123024 Joyfully ragged Petunias
rehearsal.
122324 I find most fund-raising
campaigns for
musicians exasperating.
Nearly every campaign
I see is for something
extraordinary like studio
time in Nashville or a
vinyl pressing. It's like
a beggar, missing a
tooth, demanding
something gold for the
replacement. It is
obscenely audacious.
Happy Christmas.
122224 Johnny Marie interview on
Warrier Radio tonight and
Oak Grove Radio 98.5 FM
next weekend.
121024 Johnny Marie music getting
plays this week on
Tony Ross Radio and
Oak Grove Radio 98.5 FM.
Rehearsal shut down for a health concern. Everybody's OK now.
120924 Bobby on The Sound Labs
Spotify Playlist.
120324 I was talking to someone
(Italian) who was wreslting
with the defining the genre
for one of my songs. He
asked about influences
and I shared a lengthy list.
He replied: "There are
millions of sound worlds in
your artist head!"
Thank you Indie Planet for sharing Bobby on your playlist.
120224 Girl for Samson's
Winter Mourning out now.
120124 Evaluate 29 will begin
rotation on Radio Wigwam's
BANDwagon show starting
this Wednesday.
112924 Another AI summary
of your humble narrator:
Musician
Johnny Marie is a rock
musician with songs like
"Evaluate 29",
"Irene Ironweed", and
"Sweet, Soft Gollum".
Their albums include
Sweet, Soft Gollum and
Blind Cat Missing. You
can listen to Johnny Marie
on Spotify and Apple Music.
Songwriter
Johnny Marie is also the
name of a Kansas City
songwriter who has worked
with artists like The Real
Flower Pots, The Lonesome
Petunias, Girl for Samson,
and Big Perm
112824 Set up the Ludwigs in
my recording space.
Tuned and towled.
112624 Had dinner at Tom's
before jamming most of
the night.
Our reharsals are 50%
playing stuff we know
really well and 50%
trying to re-learn songs
from our discography.
Jerry always wants to
play stuff from Land Ho,
the last album from our
catalog that he didn't
play on.
112424 Obliged to Warrior Radio
for playing The Man Who
Kills the Ants.
112324 New Girl for Samson song
You Better Run now up on
Bandcamp and Soundcloud.
112524 Appreciate Prospect Radio for
playing Evaulate 29!
112224 Irene Ironweed on Lonely Oak's
New Music Show today along
with Girl for Samson's
Cigarette.
111824 And to Radio Wigwam for
sharing Evaluate 29.
111724 Thanks Warrior Radio for
playing Jackson Browne
and Lonely Oak Radio for
putting SAURO! in rotation.
111624 Some of the new AI
Overviews are humorous.
These aren't bad:
Johnny Marie
Kansas City songwriter
Johnny Marie is a songwriter from
Kansas City who has written songs
for artists such as The Real Flower
Pots, The Lonesome Petunias, and
Girl for Samson.
Johnny Marie
Alternative/indie musician
Johnny Marie is an alternative/indie
musician with songs like "Evaluate 29",
"Irene Ironweed", and "Sweet, Soft
Gollum". Their albums include Sweet,
Soft Gollum and Blind Cat Missing.
You can listen to Johnny Marie's music
on Spotify and Apple Music
110524 I'm checking out
Done for the day
I'm going to move my team to L.A.
I'm checking out
Down for the day
I'm going to drive my Ford to Norway
No matter what I do
I'm still scared of you
110224 Anacrusis. You can't
imagine how affirming it
was to discover a word
that describes my habit
of creating melodic lines
that start on the upbeat
before the 1 of a measure.
Upon further reflection I
realized that it is a
common practice with
Frank Sinatra, Paul
McCartney, Stevie Wonder,
Elvis Costello, Marvin Gaye
and Elton John. Hey 1,
I'll get to you when I get
to you.
110124 Thank you again to
underground and college
radio for playing Evaluate
29 from Sweet, Soft Gollum.
These kinds of Thank You
posts are often thinly
disguised self-promotions.
