Works in Progress

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So myself and Matthew Hiscock got to make music together again yesterday, and we played around with a song I’d written I’ve been calling Willow. This version of Willow is pretty raw, it’ll get a bit more polished and less off-key-for-me in the coming days… and I’ll post those versions too!
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Here’s a more polished and tweaked version of my song Bones in the Orchard, produced and harmonized by Matthew Hiscock. A rawer draft is here, if you want to compare. This one has some real nice producer-style things, and is the higher quality wav file..

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Inspired by this post by Brave Radar - Help Complete This Song - over on the Indyish blog, we downloaded the original track by Jeff from The Desks, added beats, lyrics, guitar, harmonies, accordion and well, here you have it… (Risa Dickens on added vocals and lyrics, Bodega on the rest.)
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 Home is where the home studio is [2:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Quickie 1 hour podjam with quite acceptable results, if we don’t say so ourselves!
Song by Risa Dickens. Bass, guitar, beats and mix by Matthew Hiscock.

 

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Normally when I’m in the rough stages of a new song or cover, I like to share it with my roommate or a friend for feedback before I start making clearer choices about interpretation. Now I’m gonna attempt podcasting these early sketches, in the hopes of gaining a wider range of responses.
Eeek.
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 Far Above the Sky (rough): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Sarah Pearson sings all parts, James Finnerty on guitar. A gorgeous 30 minute recording session. This is going to be part of a Readings podcast soon, but I couldn’t resist putting it up as is before I go and read all over it.

 

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Okay, so this isn’t so much a “jam session” as much as a work in progress. But I thought it was podcast worthy so I’ve decided to post it anyway.
Sometimes the need to express a musical idea surfaces and can only be communicated fully by spontaneously playing out those ideas. This session is pretty much [...]

 

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