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Russ Wagner

About Me

Up now:

Many A Late Nights (Jam session)
-Russ: Guitar, bass, looping
-Asem: Piano, drum effects
-Dan Zimmerman: Goose call and other random junk
The Kim's Basement Song (unfinished demo)
Russ Wagner Does it for the Money
I Should've Been Born Blind

"The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning.... However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light." - I agree, Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips. I agree.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 01/09/2005
Band Members: Me, I'm Russ Wagner
Influences: Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, The Wallflowers, old blues songs, Rob Kenagy, Wilco, video games, the White Stripes
Sounds Like: The worst Black Sabbath cover band ever
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

It looks like a party

For all you kids who don't take the time to read blogs, you'll be in a sorry state after this one because it looks as if I will be having a graduation party of sorts a week from today. As in next frid...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:58:00 GMT

It's about D.B. Cooper

The newest song that is. Falling to Earth is told from the perspective of D.B. Cooper, a man who hijakced a plane for ransom in the 1970s, as he's just parachuted out with his money. It details the hy...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:48:00 GMT

Hey, look at this

http://www.purevolume.com/platinummarshall Everyone should check this band out. They're from Traverse City. My neighbor is the grandma of their singer/guitarist, Jacob. He hooked me up with a CD and ...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:18:00 GMT

Songbirds and songs with birds

So I got ahold of some professional quality recording software, called MAGIX, and it's lovely. I put up the early results of my trying to figure the program out and those results are probably just abo...
Posted by on Sun, 28 May 2006 18:41:00 GMT

Possums love marshmallows!

    I started putting words to a tune last night and what came out is This is a Ghost Town. It's not complete yet; I don't want to record much else until I get some new software, someth...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:23:00 GMT

By the way, it's beautiful outside

It's a gorgeous day in Southwest Michigan; I wore shorts and laid in the grass like I haven't done in something like six months. Some times life is just wonderful.
Posted by on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:23:00 GMT

New song is up

You may have already noticed but my sixth song, De Trop, is now up. It's very much a classical song, inspired by Zequinha Abreu's Samba Tico Tico (because I love classical guitar) and the Coin Song fr...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:57:00 GMT

Another song and a CD

I have a sixth song recorded and ready to upload. Unfortunately, myspace is being unreasonable right now, but look for that soon. With this I believe I will get going on putting out a CD of what you'v...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:16:00 GMT

Become my 50th myspace friend, win a prize! Click for details!

It's true! To the lucky person who becomes my 50th friend I will personally provide a fabulous gift. What is it? No one knows! That's why you've got to play the game.
Posted by on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:03:00 GMT

Surprises are nice

So I arrive home from a long night of work tonight and what should I find waiting in my mail box? Why none other than my copy of The Flaming Lips's Zaireeka. Amazon.com, you are too good to me. If you...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:22:00 GMT