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Thanks to Dan Cole, the host of WVBR’s “Tuesdays with the Band” program, we now have a copy of our broadcast interview from 29 January 2008.
You can listen to the show along with photos from the studio on the Snake Oil Salesmen website here.
Here I am in my new Utilikilt at the Snake Oil Salesmen 16 Feb 2008 gig. We played at The Nines in Ithaca, NY and it was an amazing concert — I’m processing all of the audio and video and hope to get some things posted to the Snake Oil Salesmen website within a few days.
The kilt was the birthday present mentioned in an earlier blog post. It is so comfortable to wear, I’ve already ordered a second one, and I’m planning to purchase a third. So far, I’ve done all my ordering from The Kilted Nation in Manassas, VA and they’ve been very responsive both in shipping as well as a few pre-sales support questions. I’ve got a conference (Internet Security Training Workshop) I will be attending in Virginia early next month and I plan to stop by their brick-and-mortar store when I get a chance.
Nancy just ordered my birthday present. We’ve been talking about it for a while and I think she was tired of all the talking and has made a stand to make me put up or shut up.
I’ll expose the details about the gift later this month as long as its not too cold.
It was nice that the start of the RPM Challenge this year was at the start of a weekend. It let me give my attention to writing new songs without much distraction.
My project, the “War Morgan Project“, is coming along. I’ve got bits and pieces coming together with either melodies or chord progressions defined for eight songs so far. I’ve got lyrics coming along for three songs so far.
No names other than Logic Pro filenames for the songs so far; it looks like its going to be a mix of rock, jazz, and electronic styles.
Everything here is subject to change, but this is what I’ve got so far:
WMP-1 – Catchy rhythm hook with variations on a lead
WMP-2 – Variations on a bass riff
WMP-3 – VIm IV V VIm ballad in D
WMP-4 – VIm I II IV VIm piece in Eb
WMP-5 – I IVm IIIb VIIb I in F
WMP-6 – I VIm IIm V I in A
WMP-7 – I IIm IIIm IV V I in Bb
WMP-8 – Ambient Electronic
WMP-9 -
WMP-10 -
One website I found very helpful was the Hot Frets Progressionator which is a Flash application that generates sample chord progressions. I find it a nice tool to help me get started.
I’m pretty happy with where I’m at with the project, between work and the upcoming gig with my band Snake Oil Salesmen at The Nines in Ithaca on Saturday, the 16th at 10pm, I’m not going to have much time to work on the songs until after that gig is finished.
– Paul Schuh
