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

   » My Freak Girl «

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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Song of the Month Club Announced

   » A new song every month; who could ask for anything more? «

Recently, I’ve hinted at big changes in the way I approach music in general and production specifically, so now it’s time to put my money where my mouth is and share those ideas with the world.

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Countdown to Breakfast Television

I’ll be on BT this Wednesday morning!

For some reason, I have this brain that creates music whether I want it to or not. Sometimes it’s a gift, sometimes it’s downright maddening. Oh well, whatchya gonna do?

A few weeks ago, I was sitting in front of my TV wolfing down breakfast watching Breakfast Television (BT) on CityTV (Toronto) when one of the hosts (Kevin Frankish) mentions that their segment “Ask Kevin and Dina” could really use some theme music. I start thinking to myself that I should write them a little jingle.

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