Updates and Happy New Year

I've completely updated my web presence at a variety of places, including this blog. Also check out:

http://www.sonicdeviant.com
http://shaniacimac.blogspot.com

...and be sure to sniff around to see what you'll find!

Shane records Silent Night

I've just finished recording, mixing, and mastering my version of Silent Night, and I'm in the process of posting it all around the Internet for your holiday listening pleasure!

You can check it out at the official myspace site:

http://www.myspace.com/sonicdeviant

Happy Christma-hanukk-wanza!

Pendahl featured on Downtempo podcast

Shane's tune Pendahl was featured on Downtempo #18 recently. Thanks to DJ Cary for the play! You can also download this podcast via iTunes or get the mp3 version here.

"Glass Shard Teeth" appears on Pirates' Week

The jazzy tune Glass Shard Teeth recently appeared on the Pirates' Week podcast in the episode for Pirates Week 10/14/07.

Thanks to Ragnar Daneskjold located in the Fook'n Ionosphere!

"The Dream" appears on iSPINIT Premium Podcast

SD's rock tune The Dream from the album Transduction Euphony recently appeared on the incredible iSPINIT Rock Podcast in episode 005.

Host Daniela Baldean stated:

I'm going to leave you with Sonic Deviant, which is actually Shane Hendricks. I was very intrigued when I heard Shane for the first time; he is fresh and very current. He plays all sorts of music, including jazz, rock--very experimental. So enjoy.

Thank you Daniela and iSPINIT for the play!

SD appears on Help Andy Buy A Mac

Glass Shard Teeth from the album Transduction Euphony appeard on Relax Podcast #22 from HelpAndyBuyAMac, which also features the podcast X-Pat Radio. SD appeard on X-Pat previously.

Thanks for the play, Andy!

"Peach's Lullaby" appears on Quiet Study Area

The tune Peach's Lullaby from the CD Cantaloupe Napalm appeared on the Quiet Study Area podcast in the episode Starting a New Grading Period.

New "Sunday Jam" video posted

Shane has posted a new video entitled Miscellaneous Sunday Jam on youtube.com. This is just a little guitar improv in one take, complete with errors, bleeps, and bloops. Hope you enjoy it.

String Skipping and Theme/Variations

I posted my first video on youtube.com; it's a sputtering, quasi-instructional-promotional video describing how I used string skipping and the baroque method of theme and variations to create the tune It's A Little Sickness from Transduction Euphony.

The tablature is a little tough to read on this compressed version of the video, so I'm including links here to the tablature:

Theme

Variation 1

Variation 2

Variation 3

Hope you enjoy it and get something out of it. You can check out the recorded version of It's A Little Sickness on myspace.

Now...coming to you from San Antonio!

Sonic Deviant's Quarter Note Laboratory has relocated to San Antonio, TX (ahem...home of the 2007 NBA champs). I'll post up some new pics of the studio soon, which doesn't look a whole bunch different than the previous incarnation. I'll also be throwing some miscellaneous pics of San Antonio up as well...what a great city.

Now available on iTunes Music Store

Transduction Euphony is now available via the iTunes Music Store (iTMS). Click here to open iTunes and listen. Future Sonic Deviant releases on iTunes can be found here.

Project Studio Network mention!

Thanks to Big Al Wagner and Mike Bolan over at the Project Studio Network (PSN) podcast, which is part of the awesome Home Recording Network.

They mentioned the release of Transduction Euphony on Show#62, and they graciously posted some SD links on their web site.

Stay tuned to PSN for your chance to win a free Transduction Euphony CD!

Transduction Euphony RELEASED!

SD's new album,Transduction Euphony, is finally out after 4 years of toil and tribulation. You can get your copy on CD by visiting CDBaby.com. It will be available in the coming weeks on several online outlets for paid download, including iTunes.

Transduction Euphony is a record featuring 24 mostly instrumental tracks at a total run time of approximately 1 hour that will appeal to the rock, jazz, and avant-garde music enthusiast. If you enjoy guitar playing, music, and art from the likes of Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, John Scofield, BMR3000, Neil Haverstick, Dan Stearns, Marco Oppedisano, Ken Rubenstein, Infinite Ego, and other experimentally minded artists, you'll probably enjoy this record.

Featuring special guests artists DAVID SLACK (aka BMR3000 on bass) and SCOTT SIMMERMAN (on keys) on the jazz number, Glass Shard Teeth.

Additionally, the Sonic Deviant Official Web Site has been updated heavily. New scores have been added, as well as a new Press and Praise page, featuring encomia from many of Shane's influences.

SD appears on MusicWorld podcast

"Sing Me My Breakfast" appeared on MusicWorld's podcast MW22 from Jan 30, 2007. Thanks for the play guys!

Named to "Critically Overlooked" on iCompositions

jdwyer05's "Criminally Overlooked" Music Recommendations on iCompositions, featuring special guest contributor becwil, named Sonic Deviant to the list of "Critically Overlooked." This list was sent out via the iCompositions Newsletter dated February 3, 2007, and it appeared in the forums of the website. becwil begins by saying:

I love to listen to music. I love to share my enthusiasm with other people. So, when Julian approached me to write my take on The Criminally Overlooked, I immediately thought about the artists here whom I have found and love that perhaps are a bit under the radar. Because I especially like the more edgy side of musical exploration, I will, today, list some of those artists I personally keep my ears on. This is not an all inclusive list, for I want to keep this brief, nor is it in any order other than as I read down my iTunes iComp playlist. I leave it up to you as to how far you explore each of these artist's catalogs.

Later, he talks specifically about the music of Sonic Deviant:

There's some Zappa influence, admittedly so, and sonicdeviant plays to the beat of his own drummer, all puns intended. In-your-face. Crappy Products knocks your teeth out. While I Frade Errpains is a bit more friendly. A bit.

Thanks jdwyer05 and becwil for the mentions. If you visit my page there, you can browse my list of favorite artists on iCompositions. There are many talented folks over there!

Cafepress stuff UPDATED!

Lot's of cool new stuff; the site and product choices were completely updated. Show your support and get some snappy SD apparel and other nicknacks.

Official Sonic Deviant Merchandise : CafePress.com

"Poisoned" appears on Multiple Sclerosis Blog podcast

Am I Not Poisoned from the upcoming album Transduction Euphony appeared on the MSB podcast in episode msb-099 on January 4, 2007.