I think this one is too, but
the gratitude is heartfelt.
102930 Boisterous rehearsal. I have
all of my guitars off site in
non-standard tunings so every
rehearsal with my EBGDAE
Jazzmaster is like being
reunited with an old friend.
102624 Still grinding out music, friends.
Waiting to sort out some
technical issues and settling
on who we want to mix and
master the finished product.
In the interim there is a lot
going on with Girl for Samson
and The Real Flower Pots.
101224 No more Real Flower Pots posts
here. Copied everything to-date to
RealFlowerPots.com
092424 A joyful Petunias session. Played:
Adorable Deplorable
Who Is This Plumber?
Little Something
We Don't Do That
You Set It Off
The Cats of Summer
Long Dry Walk
Land Ho
Ordinary Guy
It's My Island
092324 Two new Girl for Samson songs out today: One Pass and Get Off That Stake.
091724 Bit of inventory. Songs for
new JMLP album:
Adorable Deplorable
Everybody Does It
Lethal Portions (close)
The Last Moth
Laundry Day (close)
Merry Blaze (close)
Open Sack
Shut Up You Crazy Diamond
Swimmer's Shoulders
Who is this Plumber?
June Trilogy
091624 Pigeon Falls out now.
The Real Flower Pots getting
plays today from
The Scene with Pretty Boy
and
The Local Show on Warrior Radio.
091324 Got the final mix of Pigeon Falls
from Patrick. I had a dream
about this song on the 12th of
August, started work on it on
the 13th and it is finished on
September 13th. Will get
a master and release early
next week.
091224 Got a 2nd Pigeon Falls mix
from Patrick. Sent him a
few minor revisions.
090324 I discovered Pentangle from
their live performance of Wedding
Dress. Listened to the album
on the way to rehearsal and was
underwhelmed. It did inspire me
to go dig up Winter Song by
Lindisfarne which reliably leads to
tears. Jane Siberry (Bound by the
Beauty) and Petty Lee (Mirrors) are
also reliable if I ever need to do a
tear test in order to get a job.
The Mournful Begonias went deep
into the catalog this evening. Lots of
Green Piano stuff.
Boyfriend
We Don't Do That
Christian in July
Merry Blaze
Everybody Does It
Hats Off, Extraordinaire
That Doesn't Turn You On
Swimmer's Shoulders
083124 Got a mix of Pigeon Falls back
from Patrick. It turned out great.
082924 Thanks KKFI for playing The Real
Flower Pots' God's Horn.
Sent Patrick Fake as Straw (from
Jam #9) for Real Flower Pots. I
added words, melodies and a few
synth parts. He's going to sort out
the arrangement and then make me
come up with a chorus.
082824 Send Patrick DEFACE for Real Flower
Pots. This was built from all of
my discoveries during my obsession
with the DFEACE tuning.
Added a verse to Pigeon Falls.
082724 Thanks to The Scene w/
Pretty Boy for spinning The Real
Flower Pots' Holiday last night.
Some of Danny's friendscame to hang
out during "practice". Always fun having
interesting people around.
082524 Added bass and drums to DEFACE.
082024 Petunias sessoin. Dave brought fried fish
and beer. What does your bassist
do for you? In addition to food and beverages
he gave me a line to a GFS song when he was
singing gibberish to Dolemite. I always hear
something in gibberish and walked away
with "more cheap than tight." Does your
bassist bring you fish, beer and lyrics? You
may want to consider upgrading.
081924 Sent Pigeon Falls to Patrick yesterday for Real
Flower Pots but now I am agonizing over "pews of
sleepy proles" vs "rows of sleepy proles".
081724 Got a middle-of-the-night verse for Pigeon Falls.
Pretty much have it finished. Need to add a few
more vocal takes and tinker with the drums
but will send to Patrick on Monday. Sent him a
reference file today.
081624 Words and vocals for Pigeon Falls bridge.
Found out that Jason Beers used a Behringer
Super Fuzz on The Man Who Kills The Ants.
Patrick also used one on the outro of Oily
Rainbows.
