Time For Another Round (Gold Edition) contains the 10 drinking songs on the original TFAR album, plus the six from the Three Pints Irish EP. It's never too early to start getting ready for St. Patrick's Day!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
On Monday December 19 I'll have a limited quantity of the drinking songs CD Time For Another Round (Gold Edition) in stock. A lot of people have expressed interest in a copy, so I'm putting up a PayPal button today. I will ship/deliver CDs as soon as they arrive.
Time For Another Round (Gold Edition) contains the 10 drinking songs on the original TFAR album, plus the six from the Three Pints Irish EP. It's never too early to start getting ready for St. Patrick's Day!
Time For Another Round (Gold Edition) contains the 10 drinking songs on the original TFAR album, plus the six from the Three Pints Irish EP. It's never too early to start getting ready for St. Patrick's Day!
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
The 2011 Tour - a work in progress.
Things are taking shape, and I'm long overdue on updating, so here we go! First off, the tour is going to happen earlier in the year than originally planned. I'll be hitting the road on Memorial Day weekend, and playing shows through the first two weeks of June. This is a slow time for shows here in New Hampshire, so it fits well with the rest of my schedule. And here is the rough itinerary, as it stands: May 30 - Fleetwood, Pennsylvania June 1 - Asheville, North Carolina (at the Anam Cara Theatre Company) June 3 - Fort Meyers, Florida (if I'm crazy enough to drive that far south) June 6 - Austin, Texas June 11/12 - New York City (for Song Fight Live NYC) There are still holes to fill and connections to make, but it looks like I'm off to Texas and back. Suggestions for stops along the way are certainly welcome. (Suggestions accompanied with couchsurfing offers will be considered more heavily. Heh.)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Sidewalk Cafe, NYC, 2009.
I played a set in 2009 at the Sidewalk Cafe, as part of the Song Fight Presents: NYC show. I'm working on making this room a stop on the 2011 tour. Fun!
Jim Tyrell_ Red Zero from Glen Phillips on Vimeo.
Jim Tyrell _ I Know My Rights from Glen Phillips on Vimeo.
Jim Tyrell_ Hey Ruth from Glen Phillips on Vimeo.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Song Spotlight - Courage
I wrote this song for Song Fight (http://www.songfight.org/). The demo was a simple guy-and-guitar version; the full arrangement on Onward To Yesterday fills the song out nicely. This song was the first test of the recording facilities at my house; I had to move everything back home after the flood at the Ashland studio.
Courage
You've seen the vision
The course is charted out
Made your decision
But still you fight the doubt
Can't lose another minute waiting for help
You won't get what you need from anyone else
You've got to look for the courage to convince yourself
You've done the good thing - you've done the only thing
You sent the message
You had the bridges burned
No time for guesses
No option to return
Can't lose another minute waiting for help
You won't get what you need from anyone else
You've got to look for the courage to convince yourself
You've done the good thing - you've done the only thing
(instr.)
And now you're all alone and looking for help
A thousand miles away from anyone else
You better look for the courage to convince yourself
You've done the good thing
This song (and all the others on Onward To Yesterday) can be heard by visitng the mp3 page on this site.
Courage
You've seen the vision
The course is charted out
Made your decision
But still you fight the doubt
Can't lose another minute waiting for help
You won't get what you need from anyone else
You've got to look for the courage to convince yourself
You've done the good thing - you've done the only thing
You sent the message
You had the bridges burned
No time for guesses
No option to return
Can't lose another minute waiting for help
You won't get what you need from anyone else
You've got to look for the courage to convince yourself
You've done the good thing - you've done the only thing
(instr.)
And now you're all alone and looking for help
A thousand miles away from anyone else
You better look for the courage to convince yourself
You've done the good thing
This song (and all the others on Onward To Yesterday) can be heard by visitng the mp3 page on this site.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Oh, it's on.
Thank you. Thank you so much. My Kickstarter project has met its minimum, and is on its way to being declared a success on December 26! I am so grateful for the people who have stepped up to help make this dream come true.
There are still 26 days to go, and I got to thinking: what can I do for the backers of my project as the thing continues to grow? Well, I've been spending some time in the studio recently (by myself and with a couple friends), and here's my idea:
If the project reaches $3,000, then EVERYBODY who backs it will get a copy of a new album of previously unreleased original material. That's right, I'm putting together an album exclusively for my Kickstarter backers. The only way you can get it is to be a part of the project. If you pledge $25 or more, you get a physical copy on CD. Less than $25 gets you a mp3 download of the full album.
I'll put up a full post about this upcoming album soon, but for now, I'll just say that it is a wholly lipogrammatic work. That is to say, its lyrics do not contain a particular character. In fact, this character is not found in this paragraph. (I was writing a lipogramattic book, but I found it too long a form; song lyrics suit my writing inclinations, though.) As I said, full information about this bonus album is forthcoming.
Thank you once again. I could not possibly be more excited. :)
There are still 26 days to go, and I got to thinking: what can I do for the backers of my project as the thing continues to grow? Well, I've been spending some time in the studio recently (by myself and with a couple friends), and here's my idea:
If the project reaches $3,000, then EVERYBODY who backs it will get a copy of a new album of previously unreleased original material. That's right, I'm putting together an album exclusively for my Kickstarter backers. The only way you can get it is to be a part of the project. If you pledge $25 or more, you get a physical copy on CD. Less than $25 gets you a mp3 download of the full album.
I'll put up a full post about this upcoming album soon, but for now, I'll just say that it is a wholly lipogrammatic work. That is to say, its lyrics do not contain a particular character. In fact, this character is not found in this paragraph. (I was writing a lipogramattic book, but I found it too long a form; song lyrics suit my writing inclinations, though.) As I said, full information about this bonus album is forthcoming.
Thank you once again. I could not possibly be more excited. :)
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
God Hates Penguins.
My old friend and screenprinting buddy Keith Morrissey showed up at my show on Saturday (I was playing at the Sunset Grill in Campton). He brought me a shirt he had designed and printed, inspired by my song God Hates Penguins. I think it looks pretty fantastic.
The song appears on the Onward To Yesterday album, and I almost didn't put it on there. I felt it might be a little out of place. But a lot of people told me they liked it, so I went ahead with it. And now there's a t-shirt! I'm working on making these available if anyone wants to get one. Interested? :)
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