1.96_SONGS_FOR_MY_BAND_a.mp3
Side A
I recorded over a Son Volt CD single, some musical numbers, at a period in my life where I was listening to The Modern Lovers album The Modern Lovers, also on cassette, at least once a day. I think the band I was in was Dick Army, because I never was in any other band.
These lyrics are something about "walking down St. Mark's Place," rhyming with "get out of my face".
I was also quite fond of my New York No Wave tape, and its influence can be heard (or so I would have hoped) on the second song (around 2:10), which is played solely on the first two strings.
At 3:49 commences some music I recorded off the radio. I think the announcer is Danny Stiles.
My stuff comes in again at 5:15 or so.
Side B
Starts with solo guitar. It's funny how you can play the guitar for years, and never become any good. Many things in life are like this. Just doing them does not make you better at them, past a certain point. This is an important lesson on the value of training, and I learned it from being a mediocre (at best) guitar player and musician.
The thing is, we know how to be a better guitar player. Take lessons. Or, there are several dozen books you can read on the subject. But what about other things in life that are even more important? How do you become a better person? Or a better friend? Most people don't improve in these areas very much, or at all.
So remember, life does not make you improve. That which does not kill you does not necessarily make you any stronger, either.
There is a piece around 5:00 that I like. I should have plugged into an amp. Still, I like this one. It could be a Dick Army song that Matt Braun wrote.
7:30 - WTF? Mercifully, the tape ends.
Side A
I recorded over a Son Volt CD single, some musical numbers, at a period in my life where I was listening to The Modern Lovers album The Modern Lovers, also on cassette, at least once a day. I think the band I was in was Dick Army, because I never was in any other band.
These lyrics are something about "walking down St. Mark's Place," rhyming with "get out of my face".
I was also quite fond of my New York No Wave tape, and its influence can be heard (or so I would have hoped) on the second song (around 2:10), which is played solely on the first two strings.
At 3:49 commences some music I recorded off the radio. I think the announcer is Danny Stiles.
My stuff comes in again at 5:15 or so.
Side B
Starts with solo guitar. It's funny how you can play the guitar for years, and never become any good. Many things in life are like this. Just doing them does not make you better at them, past a certain point. This is an important lesson on the value of training, and I learned it from being a mediocre (at best) guitar player and musician.
The thing is, we know how to be a better guitar player. Take lessons. Or, there are several dozen books you can read on the subject. But what about other things in life that are even more important? How do you become a better person? Or a better friend? Most people don't improve in these areas very much, or at all.
So remember, life does not make you improve. That which does not kill you does not necessarily make you any stronger, either.
There is a piece around 5:00 that I like. I should have plugged into an amp. Still, I like this one. It could be a Dick Army song that Matt Braun wrote.
7:30 - WTF? Mercifully, the tape ends.