081524 Added a bridge to Pigeon Falls.
This is an unverving act but I
almost always survive it. I think
it came out really well. Added
piano solo, acoustic guitars, bass,
conga (back of classical guitar)
and vocals. I think this song
is too far along to make it a
Real Flower Pots production.
081424 I dreamed the a chunk of a
song a few days ago (Pigeon Falls)
and as always tried to capture
the spirit of it in Pro Tools. I
rarely get the feel of the dream
but I always get something.
Patrick helped with me some
MIDI connectivity issues so
now it's all plonky, sparky and
tinkley.
081324 Added better bass and acoustic
guitar takes to Pigeon Falls.
081124 KC radio station KKFI playing
something from The Real
Flower Pots on 08/29/24.
080924 Decided to celebrate my
birthday by getting some
JMLP and other jams that are
on my phone set up as songs
in Pro Tools. Session-70,
Session-76 and Deface now
share a birthday with me. I
love you guys.
080624 Dug up more old stuff. Played
Rattle, The Green Piano, Wrong
Star, Long Dry Walk, Shut Up
You Crazy Diamond, Land Ho,
Repeat, The Cats of Summer,
Gardenaire, Adorable Deplorable,
Lethal Portions and The Man Who
Kills the Ants.
080124 Had a sleepless night which
was useful for coming up
with better words for Drain
the Last of the Sand.
073124 Patrick working on Quatro.
073024 Fun JMLP practice.
Celebrated our 2 Leo
birthdays.
072824 Spent a couple of days on
Drain the Last of the Sand.
Spent most of today on the outro.
Sent it to the man who has to mop
up after me.
072624 Added melodies, bass and
percussion to Drain the Last of the
Sand and sent to Patrick for
feedback.
072424 Started on Real Flower Pots
song #6 currently titled Sound
Hold but soon to be titled Drain
the Last of the Sand.
072324 I lost my voice after we started
with nothingood but it slowly
came back after a few songs. I
learned that when this happens
to continue singing but go soft
until it comes back.
Mark came by to watch. It's
always nice when someone is
there because we focus better.
Set up distribution for what will
tentatively be titled "Here Come
The Real Flower Pots".
071724 Holiday is available for
doing stuff to right this very now.
071624 Heard the final mix of Holiday
Should have the master tomorrow.
Worked on melodies and synth
stuff for song #9. This will likely
go on the 2nd album.
071324 Finally got the drum machine
sequencer talking to one another
and sending audio to the DAW.
A triumph and a waste of time.
071224 Patrick sent me a rough mix
of Holiday.
071124 Look Who's Come to Call out
now.
071024 Got the final mix for Look
Who's Come to Call from
Patrick. Should be out
this week. May also have
Holiday out in the next
week or so. These are
really good songs.
070924 Rehersal cut short by the
cops. No, really.
070824 The Scene is playing some
Real Flower Pots music on
their show tonight.
070724 Strained my limbs trying to get a
bunch of MIDI devices to talk to
each other AND to communicate
with Pro Tools. Some losses, some
victories, and some victories that,
for reasons unknown, became losses
again.
070224 Saturnine is available for streaming
and downloading.
Patrick will start on Holiday next.
Fun JMLP rehearsal right up until
my Jazzmaster died.
Decided this morning that it makes
sense for me to finish all of the Real
Flower Pots stuff I have on hand
before starting another solo album.
And finishing all of the Real Flower
Pots stuff I have on hand I shall do.
Started on song #9.
070124 Saturnine will be the next Real Flower
Pots release.
"Of a person: having a tendency to be
cold, bitter, gloomy, sarcastic, and slow
to change and react."
063024 Sent P. a mix of Saturnine with my
new parts added. Let the hand-wringing
begin.
062924 Got inspired and recorded some alt
drum and bass parts for Saturnine.
Also add some jumpy piano.
062724 Patrick sent me Saturnine (this was
Ravioli in my unfinished songs box) to
consider for any additional parts.
