The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
CHORUS
G C G C
Agnieszka,
F G
Darling, I know you don’t want my name anymore
G C G C
But Agnieszka,
F G
I hope it’s okay that your name is the same as a song
C
Called Agnieszka
VERSE 1:
Em Am
Agnieszka, at least we can say
F C
That we were wise in ways the world will never prize
Am
Though you know I’ve
F
Been wondering what you plan to tell the children:
Fm C
Tell them that the fault was no one but mine.
Em Edim
I might have been blind too many times
F Fm G C G C (CHORUS chords)
But at least the memories are still with me, Agnieszka
I don’t know how to make do without you in my life
But Agnieszka,
I have to admit all we did was just fussing and fighting
Agnieszka
Musical interlude over verse chords
C
...Tell them that the fault was no one but mine
EM Edim
I might have been blind too many times
F Fm Am
But at least the memories are still with me, Agnieszka
BRIDGE:
Am
And time will show us
Em
How a cradle can become a cross
Bm
So carry on
F
But I don’t carry the weight
C
So darling don’t wait too long
Santa must have seen me
Cause I didn’t get what I wished for for Christmas
For so long
But I don’t need to be right
In order to write this song
CHORUS chords
Agnieszka,
I don’t know which is more vicious: this weather tonight
Or, Agnieszka,
The fact that you won’t let them see me leaving for my flight
O Agnieszka
VERSE 2:
Agnieszka, at least we can say
We were better than those who place their hope in human plans
Like building on sand
Though they know not, the coming conflagration
Carries off the life not built upon stone
BRIDGE chords
I know:
I’ve got my whole life in a single suitcase
Far from home
And I can carry this weight
But darling don’t wait too long
Now I’m up on this stage
Don’t know why people’ll pay a day’s wage
To hear my song
I guess it’s some kind of rite
By which I can right this wrong
CHORUS chords
Yeah Agnieszka,
Darling, I know you don’t want my name anymore
But Agnieszka,
I hope it’s okay that your name is the same as a song
Called Agnieszka
Push comes to shove, if they’re puzzled where Daddy has gone
O Agnieszka
Just try to pretend I got lost on my way
G
And wish them a merry Christmas
C Em Gm F (4x)
Please give them my love...
C, Em, Gm, F (2x)
C, Em, F, Fm (2x) vamp between these two
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Saturday, January 31, 2015
Friday, January 30, 2015
Basement Songs: Agnieszka's Song (Early Draft #3)
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
Agnieszka, at least we can say
That we were wise in ways the world will never prize
Though we survived
Nah nah nah nah... to tell the children:
Tell them that the fault was no one but mine.
Agnieszka, at least we can say
That we were wise in ways the world will never prize
Though we survived
Nah nah nah nah... to tell the children:
Tell them that the fault was no one but mine.
I might have been blind too many times
But at least the memories are still with me, Agnieszka
Nah nah nah nah...
Darling I don't know if I can nah nah nah nah...
(Solo)
I might have been blind too many times
But at least the memories are still with me, Agnieszka
Bah, dah, bah, dah, etc.
I can carry the weight but darling don't wait to long.
Bah, dah, bah, dah, etc...right this wrong.
Bah, nah, dah, and so on...
The fault was no one but mine
I might have been blind too many times
But at least the memories are still with me, Agnieszka
Bla bla bla...
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Basement Songs: Agnieszka's Song (Early Draft #2)
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
Agnieszka, at least we can say
That we were wise in ways the world will never prize
Though we survived, nah nah nah nah...our children
Nah nah nah...
I might have been blind too many times
But at least the memories are still with me, Agnieszka
Monday, January 26, 2015
Basement Songs: Agnieszka's Song (Early Draft #1)
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
LYRICS:
Agniezsca, at least we can say
That we were wise in ways that we wise
In ways the world will never prize.
...You're not made of gold
LYRICS:
Agniezsca, at least we can say
That we were wise in ways that we wise
In ways the world will never prize.
...You're not made of gold
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Output-Oriented Endeavors
The following is an excerpt of a 27 November 2014 email exchange between Art and Will. It should be noted that, since 1 November 2014, all Art's emails have originated from Farthington's account.
I'm getting ready to do the Basement Songs bit and here's the italicized note I have in mind for the top:
This, of course, is in the new spirit of (1) making people feel good about participating, (2) giving users autonomy, and (3) keeping the system as open as possible (Shirky). After the note, there's the embedded video of me playing the song, and then after that, there's the lyrics and chords. This is also in the spirit of Matthew 10:8: "Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
I'd like to prime the pump if possible, by requesting that a more inner orbit of friends send in some of these initial videos. That's kind of like the "play within a play" idea, wherein we script ideal audience members to model the desired participatory behavior for the rest. At some point, that wall between the scripted participants and the passive audience begins to break down as the passive audience members become active. And, if their content is posted on the blog, they become the performers as well, completing that circle.
It might be a final goal from the project to be able to walk away from it having created some kind of feedback loop!
So who do you think you could approach about doing this? And what do you think the goal is? Honestly, I don't have a clear goal in mind. I just want to put it out there and invite people. I want to be more inviting and see what happens. So this first step is good in the sense that I'm not just sitting on the songs anymore.
But it hasn't come to fruition until other people get involved.
So I want to get Father involved if possible. I want to get as many people into my basement as possible. And honestly becoming passive in the whole process may be the ultimate goal. I'm open to letting the songs go their own way if someone feels strongly about them. I don't know if that is in the cards but I want to entertain any possibility when it comes to the songs. I think opening up this output when it feels right will improve things on the input side of the equation.
I'm thinking that my resistance to output-oriented endeavors has stifled my creativity to the point where I am willing to consider anything.
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| Clay Shirky |
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We would like to encourage you to send us any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com. Who knows, maybe one day you could be up on stage with Arthur White!Please revise the wording for that if you can think of anything better.
