T18:22:00.001-07:00

Hello

Sorry I've been super slack with updating...no internet sure makes it harder.

So I'm printing more canvas, yay canvas!

Umm..okay what's news...

I got my full license today :D so Sam Stock here we come!
taking paul down, it's gonna be great.
hopefully Tim will also join us, it'd be awesome to take him to the gig that caused me to buy Claire.

Oh...my germanium died :(
got itself into a PNP type power supply some hoooow.
SO looks like I'll be replacing those.
Any one know where I can get AA112 doides from in this city? They are amazing wee things.

okay, peanut productions now has the following mics and recording gear to play with;

1 x Sure Beta57a
1 x Rode NT-1a
1 x CAD 7pc drum mic set
1 x Trion 7000 ribbon mic
2 x Rode NT-5
2 x Rode K2!!
1 x Set of Event monitors (my goodness it's like hearing for the first time again!)
1 x Alesis io/26 (firewire)
A bunch of really good leads, some average mic stands (one good one though)
and a bunch of assorted crappy dynamics that i've had for a while.

i love the K2's, just...just love them.
once they're warmed up it's hard not to sound like Thom Yorke :D
Which makes me very happy.

Any way, my canvase are printed, so i shold really go stretch them and start on the next lot.

Enjoy

Jonny.

2008-08-06T18:16:00.000-07:00

GERMANIUM!

Coffee And Radiohead

2008-07-26T19:03:00.000-07:00

Hmm, I feel guilty writing this post, becasue I'm at work.

mind you, the "not for personal" use sign is on the Lab computer, and I'm in the canvasing room. So i think that helps a little.
Plus I'm waiting for a job to print, so what are you gonna do right?

This job's pretty sweet really.
I basically make canvases, and print other peoples photos all day long.
Could be worse.

It's the Coffe and radiohead that keeps me going how ever.

Any way. had a wee get together with Tim last friday and jammed for a while.
Some cool ideas coming along I think.

There will most definitely be new songs coming at some point soon.
And now that we've got the ability to record to a semi pro level....there might ever be wee clips/sound bites up here soonish.

I've got a bit of a problem that I need suggestions on;
Basically AirPlay currently has no where to practice.
remembering of course that in a practice space there needs to be, a piano, a drum-kit and a small PA.
Ideas any one?
Just on friday afternoons.

I was thinking maybe organize a place to rent for like 3 hours once a week, not sure if those places exist though.

Again, ideas?

Any way, canvas is printed.

Hopefully it wont be too much longer until we find a place, and start getting some clips up...and gigs happening.

Any one got a bass they'd like to donate to Steve?

Enjoy

Jonny.

Back

2008-07-13T01:12:00.000-07:00

This is a happy sunday, becasue i finally have access to the interent.
I'm having dinner with my parents, and grandparents, who i haven't seen in too long.

Again I showed my inner nerd today, and bread boarded myself a fuzz pedal.
I like it, so it's staying, I'll put up photos when i can.

It's kinda strange being back in NZ now.
it's like, the only city. The only people (although people change) the known hastles of inner city life.
but, it's all just so different.

Got a job working a photo lab at hanafins though, so that's cool (Sorry libby).
I got the position with in 24 hours of handing in my CV, so I thought that was pretty good work.

Sorry I've been really slack with organizing band stuff, moving in and sorting out a job have taken up a lot of time.
BUT now that those are more or less sorted, we can start making plans, start working out practice times etc.
Should be fun hehe.
And I'll be able to lay along with my brand new (new old stock i suppose if you wanna be pickey) Arbiter Fuzz Face, complete with AC128s for that hendrix tone...Hmmmm

Any way, must go.

See you all soon.

jonny.

Knives Out

2008-07-01T20:51:00.000-07:00

Knives out
Squash it's head
Don't look down
Shove it in your mouth

Look into my eyes
it's the only way I'll know you're telling the truth.

...Wonder what he's talking about.
The video clip suggests it's a relationship thing (man it's an awesome clip haha...so weird).

I'm nearly packed..but I just ran out of tape..damn
Only bought it this morning.
Still got my computer to pack as you may be able to tell.
Hmm, not sureeee when I'll get round to packing that.
Oh well, it'll get there.

Any way, leaving tomorrow after noon..and for now I'm going to learn Knives Out

Mosh

jonny.

Not sleeping, just resting my eyes.

2008-06-29T23:55:00.001-07:00

A while ago I moved to Rarotonga.
Now I move back ey.

Timings right. I've got a flat ready, in which we've already started building a recording studio. So it wont be long now.

Any way, thought I'd let you know that I wont be posting for a while because I've got to pack my computer tonight and don't know when I'll be able to sign in again.

Hope you've all had a good time.
Now it's time to make some more music...get back into things.

See you soon Christchurch.

Jonny.

Good quality photos

2008-06-22T18:15:00.000-07:00

just thought i'd upload a decent photo of my beautiful monster.

i had it going today with my guitar.
Sounds beautiful! (bar the earth noise..which will be taken care of as soon as i can).
Must buy a choke first, then earth the amp to the chassis.
But I'll do that when i install the choke...no point pulling it all apart twice.

But yes..I like it!
Lots.

Okay Tube run down;

Two Electro Harmonics EL34's
One "made in Yugoslavia" ECC83 in the phase rotating section
and a Marshall ECC83 in the preamp
waaaaarm!

Oh plus it's freakishly loud! YAY

Enjoy
Jonny.

Alace..it can not be finished just yet.

2008-06-21T02:11:00.000-07:00

Mellow

Well, bad news.
The amp can't be "finished" until I move back to NZ and buy a choke.
Turns out that if EL34's are extremely sensative to the 50htz (or in this case 100..casue we're using a bridge).
And with these schematics, a simple wire wound resistor won't do the trick as we'd hopped.
BUT the good news is that it's actually a usable amp now :D
okay it's noisy, but it's nothing compared to how it was last night.

We put the heater current through a wee filter system (Common on old radios and amps apparently..very basic circuit) and now it's working fine.

For the moment there is a lot of noise at low volumes, and a lot of distortion at high volume (although..it's actual tube distortion and I'm sound would sound quite nice on a guitar).
BUT once i install the choke this will all go away.

I'm pretty pleased with it.
I mean...I built a freak'n tube amp! haha
(well..i soldered stuff, Herman "built" the amp...but I helpped).

Got to admit..I don't think I've learned this much in this short a period ever.
Good fun. i can actually look at a schematic now and kinda tell you what's going on (Hmm..IC's I'm not so good with..but I'm learning).

SO list of things to do;
1. Install choke
2. Complete first ever Fud Gun (experimental fuzz/distortion)
3. Build wave generator using ICL8038 IC. For use on stage.

Much much more to come.
Hopefully some nice ovredrive slash distortion pedals.

Here's a photo of the nearly completed amp.

Enjoy

Jonny.

The 50hz Terror

2008-06-20T13:59:00.000-07:00

hey

Well the amp is finished (photos to come).
BUT we've got a wee problem....it's as noisy as a pair of porcupines on their honey-moon!
Well okay the power amp section is actually quieter than that the Rain Dance Kid.
but the pre-amp and phase rotation circuits have some serious humm in them.

I've gone through and shielded anything touching a gate on all of the tubes, and it helped a little. We're going to go through and double check the schematics to make sure we don't have something retardedly wrong, but we've already double checked (against my self drawn copy how ever) so now we're going back to the originals.

It made some pretty cool sounds though I must admit.
like the trebble knob was kind of a high pass square wave generator cross.
And the bass was kinda like an LFO filter
Good times.

Any way wish me luck.

There is also a possibility that I'll be buying a big dirty marshall.
So either way I'll have at least one working amp.
Hopefully we can get this tube dude to work well though, it's just so cool (very loud haha, very loud...yay).