Thank you Barry Lee and KKFI
for the spin. Every time somebody
plays Dingus
on the radio grumpy Thomas gets a .
valentine.
062624 KKFI's Barry Lee always puts together a
fun mix of local artists for his playlists
but this one is especially meaningful to
me. Lots of brothers, sisters, cousins
and neighbors in this lot of weirdos. If
you miss Thursday night's show you can
always scramble off to the archives for a
few days after.
"Homegrown music at it's finest with new
tunes and music from the vault. Artists
include Jason Beers, Chris Hudson, BCR,
Johnny Marie, Parlay, John Greiner, The
Jubilee Mystics, Todd Wiseman, Til Willis,
Action Man, Grumpy, Mr. Marco's V-7,
Psychowelders, and more......"
https://www.facebook.com/events/1002158794841939
062524 On 07/11/21 a neighbor with Irene
in her name came by to get some
Ironweed plants. Later, I had to save
bit of music and, as always, I had
to dream up a title on the fly. Came
up with Irene Ironweed as a memento
of the day and a nod to Syd
Barrett-era Pink Floyd. The woman
with Irene in her name contacted me
on the weekend about some Baptisia
and I sent her the link to the song.
isn't that kind of fun? I think it is.
062424 I'm circling the airport:
JMLP: waiting for Daniel to get
the studio set up and are inactively
in search of someone to mix and
master what we've already finished
and what there is to do. Much of it
is COVID era.
JM: Patrick is choked with songs
so waiting until we get more of
the Real Flower Pots stuff out to
resume writing. My phone is
clogged with ideas!
RFP: Patrick is working on some
of his contributions and mixing
mine.
GFS: We still record bits every
week but again, Patrick is backed
up so we still have things from
a few years ago waiting to be
tidied up and released.
Summary: Don't bother Patrick.
He's super busy.
061524 I use a gitchy/synthy pedalboard
with Girl for Samson. I've revisited
a couple of pedals that I initially
had a hard time getting sensible
sounds out of - The SuperEgo+
and Syntax Error. Spent more
time with the manuals and
added expression pedals and am
now well-inspired. Now I need
to spend some time with the EHX
Mainframe.
061224 God's Horn now
available on SoundCould.
061124 I bought a Boss SL-2 last weekend.
That and this stupid DFEACE
tuning are about to make me go mad
with bits. Do I make a 20 minute
song out of this barrel of bits or do
I make 4 reasonably-sized songs?
060724 First Real Flower Pots single
"God's Horn" available today
exclusively on BandCamp.
060624 06/27 KKFI's Signal to Noise
will be playing something
from the Johnny Marie
catalog along with a track
from Grumpy. Thomas was
the bassist in Grumpy and
later became a member of
Girl for Samson and also
played on several Johnny Marie
tracks including White Girl,
Wake for Wanderers and
Gardenaire.
060524 Got a mix of Look Who's
Come to Call back from P.
052824 Did random things from
our catalog just to keep
fresh for a possible
summer performance.
052224 Got the first God's Horn mix
back from Patrick.
051824 I have a lot of songs stuck in
post. When I have songs
stuck in post I stop recording
music. When I stop
recording music I get blue. I
was especially blue yesterday
but had a delightful burst of
song sales right at the end
of the day. That made me
less blue. I still won't record
but at least I'm a different
color. Or shade.
051724 It's painful listening to past
recordings. All I hear are
my influences. I would like to
think that I have finally found
my own "voice" but I'll wager a
future review will prove me
wrong. I wonder if Burton
Cummings feels this way.
051424 Allen Johnston in town for
a hang and a sit-in tonight.
Had a great time with
Allen and Jerry switching
back and forth. Heinz
hung out with us for
the evening.
050724 Rehearsal with Joelle,
Michael and Stephanie
in attendance. Next
week Allen Johnston
and Heinz will be hanging
out. After we left the kids
sat around and watched
one of our last Colonial
Gardens performances.
050424 Still trying to find a legible
recorded performance of
I Be Safe. Popped in 3
different Big Perm/Guttersnipes
tapes from 1995 and they
ALL started in the middle
of takes of I Be Safe but
with NO VOCALS.
