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Song of the Month Club #2: “Coney Island Sideshow Freak Girl”

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An exploratory journey into the world of old school country ballads

Here’s a tune I came up with around last Christmas. In the spirit of the season, I was listening to a lot of Tom Waits, finding myself particularly drawn to rootsier ballads, especially “Looking for the Heart of Saturday Night.”

At the same time, I saw an episode of Miami Ink where the gang went to Coney Island to tattoo some of the sideshow performers.

Suffice to say, it didn’t take long before my subconscious started singing the praises of the women in the sideshow in a decidedly Waits-ian manner. Now, I’m no Tom Waits, to say the very least, but I tried to record the song staying as true to the original inspiration as I could.

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Studio Log: 2008 September 12

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Masters of Song Fu #2 Round 2 Proves to be Hard Work

Well, it’s been a long hard road since last Friday, when I found out the exact nature of the challenge for MoSF#2 Round 2 (start a dance craze based on a famous inventor). I don’t think I’ve even put in this much time on a single recording before.

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The dust has settled; now what?

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More Song Fu & a Freak Girl too!

The details of Masters of Song Fu #2 Round 2 were published on Friday, the morning after I hit the substantial completion mark on the recording phase of October’s Song of the Month Club offering, “Coney Island Sideshow Freak Girl.” Long story short, sleep deprivation is starting to get the best of me.

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Sneak peak at two new songs

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Rough work ready to go on “Coney Island Sideshow Freak Girl” and “We All Agree”

I’ve had this burning ambition for a while to record a few pop songs. When I say a while, I guess I mean a couple of decades.

Anyway, I’ve put together a few scraps over the last few years whenever I could catch a break from diaper duty, and I think I can safely say I’ve got the bed tracks for two songs ready to head into the studio. Listen below:

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