I've finally decided on writing a backing-track for Crystal Skulls! In particular the Mitchell-Hedges skull found in British Honduras in 1927. This one is thought to be the oldest known, and is unique in it's anatomical realism and separate lower jaw. It is thought that the 20-odd other famous skulls in existence were modeled after the Mitchell-Hedges, though they tend to be one-piece and more stylized (in line with later Mayan and Aztec art.) The Mitchell-Hedges skull is supposedly impossible to carve with modern tools from the type of quartz from which it is made - and there are few anthropological theories pointing to their purpose. They are 100% Unexplained!

I'm hoping to get some music inspiration from the likes of Os Mutantes - but the skull seems to be telling me Garage-Rock!

Why not get a tattoo of your chosen theme?

Hi. I'm adopting a new technique this time round. Thanks to my friend Rich, the chord sequence for the song has been created for me. Rich told me on the phone the other night he wrote the chords on a piece of paper whilst his guitar was just out of reach, so he's never even heard what they sound like when played. This style and approach is of course, right up my street.

So I'm going to play around them (Rich urges me to apply some smooth jazz stylings and given our subject matter - Spontaneous Human Combustion, I think, ahem, some spontaneity would be VERY apt).

I was always a really big fan of Oli's backing track for what became Know It Now on Superheroes Of Science so I might plunder the depths of the synth wash (again). Having said that, all of the tracks I've written so far have started in one style, been trashed, been written in another style, been trashed, then cobbled together near the last minute.

My research into SHC so far has revealed that nearly all sufferers of this appalling condition were found either with their heads in the grates of fire places, or next to bar heaters. Far be it for me to try and explain the unexplained but I am ALREADY beginning to sense a connection between ... conventional sources of heat ... and ... people being set on fire. Clearly I need to dig deeper. Why the fast burning? Why so intense? Why? I can't wait to explore the possible causes of ignition, through the power of SYNTHESIZERS.

Stigmata / Murder of a little alien

OK. I'm working on 2 this time. One is balls-out rock bullshit about the stigmata phenomenon, the other is a tragedy about the murder of a little alien: I was creeped out by this story:

http://momento24.com/en/2009/09/16/panama-youngsters-claim-to-have-killed-an-alien/

Love
Kip

Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle is something of an enigma. It has captured the minds and imagination of many at sea - and I am attempting to capture one interpretation of it in music form. What could be at the bottom? Only time and fiction will tell...

Line of the Dead

DEADLINES for music submission:

Backing tracks - Friday March 12th (5 weeks from this Friday!)
Vocal tracks - Friday April 30th (13 weeks from this Friday!)

If anyone has any issues with these dates - let me know and I'll modify them.