Delicious irony.
050224 While pawing through a
mountain of Boxes of Love
performance and rehearsal
tapes (looking for a missing
line in I Be Safe) I was
repeatedly startled by a
data cassette for either
the Roland TR909 or
MicroComposer.
043024 Started work on one of the
DFEACE songs. Going with
Sonny Philip's Magnet Box.
I check Spinitron for
Johnny Marie radio plays
now and then and without
fail the search results
include "Baby Don't Hurt Me"
by David Guetta & Anne-Marie.
The performers explain a
portion of the results. The
real answer is in the
clunky list of writers, which
includes both a Johnny and
a Marie:
Akil King
Anne-Marie
Rose Nicholson
Coi Leray Collins
David Guetta
Dee Dee Halligan
Ed Sheeran
Feli Ferraro
Johnny McDaid
Junior Torello
Mikkel Cox
Steve MacTobias
Frederiksen
There are more
contributors to this song
than I have albums as a
Girl, Petunia AND a
Real Flower Pot.
042924 Unweildy pile of ideas
using DFEACE turning
and freshly learned 9th
chords swaying in my
head fruit.
041224 Did a bit more editing
on God's Horn and sent
a V3 mix to Patrick.
041124 Bravely added a 40
measure bridge to
God's Horn . It was
terrifying and exhilarating.
040824 Danny and I got
together and cobbled
some chords together
for a song.
040524 First mix back for
God's Horn . This is
going to be glorious.
Started fooling around
with some 9th chords.
Tenatively titled Here
Come the Ants.
Scheduled some time
with Danny to write a
song ala Seven Little Eyes.
033124 Sent Patrick the session
for Real Flower Pots
song #6 - now named
Storm Shelter #6 after
adding some alt takes
of bass, lyre and lap
steel.
Girl for Samson "12"
and "sleepnovox"
remixes available
everywhere tomorrow.
032924 Added lyre, bass,
cabassa, hi-hats,
snare, lap steel and
lyre to song #6
currently titled
Shelter Jam #6.
032824 Added a xylophone,
lyre, set of triangles
and a pair of UFIP
hi-hats to the arsenal
today. I have fantasies
about worming my
1970s blue sparkle
Ludwigs back into my
space. I don't think I've
used them up here since
I record the drums for
juiceboxberries.
032624 JMLP session.
032524 Sent Patrick the session
for Real Flower Pots
song #10 - now named
Look Who's Come To Call.
That puts 3 of his that I
fleshed out in the queue:
God's Horn
Holiday
Look Who's Come To Call
and he is in various
stages of completion
with 5 of mine.
032424 Getting after RFP #10.
This is one Patrick
knocked off in a day
but was never moved
enough to come up
with a vocal melody.
One of the advantages
of not having much of a
melodic range AND not
being a perfectionist is
that any collection of
3 to 5 notes is enough
to inspire me to the
mediocrity you've come
to love and deserve.
Added vocals, classical
guitar and harmonica
and sent him P. a mix
before I write words and
get better takes of things.
032324 Recording whistling is
hard. Your lips go dry
straight away. Such a
neato and historically,
under-utilized
instrument though.
Especially in "modern"
music.
032224 Came up with lyrics in
like 3 seconds for RFP #12.
which is now Holiday.
Sent a copy to my comrade
for review.
032124 Added loads of hand
percussion to RFP #12.
Also added a lap steel
and sampled a didgeridoo
for some warped
melodies.
032024 Sent P. my ideas for
his Real Flower Pots
demo DFAM-fun.
031924 The Mournful Petunias
began sorting out The
Last Moth, Open Sack
and Swimmer's Shoulders
for recording soon. We
already have ready-to-mix
versions of Merry Blaze,
Laundry Day and Lethal
Portions and Jerry is
managing the production
of Who is this Plumber?
This would leave us with
just Adorable Deplorable,
Everybody Does It and
Shut Up You Crazy
Diamond to record and
finish to have a 10 song
album and finaly be shed
of all of our COVID-era
compositions.
