Doctor OMEB's Daily Dose of Useless Information, Cincinnati Edition

Today, Doctor OMEB's #DailyDose of #UselessInformation, #Cincinnati Edition, comes at the recommendation of Julie Scott and is courtesy of Cincinnati CityBeat. Several of you mentioned you like this, so I'll keep it going.

1) The infamous #CharlesManson was born in Cincinnati and lived here, off and on, for the first couple decades of his life until getting in trouble with the law. Fun fact about Charlie, if you can believe he has one, #gunsnroses covered one of his songs. It's a hidden track on their album, "The Spaghetti Incident".

2) Before finding fortune and glory, #Eminem, competed in a rap battle at one of the first Cincinnati Hip Hop festivals. He lost...

3) The inventor of the #Pringles can, a chemist from Cincinnati named Fred Braun, upon his death was cremated and buried in an 'original' Pringles can. You can pay your respects at Arlington Memorial Gardens in Mt. Healthy.

4) "The Least Metal Moment of All Time" happened in Cincinnati in the early 2000's when #vinceneil of #motleycrue led the #chickendance at #oktoberfest Zinzinnati.

5) The original theme song to the movie Armageddon was slated to be “Standing on the Edge of the Earth” by Cincinnati rock legends Blessid Union of Souls. However, it was changed to #Aerosmith track "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing". Funny that Steven Tyler's daughter, Liv, was one of the stars in that movie. Not saying that had anything to do with it... but. Maybe my friends in The ReUnion Of Souls can shed more light on this story?

https://photos.citybeat.com/24-useless-facts-about-cincinnati-that-you-probably-didnt-know/

Doctor OMEB's Daily Dose of Useless Information, Thanksgiving Edition.

Brought to you in part by #Thanksgiving.

Fun Fact 1: there is no historical record that #turkey was eaten at the first Thanksgiving. 5 deer were served, shellfish/seafood and "fowl". Some historians think the "fowl" were most likely geese, duck or swan.

Fun Fact 2: "Jingle Bells", originally called "One Horse Open Sleigh", was never intended to be a Christmas song. It is purported to have been first performed for a Thanksgiving church service. Though it's true origins are still a mystery and a highly contested piece of history.

#thanksgivingmeal #turkeyday, #uselessinformation #didyouknow #funfacts

Doctor OMEB's Daily Dose of Useless Information, Great Wall of China

Fun Fact: The mortar holding together the Great Wall of China is made of a combination of lime and sticky rice. The complex carbohydrates in the rice greatly improve the strength of the mortar, makes it water resistant and rivals modern concrete!

#funfact #learning #DidYouKnow #greatwallofchina #concrete #cement

Trump - A Parody of Lump

I've had this idea for a parody in my head now for a few years. However, the lyrics were ever evolving and felt forced. Last week these lyrics came to me in a dream and I wrote them down as soon as I woke up! I recorded, mixed, mastered, filmed and edited this video in a single day.

Regardless of your political views this parody is meant to be apolitical. For the most part I try not to take sides because I'm very centrist. I do think a lot of the hate surrounding the man is a little obsessive and silly, but I can understand why some loath him. 

The only thing I want people to take away from this is a good laugh. I think that is the problem with the world today, people have forgot how to laugh and have fun. So let's start a campaign called "Make America Laugh Again". Trust me, you'll feel better after a good laugh!

#trump #donaldtrump #president #trump2020 #biden2020 #vote #presidentoftheunitedstates #weirdal #parody #musicvideo #parodysong

Best Guitar Pickups under $14

I was skeptical of buying these. I had a cheap guitar that I was upgrading I didn't want to spend $200 for a set of pickups. Guitar still has the stock pots, which are garbage, that I have yet to change.

I recorded these examples with a Fractal Ax8 into a single channel Audient interface. This is exactly the tones as they came out of my Fractal.

NOW... let me say, I've only played these in a studio setting at this point. I'm very curious to hear how they are in a live setting with actual speakers vs recording direct. I'll plan to take this guitar to a show soon and give them a 'live' test. For now, I would give these 10 stars if possible. More to come!

Electric Guitar Pickups Zebra Faced Humbucker Double Coil Pickup 1 Set

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#guitarpickup #humbucker #guitar #fractalax8

#Godzilla

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Godzilla has always been one of my favorite songs to play live. It's been part of the #OMEB set since day one. When I heard a new #Godzilla movie, #KingofMonsters, was being released this summer I knew it was the right time to record my take on one of my favorite songs.

This is the first song that I've fully recorded using my new #Fractal #AX8. I used the Marshall 800 #34 model with a #RichardFortus impulse for the guitars. You'll notice there is a very subtle low octave double on the leads. The drums were written by me in ACID Pro and ran through Superior Drummer 3 by Toontrack.

Upon finishing the recording I wanted to really expand upon the Japanese speaking that was in the original song. So I message two of my friends in Japan, Masami Hara and Patrick Dills. I gave them three separate 'news reports' to read that would be placed strategically in the song. I'm really pleased with the impact these had on the track. What do you think?

The Godzilla cover art was created by my dear friend, Vincent DePorter. Vincent is a world-renown comic artist who has drawn for DC Comics and most recently Spongebob Comics. The mixing and mastering was done by JR Taylor of Taylor Audio. JR is a gifted engineer/producer who works with many talented artists, most notably Todd Sucherman of STYX. 

The video was created using clips from the old films that I found only using Magix Vegas Pro Suite.

Let me know what you think in the comments!

http://www.onemanelectricalband.com
https://www.jrtaylormusic.com/
https://www.fractalaudio.com/
https://www.magix.com
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OMEB ft/ Todd Sucherman: Raindancer

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This was such a fun track to put together. About a year ago I reached out to STYX drummer, Todd Sucherman, via social media to ask if he would put drums to my song. After listening he agreed and would let me know when he had a break to do the recording. You can check out Todd's website here http://www.toddsucherman.com/

I had the basic track recorded, but had the idea to add piano to the song. Not wanting to program it I found a gentleman on the site Fiverr called SpeedBuffalo, or Dennis Palitang. I told him what I was going for and he delivered. If you need affordable piano tracking, he's a pleasure to work with. https://www.fiverr.com/speedbuffalo

June 21st, 2018 I received this picture from Todd saying he had finished tracking my song, Raindancer, with his engineer, JR Taylor. JR also served as engineer for mixing this song and performed the acoustic guitar track in the song. I loved what he added to the track. JR is one of the most talented producers I've ever met. He took my song to the next level with his production and mix. If you need industry-standard, professional mixing at an affordable price check out his website https://www.jrtaylormusic.com/ 

Next came the artwork! I reached out to my good friend, Vincent DePorter. Vincent is a world famous comic artist who is most notably known for his work with DC and Spongebob Comics. His art really captured the feel of the song! Thanks Vince!

The last step of putting this piece together was mastering the track. I wanted to work with someone new and was very impressed with the work Dave Collins did on the most recent Metallica album. He's worked with some of the biggest names in the business and was a complete pleasure to work with. I accepted his first master because it was SO GOOD! http://www.davecollinsmastering.com/

I hope you enjoy the song. As an independent artist your support is all I have! Raindancer is available for download from https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/theonemanelectricalband7 Cheers!