An Old Thing...

I originally wrote this song this past summer right before Independence Day. My mom has always been opposed to fireworks so it was extremely rare for us to be shooting off Roman Candles in the middle of the street. I thought the idea of having fireworks in your basement and burning down the whole city was cool so I wrote a song. I finished the song a week ago and I wanted to share it with all of my followers.

It's called Roman candles.

Thing-a-week #3 - You, My Ukulele!

The song is about my old ukulele and the times we had playing with my band The Scribbles

Check out our music at http://www.myspace.com/thescribbles1

Lyrics:

There you lay in the corner

So lonely and disgraceful

I'll pick you up and strum away

Because I know that you are playful

I'll start a band and play happy songs

we'll play them all night but they won't be long

People will watch and clap their hands

We'll play lots of shows with lots of bands

You: My Ukulele

And Me

You: My Ukulele

And Me

We'll pack up our gear

as stage lights glow

and head off to another show

Microphones and lots of noise

We'll play our music

with an infants toys

You: My Ukulele

And Me

You: My Ukulele

And Me

The night will come and we'll say goodbye

We'll sleep right through the cold sunrise

We'll write more songs

and practice a lot

we'll stick together

through cold and hot

You: My Ukulele

And Me

You: My Ukulele

And Me

You: My Ukulele

And Me

You: My Ukulele

And Me

Urgent Announcement!

Bob Dylan will be coming to the Shrine Mosque in Springfield, MO on October 25. He is touring very few cities this time so it's strange that he would play in this boring old town. Paste considered him the greatest living songwriter. Tickets are a bank busting $46 but most of Springfield will try to make it in.

My plan is to sell "soy bomb" shirts in front of the entrance.

Try to make it if you can. Should be an awesome show.

Thing-a-week #2 - Ode to Mrs. Bowerman

This is an ode to math, french, and reading teacher Mrs. Bowerman.

Lyrics:

Chorus:

You're the best teacher around

You make all the kids feel happy and free

You're the best teacher around

Verse 1

Extremely gifted

a part-time author

born in canada

two sons and a daughter

great sense of humor

but somewhat clumsy

four dimensional

but you won't tell me what that means

Chorus ( I think I say greatest here)

Verse 2

You dance with the kids

and admire our talents

leading jam sessions

with constructive comments

Teach us reading french and math

but we never sit on our ath

you teach us so much that our heads explode

we don't compare to the other kids

they might as well be toads

Chorus

If I were in trouble

and I were on fire

You'd bring a bucket of water

and nothing would be dire

I'm learning more and more

in more and more ways

I'm teaching all my friends

before they plummet their grades

Chorus

Thing-a-week #1

As the first blog entry I would like to give a summary of the project. I plan on writing and recording a song once a week (similar to Johnathan Coulton and Bishop Allen.) If I don't get around to making a song I will review a new album or talk about something music related. I hope you enjoy it. It will be fun for you and me.

I just wrote this song, so it's short and simple. I don't really know what the song is about but I have an idea. I think it was kinda aimed at people who try to hide their true personality but fail miserably. I recorded it using the mic and web-cam on my mac. I was running iMovie on OS X 1.5.8. I use a Lanikai LU-21CE tuned to standard GCEA uke tuning.

The song is called "The Animal Inside"