Wednesday, November 08, 2006
What's That I hear?
The sound of the phone NOT ringing with some hate call from a local pol who just bought himself an election.My good friend The Laughing Frog posted this
The Midland
Take More Quizzes
to define your accent. I don't put a lot of faith in these things but I'll be damned if it didn't nail me for being from Philly/South Jersey. That's pretty good. If you do this, let me know if it pegged you right too, please. Most of these quizzes are so filled with prejudice and exist for the sake of making some joke that I find them worthless. "What kind of underwear are you?" and that sort of thing. I love the one that said I was 23 years old, though. Kind of a reverse MySpace. I didn't use it to try to get a date. Trust me.
I'm putting all the election stuff out of my mind for now. My neighbors and friends are not into gloating, I return that favor and this is a good arrangement. My weekend, however was outstanding. At the first seasonal gig at Bella Luna Cafe, I had invited two guests. Simon Wiffen is a singer/songwriter from Leeds, England who contacted me that he was going to be in the area. He performed a few of his songs for us and he was a delight to listen to. You should check out his music. Leeds isn't far from York where i find the accents a bit hard to work out at times but Simon's accent was quite clear to me.
My young pal Carie Pigeon plays on the same circuit that I do. We overlap here and there. She got me playing harmonica and got me thinking abut writing songs spontaneously rather than my lyrics first routine. I'll blog about a breakthrough there for me soon. Carie drove down from St. Pete to see me play so naturally I got her up to do a song with me and she did a set of her own while I took a break and chatted with Simon. I think you'll like Carie's sound a lot. She's gonna be on my CD.Sunday brought our neighborhood block party. I always play it to avoid eating too much. It's always fun and I'll continue doing it twice a year. Big crowd and getting bigger every time as more houses are built and more people decide to stay here all year instead of doing the snow bird thing.
My studio is getting drywall this week. I have always called that sheetrock. Does give away my Philly/New York background? I can't wait to move into the new studio, my recording has come to a standstill, I need to record to refine songs. Yeah, I know that's a lame excuse but it really is the best I can come up with. If I were Andy and this were Tuesday, I'd do a Ten Things Tuesday on why I can't make any progress with the existing new songs. I think I'll just settle on I'm tired,I'm busy and I'm not in my place. But, as I said, I did write some newer songs. Later on that.
posted by Bud @ 11:26 AM
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Just post a Ten Things Tuesday (Wednesday Edition). Nobody seems to mind when I do it.
Of course, you're so busy...you probably won't get the chance to write the list anyway.
Thanks for the link.
Of course, you're so busy...you probably won't get the chance to write the list anyway.
Thanks for the link.
Congrats on your studio and it was an interesting comment that you use recording music to improve the music.
Charles Chaplin used to film himself then watch it - and add bits of business - film again watch it - add bits and after a while he had a movie.
Magicians like me tend to use live shows to improve and hone our routines.
Good luck with your new studio and the new cool control it will give you to improve your music artistically.
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Charles Chaplin used to film himself then watch it - and add bits of business - film again watch it - add bits and after a while he had a movie.
Magicians like me tend to use live shows to improve and hone our routines.
Good luck with your new studio and the new cool control it will give you to improve your music artistically.
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