This, of course, is in the new spirit of (1) making people feel good about participating, (2) giving users autonomy, and (3) keeping the system as open as possible (Shirky). After the note, there's the embedded video of me playing the song, and then after that, there's the lyrics and chords. This is also in the spirit of Matthew 10:8: "Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
I'd like to prime the pump if possible, by requesting that a more inner orbit of friends send in some of these initial videos. That's kind of like the "play within a play" idea, wherein we script ideal audience members to model the desired participatory behavior for the rest. At some point, that wall between the scripted participants and the passive audience begins to break down as the passive audience members become active. And, if their content is posted on the blog, they become the performers as well, completing that circle.
It might be a final goal from the project to be able to walk away from it having created some kind of feedback loop!
So who do you think you could approach about doing this? And what do you think the goal is? Honestly, I don't have a clear goal in mind. I just want to put it out there and invite people. I want to be more inviting and see what happens. So this first step is good in the sense that I'm not just sitting on the songs anymore.
But it hasn't come to fruition until other people get involved.
So I want to get Father involved if possible. I want to get as many people into my basement as possible. And honestly becoming passive in the whole process may be the ultimate goal. I'm open to letting the songs go their own way if someone feels strongly about them. I don't know if that is in the cards but I want to entertain any possibility when it comes to the songs. I think opening up this output when it feels right will improve things on the input side of the equation.
I'm thinking that my resistance to output-oriented endeavors has stifled my creativity to the point where I am willing to consider anything.
Friday, December 26, 2014
Basement Songs: Hey Rome
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
VERSE 1:
F/G E/F# F/G F#/G# F/G F#Maj7/G#
Hey Rome, you wouldn't let my parents stay in luxury hotels
Hey Rome, so I came in poverty, but you and me, we know well
That wise men still can find me and angry mobs can bind me
But no one can confine me entirely (2x)
Hey Rome, you wouldn't let my parents stay in luxury hotels
Hey Rome, so I came in poverty but you and me, we know well
'Cause here's the Colosseum and here's the Circus Maximus
We die in the arena so tell me why they taxing us?
G#
Hey Rome, one day I'll make you my home sweet home
CHORUS
F#Maj7 AMaj7 Am7
Hey Rome, I would have a moment with you
GMaj7
(How do you react when I tell you that)
Blessed are the poor, and you slammed the door upon me
(How do you react when I tell you that)
Blessed are the mourners; you heaped this scorn upon me
(How do you react when I tell you that)
Blessed are the meek, and you made a monster of me
And all that's left to do, friend I know that you
Gm7 F/G (verse chords)
Need to keep the peace
VERSE 2:
Stranger in a strange land, I grew up in exile
Like my forefathers before me
We're raising up a new roof in the promised desert
Wasteland that you set aside for me
Hey Rome, wouldn't let my parents stay in luxury hotels
Hey Rome, so I came in poverty but you and me we know well
That I hung out with the fallen and wrong kind of company
But hearts this made of love are a danger to society
Hey Rome, one day I'll make you my home sweet home
Hey Rome, I would have a moment with you
(How do you react when I tell you that)
When I was hungry, you gave me your government cheese
(How do you react when I tell you that)
When I was a stranger, you turned me out in the street
(How do you react when I tell you that)
When I was in prison, you sent me some company
(How do you react when I tell you that)
And all that's left to do, friend I know that you
Gm7 D
Threw away the key
D F#m Am G
Your cobbled roads are turning to gold in this my northern home
I can see into your soul, the clutter of mopeds under the colonnade
And a golden haired Croatian girl's my only hope for another day
And I met her at a sidewalk café.
I'd pay to see the look on your face
Gm7 DMaj7
When you discover that I hold the key
CODA:
DMaj7, Dm7, Cm7
Dm9/11, Cm7 (vamp and fade)
VERSE 1:
F/G E/F# F/G F#/G# F/G F#Maj7/G#
Hey Rome, you wouldn't let my parents stay in luxury hotels
Hey Rome, so I came in poverty, but you and me, we know well
That wise men still can find me and angry mobs can bind me
But no one can confine me entirely (2x)
Hey Rome, you wouldn't let my parents stay in luxury hotels
Hey Rome, so I came in poverty but you and me, we know well
'Cause here's the Colosseum and here's the Circus Maximus
We die in the arena so tell me why they taxing us?
G#
Hey Rome, one day I'll make you my home sweet home
CHORUS
F#Maj7 AMaj7 Am7
Hey Rome, I would have a moment with you
GMaj7
(How do you react when I tell you that)
Blessed are the poor, and you slammed the door upon me
(How do you react when I tell you that)
Blessed are the mourners; you heaped this scorn upon me
(How do you react when I tell you that)
Blessed are the meek, and you made a monster of me
And all that's left to do, friend I know that you
Gm7 F/G (verse chords)
Need to keep the peace
VERSE 2:
Stranger in a strange land, I grew up in exile
Like my forefathers before me
We're raising up a new roof in the promised desert
Wasteland that you set aside for me
Hey Rome, wouldn't let my parents stay in luxury hotels
Hey Rome, so I came in poverty but you and me we know well
That I hung out with the fallen and wrong kind of company
But hearts this made of love are a danger to society
Hey Rome, one day I'll make you my home sweet home
Hey Rome, I would have a moment with you
(How do you react when I tell you that)
When I was hungry, you gave me your government cheese
(How do you react when I tell you that)
When I was a stranger, you turned me out in the street
(How do you react when I tell you that)
When I was in prison, you sent me some company
(How do you react when I tell you that)
And all that's left to do, friend I know that you
Gm7 D
Threw away the key
D F#m Am G
Your cobbled roads are turning to gold in this my northern home
I can see into your soul, the clutter of mopeds under the colonnade
And a golden haired Croatian girl's my only hope for another day
And I met her at a sidewalk café.
I'd pay to see the look on your face
Gm7 DMaj7
When you discover that I hold the key
CODA:
DMaj7, Dm7, Cm7
Dm9/11, Cm7 (vamp and fade)
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
I See the Unreal World More Clearly Than the Real One
The following is an excerpt of a 18 November 2014 email exchange between Art and Will. It should be noted that, since 1 November 2014, all Art's emails have originated from Farthington's account.
