{video} My NPR “Tiny Desk” Contest Entry
NPR has an annual contest
Every year, NPR has a contest for people, independent musicians, to send in videos of themselves (or their bands) performing a piece of original music, with a desk nearby. It’s in the rules: there must be a desk. The winner gets flown to Washington, D.C., to perform in the studio and be broadcast all over the country. A friend sent me the link, so I made this video and entered.
Another friend saw the video and called me Mr. Rogers. Everybody is a comedian.
[video] Winter Blue
Created from a seven-and-a-half hour hi-res video made available by Channel NRK2, on the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. I felt it would be perfect for “winter blue,” from the album “the seasons [remixed/remastered].” Finally got around to doing the edits. Yes, very happy with it!
Watch full-screen with a good sound system!
From the NRK2 website: Friday November 27th, over 1,2 million Norwegians watched parts of «Bergensbanen» on NRK2. The longest documentary ever? At least the longest we have made, almost 7 1/2 hours, showing every minute of the scenic train ride between Bergen on the Norwegian west coast, crossing the mountains to the capital of Oslo.
Original download page: http://nrkbeta.no/bergensbanen
English: https://nrkbeta.no/2009/12/18/bergensbanen-eng/
In The Studio, Recording “One Man’s Opinion Of Moonlight” ~ Photos by Jody Frost
Tracking guitar parts – Photography by Jody Frost
In the control room, Gabriel Shepard at the helm.
Producer Grant Taylor in the back
Singing
More singing
Listening to playback
Looking at a song
Overdubbing a flub
Almost done for the night
{video} Fountain Of You
I shot this video out at Cambria recently.
Kickstarter Campaign for my next album, “One Man’s Opinion Of Moonlight”
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Limited edition signed prints are part of rewards package.
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Celeste
From my album Pop Down The Years.
The Big Shimmer
For an account of the genesis and production of The Big Shimmer, click here.
New Video: “summer of ’68”
New Show – Octopus Literary Salon
2101 Franklin St.
Oakland, CA
May 13, 2016
NOTE new time: 8:00 p.m. sharp!
Rachel Efron, for whose work I cannot overstate my admiration, asked me to open for her this coming Friday, May 13, in downtown Oakland.
Rachel is songwriting chanteuse without peer: her songs are melodic, smart, haunting, perfectly crafted, hopelessly romantic. I fall in love with her every time I see her play. I am not alone.
Rachel Efton
The other person on the show, Mike Oliviero, hails from LA.
It will be a great show!
Suggested donation $10.
One Man’s Opinion Of Moonlight
Pop Down The Years
the seasons
the new cover