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saw some great blues last night. my favorite singer and artist in boston is probably dennis brennan and he plays with a band called the white owls when not doing his own thing. he makes me wanna play harp. he makes me wanna sell all my stuff quit all my jobs and thumb it around the country with a guitar.
before that, on wednesday, i went to an open mic in providence. little baby steps in part of something i'm going to start referring to as the BIG PLAN. the BIG PLAN is good for everyone, especially you and me, so contact your local representative and tell them you support it. anyway, played Ain't No Fury, then Lamb, then Worst in Me. went over really well, reminded me how much i like being alone onstage and with only the lyrics and a not-so-loud way of playing an acoustic. you can grab people by the neck and toss them somewhere emotionally when you play it right.
anyway, still catchin up from my trip, time to go. come see us thursday, we're planning some jimi (as usual)
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1.23.2010
1.20.2010
drive my car
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i've been traveling and i like it. i missed it. i like that moment the airplane lifts, lurches and you suddenly have a new set of priorities somewhere else in the world. i was in israel for a week and a half after spending the new year with Matty Nakoa as usual. it was an incredible experience, look for the pictures on facespace. i spent a day in NY after getting back to keep the adventure alive and have been re-pumped to be a man of the world ever since. blocked off the calendar and am planning east coast, cross to and down and back west coast, and canada driving trips for the summer with a guitar in the backseat.
you know, just polishing coconuts. that's not dirty, there's these monkeys that washed coconuts in the ocean on an island, and suddenly monkeys on an island many miles away started doing that too. so the universe is listening, and i'm saying somethin
we be mixin on this
pretty psyched. anyone know of mastering houses we might afford?
also, am i the only male who blow drys? got my usual "uncle Jessie" nickname on the israel trip. they're just jealous. i have an excellent technique for the blow dry too. it involves a staged action plan. gotta do a bit, shape it, give it a rest, come back, reattack. you know? otherwise you end up looking like this
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i've been traveling and i like it. i missed it. i like that moment the airplane lifts, lurches and you suddenly have a new set of priorities somewhere else in the world. i was in israel for a week and a half after spending the new year with Matty Nakoa as usual. it was an incredible experience, look for the pictures on facespace. i spent a day in NY after getting back to keep the adventure alive and have been re-pumped to be a man of the world ever since. blocked off the calendar and am planning east coast, cross to and down and back west coast, and canada driving trips for the summer with a guitar in the backseat.
you know, just polishing coconuts. that's not dirty, there's these monkeys that washed coconuts in the ocean on an island, and suddenly monkeys on an island many miles away started doing that too. so the universe is listening, and i'm saying somethin
we be mixin on this
pretty psyched. anyone know of mastering houses we might afford?
also, am i the only male who blow drys? got my usual "uncle Jessie" nickname on the israel trip. they're just jealous. i have an excellent technique for the blow dry too. it involves a staged action plan. gotta do a bit, shape it, give it a rest, come back, reattack. you know? otherwise you end up looking like this
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6.18.2009
desperate times
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i just made a cup of coffee. i hope i don't like it, i just need my mind to wake up to work just this once. i'm a little tired from last night's 5 miles!!! and figuring out jeff beck licks before that. equally difficult. no, more difficult. check out the new rough mixes of Hyde tunes on my website featuring Andre Lovelle and his choir. also, have been adding rasberry jelly to cookie shockers at night - new name, cookie rockers.
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i just made a cup of coffee. i hope i don't like it, i just need my mind to wake up to work just this once. i'm a little tired from last night's 5 miles!!! and figuring out jeff beck licks before that. equally difficult. no, more difficult. check out the new rough mixes of Hyde tunes on my website featuring Andre Lovelle and his choir. also, have been adding rasberry jelly to cookie shockers at night - new name, cookie rockers.