Any way..I'm counting down the days until I'm back...currently I have 12 left.
HmmI should really get packing.

Luck me.

Jonny.

PS a dollar to who ever IDs this pedal....come on, this ones pretty easy.

Amp Uptade

2008-06-12T13:53:00.000-07:00

THE TUBES GLOW!

This made me very happy.
We took the tubes through their first break in warming the other day.
The EL34s look awesome! Nice and bright, with a nice wee amount of heat being emitted.
The ECC83s didn't look so good...but it's cause the heater is hidden inside the metal section of the gate. But not to worry, we grabbed a few older versions of the same tube and plugged them in, and you can see the heaters in those.
so YAY!

We've also finished the power-supply section. Which even when off stores a handy 365v.
And when on....well, we haven't been silly enough to lick it lets just say that.

Last night we stared work on the power amp section, and are nearly finished.
The chassis is a little small for the massive caps we have for the powersection, so things are getting a little crampped already, but that's all good.
Just enough room for everything, with what looks like enough space for the high-watt resistors to do their thing with out burning out.

These are a few photos of the amp as of two nights ago.
I'll take more tonight. It's beginning to look like an amp.
w00t!

Oh also, i think I've designed a tube version of the fuzz face.
I think. I'll have to run my schematics past Herman tonight (plus, it'll need like 150volts to run, so that could be an interestingly big pedal haha).

Enjoy

Jonny.

Gilligans's Fuzz

2008-06-10T02:36:00.000-07:00

hehe, it even works!

Haven't tried it yet with a guitar..or an amp..as I don't have either with me at the moment (they're sitting happily in storage in NZ awaiting my return).
But I tried it with a tiny test amp and a DVD player...got some awesome over tones hehe.
Built roughly to the orignal Dalas Fuzz Face schematics...so yeah, think hendrix...in a nut shell (oOoo, I know I liked it too...:P)

Any way, once I can I'll get a demo video up here.
Also, soon I will be starting on my own custom fuzz...and I mean custom!
I've head a lot of fuzzes..and I think I've designed one i'd be proud to call my own.
And depending on the success of my first few prototypes, I'm thinking of making them for sale when i move back to NZ.
So...get orders in :P

Enjoy

Jonny.
PS>..the NZ made Fuzzes don't come in Coconut shells.

KD50?

2008-06-03T23:54:00.000-07:00

Hmm I'm trying to think of a good name for this amp.

KD50 sounds a little too..normal.
Plus, it'd stand for Knopp/Dusbaba 50.
I decided that KD sounds better than DK

Any way, this is the chassis (although sorry you can't see just how awesome it is in this light)

This is the amp mounting. With everything now in place, it's just a case of doing the hard stuff haha.

And this is a Herman.

Tip for today;
"Having the right tools is half the work."

Sorry nothing else handy to tell you haha.

Enjoy

Jonny.

Maybe I like it there

2008-06-02T00:08:00.000-07:00

Hello

Well, good news. AirPlay will be starting regular practises again, and will be beginning a long recording process, as I am coming back.

yeah big decisions, and kinda scary.
I'm moving back on the 2nd of July.

Stupid money..it's gonna cost me about a grand to move back...any one wanna give me some cash?

I've just finished a CV, cause I'll need a job I guess - nothing as cool as building boats I'll admit, but hopefully something entertaining.
IF I could get into the RockShop or something like that, that'd make me a pretty happy dude.

Some times I wonder why I moved here in the first place..it kinda cost me a lot.
But I'm sure there was some reason for it, and lots has happened, so yeah....but for the moment I just want to make music with the guys, so back i come.

Sorry I feel like I'm still writing a CV...but I'm not..so its all coming out retardedly.

lets just finish with..I'm coming back!
And there will be gigs!...soonish haha. Give us a little time to practise and then there will be gigs haha.

Enjoy..
Jonny.

The Chassis

2008-05-12T21:59:00.001-07:00

Another important part of the amp will of course be the chassis.
I'm building my own...cause I can.

For this I've used 8 x 1 clears (finished wood...not tatty like it comes when you buy it cheap).

It's not yet finished, but here's what it looks like so far.
Just a partial front panel, a lot of sanding, and some varnish to go.

In other news, the guy who I'm building this amp with, Herman Dusbaba, is currently teaching me about other electronics, while we're waiting for parts to come.
Today I fixed my first microwave, very exciting hehe.
Plus I could do with the company on this island.

any way, heres the box.

Oh plus, in the post below..add a small capacitor to the end of that circuit in parallel with the diodes..that should smooth it off a little, perhaps even make it sound nice..if you're lucky.

Enjoy

Jonny.

Fuzzy Wuzzy Was A Pedal

2008-05-11T00:04:00.001-07:00

Fuzzy wasn't a bear at all!

So last night, while in a deep state of Kalnoream I remembered something I'd seen a long time ago.
Clipping, symmetric clipping.
As in, two diods at the end of a boost circuit which basically create a margin of clean for AC.
So I gave enough time for my Gua'ld to heal me, and started into a circuit.

I started with a basic boost circuit, using a BC549 transistor.
I then placed a rather large knob at the front, and ran it inbetween the input cap, and a larger cap which went to earth. This meant that i could boost either bass or trebble depending on where I set the pot. Then came the clipping.
And you know what, it actually worked.

A subtle subtle distortion was obtained with a fair amount of boost.
This I think would be a good beginner circuit..after all, I managed to do it (slash, make it up of random pieces of ideas in my head) .
So if you're looking to start into making your own gear, try this circuit.
Plus it's small, and wont cost any more than like, $20 to try...shouldn't at least.

Enjoy.

Jonny.

Red Head 50

2008-05-04T23:59:00.000-07:00

This post is the beginning of my amp build, more will follow.

This post has firstly, a brief history on the vacuum tube.
And secondly the first steps in my build project.

In the beginning there were tubes.

There was the ECC83's who served, doing all the smaller tasks worthy of a less powerful being. Just above them there were the EL84, who took the roll of gate keepers, book keepers and such.
Running the city there were a vast array of rectifier rubes, who kept the city in order. At the top sad the mighty EL34, in all his tonal might.

For a long time this was a good and orderly system.

One day, many years later how ever there was unrest in the smaller tubes.
"Why do we eat so poorly, work so hard, and some of us ever have to sleep in the barns with the capacitors and pots. When the bigger tubes live healthy, carefree lives at our expense!? It's time we struck back!"

So the ECC83 and alike picked up their sockets and stormed towards the center of the city. Where all the big tubes lived.

They reached the city streets that they swept every day, which only encouraged their flames of hatred.
A long and tiresome battle took place shortly after, the city was desolate with smashed glass. Tubes were strewn across the road, their inners becoming outers, and none of them were very happy.

What they didn't know is that the mighty EL34 was on holiday, in America (where he was hailed 6CA7, and make king there too).
Upon his arrival he was angry, his city lay in ruins.
he knew punishment had to be dished with the cold spoon of fury to stop civil disobedience once again staining the city with the nasty aftertaste of war.

With his cathode outstretched he used his superior 25watts of power to banish the evil doing tubes to the stock piles of radio shack and jaycar outlets.
Here they have remained until this day, raising an army...thus the transistor revolution was born.

I swear, that's how it happened.

Okay, now here's the actual post that I was gonna start off with :P

So I'm building an amp :)
w00t!

You want to build an amp too?
Good, well you can find everything you need in order to build one here on this site.
The following posts will all be labled with the same heading, so you can find them easily, and they should lead you through your own amp project.

Step one, getting parts.

If you're a noob, you won't have a hope of understanding the schematics.
it's important that you find some one to help you with this, or else you amp will not work. And you'll most likelly kill yourself with the 375v that this amp can sting you with.