031524 Started on another
Real Flower Pots song.
#12, I think. Trying to
find an inspiring melody
using an instrument that
only has 4 note holes.
031424 I've written, recorded and
released over a hundred
songs the last 20 years
with another 20 ready to
start on or nearly ready
to be mixed. That seems
like a lot but it's just 6.75
songs a year.
...and for all of the Where are
the lyrics people:
Lyrics.
031324 Sent P. the God's Horn session.
Came home from a GFS session
with the famous Roland GP-100
that The Girls used exclusively on
"12".
031224 God's Horn: Re-sang everything
and started the process of trying
to get better recorder parts.
Tracked the bass recorder right
before a Petunias practice.
031124 Sent Patrick a mix of God's Horn.
031024 Blind Cat Missing now
on Spotify & Pandora.
030924 Blind Cat Missing now
up on YouTube, Apple Music
and Amazon. Still waiting on
Spotify and Pandora.
Started fiddling with vocals
on Real Flower Pots
Groove 3. Added cello,
viola, recorders, bells,
banjo and classical guitar.
Bought a nice recorder set
that included a soprano
and bass for sugar on top
later this week.
Note to future self: research
how to stop Pro Tools from
incrementing the input channel
assignment every time you
create a new track.
Note to future self: buy viola
dope.
030824 Blind Cat Missing available
everywhere tomorrow.
Starting work today on Real
Flower Pots stuff. Groove 3,
for the record.
030724 Fiddled with some sampling
using Structure. Fiddled
with recording with Boom.
Fiddled with recording the
Sire. Fiddled with getting
my cello up to code. Made
a fiddle out of a two liter
coke bottle and a dust
pan.
Got a pile of beautiful grooves
from Patrick for Real Flower
Pots.
030624 Real Flower Pots songs are
officially in progress. My
demo Ravioli is currently
under construction and I'll
be starting on something
new today.
030524 Patrick sent me the mix of
Irene Ironweed. Made a
few revisions and then ran
it by Chris Ruzich and Jerry
Riccardi. Once I get the
master Blind Cat Missing
will go live on BandCamp
and I'll submit everywere
else later today. And I did.
Had the joy of playing
Blind Cat Missing to the
Lonesome Petunias for the first
time. I don't get to witness
a lot of face to face first
listens so this was very
rewarding.
030224 Blind Cat Missing track order:
Irene Ironweed
Dingus
Tsunami
Lighthouse Eve
I Can Walk
030124 Started setting up Blind Cat
Missing for distribution. This
will be the 3rd release in a row
that will only be available
electronically. No vinyl or CDs
printed. Feels vulnerable.
022824 I've been struggling with the
Blind Cat Missing artwork.
I stumbled upon a wonderful
photo yesterday and bullied
it into a square this morning.
022724 First Petunias session in a
few weeks.
022624 Irene Ironweed in Patrick's
hands.
022524 Mr. Muzich slipped over early
to do Irene bass parts.
022424 Sent Jerry Who is this Plumber?
tracks.
Scheduled Chris Ruzich for
Monday night for Irene bass.
022224 Tsunami available now.
022124 Imported Jerry's drum tracks
for Irene Ironwood and sent a
mix to Chris Ruzich.
Comped Dave's bass parts.
Will get some better vocal
and guitar takes and send the
whole Plumber mess (9:54) to
Jerry this weekend.
Patrick indicated that he thinks
Tsunami will be completed
tomorrow.
022024 Dave coming over to track bass
on Who Is This Plumber.
Got drum tracks and finger snaps
from Jerry for Irene.
021924 Added some melodic bits on a
slightly over-driven guitar to
Plumber to give it some more
life.
021824 Another day working on Plumber.
021724 Worked on sorting out Plumber
for much of the day.
021524 JMLP are gonig to do a "live"
version of Who Is This
Plumber? but I also want to do
a studio take so I've been fleshing
out my demo intro a proper song.
Dave is comong over next week to
track bass.
