Mazinga Recording! 12/14/10

Howdy folks,

Mazinga started recording last Tuesday with Jef Jenkins. He's got a crazy old school 4 track set up down in his Michigan basement. We tracked 5 tunes in under 3 hours. It went really well. Going back soon to add vocals and overdubs. We hope to have the jams out to the people by Feb/March on Jef's Arbco label.


^me rocking out.


^Big Tony


Al King on the drums.

Stay tuned.

Baby time, recording, and walking the dog.

Hey folks,
I haven't been blogging much lately because I've just been to busy. So I thought it was time to drop a little update on what's been going on.

First off, my wife Theresa is pregnant with our first child, Asheton Kiefer Taylor.



The little guy is due in late April and we couldn't be more excited! We've been doing a lot of nest building in preparation of his arrival. We've already got tons of baby clothes and the crib is all set up. We're going to be painting Asheton's room sometime in Jan. It's going to be blue with an ocean theme. A baby on the way means big life changes coming up soon.

On the music front, Blue Snaggletooth entered the recording studio this week at Metro 37 Studios. Kevin Sharpe was behind the mixing counsel. We did two marathon sessions on Monday and Wednesday evenings, starting at 8pm and going till around 2-3am each night. In that time we were able to complete all the basic tracks on 8 songs the first night. The majority of the overdubs were completed on the second night. The plan now is to mix down the Monday after x-mas. I'm really happy with how things have turned out so far and I can't wait to finish up the album and get it out so people can hear it.


^Matchless in the house! What a great sounding amp! Metro 37 has got that and more! I totally recommend recording there.


^Jess was rocking in style with this half stack. I wish we could afford awesome gear like this. That is part of why we went to Metro 37. Kevin had the gear and the skills to make us sound killer!


^Kevin doing what he does best.

My other group Mazinga will also be recording this month with our pal Jef Jenkins at his home studio in Ann Arbor. We've got enough songs for a full length right now. We'll see how the recordings turn out and go from there. I would love to see both bands release albums before the baby is born. So far so good on that plan.

Other then all that, my time mostly consists of working my day job and walking our dog Coco.



Having a dog has turned out to be a blessing and tons of fun. She is always happy and ready to play. Yeah she gets a little puppy crazy sometimes, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Ypsifest 2010 This weekend!

Howdy folks.

Ypsifest 2010 is going down this weekend at the Savoy in Ypsilanti.
My group Blue Snaggletooth will be headlining on Friday night.

Each night is $6. The doors will open at 6:00pm each night, and music will start at 8:00 (7:40 on Thursday). There will also be drink specials from 6:00 until 8:00. 18 and up are welcome.

Thursday October 14, 2010

The Muggs 1:00 ->

The Boys Themselves 12:20-12:50

Rust Country Electric 11:40-12:10

Electric Fire Babies 11:00-11:30

Ola Ray 10:20-10:50

Annie Palmer 9:40-10:10

Wrathgate 9:00-9:30

Woodman 8:20-8:50

Marc Cogman 7:40-8:10

Friday October 15, 2010

Blue Snaggletooth - 12:40->

The Satin Peaches - 12:00-12:30

Beggars - 11:20-11:50

JWPP - 10:40-11:10

Sharky and the Habit - 10:00-10:30

Buffay 9:20-9:50

Fur - 8:40-9:10

The Wolfs - 8:00-8:30

Saturday October 16, 2010

Lettercamp - 12:40->

Silverghost - 12:00-12:30

Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor - 11:20-11:50

Destroy This Place - 10:40-11:10

Red Iron Orchestra - 10:00-10:30

Marco Polio and the New Vaccines - 9:20-9:50

Err... - 8:40-9:10

Lawless Carver - 8:00-8:30

Hope to see you there!

Up next for the Tooth...

Howdy folks. You should consider coming out to the Lager house on Friday Sept 24th to see Blue Snaggletooth when we open for the Shakey Jakes and Lava Moth. It's going to be a real cool time.

Blue Snaggletooth @ the Savoy, Friday Sept. 3.

Blue Snaggletooth and 3 other cool bands will be rocking tomorrow at the Savoy in Ypsilanti.

First up will be Scissor Now featuring ex members of the Pussy Pirates and the Nothing.

Next is Suicide by Cop featuring your favorite 8 ball dynamic duo Jef and Nate blasting out hardcore jams.
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Then Jehovah's Witness Protection Program come on strong to give you a heavy dose of their rock 'n' roll religion.

And finally Blue Snaggletooth will deliver on to you the sonic equivalent of the apocalypse.

You've been warned...

Psych Out Fest Recap with Videos

Howdy folks,

Back on July 10th I organized a show called the Psych Out Festival. It was a real cool time. Here is some cool video from the show. All the video was shot by Jonas Sliuzas. You can see more of his videos over on his youtube page.

Up first is my group Blue Snaggletooth.



Then we've got Tokyo Sexwhale.



This is Lava Moth.



And finally here is Chapstik.



There was one other group, The Wolfs, but their video hasn't been finished yet.

Big thanks to Jonas for filming the show and thanks to all the bands for playing. I hope to do this again next summer.

Mazinga discography for Free!

Hi friends,

How would you like to download a ton of FREE MUSIC?! Recently my band Mazinga posted up most of our 15 year discography over on bandcamp.com, and if you head over there now you can download 5 albums worth of high energy Mazinga jams FOR FREE! I would do it sooner rather then later as these albums won't remain free for long. There is all kinds of Rock 'N' Roll goodness for you to enjoy including our first 7" and our original full length album! Relive the old days or get hip to the jams you missed out on. CLICK here! Go Now!
You will thank me later.


As if all that free music wasn't enough to get you excited, Mazinga will be performing for the Ann Arbor Derby Dimes Benefit Bash on Friday Aug. 13th at the Blind Pig with a bunch of other great bands. Come out and help us launch the A2 Derby Dimes to success.



At the show we'll have copies of our EP "Open the Blast Doors" on hand, which was recently re-released on Arbco records. The EP is only $5 so make sure to bring your cheese$!


Thanks for your support!