Secondly, you wont know where to get parts from.

You can try your local DSE or JayCar, but there are parts you'll need to order from other countries.
These include the out put transformer, and probably some high voltage caps.

I'd personally suggest the Tube Amp Doctor in germany for these parts (they're greate)
http://www.tubeampdoctor.com/index.php

For this amp, you're probably going to end up spending close to $800 if you're lucky.
So now is the time to decide if it's worth it or now (NOT after you've blown your mains transformer and have to throw it all away!)

you'll find a complete parts list on this site soon.

Okay, so far I'm still awaiting postage on my output transformer, but here's what I've got so far.

Note all the caps in these photos are rated at a voltage suitable to their purpose (for example the blue ones are rated at 350v. And there are a few more coming, rated at 450v. If they aren't at the right voltage rating it is possible to blow them up..and ruin everything).

Any way, it's getting late.
I'll upload the schematics as soon as I can, at the moment I've only got my wee hand drawn version which won't do so well when compressed.
So I'll upload those, and hopefully i'll be able to provide some useful info for building your very own amp. And if nothing else, just provide a semi entertaining blog for your reading-ness.

Enjoy

Jonny.

back in Raro

2008-05-02T21:27:00.000-07:00

..guess what.

I'm back in Raro.

And am feeling a little sick.

Although after a nice clean up, and restring, my acoustic is sounding amazing through my new FDR-1.
Preeeetty

Hug

Jonny

By now

2008-04-21T21:53:00.000-07:00

1. you should have ALL checked out Andrews Twisted logic page.
2. I have bought most of the parts I need for my amp (bar a few annoyingly hard to find resistors..and caps)
3. I have seen nearly every one of my old friends from this country.
4. I have talked about home way too much.
5. I have recorded a band.
6. I have used all bar 13 of my months' texts.
7. I have left way too many comments on Bebo.
8. I have neglected this site too much, and it might bite me soon if I continue.
9. I have drove through town again :)
10. I have eatten chocolate.
11. I have started about 4 new songs.
12. I have spent over...$500?
13. I have not missed my life in Rarotonga.
14. I have used near a months worth of internet.
15. I have made three semi (but only semi) successful guitar pedals. (including a loop of my own design..it's fancy)

My lifes treating me pretty sweetly at the moment.
Found today some tubes, a nice set of EL34's at JayCar.
They're only $49 each, which is a bonus (because at music planet they were gonna charge me $75 for them).
Also, added bonus they are Electro Harmonics, which means much to guitarists.
I still can't find an output transformer, but have been given the name "Steve bartlet" a few times, so I'll have to give him a wee call.

Dad and Cathrine left for Australia this morning...at 4am (woot...for getting up early).
So I have the house until Friday...come over and I'll poke you in the eye!

It is kind of a nice feeling having the place to myself, no pressure...kinda reminds me of the rest of my life :)

Any way kiddies, I've got to ring Steve now.
So I shall see you all later.

Also if you get this before..now
Go to the Wunderbar tonight, Twisted Logic are playing, and if you're into alternatice semi free jazz, then they're right up your tree.

love

jonny.

Go check out twisted logic's page!

2008-04-16T16:33:00.000-07:00

hrr

I've got to stop comparing myself to Thom Yorke.
it's just plain disappointing.

I'm ambitious in my planning of AirPlay's first full length album.
it'll be about a year until it's finished, but I'm still looking forward to it.

All i have is a few images in my head at the moment.
Mainly the classic falling in dreams etc. but oh well.
trying to embody that feeling you get when you're sleeping, and your heart slows down..which is why you feel like you're falling through your bed.
And the sudden bang, after which you wake up, is your body going;
"AH!"
and boosting it back into action, so you don't relax yourself to death.
but yeah, trying to write that feeling into music is giving me a head ach.

Oh man, i'm not looking forward to going back to Rarotonga.
Where there is no piano.
AH, my key'd friend will be gone from me again.
oho well, soon I'll be back, and will hopefully have my own.

hmm...just looking at radiohead's new titles and lyrics;

"Up on the ladder"
"You let your people down"
"15 steps then a share drop"
"jigsaw falling into place"
"you real me out and then you cut the string"

...falling seems to be on the minds of more people than just me.

Still I need some more pictures and then hopefully it'll be all go.

Ah..okay I'm gonna go restring my crafter.

moo

Jonny.

new ideas

2008-04-11T02:45:00.000-07:00

Shards of rock line the ever descending walls of the cavern.
From this angle you'd think you could see to the bottom.
Mist rises up from the depths, as fires burn, carried infront of the men who once hunted you.

You can not see them through the smoke, and the terrifyingly long fall to the bottom which was enough to unnerve even the most experienced of you.

In the distance a pare of eyes gleam in as the blue moon light streams in through a crack in the rock.
You catch them perfectly with your own, and they shiver the very spine in your back.
Shivering and scared you move on as ordered.

The rope around your throat tightens with the pull of the guiding hand you've all come to know as boss.

no one has explained where you're going, but you know it involves finding a rout down these walls.

Often you've looked up and wished, wondered why all this is happening.
Why you are you, and not one of them.
You've wished for so many things. land, family, freedom.
Patiently waiting for them to come to fruition.

The rope bounding your hands is cut. You are to use them to scale the rock face into the deep blackness of the cavern.
The rock is so cold you struggle to touch it with out your hand becoming useless.
but you press on, for fear of what awaits you if you do not.

You've wished for less fear. For less things to be fearful of.
no more ropes, no more damp clothes, no more darkness.
Wished that you could one day be dry and perhaps even in sun light.

But for now you press against the wall, your fragile nearly transparent skin losing it's grip on the cliff.
You stumble for a second as a voice breaks the long silence which has plagued the past two days.
it screams and bounces off the opposing walls, the sound fills the space, and seems to linger in the air long after it should have disappeared. The cliff faces hurl the noise back and forth like a game, each time it hits you like a boulder landing on your back.
You regain your grip on the wall.

Few paces more now, but you keep looking down. Into the black.
Into the end, into the one place you think would be worse than where you are now.
you come to a tiny ledge, barley big enough for you to place both feet.
Placing both hands palm down on the wall, you stand on the ledge, and look out to the other side of the cavern.
it must be a few hundred meters away. no detail from your angle, just the shimmers of light coming from below, suggestions of its shape.

You remember the brilliant sun light. The green of the pastures below you, as you held your child above yourself. Staring into her eyes as you spin around on the grass.
You remember the red and the yellow of the falling leaves above the tire swing you had made her.
Your wife waits for the two of you to be back, the table is set.
You remember a perfect life.
You remember waking from that, knowing it never happened.

You continue your journey.

This is the beginning of an idea i've got.
it'll involve a lot of work, and wont be finished for at least a year.

hope you like it once it's finished.

Oh Also, if you're a graphic designer I need to talk to you.
please leave a comment or something. i'm going multi media with this one.

Enjoy

jonny.

So...guess where I am

2008-04-08T01:46:00.000-07:00

That's right.

Back in the sunny city of Christchurch for the winter.
Well a few weeks of it at least.

No idea when I'm going back yet, but for now, i'm here and that's all that's important right.

Walked for a while around the city today.
that was kind of refreshing.
buildings, different people. people I don't know, and have never seen before.
The random whos night was hard, and is taking it easy on his coffee,
the girl who thinks shes late t work becasue of daylight saving.
it was nice.

Any way, just thought I'd update you on my international status.
Give me a call or something if you're a friend, other wise you won't have my number.

HUG

Jonny.

OH OH OH! By the way, recorded my brothers band Twisted Logic today. Absolutly awesome Jazz trio (not jazz..strictly, but freak'n amazing. Look them up on MySpace, they're freak'n awesomeeeee!)

..man RHS rules!