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6.08.2009
primary colors
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so my roomate joey, his girlfriend brianna, and i are running up and down blackstone blvd. we're gonna go further and further and soon do some races. i've been bikin with papa french who you probably see moonlighting on harp at solo gigs, and i'd like to swim too. could i do an iron man? DA DA, DA DA DA! that may be getting ahead of myself, i've done 20 miles on a bike, 4 running, and i look like a busted fishing lure in the water these days, but i think getting all he-manly might be nice. not to be confused with scott manley - great drummer if you're in LA. by the way if we do do some sort of running event our team is called the primary colors. joey's the blue ranger, brianna's the yellow ranger and i'm the red one of course.
i've been practicing a lot in the late hours too, diving into my old studies. jazzy, classical, and traditional they may be, but i always feel more comfortable playin blues and screamin rock when actively wankin, chopsing and being a fretboard cartographer by candle light in my off time.
drelove music's singers are coming over saturday to add some authentic LOVE LOVE LOVE to the end of I Wanna Love. that's pretty exciting, real gospel singing, on my record! i think i've got lead VOX in the can for Lay Your Fiddle Down, She Doesn't Know, and Big Dream now too, just gotta comp. the band and the solo experience have been cooking up a new original tune or 2 and i've got some new cover ideas that'll satisfy too. i do the guy singing a song originally by a girl about a guy thing backwards well. stonesy version of Hot n Cold, and a dark 6/8 Gloria Gaynor. speaking of covers, check out our gypsys at jerkys
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=58183194
and while you're in a movie mode, check out my favorite video of all time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tfNhL_R_rI
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so my roomate joey, his girlfriend brianna, and i are running up and down blackstone blvd. we're gonna go further and further and soon do some races. i've been bikin with papa french who you probably see moonlighting on harp at solo gigs, and i'd like to swim too. could i do an iron man? DA DA, DA DA DA! that may be getting ahead of myself, i've done 20 miles on a bike, 4 running, and i look like a busted fishing lure in the water these days, but i think getting all he-manly might be nice. not to be confused with scott manley - great drummer if you're in LA. by the way if we do do some sort of running event our team is called the primary colors. joey's the blue ranger, brianna's the yellow ranger and i'm the red one of course.
i've been practicing a lot in the late hours too, diving into my old studies. jazzy, classical, and traditional they may be, but i always feel more comfortable playin blues and screamin rock when actively wankin, chopsing and being a fretboard cartographer by candle light in my off time.
drelove music's singers are coming over saturday to add some authentic LOVE LOVE LOVE to the end of I Wanna Love. that's pretty exciting, real gospel singing, on my record! i think i've got lead VOX in the can for Lay Your Fiddle Down, She Doesn't Know, and Big Dream now too, just gotta comp. the band and the solo experience have been cooking up a new original tune or 2 and i've got some new cover ideas that'll satisfy too. i do the guy singing a song originally by a girl about a guy thing backwards well. stonesy version of Hot n Cold, and a dark 6/8 Gloria Gaynor. speaking of covers, check out our gypsys at jerkys
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=58183194
and while you're in a movie mode, check out my favorite video of all time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tfNhL_R_rI
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5.28.2009
check ignition
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www.ericfrench.com! anyone who writes code for a living deserves to be paid well. what a job - at times tedious, at other times horribly frustrating, punctuated with short bursts of pride and excitement. i designed it myself with some help from boygenius.com sean correia. it was fun though, engrossing too. i'm sure it will continue to be interesting. i'm going to keep updating it. all is quiet here in pawtucket aside from the trucks coming back home to the factory loading docks next door. backing in. beep beep beep. i kinda wish my car made that noise, only it might be more sickly at the moment, someone rammed my ass last week on 10 south. the band sounded GREAT today at rehearsal and we're gonna knock em up... dead, dead i mean dead at Jerky's tomorrow. we have a new sign too! email me if you want info on how to get a high quality vynl sign for really cheap. no, not from china. gigs lately have been really fun too, tink's last week was a real blast with Roger Williams U graduates singing along, special guest on harp ronny french (shamon), and announcements from the leader of their softball team - note to self, on breaks at a bar gig TURN THE MIC OFF. memorial day in lincoln was a good time as always too. haven't shaved yet for tomorrow's show... should i do the hyde half beard? should i rock the costume? i have the feeling the boys might still be holding back a little in the wardrobe dept so it might be a little weird. we'll see, i'll concoct something. just need to keep my grandmothers and aunts away from my costuming, they want to sew the holes in my jeans shut. i tell them it's ventilation
