Shave Ice Get Away

There's the plan. And there's the inspiration. Sometimes, they mesh. Sometimes, they're at odds.

When they're at odds, you try to make them mesh.

My plan for this year is simple. Record a Song A Month.

We did this in January. In February we recorded a whole album. In March, I've been side tracked. And very aware of it.

Then came the inspiration. Over a beer.

A colleague of mine was talking about his upcoming Wedding in his native state of Hawaii. And he mentioned that the get-away vehicle was going to be a Shave Ice van, driven by some eager 22 year old who was going to do it for free. Then someone mentioned ice cream truck music and that's where it hit me.

No. Optigan music blasting from the Shave Ice truck. The same Optigan music I made for my friends Geoff and Lizette when they got married several years ago. This was one of my favorite projects. I took 2 weeks and fired up the optigan and made a soundtrack to a wedding.

So, March will see another album. One that's already done. I'll mess a bit with track order. And in my usual graphic design ninja way, I will find a cool pic on Flickr, get permission to use it, add the album title and Air King Sound to it and presto. Album.

So, you will all have some pretty cool optigan music to listen to in about a week's time.

Jet Lag

For the month of February, we took the RPM Challenge and created a new Autopilot record. We are pleased to introduce Jet Lag.

This one was a bit different than past ones in that we widened the circle and got MANY great submissions from a bunch of very talented folks on soundcloud.com. We also gathered some sounds from freesound.org.

And to boot, the great, great photo from the album cover above comes from Hamish Innes-Brown on Flickr.com who kindly allowed us to use it here.

So, it was a fantastic collaborative affair and I'd like to give a huge shout out here to everyone who contributed:

vanhainkoti - anu - luc shylavani - cott - rhythminmind - drox - corsica - hangar17 - cora - justin3am - acclivity - seeshy - mbo - troj - ermine - timofei - morgantj - james uk - ndrobinson - erh - audiactiva - pcaeldries

This is your album.

Now, time to check it out.

Jet Lag (Full version):

JetLag by airkingsound

Jet Lag (Cut into 11 tracks):