WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN YOU AMPP RATS? (i hope not eatting the food they leave out)

dusty....looking snapper....in front of a wisp..above a spire

O.K. here we are. Joshua, Scott, and Jessica...Front and center. We have been up to a great deal of working. Since this was our first trip out we learned a lot of new lessons. The biggest lesson was the idea that we could cover the country in any detail or resolution in 8 weeks.

This simply is not the truth. I guess you could do it if you didn't stop and expereience anything on the way. How it played out was we would find a new area....you name it medford, santa cruiz, S.F., and we would start setting up recon in that area. This process took anywhere from 3 days to 3 weeks depending on how lucky we got. Once we would find a stream of talent it would bloom from there but we never calculated in the cost of gas in getting to all of these open mics (etc.), eatting while we were scouting, and the time before we hit the band/slash person that would 'open' the town up.

Believe it or not there is always a person who holds the key to all of the talent of that city. Strangely that person doesn't even play music sometimes. They are the person who more or less has fantastic taste combined with a great personal skills. Once we have a hold of the stream is talent it is a game of finding a place to record the bands/artists that is A.) safe B.) free C.) Conducive of a great performance. When our movie comes out you will get to see what we are talking about.

Long story short we are having to break up the country into smaller 8-10 week pieces. This is better for both our health and our equipment. Our gear in its current configuration wouldn't have made it through last summers deep south weather without lighting on fire. We think of it as an undercover blessing. Our computer's green boards, even though they are military grade high/low temp can't handle the 130 that Mississippi was getting last year. Simple physics keeps getting in our way. This is why we are going to try and hit the Deep south in the winter this time. Lower reading on the mercury. Granted water is always a problem, but the heat last year......in California even (which isn't exactly fearsome) was causing problems.

We currently are working on ducting and air conditioning that will fix all of this. GO SCOTT'S DAD GO! we are taking the microbooms back up to AUDIX. (WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK AUDIX AGAIN FOR BEING THE GREATEST COMPANY EVERY. THEY WEREN'T MEAN, STRESSFUL, OF ANYTHING BUT COOL TO WORK WITH.....THAT AND THEIR STUFF SOUNDS RADICAL. IT'S THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS).

Joshua 

p.s. who is that fourth person standing there?...and when is phase two starting? and where is phase two going to take place? and what if " I was in the area that phase one took place in, but i wasn't recorded and I am damn sure that i am good enough......you guys just didn't get a chance to hear me?"

The bay area

Consistent internet connections have been few and far between since we arrived in the bay area. San Francisco is beyond rough terrain for the birthday machine and the good ol Terry but we still managed to meet some great people and record a great band in the middle of the city.
Our friend Dusty got us in touch with the band the green door and we captured them in the middle of the night and by that I mean until 7am. Thanks for being such a trooper Mike!
Aside from that we have been recording in the smaller areas around San Francisco. Wrote some music for our friend Sonja in Santa cruz, ran in to and recorded the western skylarks (our shortest session yet), met a fairy princess who was kind enough to buy us Thai food for dinner, and met an Irish man who invited us over and fed our arsenal of politically incorrect jokes.

Today our friend Christian set us up with a full day of great musicians in a little town called point Reyes. Funny thing about being here is the place we found to record in charges hourly, but people in the town donated to the cause.
Kipper ghost

Working with audix

The Audix guys are awesome. They were helping us check out the microphones before we left town today. The Portland sessions sound amazing and apparently we got through them without damaging any mics. Go AMP! And thanks to Audix.
Kipper out

Press!

