claudio rivera

i’m so glad that winter is pretty much over! i just wish it was like 5 degrees warmer. i just went to the gas station to fill up my tires and froze my hands on the ride back. maybe i should invest in some cool bike gloves? heh.

my goal for the next month or so is to ride my bike exclusively. i know i’ve made similar pledges in the past, and i end up doing half bike, half bus. but, with jordan opening his new studio much closer to me, it’s actually feasable. only 3.2 miles each way! that’s about half the distance to my space, which i’ve done there and back more than a few times.

by the way, i think that’s my plan for the summer. i’ve been pretty involved with producing drums on jordan schmidt projects for a little while, now. i also did my first co-producing project with him, recently. hopefully, things keep going that route and i’ll stay involved with either just drums or everything. i think everyone’s pretty flexible and we’ll probably take it a project at a time.

motion city isn’t doing much touring this year, so this would be a great alternative. it’s almost more fulfilling, cause a lot of times, i’m playing drums, or writing parts, etc. it’s definitely more than just tuning. heh. anyway, aside from the next month or two (including subbing for a recovering-from-arm-breaking tony), there won’t be much work coming my way from them. i wish i could be involved in the recording, but there’s not much i can offer that someone in l.a. can’t do better. and, sadly, “studio friend” isn’t a paid position. hah.

in other news, i’m bummed that google latitude isn’t taking off, so i’ve gone back to loopt. similarly, i’m bummed that there’s been no cupcake for g1, and that iphone 3.0 is looking to trounce the g1, in the near future. what gives, google?! you’re letting me down!