I will sing you a song every day this week.
I will sing them from my couch.
The songs are not mine,
They are written by others.
Covers,
Couch Covers.
Today’s Couch Cover is “Bullets” by Editors. Enjoy!
Shareable link to the video: http://youtu.be/IRcHjypmfPE
I will sing you a song every day this week.
I will sing them from my couch.
The songs are not mine,
They are written by others.
Covers,
Couch Covers.
Today’s Couch Cover is “She” by Green Day. Enjoy!
Shareable link to the video: http://youtu.be/jvtBLaV55ts
I will sing you a song every day this week.
I will sing them from my couch.
The songs are not mine,
They are written by others.
Covers,
Couch Covers.
Today’s Couch Cover is “Growing Up” by Bruce Springsteen. Enjoy!
Sharable link to the video: http://youtu.be/q8VjrFgCpEs
Many thanks to John Pfeiffer and The Aquarian for a generous feature on double-breasted and our new song “Holiday Sparkle” this week.
Here’s one paragraph from the article:
The song is called “Holiday Sparkle” and is available on both iTunes and CDBaby. They call this song a “mood lightener,” specifically aimed at easing tensions and tirades at the ole’ family holiday get-together. What better way to shut that loud, opinionated trap on Uncle Nick than by playing music that distracts the curmudgeon and improves the room’s overall mood? Double Breasted is an educated trio that met while earning degrees in music at The College of New Jersey. They’ve managed to blend their classical backgrounds with current pop and alt-styled rock trends of today.
Check out the rest of the article here.
Here’s the full hyperlink if you’d like to share it: http://www.theaquarian.com/2011/12/07/shoreworld-double-breasted-mike-montrey-and-remembering-don-hill/
“Holiday Sparkle” will put a smile on your face and some fa la la’s in your holiday spirit. It’s the latest single from my band, double-breasted.
It’s available for $0.99 on the iTunes store right now!
Click here or on the image below to download a copy for yourself.
P.S. – Don’t forget to get in on the video contest for this song!
Soon, double-breasted will be releasing a new original holiday song called “Holiday Sparkle.”
Even though it will be available to purchase on iTunes, we want to give you a chance to get it for FREE. All you need to do is show us how you sparkle.
Don’t worry, we won’t make you dress up like an elf.
Here’s what you’ll need to do:
Deadline: Sunday, December 11th
The Best Part: We will combine the best of your holiday sparkle into a music video for our new song, “Holiday Sparkle!”
It will be magical.
Even the LIRR can show some holiday sparkle. Why can’t we?
The title for my piece, “You Smiled Because You Knew” was actually taken from a quote I originally saw on a Tumblr blog – i can read. The quote was set over an image. I loved the combination of the two. The quote was attributed to William Shakespeare.
When I saw you I fell in love
And you smiled because you knew
Beautiful, right?
I made it a favorite on my blog reader and would revisit it every now and again. Then it occurred to me. This quote sounded NOTHING like Shakespeare’s writing. I am by no means a Shakespeare expert, but the language and sentence structure seemed completely out of context. What had happened? Had someone lifted each line separately and put them together in a new way?
I was intrigued.
On to Google. The top hit was actually a Wikipedia entry for a list of common misquotations. Yet, there were many other hits that attached Shakespeare’s name to the quote… like a Top 100 list of Shakespeare quotes to use on Valentine’s Day.
It turns out that this quote actually belongs to poet, journalist, novelist and composer, Arrigo Boito.
I am fascinated by the way such a seemingly obvious error could be so widespread. You might say to me, “There’s a lot of junk and false information on the internet.” Well, yes that’s true. Yet, I wonder if this speaks to something larger.
Today, ideas spread quickly. Copy/paste keyboard shortcuts are easier to recall than friends’ phone numbers. The ideas that are shared are the ideas that win our attention. We share things that we love, even if we don’t bother to check into the validity or accuracy of these things.
It’s easy to quote Shakespeare not only because we love his work, but because he’s given us free access to share and perform it. And how ironic that his works are still among the most performed today.
He’s given credit for beautiful quotes that aren’t even his.
I composed and performed “You Smiled Because You Knew” completely on an iPad. The sounds you hear are samples of real instruments, but the device I used to create the music didn’t require me to actually touch a “real” instrument. Does knowing this fact make the music less credible or authentic?
The piece is free for you to listen to and share. If the player doesn’t appear below, click here.
I composed and recorded an instrumental piece for two pianos, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, and drum set. The odd part? I composed and recorded the entire piece on my iPad using virtual instruments in the GarageBand app. It’s called “You Smiled Because You Knew.”
Feel free to share it and comment below. Hope you enjoy it!
If the player does not appear above, please click here to listen to the song. It will open in a new window.
PS – As always, the mailing list was first to know about this new track. Click here to join the mailing list.
Last Saturday, I travelled south on the BQE, traversed two bridges to the NJ Turnpike, made a pit stop at Richard Stockton for car fuel and human fuel, and then headed west on the PA Turnpike. My final destination was the quaint little town of Malvern, PA, home to one of double-breasted’s top Kickstarter backers – Michele. She threw a soiree/living room concert and also invited her band, Victoria Spaeth and the Spaeth Cadets. In addition to the house concert, one of her rewards as a Kickstarter backer was to choose a cover song she’d like us to perform.
Thanks to the magic of YouTube, you can also enjoy her cover choice. Also, it’s her favorite song of all time. (No pressure, right?)
Dave Matthews Band’s, “Lie in Our Graves”
You can also watch the rest of our set, including one of my songs “Lullabye.”
My next performance is with double-breasted at an outdoor festival along the Morris Canal in Wharton, NJ. It’s a family-friendly event that starts at 10am. We play at noon under the gazebo.
Saturday, August 20th
with double-breasted
Canal Day
Hugh Force Canal Park – Gazebo Stage
170 West Central Ave.
Wharton, NJ
10am – 5pm
Performance Time: 12 noon
Canal Day’s official website is canalday.org.