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beginning the rough recordings…

This past weekend, I was really excited to start recording all these songs I wrote in ‘09. I recently found an optimal set-up in my office to record raw acoustic version of all my songs. I’m able to capture the natural sound of my guitar and keep my vocals as unadorned and natural [...]

Posted 11 January 2010 † tracyshaun § ‡ Comments (0) °

Two more songs…

These last two weekends have been fairly productive for me and my music.  I finished up writing a song (the first in a month!) and put it and two other songs down on “tape”…  I had been getting a little frustrated with myself for putting off recording weekend after weekend.  I was writing & performing [...]

Posted 19 October 2009 † tracyshaun § Announcement § Performance ‡ Comments (0) °

what a week for music

This last week was filled with big ups & downs in my music.  I had become pretty discouraged about my songwriting and performing, wondering what it really was all about.  I missed Monday night’s open mic out at The Sleeping Lady and I’ve been stuck on a few new songs that I hadn’t completed.
I began [...]

Posted 27 July 2009 † tracyshaun § Motivation § Performance ‡ Comments (0) °

back in the groove

I had a challenge the other night to create a gift for a buddy of mine.  There were a bunch of different ideas thrown out for us, thoughI happen to have brought my guitar and quickly decided that I wanted to write a song for him.
I whipped out a quick little riff and some chords [...]

Posted 27 August 2008 † tracyshaun § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

music at ace in the hole

Last Friday I went out to play the open mic at Ace in the Hole, a cider brewery in Sebastapol.  I got there a little late and missed getting my name into the bowl.  They had already chosen the order and the first musician was already playing.  I approached the host in between songs and [...]

Posted 18 July 2008 † tracyshaun § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

in the pit at the hotel utah

Last night was the biggest open mic yet.  I played one song, Beloved (had been called Feed Me earlier), and did “allright”.  Two of my buddies, Vadim and Paul, were there and said it sounded great.  Even though I flubbed the 3rd verse and didn’t even get to the 4th.  I think I recovered well [...]

Posted 08 July 2008 † tracyshaun § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

open mics galore

Wow, so I’m at day 25 of my PLD game… I didn’t update you guys on the change in goals, though the open mics are still on the table.  I just finished up the 3rd one last night at the No Name bar in Sausalito, California.  I was not on my game for sure, though [...]

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