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CanyonOasis

  1. My Dad is a coffee alchemist. about 1 hour ago via Twitter for Windows Phone
  2. There is so much lag when emailing at work. I think they are bouncing the data off of Voyager. 9:03 PM May 24th via Twitter for Windows Phone
  3. Bad day. Friend of mine was fired. 1:32 AM May 22nd via Twitter for Windows Phone
  4. The structure to this song is so loose. That doing the vocal track is like walking in a hedge maze in the dark. 5:15 AM May 19th via Twitter for Windows Phone
  5. Wow that came out really well! Double tracked a high part with an octave below. Its an old Tim Poitras trick. I'm excited. 4:32 AM May 19th via Twitter for Windows Phone
  6. Late night recording at Raman Menon's house. Just finished guitar. Now I sing in a closet for a few hours. #wideopenspaces 3:28 AM May 19th via Twitter for Windows Phone
  7. @Ubisoft games on @gogcom, Keep it up! #drm #free 9:06 PM May 18th via web
  8. The more I work in an office. The more I feel like an NPC in a Splinter Cell level. 10:53 PM May 15th via Twitter for Windows Phone
  9. Just had a great conversation with @oceanleavesband about music and songwriting. 5:32 PM May 10th via Twitter for Windows Phone
  10. I used to always sit downstairs on trains. Now I prefer upstairs. That is some serious Freudian malarky. 1:53 PM May 10th via Twitter for Windows Phone
  11. Spent most of last night researching Adobe Air. I'm really excited about it. Made a cool prototype on the weekend as well. 5:58 PM May 7th via Twitter for Windows Phone
  12. Oh and also uploaded some music to this soundcloud.com/writetobabyx as well. 7:03 AM May 6th via web
  13. Made a prototype of a camera system, ended up turning into a cooperative painting game. Also uploaded some songs to soundcloud.com/gazevectors 7:02 AM May 6th via web
  14. Man I wish my phone could take pictures in low light. The sky looks incredible right now. 1:16 AM May 6th via Twitter for Windows Phone
  15. @oceanleavesband Ah yes, but then there are Valley Heights. 3:49 AM May 5th via Microsoft in reply to oceanleavesband
  16. @oceanleavesband Fortunately no. Haven't had one of those in a long long time. 3:20 AM May 5th via Microsoft in reply to oceanleavesband
  • Name James Forbes
  • Location Australia
  • Web http://soundcloud...
  • Bio Musician, writer, game dev and all round nice guy.
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