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Watch Two Videos from the Tierney’s Performance

What a gig!

I had a blast playing with Christina Alessi and the Toll Collectors last Friday night at Tierney’s Tavern in Montclair, NJ – 12/12/14. It was so great to play in a band with such excellent musicians.

Here was the line up:
Christina Alessi: voice and acoustic guitar
Jon Andrew: Bass
Josh Bicknell: Drums
Ty Tuschen: Guitar
Mari Hubley: Mandolin/ Vox
Sean-David Cunningham: Epic Violin

Here was the setlist:

Tierneys_12-12-14

Watch a cover of Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me”
In case the embed doesn’t work above, here’s the link: http://youtu.be/PetxyoxW2Kk

Watch a cover of “Wagon Wheel” (which actually has a pretty interesting origin story):
In case the embed doesn’t work above, here’s the link: http://youtu.be/MwjWWagcN8U

We hope to do it all over again sometime soon. Stay tuned!

Five Songs from the Espresso Joe’s Performance

Here’s a YouTube playlist of five songs from my performance at Espresso Joe’s last month. Thanks to my parents for capturing these on their iPhones!

The playlist includes:

  1. “Pompeii” – cover of Bastille
  2. “Tired” – original double-breasted song featuring Ardith Collins on cello
  3. “Say Something” – cover of A Great Big World featuring Ardith Collins on cello and my sister on backing vocals
  4. “Across the Universe” on ukelele
  5. “Melt with You” – cover of Modern English

If you can’t see the video playlist embedded below, click here.

Watch a New Video for “You Smiled Because You Knew”

Today, I’m releasing a new video for my instrumental piece, “You Smiled Because You Knew.”

You may remember my recent blog post about the importance of its title. And how it’s the most listened-to piece of music I’ve made so far (but only because of it’s title).

I filmed this video from a plane, while departing from New York’s LaGuardia airport back in June. It was a beautifully clear Saturday morning as I took off en route to Atlanta, GA. I think the music pairs really nicely with the feeling of becoming airborne and the beautiful view of Manhattan looking south. You see all of Central Park, the bridges that connect Queens and the Bronx, and finishes as the plane crosses over the Hudson River into New Jersey.

Check out the video below.
If you don’t see the video below, use this link: http://youtu.be/HgQgDr0CL-A

Another interesting fact about this piece of music – It’s licensed under Creative Commons, which gives you permission to share, remix, and build upon this piece of music so long as you include a credit and use the music non-commercially.

If you’d like to use this piece for something you’re currently working on, please do so! I’d be honored. Just download the audio using the link below, add a credit to your work, and let me know about it.

The audio track is available for immediate download for $0.69 right here.

Hope you enjoy it!

Northern Soul Recap

What a great night at Northern Soul! A very special thanks to those who attended. It had been awhile since my last solo acoustic show and it felt so great to have your support. You are awesome.

Here’s the setlist:

Northern Soul Setlist 01-18-14

And here’s a short clip of the first verse from “If You Stay.”

Remember, you can still download my live acoustic record, Banding Together 2013, which was named #5 Live Album of 2013 by blowupradio.com.

Name your price and download it here.

New Song – “You Are the One”

Introducing a new original song, “You Are the One.” Enjoy!

Shareable link: http://youtu.be/5W-h9bNVY1k

Lyrics:

If I could get another try
Paint a second coat
Cover up the gaps I left the first time

Maybe you’d be happy
And find out what that means
And this would all be so much easier

You are the one
You are the one
You are the one
I need

If I could get my mind together
Write it in a book
Spell out all these thoughts I’ve kept inside

Maybe you’d relate again
And you’d read everything
And this would all be so much easier

You are the one
You are the one
You are the one
I need

If I could get you back again
I’d change everything
Give you something you have never seen

I don’t know where this takes us
I’m not sure if it ends
I only know I’m never going back to who I’ve been

You are the one
You are the one
You are the one
I need

You are the one
You are the one
You are the one
For me

(c) Josh Bicknell 2012. All rights reserved.