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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Heading out to Dexter Lake Club
Heading out to Dexter Lake Club for their Wednesday Songwriter Night. 7pm – 10pm local songwriters take the stage. This is an excellent venue with superior sound and staging. The bar has a great vibe and the owners, Gregg and … Continue reading
Playing at the Wandering Goat Songwriter
Playing at the Wandering Goat Songwriters’ Open Mic tonight. It all gets started around 7:30. I plan to go on around 8. I have re-worked an old song from 1994 album Spirit Flesh. That was back in my Freak Folk … Continue reading
Goat Mic Again
A young man (I am not a good judge of age so maybe 20-22), accompanied by a female friend, is first up tonight. She has no instrument. He carries a guitar and is self-conscious. The MC tries to get him … Continue reading
Goat Mic Continued
The tiny woman has set up her piano. The MC is searching the mixer for the volume slider that serves her vocal mic. He isn’t having much luck. Feedback puts grimaces on faces and fingers in ears. After a few … Continue reading
Posted in Critique, Shows, Writing
Tagged acoustic music, cafes, coffee shops, eugene oregon, folk music, open mic, open mike, oregon, Wandering Goat Coffee Company, whiteaker neighborhood
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Pond Hole
A very worthy pursuit – documenting water holes. Wonder if there are any tadpoles…
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Goat Mic Update
A man and a woman are on the stage. He has an acoustic bass guitar which he plays like a six string – strumming full chords. This is a very full sound – too full. She sits to the side … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic music, eugene oregon, folk music, open mic, open mike, oregon, Wandering Goat Coffee Company
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2010 EP This Demo is….
Finally uploaded my 2010 EP This Demo is… onto BandCamp. In 2010, these were new tunes after many years away…divorce, infidelity, prostitution, unrequited love, dead fathers. It’s all in there. Complete with classic Basement Studio effects, sexy flute tracks, squeaky … Continue reading
Posted in Recordings, Songwriting
Tagged acoustic music, americana music, depression, eugene oregon, folk music, oregon, rural life, singer-songwriter, songwriting
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Bloodsuckers
A kid reflects on her summer weekend and some of the pleasures, trials and heartbreak that childhood dishes out. This is a skratch recording done while setting up my portable recording rig. The signal was too hot so there is … Continue reading
Posted in Recordings, Songwriting
Tagged acoustic music, americana music, childhood, childhood memories, death, eugene oregon, grandmothers, oregon, singer-songwriter, songwriting
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Daniel Heila and Daniel Boone’s Fault
Daniel Heila & Daniel Boone’s Fault. Very cool application for WordPress. Press It. Instantly captures and publishes to your blog whatever internet content you want to share in the moment. I am starting to really enjoy WordPress.
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Neil Young and Crazy Horsetail
So, I’m listening to Neil Young and Crazy Horse (Year of the Horse; Danger Bird) while cleaning the house. I find a few dried horsetail stems that Ciaran had brought home from a field trip with his Rachel Carson class. … Continue reading
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Tagged crazy horse, danger bird, horsetail, house cleaning, neil young, neil young and crazy horse, pan pipes
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