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The Sordid Tale of Let Them Eat Cack
14 years ago
In 1998 I recorded a little LP under the name The Dancing Jesus Project called Let Them Eat Cack. Originally it was supposed to be a collaboration between myself and Jim Goza after we were inspired by a little group called Three Brain. We were both musicians, and had worked together on a couple of band projects but it was nothing major.
The Dancing Jesus Project was going to be our baby though. We were totally committed to it. Well I was totally committed to it, and I don't fault Jim at all. He just wasn't as interested in the project as I was. So after he split I continued on without him.
Inspiration for the group name came from a goofy animated .gif I had found on an image BBS that was simply titled dncinjc.gif. It was hilarious. A buddy Christ-like animated Jesus dancing like he didn't give a damn. We were both stumped for a band name and I mentioned the .gif and thus was birthed the DJP.
So I finished the recording in January of '99 and started getting to work making copies. In true Three Brain fashion I sped up the tracks to chipmunk speed for added hilarity, and wound up with a small local hit. The albums traveled around from hand to hand, and ear to ear. I started to hear people I didn't even know talking about it which was great.
Unfortunately in my haste to finalize the masters, I neglected to put mine and Jim's names in the WAV ID tags or in the CD's liner notes. So I had 150 copies of an album that was credited to no one. I had no idea who actually had the CD, and who had listened to it. My distribution method was literally leaving the CD in random places. Basically there was no way to give credit where it was due.
So flash forward to 2011 and I get a great idea. Why not re-record those old tracks. Only this time with the experience of someone who knows what they're doing, and to do it semi-professionally. The original had no direction. It was a musical stew that had rock, blues, acoustic, and classical as its ingredients. I don't mean mixed together to create a new genre. I mean every song was a different style. To say it was a train wreck would be speaking lightly.
I'll save the actual album story for another journal post as this one has gotten a bit tl:dr. This time around I'm actually going to use the random song structure to my advantage. As well as writing 5 brand new tracks to add to the original 9 bringing the total to 14, and EP Land. I hope everyone will enjoy listening to it, as much as I'm enjoying recording it. :)
The Dancing Jesus Project was going to be our baby though. We were totally committed to it. Well I was totally committed to it, and I don't fault Jim at all. He just wasn't as interested in the project as I was. So after he split I continued on without him.
Inspiration for the group name came from a goofy animated .gif I had found on an image BBS that was simply titled dncinjc.gif. It was hilarious. A buddy Christ-like animated Jesus dancing like he didn't give a damn. We were both stumped for a band name and I mentioned the .gif and thus was birthed the DJP.
So I finished the recording in January of '99 and started getting to work making copies. In true Three Brain fashion I sped up the tracks to chipmunk speed for added hilarity, and wound up with a small local hit. The albums traveled around from hand to hand, and ear to ear. I started to hear people I didn't even know talking about it which was great.
Unfortunately in my haste to finalize the masters, I neglected to put mine and Jim's names in the WAV ID tags or in the CD's liner notes. So I had 150 copies of an album that was credited to no one. I had no idea who actually had the CD, and who had listened to it. My distribution method was literally leaving the CD in random places. Basically there was no way to give credit where it was due.
So flash forward to 2011 and I get a great idea. Why not re-record those old tracks. Only this time with the experience of someone who knows what they're doing, and to do it semi-professionally. The original had no direction. It was a musical stew that had rock, blues, acoustic, and classical as its ingredients. I don't mean mixed together to create a new genre. I mean every song was a different style. To say it was a train wreck would be speaking lightly.
I'll save the actual album story for another journal post as this one has gotten a bit tl:dr. This time around I'm actually going to use the random song structure to my advantage. As well as writing 5 brand new tracks to add to the original 9 bringing the total to 14, and EP Land. I hope everyone will enjoy listening to it, as much as I'm enjoying recording it. :)
