update

the showcase that ken bowles had scheduled for april 16th has been cancelled because of scheduling conflicts. a future event will be scheduled in the near future.

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showcase

ken bowles is putting on a showcase in conjunction with the sugar loaf coffee and art company in sugar loaf ny.

the first event will be held at the coffee house on april 16th. so far, the artists on the roster, are myself and ken. there have been scheduling conflicts but at least one other artist will be attending.

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easier than a kazoo

i have finally succombed to "singer songwriter disease". i bought a harp rack on sunday and a few harps, and have been learning how to play the damn things. it just this side easier than a kazoo.

will try it on a tune wed at whistling willies.

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rosendale

played this week at the rosendale cafe's "singer songwriter tuesday". great fun. i "opened" mark brown, a fantastic singer songwriter, the second time i saw him. a true original. somebody to see.

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damaged *

did an electric demo of a song that i wrote a year ago, "damaged".

1. damaged
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see me with you *

did an electric demo of the new song, "the way i see me with you".

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whistling willie's *

came home from open mike at whistling willie's, psyched from playing and wrote this when i got home.

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hootenany songs *

a friend has an informal term for a song people invariably request after a set of original music, people often want a song that they know, they can sing or clap along to. so, he does his regular set, and sprinkles on the "hootenanny's" at the end.

my very nature prevents me from from picking one which should accomplish the intended task, I inevitably pick one that is too obscure, blurring the distinctions between my songs and the intended "hootenanny" song.

this is one of my "hootenanny" picks, a raveonettes song from a few years ago. it may have been a big hit for them, but not big enough for most to be able to pick out.

i recorded it yesterday to see how i would do it, this is the beginning of the idea. i put on a straight drum loop and played along and sang over the loop.

1. the great love sound by the raveonettes
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undermine *

i spent almost 3 weeks on this new song, not the writing of it, just taking out a word here or there, and then just looking for a way to sing it. i have tried it every which way, this is what i ended up with. of course the song will change a lot when we start playing it, but this is how it is now.

1. undermine
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debut

we played at caffe a la mode last night in warwick. the place was crowded, so we only got to do 2 songs. so we picked the dreamy two, not the rocking two. (the first song, i'm so sad is a partial recording.)

1. i'm so sad
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2. tell me something
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live at jonathan's *

jonathan and i hadn't played together in almost 2 years, friday i stopped by and we made music for a couple of hours. did a number of songs, here are four that we did, 3 noctwins songs and one cover. the one cover, is a garage band classic, a song called "primitive", originally done by the "groupies", and covered by the "cramps". i thought the song was a nice goodbye to lux interior after his passing a couple of weeks ago.

1. tell me something
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2. i'm so sad
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3. damaged
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4. primitive
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not too shabby...*

giovanna sang "not pretty enough" at the middle school talent show friday. thursday night before, i finally let her put the vocal on the practice track i had recorded. its her first attempt to record.

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is what it is...*

giovanna has to audition for vocal club. she picked "am i not pretty enough" by kasey chambers. without being asked, i recorded a instrumental track this afternoon for giovanna to sing against. it is sloppy, i will have to clean it up, but it is what it is...

1. pretty
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day after *

had fun at lorie's party yesterday. everyone bailed today, so I took one of the three ideas from this week and started on one. i think i have to kick up the tempo a tad, will re-record tomorrow...

1. avon
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waking up again *

things been quiet! haven't done much, not been in a good mood to create for a while... i bought some new amp models, nice guitar sounds, i was fooling around playing guitar and enjoying it. i recorded 3 different riff fragments in one session and am posting the recordings here.

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now closer *

i redid the vocal. this is a lot closer to what i want. also added a little lead guitar snippet. i will stop fooling around with this, after all; it is a cover.

1. whatever happened
the strokes

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peel the veil *

i listened to yesterday's mix on the way back and forth to work. it sounded too muddled. the original idea had to make it an acoustic copy, but somehow the damn electrics had found their way in again!

so today i went to mix it into just acoustics, bass and vocal. i ended up taking out the acoustics entirely, bringing the electrics way down, and the vocal way up. i took out the yet on the chorus cause liz don't like it.

now i can hear every uncomfortable word of my vocal, and hear my wavering pitch to perfection! but i do like the song betterer.

1. whatever happened
the strokes

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whatever happened? *

i was listening an earlier strokes record, and decided to do a cover of a song on it today. its not what i expected. but it is a cover.

on monday, i added two melody reinforcment guitars ie: lead passages, and did a slight remix with the added guitars.

1. whatever happened
the strokes

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ballad? *

everybody bailed, i am using my alone time carefully. i am hemingway creating. i have a gloria cubana maduro wavell, a pitcher of martoonis, a pile of beans that i have ground and boiled, and an acoustic guitar. i wrote a little ditty in an inspired 300 seconds. I learned the progression, (ok, it wasn't that difficult!), and am figuring out the flow of the tune, trying b sections, and bridges. don't have anything yet, but this is the fragment i am starting with...

1. ballad demo
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tell me something *

everyone was out of the house for 3 hours today, so i wrote lyrics for the a demo that i had recorded 2 versions, a slow one, and a faster one a couple of weeks ago. the name of the song is now, "tell me something now (that i can do)". this is just a rough mix, i doubt anyone can make out the words yet, but i had to get a mix of the tune up here.

update: i have been posting and replacing the mix once a day as i play with it, it is easier to discern the lyrics now, on the 4th mix!

1. tell me something now (that i can do)
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