25 june 2000. 11:15 PM
My, it's been a while. But nobody reads this, so it doesn't really matter, now does it? LB's debut album, THE LOVE PARADE, will be released within the next week or two... look out... go HERE to get it... here's the track listing:
Does It Rain When I Smile?
I Love You More
Sing a Song
Waiting
Maybe So Maybe Not
I'm Too Dumb To Cry Anymore
Let's All Get Together and Die
I Need Love
Circle Gets the Square
23 january 2000. 3:10 PM
Happy new year. I'm uploading a FINE new country-rock song called "I'm Too Dumb To Cry Anymore" to mp3.com right now, and should be up in a coupla days. I'm also uploading it to the IUMA, which I am somewhat new on. The aforementioned 2 sites are the most important ones that you should visit, as I am paid for either downloads or page hits (respectively) on those 2 sites. So please. Go forth and make me some damn money. So that "reevaluation" BS didn't last too long, so I'm back. "I'm Too Dumb To Cry Anymore" will be up in a few days, and after that, look out for a short instrumental featuring some stellar harmonica work by my dad. Then there's a really long, weird multi-part song, currently untitled, that I've been working on, and also a kind of post-punk-pop song that, right now, looks like will never see the light of day, since punk is not my forte by any means. The jazz-oriented band I'm in has a CD now, it's OK, and we're still playing. Things is lookin' up.
30 novembre 1999. 12:55 PM
Please still download the MP3.COM stuff... "Circle Gets the Square" is now finished and up on both the mp3.com and Rolling Stone sites, so get it now; it could be the last thing I put up for a while (you may see "Fire on the Mountain" first before I go into hiding though). Besides, I think it's pretty good, barring the obvious shortcomings of my 4-track. I'm still writing (as in scoring for horns), but not doing much traditional "songwriting," and have been going thru the ol' "reevaluation" (hate that word) phase, trying to get a grip on what's really going on with my music and such...
16 novembre 1999. 7:24 PM
LB GETS PAID BY THE DOWNLOAD!!! PLEASE??? Thanks... Still playing with this kinda jazzy group, pullin off stuff that, if anything, sounds like Medeski Martin & Wood+Cecil Taylor+Cedar Walton+Galactic, and the songs never seem to end (you could call it a "jam band," though I hate the term). Good stuff though, and these guys (and girl) are by far the best people I've ever played with. So I've been thinking about putting up a whole new mp3.com site for this group, cos this music is pretty damn tight. Who knows. I'm listening to Miles In the Sky (good album), so I really don't know what to do right now... I've been writing a lot of large-scale stuff for horns (w/ rhythm section, of course), doing a scaled-down big band arrangement of Jordan Knight's "Give It To You," and, in addition to "3 Hours Til the Clowns Come Out," a really non-sensical rock-jazz monster temporarily called "Why Do You Remind Me of Eric Estrada So Damn Much?". The End.
10 novembre 1999. 6:19 PM
"Let's All Get Together and Die" and "Man of Sorrows" are both finally up on the mp3.com site (LAGT&D is up on RollingStone.com too), and I'm feeling a little better about it now, although my 4-track hasn't exactly been functioning properly lately (thank God for warranties!)... And I guess I'm at least one step closer to finally getting "3 Hours Til the Clowns Come Out" down, since I've been playing with a killer group lately, and I've been writing quite a powerful horn chart for it. Plus be looking out for "Circle Gets the Square," a long, jazzy vocal number. And then there's "Fire on the Mountain," which is a pretty solid pop song (with a sax solo!). Cool stuff goin' on, look out.
5 octobre 1999. 12:28 PM
Hi there. As soon as I can find the time, I'll get "Let's All Get Together and Die" and "Man of Sorrows" up here, which are 2 of my best songs. And I'm particularly looking forward to finally getting "3 Hours Til the Clowns Come Out" (formerly "BIG JAZZ ROCK NUMBER") fully recorded, complete with horns and everything. It's a very fast, aggressive 6/8 jazz-rock number reminiscent of Zappa's Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo, and probably is the most advanced, exciting thing I've ever written. So keep yer eyes and ears peeled...