"Fimmvorduhals second fissure 2010 04 02" by Boaworm - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Will:
"Fimmvorduhals second fissure 2010 04 02" by Boaworm - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Will:
I'm definitely feeling the Garageband approach right now. Send me more Garageband files whenever you like! I feel like we've got the story in pretty good shape and we're generating lots of nice cultural, artistic, and spiritual criticism for the blog. I'd like to bury myself in the music at least as much as I'm toying with ideas.Art:
I did some reorganizing in the Dropbox and what a mess! I put some more material in the Concert for Iceland folder--some you've already worked on, other things you haven't even heard. One disclaimer: I play around with way too many harmonies and extra parts...just to, you know, try things out. All the songs are pretty stripped down in my mind at this point, so don't hesitate to mute and drag them down to the nether regions of the multitracking.
Let me know if you are still able to get in. Garage Band is pretty hard to get around to here. I have been pursuing the "Basement Songs" idea, recording and uploading video with my new phone--just to give some ideas about flow. But I think the new approach is just to keep on giving--whatever is available. I say that's the only thing that will generate anything different. There are also plenty of song fragments that I've done on Garage Band...not sure if any of that is worth anything. Letting people see the "sketchbook," as they say (as you say!).
Gosh, I'm all snarled up inside. I see the unreal world more clearly than the real one.
Maybe I'll be able to swing a couple more sessions of Garage Band during the upcoming breaks. I will try to put as much of that material in your hands as possible, as soon as possible.
As far as the blog goes, I want us to start thinking about this "direct appeal" thing we've been talking about. Answering questions like What does the project mean to us? Who are we? What are our hopes for the project? Where does it come from? Why is it important or meaningful? What are some future forms that it might take? How can people help? What are we asking for, if anything?
I'm imagining creating an additional page to host our reflections on these topics, an "About Us" of sorts. This would necessitate a basic navigation bar, probably located just above the blog stream.
Monday, December 15, 2014
Basement Songs: The Ladder
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
Lots of slash chords (many with the 9 in the bass):
- Guitar can usually just play the top part
- Keyboard should play the 9 prominently in the bass
- Bass always hitting the bass note in the slash chord
(Second time through, last A#aug/Bb is replaced by Em7b5)
PART 2:
Lots of slash chords (many with the 9 in the bass):
- Guitar can usually just play the top part
- Keyboard should play the 9 prominently in the bass
- Bass always hitting the bass note in the slash chord
PART 1:
D, A#aug/F#, D/A, A#aug/Bb (2x)
D A#aug/F#
And what they say doesn’t matter
D/A A#aug/Bb
When I stand with my hand on the ladder
D A#aug/F#
Whether they nay say or flatter
D/A A#aug/Bb
Had enough of no matter what they may say (2x)
(Second time through, last A#aug/Bb is replaced by Em7b5)
PART 2:
F#m/C# Am/C
And you say that you could see through
G/B Gm/Bb
My perfect disguise
F/A F
So what’s left to do
A A7
But kiss this bird as I fly
Gmaj7 F#m7 Gmaj7/E
A lot of people don’t understand the man inside of my mind
D9
What they tried to make up
Gmaj7 F#m7 Gmaj7/E
I’m not a fan of all of this one and done and wondering what
Fmaj7/C Em7/A A/D
Ever became of what we loved
PART 3:
A/D, Fmaj7/C, Em7/A,
…loved
A/D, Fmaj7/G, Em7/A
PART 1
PART 2: This time, after the “…fly”/A7, there is
an added part:
Gmaj7/A Gmaj7
To the horizon in my mind
F#m7
(We fly high as a bird
Gmaj7/E
Above these sundry bounds
D9
You wonder how we made it
Gmaj7/A Gmaj7 F#m7
Without having to die and now you come to find
Fmaj7/C Em7/A A/D
Another way to love)
PART 3: This time, the A/D, Fmaj7/C, Em7/A (3x),
then the A/D, Fmaj7/G, Em7/A
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Basement Songs: Why Would I Bow to His Majesty (Part 1 and 2)
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
Part 1:
Am7/C Gm7/Bb Gm7
Why would I bow to his majesty?
C Am/F# C/G Csus2/G G
When time after time, we just knew that he had to be...
A A13 A7 F#m7
The phone it rang during dinner time
F G A
With the voice of a friend saying that it's been some time
A13 A7 F#m7
Said he saw a star rising in the sky and I said
F G
Gotta go, gotta call coming in on the other line and it said
C
You oughta be ashamed of yourself after what you've done
G6 no 5 G F
'Cause for time out of mind, he's been a light to my unstable footsteps
G6 no 5 G C
And now I must fly, remembering
How we promised we would tell him where to find a king
G6 no 5 G F
But for time out of mind, he's been a light to my unstable footsteps
G6 no 5 G C/A (C6)
And now I must lie down all the things
C/Bb (C7)
A wiseman brings
Csus4 C5 Csus2 G
And isn't it time that I questioned why?
CHORUS (2x)
C Am/F# C/G Csus2/G G
Why would I bow to his majesty?
C Am/F#
Ain't no one gonna take my place
C/G Csus2/G G
Take away my own tragedy
C/A
A sovereign of our own
C/Bb
Will mount up to the throne
Csus4 C5 Csus2 G
And isn't it time that I questioned why?
RUSTYY KRYYSTYYLZZ SOLO
Verse chords: A, A13, A7, F#m7, F, G, A (2x, except last A)
C
You oughta be ashamed of yourself after what you've done
G6 no 5 G F
'Cause for time out of mind, he's been a light to my unstable footsteps
G6 no 5 G C
And now I must fly, remembering
How we promised we would tell him where to find a king
G6 no 5 G F
But for time out of mind, he's been a light to my unstable footsteps
G6 no 5 G C/A (C6)
And now I must lie down all the things,
C/Bb (C7)
A wiseman brings
Csus4 C5 Csus2 G
And isn't it time that I questioned why
CHORUS (2x)
BRIDGE
AMaj7/B FMaj7/G GMaj7/A (2x)
Why?
AMaj7
When you bargain with the man, understand
GMaj7
You better come with your own plan
Csus4/G C/A G Csus4
And stand on your own
C/A G
Let's return to our land by another road
CHORUS (3x)
Part 2:
Am/F#, C/G, Caug5, Am, Dmaug5 w5, Am, Caug5, C/G, Am/F#, F, E, C/E, Cm/Eb, G5/D, D
D5, D5/F#, D5/G, D5 (3x)
DMaj7, etc.