2008-04-02T22:19:00.000-07:00

Well i just received word that Riccarton High School has again gotten a team through to Wellington for the Sheillah Winn Shakespeare festival.

Boy does that bring back memories of when i was in such a team.

..words can't really describe the pride I have in my old drama teacher and friends who have made it through. So I'll just stick with saying well done! And break legs in welly.

I just wish I could have seen it.

Again awesome work.

Jonny.

Jonny's solo stuff example

2008-04-02T01:26:00.000-07:00

hello all.

As the title may ave suggested this is a wee example of my solo stuff at the moment.
Happily linked in from YouTube, because the blooger system is annoying :D
yaay.

The mixing isn't what it SHOULD (and does) sound like because of the compression I had to put on it to upload. So it'll sound better in CD form.

hope you like it

Jonny.

Lame lame lame

2008-03-24T13:22:00.001-07:00

Well....

We all remember the day I bought that funkey little Vox P10 right (in video below)
just how happy I was and stuff, and how awesome it sounded.
Well the other day, while going through the process of making a boost pedal, I had a rather large short in the pedal.
This cut all the power from my room off, and actually made a wee fire inside the pedal casing. Pedal still works fine.
Weird thing is that the power leaked into my amp....and burned part of the circuit.

So i just got a call from Herman the electrician who fixed it (In good time to have to say) and, well...it's gonna cost me $118.70 for the repairs.
Which kinda sucks big.

But I guess lesson leaned ey. Always get quotes first, and never mess with 240v's...Oh also, when making stuff, use chop sticks to prod electronics with. Not a screwdriver.
Man, just thinking about it..I must have been really tired at the time, cause I made so many stupid mistakes.
Oh well.

enjoy

Jonny.

LOL cats..eat your heart out.

2008-03-24T01:57:00.000-07:00

Lol now.

Jonny.

Rediscovering Rage

2008-03-12T20:30:00.000-07:00

Hmm good music.
Haven't listened to these guys for a while.

Good music.

YAY two wah pedals!

Jonny.

Why Hitler Lost

2008-03-05T15:08:00.000-08:00

Durrrr....

Enjoy

Jonny.

WIth out me, it's just "aweso"

2008-03-04T23:50:00.000-08:00

Solo projects coming along nicelly.
Just finished recording another song, and have like...6 more to get sorted and ready for recording at some point soon.
I've just been way too lazy haha.

Found the noise reducer in Nuendo....haaandy thing when dealing with my guitar haha.
A bit too much noise coming out of it...not sure what's wrong though. Might be something that needs a wee re-earthing in my board.

I need a name for this solo project.
It's hard haha.
Don't like naming stuff :P

I'll keep you informed I supose hehe.
I'll hopefully be finishing it before like...mid April, so I'll have something bring home with me (for when I go on holiday in NZ..in about mid april)

Annnny who, if any one's got any good ideas for titles let me know haha.

Enjoy

Jonny.

Selectiveness

2008-02-26T21:07:00.000-08:00

Selective memory haunts my brain
I am here, but I'm too late
Selective memory is to blame
and I forget, if we're the same

hold it in your little hand
it's too much, consumed in sands
and say it with your little voice
but it's too loud, you're making noise

Selective memory haunts my ways
i am here, and whats your name?
And theres a file missing named
things you need, and things to say
photos of my past are saved
with this name

and i blame my youth
for all the stupid things I've done
and I blame my youth
for all the stupid games I've won

Hmm..possible song (if I can remember how it sounded).

hehe, just had a fantastic idea.

OKay...so Christchurch police..not too well feared right.
So why is this?
They're limited as to what they can do, and also they've gained a pretty bad rep through the media.
So my solution;

Just picture this.

There is a group of 8 kids, all with hoodies on, walking like they have a fake left knee. Obviously gonna cause trouble, obviously up to no good.
One of our beloved boys in blue walks into the group (knowing he can't do anything as they haven't committed any crime yet) he holds up his badge, and just gently says to the group;
"You kids be good now okay".

What's gonna happen?..he's likely to have his hands cut off by some kid on P.

now my solution.

Just picture this.
There is a group of 8 kids, all with hoodies on, walking like they have a fake left knee. Obviously gonna cause trouble, obviously up to no good.
One of our beloved boys in blue walks into the group. he is dressed like a clown from hell! he holds up his shinny new chain saw and revs it a few times, and just gently says to the group in a low husky voice;
"You kids be good now okay".

how much more fear would that put in the hearts of this generation of drop outs coming up through the ranks?!

I think I should be the new commissioner.

enjoy

Jonny.

I will not give in

2008-02-25T23:44:00.001-08:00

Gate way blocked, key swallowed.
blocking
brick, steal, barking dogs
nothing in, nothing out.
Quarantine.
Flue
Ill
Sickness
Pop disease
Pop disease

Behold my views on Bebo.

yet saddly, I had to.
Had to. for the greater good...you'll find out in time i'm sure.

I'd upload a picture to spice up this post, but we're over our usage..which sucks.

Man this island is boring at night! honestly. Like, if I didn't work it wouldn't be so bad, because i could go take the motorbike and just drive around the place. but NO, I've got to be all bright and early.
it's times like these when I wish I could just sleep a year or so...and still keep up with my own development.

Oh well...won't be too long now until I'm back.

Enjoy

Jonny.

DIY Fuzz :) makes me smile

2008-02-23T22:18:00.000-08:00

hehe..yeah..I know i'm a totaaal nerd, but here's a video I did for YouTube just in case some one cared, and what do you know, a comment hehe.
Some one does.
Maybe you will too hehe.

Enjoy

Oh and while I think of it..here's a picture of my awesome wobbly cat, O'brian.

he's so coool hehe. He's got a poisoning which is locally known as fish poisoning. Basically is just screws you up neurologically so he wobbles every and stuff.
Still happy as can be, and a very cuddly cat :D

Ideas abundant

2008-02-20T00:19:00.000-08:00

I'm currently developing a distortion pedal for my brother..well..if he wants it haha.
I've basically just used the circuits from an Arbiter Fuzz Face, and a Muffmaster Boost, and thrown them together with a few added parts.
Basically, the big switch bank means you can chose what between different fuzz caps, this ofcourse if still under the gain knob.
The little two pin switch in there is for feedback with in the Fuzz pedal, which basically means that when you hit that switch, the whole thing self oscillates..making cooool sounds.

i can't wait to build it..but..it might take a little time since I'm on this island..where there is NO DSE

Any who, feel free to make this and tell me how it sounds.
Oh and I'm not 100% on the powering..might want to check that with some one who knows about these things I try.

Any who..enjoy

Jonny.

Gate ways

2008-02-19T01:19:00.001-08:00

Infinite possibilities is terms of circular travel, which all en up in the same place, as they are based in circular, thus never ending, transit.
Circle theory (basic explanation for time and history as a pre existing, and never ending cycle of life etc).

Liner theory
Time is a straight line, with events marked on it through out history. Never ending, and never beginning.

Wibbily Wobbly time Jelly theory
Time is a collective of events, all happening at some point in time, relative to our own understanding. In theory if it were possible to alter our understanding of time itself, we could move through these events freely, thus completing time travel.

paper theory
This assumes that time is a straight line. This theory proposes to bend the line onto itself, thus creating a bridge between the now, and then. It would be impossible to go forward in time, as that part of the line hasn't come into existence yet (unless of course the line has been crossed back before, therefor you would in fact be in some ones relative past, and therefor could jump forward as far as their relative present).

