So, I’ve finished a new recording and it’s called “Eric Kmiec presents Eric Kmiec”. The title is lifted from a great Charles Mingus record called “Charles Mingus presents Charles Mingus”(which, by the way you should all listen to.).
If you look a few posts back in this here blog you’ll see a post called “the past, etc… ” where I tell of the happenings of a band called the Ass Clown and one of it’s internet experiences that had led me to re-think the meaning of life. Because of this I decided that THIS TIME I was going to put this new record on the internet for free any way that I could. I started opening accounts and creating things and uploading songs and videos etc, etc . . . and learned that some of these music websites work better than others and some badger you for money the entire time and that I have to figure out how to connect them all  . . . but they don’t wanna be connected and this takes a lot of time. Time that I usually spend breathing air and drinking water plus I had my niece Olivia’s baptism at some horrible contemporary church with their awful half baked songs (I prefer the traditional Hymns – I’m baptized Presbyterian, but I’m Presbyterianish ever since I read the Tao Te Ching. That Yin/Yang thing makes SOOOO much sense – and don’t even get me started on the Catholics. . . that’s a joke, you see, in Taoist philosophy there is no judgement, things just are . . . never mind) and pastor who seemed to be some sort of Bill Engvall tribute act. “I baptize you in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit . . . here’s your sign.”
At some churches I cry my eyes out with joy but this place . . . nothin’.
I also needed to mow my lawn badly.
All of this was on my mind as I try to figure out if my mp3’s are the right sample rate and why my photos were all upside down.
What all of these music sites also insisted on was that I connect everything to Facebook. The problem was, I’m not on Facebook. I was a proud hold out. Not ME! I’m gonna breath air and drink water and mow my lawn and NOT be on Facebook!
But they insisted.
“Facebook! Facebook! Facebook! Come on! Link this with Facebook! Join Facebook! Facebook! Facebook! Your friends are on Facebook! Facebook! Facebook! Facebook!”

AAAAHHHGGGHHHHGGG!!!!!! then I remembered the Ass Clown thing . . . OK! DAMN IT I’ll join Facebook!
So.
I’m on Facebook and it’s been okay. It’s kind of strange having those instant message conversations with three people at the same time while they also comment on your page. Which do I respond to first?
At least people get to hear my new songs.
The winner of the music websites by the way is www.soundcloud.com It seems to be the easiest to use and is also the least insulting. Plus I found some really cool stuff on there.

Hopefully all of these links work if you are interested. There’s free downloads on all of em’.

https://www.soundcloud.com/ekmiec
https://www.reverbnation.com/erickmiec
https://www.lastfm/music/eric+kmiec
https://www.facebook.com/EricKmiecTHEGREAT?

The meaning of life, by the way, is to be HAPPY.