Part 1:
Am7/C Gm7/Bb Gm7
Why would I bow to his majesty?
C Am/F# C/G Csus2/G G
When time after time, we just knew that he had to be...
A A13 A7 F#m7
The phone it rang during dinner time
F G A
With the voice of a friend saying that it's been some time
A13 A7 F#m7
Said he saw a star rising in the sky and I said
F G
Gotta go, gotta call coming in on the other line and it said
C
You oughta be ashamed of yourself after what you've done
G6 no 5 G F
'Cause for time out of mind, he's been a light to my unstable footsteps
G6 no 5 G C
And now I must fly, remembering
How we promised we would tell him where to find a king
G6 no 5 G F
But for time out of mind, he's been a light to my unstable footsteps
G6 no 5 G C/A (C6)
And now I must lie down all the things
C/Bb (C7)
A wiseman brings
Csus4 C5 Csus2 G
And isn't it time that I questioned why?
CHORUS (2x)
C Am/F# C/G Csus2/G G
Why would I bow to his majesty?
C Am/F#
Ain't no one gonna take my place
C/G Csus2/G G
Take away my own tragedy
C/A
A sovereign of our own
C/Bb
Will mount up to the throne
Csus4 C5 Csus2 G
And isn't it time that I questioned why?
RUSTYY KRYYSTYYLZZ SOLO
Verse chords: A, A13, A7, F#m7, F, G, A (2x, except last A)
C
You oughta be ashamed of yourself after what you've done
G6 no 5 G F
'Cause for time out of mind, he's been a light to my unstable footsteps
G6 no 5 G C
And now I must fly, remembering
How we promised we would tell him where to find a king
G6 no 5 G F
But for time out of mind, he's been a light to my unstable footsteps
G6 no 5 G C/A (C6)
And now I must lie down all the things,
C/Bb (C7)
A wiseman brings
Csus4 C5 Csus2 G
And isn't it time that I questioned why
CHORUS (2x)
BRIDGE
AMaj7/B FMaj7/G GMaj7/A (2x)
Why?
AMaj7
When you bargain with the man, understand
GMaj7
You better come with your own plan
Csus4/G C/A G Csus4
And stand on your own
C/A G
Let's return to our land by another road
CHORUS (3x)
Part 2:
Am/F#, C/G, Caug5, Am, Dmaug5 w5, Am, Caug5, C/G, Am/F#, F, E, C/E, Cm/Eb, G5/D, D
D5, D5/F#, D5/G, D5 (3x)
DMaj7, etc.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Basement Songs: Iceland
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
DMaj7 AMaj7
Iceland, you are melting in the teardrops of an ocean
DMaj7 AMaj7
Volcanic eruptions throwing up their rocks and lave
Am7 GMaj7
How can I just stand here in my monogrammed pajamas
FMaj7 GMaj7
While they witness this apocalyptic panorama
Fm7 G
(And) through the island's icy floor
Fm7 G F flat5 w5 G F flat5 w5 G
Spy frozen shapes of dinosaurs
DMaj7 AMaj7
Lately, I've been breaking up the pavement in my basement
DMaj7 AMaj7
Finding that it's futile to ignore life's pressing questions
Am7 GMaj7
How can I just sit here with my rocks glass and my slippers
FMaj7 GMaj7
When we could be peering over the volcano's lip where
Fm7 G
You would see the reason for
Fm7 G
My belief in dinosaurs
F flat5 w5 G
And I'm waiting on the signs to align, tell me will someone
F flat5 w5 G
Tell me what they gonna find by the light of the midnight sun?
G C Em D
Why would you want to get out of this place?
G C Em D
Would you ever believe it's a dinosaur?
G C Em D
One thing I wonder is what it will take
G C D
To remember the feelings we
Thought that maybe we were above
Feelings of failure and of love
Feeling the danger, all alone like a stranger
On a planet that was gathering snow
DMaj7 #11 w5 AMaj7 (2x); Am7, GMaj7, FMaj7, GMaj7
Iceland!
Fm11
By the light of the streams of lava
F#m11 Gm13 Am9
Can we dream of our home?
DMaj7 AMaj7
Iceland, you are melting in the teardrops of an ocean
DMaj7 AMaj7
Volcanic eruptions throwing up their rocks and lave
Am7 GMaj7
How can I just stand here in my monogrammed pajamas
FMaj7 GMaj7
While they witness this apocalyptic panorama
Fm7 G
(And) through the island's icy floor
Fm7 G F flat5 w5 G F flat5 w5 G
Spy frozen shapes of dinosaurs
DMaj7 AMaj7
Lately, I've been breaking up the pavement in my basement
DMaj7 AMaj7
Finding that it's futile to ignore life's pressing questions
Am7 GMaj7
How can I just sit here with my rocks glass and my slippers
FMaj7 GMaj7
When we could be peering over the volcano's lip where
Fm7 G
You would see the reason for
Fm7 G
My belief in dinosaurs
F flat5 w5 G
And I'm waiting on the signs to align, tell me will someone
F flat5 w5 G
Tell me what they gonna find by the light of the midnight sun?
G C Em D
Why would you want to get out of this place?
G C Em D
Would you ever believe it's a dinosaur?
G C Em D
One thing I wonder is what it will take
G C D
To remember the feelings we
Thought that maybe we were above
Feelings of failure and of love
Feeling the danger, all alone like a stranger
On a planet that was gathering snow
DMaj7 #11 w5 AMaj7 (2x); Am7, GMaj7, FMaj7, GMaj7
Iceland!
Fm11
By the light of the streams of lava
F#m11 Gm13 Am9
Can we dream of our home?
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Basement Songs: Iceland (Last Part)
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
DMaj7 #11 w5 AMaj7 (2x); Am7, GMaj7, FMaj7, GMaj7
Iceland!
Fm11
By the light of the streams of lava
F#m11 Gm13 Am9
Can we dream of our home?
