I was hoping to be uploading the Chapter 2 audio today of “The Rule Book & Calendar of Kittery Embers“, but I got some radio work and I have to focus on that this week. But Chapter 2 is done and all I need is a few hours to record and edit and I’ll upload …
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Somebody isn’t very good sync’ing audio with video. I’ll say no more. The Smoke Song Lyrics: There’s smoke in the forest Where the forest ought to be I ought to climb down this old burning tree But I’m looking out the ocean Looking out to sea But there’s smoke in the water where my boat …
This is another one I came up with while driving around. The melody feels really familiar and old timey. I don’t know if it’s some standard melody or what. Usually I don’t feel like what I’m singing is anything I’ve heard before, but this time it did. [audio: http://radioghost.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/smoke.mp3] Quicktime or Download Link Lyrics: There’s …
Sherwin has been telling stories for many years now. Most of the stories are for dusty old people like himself. People who have jobs and who’ve swum through a bit of the muck and mire. But until now, he hasn’t written any stories for the undusty, un-old people. That short clean, wide-eyed population of people …
For this one I did two live takes from two different perspectives and then laid down a couple voices for the chorus and a string backing. So it’s live with some post work. The clapping is to help me sync the audio (recorded on the pc) with the video (recorded on a Vado). Also I …
This is a live take of a song I’ve been working on. I don’t think it’s gonna go much further than this. It’s just kind of what it is and doesn’t need any big production. You can’t see the piano, but it’s down there below the mic… 🙂 Anyway, I didn’t really know I was …
If the Old Cowboys song had some kind of political undertone then this one comes wrapped and ready for church. Lyrics seem to get formed from the sounds that show up. So the themes usually seem outside my control. That’s probably not really true, but usually I feel kind of puzzled about the words. So …
Continuing the normal voice thing. I’m gonna have to come up with a new name…maybe Sam Sleeves. He could be Sherwin’s very young nephew… 🙂 Anyway, I wrote this song for an American Idol songwriting contest a little while back. I thought it might fun to try to write a pop song, to see if …
Thought I’d continue along with the normal voice experiment. I don’t really know where this song came from. I’m not very political, but this song is. [audio: http://radioghost.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/OldCowboys.mp3] Quicktime or Download Lyrics: All the Palestinians are coming around Taking shears to the baskets of their thorny crowns And all the Israelis agree To divide the …
When I first met Lois I was playing guitar and singing with a kind of high tenor voice. When I started doing songs with piano, I flipped my Leonard Cohen coin and started singing in the gutter range. Lois doesn’t dislike the gutter voice too much, but she often says that she wishes I’d sing …