Time is measured by the beating of a censuim atom (sorry can't spell that) which beats at just over 9.2billion times a second. This is how atomic clocks work.
Time how ever if relative to the periods in which we count it. there was an experiment done where by one atomic clock was placed on the ground, and another in a jet. The jet flew around the world as fast as it could, and came back to the original position. The clocks were out of sync when they were compared upon arrival.
This is proof that time dilation exists. Although the difference was less than a fraction of a milli second, it still happened, and therefor if the experiment was conducted on a larger scale (at higher speeds etc) it is possible that the moving clock would count time slower.
If a person was to count time in both areas, it would appear the same to him/her in both situations, but would in fact be moving slower (relatively) in the situation with the moving clock.
Thus proving that time is relative to perception.

So..what use is this?
..it's not really useful at all..it's just interesting.

Even more interesting is when you combine my two favorite areas of conditioned response, relative to situation.
this means, Time Theory and 2+2=5 Theory.

If a child was brought up from birth with a clock that always ran slowelly, he/she would assume that there were lets say, 7 hours in a "day".

How weird would that be?

Now is when I'd like to bring a point into this blog..but..really..there is none

There really is NO point to knowing about time etc, because, you're going to die.
Weather a person dies at 77 years, after having lived for 77 years, or he dies at 33 years after living what we would call a 77 year period really makes no difference. The only thing that happens is, he died at an old age.
...so....what now?
no idea..just wanted to type something, and this came out.

Enjoy

Jonny.

We need our "own" site..we really do

2008-02-16T20:10:00.000-08:00

morning people

Well...as the title suggests, i really want our own site.
like a fully custom coded one, with cool role over icons, and music samples.
Where exactly I'd get one of these, I'm not sure.
I can KINDA design, but the coding baffles me.

Any way, guess i'll work on that.

I'm SEMI meant to be working on a site for my boss, slash, not really. but i kinda suggested it, and so i should PROBABLY do something.
I guess it could be good practice for when I make our one.

Hmm..today I;

Modified a tiny radio so that it can be used through our power amp (home system). this means we finally have an Am/Fm receiver again (not that i listen to the radio in any nation)
I watched the first three episodes of stargate SG-1 Season3/
Annnd...something else, can't remember, but I know I did soomething else important today.

Hmm oh well, it'll come back eventually.

Ummmm..here have a photo!

Oh yeah, I wrote a song, I think...Hmm if I did i 'll remember it eventually I guess.
Hope I did. man I'm tired.
Oh well hehe

okay, photo time;

Took this while looking for my bosses boat that went missing.
he's flying the plane.

YAY

byebye

okay this is kinda new post, because I don't want it to look like I've posted more than once in like, 3 hours..kinda sad I know.
i'm boreeed! That's all

Any way, I just realized that I forgot to tell you about my awesome mod on my bridge. basically I've wanted a decent bridge for a while now, like a good brass one or something, but haven't been able to find anything. Until now!
While sanding the hell out of a boat which I just finished covering in carbon fiber (nasty nasty stuff that)i had a thought;
Man, this stuff is easy to make into other things, and it's way harder than my existing bridge.
SOoooo yeah, I went home, got the bridge out of my guitar, and covered the top in carbon fiber. it sounds SOOO much better!
just so much brighter, I loves it. Not to mention it looks funkey (picture soon).
plus..I made it myself..come on! that's got to be worth something right.

Any way, tired..must go

*huggles*

Jonny

2008-02-15T03:54:00.000-08:00

Wow a new person

2008-02-15T03:45:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!

I'm Tim (ie the pianist of the band) I thought that it was about time that i actually write something here.

First some background information about me

I am 17
I got to Riccarton High where i do biology, chemistry, physics, calculus and music
umm i play piano
my nickname is sTIMulus

thats about all you need to know about me. lol.

basically, the way i see it, the role of any pianist in a band is to be a complete geek just to make everyone else look good. I do my best to fulfill this role within airplay.

That is all for now

sTIMulus

Annoying Email

2008-02-12T19:49:00.000-08:00

Well..came across an email today from a Christian friend of mine today.
Now, it was a pro Christianity thing, and of course I have NO problem with that (not sure exactly they were sending it to me...didn't they get the message? I'm already saved. But any way) So I got it and started reading it, turns out it was about death, untimely death as it stated. So I read on;

"Did you know these facts? I sure didn't;

John Lennon once stated in an interview,
"Christianity will die out, I don't even have to argue it, it just will. A week later he was shot six times"

Nooow (finished quoting by the way) this is what this email was filled with. Quotes of people who have bad mouthed God, and died. So, lets (for the sake of me not typing)just take this example into account.

1; They picked on Lennon, so it's not gonna rate highly with many people right?
And with any pro-Christianity email, you want people to relate to it and take in the message don't you? So mistake number one, attack an internationally known and loved figure.

2; Now, whats the point? Okay so in these instances people who bad-mouthed god died.
But, what's the point in knowing this and spreading it? A person can't actually become a Christian out of fear, it's got to be a personal choice, so if you're trying to say "be a Christian or die!"....I'm afraid it's not going to do any one any good.
Also, this email kinda gives god the wrongful image of;
"If you don't love me, DIE!" which is soooo totally wrong.
God loves every one reguardless of what they believe, and he'd love it if we all loved him. But he's not going to kill people for being against him!
Firstly, we all have free will, and god will NEVER jump in and take that away from us. So we're free to do what we like, with the only consequence being hell..(haha...not to be taken lightly of course). Secondly, if he DID kill people that he didn't think deserved to live, then why make them in the first place?
Before you were born, he knew you through and through. He knew every word you'd eveeeeer speak, SO if you're going to bad mouth god he'd know...so why make you exist in the first place, if he's just gonna kill you later.
Sure, you might say "TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD!" but once again that brings us the the fear idea. And as we've established, Christianity by fear isn't Christianity....it's the catholics from the dark ages.

So what should we do about this kind of advertising and defacing of Christianity?
Well, sadly there is nothing i can actually do with the email, apart from talk to the person who sent it to me and have a wee chat about how it's really not doing any good, and no one else, ever, should read it. Also we as Christians should show others that that's totally not the case with god. That he does love every one unconditionally, and will never stop loving us. Show the population that god is love, and when you're with god, there is nowhere else you'd rather be.

so..now that I've totally gotten over the initial "grrr" of reading such a counter-productive email, I'm gonna go and leave you with the thoughts above.

Enjoy

Jonny.

hope this has helped someone.

health guidelines

2008-02-10T20:00:00.000-08:00

haha, so I got bored

2008-02-08T22:40:00.000-08:00

Hello

SOoo..here's that verb I was talking about.
It has massive bass responce, but basically none on the other end of the scale.
So I'm calling it a bass verb haha because I can't reallllly make it again, with out spending money, and I don't exactly have any of that at the moment.

I don't how ever have a bass over here, so I've got to wait until I get back to really test it out, but I'm sure Steve would like another toy to mess with.
It has a pretty awesome foot step (like...war of the worlds meats JP1 kinda BOOOOOMING footstep) effect if you really kick it, so it might be kinda cool for some epic Muse type stuff.

Any who, I might go play some guitar...on my Nana's guitar as my strings haven't come yet :(

jonny.

This is the 80th post

2008-02-08T00:46:00.000-08:00

POST!

"Oh the book was much better than the movie.."

2008-02-07T16:42:00.001-08:00

His neck snapped back hopelessly. mean while Jake had taken exactly three steps back, into a classic forward stance. Sweeping up his right leg from behind him, he used the momentum to power the oncoming jumping turning instep. Still dazed, Dave didn't know what was coming. Jake's foot sliced through the air with the accuracy of the ninjas he wished he could be. Just in the last rotation of the instep he thought he had it, when out of no where came a hand, thumb tucked in and fingers bend slightly, it was a perfect knife hand. He knew this knife hand, it was that, of the Evil Martin!

I should totally write a martial arts book, and just prove that movies can be better than books!

Spring verb is coming along nicelly, pictures to come.

Jonny.

