New Project: Christmas Party Presentation Music

A friend of mine, Norman Bates (no, not really...I can't back that up), is using his visual art talents to create a digital presentation of photographs, featuring our fellow Air Force squadron members to be displayed at the upcoming annual Christmas party. He asked me to put together four songs that would be used as backing music and take up about 20 minutes.

So, here are three of them for you to check out, in all their lame glory. The songs are sort of hokey on purpose (can you tell by the titles?), and I'm not sure what I'll do for the final number yet--maybe a country piece. The following three are in the bluesy, heavy rock, and dance genres, respectively.

Baah-lad Sheep Love

Holy Hand Grenade (of Antioch)

I Can't Back That Up

Online Haunts Updated

I have updated the web site, to include additions about the band project called MELTNOW. I hope you like it.

SD appears on again The Word Nerds

"Under the Stairs" recently appeared on The Word Nerds podcast, #111. Thanks for the play! This song has appeared on The Word Nerds 3x now (also Episode 81 and 99).

Morphing, Changing, and Dying Words (111) at The Word Nerds:

Music bumper from “Under the Stairs” by Sonic Deviant. (33:43)

SD's "Frosty," jazzy style

Merry Christmas, everyone! I recently purchased a Line 6 Pod Studio GX, so being in the Christmas spirit, I went ahead and pulled down my jazz fakebook yesterday and gave this classic a go to try out the Line 6 unit (I've had a few problems with it in the connectivity department, but it sounds awesome otherwise).

Everything was recorded through the GX using Pod Farm and into Logic. The guitar I used was my Epiphone Performer SE acoustic (all through the pickup); it has two pickups, and one is in the neck so I can get a neat, jazzy sound. For the fretless bass, I used my fretless guitar and then just dropped it down an octave...can't believe how much it sounds like an acoustic bass! The drums are Beta Monkey's Jazz Essentials.

Enjoy!

Frosty The Snowman.mp3

Shane's "Silent Night" appears in animated feature

Sonic Deviant's instrumental recording of "Silent Night" recently appeared on "Seasoned Greetings," a short holiday film animated by Tyson Moore.

GameBored » Blog Archive » Seasons Greetings:

The photography was taken at my parent’s cabin in Colorado and most of the editing was done in Houston, Texas. The notion of this pyramid movie is to fade the comparisons between the holidays of the winter solstice: Christmas, Hannukah, Yule, Duali, Kwanza, and most importantly - Oshnaqua. Send the link to all your friends.

Show notes: Tyson Moore:

http://tymora42.podbean.com

http://www.gamebored.blogspot.com

http://www.myspace.com/tymora42

ICEHOUSE game pieces by andrew looney / looney labs - www.looneylabs.com

The song “Silent Night” performed by Sonic Deviant - www.sonicdeviant.com

Break It To Dolt Gently

Sonic Deviant previews a mainstream rocker that will appear on his next (currently untitled) album.

Check out: Break It To Dolt Gently

SD appears on ikthuscast

SD's version of "Silent Night" recently appeared on Ikthuscast 2.2 (www.ikthuscast.com). Thanks for the play!

Little Sickness appears at Lunaticfish.com

One of my tunes got picked up on a really neat U.K. podcast; check lunaticfish.com, specifically the episode called That Special Bloke.

Though it's cool they used a bit of my tune as a midway transition, the coolest part is that I really like their podcast. Very funny stuff. In this episode, they discuss rough vaginas (lol).

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.

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!

"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.