Anyone who knows about my music tastes knows that I’m a big fan of The Beach Boys – particularly Brian Wilson and especially their album Pet Sounds (which I think everyone should own). So I was pleased to stumble across this gallery of photos by Guy Webster. I’d seen some of the photos before, but […]
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Among people my age (25) I feel I may be a bit of an anomaly when it comes to my music purchases. I could count on two hands the number of songs I’ve downloaded from iTunes. I still buy all my music on CD. I do import them into iTunes for convenience and to sync
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[download id=”11″ format=”11″] To download a free MP3, click the image above. “The Night is Dead” was completely written and recorded during May. Thanks for listening! I’d love to hear what you think. The rest of this post is for the recording geeks. I’ve been recording my music in some form for more than
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[download id=”10″ format=”10″] To download a free MP3, click the image above. Since I started offering monthly downloads, the is the first one that was completely written, recorded, and mixed specifically for the site. I started on it half way through April. Happy Cinco de Mayo!
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During the summer of 2008, I recorded an album for my friends, Scandaliz Vandalistz. It was recorded at two different apartments here in Memphis (one mine, one theirs), and it was a lot of fun to make. They just recently made the album available as a free download on their website. Go download it and
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[download id=”9″ format=”9″] To download a free MP3, click the image above. This month’s song is a collaboration with Nikkita Cohoon. Nikki is an artist, writer, and one of my wife’s closest friends. A while back I suggested setting some of her poetry to music, and she sent me a few options. The words of
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We’re nearly a quarter of the way through 2011, so I thought I’d share some of the new music I’ve been enjoying so far this year (in no particular order). John Vanderslice – White Wilderness Over the past seven years since I first heard John Vanderslice, he’s managed to release consistently great records without falling
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Alex Chilton, best known as founding member of 1970s Memphis rock band Big Star, passed away a year ago today. I recorded a cover of his song “I’m In Love With a Girl” as a tribute.
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I had nothing to do with this, but I thought it was too cool not to share. Sound designer/composer Diego Stocco created a piece of music using only sounds created by a tree in his backyard. This is worth three minutes of your time:
[download id=”8″ format=”8″] To download a free MP3, click the image above. ________________________________________________________ UPDATE (3/12/11): By request I’m adding a little background on this song. It sort of pieced itself together over a long period of time, pulling inspiration from some pretty diverse sources. Last November, after watching my favorite movie, Fantastic Mr. Fox
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While recording “Don’t Let Her Balance Sway” I set up a video camera to capture the recording process. Here’s how it turned out! Don’t forget to download the song. Click the cover art in the top right corner of the page or see the previous post for your free download.
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[download id=”7″ format=”7″] To download, click the image above. I originally wrote “Don’t Let Her Balance Sway” around 6 years ago. I’ve tried recording it a few times, but Ive never been happy with the results. But I really like the song and wanted to record a version I’m happy with. I think I usually
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