365 Days of Tommy P: Day 31

Saturday, January 31, 2009 (31)

I've been having restless nights and nightmares again.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 30

Friday, January 30, 2009 (30)

Bonfire: A new cologne by Tommy P

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 29

Thursday, January 29, 2009 (29)

"Get your music on."

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 28

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 (28)

Doing a little editing and rough mixing of Church of Smerch.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 27

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (27)

Something that everyone needs.

This isolation booth belongs to (or was just flat out given to us by) Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 26

Monday, January 26, 2009 (26)

Happy birthday . . . to . . . me . . . :(

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 25

Sunday, January 25, 2009 (25)

Thanks for getting me STINKING drunk last night, ugh.

"Like a phoenix, I return to you from nothing but a pile of ashes. What I thought was a blaze of was nothing but a -"

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 24

Saturday, January 24, 2009 (24)

Loyola Academy Ramblers '03/'04

"But I know I've got one thing I got to do, Ramble on!"

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 23

Friday, January 23, 2009 (23)

"Look around to the people today, can't help no one in any way, but yourself."

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 22

Thursday, January 22, 2009 (22)

I think I should make some "I Spy" photos.

Find:
a) A spindle of CD-Rs
b) A plastic water bottle
c) Cry Baby Bass Wah
d) A can of cheese dip
e) A cell phone

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 21

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 (21)

Tracking outside, just like Zeppelin did it.

Just because you have 4038s doesn't mean you can't use 414s.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 20

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 (20)

Playing with a synth in The Vault.

"I say, we can go where we want to a place where they will never find. And we can act like we come from out of this world. Leave the real one far behind. And we can dance."

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 19

Monday, January 19, 2009 (19)

Jason Brammer turned the entire front of I.V. Lab Studios into an insane piece of art. He very well could be out of his mind, but he's brilliant.

"A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things."

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 18

Sunday, January 18, 2009 (18)

Too tired to go out.

". . . send the autos swerving into the loneliest evening . . ."

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 17

Saturday, January 17, 2009 (17)

NGHR

". . . to do the dishes . . . to clean up my room . . . to do the laundry . . . and in the bathroom . . . that's all I really want is . . ."

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 16

Friday, January 16, 2009 (16)

"Running all the time. Running to the future. With you . . . right by . . . my . . . "

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 15

Thursday, January 15, 2009 (15)

What is everyone complaining about; -7° is not that bad.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 14

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 (14)

Me with Apollo, Aurora - the I.V. Lab Shih Tzus.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 13

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 (13)

"I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes."

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 12

Monday, January 12, 2009 (12)

There is a Chicago-based national music star who is currently tracking a secret side project album in a different genre at The Vault (I.V. Lab Studios). It's hush-hush / top-secret. So of course I had to mention that I can't say.

Here I am listening to drums bouncing from 2" to Pro Tools.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 11

Sunday, January 11, 2009 (11)

[If you were dead or still alive] I Don't Care [what you think as long as it's about me]

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 10

Saturday, January 10, 2009 (10)

Enjoying hot chocolate at Clarke's on Lincoln.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 9

Friday, January 9, 2009 (9)

Wrapping up tracking vocals at Third Coast Recording Company for Violet Winter's lead off single.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 8

Thursday, January 8, 2009 (8)

The warm glow that keeps me company on lonely nights.

I fixed my iPod myself without help from Apple or any software.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 7

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 (7)

Ground so white in a world so dark.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 6

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 (6)

Goodbye . . . iPod. It wasn't displaying any music.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 5

Monday, January 5, 2009 (5)

Rise and shine.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 4

Sunday, January 4, 2009 (4)

Mixes.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 3

Saturday, January 3, 2009 (3)

"I always feel like . . . somebody's watching me."

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 2

Friday, January 2, 2009 (2)

Rockin' my green corduroy pants for laundry day.

365 Days of Tommy P: Day 1

Thursday, January 1, 2009 (1)

I scaled a fire escape downtown to get on the roof to get a better look at the cityscape at 2 A.M.