Here’s an educational song I was recently hired to make into a song, out of a set of lyrics.
0.8 – Upbeat w/band
[audio:2007/10/pi8.mp3]
Pi.0.8.aif
Derek Morris: keys
0.5 – Laid-back reggae excursion
[audio:2007/10/pi.5.mp3]
Pi.0.5.aif
Derek Morris: keys
Alex Sarabia: bass
0.2 – More upbeat, w/reworked refrain
[audio:2007/9/pi.2.mp3]
0.1 – Concept
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Katelin, Matt, and I took turns writing lines for this one.
It’s four o’clock on Friday afternoon
I’ve got nowhere to go, nothing to do
I guess I’ll wander back to my ol’ place
And feel the bright sun shining down on my face
You, gloomy cloud, despair, I’m glad you’re gone
Cause all I need’s’an hour in the sun
Strum an old folk song and feel the breeze
The work week’s done and I’m again at ease
I’ll sit and sing my workweek woes away
I’ll be a different man until Monday
I’m me again, for now, alive and free!
To dream of my name up on that marquis
Trapped at this desk my mind is slowing down
My butt’s in the chair, my head’s outta town
I’m wishing for a life out on the road
Gotta leave soon ‘cause my time is borrowed
You up and left some time ago, I’ve tried
To make my case, but my dreams were denied
You come and go just like the wind blows
And I’m stuck here with tattered, worn-out prose.
I’ll sit and sing my workweek woes away
I’ll be a different man until Monday
I’m me again, for now, alive and free!
To dream of my name up on that marquis
Here’s Doug, Gray, Shawn, and Steven playing “Sunshine” at ACLfest. Look at those kids dancing! Sorry the sound sucks so bad. I took it with my little Canon Powershot and it totally overloaded the mic. Jarle (the big guy who stands infront of the camera for the second half) told me to put a piece of tape with a pinhole in it over the mic. I’ll try that.
I saw The Sea and Cake at The Parish, 9/20. I love their sophisticated, almost jazzy pop. They are artistes. At least Sam Prekop and Archer Pruitt are, each with their own great solo albums more jazz and rock, respectively. They have the stage presence of wood. Or watching a tree rustle in the wind. Meanwhile, behind them, John Macintye is hammering out the beat with such insistence, joy, and precision, that you could see on his face how intensely he feels the songs and enjoys his craft. He must have been on something because he could hardly hide all the pride, inspiration, rigor, and command went into every beat. I finally went to the front of the stage and caught a little bit of video at the end of the third and last encore that captured a bit.
My cousin Matt Strawn has begun making stop-animation lego movies. Check out his YouTube channell, StrawnFilms. Here’s my favorite of his first three, Tranformers, in which the big truck helps the little guy from the bully-policeman storm trouper. Matt mentioned to me that he got the little guy on eBay, and it is a rarer Harry Potter lego-guy, which is perfect because Matt bears a striking resemblance to Harry – hair and glasses. So Matt, is this a slightly autobiographical fantasy? I love the theme: fight the power. Long live Matt, Harry, and the rebel alliance! Keep Stawnamating.
