Musicology 101: Live A Better Life, Get A Better Job
If you’re like me, you know it’s not everyday you get an email from Casey Sheathat is worth reading. Once in a while though, a little ray of sun shines through the dark clouds he’s always dragging around and voila, he sends you something you actually care about.
Case in point, today I received the folder of audio files pictured above. This means that about twenty minutes later I was able to send my very own email to one Steve Wall requesting that he download said files and commence to finalize the mix of “Live A Better Life, Get A Better Job” … which is a song by failed NYC rocker band Rich Girls!
That’s right, for the 14 people in the world who give a s#!t, there are new Rich Girls song recordings coming your way in 2012! I can’t imagine how happy you are.
Incidentally, as I write this, I am listening to this awesome song …
… and remembering how much Rich Girls wished we were Elastica.
Today I don’t have a lot of time so I’m gonna do this thing called “cut and paste” with an email I got this morning from one Ann Courtney. You should read it and follow the directions. Because I said so.
“I’ll say it. Most of these year-end “best of” lists decided by “tastemakers” are whack.
Power to the people! The Deli Magazine is putting you in charge of voting for your favorite emerging NYC artist of 2011. Mother Feather is in good company on this list of nominees. If we win the most votes they’ll stick our pretty mugs on the cover of the spring issue and you’ll be able to read about us in any rehearsal space bathroom in the five boroughs! I. WANT. THIS. And I don’t deal well with disappointment.
We have a ton of exciting sh!t in the pipeline. I’ll keep you posted. In the meantime…vote, motherfeather!
In unrelated news, I’m pretty sure you can buy tickets for the February 10th Mother Feather show at Mercury Lounge starting tomorrow. You should remember to do that.
In the meantime, you can come down to Rockwood Muzak Hall tonight when I’ll be demonstraing how at 30somethingorother years old I have, to quote my new doctor, Dr. Jonnie, “the blood pressure of a teenager and the pulse of a professional athlete” by playing the 7pm set with one of my favorite singers, the indestructible Kris Gruen, and then running back to The Nunnery to drop of the double bass I use to play with Kris and pick up my electric bass and go back to Rockwood to play in the 9pm set with someone named “Shwa,” whose claim to fame of course is that the former drummer from Cinderella played on his album Chop Chop.
Cinderalla is the first band I ever saw. And I still think this song totally rocks and if they ever need a bass player I would totally play with them for at least, oh I don’t know, $100 a show and maybe 25 per rehearsal if they can swing it.
Lastly, for all you insomniacs out there, The Casey Shea band will be simultaneously putting everyone to sleep and earning me some live performance songwriter royalties tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden. See you there.
Mwah!
M
P.S. The new Casey Shea album “In Your Head” is conveniently located at places where people buy albums.
P.P.S. It’s also available as a record record, meaning an LP, or vinyl if you’re nasty.
P.P.P.S. He promised me that if I got a lot of people to buy it, he would retire next year.
A warm and fuzzy happy Birthday to Mr. Jamie Alegre, pictured below laying down some sweet cabasa at The Nunnery for the forthcoming Andy Fitzpatrick release!
Andy and I are heading up to Waterfront Studios in Hudson on Monday to mix about 300 songs in 72 hours. Or Something. Over the last couple days we added various percussion, some Moogish sounding Wurlitzer with my amazing MLM and equally amazing 1957(ish) Magnatone pictured below, and even had Andy recut a lead vocal. What? Yeah. You heard me right. I’m pretty sure the world is coming to an end too.
And speaking of how I’ve had the first 6 songs of Foo Fighters “In You Honor” on repeat for the last hour, with any luck the forthcoming Casey Shea LIVE ALBUM will have as much crowd noise. And btw, if you haven’t seen the new Casey Shea video, you can click this part of this sentence and just be positively amazed.
Hopefully the above paragraph contains some form of copyright infringement.
And speaking of having the new timeline, tonight I’ll grace the stage with one Wes Hutchinson at Rockwood Muzak Hall where we’ll be recording the show for something called a LIVE ALBUM. Coincidence? You decide. Anyway, we go on at 8pm.
Mwah!
M
P.S. Don’t forget to get to Rockwood early and check out All Night Chemists!
While you’re agonizing over what not to wear on your big date tonight I’m sitting here in Room 1121 at 111 Centre St. on a balmy Valentine’s Day proving that being late to your first jury duty doesn’t really matter. (ED Note: CORRECTION, if you show up late to jury duty you will have to spend another 30 minutes getting through security in a different court house in order to reschedule your civic duty! So, you know … Be on time. All the time.) Basically you just sit in an unused court room with a bunch of other people and listen to the goatee sporting overweight guy snore his happy little brains out while you wait to find out if you’re gonna be lucky enough to have an opportunity to acquit a bunch of cops for shooting a black guy who was reaching for his wallet. Or something. I’m just glad to at once be doing my duty and comfortable in the knowledge that I do not have a dinner reservation for this evening.