The Oregonian

From our sponsors Audix Microphones

amp project film blog (from now on "flog") entry #1

Industrial folk

A few nights ago we wandered in to a speakeasy that our friend Greggory Stockert told us about. We'll leave the name out so it can keep its word of mouth stature. Nevertheless, we witnessed some amazing performances and we knew we had to set up a session with them.
One of those musicians was Dusty Santanmaria who asked us to set up in a great open building down in the industrial area.
We arrived and set up while the man who owned the place, Dylan Lee Johnston warmed the room with his music. As the night went on we started drawing the attention of more and more great musicians. Also on the list was the haunting Tasche De La Rocha, Jesse Nelson, and Galen Ballinger. Dylan's space was wonderful but the sound really came out in to the large open space that we moved in to later. We recorded late in to the night, well...morning, with the aid of the sound of that room and a couple bottles of red wine. Once we finally cut, Dylan's space opened up again for an incredibly spooky impromptu jam session. A very late but also very successful evening for the ampp team. Kipper out dy

David coffin

<p>Amp has been very blessed with fantastic musicians to record over these past few weeks. We have done sessions in warehouses, kitchens, dining rooms, and at parties. And during our time out, one name has been brought up by multiple musicians. That name is David coffin.</p>
<p>Well after a few weeks of phone calls to his friends we got the elusive David Coffin. This man has refused to be on tape for over 40 years. We don't blame him. Sometimes the steril environment of a studio can be very counterproductive to the musical process.

Here is where we come in. Our ability to bring a studio to the musician, in an environment that they are comfortable with, is the reason why Mr. Coffin agreed to record with us.

On a side note, a puppet theater across the street was doing face paintings.
Baddacat out.

The journey has begun!

We have left our home in the rogue valley and started our journey. It has been a bit of a rough start. We have been faced with car problems, and a total complete computer failure. But here at amp, we see problems like these, as priceless footage for our documentary. So after we fixed our car on the side of the highway, and spent a day building a brand new computer, we got out and started recording. We have had the pleasure of recording a few great musicians already. Our system is working well and the sessions are sounding great. We are in the process of editing some footage, as well as updating our website. So keep checking in, because the show has just begun. Baddacat out.

The Logo that changed everything.

Yesterday the AMPP team hand painted a logo on our trailer. Everyone we talked to said, "you should go out and pay to have someone cut it out of vinyl." 

Now what is the fun in that?

Here at AMPP we are all about doing things the hard way and let me tell you everything from drawing the rough outline to applying the pigment is hard when corrugated aluminum is your canvas.

  

Luckily we were able to talk Hilary Clare Swain into driving down from Portland to help us. Hilary is extremely skilled. She is a educated interior architect, industrial designer, and artist. 

Once we had the outline drawn, and we were confident the placement was worth making it permanent, we started. Scott, a bit against his will, even helped apply the oil. (I think Hilary, and her stone hand, scared  him..... it scared me and I think I'm awesome at large format painting.)

We painted through the day until it got to 100 degrees, then we walked down to the river and toyed with the idea of getting in. 

There is something about the Rogue River that makes you rethink your judgement of the ambient temperature. It feels like a brain freeze, only in the very marrow of your bones.  

Thank you Hilary for lending us one of your many talents. We couldn't have pulled off that little URL font without you. You are a truly amazing individual. 

All I have left to do on it is add a few more details and go over the drawing with a sharp ink line. That helps to tighten up the overall look.

When I am done I think people are going to ask me, "Where did you get vinyl this big cut?" 

Yes. 

Joshua

THE TRAILER

Here is a picture of our trailer.

Yesterday we installed wood floors in it.

They look wonderful.

We are going to build the console table tomorrow.

We will begin installing our equipment this week.

The AMPP trailer will be streaming sound within days.

Rock and Roll.

Guess what we got? (hint: it has eight wheels and is 48 feet long)

WE HAVE DONE IT!!!!

Yes that is right...... WE HAVE DONE IT!!!!!!

Scott, Jessica, and I have been absent for a little while.
Where did they go?
Well that is a good question reader and the answer is EVERYWHERE.

The drama began 4 weeks ago. As you might have seen in our movies, we got a trailer from Jim B. of B and S construction. We thought it would do, and you couldn't beat the price (free! thank you Jim).
We worked day after day on Big Jodi (our nickname for the trailer), trying to desperately to breathe life back into her old messy molded bones. For a while we thought she was going to work, then we found the big D.R.(That's short for Dry Rot, which is long for the Devil).

