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Classic Rock Hits of the 90s and Beyond…
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Almost 2 years ago I pulled in Johnny, Pat, Tom, and myself from the Pies and Pints residency to record some tunes.
Last summer we packaged a limited edition: about 12 copies while driving out to a gig in Sedro-Wooley.
Last week I posted the tracks for the world’s listening pleasure. Check out the residency on Facebook: http://facebook.com/folkreview.
Classic Rock Hits from the 90s and Beyond: Tom, Johnny, Pat, Mike
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I’ve been told that this song is too short and instead of leaving you wanting more, it just makes you feel like it’s unfinished. I hear that argument – but it wasn’t intended to be a 4 minute story with a plot and denouement.
Personally, the idea here was to have a simple thought and flesh it out quickly. My life is full of fleeting moments that linger on and on. Like a scary thought that you can’t let go of, or a near-miss, or a whiff of something that changes your whole outlook. No matter what it is, inspiration hits quick and doesn’t even have to be full fledged truth. 99% of my day is spent on auto-pilot; either sleeping or running through routines. This song is meant to be a reflection of a fleeting thought that is powerful enough to linger, but not important enough to deserve fleshing out and overarchitecting. The closest thing I can think of is when you wake up from a dream and you’ve just had this great epiphany, but when you finally come to it is totally gone. The feeling that something important lingers on, but the specific thing is no longer important or obtainable.
My buddy Dave Delmar is the center of a collective called Ocean Tone, which “…is a West Coast artist network… exploring new horizons in collaborative expression”. He posts music and visual art from various people in the community. He recently called for music submissions, so I polished off a couple of tunes that had been lying around and submitted them. These songs are all roughly connected by various phantasmophonic stains – or impressions – and are available here for your listening pleasure.
Wet Town
1/2 written in Seattle, 1/2 written in Boston. Drums: Cutty Foster, Bass: Adam Cat.
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Hole in my Bed
Written several years ago after inspiring Folklife weekend. Re-recorded with Johnny Fitzpatrick and Tom Rooney.
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Space Camp
A night alone with some strings, a keyboard, and lots of switches. Inspired by nature.
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Bob Replay (previously posted – this is different mix)
I downloaded 24-track masters of three Bob Marley songs. I muted everything except for the kick and snare drums. Recorded a bunch of guitar parts over the drums. Turned on the vocals (original Marley and backups) and everything jived perfectly!
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Wrote this song shortly after we arrived in Boston. I re-recorded it since the original was just a straight-to-mini-disc-while-inlaws-sleeping-in-other-room-michal-on-phone type of setting.
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I often sing Oliver to sleep with a rendition of Good Night Irene. The other night I carved out some time to head to the basement and play with some sounds. Not having written a song for a while, I figured this would be a good base for experimentation. Note that everything was recorded while children were sleeping not-to-far away. That alone brings up its own challenges and opportunities.