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loren francis

About Me



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Member Since: 1/17/2008
Band Website: www.lorenfrancis.com
Band Members:

Influences: Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, cash, Ryan Adams, john, paul, george, ringo, american graffiti records, elvis, the national, bon iver, troubadours, t-rock, Dharma, mward, the killers.
Sounds Like: other, neo-basement, soul-pop
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

"underestimated" A bit about me, music, crack and sailing

The following was a response to an interviewer asking about me and my music, particularly if I felt underestimated:Underestimated:Sure. I've felt that, perhaps, but overwhelmingly Ijust want to be in ...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:23:00 GMT

Dear Companion

About a year ago I sent a duet I'd written off to a Swedish singer and songwriter in Stockholm, Maja Alderin. I expected the same results I'd been getting in all my feudal attempts to that point to fi...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:21:00 GMT

rehab

Three months ago I was sitting in a basement in the throes of addiction: my guitar, my pills, my bottle, my powder. I never touched the guitar. I could no longer achieve that creative mental space or ...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:38:00 GMT

lines that get to the heart of things

I was poking around in the woods of my childhood, thinking about life, god, death, war and women...and dylan--and a quote of his came back to me and sunk in as never before: "you'll never know the hur...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:19:00 GMT

learning how to write love songs

I've been feeling the love songs lately, and finding a new voice as the man who lays himself out there for the woman; whose not afraid to just let her know. There's something disarming and ultim...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:55:00 GMT

New mastered versions of the songs

Hey Folks, just got a hold of the mastered version of the new tunes.Hope you enjoy them. More trips to Nashville are in the works and more tunes will be coming soon. For now, it's writing here in Main...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:09:00 GMT

nashville

Just got back from my second visit to nashville this year, inspired and ready to take music to the next level. I spent three days or so in concentrated writing with a couple of pro songwriters from th...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:23:00 GMT