I think it was Scott who intentionally pushed the index finger of his left hand through the front of the trailer (Wall, studs, insulation, and all.) Following the AMPP rule book that clearly states "do not go on a 10,000 mile trip with a trailer you can put your index finger through", we admitted temporary defeat and parked Big Jodi up by the road, with a sad sad sign that read plainly 'FREE'. (On a side note, Big Jodi is now the house of a guy named Clark. She was tired and ready for sleep. She will meet the end of her days in a trailer park many moons from now. Clark said he is going to strengthen the walls with a few tube of silicone. Way to go Clark!)

We started our search for a replacement to Big Jodi in Southern Oregon. We soon found that our little valley didn't hold a trailer worthy of the AMP project (to be honest there were trailers worthy, but not any under the price of 10,000 dollars).

We spread our wings and search out to Redding through Eugene....... no go.

We looked wider, Salem to Chico........ Nope.

Seattle to San Francisco?..... Sorry AMPP.

We began to contemplate defeat. Days passed and nothing. Weeks began to grow, all the while we held hands in circles and prayed for a break in the storm.... then it happened.

BOOM!!!!!!

You could hear the posting of a 1977 Terry dual axle travel trailer (original owner) far and wide,  like a binary gun shot in the silence of cyber space. We, with the help of Jeanna who spotted it, called 2 hours after it posted, but  the voice mail was already full. Everyone knew it was rad, and everyone wanted it. I called again, and again, and again. 32 times in total the first night. No answer.

We saw it was posted from a small town in washington. We woke the next day and drove to the town, arriving at 6:30 in the morning. During entire drive my mind was filled with the garage sale mentality. Early bird buys everything for a nickel. We drove through the streets hoping to catch a glimpse of the rarest of trailers.... the Terry..... the white whale of the road. Nothing.

I called again at 7:00 am. Mailbox full, no answer. I knew someone had already bought it.

That is when I decided that enough was enough. This wasn't a trailer for me to look cool in at the lake. This trailer was for America. Thats when I started calling...... only for reals this time. Ring,ring,ring "I'm sorry the Voice Mail of xxx-xxxx is currently full, click. Ring, ring, ring 'I'm sorry the', click. Ring, ring, ring, RING, RING, RING, RING!!!!!"

I can't, with total accuracy tell you how many times I dialed that number, in a row, but I can with confidence tell you that I have never, in my life called the same number so many times.

Some where around my 30-50th call the impossible happened. Instead of the regular answer machine voice I heard what sounded like a cough....My heart sank... oh no, I have just made this guy really angry. After all it is 7:38 in the morning on a saturday.

"Hello?"
"WHAT IS IT YOU WANT?"
"I'm calling about the trailer on Craig's List.... do you still have it?"
"yes I still have it."
"I want your trailer. Can I come buy it?"
"....(pause)......I have someone coming to look at it. If you get here first you can have it. Where are you at right now?"
"I'm in washington"
"Bummer man, I'm in Salem Oregon"

Sear terror raced up my spine like pumping antifreeze through my marrow.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!... Did I mention this trailer isn't for us.... It is for America? America needs this man. Are you a patriot?"
"Yes."
"Then you owe it, as your civic duty, to sell us that trailer and not the guy who is coming to see it."
"...(pause).....O.K. see you in a second"

and that was how it happened. Just like that. That is how we got adopted Little Jackie to our Family.

When I got there the guy said he held it for me because I called so many times. He said anyone who would call 70 times in under 24 hours obviously wanted it the most.

To be honest....I had no faith that my whole battle dialing approach was going to work.... but the world works in mysterious ways.

Thank you world...or whoever pulled those strings for us. Without that we would have been..... well lets not talk about that.

Joshua
   

Kory Quinn,The American Music Preservation Project and a New Hair cut.

Yesterday I talked with Kory Quinn from the Portland Field Recording Project.
 

Portland Field Recording...Have music will travel.



He is a real awesome guy. Last year they cut over 100 records in the Portland area. They run off the same concept as we do. They record people for free because they like doing it and they think it is important to archive what is happening here locally. It might take 20 or 30 years for people to understand that what we are doing is important, but I rest assured the cream always rises and time has a way of sorting everything out.

