I just read “The Inevitable March of Recorded Music Towards Free” as my appreciation for Radiohead’s progressive release strategy has prompted a realignment of my own strategy. By happy coincidence I also just got my first payoff ($29 through PayPal) for opting-in to all the digital distribution deals available through CD Baby. I was totally surprised to find I had made .062 for each of a few plays on Rhapsody. I’m figuring all this out in advance of a new album, Folk Dub, to release in the Spring. For now, I prepare for council. What council can you offer?
Cafe Mundi, Fri. Sept. 28th, '07
I played at Cafe Mundi last Friday with Joe (my father-in-law), Don, and Alex. We had a great time.
Maile captured this live version of “God Has Been Good To Me.”
Pi
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
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Pi.0.8.aif
Derek Morris: keys
0.5 – Laid-back reggae excursion
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Pi.0.5.aif
Derek Morris: keys
Alex Sarabia: bass
0.2 – More upbeat, w/reworked refrain
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0.1 – Concept
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Till Monday
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
The Jellydotds ACL '07
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.