Here’s the last Talkin’ Headline of 2011. Did you listen to all 52 this year? How did they make you feel? I really hope this was the only place you got all your news.
I’m planning to keep going with the Talkin’ Headline Blues all throughout 2012. We’ll see if it grows and changes at all, I guess. Or if I get tired of doing them.
I’m still working on the final new song and 2010 re-record, so look for those probably tomorrow, or later this week.
Okay, here’s the new song for this week. At the very last minute. It’s a nice short one to send you off.
I had some trouble with this song, which is why it took so long to write and get recorded. I think I was trying to overwrite it. Trying to get too many ideas in there, when, really, it’s just a song about a train and a ship. I needed some help seeing that and I finally got some.
So that’s that. Happy Christmas to you.
Yes! Some really great headlines yesterday, although no a whole lot of good rhyming ones. I had to work at this one, but I think it turned out well. Made me giggle in a couple spots. Can you figure out which ones?
I’m doing the re-record first this week cause I didn’t quite get the new song done last night. I think I’ve got the music down, but the words just weren’t ready yet. So, you get this today.
Lately I’ve been thinking how these re-recorded songs are taking up a lot of time and maybe taking time away from writing new songs, but then I decided that they also help me to get to new places each week. I’m at least thinking of doing something different with an old song, so maybe some of that seeps into my head to do something different with a new song. In any case, at least it keeps me working.
So, for this one, today, I think it’s fairly different, not just from last year’s (go listen and compare!), but also from a lot of other tunes I’ve been writing and recording lately. The phrasing is different. The singing is a little different. It’s just different. Different for me anyway.
Let me know what you think….
Here’s the re-recorded version of the song I wrote this week, last year. I’ll have to admit that I like the original better, but I’ll leave it to you to compare the two (listen to the original here) and give me some feedback.
Also, please please please come out to the show that I’m playing this Friday (12/16) at the Auxiliary in Logan Square. It’s also a clothing drive, so bring your old threads that you don’t wear anymore and donate them to someone who will.
End Times Spasm Band is coming in from Fort Wayne, Indiana, and this is their first Chicago show. They’re Indiana’s hottest band, so don’t miss em.
5 dollars at the door. BYOB. Doors open at 8pm and the show starts at 9pm.
Check out the details and who else is playing at the facebook event. Gonna be a hot one!
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