Online songwriting workshop tossed me a fun challenge -- write a winter holiday (read "Christmas") song. I am no fan of Christmas songs, neither traditional nor pop, so this kinda pagan thing came out. :-)
Online songwriting workshop tossed me a fun challenge -- write a winter holiday (read "Christmas") song. I am no fan of Christmas songs, neither traditional nor pop, so this kinda pagan thing came out. :-)
Cool sassy blues style :-)
Also, thanks for checking my stuff out. Celtic Girl is done with just a nylon string acoustic. Just one track. I guess it's all in how I play that gives a hint of two instruments. Thanks again for listening :-}
If you don't know who Daniel Johnston was, start with his Wikipedia page, then be sure to find the "Jeremiah the Innocent" street art -- a stalk-eyed alien frog who asks, "Hi! How are you?"
Liking your songs - I'll be back for more (and yes, indeed, nearly all the ones I did for FAWM 2022 I'd be expecting to record them as "band" songs... but I've now got into this acoustic vocal thing to get all the old songs done as demos...)
Neil Young said once that the guitar gives you the song. This was written on a requinto, a six-string tuned a fourth above a standard guitar. Thanks to Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines for inspiration.
Using a technique copped from David Byrne (similar to the process Jagger and Richards call "a vowel movement"), this tune began as a riff and chords, then as melody with nonsense syllables until some words volunteered to occupy the lyric space.
Walked into the rehearsal room one September first, banged out the major chords on fresh strings, found the 6/8 meter, and thought of friends whose relationship was being severely tested.
This is a story about the Ojibwa migration to Chequamegon Bay area in Wisconsin. Inspired by a vision, the Anishinabeg (Original People) or Anishinabe (Refering to One Person) migrated west to where the food grew on the water (wild rice) and…
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i enjoyed this tune ......cheers tony cee
Oooof! This is a rough rough recording. Sorry! I'll try to re-do this SHORTLY!
This is now a new version of this track. Original 165 bpm was terribly slow. This one is better, IMHO, at 190.
Like this one too....
Again... nice song!
Nice one for the studio!
Well done Russ!
You continue to hone your craft. Bravo!
Great folk song
Cool sassy blues style :-) Also, thanks for checking my stuff out. Celtic Girl is done with just a nylon string acoustic. Just one track. I guess it's all in how I play that gives a hint of two instruments. Thanks again for listening :-}
Cool... a little reggae. Nice !
If you don't know who Daniel Johnston was, start with his Wikipedia page, then be sure to find the "Jeremiah the Innocent" street art -- a stalk-eyed alien frog who asks, "Hi! How are you?"
Liking your songs - I'll be back for more (and yes, indeed, nearly all the ones I did for FAWM 2022 I'd be expecting to record them as "band" songs... but I've now got into this acoustic vocal thing to get all the old songs done as demos...)
Sorry! Only just got round to listening to any of your stuff... (And in moment I've gotta go off and cook my wife's dinner!) Welcome :)
Good story
Wow, what a story. Beautiful music and recording.
Neil Young said once that the guitar gives you the song. This was written on a requinto, a six-string tuned a fourth above a standard guitar. Thanks to Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines for inspiration.
A story song; everybody needs a story song in the repertoire.
Using a technique copped from David Byrne (similar to the process Jagger and Richards call "a vowel movement"), this tune began as a riff and chords, then as melody with nonsense syllables until some words volunteered to occupy the lyric space.
Walked into the rehearsal room one September first, banged out the major chords on fresh strings, found the 6/8 meter, and thought of friends whose relationship was being severely tested.
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Yep, a true story.
Isn't the music business full of cautionary tales? "Be careful what you wish for!"
Sure, it's a borrowed rhythmic trope, so what? :-)
I think I fell short, although I was aiming pretty high -- Otis Redding, maybe? As it is, it's not in Redding territory, but I'm okay with that.
Love, you are the air that I breathe.
Gospel for the rest of us?
The requisite nostalgic elegy.
The opener must be uptempo, right?
Well done!
That's a great sound. ¡Bien hecho!
A song about a horse race, or a song about a race horse. RIP, strong filly. We're so sorry for what was done to you.
Dia de Muertos, of course.