Sweet child

 

Hi Grace.  Jim?  I meant John, sorry about that.  Yes Grace suddenly you became a big shot US official, you better go out there and vote.  And if she had any smarts, she would use your song in her campaign.  Or she could just use Aerosmith "Dude (looks like a lady)".  By the way Honey, did you just make a political commitment with that song?

Right now, I am processing vocal tracks for "Woo Hoo featuring Mary Unknown7".  What I'm using for a virtual amp is the Line 6 Gear Box like in the video below, which I've had for 16 years now.  It isn't good enough, so I have to process it more.  The new Fender virtual amp looks pretty good, but I would rather have a real Fender tube amp.

Meat

 

Hi Grace.  You must have enjoyed your experience at Jim's studio.  It looks just like a studio, and it accommodates many people at once.  A nice big mixing board and racks of blinking lights is a must for young bands to have an immersive social experience.  And there are certainly bigger and flashier recording studios than that.  It's like a big buffet: there is only so much you can eat.

I don't have any attraction to big studios anymore.  It's a consequence of being kept isolated and destitute for so many years: I've become stuck in my ways, and I totally intend to keep this attitude about studio work until I die.  Should you go back to the big recording studios, Grace?  It's more important that you get the recording equipment and figure it out yourself.  You will find that music production is a lot like video production, except that you mostly use your 2 ears.  And Grace Bowers has magic ears.

That big grilled beef buffet in the video above isn't for me, even if it were halal.  I envy Argentina for being so plentiful in beef, but that restaurant in the video uses too much salt.  It's nice to indulge sometimes, but all that salt would ruin my meal.  I would rather spend the money on a nice cut of beef and cook it myself.

No sharing

 

Hi Grace.  Oh, I see the wolf took you to LA.  You know how the song goes, "No one can save me from the wolf, because I am the wolf".  Now that you're getting more popular, I want to remind you that you are MY girl.  Mine, mine, MINE.  No sharing.

Oh wait, that's a mountain lion, not a wolf.  No Honey, I don't have any other girl, only you.  No sharing.  Hang on to your heart, Grace.  Congratulations, and enjoy the ride.

Black hat

 

Hi Grace!  How are you feeling, my precious, beautiful darling?  Now, nobody said that you can't publish covers.  Just make sure you get the proper consent before you sell them.  Posting them on YouTube counts as selling them.  Don't forget that you are an official US Ambassador.  So please make sure you go by the book.  Don't release covers for sale until you get consent from the copyright owners!

That reminds me, my family is a black hat family.  So if you ever get around to wearing a cowboy hat, please make it black.

Is it excess?

 

Hi Grace!  You two are all dolled up, what's the occasion?  I heard your latest single, "Dance to the music".  Excellent production, very crisp and clean.  Much more energy than the original.  The drum beat change feels uncomfortable, though.  Overall, good work Honey!

What do you think of Yngwie's setup?  It's incredible how all those Marshall stacks dwarf that SVT!  Just one of those stacks would be excessive for my use, but I want one anyway.  The heads outnumber the cabinets, and that makes me think that most of the rig are dummies.  You can see there's only one microphone on the Marshalls.  What for?

Death of the flirt

 

Grace, you're so adorable.  I think I'm in love with you.  But YouTube isn't going to let you post that song on their site unless you prove that you have consent from the copyright owner.  Same goes with streaming it for profit, and with including it on your album.  I'm sure you've done the legal work but if you hadn't, then please just sell original music.  "Madam President" is original, right?  Release that.

It's a shame though, I would love to add it to my playlist.  Honey, I know you love those old songs but you're becoming too famous to publish versions of them without permission.  Also, it's unbecoming of a artist of your talent and intelligence to sell anything other than original music.  And there you go, the hardest and most rewarding work as a musician is to create music.  If you feel so compelled to put covers on your album, then ask the publishers for permission.  Then present that permission to platforms like YouTube.  Sure it's slow and tedious but again, there you go.

I need more Grace Bowers for my playlist.  I'm not interested in the skanky women that YouTube is trying to make me look at.  I might have to watch video game movies for relaxation.  Lara Croft is pretty voluptuous sometimes, but she's not real.  I saw that someone made a movie from "Shadow of the Tomb Raider", and it's only about 3 hours long plus it's in 4K resolution.  The story is kind of bleah, but it's something to veg out to while eating snacks.  The next Tomb Raider game is going to use the latest Unreal Engine, so it's going to look awesome.  When I can afford it inshaAllah, I will set up a team to use Unreal Engine for Mary's avatar.  Maybe those people are smart enough to hook it up to Second Life.  I wouldn't want to waste Mary's gigantic wardrobe.

Mundane

 

Hi Grace!  I watched your "Wine on Venus" live at the Brooklyn Bowl, 40 seconds after you posted it.  I was the 3rd view!  That was some show.  I'm looking forward to seeing you do some big headlining gigs.  I want to remind you that you are already where you are supposed to be, so there's no need to push push push all the time nor to be higher than everyone else, Madam President.  Just be cool, enjoy yourself and take it one day at a time.  Be mundane and hang on to your heart.  Make a cheeseburger!

I didn't have any burger buns, but I did score half a kilo of fresh oyster mushrooms at the market.  So pure white!  I sauteed them in the burger drippings then rolled out a tortilla.  You can see it in the photo below, I stacked the burger on the tortilla and was about to wrap it up then cook it.  No, it's not luxurious!  I didn't have any burger buns!

I picked another fruit from the young tree yesterday, the nangka.  It hadn't ripened on the tree yet, but a rupture appeared where the kernels expanded.  Bugs were interested in the wound, so I pulled it off the tree and sprayed pesticide onto it.  When I opened it up this morning, that part of the fruit was rotten of course.  But a seed inside was growing rapidly, so that part was rotten too.  Otherwise, more than half the fruit was able to be harvested.  Alhamdulillah.