 It isn't any secret that the music Portland turns out is amazing and cutting edge. I asked him if we could get together so I could pick his brain for ideas.

Portland Mobile Recording Fundraiser (Correct me if
I'm wrong Kory).

 Let me tell you guys, Kory is on the top of his game....a modern day Renaissance man. Musician, song writer, studio engineer, and soccer coach. How can you get any cooler right?

Anyways he is going to get together a group of the best of the best singer songwriters in the Portland area that he knows and we are going to head up there for the first part of our tour. (early July it looks like.)  He wants to line up a group of musicians and spend a day or two tracking every one's 'important' tracks. You know...hanging out and having a good time cutting records as opposed to the sterile stressful environment of a standard recording studio.

Here is their blog...check it out.
http://portlandfieldrecordings.blogspot.com/ 
 

John Browne Jr. With his axe.


In addition we are hooking up with John Browne Jr. and his crew. John and his group of friends are famous. If you don't know who they are rent the movie 'Red Dog Hotel'. Its rad. We are hoping to line up around the same time in the same area, this looks like it is going to be an amazing kick off to the AMPPf trip. John Browne Jr. is from the early San Fransisco Scene. He is attempting to get together some of the cats that eventually made what came to be know as the San Fransisco sound of the sixties. He is an amazing guitar player and I have had the joy of recording him once already. It was a solo session, but this session should be a group of a few close friends of his who were also active in the early S.F. scene (see also the grateful dead, The warlocks, the Jug band, The Carleton's) Not to mention we get to head out east from Portland instead of the dreadful south on I-5 trip that I have made 50 times. Been there done that. No thanks. Maybe on the way back.

Thank you Kory for helping us. Your local intelligence on what is happening and who's who in the Portland Metro area is priceless. Kory is one of the guys who knows what is happening in the scene. He has his finger on the pulse of the truthful music.

 On a totally unrelated note:

Ladies and Gentlemen I have done it.

I have sold out :)

I have cut my hair. No longer am I rocking the long hair and beard that my hairstylist affectionately referrers  to as the Jesus look. In the past it was the monetary restrains of having to play 25 bucks every two weeks for a haircut, but those days have long since disappeared. I must admit that in the past there were several things that ranked higher on my list of importance than hair cuts and shaving (like replacing the air in my tires, or putting a friend of mine into lower stratosphere orbit), but this new position I have found myself in as the head of a Non-Profit requires a certain rearrangement to this list.

Check out the new and improved Joshua 'Lomax' Smith....brought to you in Technicolor. Do hate me because I look more like a cop than I did before. Trust me....I am still sympathetic to the cause.

Fight the Power.

THE AMP Project

http://AmericanMusicPreservation.org/

Joshua Lomax Smith.

An Apology, Living in the Woods, The Lonestar State, and Garlic



View out my front window...I told you I lived in the mountains.



So I would like to formally apologize for not writing over the last few days. Two of the AMPP crew are in places where they don't get Internet and so that leaves me to do the Blogging but I haven't been slacking. Living in the woods makes the Internet a bit unreliable, but with this new set up I think I have all of the kinks worked out.

We, as I stated earlier, are in the process of finding a Van to pull our beautiful trailer (Big Jodi [on a side note...I am really sorry to anyone out there that is named Jodi. I didn't put enough thought into the name, in fact I put no thought into as you can see in the video, but it stuck and now everyone refers to it as not the AMPP trailer, but Big Jodi]). The vans come in all shapes and colors so I can't paint our little trailer until we buy one and know what our exterior color scheme is. I don't want to have the colors arguing....how embarrassing:) I and going to paint the logo on the side of the trailer. I will film it so you will be able to watch it in time lapse. I can't wait for that segment, but once again we can't do that until we get a van.



This is the tree in my front yard. Pretty amazing tree.
Do you see the trailer to the left? Jodi looks so small.