Hmm

2008-02-06T23:10:00.000-08:00

(chord progression stays the same through out)

f
Look out the window to see your
am
hill side
c
you're teaching me
e
you're guiding me
f
Call on you I want to see your
am
hill side
c
you're showing me
e
you're showing me

f
I'm yours and more
am
I'm yours and more
c
It's you I adore
e f
you're the only reason, that I could have to live for

I'm yours and more
I'm yours and more
you're the only reason, I could have to live

Things are floating I just cannot see
they're beyond me
they're beyond me
And things are falling that just can't be seen
They're beyond me
it's beyond me

And I'm yours and more
I'm yours and more
it's you I live for
you're the only reason, I could have to live for x (all you desire)

.....

2008-02-06T22:28:00.000-08:00

Wooow do i feel like crap.
No reason in particular, that I'm gonna tell any one, but oh yeah..not feeling good.
I am also sick, which i blame part of this one.
Just been totally broken over the last few days, head spinning, heart not coping properly, tired all the time.
Missed out on 12 hours of work so far this week, hopefully I'll be able to work tomorrow, I need money.
Also, not hinting at anything at all, but this has become a common site for me to visit.

Enjoy

Jonny....from the depths of a scary freak'n hole.

Time Broken

2008-02-03T01:07:00.000-08:00

Hmm

I'm not sure exactly how to describe today.
I did a bit, not a lot, but enough.
I watched some TV. Stargate SG1 (episode 4-7 of season 2)
I did some work on my video
Got it finished actually (exporting now)
Did some work on my Wah pedal
i haven't told you about that yet have I?
Researched a little, and found a place to buy nice cheap gear.
So I'm going with them.

Just want people here
just want people to have with me really

Any way
I must go.
First post in a while I haven't had anything guitar related in.

so here's a photo of my current effects set up.

jonny.

I am mad, I swear

2008-01-31T14:46:00.000-08:00

hehe, okay..so I know i've been bubbeling with selfpromisses about not building too much, etc..Butttt...those of you who really know me will know, taht that's never gonna actually happen.
SO I came up with a plan last night..or the night before, I can't remember.
Either way, it's gonna be fun hehe.

Ingredience;
Stainless steel spring (can make at work)
Stainless brackets to mount the spring (can make at work)
some wood
Two speakers (one driven)
and some tooth picks.

Mount the spring with as much tension as desired in between the brackets (about 35 - 40 cm apart).
Mount th speakers at either end of the spring mounts.
hot glue, or attach some how, the tooth picks to the cones of both speakers.
These are to go through small holes in the spring mounts.
attach the other end of the tooth picks to the spring itself (there should be NO tension on the cone at any sage during this process).
Modify the speaker outs and ins to hook up with your pedals.

When you play it will vibrate the cones in the driven speaker, which will vibrate down the spring, until it hits the opposite speaker.
Because a speaker is just a microphone, it will (by moving the cone of the passive speaker) create current inside the speaker (no unlike that created inside a guitar pick up) and send a signal out.
This is how to create a true spring reverb.

The diagram below is my version.
I haven't started construction of it yet, but after much thought, I predict that instead of this being a pure spring reverb, it will probably produce more of a slow attack delay verb sound, due to the positioning of the speakers (and the direction of the vibrations).

Feel free to copy this, and tell me how it goes (once again you can email on the sitemail address in red at the top right).

Enjoy

Jonny.

Z change

2008-01-29T19:23:00.001-08:00

hehe, sooo turns out that the awes'ometer, as awesoem as it is, is gonna be a little impractical.
Oh yeah, and as it turns out, the Kaoss pad is gonna be on a stand that will come off of the board, SO new plan

Three loops

Distortion
Modulation
Crazy (looping)
To the Pad's gonna in that loop, in the stand.

so here's the new plan hehe

oh and I'm totally building my own wah by the way haha.
I'll let you know how that went when it's finished

LOVE

Jonny.

Z Plan

2008-01-26T23:18:00.000-08:00

okay so I know that i'm always buying and making stuff for my guitar, and yeah, it gets kinda pricey. So I've got a plan.
There is one, and only one thing I will build this year (ha.....lol...etc).
That is the following, I call it, the "Bi-loop awes'ometer board"

It will take about $45 to make the actual board, but to fill it totally haha...you're looking at about $770 before I can complete it.
but that's another story hehe.

The Awes'ometer I'm going to install is a WWII Amp Meter, made is 1943...so...not much gets more hard core than that! hehe.
Love it.
it's kinda a tribute to my Grandad, who owned the meter (along with a bunch of other ones that were left over from when he was working in the radio towers in Chch international airport). I'm sure he would have liked the quirkiness of the whole idea.

Any way, here's the board plan;
Red = Loops
Green = Inputs and Outs
Blue = Powering
(all cables will be inside the board, to add to the sexiness of the whole operation)
it'll be made of wood and fiberglass (building boats comes with it's perks, in this case the ability to fiberglass and the means to do it).

So once it's finished it'll go like this;

Awes'ometer (clean boost)
Tuner
RAT
FuzzFeed (home made distortion/fuzz)
Phase
WAH
Delay
Looper
MiniKP (korg Kaos Pad Mini)
Volume Pedal

personally, I'm pretty happy with it, and I just can't wait to get the whole thing up and runing.
But that'll probably be in like 10months, becasue I don't have much money right now.

Any who, *HUG*

Jonny.

hahahahhaa...ahhhh...ahhahaaaaa!!! I have interenet

2008-01-24T01:34:00.001-08:00

behold I live in a land of awesome.

behold life is good

although I miss you all, life is good

behold, I live in a land of awesome and wonder.

Yours on broadband, Jonny.

video of the week has been going for a while

2008-01-01T22:48:00.000-08:00

helly all

yeah I know that video of the week is semi static, but until I get better net I cant really afordo to change it.

raro is making me bored (every one who just laughed at the name deserves to be kicked in the head!). Actually, speaking of kicking, I can't any more :(
Ever since I stopped training I've just gotten weaker and weaker, which isnt fun. hopefully it'll come back.

My throat is feeling better now, still can't sing properly, but it'll come back.
Was singing along to some muse stuff yesterday, sounded ookkkkkay so I'm on my way.

I miss you guys all sooooo much!
Hmmm..I also miss decent internet.

Today i am starting my "ME" video...but not sure how good that'll be hehe, lets just hope.

Okay really must go

love you all....well, a few of you.
but I like most of you :D

hehe okay
see you all when I have more intereting news

other wise, happy new year! (it's new years for me today)

see ya

...Sick...glands...gr

2007-12-15T11:13:00.000-08:00

I finally figured out why I couldn't log onto this site up 'till now.
That's a long story, but the moral of it is, I'm here.

I am also sick.

Lame

think I've got glandular fever (maan I can't spell). I can't sing at all, and have 0 energy...which sucks.
Unlike my kitten how ever hehe, who doesn't stop running.

it's rainded for the last four days. w00t
you may have noticed I'm not really enjoying myself too much.

but I'll get over it, and I'm sure once I have a job I'll be nicelly distracted. (hopefully these damn glads go down soon).

I'm missing NZ...ah how I miss NZ (never thought I'd say that).

Any way, internet is oober expencive over here so I should go (surfing trademe is hard).
Just thought I'd let you all know I'm still alive...mostly.

Also if you're going to email me, please do so on
ajhos@oyster.net.ck
for the time being (gmail doesn't like dialup)

see you all later

Jonny.

P.S. DialUp sucks...me no likey!

not dead, just sleeping

2007-12-03T03:37:00.000-08:00

Well my pretties
it is time to go.

