Undead Monkey

Moving the blog

Gymshoes — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:43:48 +0000

Though we’ve had a domain name for a while, the blog hasn’t actually been located here. The content has been hosted by wordpress.com, which is where the blog started. I framed the wordpress blog to tie it to the domain a year or so ago. Now I’ve moved everything to the domain site, having exported/imported what’s there to here. If you followed this on a feed before today, your feed will go dead when I delete this blog from wordpress.com—which I will do after I’ve looked everything over carefully, and made sure I didn’t leave behind anything important. So you’ll need to re-add it to your feedreader from here. Sorry for the inconvenience; it’s just another step in in making Undead Monkey more undead.

The appearance of the site will change in the next week or so depending on how much time I have to fix up the theme I want to use and I’ll probably try out a few themes along the way.

Undead Monkey on Facebook

Gymshoes — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:46:14 +0000

Hi everyone! I’ve hit the ground running in this new year by finishing up the Facebook Page for Undead Monkey music.

http://www.facebook.com/Undead-Monkey

If you have a Facebook profile, click through and become a Fan! There’s streaming music as well as a discography. This blog is imported to the Facebook page so you won’t miss any news. I expect to also post some notes there that won’t be elsewhere. You can post all over the place…besides comments to notes, drop in and write on my Wall or participate in (start!) discussions on the Forum. Become a Fan and post to your friends so they can become fans too.

(I’ve also got a Facebook Page for my solo Gymshoes music)

See you on Facebook!

Happy Holidays: It's snowing in cyberspace

Gymshoes — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:35:14 +0000

That’s right, we’ve got snow on the blog until January 4th. It’s a cool WordPress option. Really stands out against this dark theme. At least it melts quickly.

Undead Monkey wishes you, your friends, and your family an exuberant uplifting holiday season.

Undead Monkey again looking for a drummer

Gymshoes — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:10:25 +0000

We are once again looking for a drummer. See original post for info. The only things I’d add to that are: we aren’t interested in anyone who is already in a band, unless they really are leaving it. We’ve twice gotten stuck by musicians who are not fully committed to this band. Secondly, rehearsals are not optional. If you don’t have time for the band, don’t answer the ad. I hate to sound all scary and negative, but the band’s ad for a drummer really is pretty upbeat (pun intended). I think I just set a record for linking to an earlier post.

The Undead and Ike

Gymshoes — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:45:11 +0000

Hurricane Ike scattered the Undead, but we are alive and well. The power outtages, damage and debris throughout the Houston area have meant that we’re doing “hurricane stuff” and not music stuff. But we’re OK and hope to be back rehearsing as soon as we can dig out and plug in again.

Welcome our new drummer, Eon

Gymshoes — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:17:19 +0000

We now have a new drummer…..give a big Undead Welcome to Eon. The jam session/rehearsal Saturday was just awesome. He isn’t just monkeying around!

Undead on the Web

Gymshoes — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:44:45 +0000

With the conversion of the Undead Monkey to a live local band, we’ve now gone live with our own domain name: theundeadmonkey.com. Click it and you get….this blog. This very same blog. This gives us a bigger tree to swing from, a few more options, and a whiff of legitimacy. So bookmark it; it’s our new home.

Looking for a drummer

Gymshoes — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:24:31 +0000

I (Gymshoes) am forming a new band under the Undead Monkey banner. It will be a live, local band, not an internet band as this originally was. I’m looking for rock drummer, 25-43 yrs old, for band. Eventually 1-2 pub gigs per month. Record and sell songs online. Must be available on weekends for rehearsals & song development. SE Houston, south of beltway 8, Webster, Clear Lake, League City, Friendswood, Pasadena, Pearland etc. No druggies, tokers, smokers, alcoholics. No drama. No negativity. Must have whatever gear you need to do your thing. Must communicate well with other band members, have enthusiasm, energy, creativity, imagination, a good sense of humor.

Including a handful of Undead Monkey songs that’s already been recorded and released online—as well as solo stuff—I have about two dozen original songs. I’ve got my own label for my solo stuff which could also release band music (if we wanted to go that route). I’m in this for fun but I’m serious about it, too.

Everything Flows From The Drums: I want to build this band by getting a drummer first (well, second counting me, LOL) because I feel like everything flows from the drums. I’m not looking for someone to just keep time, but for a drummer who will contribute something that will (along with contributions of other band members) make the songs realize their full potential. Someone whose drumming contributes substantially to the development of the songs. Creativity as well as time-keeping. I don’t want the band to be dependent on generic drum loops or have an ever-changing drummer sitting in. I think if I can find the right drummer that I’ll be able to pull together a terrific band, write better songs, and we can all have a lot of fun making great music together. The vibe of a band, IMHO, is really dependent on what the drummer brings to it.

Location: SE Houston, Houston addys south of beltway 8, Pasadena, Pearland, Friendswood, Webster, League City, Alvin, Clear lake, Kemah, Seabrook, etc.

Contact me: theundeadmonkey at gmail dot com

Resurrection and Reincarnation

Gymshoes — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:10:45 +0000

Yes, that’s right the Undead have reawakened, sort of. I started this band as an outlet for doing non-Gymshoes music with other musicians. The internet band thing didn’t work out as well as I’d hoped; the ever-changing assortment of musicians kept drifting away due to lack of time, so I decided to pull the plug on the band rather than continue to replace musicians. I’m still writing songs though, and there were quite a few that the Undead never recorded.

Recently I’ve been working on putting together a live local band. As part of this process I’m registering and placing ads with various online resources. Most places the options are to register either as “musician seeking band” or “band seeking musician”. Since I’m forming a band rather than looking to join one—and since I can’t think of any other cool band name, I’m using the Undead Monkey name. Which is appropriate since I started UM as a band for my non-electronica, and since the new band will be doing what is—or would have been—the Undead songbook.

Though the new band will be formed under the Undead name, after we’ve gelled and the lineup is solid I expect we’ll come up with a new name.

Check back here for more on the band formation process. I’ll be posting ads, ideas, and updates periodically.

Gymshoes

The Last Hurrah Of The Undead Monkey

Gymshoes — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:25:43 +0000

The Monkey has been comatose and appears to have quietly died in its sleep over the past several months. So, we’re pulling the plug—it would be better to DNR (do not resuscitate) rather than try to shock the Monkey back to life at this point. The Undead Monkey is Dead.

We are, however, all still out there making music in an assortment of ways with an assortment of other musicians.:-D This is part of the reason for the death of the Monkey: band members who had no time for the Monkey last year will again have no time this year and band members with little time for the Monkey last year will have less time this year.

Posthumous Music: Although the Undead Monkey is now Dead, there is the possibility that new music could still be released from Undead Monkey at some point in the future because some unfinished songs need so little to be completed. If that happens you’ll read about it here because this blog will remain for the foreseeable future.:-) All music will continue to be available from archive.org.

Resurrection and Reincarnation: Hockinfinger allows as how the Monkey might possibly be resurrected in the future and Gymshoes thinks that it could be reincarnated with a new name. The Monkey was, after all, Undead to begin with so anything is possible.;-) This blog will keep a finger on the Undead pulse and any sign of resurrection or reincarnation (or posthumous music) will be posted here.:-)

Gymshoes and Hockinfinger