In fact, we've been more active than ever... just not on the recording demos front. For that reason, we have been remiss in our blogging lately, as having a fresh new song to offer up is a concrete and immediate reason to post, while steady growth and development of the overall Diefenbaker product is not as tangible. Anyway...
First, our new website:
Click this link, bookmark it, then delete all of your other bookmarks
The last website you'll ever need is diefenpop.com! Links pertaining to all things Diefenbaker, eternally struggling Baltimore rock n' roll band, can be found there, presented in a delightfully stylized, way-too-indie-rock design. Here's what the critics are already saying about diefenpop.com:
"It looks like it should be Justin Bieber's website, especially with all the Canadian flags everywhere!"
-Cookie Vecchio, noted Boston-area record producer, website designer, and blog commenter
Second, Diefenbaker is now a trio!
The band's exhaustive search (read: one craigslist ad) for a rhythm section has resulted in us practicing for the past month or so with new bassist Brendan. Things are going swimmingly so far; the songs sound a lot better with bass added to the vocal/guitar/synth/drum machine mix we already had going. In addition, yer boy John D. has been working on adding himself in some capacity as backing vocalist, further expanding the sound as well as his own ego.
So, as for the future? Well, we've already got the official Diefenbaker T-shirt in the prototype stages (obviously the priority over anything involving actual music), we've taken some exploratory steps toward recording better quality demos with the expanded lineup that don't involve a 15-year-old cassette 4-track in any way, and we've either got to find a drummer or figure out how to program the drum machine better (or both).
Oh, and the bassist needs a stage name...
Yours,
@JohnDiefenbaker
#bobmouldismyhero
