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Mo Pair and I trading songs at Momo’s happy hour Thursday. Here’s the audio of the show recorded on my little Olympus LS-1 by Maile’s along with a video and pics she shot below. See the whole set at Flickr.
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my songs and shows
jcast9: Ignited! pt. 2
Here are the three more songs I did for Ignite!
First is an R&B plea to fight global warming called Turn Down the Heat featuring the guitar stylings of Jelly D. Ignite made flash videos of all the songs to be incorporated into their curriculum. Check out their video for Turn Down the Heat below in which I play a gap-toothed earth fronting “The Carbon Busters”.
Next you’ll hear a folk reggae club number about the Family Tree. An uplifting tribute to the number Pi concludes this evening’s presentation.
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jcast8: Hip Hop Math Rock
A while back I got this gig to make songs out of educational lyrics. I loved the challenge and totally obsessed over every one. Here are the first two songs I produced for Ignite! Learning: the funk-rock multiplication tables of “Fact Families” and the hip-hop geometry of “Angles.” Special thanks to Alex Sarabia‘s guitars on the first and DJ Bigface‘s turntable logic on the second.
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New Kind of Gig: Secret Stages
I stopped playing bars and coffee shops last year opting this year to devote my music time to the podcast and working on a better model for performing. I’d noticed secret little stages around town and around my neighborhood, along Blunn creek where I take my dog Townes for a walk most days. So as the coolness of the spring dissipated, while the creek was flowing, I invited people on a tour of my favorite natural amphitheaters, playing a few songs acoustically at each spot. Knowing I wanted to be able to share the experience with all my friends around the country and world, I got some footage of it, along with DJ Bigface’s fantastic photographs!
You can hear the creek flowing right in front of me.
jcast7: Awaken Now Kristin
A friend named Kristin died of Leukemia recently; she was 29. I wrote “Awaken Now Kristin,” to make sense of it. Then I found Nate’s song, “Simple Pain,” as a perfect companion piece.
Just now, putting this together, looking for a picture of Kristin, I found her exuberant Website kristinplayshorn.com. What life!
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