 We, both Scott and I, have been searching far and wide through the states of Northern California, Oregon, and Washington for a Conversion van....but to no avail. Every time I talk to the people on the phone they are like, "Oh yeah...shes a real beaut! She runs like a champ!". Then I tell them that 'she' has to pull a loaded down 23 foot trailer through the deep south in the dead of Summer for 10,000 miles without blowing up...and that we are a non-profit...and they all tell me to find another one. At least when they hear the words non-profit they develop a conscious. It saves me a drive to Portland and it saves us from losing a transmission in Waco, TX.



She said we should keep to the south eastern
portion of the state. I knew Austin had a cool
scene but I didn't think they really needed us
since they are filled with studios and people who are really gifted in the art of audio engineering, not to mention it is a big city and that is something we are trying to avoid. She said however the area around the hill country of the southeast is where the hidden talent is. It only makes sense being that it is so close tot he point of origin....the delta. Regardless it is worth the detour. Thank you for the tip Jessica.   

 In a totally un-related subject yesterday I found a connection in Texas. She is a music buff, well traveled and informed on what is happening. You know...the ear to the pavement type. She gave me a map of Texas that has everyplace we need to visit and what kind of music to expect. She said south east Texas...in the hill country. Our first Texas lead. Score!




 The Deck Garden of 2010-2011



Check out my deck garden. 5 different types. The Hard Collaris killing it so far, but will still have time before we harvest.



Oh yeah and my garlic that I planted before winter is looking great. It will be ready right before we leave and I'll bring you some if you drop me a line. Hopefully AMPP will be able to grow all of its own spices    before we leave...why? Because we can't afford organic unless we do it ourselfs. Luckily we have been growing for a while in preparation for this trip.

We will be Stone souping our way across America.

Go AMPP! 

We are coming in on 60 days before we leave.

Its all starting to take shape.

Purpose and goal makes everyday the greatest day of your life. 

Its 6:00 in the morning and this is already the best day of mine.

I went down to the river behind my house and the fog looked like smoke on the water....(there wasn't any fire in the sky:).

God bless southern Oregon. (My old IPhone doesn't do it justice...really I wish you could stand next to me right now and see what I am seeing. The birds and the green. [Spring is my favorite. Its like a Friday night when you were in grade school. You know you still have days and days of awesomeness before you have to go back to school]) .

I wonder if we'll find any place as pretty as where I am right now. I'm surrounded by fields and mountains and rivers and family. I don't know, but its gonna have to be someplace pretty amazing. My father says the blue ridge mountains of Kentucky are really pretty in the fall. We have Douglas fir, which doesn't change, they have maple. The hills are on fire with red.


Joshua Lomax Smith

OH NO! Big Board, Little Door.




This isn't our trailer...our trailer has a basement.

 
So this morning was spent measuring the trailer....and the gear. It wasn't until doing this that we realized we are going to have some minor issues with the installation of the equipment.


Our board is a 32 channel Soundcraft Ghost. 

It's measurements are about 4 ft x 6ft x 10 inches. The door of the trailer is big enough but since it is right in front of the refrigerator we are unable to make the turn. We are going to have to pull out the main front window (see also: Front Shot). This sounds like a pain, but we figure  at least no one is going to steal it.

I talked with Erin (Aaron, Eryn, Air-inn, Error-in?) at ABC and they are going to do a story on us next week. She is a really fun to talk with and it was great to banter with her about the life of a big shot new reporter:) Apparently she still has a push lawn mower and she doesn't drive a Bentley....yet. 

She wanted to interview us and one of our local sponsors. I picked Rogue Garden Supply because they are local to where I live and they have been so extremely generous with the project. R.G.S. has made some amazing contributions, and their store is beatiful, so I only found it fit to have the interview in their store. She said she needed visuals....visuals make for good stories. I can't think of anything super awesome for her....Here at A.M.P.P. we are all about making quality and interesting news. I would hate to be the boring story between 'The Worlds Fastest Chainsaw Juggler' and 'Local Prison Forgets To Lock Up!'

Mabye I'll wear face paint

......because right now all we have for visuals is a board that is too big and a door that is too small. 

Joshua 
americanmusicpreservation.org

The Van (The B-Team) What do you think? Should we buy newer or go Retro?