Anyway, a lot of people are starting to look at the snoring guy. SInce there is something called “wifi” here at the courthouse, I’m gonna look up the local noise ordinances and see if I can make a citizens arrest.
P.S. Help support my retirement fund by purchasing the latest EP from Mother Feather by clicking this part of this sentence!
P.P.S. Help support my retirement fund by purchasing In Your Head, the latest album by Casey Shea (featuring my song No Son Of Ours) by clicking this part of this sentence!
What’s that? Oh yeah? Oh cool. It’s nice to know you missed me. What’s that? No, I can’t really say I’ve missed you. But I can pretend if that makes us both feel better.
In related news I can’t wait to get home and destroy my neighbor’s experience of doing whatever it is they do by testing the voluminous limits of my hifi system with this little gem or rock and roll perfection:
Thanks to the lovely Andy Fitzpatrick for adding to my collection, from his.
And in unrelated news, I’m very excited to let you in on a little secret that the latest single from one Andy Fitzpatrick “The Last Peep Show” is set for release next month! If memory serves, April 25th is the official release date and will (shockingly!!!) be celebrated with a performance at Rockwood Music Hall!!! Man, if whoever owns that place had a dime for every person who did a release show at Rockwood, he or she would be able to open a third stage! Anyway, this will be the first release from our sessions at Waterfront Studios last fall, off which you’ll hear more about here as time keeps uncontrollably moving along whilst causing me to become older and slower and more cherishing of fleeting moments of things like “happiness.”
Oh, and if you want to thank me for sharing that link with you, please don’t bother sending me flowers or the usual stuff. Instead, simply follow the link that this part of this sentence links to and get yourself some Mother Feather tickets for next week’s show before they’re all gone! You can accuse me of a humble brag if you want but all’s I’m saying is that the last show sold out and this time we’re playing with Hank and Cupcakes since everyone loves dessert I can only assume there will be no frosting for you if you’re late to the cupcake making party … get it?
In today’s episode of “Late Breaking News” I’ve just been informed that you can get discounted tickets to the Mother Feather Hank And Cupcakes Show by going to the Taco Party that this part of this sentence links to.
I know! Don’t even get me started on the marketing inconsistencies of having a Taco Party to promote a show about baking cupcakes … I’m just the bass player man. I don’t get a microphone.
And speaking of me speaking into a microphone! We’re getting started on mixing a few songs from _________! One of which features me and _________ speaking into a microphone at the same time. The video below is basically exactly what it was like for us to record said speaking:
Dude! I totally agree. It is hyper-lame that Stacy and Adam have decided to bring TextsFromHillary to an end.
For those of you who remember a company called AOL, you should definitely click on one of the parts of this sentence containing the letters AOL.
In unrelated news, it’s another great hair day in camp Casey Shea, and what better way to celebrate than with a show on Rockwood Muzak Hall’s Stage 17? We gon on at 11pm, right after The Chevin (a band name that is proof that English doesn’t always translate to English very well), which probably means we’ll play at 2am.
In related news, you can start admiring my hair tonight at 10pm whereinupon I will be performing with le Mother Feather at le Bowery Electric. Tonight we’ll be a little handicapped while we all raise the flag of rock to a speedy recovery for Lizzie … So come early and sing loud! Yeah, you too!
I’m excited to celebrate the release of my new single “The Last Peep Show” with a special performance this Wednesday at Rockwood Music Hall. This is the first release from a collection of songs we recorded over Thanksgiving week in Hudson, N.Y.
In case you haven’t heard, tonight the indefatigable Andy Fitzpatrick will be celebrating the release of his bran spankin new single The Last Peep Show. Incidentally, it’s already available on something called “iTunes.” You can purchase the song by clicking anywhere on the rest of this sentence. But about tonight … we, as in Jamie, Adnrea and I, will be playing with Andy at a place called Rockwood Music Hall. I’ve never heard of it, but I think it’s on Staten Island. Anyway, if you find it, we go on at 9pm. And while you’re there, be sure to say hi to Andy so he can give you something called a “Download Card” for the Deluxe Download Of The Last Peep Show which features not only the song The Last Peep Show but also one song each from his last two albums respectively and and and and the actual real life demo recording of the song, The Last Peep Show, and wait, that’s not all, if you come tonight you will also get in your download of the Deluxe Download Of The Last Peep Show something called a PDF of the story of how the song The Last Peep Show was written and, wait! that’s not all either, because as part of this special offer you will also additionally get not just the songs and old and the story behind the song but also, get this, the actual SHEET MUSIC for The Last Peep Show, in the convenient PDF format which you can print and put on the music stand of the piano in your grandmother’s house that no one plays anymore because FOX News is always blaring in the background to cover up the sound from granpa’s weed wacker and I am not sure where this sentence stopped making sense. Or something.