Outro:
G, C, Em, D (2x)
D
DMaj7 #11 w5
Iceland!
Fm11
By the light of the streams of lava
F#m11 Gm13 Am9
Can we dream of our home?
DMaj7 #11 w5 AMaj7 (2x); Am7, GMaj7, FMaj7, GMaj7
Iceland!
Fm11
By the light of the streams of lava
F#m11 Gm13 Am9
Can we dream of our home?
Outro:
G, C, Em, D (2x)
D
DMaj7 #11 w5
Iceland!
Fm11
By the light of the streams of lava
F#m11 Gm13 Am9
Can we dream of our home?
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Basement Songs: This Desert
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
INTRO (chorus chords):
Bm/G, Em7(b5)/F#, Am/F, A, A7/G
Bm/G, Em7(b5)/F#, Am/F, A, G, F#m, F/G, E/F#-F/G-F#/G#
(verse chords: all slash chords with A in bass) G, A, Bm, A, G-F#-G-F#-Em (2x)
VERSE 1:
G A Bm A
"I hope you feel much better," I wrote you in a letter
G F# G F# Em
Right out here on this desert plain
G A Bm A
Was thinking that this desert goes on and on forever
G F# G F# Em
I struck out on a separate way
F/Bb F#m7/B
But that way didn't guide me aright
CHORUS
Bm/G Em7(b5)/F# Am/F
Babe, we laid it on the line
A A7/G
But I needed some time
Bm/G
Don't blame it on me babe
Em7(b5)/F# Am/F
Just blame it on my blindness
A G F#m F/G E/F#-F/G-F#/G#
Take a good look inside this envelope and see
Rustyy Kryystyylz SOLO (CHORUS chords)
VERSE 2:
And now and then I hesitate to say I'm better
Off when I'm in this awkward state
Looking for oasises in other faces,
These outlines that I tried to trace
But they all disappear in the night
CHORUS
A G F#m F/G FMaj7/G
...take a good look inside this envelope and see
EMaj7/F#-Fmaj7/G-F#Maj7/G# Fmaj7/G-F#Maj7/G#-Gmaj7/A Bm/G
That-------this------ desert, that------this----------desert won't hold on to me
EXTEMPORANEOUS SPOKEN WORD PART (A/G, Bm/G, etc. until B7)
VERSE 3:
And now and then I hesitate to say I'm better
Off when I'm in this awkward state
Looking at this cactus, I won't overreact: this
Is something I've just got to face
Before it all disappears in the night
CHORUS
...take a good look inside this envelope and see
EMaj7/F#-Fmaj7/G-F#Maj7/G# Fmaj7/G-F#Maj7/G#-Gmaj7/A
That-------this------ desert, that------this----------desert
EMaj7/F#-Fmaj7/G-F#Maj7/G# E/A, G#m, B6 (3x); E/A, G#m, B7
That-------this------ desert... won't hold onto me
ENDING
F, C; F, C, D; F, C; F, C, B
F C
This desert's gonna dry my eyes this time
F C D
This letter's gonna buy me time
F C
Instead of losing my own mind
B E
I thought we'd find a brand new life this time (2x)
INTRO (chorus chords):
Bm/G, Em7(b5)/F#, Am/F, A, A7/G
Bm/G, Em7(b5)/F#, Am/F, A, G, F#m, F/G, E/F#-F/G-F#/G#
(verse chords: all slash chords with A in bass) G, A, Bm, A, G-F#-G-F#-Em (2x)
VERSE 1:
G A Bm A
"I hope you feel much better," I wrote you in a letter
G F# G F# Em
Right out here on this desert plain
G A Bm A
Was thinking that this desert goes on and on forever
G F# G F# Em
I struck out on a separate way
F/Bb F#m7/B
But that way didn't guide me aright
CHORUS
Bm/G Em7(b5)/F# Am/F
Babe, we laid it on the line
A A7/G
But I needed some time
Bm/G
Don't blame it on me babe
Em7(b5)/F# Am/F
Just blame it on my blindness
A G F#m F/G E/F#-F/G-F#/G#
Take a good look inside this envelope and see
Rustyy Kryystyylz SOLO (CHORUS chords)
VERSE 2:
And now and then I hesitate to say I'm better
Off when I'm in this awkward state
Looking for oasises in other faces,
These outlines that I tried to trace
But they all disappear in the night
CHORUS
A G F#m F/G FMaj7/G
...take a good look inside this envelope and see
EMaj7/F#-Fmaj7/G-F#Maj7/G# Fmaj7/G-F#Maj7/G#-Gmaj7/A Bm/G
That-------this------ desert, that------this----------desert won't hold on to me
EXTEMPORANEOUS SPOKEN WORD PART (A/G, Bm/G, etc. until B7)
VERSE 3:
And now and then I hesitate to say I'm better
Off when I'm in this awkward state
Looking at this cactus, I won't overreact: this
Is something I've just got to face
Before it all disappears in the night
CHORUS
...take a good look inside this envelope and see
EMaj7/F#-Fmaj7/G-F#Maj7/G# Fmaj7/G-F#Maj7/G#-Gmaj7/A
That-------this------ desert, that------this----------desert
EMaj7/F#-Fmaj7/G-F#Maj7/G# E/A, G#m, B6 (3x); E/A, G#m, B7
That-------this------ desert... won't hold onto me
ENDING
F, C; F, C, D; F, C; F, C, B
F C
This desert's gonna dry my eyes this time
F C D
This letter's gonna buy me time
F C
Instead of losing my own mind
B E
I thought we'd find a brand new life this time (2x)
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Basement Songs: You Took Away My Children
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
GMaj7 C#m7(b5)
Babe, tell me why
FMaj7
What am I gonna do when you
B7sus4 B7
You took away my children
F#m7 B7
I tried not to tried not to let it show
F#m7
Tried to cover my desire
B7
Wondering what made you let me go
GMaj7
Someone tell me when
C#m7(b5) FMaj7
Will I find true love, peace sublime
B7sus4 B7 F#m7
Girl, didn't I love you
B7
There's so many things that I can't let go
Girl, can you remember?