We have been looking for a van for the last month. We  want a Chevy conversion van. Scott, the mechanic on the trip, says they are easier to work on. Hopefully we don't have to replace transmissions in Waco, TX.

Captain's chairs, DVD, queen bed in the back. You know. Here is one we just found....20,000 miles on the new engine. That's Rhino Lining along the bottom! The guys from Colorado and he says R.L. is the only way to roll in gravel. Its a little older than the ones we have been looking at (it is a 1988) but it might match the trailer better. What do you think?   

Its tan and teal? We have a tan trailer. Maybe all we have to do is paint a teal stripe around the outside

and call it good.  We are planning a four person

crew and this back bench seat folds down into a

queen bed. He says he has paper work on everything but the car has 200,000 on it. He went through the transmission then but I just don't know. I haven't had good luck buying used. The last car I bought drove 2,000 miles before it blew a head gasket. He seemed like a straight shooter too. 

Yeah that's right...that's a lumber rack on top.

Gaskets and the Love of Brothers.

For the last few hours my little brother and I worked on repairing gaskets that we thought might fail. Some gaskets aren’t made anymore so we had to make them ourselves. No one told me that the Gasket Fix doesn’t come off. (Apparently Jesse knew, but thought it was funny.)
Awesome, we get to rock black arms for the next few weeks. I hope it comes off while I sleep and ruins countless sets of sheets. Reguardless, we'll wear it like a badge. Thank you Jesse for getting tarred with me.  

Joshua (Is that a "W"? Why is he doing that?)

Jesse ("I can see what you are thinking. You should be ashamed")

Joshua (Lead AMPP)

The Trailer Part One.

The Media Isn't As Mean As Everyone Says They Are As Long As You Aren't Charlie Sheen.

We spent the day talking to the various forms of media here in Oregon. Everyone is so great. After the initial shock of how crazy the idea sounds wears off they all understand. What we are doing is not only important to the country, it is important to the area of Oregon we are from. When I lived in Portland all I would hear about Southern Oregon is how dumb, undereducated, and ignorant we were. Who's got the fore site now Portland? A.M.P.P. will become a point of pride for this area in the years to come.

The papers are getting their stories together. You will start seeing them pop up in the various papers in the next week. They are going to follow the development of our project to our day of departure. I think we might work out something that will let them follow us on the road. Vicarious journalism. Not quite as cool as Gonzo journalism, but way more truthful and happy in it's ending.

"It sounded like a book dropping in the room next door"

Joshua and Scott

Day One

Tomorrow is a Huge day for The AMP project.

http://americanmusicpreservation.org/

Thanks to B@S construction for their donation of the trailer.
This is a huge move for us. Tomorrow we begin the process
Of converting the tailed into our audio control room. It needs some love but it will turn out rad! 

Thank you to Key Stone Comcrete Designs for donating interior paint and hard wood flooring. 
This is a big deal in helping it look less like camper and more like a control room. We wouldn't want people to be scared when they enter.

Thank you Rogue Garden Supply for donating the heavy equipment necessary to transport the trailer from it's little shaddy hole, to the car wash and into the sun. Once it gets a little drier we can put a new roof on.

Aaron Todd Esquire will be there filming the process so you can see our truly humble beginnings.
We hope to have it up in a day or two for you to watch.

We would also like to thank Jesse "the magnificent" Smith for helping us with the cleaning 
and transportation of the beast.
Without the shear power and work ethic of Jesse AMPP would be lost.

As with all things dear, we think it needs a name. Does anyone have an idea  for a name for her/him (the trailer?)

I love you all but AMPP loves you more.
I'll let you know how it goes.

Today is already the best day I have ever had.

Stay Free everyone

Joshua, Scott, and Bree

1 541 601 1066
Ilostthegame@hotmail.com

Media Player Blues

Josh and I have been fighting our media player for a solid week now. We have tried everything we could to get media on that page and it was looking pretty blue there for a bit. But tonight we had a breakthrough. After talking to tech support for Go Daddy we discovered that our server is brand new, and thus learned how to work around its subtle quirks. So now i present to you a fully functioning media page. Enjoy!

