Fred Leo

It’s actually 5 American terrorism suspects in Pakistan, but one could also imagine it as:

• Shuttle service from taping of the Joy Behar Show.
• The Tournament of Roses Parade Jack Bauer float.

You get the idea.

Check these possible levels artist support options for Linda Thompson. I wonder they meant “Champaign Socialist” or “Champagne Socialist.” One is countryside and the other gets you drunk — I think.

The ultimate, of course, is pay her $100,000 and she won’t make a CD at all. Brilliant! I’ve not heard her, but I already like her.

UPDATE 2-2-2010: Up to the seventh mix now, and I sure hope it’s the last. Sure wish I had the Waves plugins.

The sketch I’ve been working on is now a song, and here’s the third mix of it, free.

In case you’re not a twitter follower and didn’t catch the excerpt to determine if you want it, here’s a sample of the song from mix 2.

Here’s the whole song.

  Tumbleweeds Free Mix3 (5.4 MiB, 26 hits)

Wait, I remixed. Try this one./

  Tumbleweeds 5 (5.4 MiB, 33 hits)

And here are the lyrics:

Tumbleweeds/Riding on that breeze/Tumbleweeds/Got me on my knees

Got me a girl, and she’s just too fine/One day I know that I’ll come home to find/(nothing but) tumbleweeds/Riding on that breeze

Went to a psychic with a crystal ball/She rubbed that thing, and you know what she saw/Tumbleweeds/I’m on my dusty knees

It’s time to move on/time to ride that breeze/with those tumbleweeds

There’s a cold wind blowin’/blowin’ through the factories/a chill wind blowin’/from Seattle to the Keys

Sent some saviors up to DC/Looked inside their heads where the common sense should be/and I saw tumbleweeds/it’s got me on my dusty knees

It’s time to move on/time to ride that breeze/with those tumbleweeds

I do love Paste magazine. I should probably pay them money and subscribe — if they’re into that kind of thing.

Anyway, here’s a cool interview in PASTE with a guy from DEVO.

Note the last section of the article. A record sells 30,000 copies, but it’s licensed for $5 million.

I still don’t know what the lyrics will be for this thing,but I think this will work for the lead-outro. Suggestions welcome. I was thinking of making it about Nuevo Laredo, but to make it genuine I’d have to actually go there, and I don’t want that.

rocksketch 1-28-10 outro

UPDATE 1-27

Made some progress on the riff-based track, though the bass still needs fixing here and there. Thinking of dropping out a guitar at the tail for a lead outro.  Lyrics TBD…I wonder if Rome is burning. No I don’t. it is. Anyway, here’s the latest.

1-27 riff sketch progress

For the truly curious recording types, this was played on a Godin Exit 22 through a Vox VT30, headphone out to 1/4 inch ins of a Focusrite Saffire. Bass is from a Roland VG-99.

Thought I’d explore something if the riff-based, old school genre, and I think I’ll press ahead from this. Yeah, it started after watching a vid of a ZZ Top rehearsal. Just two guitars, bass and a monotonous drum loop now, but I think with some work it could move.

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If you downloaded the Southern Accents cover but would prefer it at higher volume, here ya go. southern accents cover louder

I’m done now, honest.

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• Worst tease ever: "This congressman wants to stop spending and cut taxes, but can he get the rest of D.C. on board? Find out tonight." #
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• Consumer tip: Thinking of a kitchen sink? Don't buy the one I bought. We call our American Substandard. http://bit.ly/8uCQw7 #
• RT @badbanana: Tonight Show Classic starring Jay Leno. New Tonight Show starring Conan O'Brien. There. Marketing disaster averted. #
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• RT @jtLOL: 12 hours until http://dailycaller.com launches. Assuming this hasn't all been some elaborate practical joke. OMG, I sold my car. #
• @ThisIsRobThomas Great one! Sticky, stick bass line. in reply to ThisIsRobThomas #
• Tonights meal is a metaphor. Wife bought all the ingredients, then lost the recipe. #
• RT @Bobosphere: SXSW here I come. Scheduled to speak about "The Chaos Scenario" March 16. Alert your friends and the liquor trade. #
• @SmeltzieLA Well, of course it *should,* but it's Sunday — in Georgia. Guess I could go drink at the Pink Pony. in reply to SmeltzieLA #
• Today's Extreme Recession Shopping: Decided a Walmart throw rug *and* a wine stopper was extravagant. Went with wine stopper. #
• The guitar being introduced at NAMM. Lesser cutaways will have self-esteem issues. http://bit.ly/60fuR6 #
• @NJLioness Hmm, that does create the intriguing promise of thinking about Tim Carney's talk on his book "Obamanomics" while hypothermic… in reply to NJLioness #
• Heaven help me, I'm enjoying C-SPAN2. #
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Here’s a fantastic video of the mighty Sony Landreth. You can really observe his technique. Or just enjoy great slide-based music.