Sunday, 29 January 2012
Thursday, 19 January 2012
The Troubadour Chronicles
I have put my songs from the last couple of years on the road into one big album. Yes, one album. 110 songs. It's over 5 hours! So you might want to put it on when you have a quiet night... and then slowly fall asleep.
I'd like to thank all the musicians and producers who helped me make this - particularly Kevin Wesley William, Chris Leggerie, Andreas Langhorn, Patrick Fergus, Jasmine Wynants, Ro Halfhide, Emma Hill, Alec Genton, Rory Blahzl, Maria Rosaria della Pepa and Simon Wallace. And of course the people I met on my travels. People who inspired me, gave me a place to stay, and came to the shows. Without whom I wouldn't have anything to write about or anyone to sing to.
I've made it free to download so that money isn't a barrier to my music reaching you - but please make a donation if you can.
And if you get to the end of it, please let me know your top 12 tracks. I'd like to put out a more easily digestable 'Best of'. Buona fortuna!!!!
Photo by Judithdekker.nl
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(There are 33 videos too. Click the links to view)
1. Every day's a joy (video)
2. Rise of the renunciate (video)
3. Debt train
4. IKEA
5. Dreams of plenty
6. Daytime TV
7. Mortgage on mind
8. Job applications
9. Cold cold world
10. Viva la revolucion
11. A cruel beginning to my decline and inevitable death
12. Work eat shit sleep
13. Dear shareholder (video)
14. City life
15. Soulseller
16. Every moment matters (video)
17. Killing the kids (Jamie Oliver Blues)
18. ADD (video)
19. Mother feeder and the homecoming kid (video)
20. The sorrow of Gaia
21. The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones
22. The US economy
23. Another dead man in Afghanistan (video)
24. A day out in Detroit
25. The ballad of Jolie Holland (video)
26. The cabin song
27. Super easy classic rock (video)
28. Renee Vancouver
29. Mel Gibson’s mind
30. Mr Pleasure Man (video)
31. Ode to the lonely stoner
32. Eindhoven: City of light
33. Song to Woody (video)
34. Vanessa & Sebastian
35. Gay OK (video)
36. The art of conversation
37. Five years on (video)
38. Nick Helderman and the immortals
39. Dance for me
40. The waiting game
41. All-knowing girl
42. Girl with the perfect posture
43. The law of diminishing marginal returns
44. Why are they like the way they are?
45. My leaving was a long time coming
46. I want you to fail (video)
47. A journey (The Blair Crusades)
48. The end of the farce
49. Loneliness of the bank CEO
50. Gordon Brown Blues
51. Anywhere but here
52. After the Olympics has gone
53. The trial of toni terry
54. Tales at the end
55. Strange times
56. The obituary of Will Perrin
57. Nights like these
58. Sleep
59. Making my life too hard (video)
60. Bored in Camden (video)
61. Music for a mountain top
62. Peace of mind
63. Letters from a long arm
64. Athens' streets
65. On the train to Rome
66. The Italians
67. I didn't sleep so good (video)
68. The Marie Cubi House Band
69. Wifi? (video/video)
70. The water's on song (video)
71. Cold cure blues
72. Curse of standards
73. Oath of abstinence
74. TV in my mind
75. It is dangerous out there (video)
76. Oh Christchurch
77. Takaka hill
78. The city' s not the same without you (video)
79. The buskers (video)
80. Save the developers
81. The quoll
82. Maria (video)
83. Good life on the road
84. East timor song
85. Peace and love (video)
86. Under the stars (video)
87. Coffee lover (video)
88. Dumpster diving date (video)
89. Queensland rail
90. Troubadour (video)
91. Jailbait
92. Plastic sea
93. Dog's life
94. 34 years old and a birthday at sea (video)
95. Riportarla a casa
96. You can't say no to love
97. Sailing
98. I'm not sea sick, just sick of the sea
99. Gulf of Carpentaria
100. The model
101. The searcher (video)
102. Bad for good
103. Big fish, little pool
104. Liberate Libya (video)
105. Mohamed Bouazizi
106. Revolutions 2011 (video)
107. Letting go
108. Let there be light
109. Love is happiness
110. Son of a gun
I have to say I'm pleased with it! Of course I'd change a lot if I had time... but then I have the feeling I'll never get it out. Maybe I'll do some revised issues in the future. It's rough around the edges and I should re-record some of it, but as it is it has a nice story arc, and you can see how my playing changes over the travels, which would be lost if I re-recorded. And with the songwriting, the transition from sardonic to spiritual. I'm definitely a different person than when I started travelling... more interested in meditation, well-being and other people. I'm taking a break from travelling now because when you're on the road it's very difficult to be productive. I'm working on a new album about Ayurveda, have three film ideas, make some music videos, and want to apply to festivals. As well as trying to get some assistance from music companies to make life easier, so I'm putting some effort into that as well. As always you can follow updates on the blog or go back over the last 3 years if you really truly have nothing else to do!
I toured Europe, North America, New Zealand and South-east asia. There's still lots of places still to go and all to go back to. Here's a map of the chronicles (people who've visited me, not people I've visited) with website hits for last year:
I'd like to thank all the musicians and producers who helped me make this - particularly Kevin Wesley William, Chris Leggerie, Andreas Langhorn, Patrick Fergus, Jasmine Wynants, Ro Halfhide, Emma Hill, Alec Genton, Rory Blahzl, Maria Rosaria della Pepa and Simon Wallace. And of course the people I met on my travels. People who inspired me, gave me a place to stay, and came to the shows. Without whom I wouldn't have anything to write about or anyone to sing to.
