Mojo’s Army music will still be available for free as MP3s on this site for the forseeable future, and will continue to be available for purchase in high-resolution form through our BandCamp page.

BUT if you have a hankering to support us through iTunes or Amazon, this is your last week to get the “Summer’s End” EP and “Sex and Candy” single through those stores!

Thanks for your support! Rock on!
Mojo

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In the Fall of 2011 I made a commitment to learning how to do everything that I do, BETTER.

I’ve been hard at work studying and practicing mixing and have beefed up my audio toolbox. I reconfigured my music area to make it easier to play and mix music. I picked up some new pedals for my pedalboard, got my axe professionally set up, and replaced the pickups and pots in my bass. I started a more systematic vocal practice routine. And I studied songwriting.

All that, so that I could bring you Mojo’s Army music sounding better than ever.

And it does.

Now I’m taking a fresh approach to finishing the demo songs you’ve been hearing on Soundcloud, and I will even be going back and reworking my early songs that deserve better treatment than I was able to give them at the time. The first one coming is a completely rerecorded and rearranged “Lipstick on my Whiskey” that is going to knock your panties off. I can hardly wait to finish it!

2012 is going to be a great year!

Rock on!

Mojo
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(Note – this revised version of the video includes the board modification step omitted from the original video!)

Mojo

UPDATE: this video featured on @effectsbay site!

Not only can’t we believe it’s mid-December, we can’t believe that this month marks the one-year anniversary of our last official release, “Summer’s End“! Not that we’ve been idle by any means – we’ve uploaded several new songs to our SoundCloud page this year, and are in the middle of recording a killer cover of Gowan’s “A Criminal Mind” at the moment. We also just got done upgrading software and refining studio techniques to make the final versions sound the best they can! Look for official releases in the coming months!

In the meantime, enjoy our gift to you — free streaming and MP3 download of the “Summer’s End” EP and any other goodies you can find at http://mojosarmy.com/audio. For high quality versions, check out our BandCamp page. Support Mojo’s Army!

PS If you’re looking for some one-of-a-kind presents for youself or a rock lover on your list, visit our store at Zazzle (you know you want that skull hoodie)

Horns high rockers! All the best to you and yours this holiday season!

Keep rockin,
Mojo \m/ \m/

When I started learning guitar a few years ago, I collected picks wherever I went: club shows, trade shows, guitar stores. At first I didn’t know how different they were, and once I did I wanted to try them all!

At some point early on I found myself using a pick I had grabbed at MacWorld from the RiffWorks booth, a white Dunlop-style pick that just felt right to me. I’ve used one now on nearly every one of my recordings. I got a couple of them that first day, and then made sure to visit that booth the following year at MacWorld to grab a few more. After that, they no longer had a booth there and since I had several picks in my possession I didn’t think about it any more. Till recently.

Realizing that they wouldn’t last forever, I went on a hunt for a similar pick. It’s right between the Dunlop Tortex yellow & green, and nothing I found felt like it. I even did a full-flight test of a series of different picks at my local music shop, Marin Music Center, with the assistance of the the owner, the ever-helpful Jesse Harms, but without finding one quite like it.

Turns out that though it feels like Tortex, it’s actually a similar plastic called Delrin, and though it’s .05 thicker than the yellow Dunlop it’s slightly more flexible. Nothing else will do for me at the moment, which is kind of a problem!

I decided to go back to the source and order a bag of them from Riffworks to last me as long as possible. Luckily they still had some in stock, so now I have what I hope is a lifetime supply! For the bass I use the green Dunlop Tortex or a nylon Fender Heavy but for my Black Betty nothing else will do!

Are you this picky about your picks?