F#m7
Stealing kisses after dark
B7
Walking in a winter park... won't you tell me
CHORUS
F#m7
True love, peace sublime
B7
Thinking all the time how I'll make you mine
SOLO (over CHORUS chords)
F#m7 B7
Wondering how I'm gone let you know
F#m7
Everything I'm feeling
You said that you were standing up
B7
To someone who couldn't get enough
GMaj7 C#m7(b5)
Walking through the rooms
FMaj7
Taking me back to
B7sus4
Everything I knew
B7
Girl, didn't I love you
F#m7 B7
And I think that I'm gone have to take my time
F#m7
Try to find another
B7
Mem'ries flashing in front of my eyes
GMaj7
Yeah
CHORUS
SOLO (over CHORUS chords, then Em7, FMaj7)
GMaj7 C#m7(b5)
Babe, tell me why
FMaj7
What am I gonna do when you
B7sus4 B7
You took away my children
F#m7 B7
I tried not to tried not to let it show
F#m7
Tried to cover my desire
B7
Wondering what made you let me go
GMaj7
Someone tell me when
C#m7(b5) FMaj7
Will I find true love, peace sublime
B7sus4 B7 F#m7
Girl, didn't I love you
B7
There's so many things that I can't let go
Girl, can you remember?
F#m7
Stealing kisses after dark
B7
Walking in a winter park... won't you tell me
CHORUS
F#m7
True love, peace sublime
B7
Thinking all the time how I'll make you mine
SOLO (over CHORUS chords)
F#m7 B7
Wondering how I'm gone let you know
F#m7
Everything I'm feeling
You said that you were standing up
B7
To someone who couldn't get enough
GMaj7 C#m7(b5)
Walking through the rooms
FMaj7
Taking me back to
B7sus4
Everything I knew
B7
Girl, didn't I love you
F#m7 B7
And I think that I'm gone have to take my time
F#m7
Try to find another
B7
Mem'ries flashing in front of my eyes
GMaj7
Yeah
CHORUS
SOLO (over CHORUS chords, then Em7, FMaj7)
Friday, November 28, 2014
Basement Songs: The Mirror (Part 2 of 2)
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
B F#m7/B B
When the stars in my eyes
F#m7/B
Have faded away
B F#m7/B B
I look for the sun on the rise
F#m7/B
And find that I remember the day
Emaj7/F#
In another place in time
Fmaj7/G--F#maj7/G#--Gmaj7/A
You know that I would never pay them mind
F#maj7/G#--Fmaj7/G—Emaj7/F#
Biding my time as they waste it away
OUTRO:
Gmaj7/E, G#m7/F#, Gmaj7, G#m7/G#, Gmaj7/A (2x)
B, F#m7/B, Gmaj7/B, Dmaj7, C#m7/F# (2x)
Gmaj7/E, G#m7/F#, Gmaj7, G#m7/G#, Gmaj7/A (2x)
B, F#m7/B, Gmaj7/B, Dmaj7, C#m7/F# (4x)
F#m/D, F#/C#, C#sus4 6th, C# (4x)
Gmaj7/E, G#m7/F#
B F#m7/B B
When the stars in my eyes
F#m7/B
Have faded away
B F#m7/B B
I look for the sun on the rise
F#m7/B
And find that I remember the day
Emaj7/F#
In another place in time
Fmaj7/G--F#maj7/G#--Gmaj7/A
You know that I would never pay them mind
F#maj7/G#--Fmaj7/G—Emaj7/F#
Biding my time as they waste it away
OUTRO:
Gmaj7/E, G#m7/F#, Gmaj7, G#m7/G#, Gmaj7/A (2x)
B, F#m7/B, Gmaj7/B, Dmaj7, C#m7/F# (2x)
Gmaj7/E, G#m7/F#, Gmaj7, G#m7/G#, Gmaj7/A (2x)
B, F#m7/B, Gmaj7/B, Dmaj7, C#m7/F# (4x)
F#m/D, F#/C#, C#sus4 6th, C# (4x)
Gmaj7/E, G#m7/F#
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Basement Songs: The Mirror (Part 1 of 2)
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
Lots of slash chords (many with the 9 in the bass):
- Guitar can usually just play Maj7
- Keyboard should play the 9 prominently in the bass
- Bass always hitting the bass note in the slash chord
INTRO:
Gmaj7/E, F#m7, Bmaj7
Gmaj7, Gmaj7/E, F#m7, Bmaj7
Gmaj7/A (Gmaj9), F#maj7
Gmaj7/A, F#maj7,
Gmaj7/A--G#maj7/A#--Amaj7/B--A#maj7/C--
Bmaj7/D#--Cmaj7/D
CHORUS
Gmaj7/E
Don’t wait on a smile in the mirror
Gmaj7/G
Don’t wait on a word from your hearer
Gmaj7/A
Why’d you wait on another one
Bmaj7 Gmaj7/E
Just to make up your mind? Just so you know… (2x)
VERSE 1:
F#m7
I can show you how
Fmaj7/G
Being in love can come to nothing
Fm7/Bb
When someone trusts in something which is
Gmaj7/E F#m7
Never what it may seem
Fmaj7/G Fm7/Bb
Just like a dreamer toss and turn in a dream
CHORUS
VERSE 2:
F#m7 Fmaj7/G
I was so in love with all the trappings and distractions
Fm7/Bb
That captured my imagination
Gmaj7/E F#m7
Just one look in my eyes
Fmaj7/G Fm7/Bb
I’m just a shadow of a man, my advice
Is that you never think twice
CHORUS
Lots of slash chords (many with the 9 in the bass):
- Guitar can usually just play Maj7
- Keyboard should play the 9 prominently in the bass
- Bass always hitting the bass note in the slash chord
INTRO:
Gmaj7/E, F#m7, Bmaj7
Gmaj7, Gmaj7/E, F#m7, Bmaj7
Gmaj7/A (Gmaj9), F#maj7
Gmaj7/A, F#maj7,
Gmaj7/A--G#maj7/A#--Amaj7/B--A#maj7/C--
Bmaj7/D#--Cmaj7/D
CHORUS
Gmaj7/E
Don’t wait on a smile in the mirror
Gmaj7/G
Don’t wait on a word from your hearer
Gmaj7/A
Why’d you wait on another one
Bmaj7 Gmaj7/E
Just to make up your mind? Just so you know… (2x)
VERSE 1:
F#m7
I can show you how
Fmaj7/G
Being in love can come to nothing
Fm7/Bb
When someone trusts in something which is
Gmaj7/E F#m7
Never what it may seem
Fmaj7/G Fm7/Bb
Just like a dreamer toss and turn in a dream
CHORUS
VERSE 2:
F#m7 Fmaj7/G
I was so in love with all the trappings and distractions
Fm7/Bb
That captured my imagination
Gmaj7/E F#m7
Just one look in my eyes
Fmaj7/G Fm7/Bb
I’m just a shadow of a man, my advice
Is that you never think twice
CHORUS
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Basement Songs: Message of Love
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
C Dm Em
You know it’s true
F Em Dm
You love me and I’m just in love with you
C Gm Dm Fm Gm
Let me tell you ‘bout the way I love you
C Gm Dm Fm Gm
Never gonna put anyone above you
C Gm Dm Fm Gm
When I’m with you all my troubles go away
C Gm Dm Fm Gm
I’m on my knees and I’m begging you to stay
C Dm Em
If you only knew
F Em Dm
Everything I weathered just to be with you
C Gm Dm Fm Gm
‘Cause baby we tried to make it
C Gm Dm Fm Gm
But I’d rather die than break it off (I’ve made my mind up)
C Gm Dm Fm Gm
Don’t you believe me when I say to you
