Steve Chatterton
Musings of an Easily Distracted Man

Archive for July, 2008

New site for my music

July 22nd, 2008 by stv

My new music site: music.stevechatterton.com
Looks like it’s time for me to start yet another blog.

I’ve been all fired up about making music lately. I blame the BT thing; it’s gotten me a little inspired lately. So I decided to start up a mighty subdomain dedicated to my noise:

music.stevechatterton.com

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BT Update

July 16th, 2008 by stv

BT Logo
Well, those of you keeping score at home will remember my article from the 25th about the song I sent in to CityTV’s Breakfast Television on a whim (Ask Kevin and Dina Cue - MP3, 0:24, 754KB). Well, I’ll be damned if they didn’t actually like it, and now they want to use it.

The song is the result of about an hour tinkering around in my new studio one morning. In retrospect, I could likely do a much more polished job if I spent a few more hours redoing a few elements, but it looks like I’m committed to it as is and will have to get used to the fact that thousands of people will be waking up to my squeaky little voice once in a while.

Details are sketchy at best right now, but they want me to be at their studios on Queen West next Wednesday morning (July 23) at 7 AM so they can officially launch the new tune.

That’s all I know for now. More details as they develop. And if anyone knows how to capture video and all that jazz, I’d love to embed a vid of occasion in this blog, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Toronto Photo Essay: Toronto Zoo

July 9th, 2008 by stv

Eunuch Lion basking in the sun
It was my daughter’s eighth birthday on Tuesday, so we decided to spend the day at the zoo. All told, it was me, my wife, our daughter and three year old son, my father-in-law Larry, an ark-load of biodiversity and some rather extreme weather.

Once in the gate, we hopped on the infamous Zoomobile for a quick jaunt out to the African Savannah, as good a starting place as any. Along the way we got up close and personal with the elephants, a pleasant surprise that got us motivated for what would eventually turn out to be a fair bit of legwork.
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