About Me
NEW CD
OLD STAG is done. It's a beauty. Available early fall.info here:
http://www.rickberlin.com/storefront/os.html------------Some
thing cool in the air as well. 6/7 friends of mine (so far), film makers all, have elected to make music videos (a song of their choice) from the tunes on OLD STAG.
I plan to preview them at my CD release night (TBA) as well as to have 'em up on my site, YouTube, and on my my-space page.------------on iTunes world wide (and soon AMAZON mp3. RHAPSODY, NAPSTER, eMUSIC, Groupie Tunes) these albums of the past:RB LIVE@JACQUES (just like it was in 1996)
ME & VAN GOGH (last year, recorded at the hi-n-dry loft)
FORCED2SWALLOW (last live-in-studio, Woolly Mammoth, record by THE SHELLEY WINTERS PROJECT)
HALF IN THE BAG (produced by Chet Cahill)
BERLIN AIRLIFT (Professionally Damaged) EP, self-produced, includes HUNGER STRIKES
The KINGDOM (Berlin's Musical)
BERLIN AIRLIFT (Epic/Handshake)info + direct links:http://www.rickberlin.com/storefront/cds.html---------
----MUSIC VIDEOS (plus new ones from OLD STAG in the pipeline):BERLIN & MEREDITH COOPER at Hi-N-Dry loft 'Rent Party' playing Don't Know What I'd Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVjr8Le6SsoBUDDHA (by Corey Smithson)http://www.rickberlin.com/storefront/buddha.htmlME & VAN GOGH (by Carter Timmins Boyajian)http://www.rickberlin.com/storefront/van.html------
----------MERCH (which I haven't had since Live@Jacques)
You can buy Berlin Airlift, Me & Van Gogh + even Old Stag t-shirts, mugs, whatever online:http://www.qrsts.com/store/
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DOCUMENTARY
http://www.jamaicaplainspoken.com
has a brand new 'sample reel' on the home page (the one shown at our fundraiser last saturday. it's 13 minutes long, but worth a looknote: if for some reason the clips on our website play oddly, try em on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jamaica+plain+sp
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ORCHESTRA LUNA (re-release through Sony UK)The new CD has manynew (old) photos of the band as well as this giant piece I wrote about the whole OL 1 and 2 experience and early days as a neophyte writer, music biz 'player'.It's released by Market Square under license from Sony UK. The distributor in the UK is www.properdistribution.com The guys who did this have been promoting the album to UK and US music media.It can be purchased from us via secure server at www.marketsquarerecords.com
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NEW SONGS ON BACK PORCHRecorded at home on M-Audio mp3 device in sweaty lap. Stuck em up here:http://www.rickberlin.com/sounding/legs.htmlif ya want t try em out.
CALL ME A BITCH
PEOPLE LAUGHED AT ME MY WHOLE LIFE
KING OF KENMORE SAUARE (for Mr. Butch)
REAL SLOW (for Townes)
SAD SONGS MAKE ME HAPPY (for Lucinda)
MORE LOVE THAN OXYGEN (for Rene)
NEVER STOPS RAININ' HERE (for kids in war zones)
WHEN MY MOM WAS A GIRL (for Jane)
FRAGILE (for Mike G)
PIAF
YOU SAVE ME FROM MYSELF (for every friend of mine)
NOBODY LISTENS
ARTIST W/OUT A GENTRE
DO YOU THINK I'M HOT? (for Hendrik)
MR SILENT (for Brett)
------------NEW CD - OLD STAG
Piano + Vox in my livingroom. One mike out the window to grab street sounds, later mixed in. Recorded string quartet in a BU classroom. String Arranger/Conductor: Brendan Cooney - W Philly. Engineer: Joe Stewart. Viola: Joseph Simcox Cello: Katie Franich 2nd Violin: Christina Hornby 1st Violin: Meredith Cooper Photos: Rene Rives
Tearful, striking pieces of music. Each song idiosyncratically complimented by Cooney's composition. Plus - Sand Machine backround vocals. Mixedg at Woolly Mammoth Sound by Dave Minehan. Mastered by Dave Locke. CD design: Shaun Wortis. Release: Spring.--------------ORCHESTRA LUNA (re-release in the UK)An amazing, unexpected thing. The guys who did this write:ORCHESTRA LUNA - ORCHESTRA LUNA
Described by one critic upon its 1975 release on Epic
as "the soundtrack to a musical that never took
place", Orchestra Luna is the only album by this
highly-original Boston (USA)- based art rock act which
converged glam rock with Vaudeville and the glory days
of early Hollywood musicals to grand, highly
theatrical (and often camp) effect. Big budget meant a
full orchestra and the exceptional production talents
of Rupert Holmes and Jeffery Lesser. The resulting
cocktail takes in Rocky Horror and Bonzo Dog by way of
Sailor and Cockney Rebel with a twist of Roxy Music
(who the band supported on the
latter’s contemporary US tour). Orchestra Luna is a
glorious and lavish
one-off: a true ‘original’ - made at a time when the
sky was the limit and anything went.The new CD has manynew (old) photos of the band as well as this giant piece I wrote about the whole OL 1 and 2 experience and early days as a neophyte writer, music biz 'player'.It's released by Market Square under license from Sony UK. The distributor in the UK is www.properdistribution.com The guys who did this have been promoting the album to UK and US music media.It can be purchased from us via secure server at www.marketsquarerecords.com
------------DOCUMENTARYhttp://www.jamaicaplainspoken.com
has a brand new 'sample reel' on the home page (the one shown at our fundraiser last saturday. it's 13 minutes long, but worth a look
as is
the clip
1 Word For The USA
(on the 'clips' link)
in the meantime due to the enormous, tireless and generous efforts of our kick ass, unflappable volunteer team it's safe t say - ball park - that we raised nearly $10,000 that incredible night.
------------From the Hi-N-Dry website:Rick Berlin is a giant on the Boston music scene. His colorful songwriting and strong stage presence have influenced countless other artists since the early 1970s, when his innovative band Orchestra Luna was on Epic Records and harnessed a potent blend of theater and music years before the Tubes. Throughout the decades and the shifting fortunes of the business Rick has continued to make music with intelligence and integrity, building an international reputation around his knotty, singular piano playing, straight-from-the-heart singing and a style of character-based songwriting that's drawn favorable comparisons to the likes of Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen - although Rick rocks more than both. His most recent band, the Shelley Winters Project, recently split after two terrific CDs, but Rick's still busy creating. He's making a new solo album, tentatively titled Me & Van Gogh, at Hi-N-Dry Studio with Billy Conway producing. You can learn more about Rick, and read his short fiction and the script for his musical The Kingdom at www.rickberlin.com.
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