C Gm Dm
Never wanted you to think I hated you
Fm Gm C
‘Cause your love means everything
Dm Em F
To me
C Dm
More than you can see
F Em Dm
But baby at first glance you might not know
The loving I’m trying to show you
Take another look and you’ll know
Then tell me if babe can you hear my message of love
And understand where I’m coming from
I’ll be there when it comes to push and shove
(Vamp and fade; solo switches from F, Em, Dm to G, F, Em a little ways in)
C Dm Em
You know it’s true
F Em Dm
You love me and I’m just in love with you
C Gm Dm Fm Gm
Let me tell you ‘bout the way I love you
C Gm Dm Fm Gm
Never gonna put anyone above you
C Gm Dm Fm Gm
When I’m with you all my troubles go away
C Gm Dm Fm Gm
I’m on my knees and I’m begging you to stay
C Dm Em
If you only knew
F Em Dm
Everything I weathered just to be with you
C Gm Dm Fm Gm
‘Cause baby we tried to make it
C Gm Dm Fm Gm
But I’d rather die than break it off (I’ve made my mind up)
C Gm Dm Fm Gm
Don’t you believe me when I say to you
C Gm Dm
Never wanted you to think I hated you
Fm Gm C
‘Cause your love means everything
Dm Em F
To me
C Dm
More than you can see
F Em Dm
But baby at first glance you might not know
The loving I’m trying to show you
Take another look and you’ll know
Then tell me if babe can you hear my message of love
And understand where I’m coming from
I’ll be there when it comes to push and shove
(Vamp and fade; solo switches from F, Em, Dm to G, F, Em a little ways in)
Monday, November 24, 2014
Basement Songs: Arthur White's Basement "Studio"
The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!
TRANSCRIPT
0:03 going down weaker to
0:06 my makeshift studio
0:09 you can see some wealthy
0:12 things that we have down here in this basement
0:15 need to feed known in a second here yepson
0:19 Paterno really come on okay
0:22 I'll be back in a second so here is
0:26 what I've done and you can see
0:31 this used to be some sort of washing room we have are some
0:34 from I'm have
0:38 a on dehumidifier and I get to keep everything sure I and things stay pretty
0:46 pretty darn train here but it's scary cold
0:50 rate now and a half up my keyboard
0:53 which is p.m. a
0:57 p.m. SR 220
1:01 pretty impressive I have a number of things that are used but that her
1:05 quarter-inch to USB India
1:08 me to USB on
1:12 over here a condenser microphone
1:15 usually there would be a lot here if it had not been
1:19 damaged by
1:22 are second to youngest on just recently
1:27 and fixed have
1:30 a some headphones and to
1:34 snow JBC found these is power
1:38 in the team's on $15.99 or something like that
1:42 I have repurposed this slightly broken
1:46 whiteboard to be able to use
1:49 writing down some information about songs baby that I'm working on your
1:53 ID is your projects wanna over here we have fun
1:58 amplifier and are that was loaned to me
2:02 by a my friend Joe and so
2:07 trying to keep that is nice as possible and definitely enjoying that thanks Joe
2:12 and it is so on a guitarist and that was given to me
2:16 I'm by my friend father cordon
2:20 so that was a very nice him a to the May 30th show
2:24 so that was pretty cool on have a picture I
2:27 the keys here as inspiration this was given to me by my
2:33 sister-in-law thank you very much shell into
2:37 that is what I work here much every day no one ever come down here now
2:42 on song can have that inspiration
2:46 cell on gonna go see about no ni
2:50 where she needs some water or something
2:53 I'm also have my friend
2:56 down here the newest member of the family who is
3:00 along for the ride
TRANSCRIPT
0:03 going down weaker to
0:06 my makeshift studio
0:09 you can see some wealthy
0:12 things that we have down here in this basement
0:15 need to feed known in a second here yepson
0:19 Paterno really come on okay
0:22 I'll be back in a second so here is
0:26 what I've done and you can see
0:31 this used to be some sort of washing room we have are some
0:34 from I'm have
0:38 a on dehumidifier and I get to keep everything sure I and things stay pretty
0:46 pretty darn train here but it's scary cold
0:50 rate now and a half up my keyboard
0:53 which is p.m. a
0:57 p.m. SR 220
1:01 pretty impressive I have a number of things that are used but that her
1:05 quarter-inch to USB India
1:08 me to USB on
1:12 over here a condenser microphone
1:15 usually there would be a lot here if it had not been
1:19 damaged by
1:22 are second to youngest on just recently
1:27 and fixed have
1:30 a some headphones and to
1:34 snow JBC found these is power
1:38 in the team's on $15.99 or something like that
1:42 I have repurposed this slightly broken
1:46 whiteboard to be able to use
1:49 writing down some information about songs baby that I'm working on your
1:53 ID is your projects wanna over here we have fun
1:58 amplifier and are that was loaned to me
2:02 by a my friend Joe and so
2:07 trying to keep that is nice as possible and definitely enjoying that thanks Joe
2:12 and it is so on a guitarist and that was given to me
2:16 I'm by my friend father cordon
2:20 so that was a very nice him a to the May 30th show
2:24 so that was pretty cool on have a picture I
2:27 the keys here as inspiration this was given to me by my
2:33 sister-in-law thank you very much shell into
2:37 that is what I work here much every day no one ever come down here now
2:42 on song can have that inspiration
2:46 cell on gonna go see about no ni
2:50 where she needs some water or something
2:53 I'm also have my friend
2:56 down here the newest member of the family who is
3:00 along for the ride
Sunday, November 23, 2014
A Sketchbook for the Project (Part 3 of 3)
The following is an excerpt from a 17 October 2014 email exchange between Art and Will.
