Jeff Diamond

It's been a long time...

2011-10-02T23:15:00.001-07:00

Hmm.. What is up? How are you? Good. Me? Oh, well, swell I guess. It's a been a long time since I've blogged. So long actually that I forgot I had a blog. I should definitely keep up with the trend of things.

I've recently started putting together a new batch of songs for the new album. I want to start on it sooner but times they are changing. I've played some of the new stuff out and gotten great response from most of them. Some
of which I haven't played out and wanted to keep them as an album only type of setup. We shall see I guess.

As far as a theme!?! Hmm.. Life. Mainly. Love, loss, time. --Life.

I thought about certain songs not fitting into the mix and decided against them. Then went out and spoke to some people and got input on some of their favorites and what not. Nice lil brain storm of ideas. All and all, the selection is pretty set. Still on the fence of how many songs to do. That is really the burning question right now. Have to wait and see once more work is done.

Anyway, I want to keep this up. Kinda a cool way to keep myself updated as well as anyone who is out there reading this. If there is anyone, leave a comment. Visit the Facebook. Facebook.com/thelonesomepoet
Also, you can follow me on twitter @jeff_diamond ...

See ya around.

-Jeff Diamond

2010-09-20T23:26:00.001-07:00

Hello anyone who reads this,

       I have officially started on the new album. It's gonna be a slow process but it should be fun. I'm looking forward to all the new songs coming together. I'm thinking this album will be a lil different than the last. I think I'm gonna try to produce the whole thing myself. Minus some mixing and mastering. I'll let the pros do that stuff. I've realized that mixing and mastering is truly an art form. So far tho, I'm off to a good start. Taking it one day at a time. So, here's hoping for the best. 

   I've contacted some artists to begin work on some of the cover art for the album as well. I wanted to get a better start than I did for the last album. Rather than me draw simple doodly drawings that try to resemble random things, I figured I'd let some really talented people take a crack at it. I look forward to seeing what they come up with. If they're cool with it, I'd probably add a slideshow on the website to show off their stuff. Full links and copyright added of course. I wouldn't want anyone to think I drew this stuff. I really wish I could draw.....

   Anyway, if you haven't picked up the album(30 Trips Around The Sun), it's available on the website. 

Later

-Jeff Diamond
www.jeffdiamondisawesome.com

Morning Salute

2009-12-30T20:31:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone..

It's a been a lil bit since I've blogged. Been a cool couple of months musically. Made a few contacts here and there. Aside from all that, I tried for a little while to get the video I made for my "Welcome Home " song out and about. My goal was to show it to the families of our troops. Here or afar. Just to get the message out there. We all think about them and wish them home.

After that, I was contacted by NBC San Diego about possible airing the video on their morning news segment called "Morning Salute". .. . . I thought this was a perfect opportunity. I agreed and thus waited. Took a couple weeks but it finally aired. Ended up being more of a salute to me for honoring them with a song. Not quite was I was going for but, very very grateful none the less. I have to admit I was honored to be apart of that. It is very cool that they take a little bit of time out of their broadcast to honor them.

So, here is the segment if you haven't seen it....

Also, if any of you are around North County next year. Come on out. Loved to see you.

Have a great New Year

-Jeff Diamond
http://www.jeffdiamondisawesome.com
http://www.itunes.com/jeffdiamond

Live feed...

2009-11-30T02:25:00.000-08:00

Ok. This is pretty cool. The other day was messing around online trying to figure out ways to stream stuff online for cheap. I figured I could ultimately turn my home connection into a server and broadcast out to the world. SO, in my search I stumbled upon ustream.tv .. A cool place for live streaming of practically everything. On top of finding that, I did a little bit more research and found that ustream.tv had developed an app for a jailbroken iphone. Hmmm... I pondered. So, I did some more research and within 20 minutes had found the ustream app. Installed it and was streaming live. Now at first it was just some boring images and random tests. I figured Sunday would be the best test yet. I told a few people to check out my ustream channel and stay tuned. @ about 845pm pst. We went live from Carlsbad, Ca. We had some audio issues at first but once the connection was strong they cleared up. We were able to pull 15fps and some clear audio of me playing on stage to a big group of people. Again this was a test but it worked everywhere. Stoked..

So, to recap. I can stream a show online from my iPhone to you for FREE. OH YES!!! It may not be perfect but, every little bit helps.

I will schedule some events. But be sure to check it out most Sundays @ 8:40pm pst.

www.jeffdiamondisawesome.com/live.html

Thanks..

-Jeff Diamond

Website and other stuff...

2009-11-18T09:15:00.000-08:00

Hello....

