This week I chose to do “Careless Whisper” — a great song originally by George Michael that Seether was able to completely take to the next level. I sing this with Town Crier, so it was a natural choice.
Direct Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvfnKyvzXNE
This week’s podcast is another two-parter. The first song is “Lightning Crashes,” a great song by [wiki]Live[/wiki] who I first heard live when I was in college in 1997 or 1998. I sing the song with Town Crier. This recording was made before I really “moved in” to the song, so there are some variations that I no longer do.
The second song is “The Thirst” from my album The Threshold of Omniscience. I originally chose the song as a podcast right after I wrote it. I liked it so much, I just had to share. It too, has evolved somewhat.
As usual, these songs were recorded by just me and my acoustic guitar in my studio on my Sony ICD-SX700 Voice Recorder.
Direct link (Lightning Crashes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMTMsaaOyPA
Direct link (The Thirst): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdRT4jflN0E
This week’s song is “Irrational” from my Two Sides Of The Same Soul album. This is a pretty dramatically introspective song (go figure) with a general free form, and it’s one of my wife’s favorites. 🙂
Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHiUv2Ws6-w
This week’s songs are “[wiki]Mr. Jones[/wiki]” (originally by the [wiki]Counting Crows[/wiki]), and “Bedroom of the Sun” by Me (on my album Triad).
The reason there are two songs this week is I decided to start doing one cover and one original each week. I chose to do “Mr. Jones” because I sing it with Town Crier (it’s the last song in our first set), and “Bedroom Of The Sun” is just one of my favorites (it was also requested).
As usual, this is just me on my acoustic guitar, recorded at home in my studio on my Sony ICD-SX700 voice recorder.
Direct link (Mr. Jones): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwgkDVCK2wI
Direct link (Bedroom Of The Sun): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH5I0RsNBmM
This week’s song is a great one by Steve Earle — inspired at least partially by [wiki]The Killer Angels[/wiki] by [wiki]Michael Shaara[/wiki]. It’s a great song sung by Irish immigrant [wiki]Buster Kilrain[/wiki] during the Civil War.
Recorded as just me and my acoustic in my studio on my Sony ICD-SX700 voice recorder.
Direct Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHRPBcBXLp0
This week’s podcast is “Remedy” — the song that brought the-awesomeness-that-is-Seether into my life. The song rocks, and I sing it with Town Crier.
Recorded as just me and my acoustic in my studio on my Sony ICD-SX700 voice recorder.
Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unXG4YGyGgY
This week’s song is “Country Roads,” originally performed by John Denver (of course). I did a demonstration about music recording to some students at my old school in Sept. 09, and I thought it would be a good choice for a podcast.
As usual, this recording is a simple live version done on a Sony ICD-SX700 Voice Recorder.
Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6eu7HdlAz0
As many of you know, I’ve recently started to build a bigger fan base (well, a noticeable fan base) through Facebook. In that effort, I’ve decided to start uploading my podcasts to YouTube to make them easier to share. So, I’ve decided to “rerun” the previous podcasts and rename (quite strikingly) the series as “Weekly Acoustic Podcast.” (I know, catch your breath!)
Anyway, the process of rerunning should take 2-3 months, and after that I’ll begin uploading new material.
This week’s song is “I’ll Be,” originally performed by Edwin McCain in the 90s. It is one that I sing with my band Town Crier.
My podcasts are recorded as just me on my acoustic guitar in my studio on my Sony ICD-SX700 voice recorder. Enjoy!
Direct link: “I’ll Be” » Jeremy Tharp Weekly Acoustic Podcast Episode 1
As many of you have seen, I’ve started a new effort to garner fans through Facebook. In an effort to connect those fans, I’m migrating my method of posting files over to YouTube. Therefore, I’m just going to repost previous podcasts with the embedded mp3 video. Think of it as “reruns.” Of course, I’m actually starting it over.
It will also now (quite catchingly and strikingly) be called the “Weekly Acoustic Podcast.”
The whole “rerun” process will take from two to four months, then I’ll get back to uploading new material each week.
Be sure to check me out on Facebook!
Well the challenge worked.
For those who don’t know the back story, my friend Phil Taylor and I, having been somewhat lacking in the new material, challenged one another to write and record a new album before and to be released on January 1, 2010. This was in approximately November (2009 of course).
Knowing my own lack of spare time, I knew I would not be able to do full studio productions, but I felt confident I could write the songs. After all, I had made a 2009 resolution to write new material, and I needed some catalyst (kick-in-the-butt).
I had originally intended to do 13 songs, but I ran shorter on time than even I anticipated, so I settled on 10. I would release the album as my podcast on January 1 (how convenient that it fell on a Friday). I figured that would would be perfect, because in my business I had missed 2 weeks of podcasts already. Unfortunately, even at that, due to the New Year’s gig I did with Town Crier, I lost my voice, so I even missed the January 1 podcast.
At any rate, I finally got the songs recorded (once again on my trusty Sony ICD-SX700), and here they are.
Unlike usual, I did do minimal editing, but only to do some equalization correction. The recordings were not perfect anyway (they include the occasional flub and some cameos of my son screaming), but I wanted them to be as “tolerable” as possible.
My goal is to do full productions of this album by March of this year (2010), but I admit this is highly ambitious. 🙂
So take a listen, enjoy, and feel free to impart your reactions here!