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| Clay Shirky |
I've been thinking some more along the open source, JamKazam lines. I did go to the site and was favorably impressed/intimidated with the professionalism and smoothness of the interface.
It sounds like the live component will remain free forever; the more intensive, after-the-fact multitracking option will be available for a small price after the beta period is complete.
On a related topic, I want you to watch this little segment about ePortfolios, which I happen to be getting up and running for my non-AP seniors this year. The section I'm starting you at has to do with the concept intrinsic motivation and its relationship to successful websites.
These are the three keys according to Clay Shirky:
I think this is our business plan moving forward: to make the blog as close to this as possible.
- Make people feel good about participating
- Give users autonomy
- Keep the system as open as possible
What does that look like? I have a few ideas and I'd like to hear some of yours. Perhaps this would be a good time to seek out input from some of the people visiting the blog or one of its social media platforms.
For one, we open up the "sketchbook" and take every opportunity to share what we're working on, warts and all. We already do that with the conceptual underpinnings of the site by posting our emails, but I think we need to start doing that with the music by posting YouTube videos of me playing songs in my basement "studio."
Although this development breaks out of one paradigm--the overemphasis on finished product and the exclusion of process--it remains entrenched in the one-way artist-to-audience orientation of artmaking. The new frontier for us--in addition to opening the door to a more process-oriented approach--is to engender a more symbiotic model of artmaking and to harness the power of the "open source" paradigm. As Helen Barrett points out, it is this paradigm that allowed Wikipedia to utterly destroy Microsoft Encarta (10:45 in the same video). A similar fate may await musicians and artists who cannot find ways of capitalizing on this trend.
So, again, what would that look like?
I think Jamkazam could break this thing wide open for us.
Consider a page on the blog that would host the sharable, editable Jamkazam recordings of our songs. You and/or I would do the initial recording, but we would encourage others to get subscriptions to Jamkazam and start adding to these recordings at their leisure. Other, related materials, such as sheet music, would also be made available. Some of this, too, could be given an open source feel by sharing them as editable Google Docs (rather than read-only pdfs!). Yes, some of this seems risky, but we take on that risk and bend over backwards to (1) make people feel good about participating, (2) give users autonomy, and (3) keep the system as open as possible. This, of course, could create a superabundance of material to post to our various platforms. And, of course, I am not forgetting that this is exactly what we originally were thinking way back when!
Okay, before getting too excited, take a moment to realize that all of this is easier said than done.
But, really, I'm talking about one additional page to set up within the blog. Perhaps also another page where, as mentioned in a recent email, we explain to our audience what we are trying to accomplish.
All of this is a big change in our basic trajectory, but one well worth pursuing.
I say Arthur White is open source or nothing!
You mentioned that the CEO of JamKazam contacted you personally. I wonder if you could somehow explain the above ideas to him and see what he thinks. If nothing else, maybe we could get his endorsement (in the form of a quote that we have permission to post to this page on the site). After all, from what I've just outlined, we may be using this as our main platform and actively sharing it to as wide of an audience as possible.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
A Sketchbook for the Project (Part 1 of 3)
The following is an excerpt from a 17 October 2014 email exchange between Art and Will.
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| Daedalus and Icarus by Charles Le Brun |
I'm tired of holding things back just because perfection is out of reach.
I want to be generous with this pittance of loaves and fishes. And I think it's not just etymological coincidence that generosity generates something. Once I get the camera on my Macbook fixed, I'm going to start performing, posting and embedding YouTube videos of those performances. "Basement Songs" or something of the like. Usually, I will have Francis strapped to my chest with a baby carrier. Usually, I will make several mistakes, but I will do my best to put my best foot forward. I'd love it if some musicians would take those videos and record their own guitar solo over the top--nothing fancy, an impromptu audition--and send it back for me to post: to potentially bring that dynamic to what is currently an esoteric, elitist, one-way proposition. Not saying anyone will bite, but at least we'll be exuding a little more openness.
And if someone takes something and becomes a millionaire (that's not arrogance, just a thought experiment), all the better...
It means that things are moving: the once-stagnant waters rush, the once-imprisoned Daedelus and Icarus fly, and the once-involuted labyrinth evolves into a journey.Will:
I really like the blog.
It took me a while, but I get it now. I'm wondering if in this new spirit of generosity it might make sense to have a spot on it, maybe under Farthington's profile, that briefly explains what the project is so that we can make it slightly more accessible. Video and music will definitely help in that regard, too.
I'm working on setting up JamKazam on my computer. It could open up a lot of options for me and for us. For one, we could have virtual Arthur White concerts: no video, just sound. We could perform with anyone who can use the free program. We could host Arthur White jam nights (they frequently host jam nights with tons of random strangers playing together).
It's a very approachable company--the owner has contacted me a few times! It's an option that didn't exist when we started. It also makes multi-track recordings, so we or other people could tweak, add, or subtract whatever we like. It would allow for the sketching of a lot of concepts, and right now, that's the beauty of the blog: it's basically the sketchbook for the project, if it isn't more or less the project itself these days.
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