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A long time ago I was interviewed for a book called the Indie Band Survival Guide by some nice fellas. It’s published and available to buy now. I didn’t know what to expect, but I got a copy in the mail the other day and am impressed.

It’s real thorough and just the Internet stuff alone would be valuable to any musician trying to wrap their head around this web thing. Plus I run my big mouth off in it.

Well, there were some real good last-minute submissions for the Fake It cliche video project (thank you!). But I think we need more to make a truly cliche video so I’m going to extend the deadline out for another month (September 15th). And I’ll try to dream up some way to force more people to submit with my mind powers.

It’s been a big couple of days here at Brad Sucks HQ (aka my house). Besides picking up the Out of It CDs (which look SWEET), my songs have been in a condom ad:

Someone sent me this Barack Obama / Work Out Fine mashup which actually works pretty good:

http://www.nevilo.com/content/listen.html (third song down)

I don’t like to get involved in American politics really but VOTE FOR OBAMA. VOTE. FOR. OBAMA. VOTEFOROBAMA.

And the hottest new iPhone/iPod Touch app called Simplify Media which allows you to stream your media (and your friends’ media) to your iPhone/iPod Touch has my stuff all over its promotional materials:

I don’t have an iPhone or iPod Touch but this makes me want one.

This is the stuff I can’t really explain to people when they ask me how to promote themselves on the Internet. “Uh, be all slutty with your music and then weird shit will happen?” HOW WILL YOU MONETIZE IT BRAD. “I don’t know?”

The CD Release Party for Out of It is booked and officially on September 5^th at Cafe Dekcuf in the city of Ottawa. Times and bands are still TBD, though I am practically guaranteed to be there and drinking heavily. But you are super invited and hey, you could pick up a copy of the CD three days before the release date! What a coincidence that is!

This will also likely be the last show as a regular old three piece rock band. It’s been super fun, but I can’t resist putting a computer in the live show and electronifying things and making us prone to tech problems. Anyway, I hope to see you there.

Holy cow, there’s only a week left until the submission deadline for “the most cliche video ever” video for Fake It. So far there are only TWO submissions! Set sail for failure!

I’m not sure if it’s apathy or shyness or what. So… I guess we’ll see how this last week goes. And maybe I’ll try to find my rocker wig.

Well, that was a huge amount of stress about audio junk 99% of humans will never notice or care about. What a world.

The master for Out of It is as done as I can make it be and will be heading into manufacturing tomorrow. After this all I can do is regret. Party time!

Finished up all the Out of It mixes yesterday, moving on to mastering now. Actually I wouldn’t say “finished” I’d say more “gave up and decided to move on with my life”. Here’s hoping that’s close enough.

Album artwork is submitted to the manufacturer, deposit placed on weary credit card. Found out Digipaks take 4-5 weeks instead of 2-3 as I originally thought, though luckily I scheduled out the timeline with a few weeks to spare.

Thanks to everyone who’s been pre-ordering, it’s nice to know this isn’t all for nothing.

Here’s a pre-release single off Out of It:

Fake It [MP3]

Also: I’m looking for help making the most cliché music video ever for it. Help!