The Tenori-Off Project

I spent most of the day tinkering around with different things.
First, I worked on structuring the lyrics I’ve been writing the past week. It’s finally coming together, I think it’s an okay bunch of words.
I then tried to compose the chorus part on the Tenori-On. I had worked out the main body of the melody earlier [...]

I just found out a free software version on the Tenori-On just got released today.
Exciting stuff. I’ll install and try it out later.

http://www.weepr.com/

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I’ve been thinking a lot more about words. And by words I mean lyrics. I think I’m gonna shift gears for the next few weeks and carry a little notebook around instead of the Tenori-On.
It’s time for me to write down some words that will hopefully flow together as songs. To help with the inspiration, [...]

I had a fun day yeaterday. Nina and I had a nice day out. We checked out a comic store where I picked up some cool book.
We then went to Guitar Center to pick up one of these microphones… We hope to record some lyrics with it.
We spent the rest of the day over at Dee, [...]

Totally unrelated.

I built a Spore creature based on a Slasher from Dead Space; the game I am working on.
Check out Spore when you get a chance… it’s an awesome game! Also if you want to see what this Slasher Spore creature is based on, check out this developer diary on Dead Space.
 
 

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So what is this Tenori thing? Why is this blog called the Tenori-Off Project?
I started this blog because I recently got into creating music with a Tenori-On. And www.tenori-off.com is my attempt at being clever with the domain name. 
Tenori-On which means “sound on your palm” in Japanese is a small aluminum electronic musical instrument with [...]

As much I can probably consider myself an Internet dinosaur; having been around when the web started and when the blink tag ruled cyberspace (I intentionally used the word “cyberspace” for nostalgia)… this site represents a slew of new frontiers for me.
Blogging.
Though I’ve had some sort of web presence since 1995, I’ve never really ever [...]