I will of course keep this site updated regularly, but for now I'm sorry if posts are slow.
I'm leaving finally, and i am scared, excited and annoyed that I'm not going to have a band for a whole year.
Where exactly the band will end up in a year no one really knows.
but at the moment it looks like we'll stay together, with a few changes to accommodate those who are leaving to further study.
it'll be a hectic time, and I'm sure there will be plenty to write about haha.

but in the mean time, Tim and myself will be writing like mad, to get things ready for our recording sessions, which are just over a year away hopefully.
Also, we plan to tour somewhat.
We'll definitely keep you posted on that, but it's obviously not for a while yet.

And for now, i'm thinking of naming this album,
"not dead, just sleeping"
Although it might seem like a crap name in the morning...and I've got a year to think about it.

keep your eyes on this page, because every month I'm gonna be uploading some samples of the recordings to come etc.

Love you all

Have a good night, next time I post I'll be in a different country.

Enjoy

Jonny.

Rex Manning day!

2007-11-24T12:41:00.000-08:00

Well, it's not

it's MUSE DAY!

Ahhh hehe, been waiting for this for a while now.
Trying to keep my hopes at a responsible level, so the actual thing seems better, but its hard when it's all happening today!

Any way, I must to get ready to line up...for like 5 hours.
w00t!

haha

Enjoy this picture of them

Jonny.

All welcome the new comers

2007-11-22T01:56:00.001-08:00

The Knob!

Basically a wee boost pedal, designed to make it seem like I'm turning up the 12k, and pumping my guitar through a tiny drive, but it's a lie really.
it's just a limiter, but it's MY limiter...and I made her today :D
which makes me smile.

So heres what she looks like.

hope you like the name

Jonny.

The Reckoner

2007-11-19T01:50:00.000-08:00

Ah man

okay it's finally hit

I have all of 16 days left in this country.

So many things in my head right now, and the only song that I can think of to kinda sum up how I feel, is The Reckoner from Radiohead's latest album In Rainbows (they have a song for every occasion).

I wish I could draw, so you could see my expression of excited depression as i sip out of my overly round glass. Wishing it was wine. Wishing it was cold. Wishing I could take my friends with me.

Dedicated to coming back, to leaving, to making good of it.
Enabled to all, but some how helpless.
it'll come too soon.
it'll come, that's the scary part.

i wish it wouldn't happen
but it'll be a one off experience
something I can't be me with out
I'll be changed

I know around the corner it'll be me
I know I'm me now, but I'll be different
some how
I hate good byes

it's only for a year,
it's not really good bye
no reason to hate it
no reason at all

Embrace what you have
make it work for you
let the change happen

it'll happen
nothing I can do now
but it's for the best
I'll enjoy it
but i'll miss you all

Hmm, might try writing that into a song
I was just kinda typing and seeing what came out...and that's what happened.

Any way, i must go plan my last 16 days

jonny.

Honey I shrunk the AC30!

2007-11-15T13:03:00.000-08:00

Jonny buys an amp

yeah I know..that's the fastest I think I've ever spent money...maybe
N..actually that's a lie.
But it's the fastest search I've ever had for something like this.

As soon as I blew my amp I knew I should pray for it, or me, or a new one..or one of the above.
So I did, and I asked that if I'm meant to have an amp next year, God would provide me with one, and when he did he'd make it painfully obvious that THIS was the one!

So after my cousins 21's last night I headed home, and jumped on trademe (just checking what was on).
And there, RIGHT in the top three on the latest listings was a Vox P10 pathfinder, an amp which i have kind of wanted for a while.
it's only a small thing, 10w solid state.
But it's vox and the quality is amazing for a little amp.
PLUS it's only 4kg, which will help with baggage weight when I move, plus it's in Chch AND it's in the exact price range I prayed for.

So, not seeing that this was THE amp that god had set up for me I prayed on it, and halfway through the sentence "..Please give me an over whelming sense of 'yes' if this is the one God..." I heard a very over powering voice yelling at me "HOW MUCH MORE OBVIOUS CAN I GET!"

So I opened my eyes, and clicked the buynow.

I should be picking it up today, hopefully.
it's a neat wee beast, and I am great full that God set up this deal so quickly, as my cousin has offered to take up my amp for me, but she leaves on Wednesday, so i was worried I wouldn't have time to get one before she left.

Thanks to this amp you can look forward to recordings of song ideas through out next year.

YAY

jonny.

not one of my smarter moments

2007-11-14T02:01:00.000-08:00

So, here I was this morning, bored to tears.
Then i think, you know what I could do to pass time, i could Mod my amp.
Basically make it so you can plug it into a cab and use it as a head unit.
Not that it would be of any use at all, because firstly I don't have a cab, and secondly it's a 10w Samic, which won't sound that good no matter what you do to it.

So I open my wee baby up, and have a look inside.
"oh yup," I say "shouldn't be too hard."
I grab the wires which connect the speaker to the amp and cut them (easy enough to get back into place).
I then solder them to a jack out (like that on the body of a guitar).
Using ground and negative, and the signal out as my positive.

I grab the other end of the wires and solder them onto a jack head, using again the ground as the neg, and the signal as the pos.
Thinking, when I put this jack into this input it'll be just like having the wires connected.

So I do this, and go to try it out.
I plug it in, and hook it upto a perfectly working cab (one of my dads oldies).
I go to flick the on switch, but it moves away from me. So I use my finger the secure the beast,
and my thumb to flick the switch.
BAM!...i'm now connected to the mains.
In NZ that's 240v

So that was fun.

I stand up as fast as I can, this takes me away from the shock and my arm only buzzes a little.

Now, i'm not sure exactly where I went wrong (I've run this whole thing in my head so many times)
but some where between opening up the amp, and plugging myself into the wall i went wrong.
And...sad to say, today was the day I blew up my first amp.

So yes, i am currently ampless again, which is lame.
So, if any one's got an amp they'd want to give me...I'm open for nearly anything right now.
How ever, if you have something that's like a 5w all tube deal that'd be good haha.

okay
Cheers for your pitty, as I hope your feeling right now.

jonny.

Old practise photos

2007-11-12T20:42:00.000-08:00

Hello

This is a post that Gaz (our official band photographer) tried to upload a while ago, but failed, so here are some photos.
These photos are about...5 - 6 months old, and unfortunatly Andrew isn't in this bunch of photos, but I hope that wont hold back your enjoyment of these photos.
Thanks again Gaz for these photos.

Jonny.

2007-11-10T16:24:00.001-08:00

HEY:D
Its Gareth here iv taken photos of AirPlay, and here are some of them just doing there thing. These were taken earlyer this year while they were just working out some songs. Enjoy.
p.s. sorry bout the camera shake on some of them
Gareth

"The Rotating Unfinished"

2007-11-09T23:29:00.000-08:00

This is called "The Rotating Unfinished"

Please blame all retarded film work on Anton Harlo

Enjoy

Jonny

Stevo and the gig

2007-11-08T20:57:00.000-08:00

well as jonny will o doubt write about the gig this afternoon i thought i'd get in there first and add my two cents.

it actually went really well, a fair few people turned up and seemed to enjoy the music so claps for jonny and his organization and commitment to make all this happen (claps to computer screen for a few moments)

i have had some comments on the band that i shall pass onto you sometime as well jonny. i'll leave the rest of the narration of the gig to jonny as i'm sure he has a lot to say on the matter.

and btw, the band promo video should go up on this site sometime soon (won't it Jonny?... hint hint)

oh yeah, and i would like to extend the beforesaid congratulations to the rest of the band, you guys did great:)

stevo out

Jonny's talk;

Hello, I hijacked Steve's entry hehe (because apparently i can do that).
yeah the gig went really well, and it was a loooot of fun.

The video will be up here as the coming week's video of the week.

but yeah, everything just went right today..well, most things haha.
There was a point where Mr Morrow shot some smoke into the room, and as awesome as that is, it clogs up my throat, so during the next song I was kinda/really flat during the hard core bit, which wasn't so much fun to hear back haha.

