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MICHAEL OCEAN

Every evening I am poorer by a day

About Me


Thanks for supporting our independent music. Please enjoy "The Manual."

A Nanaki Records release. © 2007

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/11/2007
Band Website: michaelocean.com
Band Members:

Instruments played on "The Manual" are12-string classical guitar, agogo, bass guitar, cowbell, djembe, drums, gourde, didjeridoo, electric guitars, eggshells, harmonica, keyboards, mr. macintosh, organ, piano, sandpaper, toy piano, triangle, trumpet, turntables, woodblock, xylophone.
Influences: Animal Collective, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Beck, Bowie, the Fiery Furnaces, Jamiroquai, Mindless Self Indulgence, Miles Davis, Pink Floyd, the Pixies, Queen, Radiohead, Talking Heads, Weezer, Wilco, Wu-Tang Clan
Sounds Like: Breakfast.
Record Label: Nanaki Recordsâ„¢
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Diskbook images here!!! (pre-order now!)

"The Manual" Diskbook now available for Pre-Order! Click here.This is a day that I almost thought would never come. It's exactly one month until the release of "The Manual." And after three years, our...
Posted by MICHAEL OCEAN on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:24:00 PST

A Los Angeles weekend

Today is the start of the weekend I've been waiting three years to see - 'The Manual' is in its FINAL DAYS of mastering in a Los Angeles studio by sonic-wizard Karl Lutz of Ludgate Studios!I can't tel...
Posted by MICHAEL OCEAN on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:01:00 PST

Coining a new term: "Craigslist Remorse"

I'm coining a new term: "Craigslist Remorse." It'll be after you post an item for sale on Craigslist.org. The remorse sets in when you realize that you should have asked for double the price.I just so...
Posted by MICHAEL OCEAN on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:30:00 PST

My first thoughts on In Rainbows

For what it's worth, here are my two pence (what you can buy it for!) on Radiohead's lush new record (is it entirely incorrect to call it a record?) In Rainbows.I'm on my 4th listen of the day and my ...
Posted by MICHAEL OCEAN on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:09:00 PST

Crashing!

On Sunday, our main computer, a super-powered desktop running Windows XP had a file corruption problem, and it will no longer start without a reformat. (Which I'm not even sure is possible... the comp...
Posted by MICHAEL OCEAN on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:00:00 PST

Tarantism Pt. 1 & Pt.2 (new song!)

'Tarantism Pt. 1 & 2' is now up for your listening pleasure on our Myspace page, but only for THIS WEEKEND! Listen there or download and keep the MP3 at STEAL THIS MUSIC, part of michaelocean dot ...
Posted by MICHAEL OCEAN on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:38:00 PST

it’s official!

I am extremely proud to announce the grand opening of http://www.michaelocean.com!There's a whole lot to the site right now, but what I'd really like to tell you about is STEAL THIS MUSIC. This is the...
Posted by MICHAEL OCEAN on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:32:00 PST

it’s finally here!

The big weekend is here! Matt Highfield formerly of Aria Decline/The Good Cheer and I are buckling in for 72 hours of studio time to finish "The Manual." The clock starts in one hour. Leave us a comme...
Posted by MICHAEL OCEAN on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:38:00 PST

New Song!

There's a new song on our page! We are very proud to deliver Teachers? Revolution! straight from the studio to your ears, in a post-production demo format. Please add it to your page. We are very exci...
Posted by MICHAEL OCEAN on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:42:00 PST

Get the Pencil.

Wow, things are ramping up fast. Here's the breakdown: We're finding US distributors to spread the CD package to you guys. That's going well, it looks like The Manual will see it's way to some Calif. ...
Posted by MICHAEL OCEAN on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:19:00 PST