021324 Gave Chris Irene Ironweed for bass
once I get drums back from Jerry.
020924 I Can Walk available
now.
First two responses:
"Damn...an 8 minute long song. You feelin all right?"
...and:
"How the hell did you make an 8 minute song
without an extended guitar solo? Oh, I see -
words and stuff."
020624 A wobbly effort until we did
The Man Who Kills the Ants
and the rarely played Glad to
Pass On. Funny how a song
or songs can light a fire.
020224 Thank you to Scott Stanton
and KKFI for playing Failure
to Rise. Every time somebody
plays Failure to Rise on the
radio an angel is disappointed
by the film adaptation of their
favorite book.
Was poking around in the
mountain of demos and found
a sweet little instrumental I
may try to squeeze onto
Blind Cat Missing as credits
music. This will likely push
the completion date into late
March or even early April.
020124 SAURO! now available on:
Spotify
Pandora
Apple
Amazon
YouTube
012924 Pronounced sow-row.
012624 SAURO! the album is
now availble for streaming and
purchase on Bandcamp. Rest
of the world soon. Onward to:
Adorable Deplorable
Everybody Does It
Lethal Portions (close)
The Last Moth
Laundry Day (close)
Merry Blaze (close)
Open Sack
Shut Up You Crazy Diamond
Swimmer's Shoulders
Who is this Plumber?
012524 Thank you Signal to
Noise and KKFI for the
spin. Every time
somebody plays Dingus
on the radio Thomas gets to
eat some of his grandmother's
angel food cake.
Done with Tsunami.
When Jerry is done
with Irene Ironweed this
little monster will be out
of my hands and I can
start nurturing a new
monster.
012424 Still fiddling with
Tsunami.
Found a "demo" of
Everybody Does It
that was made from me
singing over a live
jam with the obligatory
unrelated outro tacked
on. I love it. Will sort
out the words tomorrow
and sing a proper take.
012324 Added a lyrics and credits
display to the site.
This will be useful when
we are re-learning old
songs. It also shows
me how often I start
lines with "So," and
reference mothers.
012124 Ground away at Tsumani.
Got a few keeper vocal
takes, sorted out the outro
and tidied up all of the
tracks. This song along
with Lighthouse Eve,
Dingus, Irene Ironweed and
I Can Walk will be released
as an approximately 30
minute EP by Spring. It
will be titled Blind Cat
Missing.
011324 Sorted out the lyrics
for Tsunami and
recorded some good
takes. Just need to
have something sexy
happen in the outro and
I can get this to Patrick
when he finishes I Can
Walk.
011224 I try not to work under
headphones on the day
before and after live
performance/rehearsal
so did some Tsunami
editing using the
monitors.
011124 Dave brought spring
rolls to practice.
That did not make
anyone sad.
011024 Going to get after
Tsunami today. I need
to shorten it, come up
with an alternate melody
and develop something
sexy for the outro.
100924 Sang more takes of
Irene Ironweed.
010424 Thank you, DJ Mason.
I feel like every time a radio
station plays Beat Box Caveat
Thomas eats some wings.
010324 Sent Jerry Irene
Ironweed.
Resuming work on
Tsunami with the first
objective being replacing
the temporary line "dick
inside a donut and you
see that's all it took" with
something a bit more
coffee table-friendly.
010224 No keyboard player with
the sacred scrolls tonight
so of course we went
lawless. Re-learned Three
Bells and took a couple of
stabs at Sink Down.
Had a chat about how to
best resume recording
the balance of the album
we have rotting. Looks
like six left that are
waiting for flesh:
Adorable Deplorable
Everybody Does It
Lethal Portions (close)
The Last Moth
Laundry Day (close)
Merry Blaze (in Patrick's queue)
Open Sack
Shut Up You Crazy Diamond
Swimmer's Shoulders
Who is this Plumber?
...and for the record, here
is what's has been finished:
SAURO!
Dolemite
Ring of Stars
Failure to Rise
It's My Island
No Limes
010124 Irene Ironweed, Tsunami
and I Can Walk are now
2024 releases.