Because of my recent increasing involvement with Random Acts of Music (I've been made the director, or another producer, or head writer, or whatever other hat I end up wearing - it’s a small crew), I relented and now have an account on MySpace.. I have absolutely no affection for it, but it allows me to set up something of a network with the musical guests we've had on the show. I posted a demo of one of my songs, Another Year, there, but I don't have it set to play automatically when you go into the page. Maybe I should, but I really hate that aspect of MySpace, and whenever I visit a page, I always head for the player first to shut the music off until I'm ready to hear it. As for the song, it's a demo version, and my vocal sounds more nasal than usual (I have a deviated septum that accounts for part of it) - I seem to recall thinking I was over a period of allergies when I recorded the lead, but listening later I realized I wasn't. Oh, well. It's a demo.

Coming across better is Salad Days, a newer song in which I try to channel Mark Everett of Eels. Recorded on an allergy free day. It is posted on GarageBand, and can be heard by clicking here, or on the handy banner up there on the left. This demo was recorded with one mike, in one take. I've since rewritten the final lines of the lyrics, so what I sing and what is posted differs. Maybe when I record the real version, I'll correct it. Unless I decide to use the demo. I'm thinking now I'm a lo-fi artist, after all.

Now I suppose I should load Salad Days onto MySpace as well, but it's just not in me right now. Then I'd feel obligated to set up the random autoplay of the music so I can be a pain in the ear like everyone else. I don't know. It's late. I'll think about it.

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