Looking Back and Moving Forward
Dec 23, 2008 Moving
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I’ve got a show coming up on Monday the 29th. My first solo show in two years.
The last time around, I had some trouble. I couldn’t figure out how to give the songs the groove they needed by myself, so I assumed the answer was more stuff. I brought in Ableton Live. I had a set of MIDI footpedals, programmed to do different things for each song. I layered keyboard tracks live, I looped harmony vocals, I wrote a nonsense song onstage… I even beatboxed. I had a binder on stage to help me keep track of all the details. It was a disaster. I spent far too much of the show hunched over the laptop, trying not to panic.
Here are some parts that worked.
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Arthur and the Geniuses – Live at DROM 3/16/08
Mar 29, 2008 Shows
We had a show at DROM two weekends ago with Jon Braman and Miché Fambro. We had a blast, and we were lucky enough to get some high-quality video, thanks to our friend Osmany Tellez. Thanks, Osmany!
Here are my favorites from the gig:
Subterranean Homesick Alien
A cover, from Radiohead’s OK Computer
Far Side of Town
Something Beautiful
A new song, still in progress.
Credits:
Arthur Lewis: vocals, piano
Marie Lewis: vocals, tambourine, glockenspiel
Kyle McEneaney: guitar, vocals
Matty Fasano: bass, vocals
Brady Miller: drums
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Big News
Jun 3, 2007 Uncategorized
So I didn’t get any work done on the album Thursday night. But I had a good reason, really! I swear!
We auditioned a new drummer, and I was sleepily milling over the recording of his audition, while triple-checking with Matty and Marie to make sure my excitement wasn’t unjustified.
It wasn’t. He’s awesome, and his name is Brad. The band is back in session.
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Day 2
May 15, 2007 Uncategorized
I just got home from rehearsal with the Geniuses. Since we don’t have a drummer anymore, it’s just me, Matty (our bass player), and my sister Marie (who sings). Matty forgot his bass, so he played acoustic guitar.
And it was so sweet. I love that feeling of friends and family making quiet music together at home. I could feel pieces falling into place tonight, grooves starting to lock in. Harmonies are starting to unfold in my head, ideas of how to really make this music beautiful. And Marie bought us these really cute band pins.
It just feels good to be with them. I can’t wait to play with them onstage. I’ve been building up so much in the past few months as a performer and as a person, and I’m itching to give that to an audience. I need to get out there and share that feeling with the world.
But everything comes at a price. No work on the album tonight. I need to get some sleep.
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