It's been awhile since I've posted anything "blog" related. I've recently updated the website to more of simpler setting. I was gonna attempt going into the flash realm but decided against it. People don't have the attention spans they did yesterday and um well uh... what was I saying??? Anyway, I got to hear myself on the radio. That was neat!!! KPRI's local show "Homegrown Hour" which plays local musicians every Saturday at 9pm played "Don't Talk About My Girlfriend" aka "The Zombie Song" on Halloween night. I hadn't heard it in awhile and it was thrilling hearing it with some close friends. I think I saw my Myspace numbers grow by 5 after that.. Progress? Hmmm... I don't know.

I'm gonna send the album out to some local music people for review. As well as some other places. If you'd like to write up a review of the album that gets posted on the website and places, send me your address and I'll send you a copy.

Thanks again for the support.

Don't forget to always check out the website for current shows and news.

-Jeff Diamond
www.jeffdiamondisawesome.com

Sales..

2009-10-07T10:48:00.000-07:00

Hello.

I've been pretty stoked as of late. The CD is selling really well and I have been getting some good reviews. I was told that the album has been a hit for the older crowd "55+" from a friend of mine in his 60's. RAD!! It's nice to know that people are liking it in all age groups.

I've got ideas for the next album but I'm gonna wait for awhile before I put too much effort into that. I really want to get this latest album out there more and focus on playing out. I feel I need to get together with some people and play some "full band" gigs. SO, if you know anyone who might be interested in playing some chill music, let me know. That would be awesome!!!

Hope all is well.

Talk to ya soon.

-Jeff Diamond
www.jeffdiamondisawesome.com
www.myspace.com/jeffdiamond
www.reverbnation.com/jeffdiamond

iTunes and shtuff...

2009-09-09T23:54:00.000-07:00

Hahahahaha...

Well.. I'm stoked. I finally made it up on iTunes. As well as others. Amazon/Rhapsody/eMusic/Napster.. I finally feel like I'm doing something. May not be much right now. But, I'm having a lot of fun. I wanted my 30th birthday party to double as a CD release party but scheduling issues delayed that. SO, since the album appeared online I thought I would throw it out there to those I don't see as often and can't give a ACTUAL cd to. Perhaps in the future I can.

I've been working on stickers. Designs have been a little rough but their coming along. I'm hoping that I can incorporate the design into some t-shirts as well. We'll see. Anyway.. if you feel like giving it a listen check out any of the places.

Thanks.

Last.fm

2009-08-25T20:02:00.000-07:00

So, I recently got into last.fm. Pretty stoked. Heard myself in the mix with Jack Johnson/Damien Rice/Snow Patrol and others. I'm pretty excited about this. I don't care what anyone says about my music. Like it or hate it, like me or hate me... I'm having a good time. I think that's what it's about. Good times. If you ever listen to last.fm, do a search and add me. Thanks...

Ok.. Enough about this...

(chuckle to myself)

Tee Hee..

Be Well

-Jeff Diamond
www.jeffdiamondisawesome.com

At last...

2009-08-23T02:19:00.000-07:00

Oh my gosh... I've done it. It took me the last few years of procrastinating but I finally did it. I started in January. Well, January 4th to be exact, and finished August 4th. I finally am releasing an album. I'm not a big fan of procrastination yet it's something I tend to do. Especially when it comes to music. I guess I should say ART. It seems most artists I talk to tend to do the same thing. "NOT BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES".. Well, not at first at least. I wanted to release an album years ago but, never thought anything I did sounded good enough. I hear the stuff on the radio and how clear it sounds. How "perfect" it is all put together and then I record something at home. Full of hiss and pops and emptiness and it just brings me down. It makes me wonder how I have some pretty good equipment and software for recording and yet I can't make anything I record sound better than something that was recorded 50 years ago. Craziness.

Anyway.. yes, I have done it. The album is called "30 Trips Around The Sun." It basically is a soft telling of love, loss, life, time... And the title stems from the fact that I'm turning 30 this year. So, it's a fun thing. I think it sounds pretty good. I've listened to it more times than I would want to admit but I'm proud of it. Technically it's not perfect but, I'm not gonna play the perfection game. If I did that it would be another few years before I released anything. I'm very excited for people to hear it. I want to get some reviews. I'm really hoping to read some bad ones. May sound weird but, it's the bad stuff that really sparks more interest in me. Sometimes a bad review can be more productive. Eh, will see.

So, I'm gonna leave a link to my website for purchase. If there is anyone out there who reads this and is interested in some original music. All and all I tried and hope you enjoy.

www.jeffdiamondisawesome.com