The Dro http://the-dro.com Musician, Web Developer, Programmer, Graphic Designer, & Editor Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:11:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 DeadStar Assembly Hit The Road In Support of “Coat Of Arms” http://the-dro.com/music/deadstar-assembly-april-tour/ http://the-dro.com/music/deadstar-assembly-april-tour/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:10:52 +0000 The Dro http://the-dro.com/?p=283
dsa coa 200x200 DeadStar Assembly Hit The Road In Support of Coat Of Arms

South Florida’s DeadStar Assembly are about to launch their musical delirium into the masses once again with their first tour in over two years. The band will embark on a 20 city tour with Team Cybergeist (Angel Bartolotta – Dope) on select dates in support of their third studio effort “Coat Of Arms” to be released on March 30th 2010.

DeadStar Assembly’s “Coat Of Arms” Tour 2010

April 08th 2010 – Brewster’s Pit – Jacksonville, FL
April 09th 2010 – GroundZero Spartanburg, SC*
April 10th 2010 – Gil’s Virginia Beach, VA*
April 11th 2010 – Zakk’s Murfreesboro, NC
April 13th 2010 – Digital Ferret Philadelphia, PA
April 13th 2010 – Club Polaris Philadelphia, PA*
April 14th 2010 – Club Hell Providence, RI
April 15th 2010 – Championship Bar Trenton, NJ
April 16th 2010 – The Silo Reading, PA
April 17th 2010 – Montage Music Hall Rochester, NY
April 18th 2010 – Don Hills New York, NY
April 20th 2010 – Hi-Fi Concert Club Lakewood, OH
April 21st 2010 – Blondies Detroit, MI
April 22nd 2010 – Reggie’s Rock Club Chicago, IL
April 23rd 2010 – TBA Cedar Rapids, IA
April 24th 2010 – TBA Sioux Falls, SD
April 25th 2010 – Station-4 St. Paul, MN

]]> http://the-dro.com/music/deadstar-assembly-april-tour/feed/ 0 New Twitter Background http://the-dro.com/music/new-twitter-background/ http://the-dro.com/music/new-twitter-background/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:37:51 +0000 The Dro http://the-dro.com/?p=271 Download the Custom Dro Twitter Background

I finally got a few minutes of downtime which is pretty rare for me and decided to spice up my twitter background.

As a graphic designer & developer, it frustrates me that I don’t have a custom bad-ass web site and personal social networking designs. I spend all of my time designing for others and never have enough time to design for myself anymore. It’s unfortunate because the reality is, no matter how many hours I put in each day, I still seem to be getting no-where financially.

The thing that sucks about my field at the moment is that no one is really willing to pay what us designers and developers are worth. In turn, projects take longer to complete and are more difficult because freelancers end up having to take on more projects at a time, at lower costs than normal, in order to pay the bills & survive.
I strongly believe that if clients were willing to pay more, designers could focus more of their attention to the one specific project at hand and not worry about having to take on others just to stay afloat.

Regardless, I took a bit of time I had left over after completing a task and decided to finally design something for myself. Check out my new Twitter Background image and feel free to comment and let me know what you think.

I have uploaded it to the server in case anyone wants to use it as their background. I understand that it’s a personal background and has all my links on it, but if anyone requests a custom made one for use on their page, I will gladly create one for them as time permits.

Link to the full size image: http://the-dro.com/images/twitter_bg2.png

]]> http://the-dro.com/music/new-twitter-background/feed/ 1 New Deadstar Tour Dates to be Announced http://the-dro.com/music/new-deadstar-tour-dates-to-be-announced/ http://the-dro.com/music/new-deadstar-tour-dates-to-be-announced/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:57:13 +0000 The Dro http://the-dro.com/?p=261 As the new year rolls in, I’ve been spending my time trying to figure out what’s going to happen as the days fly by. I begin to wonder where the last year’s worth of hard work has gone. Things have been hectic, but finally beginning to come together. After meeting at the studio to help master the new Deadstar Assembly CD, Coat of Arms, we also discussed going back out on tour after it’s release. The release date is planned for the very end of March. This will be close to or on our anniversary of our very first live show. For those of you who know our history, we graced the stage at the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale Florida on March 30th, 2002! Seems so long ago…

Here’s a sneak peak at our new look & feel and be sure to look out for the upcoming tour dates.

The full tour officially starts Mid-April as dates are coming in faster than ever…

Deadstar Assembly - Coat of Arms 2010

Deadstar Assembly - Coat of Arms 2010

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]]> http://the-dro.com/pets-animals/258/feed/ 1 http://the-dro.com/pets-animals/257/ http://the-dro.com/pets-animals/257/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:08:00 +0000 The Dro http://the-dro.com/uncategorized/257/ Scout the Fennec Fox eating Carrots

Video of Scout, My Fennec Fox, eating Carrot Slices.

]]> http://the-dro.com/pets-animals/257/feed/ 0 My Synchronicity. http://the-dro.com/personal/my-synchronicity/ http://the-dro.com/personal/my-synchronicity/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:32:23 +0000 The Dro http://the-dro.com/?p=251 For those of you who have heard me make synchronicity references, I just began putting together a web site which will hopefully one day explain this weird phenomenon. http://mysynchronicity.com

]]> http://the-dro.com/personal/my-synchronicity/feed/ 0 New Domain Name, TheDro.com http://the-dro.com/personal/thedro-domain/ http://the-dro.com/personal/thedro-domain/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:23:26 +0000 The Dro http://the-dro.com/?p=248 Some guy emailed me and told me he had TheDro.com for sale.
I replied and he asked me to make him an offer.
I offered somewhere around $100000000
He told me he’d cut me a Deal and sell it for $397.
I told him to fuck off.

]]> http://the-dro.com/personal/thedro-domain/feed/ 0 Scout Playing Fetch http://the-dro.com/personal/scout-plays-fetch/ http://the-dro.com/personal/scout-plays-fetch/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:47:51 +0000 The Dro http://the-dro.com/?p=223 Got bored tonight and started throwing the dog’s tennis ball at the wall and my Fennec Fox, Scout, began trying to catch it mid air. I decided to film it after a friend of mine asked to see the video, so here it is for the rest of u who are wondering how a fox plays fetch…

]]> http://the-dro.com/personal/scout-plays-fetch/feed/ 2 Scout’s Origin http://the-dro.com/personal/scouts-origin/ http://the-dro.com/personal/scouts-origin/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:37:28 +0000 The Dro http://the-dro.com/?p=219 Scout's Origin

]]> http://the-dro.com/personal/scouts-origin/feed/ 0 One Missed Call http://the-dro.com/personal/one-missed-call/ http://the-dro.com/personal/one-missed-call/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:49:10 +0000 The Dro http://the-dro.com/?p=216 I love that these are the type of messages people leave me.
And I Also love that Google Voice makes it way Easy for me to Share it with the World.

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