Lomax and Battlecat

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Joshua and Scott verse Linux

After seven days of working we have gotten our website debugged. Check out the Media page. Three days to find out Linux hosting is case sensitive.Check it out.

The American music project

We power forward.

To the Moon.

Joshua       

Media Page

Josh and I have spent the past week struggling with our media player plug-in for the page, but tonight we prevailed! We are uploading previous work as we speak. So check it out, and enjoy the tunes.

Joshua and Scott

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The Power of Facebook

Power of facebook:

Today I put the links to the site up on our face book pages. Wow.

That web site really does work.  The network is stronger than ever.

Everyone wants to help. You all are so fantastic. So many good ideas.

Watch for the sponsors link on our site. You guys are rad.

Joshua  

3:00

Today at 3:00 Scott is coming over after work.

We are going to move the website from my computer to his. He is going to finish out his term at school up here in Portland and be webmaster....meanwhile I am traveling to Grants Pass to start on the trailer. Southern Oregon lives in the shadow of technology and I fear of being Webmaster from afar.  Wait for the pictures. Don't worry, we aren't type people either. The upcoming AMPP blog will be of big pictures and few words.

Today is the big day for Bree. She is traveling back to California. It will be like lifting through the clouds in a plane. Rock and Roll Bree.

We have been training for our trip. We are trying to eat food that has no taste. Its usually better and cheaper. Rice, Beans, Chicken, peppers.....repeat.

joshua

Non Profit Paper work.

I just got done filing out our Articles of Incorporation. Wow that government site had more bugs then ours. Thank you Peter Shaver for being our lawyer. Without your donation of labor we would be sunk.

We also got a camera for the trip from Chris Pilter, Thank you Chris...America thanks you. Its a panasonic 3ccd handheld. I helped him pick it out when he bought it so i know its sweet.

Talked to Dan Alden about trading studio time for the plumbing job in the trailer. Two birds right?

We are also trying to get a group of people up here in portland and Eugene who want to help us test our gear...i.e. get a free record.

We talking to John Browne Jr. (early S.F. scene) trying to get him to get some of his buddies together to jam for us.

That record would be rad.

Why record so close to home?

We figured it would be better to have massive technique difficulties closer to our support network.

If you think you know of someone of something worth archiving
get a hold of us.

P.S.  Caleb Klauder we want to record you.

Joshua

Debugged

Scott and I, over the last few days have been working on getting our site up. We had no idea of the learning curve involved with HTML. I'd say I we did a pretty good job. I think its total debugged. Its not mobile defined yet so it look terrible on phones, but aside that YES!!!.

http://americanmusicpreservation.org/
or just click on our banner.


Let us know if you find a flaw.

Joshua and Scott 

THE SITE IS UP.

http://www.americanmusicpreservation.org/

The Transformation Begins

On friday we are pulling the trailer from its current home to its new modification location. The transformation begins. Jesse, and Aaron said they could help. We are going to pull it up from its little hole and put it out into the sunshine. Most things improve when pulled from darkness and placed in light. Take that from a northwestern.   

Jim became King

This morning I talked to a friend named Jim. He said we could have his trailer. Its a little rough but with the help of our group it will become an amazing mobile unit.

Thank you Jim.
You are a king.
America thanks you.

Lomax

SCORE!

I just got off the phone with a friend of mine from long beach california. He was calling to ask me questions about how to get his NEW recording system up. We bantered for a spell and worked out all of his problems. I asked what happened to the OLD studio (because he was running PCI based EMUs).
"THey're in a box in the attic"

I informed him that America needed him (and his EMU).

We just got 14 track mobile live recording capabilities.
Everyday seems to be getting better than the prior.
YES!

Lomax

Sleep Is A Crutch

It is now about 7 in the morning, and our site is now live! We are still working out the kinks, but its comin along.

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Pullin Back The Blinds

The first seven tests have failed. We are working tirelessly on uploading the website. Server errors will not stand in our way!

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