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www.ericfrench.com! anyone who writes code for a living deserves to be paid well. what a job - at times tedious, at other times horribly frustrating, punctuated with short bursts of pride and excitement. i designed it myself with some help from boygenius.com sean correia. it was fun though, engrossing too. i'm sure it will continue to be interesting. i'm going to keep updating it. all is quiet here in pawtucket aside from the trucks coming back home to the factory loading docks next door. backing in. beep beep beep. i kinda wish my car made that noise, only it might be more sickly at the moment, someone rammed my ass last week on 10 south. the band sounded GREAT today at rehearsal and we're gonna knock em up... dead, dead i mean dead at Jerky's tomorrow. we have a new sign too! email me if you want info on how to get a high quality vynl sign for really cheap. no, not from china. gigs lately have been really fun too, tink's last week was a real blast with Roger Williams U graduates singing along, special guest on harp ronny french (shamon), and announcements from the leader of their softball team - note to self, on breaks at a bar gig TURN THE MIC OFF. memorial day in lincoln was a good time as always too. haven't shaved yet for tomorrow's show... should i do the hyde half beard? should i rock the costume? i have the feeling the boys might still be holding back a little in the wardrobe dept so it might be a little weird. we'll see, i'll concoct something. just need to keep my grandmothers and aunts away from my costuming, they want to sew the holes in my jeans shut. i tell them it's ventilation
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5.10.2009
heya
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that "jazz" recording is up @ www.myspace.com/ericfrenchguitar
don't mind my alter ego (yeah, a third one) who sells his headshot hockin soul on weekends playing that funky music. i especially like black orpheus. the band's doin well, the mcFaddens cinco premier was a rousing success. we need a deeper repertoire of covers though, leave me notes, cast your votes. anything but don't stop believin and mustang sally will be considered. btw - sure.... unsure - huff huff huff huff
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that "jazz" recording is up @ www.myspace.com/ericfrenchguitar
don't mind my alter ego (yeah, a third one) who sells his headshot hockin soul on weekends playing that funky music. i especially like black orpheus. the band's doin well, the mcFaddens cinco premier was a rousing success. we need a deeper repertoire of covers though, leave me notes, cast your votes. anything but don't stop believin and mustang sally will be considered. btw - sure.... unsure - huff huff huff huff
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3.31.2009
jazzed friends
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all is happy again in toyland, no more sound police, and lots of work going on. i'm about to sheepishly admit something. i've been playing a little jazz. just with friends to make money on the side, honest... but i've been enjoying it. all the things you are, solar and my personal favorite - the days of guns and roses! oh yeah, blue bossa, black orpheus, red 22 hike! jobim goes for the touchdown - goooooooooooooal. gooooooooooooooooal. goooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooal i just wanted to be honest with all of you, this is a relationship built on trust, and if i have a dirty little secret, i want it to be our dirty little secret. the recording of our little demo should be done this week, i'll post a link. we need a name though. i think jazzed friends. or the return of all dressed up. ellie martin, corey schreppel and matt pryor are the co- conspirators. anyway, gotta go practice my chord scales- i mean ROCKING, ROCKING, definitely ROCKING
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all is happy again in toyland, no more sound police, and lots of work going on. i'm about to sheepishly admit something. i've been playing a little jazz. just with friends to make money on the side, honest... but i've been enjoying it. all the things you are, solar and my personal favorite - the days of guns and roses! oh yeah, blue bossa, black orpheus, red 22 hike! jobim goes for the touchdown - goooooooooooooal. gooooooooooooooooal. goooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooal i just wanted to be honest with all of you, this is a relationship built on trust, and if i have a dirty little secret, i want it to be our dirty little secret. the recording of our little demo should be done this week, i'll post a link. we need a name though. i think jazzed friends. or the return of all dressed up. ellie martin, corey schreppel and matt pryor are the co- conspirators. anyway, gotta go practice my chord scales- i mean ROCKING, ROCKING, definitely ROCKING
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