timeline

finally got around to getting the timeline in
still a little raw
and buggy
but its back
and it works

went through a couple of different jquery revisions to get it right
but overall
i think its a nice edition
just need to replace those stupid blue buttons

posted Tuesday.04.11.2008
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temporary stock outages

it seems i lost an entire box of a permanent solution during the move
they somewhere buried deep under the wasteland that is storage

i hate moving

maybe i should add a page that shows everything thats “in stock”

posted Wednesday.30.07.2008
on

New site launch

this relaunch has been a long time coming.
I’ve been talking about it for a little over a year
granted I’m not 100% finished with it
but its close enough to unveil it
and have the tires kicked

I’ve still got a couple of things to refine
usability
shipping
pricing
status
a couple of glaring IE7 bugs (probably even more IE6 bugs)
but like most things
first and foremost
it looks great and functions perfectly in Firefox3

That said
during the course of this relaunch/redesign
I changed my mind a few times
jumped from textpattern
to cubcart
then to wordpress briefly
and ultimately back to textpattern

so
the markup is a mess
and the css is a tangled jumble legacy comments and classes
but
it works for the time being

feel free to report bugs when (not if) you find them

Thanks

posted Friday.25.07.2008
on

things to consider [1]

so
now that proem is officially ten years old
I’ve been thinking a great deal about where to go next

those of you that read this regularly will note
I’ve been a little a more than unsatisfied with music in general… wanting to claw my way out of the box I’ve put myself in over the years and not being even able to get off the couch or away from work long enough to do anything about it

which brings me to the conclusion that perhaps I should extend proem to a branding device for all of my creative output…

there is a quote that has floated around my subconscious for more than I care to admit

“when marriage is illegal only outlaws will have inlaws”

in this case when the world goes intangible the rebels go tangible to an extreme…

I have never been one for conventions despite what my musical output may say otherwise. I intend to become an outlaw and marry my loves together under one roof

worst case
I put them in the same room and they kill each other until one is left standing alone in that room to eventually wither and die

what does all this mean for those loyal consumers of proem music…

more tangible artifacts of my time alive on this slowly boiling ball of dirt we call earth

mostly,…

art.
real
hang on the wall
match your couch
one of a kind works,
or in the form of limited prints and posters

in the time between
expect to see a few things change around here as I soak in this stew and try to coalesce and mold a defined plan of attack and roll out schedule

of which I think will include a redesign of placeguntohead to match proemland.com a bit more

on a related note
anyone currently using zazzle.com for anything?
i’m curious about the quality
i’ve gone so far as to examine their pricing structure and even dive a bit into their api

with hope
I take the risk that I’m too self involved to realize my own bad ideas

thoughts on the subject are appreciated

posted Saturday.30.05.2009
on p l a c e g u n t o h e a d

there is something to be said... [3]

… about an instrument that is made to be played in open air.

and that is…
yes can I have more of them please?

our little family recently came into posession of an upright piano. the girls love to bang on it and nod their heads to an imaginary beat that only they seem to understand. which is fascinating to say the least. I almost don’t want to teach them how to play it just let them figure out their own scales and methodology over time…

_{its terribly out of tune but its nice to play}

so every night since we’ve had it the three of us sit down together and pound out some notes for about 15 minutes before they get bored and I actually start phrasing notes together…

and can I just say
how odd it is to go from playing simulated piano / synth in a vaccum (through speakers and headphones) to a open air resonating instrument… especially the piano which if I had to pick my favorite instrument ever it would be piano every time.
it has a timbre that I cannot shake.
so fortunate for us that there was a neglected one in the extended family

looks like I’ll get to put my contact mics to good use afterall…
who knows the next things you hear from me may just be a series of piano improvs…

posted Thursday.28.05.2009
on p l a c e g u n t o h e a d

Austin Executive Suites

posted Saturday.20.06.2009
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Barton Creek Capital

posted Tuesday.26.05.2009
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two circles web site

posted Sunday.10.05.2009
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two circles logo

posted Friday.08.05.2009
on additive inverse +

proem - till theres no breath

posted Monday.09.02.2009
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