Unfortunately the recording of it didn't work so well, so I'm not sure if the live DVD thing is possible as this stage, but I'll see what i can do.

but yeah, I'd just love to thank the band for being awesome...because you guys all are!

Oh and I've started writing for the next album, here's a taste of my latest song/start of a song thing;

The cameras on
Don't make your mistake
the cameras on
don't make your mistake

When you're you're all alone
there's no one to blame

The videos on
don't mess up now
they're watching you
in here some how

When you see your close
you'll hit the ground

The cameras on
the cameras on

Hope every one who saw it today had a good time, and I look forward to performing for you all again at some point (as do all the other guys I'm sure).

Jonny/Steve'o

Confusion

2007-11-07T02:11:00.001-08:00

Ah, I keep thinking that tomorrow is the gig.
It's so weird, I've woken up for the last three days thinking, "oh man! Playing tomorrow!" and of course a few seconds later I'm disappointed.
how ever! it's only one more sleep before we play, I are VERY excited.
I am excited cow...excited cow is excited.

This deserves a story.

Once upon a time there was a small cow, his name was Jolly the horse, a very suitable name for a cow really. but it was okay, because his parents didn't like him so much, which is why they gave him a name that people would point and laugh at him for.
Unfortunately for the parents Jolly The horse found great joy in the fact that even his name could bring a smile to the faces of his pares.
So Jolly would spend his days introducing himself to people, again and again, and as they laughed at his miss fortune, he would walk away with a smile on his face.

moral of the story is that a smile will make any bad situation seem like mere water, and you are the ducks back when you smile.

.....ah.....jonny.

YAY GIG!

oOoooo

2007-11-05T00:51:00.001-08:00

Creeepy

Jonny

The buzzards

2007-10-31T19:24:00.000-07:00

i shut my window, this tells my body it is night, this tells my brain it is time to wake up.
I open a new text document
"Wish i had word..." I utter, annoyed at the copy of windows I have for not being legal.
I boycott all foods other than crackers and tea.
It is time to edit.

Mission; one hour worth of film to go behind the gig.
Recourses; Avid 3.5 and my production studio.

this wouldn't be hard, if I had more than a week.

Times a wasting, must get editing.

*Click...open...ignore....yes to all....How To Dig A Hole.*

Jonny.

One practise left

2007-10-31T03:27:00.000-07:00

time is drawing near, and things have JUST started building up.
Stage set up for example is going to be a mission.
i plan to Mic EVERYTHING so that I can film it all in perfect quality audio.
Also there are about 15 used channels of Mics, and DI'd things, so YAAY!
Techy's dream.

Also i just realized that we have ONE and only one practice left haha.

that's not scary at allll... :P

Any way, our set list is as follows (some songs might get moved around)

- All it perfect
- Own Song
- mote/the panda song (not recorded)
- Perk
- We All lived Backwards
- Relative I (not recorded)
- The Rotating unfinished
- Happy Happy the bug man (Not recorded, acoustic)
- For The Crash (solo Piano and vocals)

I'm almost positive I'm missing something haha, but I guess I'll find out next time we have a practice.

until then, enjoy your day.

Jonny.

EP Cover

2007-10-30T00:58:00.000-07:00

Album artwork is now complete!

the tabs are for foldings sake.

Enjoy

jonny.

9th November

2007-10-28T04:33:00.000-07:00

Hello all

Well I've finally got an announcement worth making;

*clears throat*

AIRPLAY WILL BE PLAYING THE GIG IN THE DRAMA ROOM OF RICCARTON HIGH SCHOOL AT 12PM ON THE NINTH OF NOVEMBER!

Tickets are a dollar, because space is limited.

but whats a dollar really.

Any way, I will be back with more artwork.
EP is nearly ready to be released, which is convenient because I'm releasing it at the gig.

ON THE 9TH!

Jonny.

All is perfect

2007-10-23T03:12:00.000-07:00

Picture a world with out war,
with out famine, with out missfortune,
nothings out of place.

Well obviously that wont be happening any time soon.

This weeks video of the week is the opening track from our EP, named All Is Perfect.
It's about such a world, or at least the illusion of one.

it's meant to just set the scene for the rest of the EP.

The concept is taken from Animal Farm..so any one who knows the story of that will know what Im going on about.
otherwise, i hope you enjoy it.

Jonny.

it is finished!

2007-10-18T02:50:00.000-07:00

it is finished!

The Music of AirPlay's self produced EP "How To Dig A Hole" is now complete.

the art isn't finished yet, and to be honest I'm not so hot with that side of things, SO if you have any suggestions, or eve pictures you would like us to consider as a cover, then feel free to send them to us on the site mail address.

mean while, here's a photo of Jonny GreenWood

Time Broken Music Box

2007-10-14T03:59:00.001-07:00

i was working on the EP, just mastering etc, when I got an idea for a song.
So it is now going on the EP.
This is just another reason for me to love my keyboard.

I hope you enjoy it.

It's called;

"Time Broken Music Box."

(and I should warn you that this is a little odd for the album, I'm not planning to have any other pieces like this on it at the moment)

Enjoy
jonny.

EP UPDATE

Very close to being ready - just need album artwork, and you're more than welcome to send in suggestions if you want, please send them into the site address on the right hand side of your screen.
Also, one remaining vocal line to go.

EP

2007-10-12T18:11:00.000-07:00

howdy

just a quick note to say that the EP
"how to dig a hole"
is near completion.

Still working on the art work a little - I'm thinking something to do with Pandas, pandas are cute.
So that shouldn't be too far away.

There will be some tracks available for download at some point.

Hmm, I got to get back to mastering

Enjoy

Jonny.

Shortie mysteries

2007-10-09T14:23:00.000-07:00

Those of us who have been subjected to the horror that is "Shortland street" will know that recently there have been a number of mysterious murders occurring.

The "official" website has this posted as the biggest mystery the show has seen in it's life, spanning the past 15 years.
not even the writers know what is going to happen (apparently...although, by now I'm sure they're used to that).

From what i understand, involved in the murder there is;

a rubber tube
the body is always missing

there are many theories as to who it is, and many theories of how this is happening.

In this post I will express my own theory.

"jonnys theory of the Shortie murders"

lets weigh up the evidence, tube, no body. So far, nothing that convincing.

We have caught a few characters acking shady, although this has either been explained in episodes following, or is simply brushed off, because many of the characters are shady in the first place.

So what I propose is this;

These are not murders at all!

These are simply a bunch of suicides, all committed in an unusually similar fashion.

here's how they happened -

firstly, get one rubber tube, from the conveniently placed hospital on set.

Tie one end of this tube around your throat, and the other (with rope or twine) to something solid, a car, a building, a lamp post etc.

open your back door and take 90 paces back wards.

Sprint the 90 paces back towards the back door as fast as you can.

On the 90th step the rube will tighten, breaking your neck instantly, the rubber tube will not be able to support the impact, and will rip off the rope (leaving no evidence of it).

The fours of the impact will also fling you back towards the post, taking you away from your back door (insuring no one will find you, as they never seem to go out side to check).

And this, is how people have been dieing on Shortie.

jonny.

hehe...AWESOME!

2007-10-07T02:11:00.000-07:00

A while ago my mate Chris and I decided this needed doing.

We only got half way (there was meant to be a full on body kit) but it was raining, and his mum needed to borrow his car....etc...then we couldn'tbe bothered putting it all back on.
but...i personally think it awesome.

jonny

unreasonable people

2007-09-30T03:09:00.000-07:00

.....

they annoy me.

Jonny.

Photos

2007-09-22T00:29:00.001-07:00

hello

No video as of yet, but we do have photos of the performance i wrote about a few posts ago.

So enjoy.