12/31/09 – New Year\’s Party – Shenandoah Farms Volunteer Fire Department – Shenandoah Farms, Virginia
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Periodical acoustic podcast: “Alone” by me and “Love Song” by Phil Taylor/Unborn
My site has been down for about a week, so this is posting late, but here is this week’s podcast.
I chose to play “Alone” off my album “Triad,” and my friend Phil Taylor talked me into covering one of his songs. I chose “Love Song” from his album “Tales of Love or the Lack Thereof” (recorded both by Phil and his former band Unborn).
I had a few moments of hitting the mic / other background noise on this. I’m not sure why, but just in case you hear it and wonder. 😉
podcast.0015.Jeremy Tharp-Alone
podcast.0016.Phil Taylor-Love Song
As usual, it’s me on my acoustic — no editing, recorded on a Sony ICD-SX700 voice recorder.
Periodical acoustic podcast: “All Along The Watchtower” (Bob Dylan/Jimi Hendrix) and “Pieces” by me
So I finally have returned to my promise of two podcasts a week. 🙂 Not sure how long I’ll be able to keep it up, but it is how it is.
The songs this week are “All Along The Watchtower,” written by Bob Dylan, perfected by Jimi Hendrix (Yet another song I happen to be singing for Town Crier), and “Pieces” off of my Two Sides Of The Same Soul album.
Files:
podcast.0013-Jeremy Tharp-Pieces
podcast.0014-Bob Dylan-All Along The Watchtower
The usual — no editing, me on my acoustic, recorded on my Sony ICD-SX700 voice recorder.
Periodical acoustic podcast: “Endless Rain” by me
Happy Thanksgiving! (for those who celebrate it) 🙂
This week’s podcast is another of my originals: “Endless Rain” off my album “Heaven.”
podcast.0012-Jeremy Tharp-Endless Rain
As usual: me on my acoustic, in my studio, no editing, recorded on Sony ICD-SX700, blah, blah, blah …
Periodical acoustic podcast: “Careless Whisper” by George Michael/Seether
Again, this time of year with the holidays, I really only had time to record one song this week, even though I keep saying I plan to do two!
I actually recorded this podcast as well as next week’s two days ago.
At any rate, the song for this week is “Careless Whisper” by George Michael/Seether. My version is much closer to that of Seether, and, frankly, I don’t really do it justice, but I’m singing it in Town Crier, so I thought I’d offer the preview.
podcast.0011-Seether-Careless Whisper
As usual: me on my acoustic, in my studio, no editing, recorded on Sony ICD-SX700, blah, blah, blah …
Periodical acoustic podcast: “Walls Of A Dream” by me
Even though I decided to do two songs per week moving forward, this week I’m only doing one as my schedule is a little hectic.
The song I did is one of my favorites that I wrote called “Walls of a Dream,” and it’s off my album “Heaven.”
And, as usual, this is just me on my acoustic, in my studio, recorded on my Sony ICD-SX700 digital voice recorder, no modifications other than trimming at the beginning and end.
podcast.0010.Jeremy Tharp-Walls Of A Dream
Oh, be cautioned: There are large fluctuations in volume 😀
No Town Crier practice recordings this week …
Since we’ve now gotten reference recordings of all of our sets, we decided this week just to work on powering through sets. We’re gearing up our fine tuning to get ready for our New Year’s gig, and we’re hoping to play a few gigs in early December as well (will post more details when it’s available).
We did, however, finally get a band photo, so I’ve posted that to the website (http://jeremytharp.com/towncrier/).
Also, all reference recordings for all 4 sets are now available at http://listapp.ciesurplus.com/jeremy_temp/
Enjoy!
Periodical acoustic podcast: Live’s “Lightning Crashes” and New from me: “The Thirst”
I’ve recently decided to up the ante on my podcasts by recording two songs: an original of mine and a cover.
This week for the cover I chose Live’s “Lightning Crashes” because we are playing it as the last song in set 4 in Town Crier. I can’t say I do the song justice, but I think it is OK.
The other song will excite my avid followers — a sneak peak at my upcoming album “The Threshold of Omniscience.” That’s right — I have enjoyed my recording so much that I felt it was a good choice for the original.
And, as usual, this is just me on my acoustic, in my studio, recorded on my Sony ICD-SX700 digital voice recorder, no modifications other than trimming at the beginning and end.
Files:
podcast.0008.Live-Lightning Crashes
podcast.0009.Jeremy Tharp-The Thirst
Recordings from Town Crier 11-03-09 band practice now available
Last week’s recordings have been replaced by this week’s.
Download the songs here: http://listapp.ciesurplus.com/jeremy_temp/
Remember, these will get deleted after we practice next week.
This week we worked exclusively on set 4 as we really hadn’t touched on those songs much, so there are multiple takes of a few songs.
Set 4:
- Foreverman (Eric Clapton)
- I’m On My Way (The Proclaimers)
- Remedy (Seether)
- Heartbreaker (Grand Funk Railroad)
- Can’t You See (Marshall Tucker Band)
- I Know [Which Way] (Town Crier)
- Past The Point Of Rescue (Hal Ketchum)
- Kansas City (Wilbert Harrison)
- Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
- Lightning Crashes (Live)
After 3 years, could new music actually be coming?
After what has been, even for me, a long hiatus with no new music, hope may be alive for the small but dedicated constituency that follows my music. 🙂
As I have slowly worked myself back into playing music, forcing a regular schedule of it into my life with my band and with my podcasts, I’m trying to do a little more. One of my goals for 2009 was to write and record a new album.
Seeing as how 2009 (and my 10th year playing guitar) is coming to a close, I have little time to do that album, and I had given up any realistic odds of it’s happening — until today. Phil Taylor contacted me with a kind of “motivate each other” proposition, where we would simultaneously produce albums — kind of keep each other accountable.
Since this works right into my goal for the year, I told him our deadline would be January 1, 2010.
Now, there’s no way I will have time for full productions with drums and whatnot, so I am only pushing myself to write at least a dozen songs, and record them with me singing along with the guitar. I may do more if I get motivated, but since I would prefer to master the album once it is complete, it’s unlikely.
Anyway, I’ve set up the project page on my website, and you can keep tabs on it here: http://tharp.me/8