(Archives) Well Dawn, The Day Is Done

I used to play my broken banjo a lot more than I do now, and will definitely be changing that. It's a fun instrument. ... I think I need to fix it up properly. I also always record my ideas down no matter how trivial or underdeveloped they are, and sometimes when I listen back to them I find things that I never really noticed before. If you bring these two ideas together you come up with the song I posted today. It's an idea I had last summer for my banjo, and I think I'm going to relearn it and do a higher quality recording of it, perhaps with more instruments in it. ... I think my 12 string would be great in the background. Because this is an older, pretty much untouched, recording, I'm classifying it as (Archives).

So anyways, new song (well dawn, the day is done), you can hear it by clicking here, or by clicking on the big "My Music" icon to the right.

I went to see Apostle of Hustle on the weekend and they were great, but I want to talk about one of the opening artists. Her name is Jade McNelis and she was great. Very soft, dark, melodies on the piano with an amazing haunting voice. I found out that she is on the same record label as memphis (well just the two of them are) so that's awesome for her! I encourage everyone to check out her myspace page! I love "Life in Grey".

Watch Me Eat Oranges!

Some new things.

First off, I have a new song posted. Like most of my songs, I was trying to finish one of my old songs and got caught up with a new idea. The new song is called Oranges, and it's a upbeat country-ish instrumental song. It's fun. I tried a new technique with the lead guitar to make it sound more vintage, I also tried some different techniques to making the song sound like it was hastily put together but with good results. Like a bunch of musicians hanging out and coming up with a cool idea. I also replaced the more depressing "The Something Missing", with "Oranges" on my Myspace page.

So new song is called Oranges, and you can hear it by clicking here, or by clicking the big "My Music" icon on the right.

Secondly, I found my old webcam and decided I'd post a video of my guitar playing. Try out a different style of media. I hosted the video on youtube.com, as well as posting it on my myspace page. I play a variation of one of my favourite Leo Kottke songs, "The Fisherman". I play the song differently then him, and also in a different key. Let's say it's "inspired" by Leo Kottke's The Fisherman. Either way, you can watch that by clicking here! Or, by going to my myspace page.

... coolbeans.