There’s currently a shiny new electro mix of Almost Flew. I’m pretty stoked about this one. It’s quite nice and production is by artist/DJ Marion Christian.
The quality on this one is over the top. I hope you like it!
This amazing photo is courtesy Michael Heath, a really talented guy I’m working with. Check more of his stuff out here.
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This is the keyboard on my wishlist right now. “The keyboard” has been changing several times over the past few weeks but I’ve finally decided that this is the one I want.
I really like Roland products and have played Roland keyboards for about 17 years. In fact, if you’re reading this and you happen to be a Roland employee, I’d be more than happy to discuss an endorsement or even just a review agreement if you’re interested in shipping one of these lovelies to a very friendly, blogging singer-songwriter guy.
Besides being familiar with Roland products, here’s what attracts me to this (from their web site):
Those are pretty much the main reasons. It’s a light, realistically weighted keyboard with a sweet USB Thumb Drive option. At this point, it’s not clear to me if I can start and stop my SP404 with this (via midi clock), but that would make me weep tears of joy if I could. Plus, after selling a couple other Roland keyboards that I currently own, I think I can justify the price of $1,400.
It doesn’t ship till late April, but I’ll keep you posted on this decision. In the meantime, here’s the product page where we can pass the time together.
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The day has finally arrived. The day after FAWM. It’s a funny feeling that I have right now. It’s been a great month and a really good experience. 14 songs was the official goal. I personally hoped to make it to 14 1/2 and I did. Here’s the rough demo of number 14.
I’ve closed public access to the other rough demos for now. I hope to complete the recordings for my “Open Source” EP by May 1st and I’ll post the multi-track files and free downloads at that time. Here’s the final song list for anyone who’s interested. Several of these you’ll hear on my next CD fully produced. Some of them you’ll probably never hear.
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Simon and Garfunkel were some serious influences as a kid. In 7th and 8th grade, I went through a phase where all I listened to was the Bridge Over Troubled Water cd. Mrs. Mechem, My piano teacher, was kind enough to allow me to learn the title track of that album. Sad to say I can no longer play those lovely building octaves at the end. But I killed it in 9th grade.
The CD was already 15 some years old by the time I discovered it, but the songs still jump out at me at the most random times.
“Gee but it’s great to be back home. Home is where I wanna BEEEEEEEEEeeee.”
So, I was thinking of what to write this morning, and thought I’d just write about why I haven’t been writing. I’ve been working on a lot of new music, as I’ve said. Eight songs are done. That means I need to do 6 songs in the next 7 days. Holy moly. I’m really behind!
I’ve kept up with my guitar class on Wednesday nights and I’ve been building a web site for a friend who is a photographer. I’ll post a link to his site in the next few days when it’s ready. We’re going to do a trade, so hopefully I’ll have a big bunch of new photos to post soon too!
I am playing next Thursday night in Denver. The venue is called The Laughing Goat. I don’t know anything else about it, but I’ll post details this weekend. I’m opening for my buddy Dan Beahm and I’ll be bringing at least one or two really fresh songs.
Episode 3 of the Jeff Caylor Podcast this weekend. Promise.
Starting in mid-to-late March, I’m hoping to start playing once a week somewhere locally.
Also planning to take a shower in March.
Why don’t you write me
I’m out in the jungle
I’m hungry to hear you.
Send me a card,
I am waiting so hard
To be near you.
(La, la, la)
Why don’t you write?
Something is wrong
And I know I got to be there.
Maybe I’m lost,
But I can’t make the cost
Of the airfare.
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I’ve completed 4 songs and it’s February 5th. That’s some decent productivity for a guy who sometimes takes 5 days to write one song.
Here are the songs and themes that I’ve come up with. You can find rough demos of a couple over at the FAWM web site.
Change Everything - This one is my favorite of the bunch so far. It’s inspired by Leora Gardner’s recent bold move to Sydney, Australia. The tone is both somber but determined.
Jesus You Don’t Have to Wait - It’s a very traditional sounding gospel song with a little edge to it.
CHUCK NORRIS! - This is just a goofy song in the same vein as all the recent internet lore that surrounds Chuck Norris. “If you make him mad start stretching tonight. You’ve got to bend over backwards to kiss your butt goodbye.”
Reason is Circular - A song about cycles that we all go through.
I’ll try to get another podcast up tomorrow night with a sample of at least one of these. For now, I’m off to write some more!
[EDIT] Thanks for the tip, Dan. Link here:
http://fawm.org/writers.php?id=1110
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Update on FAWM, guitar lessons, and a sneak peak at the new Almost Flew video. Sort of. The RSS for The Jeff Caylor Podcast is here and the iTunes link is here.
Links:
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