I've made it free to download so that money isn't a barrier to my music reaching you - but please make a donation if you can.
And if you get to the end of it, please let me know your top 12 tracks. I'd like to put out a more easily digestable 'Best of'. Buona fortuna!!!!
Photo by Judithdekker.nl
DOWNLOAD ALBUM
(There are 33 videos too. Click the links to view)
1. Every day's a joy (video)
2. Rise of the renunciate (video)
3. Debt train
4. IKEA
5. Dreams of plenty
6. Daytime TV
7. Mortgage on mind
8. Job applications
9. Cold cold world
10. Viva la revolucion
11. A cruel beginning to my decline and inevitable death
12. Work eat shit sleep
13. Dear shareholder (video)
14. City life
15. Soulseller
16. Every moment matters (video)
17. Killing the kids (Jamie Oliver Blues)
18. ADD (video)
19. Mother feeder and the homecoming kid (video)
20. The sorrow of Gaia
21. The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones
22. The US economy
23. Another dead man in Afghanistan (video)
24. A day out in Detroit
25. The ballad of Jolie Holland (video)
26. The cabin song
27. Super easy classic rock (video)
28. Renee Vancouver
29. Mel Gibson’s mind
30. Mr Pleasure Man (video)
31. Ode to the lonely stoner
32. Eindhoven: City of light
33. Song to Woody (video)
34. Vanessa & Sebastian
35. Gay OK (video)
36. The art of conversation
37. Five years on (video)
38. Nick Helderman and the immortals
39. Dance for me
40. The waiting game
41. All-knowing girl
42. Girl with the perfect posture
43. The law of diminishing marginal returns
44. Why are they like the way they are?
45. My leaving was a long time coming
46. I want you to fail (video)
47. A journey (The Blair Crusades)
48. The end of the farce
49. Loneliness of the bank CEO
50. Gordon Brown Blues
51. Anywhere but here
52. After the Olympics has gone
53. The trial of toni terry
54. Tales at the end
55. Strange times
56. The obituary of Will Perrin
57. Nights like these
58. Sleep
59. Making my life too hard (video)
60. Bored in Camden (video)
61. Music for a mountain top
62. Peace of mind
63. Letters from a long arm
64. Athens' streets
65. On the train to Rome
66. The Italians
67. I didn't sleep so good (video)
68. The Marie Cubi House Band
69. Wifi? (video/video)
70. The water's on song (video)
71. Cold cure blues
72. Curse of standards
73. Oath of abstinence
74. TV in my mind
75. It is dangerous out there (video)
76. Oh Christchurch
77. Takaka hill
78. The city' s not the same without you (video)
79. The buskers (video)
80. Save the developers
81. The quoll
82. Maria (video)
83. Good life on the road
84. East timor song
85. Peace and love (video)
86. Under the stars (video)
87. Coffee lover (video)
88. Dumpster diving date (video)
89. Queensland rail
90. Troubadour (video)
91. Jailbait
92. Plastic sea
93. Dog's life
94. 34 years old and a birthday at sea (video)
95. Riportarla a casa
96. You can't say no to love
97. Sailing
98. I'm not sea sick, just sick of the sea
99. Gulf of Carpentaria
100. The model
101. The searcher (video)
102. Bad for good
103. Big fish, little pool
104. Liberate Libya (video)
105. Mohamed Bouazizi
106. Revolutions 2011 (video)
107. Letting go
108. Let there be light
109. Love is happiness
110. Son of a gun
I have to say I'm pleased with it! Of course I'd change a lot if I had time... but then I have the feeling I'll never get it out. Maybe I'll do some revised issues in the future. It's rough around the edges and I should re-record some of it, but as it is it has a nice story arc, and you can see how my playing changes over the travels, which would be lost if I re-recorded. And with the songwriting, the transition from sardonic to spiritual. I'm definitely a different person than when I started travelling... more interested in meditation, well-being and other people. I'm taking a break from travelling now because when you're on the road it's very difficult to be productive. I'm working on a new album about Ayurveda, have three film ideas, make some music videos, and want to apply to festivals. As well as trying to get some assistance from music companies to make life easier, so I'm putting some effort into that as well. As always you can follow updates on the blog or go back over the last 3 years if you really truly have nothing else to do!
I toured Europe, North America, New Zealand and South-east asia. There's still lots of places still to go and all to go back to. Here's a map of the chronicles (people who've visited me, not people I've visited) with website hits for last year:
Saturday, 14 January 2012
Christmas album
Happy New Year!!!! I hope you had a Merry Christmas. I was in the South of Italy with my girlfriend's family for my first Italian Christmas. It was an experience! They know how to get it on. One big singalong.
Then I had my second musical Christmas, coming over to England on 28th for another Christmas dinner and another jam. With my brother Simon this time, who was visiting from the States. He's a fantastic harmonica player and has already played on lots of my albums.
For this year's Christmas album I recorded a few of the songs I played at shows in 2011. Simply, on the laptop with Simon. It's just a bit of fun. Hope you enjoy them.
1. Love is the drug - ROXY MUSIC [2:08]
2. Dancing queen - ABBA [2:14]
3. Live it up - MENTAL AS ANYTHING [1:50]
4. Rawhide - NED WASHINGTON [2:06]
5. Work song - NATHANIEL ADDERLEY, OSCAR BROWN JR. [3:52]
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I've nothing planned for this year. Let's just see what happens. I'm sure good things will come. I hope for you too!
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