carden music.

Hey

I live in a cave. Scratch that. I’m from outer space. All right, forget it. No bio. carden

I have a job. I make music in a cave uh... spaceship ... okay, apartment. On a computer. When the downstairs neighbors are out (I think).

For the exceptionally curious: I heard a lot of 60’s music growing up, and I was transported by things like the intro to Good Vibrations (the keys, not the Theremin) or the changes in Bernadette. I didn’t realize anyone felt otherwise until the only two songs on the radio were Rock Me Amadeus and That’s What Friends Are For. My friends thought I was lame for digging on Dionne Warwick so much. In my mind it wasn’t a choice.

New Music

Frame of Mind mp3

New mix, Feb 2012. Thank you Bootsy.

Musicmp3

New mix, March 2012.

Roosevelt, TXmp3

April 2012.

Make your own music.

150+ Guitar Pedal companies

An annotated list of guitar pedal companies.

3pdt Guitar Pedal Wiring

DIY Guitar. The illustration I wish I had when learning 3pdt wiring.

Stereo Phone Jack

DIY Guitar. The clearest possible explanation, I hope.

Feedback Loops

DIY Guitar. Signal flow in three states of a feedback loop pedal.

Hertz EQ & Mixing Chart

The sonic territory of various instruments.

Interactive Fretboard

An interactive fretboard in flash.

Chord Intervals Chart

Music theory. Chord stacks with color-coded intervals.

The Everything Dashboard

Little widgets for thinking straight.

World History Timeline

One thumbnail for every year.

Earth as a Penny

Objects in proportion to the planets.

The Undeniable Truth

Philosophy 101 restated.

The Name & the Bird Icon

a woodcock Born in 1811 in Ireland, John Rutter Carden took over the family castle when he came of age. The estate had been neglected and the tenants were accustomed to living rent free. Landlord killing was common in those days, so when Carden decided to charge rent, his tenants often tried to kill him. He got the nickname “woodcock” because like the bird, he was hard to hit.

In his forties, Woodcock Carden became an unlikely folk hero – because of a girl. Eleanor Arbuthnot was only eighteen, and an heiress. Carden fell in love. He was also under the delusion that she loved him back. Carden believed that she secretly wished to declare her love, but couldn't because her family was “holding her prisoner”.

He pursued her in Ireland, England, and abroad. He tried to “rescue” her - he kidnapped her. For that he was tried and convicted. Meanwhile, he impoverished himself. His Irish tenants approved of his passion, and folk songs about him became quite popular. Neither Eleanor nor Woodcock Carden ever married.

Songbook

Seal once explained his aversion to printing lyrics:

“How many times have you fallen in love with a lyric that you though went,

show me a day with Hilda Ogden and I’ll despair,

only to find that it went

show me a way to solve your problems and I’ll be there.”

I’m a fan, so I respect his choice, but mostly I can’t understand what he’s saying. So I wrote mine down for you.