Jay Mathes

Category: News

  • Pushing the Envelope

    I just received an email from a buddy of mine who owns a studio in Villa Park. He has the next two weeks available, and he’s willing to book me at a super-discounted price for mixing. The only problem is that I’m not finished tracking yet. (“Tracking” is the process of recording each instrument and “composing” the parts of a song.) 

    If my estimates are right, mixing should take no more than five days. And if my friend still has Monday, February 9-13th available, that means, if I want to mix with him on this, I have ten days to finish tracking everything. 
    It’s doable, but it will be tough. It means that I’m going full-throttle every day for the next ten. It means putting a few other things on hold. It probably means only performing one show that week. My only concern is that I confuse working efficiently with working sloppily – that I rush this process, and that I’m ultimately unhappy with the final mixes on February 14th.
    Wish me luck. Here we go…

  • The Rise and Fall of Facebook

    Take a look at this picture, then read what I have to say about it:

    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=33328896&id=48609039
    If you need any proof that the fall of Facebook is near, look no further than the advertisements on the right-hand side of your Facebook pages. There it is in all it’s glory: the moral decay of Western civilization. Yes, fellow citizens of an other-worldly kingdom, Facebook is going the way of MySpace.com. It is now only a matter of time… 
    The only question is: what social networking site(s) will replace Facebook.com? I believe these days are slowly coming to an end – days when people put on their superficial masks and pretend to be online friends with people whom they despise. The non-exclusive, open-arms “friends” lists are coming to an end. The successful social networking sites of the future will focus on specific interests – users will flock to websites that rally around their own interests: “Winter roller coaster riders” and “people with single-jointed baby toes”. The question is: will you be creating your very own profile on “ilovecleaningtoilets.com”???