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2 Songs Used in Webisode Series 'The Oligarch Duplicity'

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My songs Spinning Daydream and 20/20 Foresight are being used in the new spy-thriller webisode series, The Oligarch Duplicity.  Sweet!

They’re in Episode 3, which aired today, and which I’m embedding below. Saxon Mills is the digital video company producing the series. They’re also producing an online fictional newspaper, The Metrocity Times, containing articles and columns that refer to events unfolding in The Oligarch Duplicity.

You can play the “I Heard a GarageSpin Song” Drinking Game with me by sipping your favorite beverage every time you hear one of the tunes in the background…




Song Pages Now Have Guitar Tabs – Record a Cover & I'll Post It

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I finally got around to updating my song page templates to include guitar tabs, background info, and recording gear used.  If you record yourself playing a song, let me know and I’ll post the audio or video here. (Which reminds me, I need to create remixable audio clips of my vocals and instrumentals…)

I’ve received a decent amount of requests for guitar tabliture for both “Spinning Daydream” and “20/20 Foresight” lately, and figured it was time create some.  Though it’s not fully developed tabliture — I didn’t include strum patterns — hopefully you’ll be able to figure it out from what I’ve provided.

If you try a song and have questions, please let me know.  More importantly, if you record audio or video of yourself playing a song, definitely let me know, and I’ll post it on a soon-to-be-launched “Your Stuff” page.

Oh, and I also included “background info” for each song for songwriting geeks,  and “recording software/gear used” for each song for gear heads.  It’s always fun to share ‘n’ compare, right?  No doubt.

Home Made Hit Show Podcast: My First Podcast Airplay

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Last week, I completely forgot to mention a milestone for GarageSpin: I received my first podcast airplay.  Hopefully, now that I’ve finally settled on a band name (GarageSpin), and I’m finally trying to get heard, there will be more.

“20/20 Foresight” was included in the Home Made Hit Show podcast a week ago or so.  Tony Buttersworth (I can’t help but wonder if that’s a stage name?) runs the weekly show, and talks about songwriting, production techniques, software and gear for DIY songwriters recording at home.  Each show then features a few songs from said DIY musicians, which the hosts critique.

If you’re interested, you can listen to the podcast episode here: Episode mp3.

A couple notes:

  • “20/20 Foresight” is at the very end of the podcast.
  • Tony mentions that at first listen, he thought it was a pro studio recording.  (Thanks for the compliment, Tony, but nope, it was a living room recording.)
  • Tony and his co-host both complimented the string section, but incorrectly state that I had real friends play real instruments for it.  The truth is, the cello you hear throughout the song is real, and played by me (requiring many, many takes, and much splicing).  But the string section that appears at the end of the song I created in Reason 2.5 (violin, viola, and double bass).

Thanks again to the Home Made Hit Show for my first podcast airplay.